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rabbitcruiser · 7 months

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The Korean War Veterans Memorial was confirmed by the U.S. Congress on October 28, 1986.

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neylo · 1 month

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Additional bunch of Napoleonic discord stickers/emojis for my collection

Featuring some British Bisexual boat men aka Kiss me Hardy and one traffic cone

#napoleon bonaparte #louis nicolas davout #jean baptiste bessières #thomas masterman hardy #horatio nelson #arthur wellesley #napoleonic era #napoleonic wars #my art #the Royal Navy

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uwmspeccoll · 5 months

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Milestone Monday

January 8th is the birthday of Frank Nelson Doubleday (1862-1934) who at age ten bought his own printing press to create advertisements and local Brooklyn news circulars and seventy-five years later was known as the co-founder of the largest publisher in the United States. At fifteen years old, Doubleday went to work at Charles Scribner’s Sons, eventually publishing Scribner’s Magazine and heading their subscription book department. After eighteen years, Doubleday left the company and partnered with Samuel Sidney McClure (1857-1949) to open their own publishing venture Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897.

Over the years, Doubleday & McClure Company worked with numerous notable authors and would evolve through a dizzying number of partnerships, acquisitions, and name changes while it grew into an international communications company, eventually settling into a merger with Knopf Publishing Group under Penguin Random House in the early 2000s. In its infancy, still known as Doubleday & McClure, the company found great success with Rudyard Kipling’s (1865-1936) bestseller The Day’s Work.

Published in 1898, The Day’s Work contains thirteen fictional short stories accompanied by illustrations throughout. The stories were written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in his Bliss Cottage in Vermont and simultaneously working on The Jungle Book. Unlike many of Kipling’s other collections, there are no poems dividing the stories within The Day’s Work. The black and white illustrations within the collection were drawn by four different artists including, William Dodge Stevens (1870-1942), William Louis Sonntag Jr. (1869-1898), Ernest Leonard Blumenschein (1874-1960), and William Ladd Taylor (1854-1926); each leaning into their strengths to support Kipling’s vivid narrative.

Read other Milestone Monday posts here!

– Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern

#milestone monday #milestones #frank nelson doubleday #doubleday & mcclure company #charles scribner's sons #samuel sidney mcclure #penguin random house #knopf publishing group #rudyard kipling #the day's work #the jungle book #william dodge stevens #william louis sonntag jr.#ernest leonard blumenschein #william ladd taylor

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maacky · 8 months

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newyorkthegoldenage · 8 months

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The quintessential politico: Rocky chomping on ethnic food, October 1, 1958. Running for his first term as governor, Nelson Rockefeller and Louis Lefkowitz, who was running for Attorney General, ventured down to Delancey Street and visited a deli. It was Rocky's first-ever trip to the Lower East Side. They ate corned beef sandwiches and Rocky also bought a five-pound salami for $3.

Photo: Associated Press

#vintage New York #1950s #Nelson Rockefeller #Louis Lefkowitz #campaigning #Delancey St.#Lower East Side #deli #corned beef #liberal Republicans #old-time Republicans #Oct. 1 #October 1 #1 October #1 Oct.

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lerrieslovechild · 5 months

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Happy New Year !!!

Wishing you and your family a year filled with exciting adventures, wonderful moments, and all the success you deserve. Happy New Year! May the new year be a time of reflection, growth, and new beginnings.

#happy new year #little mix #harry styles #leigh anne pinnock #perrie edwards #jade thirlwall #ashton irwin #jesy nelson #5 seconds of summer #black girl magic #bobs burgers #one direction #niall horan #louis tomlinson #zayn malik #liam payne #taylor swift #beyonce

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178owintersball · 2 years

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Liam Payne and Jesy Nelson should start a club

#liam payne #jesy nelson #one direction #louis tomlinson #harry styles #zayn malik #niall horan #little mix #leigh anne pinnock #perrie edwards #jade thirwall #what the fuck wrong these people man #so disappointing

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oliver-stark-lover · 5 months

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Still, in my, these men are my safe space era

#heartstopper #nick nelson #heartstopper netflix #kit connor #heartstopper nick #lgbtq+#natewantstobattle #nicholas galitzine #nick and charlie #awsten knight #tom holland #tom hiddleston #louis partridge

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elceeu2morrow · 2 years

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by MusicWeek Staff | October 14th 2022 at 7:10AM

The November issue of Music Week is all about Louis Tomlinson’s new direction.

Ahead of the release of his second solo album Faith In The Future, the superstar singer/songwriter stars on the cover of our brand new issue, on sale October 18. Charlotte Gunn joins Louis in London to tell an epic story of how the Doncaster-born artist went from the fields of Leeds Festival, to The X Factor, phenomenal global success with One Direction and beyond.

After a career with Sony, Tomlinson is going indie, in every sense of the word. As well as revealing all about Faith In The Future, his first record for BMG, Tomlinson reflects candidly on his journey through the music business, talking label bosses, boy band life, mental health, the fans and how he wants to make a positive impact on the industry. The star is joined by BMG’s Alistair Norbury, Jamie Nelson and Lisa Wilkinson, plus manager Matt Vines.

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#lt press #lt quote #10.14.22 #fitf promo #bmg #matt vines #alistair norbury #lisa wilkinson #jamie nelson #team louis #my repost

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guy60660 · 1 year

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Joe Louis | Lusha Nelson | British Vintage Boxing

#lusha nelson #Joe louis #British vintage boxing #avintage #athlete

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rabbitcruiser · 2 years

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The Korean War Veterans Memorial was confirmed by the U.S. Congress on October 28, 1986.

#Frank Gaylord #Korean War Veterans Memorial #confirmed #28 October 1986 #anniversary #US history #Washington DC #summer 2009 #original photography #cityscape #architecture #sculpture #Louis Nelson #tourist attraction #landmark #reflection #travel #vacation #USA

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defective-and-effective · 8 months

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oh, I absolutely adore you 🥺🥺

#Louis Tomlinson #Niall horan #Harry styles #Percy Jackson #James potter #Sirius black #regulus black #Remus Lupin #alex claremont diaz #rwrb henry #Charlie spring #Nick Nelson #my beloveds #they have my whole heart #I would kill for them

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usergreenpixel · 2 years

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MALMAISON MEDIA SALON SOIRÉE 14: AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE (1898)

1. The Introduction

Hello, Dear Neighbors, and welcome back to Malmaison Media Salon. So, as I’ve said before, today we’re going to talk about a book by G. A. Henty, one of my archenemies!

Why archenemy?

That’s just how I label authors whose shit I reviewed before. Henty’s “wonderful” book about Frev left a bad taste in my mouth for a long time, so I was understandably mistrustful of any other piece of his.

However, after finding out he has one more Frev book AND several Napoleonic ones and this one (About the Egyptian Campaign, between the two eras), I had to make another review in spite of my lower than six feet expectations. So I went on Project Gutenberg to download the ebook for free. That’s where you can get it by the way.

But hey, maybe this book is better than the one I reviewed before. It’s always a possibility, right? The short answer is no. The long answer is not at all.

For an even longer answer, let us finally proceed with the review, which I dedicate to @koda-friedrich , @blackwidowmarshal123 and @aminoscribbles .

2. The Summary

As you might guess from the title, the book is set during the Egyptian campaign and, in classic Henty fashion, has a young English boy as the protagonist.

Edgar Blagrove, the boy in question, is a son of an English merchant who is left behind in Egypt during the war, so the book follows his adventures as he’s trying to survive, reunite with his family and have adventures along the way (as you do).

Even though Henty’s books are targeted at young boys, the premise sounds like something that I would actually enjoy, but I didn’t.

Let’s dissect this book to find out just how bad it gets, shall we?

3. The Story

The beginning isn’t so great. At first the opening scene promises some action, yet the immersion is broken like glass a couple of pages in with heaps upon heaps of Edgar’s backstory. Nice job, Henty…

Luckily, it’s the only time an extensive flashback like this is used, but the pacing can get about as fast as snail because often pieces of information get repeated in dialogues when nothing bad would’ve happened if the author avoided said repetition.

Moreover, while in the first half or so of the story the hero’s ways of getting out of problems stay realistic and justifiable, the second half has Edgar cross so far into Mary Sue territory that he may as well be called Gary Stu.

(Spoilers ahead)

This kid gets hired by SIDNEY FUCKING SMITH as a midshipman and interpreter. I’m not kidding, that’s an actual plot point!

Let me repeat: A kid who DID NOT previously serve in the navy is made midshipman and interpreter by SIDNEY SMITH, who meets said kid by pure coincidence! And only the interpreter part is justified, since Edgar was educated in several languages from a young age and learned the mother tongues of servants and citizens of Cairo too.

That, in all honesty, was the point where I just lost what little investment I had because it just became too apparent that everything will be fine and Edgar will have a happy ending.

4. The Characters

Before crossing the Gary Stu threshold, Edgar actually had potential to be a good character.

He is a reckless kid who was so bored with his monotonous life in Cairo that he wanted to see the English kick the French in the ass.

He cares about his friends, is kind and ready to help his loved ones and sometimes makes risky decisions.

But then he just becomes somebody who is always right and he gets too perfect. So all the potential goes down the drain like a dead goldfish. Hooray…

Sidi, an Arab boy Edgar rescues in the beginning of the story, is a bit more interesting, mainly due to his dynamic with Edgar as basically adopted brothers. He and his family provide Edgar with shelter in their oasis and help him out in a time of need too. Unfortunately, Sidi is a bit of a flat character for someone who gets a pretty major role in the story, but Henty isn’t too good with characters anyway.

Other characters are flat too. To various degrees. Unfortunately, that’s all I can say because there’s a ton of characters.

However, English officers like Nelson and Sidney Smith are whitewashed and glorified to no end. Henty loves sucking the dick of English nationalism, but I already saw that in my other review so no surprise there.

As for the French side of things… I was genuinely surprised that Napoleon was NOT portrayed as Devil Incarnate and it’s mentioned that he does care about his troops.

Many historical figures are name dropped but don’t appear in person, such as Kleber, Desaix, Junot, Menou, etc. Personally, I’m glad they don’t get a cameo in person for several reasons:

A) the book isn’t about them

B) it would be too unrealistic for Edgar to meet those people

C) after the atrocious portrayal of Montagnards, I DO NOT trust Henty with accuracy when it comes to French Republican generals

Eugene de Beauharnais is omitted once again, even though I’m pretty sure he participated in that campaign. Oh well, shout-out to Eugene from me!

5. The Setting

Henty is, once again, bad with settings and his descriptions are, at times, too minimalistic.

I didn’t feel the action in battle scenes, I couldn’t envision the oasis, the streets of Cairo or any other settings. There’s just not enough to achieve immersion.

6. The Writing

The writing is old fashioned, as it was a book written in the 19th century, but for people who are fluent in English there shouldn’t be a lot of issues with comprehending the vocabulary, except maybe all the naval terms that have no definitions given. Grrr…

I can’t necessarily call Henty’s writing awful, but it’s not for me so it didn’t help my overall impression of the book.

7. The Conclusion

Even though it’s not as bad as “In the Reign of Terror” was, it’s still not a book I would recommend and the improvements are insignificant.

Most characters are still flat, the annoying nationalism has still reared its head, the pacing is longer than the Amazon River and the protagonist becomes a Gary Stu in the end.

The verdict? Please find something else to read.

Anyway, the soirée is officially coming to an end. Please stay tuned because more updates are coming soon.

Love,

Citizen Green Pixel

#malmaison media salon #history #historical art #french history #napoleonic literature #napoleonic media #napoleonic art #g a henty #at aboukir and acre #book review #napoleon bonaparte #louis charles antoine desaix #jean baptiste kleber #general menou #eugène de beauharnais #sidney smith #horatio nelson #jean andoche junot

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 1 year

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#the incredible hulk #edward norton #liv tyler #tim roth #william hurt #tim blake nelson #ty burrell #christina cabot #louis leterrier #2008

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enchantedlandcoffee · 1 year

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Happy Valentine's Day everyone.

I'm in the mood to do some drabbles today.

If you'd like to request one, feel free to send your own prompts or any from the lists below :)

(pre-dating) domestic prompts by @corvase

List of fluff prompts by @dumplingsjinson

Sofest love prompts by @urfriendlywriter

valentine's day prompts by @youneedsomeprompts

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anotherpapercut · 1 year

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I've been listening to oldies all day and i knew my coworker liked Patsy Cline so I was telling her about some that I've been listening to that are adjacent to her and she made a face and told me she actually hates oldies and only likes new country music. this like 55+ year old woman, looked at me, a 23 year old, and called me weird because I said Johnny Cash was one of my all time favorites. hello????

#she doesnt like nat king cole!!!!!!#she doesnt like marvin gay and frank sinatre and waylon jennings and merle haggard and willie nelson #SHE DOESNT LIKE THE TEMPTATIONS!!!!!!!#i was dumbfounded and i was like not even louis armstrong???? not even him??? the king????#and this bitch says she hates jazz and the blues #girl #shes an old white woman so i guess like. yeah ok that makes sense but still HOW #how can you listen to some of the most innovative and downright gorgeous music of the past 200 years and say eh i dont like it

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