Top 100 Fiction | Best Books A contemporary list, with an international flavour and a respect for the classics, The Best Books: Top 100 Novels of All Time list contains many of the great works of fiction you'd expect, but with a few surprises to add a little spice to the collection. Which books would you omit and which would you add to our list? Please let us know in the comments section below. 1. By Aldous Huxley "Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." 2. By Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. 3. By George Orwell Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. 4. By Leo Tolstoy Published to coincide with the centenary of Tolstoy's death, here is an exciting new edition of one of the great literary works of world literature. 5. By J. A modern classic, this early novel by Nobel Laureate J. 6. By Joseph Heller 7. By Arthur Koestler 8. 9.
The Other Me In 2008, fresh out of high school, Karla Read picked up a hobby that would ultimately change the course of her life. After seeing a friend’s blog, she was not just inspired to create one of her own, she decided that she would make her own portfolio. One thing led to another and she ended up moving from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to Buenos Aires, Argentina so that she could pursue her passion. She rigorously studied photography and, ultimately, was able to make a career out of it. Her beautiful photography carries a sense of nostalgia, and tells stories about a woman's longing to be different, young and free. Karla Read's blog via [Ben Trovato]
Cheap, chic and modular As I mentioned before, this piece is very customizable and you need to design it for your desired space. Find the place were you envision it, and measure the total width and height of it. Leave about 10 inches for spacing from each side because you need to add the thickness of the material to the total width. Now, it's up to you to decide how many modules you wish to have per row. Note: Remember that the internal size of the module decreases depending on the thickness of the material you choose. For example: If the size of one module is 14,4 inch x 14,4 inch and I am using a 1 inch thick material, I will have a 12,2 inch module [(14,4)-(2)]
Fixing genetically poor circulation [Archive] - John Stone Fitness Forums zenpharaohs Fri, November 18th, 2005, 02:57 PM what kinds of things can i do to perminatly increase my blood flow? MOST IMPORTANT: DO NOT SMOKE. If you smoke, quit. Smoking is really bad for lots of heath reasons, but specific to circulation it's one of the worst things known. Then make sure your diet isn't insane. Then the big thing for better circulation is exercise. It does not have to be specifically cardio exercise, but the it has to be exercise where you have a pretty good work load on the circulation to bring systemic fuel to the muscles during the exercise. Improved circulation is not only due to heart adaptation, but also to adaptation throughout the body (peripheral adaptation). I know you have expressed a lot of muscle loss concerns, so you may want to think about how to get the right dosage of cardio exercise into your routines, but if you have circulation issues, you want to improve your cardioVASCULAR fitness.
A List of Books | 623 of the Best Books ever Written Lackadaisy Expressions Boy, I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this. I've had requests for some sort of expressions tutorial dating back a while now, so I figured, "Sure! I can explain expression drawing...and it'll be way better than all those tutorials out there that are nothing but charts of generic expressions. Yeah! Just give me a day or two to whip something up..." Um. Anyway, I found all I could really do was try to explain ways to teach yourself...and then add some pictures. IKEA Card File Drawers Hack At the moment, amongst other things, I’m working on a totally new room makeover at my hive. It’s a little space I’ve not shared previously. I can’t wait for the final reveal though with a little pair of hands constantly clutching at my pant legs (with an accompanying unresistable “pick-me-up” whine), let’s just say progress hasn’t exactly been fast, so as with pretty much everything else nowadays, I’m not holding my breath ’til it’s done. Anyhoo, part of the makeover involves some new shelving and to pretty them up, whilst adding some handy knick-knack storage, I wanted some cute old mini card file drawers. I started with this cute set of Moppe drawers from IKEA (for whatever reason I could only find them easily on the UK website so excuse the link). I’m sure you’ve all seen them before – they’ve been the victim of many a good (and maybe a few unfortunate) hacks. And these brass plated card holder pulls I found on eBay, plus some timber stain and sealer.
New Film “Strong” Reminds Us to Be Safe, But Live Wild – Interview With Fitz Cahall Strong from ARC’TERYX on Vimeo. “We are all going to make mistakes. It’s truly learning from them that makes life really sweet,” says skier, climber and parent Roger Strong. On April 6th, 2011, the veteran backcountry skier was skinning up his favorite backcountry run when he triggered an avalanche that swept him and two friends hundreds of feet through steep trees. When the snow settled, his tibias had been ripped from his femurs. Here filmmaker Fitz Cahall talks about his personal connect to making this film about his friend. Adventure: You said you admired Roger for a long time for his spirit of adventure. A: Did the idea for a film about him come after the accident? A: Roger’s story has run parallel to you own, as a father and as an adventurer facing recovery after serious injuries. I had been in that same position a few hundred times during my climbing career. A: In the mountains, it doesn’t matter how good you are, when the accident happens, it happens. A: How’s Roger doing now?
Well, At Least There Was Good Stuff to Read: The Books of the Decade Anybody remember how anxious and thrilled we were in those last months of the 20th century? When we weren't at war and we had a budget surplus and it looked like Al Gore would be president? The prospect of a 21st century filled with new technologies, new art and literature loomed large and bright. But now, as we look back at what was decidedly a shitty decade for an incredible variety of people in an equally incredible variety of ways (evictions/invasions/bombings/etc), it's surprisingly hard to be pessimistic about the books that assessed, satirized, dramatized and distracted us from the events of the past 10 years. Goethe said that the decline of a nation's literature is the precursor to that nation's fall, and with this look back at the books that defined the decade, we'd like to tell Goethe to suck it. Almost in spite of ourselves, we're still writing, translating, publishing and even occasionally buying good books in this country.
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