after Mr. H. E. Bates, the most distinguished short-story writer in this country,” but unlike Bates, his work has disappeared without a trace. He didn’t even have aWikipedia entryuntil I wrote one earlier today. Reviewing one of his later collections inThe Spectator...
Although, as her Wikipedia page puts it, Kerr “is largely unknown to contemporary readers and her books are long out of print,” she had ten novels to her name by the time she was enlisted to work on this project and was a frequent contributor of magazine fiction. In theory, The Woman...
Hārītī is the first female deity in Buddhism that was credited with responsibility for protecting women during childbirth and protecting children. Since her introduction to China from India, her image has undergone multiple changes, and the rise and f
Robert not only invented the earth mover, but also the bulldozer, the electric wheel, the tree crusher, the log picker, the Tournawheel (a two-wheel tractor), and more. Eventually he’d own 300 patents and construction plants on four continents. He’d also design the first off-shore oil...
STD: "Smash 'Til Dawn", An overnight tournament or smashfest where the goal is to keep playing until the sun rises (or later). Smash the Record is a very large example of this. Weekly/Biweekly/Triweekly/Monthly: Repeating tournaments, usually in the same venue. Usually feature a regular...
including A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises both of Ernest Hemingway’s works on the list . He also stated: “The biggest surprise author for me on the list was Carson McCullers’ ‘The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter’. The weirdest book so far is ‘A Clockwork Orange’ by Anthony...
https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Bakallihttps://instatemra.shinyapps.io/emra/ ―Anonymous User 6/7/2022 2 It’s a lovely name. I absolutely also love the northern lights! ―Anonymous User 5/28/20226 Beautiful, indeed. I just don't like the Renaissance/ demon of morning thing. I...
(DEC 27) Last night at the Balmoral Hall, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, Celina Agwu, light heavyweight from Nigeria, won by an eight-round TKO over Bolatito Oluwole, also out of Nigeria. This was a rematch for these two when they fought a year ago, with Oluwo...
His film was based on the book and play The Clansman and the book The Leopard’s Spots, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Dixon said his purpose was “to revolutionize northern sentiment by a presentation of history that would transform every man in my audience into a good Democrat!” The film ...
But they’re also just the tip of the iceberg, or, more accurately, the first half of The Life of Klim Samgin, a tetralogy that Wikipedia describes as “Gorky’s most ambitious work, intended to depict ‘all the classes, all the trends, all the tendencies, all the hell-like commotion...