The Best Works of Fiction

By Martin Davis

It is very easy to assume that enjoyment of a book is entirely down to personal tastes, but there are always novels and short stories that everyone should experience in their lives. Every book, every story told, is an adventure we are a part of. We learn to love or to hate the characters as we join them on their journey and without this vital element, any story is lifeless. Whether you are an avid reader or whether you just enjoy some holiday literature, picking something engaging is quite a task.

Simply being a page turner might be enough. With simple reads like The Da Vinci Code or Twilight flooding the market, it may seem hard to pinpoint something with depth and significance. You have to look a little harder and dig a little deeper. Despite the popularity of some authors out there, their well known name does not necessarily make them particularly esteemed and you can't always trust the bookstore recommendations either.

So, what should you be looking for? A good novel has something important to say. It has longevity and significance, commenting on one or many aspects of society that capture attention; religion, environment, politics, psychology - anything and everything can be discussed via the medium of literature, simultaneously engaging the reader with an appealing story and loveable characters that have a subtext to stir debate.

There are novels in every century that have achieved this; Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Waugh's Bright Young Things, McEwan's The Cement Garden, McCarthy's The Road. You have undoubtedly heard of the first novel. It is what is commonly known as a 'classic' and there is a reason for that.

Each of these novels offers substance and meaning, presenting important themes we can apply to our own lives or the lives of someone way back in history. Reflecting a society we may or may not know, they comment on what is wrong and what is right within it. Building a story around these elements is a skill few have mastered. A good novel should change us for the better.

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Polar Shift 2012: Are You Prepared?

By Cole R. Simers

Some people led to the theory of Polar Shift 2012 - what things that caused them to arrive to this matter? What is a polar shift anyway? For an information, polar shift is supposed to take place on the year 2012 with the Earth believed to start rotating on the opposite direction as a result of some catastrophic event.

Such is part of the scientific explanation that some people arrived to saying that the rotation of the Earth is never stable. While there are others who believe it is, some clues pointing to the shift happening on 2012 can be found in some history pieces. Experts have been able to theorize this phenomenon because of some ancient manuscripts and other forms of writings containing these clues.

The magnetic field that is reflected by the sun to the earth continues to rotate is another scientific explanation. Solid core, layer of magma, and crust are the parts of the earth. The magnetic field coming from the sun recharges the magma layer, which is just like a gigantic rotating donut .

It is not fully known why the magnetic field has decreased by 60% for the last couple of thousand years; however, it has been seen as the reason why, unless a pole shift occurs, the earth no longer contains many years left to last. According to Egyptians and Mayan beliefs, polar shift will happen because the decrease in the magnetic field has colossal destructive impact to the earth.

The factor to yield the shift in the direction that the poles go is the weakening of the earth's magnetic poles. Some expert people believe that the shift will occur in 2012 causing many people to wonder what will happen as the year comes near. Different predictions were made that suggest massive destruction to the people. One is the effect it can cause on activities like the road users and other complex operations that functions depend on magnetic north.

If the shift happens, the functions of these operations will be significantly affected. But more serious than that is that the magnetosphere, which is that element that provides protection against destructive particles to the earth, is in danger. The magnetism that functions as barrier to the earth does not only send protection from these damaging particles but from the solar winds as well.

As the earth is left exposed to the danger that the charged particles and radiation bring once the barrier is broken, the lives of the people and other inhabitants are risked. The theory contains that massive flooding, tsunami and earthquakes, as a result of the polar shift, will disastrously affect the tectonic plates of the earth and will cause many negative physical changes.

The change and effect will be catastrophic leading to a doomsday scenario if that theory does happen, as some prophecies have told the human race. It is not the question whether it is to happen or not. Should the doomsday occur, the question that is yet to be answered is how much the Polar Shift 2012 will affect the humankind or how much the people are prepared for it.

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It is not whether the theory is believable or not. The question is how much prepared we are for the changes that Polar Shift 2012 can possibly provide.