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Bitter Blood (Jerry Bledsoe)

## Bitter Blood

*Bitter Blood* is a nonfiction book written by Jerry Bledsoe. Released in 1988, it tells of various interconnected murders throughout the Deep South.

## Publisher's Summary

In this powerful and riveting tale of three families connected by marriage and murder, of obsessive love and bitter custody battles, Jerry Bledsoe recounts the shocking events that ultimately took nine lives...

The first bodies found were those of a feisty millionaire widow and her beautiful daughter in their posh Louisville, Kentucky, home. Months later, another wealthy widow and her prominent son and daughter-in-law were found savagely slain in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mystified police first suspected a professional in the bizarre gangland-style killings that shattered the quiet tranquility of two well-to-do southern communities. But soon a suspicion grew that turned their focus to family.

The Sharps. The Newsoms. The Lynches. The only link between the three families was a beautiful and aristocratic young mother named Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch. Could this former child "princess" and fraternity sweetheart have committed such barbarous crimes? And what about her gun-loving first cousin and lover, Fritz Klenner, son of a nationally renowned doctor?
12 Major World Religions

*12 Major World Religions* is a nonfiction book written by Jason Boyett. Released in 2016, it serves as a guide to the major religions of the world.

## Publisher's summary

For billions of people, having a religious belief system provides purpose in life. For some, religion serves as a guide for moral behavior. Today’s world is one in which our understanding of world religions is both understatedly important, as well as increasingly complex.

After many years exploring the foundations of various world religions, Jason Boyett has written this comprehensive, easy-to-understand exploration of the twelve major world religions through a meticulous, yet unbiased lens. *12 Major World Religions* offers an impartial look at where each of these belief systems intersects, how they differ, and why some have been―or are currently―misunderstood.

## See also

* The Religions Book
* Mythology by Edith Hamilton
A Walk to Remember

*A Walk to Remember* is a novel written by Nicholas Sparks. Released in 1999, it tells of two radically different people falling in love during the 50s.

## Characters

* Landon Carter
* Jamie Sullivan

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## Publisher's Summary

There was a time when the world was sweeter...when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats...when something happened to a seventeen-year-old boy that would change his life forever. Every April, when the wind blows in from the sea and mingles with the scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High. It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had once been in love. Certainly the last person in town he thought he'd fall for was Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's Baptist minister. A quiet girl who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage.

No boy had ever asked her out. Landon would never have dreamed of it. Then a twist of fate made Jamie his partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon Carter's life would never be the same. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road to manhood. No other author today touches our emotions more deeply than Nicholas Sparks.

Illuminating both the strength and the gossamer fragility of our deepest emotions, his two *New York Times* bestsellers, *The Notebook* and *Message in a Bottle*, have established him as the leading author of today's most cherished love stories.

Now, in *A Walk to Remember*, he tells a truly unforgettable story, one that glimmers with all of his magic, holding us spellbound-and reminding us that in life each of us may find one great love, the kind that changes everything...

## Plot

### Prologue

Landon Carter, age 57, begins to recollect events that happened fourty years ago - becoming immersed in the time period.
Alexandre Dumas

Alexandere Dumas was a French novelist who lived from 1802 to 1870. His name is most often associated with the famous novel *The Three Musketeers*.

## Career

Dumas's first novel, *The Three Musketeers*, was first published in serial form. Dumas claimed that, while doing some historical research, he had found some documents that related the story of Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (a member of King Louis XIV's Musketeers of the Guard). These documents inspired the work and the character of d'Artagnan.

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## Written Works

* The Three Musketeers
* The Count of Monte Cristo
* Twenty Years After
* The Man in the Iron Mask

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Big George

*Big George* is a novella written by James Jennings. Released in 1995, it serves as an autobiography of a newborn angel.

## Characters

* Big George
* God
* Angel Matthew
* Jesus Christ
* Angel Mark

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## Publisher's summary

Big George is an angel in disguise who has been sent to Earth by our Father on a mission of the greatest importance to deliver a message.
Blur (Keeper of the Lost Cities)

**Blur** is a Phaser and a member of the Black Swan's Collective in the *Keeper of the Lost Cities* series by Shannon Messenger, along with Mr. Forkle, Squall, Wraith, and Granite. To disguise himself, he breaks his body down and reforms partially, leaving the only parts of his body visible as splotches of color and blurred lines. He was first introduced in *Neverseen* and makes appearances in *Lodestar* and *Nightfall*.

## Appearance

Blur is skinny and shorter than Sophie thought him to be. During the boat ride with Lady Cadence in *Nightfall*, Blur comes with them and is frequently splashed by water. Part of his disguise fades and Sophie notices that he has full lips and round cheeks.

## Trivia

* Blur is described as having full lips and round cheeks, which is similar to descriptions of Jensi Babblos.
* Blur shares an ability with Fernan Babblos, Jensi's older brother.
* Blur also shares an ability with Councillor Darek, but has said that he is not a Councillor.
* In *Nightfall*, Blur says that his identity comes with a "looooooooong explanation", that Physic thinks is boring compared to hers.
* As such, many fans believe that Blur is Fernan Babblos, although that has yet to be confirmed.

## References

Information sourced from the Keeper of the Lost Cities Wiki
Bodas de sangre

*Bodas de sangre* (or *Blood Wedding*) is a play written by Federico García Lorca. First performed in 1933, it tells of a doomed wedding.

## Publisher's summary

Lorca's *Blood Wedding* is a classic of twentieth-century theatre. The story is based on a newspaper fragment which told of a family vendetta and a bride who ran away with the son of the enemy family. Lorca uses it to investigate the subjects which fascinated desire, repression, ritual, and the constraints and commitments of the rural Spanish community in which the play is rooted. Ted Hughes's version stays close in spirit and letter to the original Spanish. With marvellous directness, he fuses Lorca's vision to his own, and the result is a powerful poetic text which captures all the violence and pathos of the play for an English-speaking audience.
Billy Summers

*Billy Summers* is a novel written by Stephen King. Released in 2021, it tells of the titular assassin's final hit.

## Characters

* Billy Summers

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## Publisher's summary

Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?

How about everything...

## Synopsis

Billy Summers is a complex protagonist with a morally ambiguous nature. Throughout the narrative, King challenges readers' notions of right and wrong, blurring the lines of morality and forcing them to question traditional beliefs. Despite Billy's dark past, he desires redemption and embarks on a journey of self-reflection and introspection.

Trauma plays a significant role in shaping Billy's character. King delves into Billy's past, revealing the deep wounds that have influenced his choices and actions. The impact of this trauma adds depth to the character and allows readers to empathize with his struggles.

Set in a corrupt and violent world, the novel examines the malleability of morality in such an environment. It explores the subjective nature of right and wrong, highlighting the influence of external circumstances and personal motives on moral decisions.

Justice and vengeance are recurring themes in *Billy Summers*. As the protagonist takes on a morally ambiguous assignment, he grapples with the concepts of justified violence and the fine line between seeking justice and seeking revenge.

Stephen King's signature storytelling techniques, including suspense, plot twists, and psychological depth, create a tense and thought-provoking narrative. The author keeps readers on edge, uncertain about the protagonist's ultimate choices and whether redemption is truly attainable.

Overall, *Billy Summers* offers a captivating exploration of morality and redemption in the face of personal struggles and a corrupt world. Through its complex protagonist and the challenges he faces, the novel prompts readers to question their own beliefs about morality and the potential for personal growth and transformation.
A Stranger in My Grave

A Stranger in My Grave is a novel written by Margaret Millar. Released in 1960, it tells of a housewife finding her own grave.

## Characters

* Daisy Harker
* Stevens Pinata
* Jim Harker

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## Publisher's summary

Young housewife Daisy Harker’s world is upended when a blank spot in her memory and a reoccurring nightmare link her to an unsolved murder and a decades-old conspiracy.

Jim and Daisy Harker are a young, well-to-do couple in San Felice, California, and though childless they maintain the sort of domestic happiness that others can only aspire to. But a darkness exists at the outer edges of Daisy’s mind and she has no idea why it’s there. In a series of reoccurring nightmares she wanders a cemetery, eventually finding her own gravestone. According to the dream, December 2nd, 1955 is the day she died.

Street smart but honorable, Stevens Pinata is a man with his own mysteries. An orphan left on a church doorstep as a child, he isn’t even certain of his ethnicity, let alone his goals in life. As a private investigator he works with bail bonds and quick shakedowns. But when a pretty young woman like Daisy Harker comes into his office with a crazy request to “find her lost day” he is intrigued. He is too decent to take advantage of a crazy woman, but Mr. Harker is a wealthy man and who is Pinata to turn down money?

What unfolds is a masterpiece of suspense and one of the books that forever changed the domestic thriller. Millar’s razor sharp prose cuts a masterful plot and slashes at the racism, sexism, and entitlement endemic to an era otherwise celebrated for its prosperity.
A Reporter's Life

*A Reporter's Life* is a nonfiction book written by Walter Cronkite. Released in 1991, it serves as a way for Cronkite to tell his life story.

## Publisher's summary

He has been called the most trusted man in America. His 60-year-long journalistic career has spanned the Great Depression, several wars, and the extraordinary changes that have engulfed our nation over the last two-thirds of the 20th century. When Walter Cronkite advised his television audience in 1968 that the war in Vietnam could not be won, President Lyndon B. Johnson said: "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America."

Now, at the age of eighty, Cronkite has written his life story--the personal and professional odyssey of the original "anchorman" for whom that very word was coined. As a witness to the crucial events of this century--first for the Houston Press, then for the United Press wire service, and finally for CBS in the fledgling medium of television--Cronkite set a standard for integrity, objectivity, enthusiasm, compassion, and insight that is difficult to surpass. He is an overflowing vessel of history, and a direct link with the people and places that have defined our nation and established its unique role in the world.

But Walter Cronkite is also the man who loved to drive race cars "for the same reason that others do exhibitionist, dangerous stunts. It sets us apart from the average man; puts us, in our own minds, on a level just a little above the chap who doesn't race." He is also the man whose "softheartedness knows no rational bounds" and who always had "great problems at the theater, tearing up at the slightest offense against animals and people, notably the very old or the very young." He is the man who could barely refrain from spitting on the defendants at the Nuremberg Trials, and who could barely announce President Kennedy's assassination over the air for the sobs in his throat.

Walter Cronkite helped launch the juggernaut of television, and tried to imbue it with his own respect for quality and ethics; but now he occupies a ringside seat during the decline of his profession and the ascent of the lowest common denominator. As he aptly observes, "They'd rewrite Exodus to include a car chase."

Still, the American people know the difference. They know that for decades they have had the privilege of getting their news from a gentleman of the highest caliber. And they will immensely enjoy *A Reporter's Life.*
Alyosha Karamazov

Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov, often known simply as Alyosha, serves as the central figure in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1880 literary work *The Brothers Karamazov.* As the protagonist, he captures the reader's focus and interest. At the commencement of the novel, Alyosha stands as the youngest among the Karamazov siblings, age nineteen.

The introductory sections and the initial chapter cast him as the focal character driving the narrative forward. Noteworthy pseudonyms linked to him encompass Aleksèj Fëdorovic Karamazov. He shares familial ties with his brother Ivan Karamazov, while Dmitri Karamazov and Pavel Smerdyakov are his half-brothers. His mother is Sofia Ivanova. The canvas of his identity is predominantly painted within the pages of *The Brothers Karamazov*.
Blood Harvest (Terrance Dicks)

Gallifrey

*Blood Harvest* is a novel written by Terrance Dicks. Released in 1994, it is the twenty-eigth novel in Virgin's *Doctor Who New Adventures* series and features the Doctor and company facing off against vampires. It is both a direct sequel to Dicks' earlier serial *State of Decay* and the novel *Goth Opera*.

## Characters

* Seventh Doctor
* Bernice Summerfield
* Ace
* Dekker
* Al Capone
* Romana II
* Ivo
* Kalmar

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## Publisher's Summary

*"Doc's peddling bootleg liquor in an illegal speakeasy. You're carrying a gun for him, Ace - which makes you no better than any other gun-moll."*
Dekker is a private eye, an honest one. But when Al Capone hires him to investigate a new joint called "Doc's", he knows this is one job he can't refuse. And just why are the Doctor and Ace selling illegal booze in a town full of murderous gangsters?

Meanwhile, Bernice has been abandoned on a vampire-infested planet outside normal space. There she meets a mysterious stranger called Romanadvoratrelundar — and discovers an ancient and malevolent power, linking 1929 Chicago with a lair of immortal evil.

The consequences of this story are inextricably linked to events in the Doctor's past.

## See Also

* Doctor Who and the State of Decay by Terrance Dicks
* Goth Opera by Paul Cornell
Billy Budd, Sailor

*Billy Budd, Sailor* is a novella written by Herman Melville. Released posthumonously in 1924, it tells of Billy Budd killing a man while at sea.

## Characters

* Billy Budd

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## Publisher's summary

*Billy Budd* is a novella by American writer Herman Melville (1819-1891). Written between 1888 and 1891, it was published posthumously in 1924.

*Billy Budd* is a sea tale and follows the story of a young man who is impressed into service on different ships.

It is a novella full of adventure and mutinies, which at the same time reflects on the nature of good and evil, as usual in Melville’s prose.

It has been adapted for the screen numerous times.
Beren and Lúthien

*Beren and Lúthien* is a book written by J.R.R. Tolkien, and edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien. Released in 2017, it tells of the romance of a mortal man and an immortal woman.

## Characters

* Beren Erchamion
* Lúthien (or Tinúviel)
* Melkor (or Morgoth)

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## Publisher's summary

The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of *The Silmarillion*, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year.

Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Lúthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Lúthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril.

In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Lúthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he has told the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost.

Published on the tenth anniversary of the last Middle-earth book, the international bestseller *The Children of Húrin*, this new volume will similarly include drawings and color plates by Alan Lee, who also illustrated *The Lord of the Rings* and *The Hobbit* and went on to win Academy Awards for his work on *The Lord of the Rings* film trilogy.
Blood of Atlantis

*Blood of Atlantis* is a novel written by Simon A. Forward. Released in 2016, it is the ninth novel in Candy Jar's *Lethbridge-Stewart* series and tells of Lethbridge-Stewart investigating Atlantis.

## Characters

* Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
* Owain Vine
* Anne Travers
* Sonia Montilla
* Captain Grigory Bugayev

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## Publisher's summary

Could Atlantis really have arisen in the Aegean Sea?

Lethbridge-Stewart's nephew, Owain Vine, and a group of eco-protestor friends, are attempting to oppose an operation undertaken by Rolph Vorster, a ruthless South African mining magnate with his own private army, who is out to harvest as much Atlantean riches as he can.

Lethbridge-Stewart, along with Anne Travers, is called in to investigate a missing Russian submarine that appears to be connected to Atlantis, recruiting the colourful eccentric archaeologist, Sonia Montilla, along the way. All the while, Captain Bugayev and an undercover Spetsnaz team are investigating the fate of their governments missing submarine. A complication that could light a major fuse on the Cold War.

Meanwhile, Atlantis grows, and its reach is utterly inimical to human life.
A Day in the Life

*A Day in the Life* is a collection of short stories edited by Ian Farrington. Released in 2005, it is the thirteenth release in Big Finish's *Doctor Who Short Trips* series and tells of a disparate day in the Doctor's life.

## Stories within

* After Midnight by Andy Russell
* Undercurrents by Gary Merchant
* The Five O'Clock Shadow by Nev Fountain
* The Sooner the Better by Ian Farrington
* Before Midnight by Rebecca Levene

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## Publisher's summary

When you're time travellers, the concept of a day — from midnight to midnight — can get lost: the Doctor and his companions arrive on different planets in different eras at different times of the day. They can show up during someone's lunch break or when they're asleep, at the breaking of dawn or the coming of night.

Throughout his adventures, the Doctor meets many people — security guards on a night shift, mysterious space travellers riding the vortex, mobs of blobby Kobolds, a family sitting down to watch TV — but all too often their interaction is brief, a fleeting connection in the web of history.

Time, it seems, is very much of the essence...

day n. : 1: a period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, esp. from midnight to midnight. 2: a point of time.

"I can't make your dream come true forever, but I can make it come true today." - *Doctor Who* by Matthew Jacobs

In the early hours of the morning, a rock star gives a one-off comeback performance within a virtual-reality dreamscape... Over breakfast, a woman waits for the love of her life to walk through the doors of a café... The afternoon sees vital peace talks between two warring factors... A new UNIT recruit faces a terror at dusk on his first day on the job...

*A Day in the Life* features seventeen stories whose total "running time" adds up to a single twenty-four-hour period: a fictional "day in the life of the universe" made up of fragments from throughout time and space.

As we leave one story and join the next, we switch location and era — but not the hands on the clock...
Absolution (Rachel Blake)

*Absolution* is a novella written by Rachel Blake. Released in 2020, it is the fifteenth novella featuring recurring protagonist Erimem and tells of Erimem facing off against the Drofen again.

## Characters

* Erimem

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## Publisher's summary

Far in the future, a fleet of ships emerges from hiding intent on burning the universe...

Erimem finds her planned holiday interrupted by space battles, an old friend dealing with trauma, a priest with a Messiah complex and a horde of carnivorous aliens...

On top of all of that, she seems to have accidentally got herself a boyfriend, and he's got some questions that need answered...
Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds (1966-) is an author. Reynolds is best known for his science fiction novels.

## Written works

* Century Rain
* Pushing Ice
* House of Suns
* Terminal World
* Harvest of Time
* The Medusa Chronicles (with Stephen Baxter)
* Eversion

#### Inhibitor Sequence

* Revelation Space
* Redemption Ark
* Absolution Gap
* Inhibitor Phase

#### Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies

* The Prefect (or Aurora Rising)
* Elysium Fire

### Poseidon's Children

* Blue Remembered Earth
* On the Steel Breeze
* Poseidon's Wake

### Revenger

* Revenger
* Shadow Captain
* Bone Silence
Ana's Story

*Ana's Story* is a nonfiction book written by Jenna Bush. Released in 2007, it recounts Bush's work with UNICEF along with the life of Ana.

## Notable People Within

* Ana
* Jenna Bush

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## Publisher's Summary

*Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope* is a work of narrative nonfiction based on Jenna Bush's experiences while interning for UNICEF and documenting lives of children and teens she encountered through her work.

The book focuses on Ana, a teenage single mother who is bravely living with, rather than dying from, HIV. Ana's determination has allowed her to overcome abuse and abandonment and fight for an education and a better future for her child. Inspired by the framework of one girl's life, it is also the story of many children around the world who are marginalized and excluded from basic care, support, and education. Jenna Bush sends a message of hope, inclusion and survival, and calls for youth involvement in helping other young people triumph over adversity.

The book includes approximately 45 full-color photographs taken by Mia Baxter, Jenna's friend and fellow UNICEF intern.
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was an author. Doyle is best known for creating Sherlock Holmes.

## Writing style

Doyle's early work favored towards rational explanations for seemingly unexplainable events. Despite this, Doyle was a spiritualist for a large portion of his career, and this began to bleed into his works (such as *The Adventure of the Creeping Man* and the *Professor Challenger* novels).

## Written works

* Micah Clarke
* The Mystery of Cloomber
* The Firm of Girdlestone
* The White Company
* The Doings of Raffle Hall
* The Great Shadows
* The Refugees
* The Parasite
* The Stark Munro Letters
* Rodney Stone
* Uncle Bernac
* The Tragedy of the Korosko
* A Duet, with Occasional Chorus
* Sir Nigel
* The Maracot Deep

### Sherlock Holmes

* A Study in Scarlet
* The Sign of Four
* The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
* The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
* The Hound of the Baskervilles
* The Return of Sherlock Holmes
* The Valley of Fear
* His Last Bow
* The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

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### Professor Challenger

* The Lost World
* The Poison Belt
* The Land of Mist

## Books on Doyle

### Fiction

* Cracks in an Edifice of Sheer Reason by Ian Madden
* Evolution by John Peel
* The Monstrous Menagerie by Jonathan Morris
* A Discovery Disappears by Pip Murphy
* Of Mountains and Motors by Pip Murphy
* Revenge of the Judoon by Terrance Dicks
* Eliminating the Impossible by Jess Farady (printed in *Tales of the Great Detectives*)

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### Nonfiction

* Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley
* Arthur Conan Doyle: Beyond Baker Street by Janet Pascal
* Teller of Tales by Daniel Stashover
Banner by the Wayside

*Banner by the Wayside* is a novel written by Samuel Hopkins Adams. Released in 1947, it tells of a romance in the pre-Civil War Erie Canal.

## Characters

* Durie Edwards
* Jans

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## Publisher's summary

*Banner by the Wayside* is a classic of American literature depicting life in rural New York along the Erie Canal. Adams brings to life the color, sound, and canalside chatter of those early days, loaded with the brawling hurly-burly that filled days and nights with unending excitement.

Color, romance, dashing hero, daring heroine, the whole gay parade of life in the 1830s sparkles in this story of a wandering theatrical company touring the towns along the Erie Canal.

It is the story of Durie and Jans: Durie, the foundling who grew to entrancing loveliness, and Jans, a young man of inherited wealth and position, who matched in daring and charm Durie’s adventurous spirit. When Durie, whose parents died in violence, joined a roving theatrical troupe, Fate soon threw her into the company of Jans, wandering in search of adventure after Harvard had expelled him for his wildness.

hrough the Erie Canal country the troupe travelled, and there the romance of Durie and Jans unfolded. Teaming with characters from every walk of life, the story is abundant in the pungent language of the canal country.
Asha Grant (The Illuminae Files)

**Asha Grant** is a major protagonist in the book *Obsidio*. She is Kady Grant's cousin who survived the attack on Kerenza IV.

## Character

### Personality

Although it is shown that Asha Grant's background was quite different and unhealthy, she is depicted as being calm and collected. Like many of her fellow Illuminae members, Asha lacks any unique abilities or skills, but she does have a lot of bravery and compassion, as seen by her love for Katya Kowalski. Her role in teaching Rhys Lindstrom how to cheat at cards should also be mentioned. She asserts to be an adept at lying or conniving, which is how she and Rhys managed to enter forbidden regions without being caught.

### Appearance

Asha Grant has a tattoo that reads Rhys and Asha that has been partially covered up but serves as a reminder of their time together. She has green eyes and black complexion. In honor of her late sister, she also gets the word Samaira tattooed on her wrist. She is characterized as having green eyes, black hair, and light brown complexion.

## History

Only in *Obsidio* does Asha appear. On Kerenza IV, she plays a member of the resistance. She works as an intern at a pharmacy while she is employed by BeiTech. Her ex (Rhys) arrives as a BeiTech "Specialist" while she is there. In order to alert anybody who might be listening, Asha and the other members of the Kerenzan resistance successfully convince Linstrom to join them. Fortunately for them, the communication reaches the oncoming Mao. She and Rhys appear to be back together at the book's conclusion, while Katya—who was shot during the battle between BeiTech and the Resistance—has fully healed and is being brought before the judge for the court hearing.
Axos

Quantum of Axos

By Jacqui McGee

Axos Unleashed

The Gift Givers

Axos is a recurring antagonist within *Doctor Who*.

## Character

A massive composite creature, Axos is a parasitic lifeform - draining planets of their lifeform. Its main form is that of a massive worm or leech that floats through space. Axos is able to split small fragments of its own form and make them into roughly humanoid beings. These creatures are called "Axons" and can shift between a gold-skinned humanoid form and a red fleshy form.

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Andrew Peterson (Author)

For more than twenty years now, **Andrew Peterson** has been about the business of quietly changing lives in four-minute increments. In the city of Nashville where music is an industry in the same way fast food, generic greeting cards, and bumper stickers are industries, Peterson has forged his own path, refusing the artistic compromises that so often come with chasing album sales and radio singles and creating instead a long line of songs that ache with sorrow, joy and integrity, and that are, at the end of the day, part of a real, ongoing, human conversation.

In 2019, Andrew celebrated the 20th anniversary of his *Behold the Lamb of God* project with an anniversary tour and brand new album recording.

## Career

Andrew is also the award-winning author of *The Wingfeather Saga,* a four-book fantasy adventure series for young people, described as *The Princess Bride* meets *The Lord of the Rings*. The books have been re-released as collectible hardcover editions through Penguin Random House in 2020, and production is underway on the first season of the animated series through Angel Studios (*The Chosen),* set to release in 2022.

Andrew’s second nonfiction book, *The God of the Garden:* *Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom,* follows his 2019 memoir, *Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making*, released through B&H Publishers.

In 2008, driven by a desire to cultivate a strong Christian arts community, Andrew founded a ministry called The Rabbit Room, which led to a yearly conference, countless concerts and symposiums, and Rabbit Room Press, which has published over thirty books to date.

Andrew and his wife, Jamie, have been married for over 24 years and have three children, Aedan, Asher, and Skye. In his spare time Andrew keeps bees, builds dry stack stone walls, gardens, draws, and sleeps.

## Written Works

* The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom
* Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
* The Wingfeather Saga

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Among Kings

*Among Kings* is a nonfiction book written by Joey O'Connor. Released in 2020, it recounts the travels of William Sheppard.

## Notable People Within

* William Sheppard
* Samuel Lapsley
* King Leopold II of Belgium
* Lucy Gantt

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## Publisher's Summary

A black American missionary-explorer risks everything to save a nation, leading to the first international human rights trial.

Inspired by true events, discover the story of a forgotten African American hero whose passion for human rights helped free an enslaved nation. As a young boy growing up in post-Civil War Virginia, William Sheppard knew he wanted to explore the world. What he never expected was becoming a human rights hero who would change the world forever. "I didn't call Africa. Africa called me."

But as a black American missionary, he faced heartbreaking prejudice in pursuing his passion to explore and to serve. When he finally arrives in the Congo with his unlikely white missionary colleague — Samuel Lapsley — a deep interracial friendship emerges as they face hardships establishing their mission. The two venture deep into the dangerous, Belgian-controlled Congo ruled by the evil King Leopold II. Traveling by steamship 1,000 miles up the Congo River, these two novice missionaries battle lurking pythons, rampant disease, and cannibal tribes. When tragedy strikes the mission, Sheppard’s sadness drives him in search of adventure to overcome his grief, discover new kingdoms, and ultimately, his true self. Against all odds, his discoveries bring him global fame where he is celebrated among kings, queens, and presidents.

Despite his accomplishments, Sheppard longs to return to America to marry his fiancée — Lucy Gantt — a talented musician and teacher. Letters keep their love alive, but Sheppard has to know if the distance has made their love stronger and will she still go to the Congo to serve beside him? When he returns to America, he’s shocked by new Jim Crow laws, virulent racism, and the rising oppression of black American civil rights. The world has changed, but for Sheppard, his relationship with Lucy and his notoriety has only grown stronger. Returning to the Congo mission with Lucy, the stakes are raised when Sheppard makes a shocking discovery: Leopold has enslaved the entire Congo for the rubber trade and his own profit. Unbeknownst to the outside world, slavery and oppression have fallen like darkness over the Congo. Millions have perished.

Armed with only a simple camera, the courageous Sheppard knows he has to act. Risking everything, he captures photos and his images expose Leopold’s atrocities to the world, forcing the first international human rights trial in modern history. Sheppard faces an epic courtroom battle. Millions of lives are at stake. Who will win? The monarch or the missionary? Among Kings includes historical photos and Book Club Leader’s Guide Questions
Amelia (Henry Fielding)

## Amelia

Amelia is a novel written by Henry Fielding. Released in 1751, it is Fielding's final novel and tells of its titular protagonist's marriage.

## Characters

* Amelia Booth
* Captain William Booth

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## Publisher's summary

With its combination of satire and sentiment, its focus on the seedy side of London life, and its unexpected shifts in tone, Amelia has intrigued and disturbed readers since its first publication. Eagerly awaited by Henry Fielding’s eighteenth-century readers of Tom Jones, the novel perplexed many of them. Amelia counters the traditional courtship plot of eighteenth-century novels with its convincing portrayal of a marriage between an errant husband and his wife, and is ahead of its time in its depiction of the alienation of modern city life. Appendices include contemporary criticism and related works by Alexander Pope and Sarah Fielding.

## Quotes

* Life may as properly be called an art as any other; and the great incidents in it are no more to be considered as mere accidents than the several members of a fine statue or a noble poem. The critics in all these are not content with seeing anything to be great without knowing why and how it came to be so. By examining carefully the several gradations which conduce to bring every model to perfection, we learn truly to know that science in which the model is formed: as histories of this kind, therefore, may properly be called models of human life, so, by observing minutely the several incidents which tend to the catastrophe or completion of the whole, and the minute causes whence those incidents are produced, we shall best be instructed in this most useful of all arts, which I call the art of life.

## Sources

* Wikipedia
* Goodreads
Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.

Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. (1915-2005) was a historian and an author. Josephy is best known for his books on Native Americans.

## Career

Besides writing books, Josephy also wrote for the Time magazine and was a combat correspondent during World War Two.

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## Written Works

* The Long and the Short and the Tall
* The Patriot Chiefs
* Chief Joseph's People and their War
* The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
* The Indian Heritage of America
* The Artist Was a Young Man
* Black Hills, White Sky
* On the Hill
* Now that the Buffalo's Gone
* The Civil War in the American West
* 500 Nations
* Red Power
* A Walk Toward Oregon
* Nez Perce Country
Attack and Decay

*Attack and Decay* is a novel written by Andrew Cartmel. Released in 2022, it is the sixth book in Cartmel's Vinyl Detective series and tells of the Detective seeking out a black metal record.

## Characters

* The Vinyl Detective
* Own Wynter
* Tinkler
* Agatha
* Stinky Stanmer

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## Publisher's summary

The Vinyl Detective plunges into the world of death metal in his sixth adventure. Expect laughs, LPs, cats and the return of fan favourites, Nevada, Tinkler, Stinky Stanmer and more.

It starts with a perfectly normal evening in, except for the corpse-faced gentleman dressed all in black, with a crow on his shoulder, staring into the house, of course. And the visit from Own Wynter, head of Whyte Ravyn Records, who needs the Detective's unique skills.

So begins an all-expenses-paid trip to Trollesko, Sweden for the Detective, Nevada, Tinkler and Agatha to track down a copy of the debut album from demonic metal legends, Storm Dream Troopers.

But their trip to the homelands of Nordic noir is quickly thrust into a world of intrigue as the Detective closes in on the deal, the band unexpectedly converge on the peaceful town, And worse, their trip somehow coincides with a visit from Stinky Stanmer... Soon the bodies start piling up, and the Vinyl Detective is the only one who can solve the case.
Botros (Keeper of the Lost Cities)

**Botros,** also known as Bo, is an ogre and was one of Sophie's bodyguards. He is a Mercadir and was appointed to be a bodyguard for Sophie for more protection in *Flashback*. He has a gruff voice and takes his position very seriously. He is also married to Ro. The name "Botros" means stone.

## Character

### Appearance

Botros has mottled skin that "blends in well with the shadows". He has an apelike shape, long arms, a barrel chest, and squat, muscled legs. He wears a metal diaper with hammered steel shin guards and a spiked steel plate that curves from the base of his neck to his ribs. He has a strong jawline and a deeper gray to his eyes. Botros has swirling tattoos on his forehead, pale green stones pierced through his ears, and a dark green stud through the center of his bottom lip. Sophie notes that he might be what ogres consider handsome.

### Relationships

* **Ro (Wife/Enemy)**

There's an arranged marriage between Bo and Ro. King Dimitar arranged the marriage to protect his two strongest warriors, hoping that they wouldn't fight for power and would instead work together. Bo claims they were married so Ro wouldn't die in the battle for the right to become the leader of the ogres.

* **Glimmer** **(Current Charge)**

Bo is Glimmer's bodyguard, though he acts more as if he is protecting others from her. He seems to enjoy mentioning he can end Glimmer. This is noted by Glimmer herself and merited by Tam. Bo also accompanied the group on the raid and burning of the Neverseen Storehouse.

* **Sophie Foster** **(Former charge)**

Bo is Sophie's assigned ogre bodyguard in her multispecies bodyguard project. He has sworn to protect her with his life. But in *Unlocked*, he is moved to guard Glimmer.

* **King** **Dimitar** **(Boss/Father-in-law)**

King Dimitar is Bo's king. Dimitar chose Bo to be the ogre to protect Sophie. King Dimitar is also the one who arranged Bo and Ro's marriage, to prevent one of his two best warriors being killed in the final spar to become the ruler. In this way they would not have to spar each other but would share the throne. Ro and Bo argue who will spar for the throne.

## References

Credits go to the Lost Cities Keeper Wiki
Blind Justice (Bruce Alexander)

*Blind Justice* is a novel written by Bruce Alexander. Released in 1994, it is the first book in Alexander's *Sir John Fielding* series and shows Fielding hiring an orphan into the Bow Street Runners.

## Characters

* John Fielding
* Jeremy Proctor

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## Publisher's Summary

Falsely charged of theft in 1768 London, thirteen-year-old orphaned printer's apprentice Jeremy Proctor finds his only hope in the legendary Sir John Fielding. Fielding, founder of the Bow Street Runners police force, then recruits young Jeremy in his mission to fight London's most wicked crimes.
Alien Bodies

*Alien Bodies* is a novel written by Lawrence Miles. Released in 1997, it is the sixth novel in BBC Books' *Eighth Doctor Adventures* series and tells of the Doctor visiting a rather surreal auction.

## Characters

* Eighth Doctor
* Sam Jones
* The Shift

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## Publisher's summary

On an island in the East Indies, in a lost city buried deep in the heart of the rainforest, agents of the most formidable powers in the galaxy are gathering. They have been invited there to bid for what could turn out to be the deadliest weapon ever created.

When the Doctor and Sam arrive in the city, the Time Lord soon realises they've walked into the middle of the strangest auction in history — and what's on sale to the highest bidder is something more horrifying than even the Doctor could have imagined, something that could change his life forever.

And just when it seems things can't get any worse, the Doctor finds out who else is on the guest list.
A Creed for the Third Millennium

*A Creed for the Third Millennium* is a novel written by Colleen McCullough. Released in 1985, it tells of a revolutionary speaker and therapist touring a Millennial America ravaged by climate change (specifically mass global cooling).

## Characters

* Dr. Joshua Christian
* Dr. Judith Carriol

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## Publisher's Summary

Tomorrow's America is a cold and ravaged place, a nation devastated by despair and enduring winter. In a small New England city, senior government official Dr. Judith Carriol finds the man she has been seeking: a deliverer of hope in a hopeless time who can revive the dreams of a shattered people; a magnetic, compassionate idealist whom Judith can mold, manipulate and carry to undreamed-of heights; a healer who must ultimately face damnation through the destructive power of love.

## See Also

* Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors by Brian Hayles
Beyonders

*Beyonders* is a series written by Brandon Mull and set in another world called Lyrian where it is ruled by a malicious wizard emperor called Maldor. Jason and Rachel, the protagonists, have set it upon themselves to save Lyrian from being encompassed by Maldor's rule.

## Books

### A World Without Heroes

Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable—until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he’s ever seen. In the past, the people of Lyrian welcomed visitors from the Beyond, but attitudes have changed since the wizard emperor Maldor rose to power. The brave resistors who opposed the emperor have been bought off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.

In his search for a way home, Jason meets Rachel, who was also mysteriously drawn to Lyrian from our world. With the help of a few scattered rebels, Jason and Rachel become entangled in a quest to piece together the word of power that can destroy the emperor and learn that their best hope to find a way home will be to save this world without heroes.

### Seeds of Rebellion

After the cliffhanger ending of A World Without Heroes, Jason is back in the world he’s always known—yet for all his efforts to get home, he finds himself itching to return to Lyrian. Jason knows that the shocking truth he learned from Maldor is precious information that all of his friends in Lyrian, including Rachel, need if they have any hope of surviving and defeating the evil emperor.

Meanwhile, Rachel and the others have discovered new enemies—as well as new abilities that could turn the tide of the entire quest. And as soon as Jason succeeds in crossing over to Lyrian, he’s in more danger than ever. Once the group reunites, they strive to convince their most-needed ally to join the war and form a rebellion strong enough to triumph over Maldor. At the center of it all, Jason and Rachel realize what roles they’re meant to play—and the answers are as surprising as they are riveting.

### Chasing the Prophecy

Jason and Rachel were not born in Lyrian. They did not grow up in Lyrian. But after all of the battles and losses, the triumphs and adventures, and most of all, the friendships forged in this fantastical world, Lyrian has become home to them in a way they never could have imagined.

And so, armed now with the prophecy of a dying oracle, they have gone on their separate quests—each surrounded by brave and powerful allies—knowing that the chance for success is slim. But Jason and Rachel are ready at last to become the heroes Lyrian needs, no matter the cost.

Packed with thrills, action, and drama, this third and final installment of Brandon Mull’s #1 bestselling Beyonders trilogy brings the series to a gripping conclusion.

## Gallery

*Beyonders: A World Without Heroes**Beyonders: Seeds Of Rebellion**Beyonders: Chasing The Prophecy**Fan art of the protagonists, Jason and Rachel.*
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399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young

*417 More Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young* is a nonfiction book written by Nancy Linde. Released in 2016, it collects puzzles made to keep dementia and alzheimers at bay.

## Publisher's summary

It’s never too late to improve your brain.

Achieving and maintaining a higher level of mental fitness can be surprisingly fun—and to your brain, it’s healthy exercise. In this follow-up volume to her bestselling *399 Games, Puzzle & Trivia Challenges Designed to Keep Your Brain Young* , Nancy Linde offers a brand-new collection of puzzles, trivia challenges, brainteasers, and word games that are not only great fun to do but are specifically designed to give your brain the kind of workout that stimulates neurogenesis, the process that allows the brain to grow new cells.

Cross-train your brain by targeting 6 key cognitive functions: Long-term memory, working memory, executive functioning, attention to detail, multitasking, and processing speed.

This is the kind of exercise you’ll want to do, and all it takes is 10 to 15 minutes a day for a full workout.
Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

illustration of the Brigadier from The Legions of Death

Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (or the Brigadier) is a major character within *Doctor Who* and the main character of the *Lethbridge-Stewart* series.

## Character

One of the first (if not the first) Brigadiers of the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, the Brigadier's life is tied to that of the Doctor's. The Brigadier can best be described as an old soldier and a man of action.

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Black Guardian (Doctor Who)

Illustration of the Black Guardian from Time & Time Again

The Black Guardian is a recurring antagonist within *Doctor* *Who*.

## Character

One of the immensely powerful Guardians of Time, the Black Guardian is the manifestation of chaos and can be viewed as the God of evil. He is the nemesis of the White Guardian (manifestation of order).

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