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Aftercare Instructions

*Aftercare Instructions* is a novel written by Bonnie Pipkin. Released in 2017, it features Genesis Johnson traveling through life after having an abortion.

## Characters

* Genesis Johnson
* Peter
* rest to be added

## Synopsis

A big-hearted journey of furious friendship, crazy love, and unexpected hope after a teen's decision to end an unwanted pregnancy "Troubled."

That's seventeen-year-old Genesis according to her small New Jersey town. She finds refuge and stability in her relationship with her boyfriend, Peter--until he abandons her at a Planned Parenthood clinic during their appointment to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The betrayal causes Gen to question everything. As Gen pushes herself forward to find her new identity without Peter, she must also confront her most painful memories. Through the lens of an ongoing four act play within the novel, the fantasy of their undying love unravels line by line, scene by scene. Digging deeper into her past while exploring the underground theater world of New York City, she rediscovers a long forgotten dream. But it's when Gen lets go of her history, the one she thinks she knows, that she's finally able to embrace the complicated, chaotic true story of her life, and take center stage.

*Aftercare Instructions*, an electric debut full of heart and hope, follows Gen on a big-hearted journey from dorm rooms to diners to underground theaters--and ultimately, right into readers' hearts.
Richard

Richard is a versatile player who has been a part of the Free Play Killer Queen League for three seasons. He started his career with BattleHive Apis in seasons 4 and 5, where he was a key member of a team that won all trophies in season 5. In the season 6 auction, he was the second pick and was acquired by Results May Berry after a dramatic bidding war with Pollen Count. Since joining Results May Berry, Richard has settled into a role as their queen and has helped lead the team to improved results this season. Richard is known for his ability to adapt and excel in any position, and his experience and leadership have been valuable assets to his current team.
Amelia Peabody

The author in Peabody's working clothes

Amelia Peabody is the main character of a series of twenty historical mystery novels and one non-fiction companion volume written by archaeology PhD, Barbara Mertz (1927–2013) under the pen name Elizabeth Peters. The series was published between 1975 and 2010. A final, posthumous novel, uncompleted at Mertz's death was finished by Joan Hess and appeared in 2017.

## Character

Amelia is considered an "unconventional woman" and a "spinster," she is introduced in *Crocodile on the Sandbank* and described as an educated, opinionated, suffragist and scholar, living in England in 1884. She had spent most of her life caring for her widowed father, and educating herself with his library, learning numerous languages, and a great deal of classic history.

## History

With the death of her scholarly father, she inherits almost half a million pounds and determines to see the world.

In Rome her traveling companion takes ill, and Amelia meets Evelyn Barton-Forbes, a young Englishwoman of social standing who had eloped with and been abandoned by her lover. Amelia takes Evelyn in hand and appoints her as new traveling companion, and the two make their way to Egypt. There they meet the Emerson brothers, Egyptologist Radcliffe and his philologist brother Walter. Eventually, Amelia marries Radcliffe Emerson, and Evelyn marries Walter. Amelia and her husband always affectionately call each other by their surnames

Following the birth of their son Walter Peabody Emerson, know by the nickname Ramses, the Emersons settle in Kent, from where Emerson commutes to a job lecturing in Egyptology at university in London. Despite Amelia's suggestions that he resume seasonal digs in Egypt, Emerson insists on staying in England with his family while Ramses is too young to travel. Peabody and Emerson return to Egypt at least once without Ramses in *The Curse of the Pharaohs* in 1892 before they decide to bring him along on their annual digs beginning in *The Mummy Case*, for the 1894-95 season.

While the Emersons excavate Mazghuna, they encounter a criminal mastermind who runs an illicit antiquities trade, stealing artifacts from tombs, putting him at odds with the Emersons. Amelia initially calls him "The Master Criminal," but eventually learns his name is Sethos. Sethos is later revealed to be Emerson's previously unknown half-brother, Seth.

During the 1897-1898 season while on an archaeological expedition to Nubia in *The Last Camel Died at Noon*, after an adventure worthy of H. Rider Haggard the family discovers Nefret Forth, the daughter of a former acquaintance of Emerson's. Nefret returns to England with the Emersons and becomes their ward.

## Inspiration

Amelia was in part inspired by Amelia Edwards, a Victorian novelist, travel writer, and Egyptologist, whose best-selling 1873 book, *A Thousand Miles up the Nile* is similar in tone to Amelia Emerson's narration. The character was also semi-autobiographical and were based on Peters' own experience in academia.
Anthology of Tales from the Past

Konjaku Monogatarishū (or Anthology of Tales from the Past) is a collection of short stories. Compiled during the later years of the Heian period, the Konjaku collects various tales from Japan, India, and China. Only 28 of the 31 volumes of the Konjaku are known to still exist.

## Stories within

* The Grave of Chopsticks
* Robbers Come to a Temple and Steal Its Bell
* The Woman Fish Peddler at the Guardhouse
* Fish are Turned into the Lotus Sutra
* A Dragon is Caught by a Tengu Goblin
* The Monk Tojo Predicts the Fall of Shujaku Gate
* Wasps Attack a Spider in Revenge

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## Publisher's summary

This collection of translated tales is from the most famous work in all of Japanese classical literature—the *Konjaku Monogatari Shu*.

This collection of traditional Japanese folklore is akin to the *Canterbury Tales* of Chaucer or Dante's *Inferno*—powerfully entertaining tales that reveal striking aspects of the cultural psychology, fantasy, and creativity of medieval Japan—tales that still resonate with modern Japanese readers today.

The ninety stories in this book are filled with keen psychological insights, wry sarcasm, and scarcely veiled criticisms of the clergy, nobles, and peasants alike—suggesting that there are, among all classes and peoples, similar failings of pride, vanity, superstition and greed—as well as aspirations toward higher moral goals.

This is the largest collection in English of the *Konjaku Monogatari Shu* tales ever published in one volume. It presents the low life and the high life, the humble and the devout, the profane flirting, farting and fornicating of everyday men and women, as well as their yearning for the wisdom, transcendence and compassion that are all part and parcel of our shared humanity.

## Sources

* Wikipedia
* Goodreads
21 Secrets of Million-Dollar Sellers

*21 Secrets of Million-Dollar Sellers* is a nonfiction book written by Stephen J. Harvill. Released in 2017, it tells the reader techniques used by successful salespeople.

## Publisher's summary

In this sharp, invigorating read, *Fortune 50* consultant Stephen Harvill discovers twenty-one common behaviors of top earners across seven major industries that set them apart. These are the secrets of the world’s best salespeople who rake in at least one million dollars a year.

For over thirty years, Steve Harvill has helped successful sales teams do what they do better, smarter, more elegantly, and more imaginatively. As a consultant for some of the top companies in the world, including Apple, Pepsi, Samsung, and Wells Fargo, he aids in simplifying processes that have become unwieldy and making teams more effective.

His work inspired him to ask the What exactly sets the top producers apart from their peers? After spending a year interviewing 175 sales superstars from seven different industries, he found twenty-one distinct behaviors of successful salespeople. Organized by these best practices and filled with hundreds more tips, stories, and takeaways, *21 Secrets of Million-Dollar Sellers* reveals how you can improve in every aspect of your job and rise to become one of the best.
Astronomy: The Definitive Guide

*Astronomy: The Definitive Guide* is a nonfiction book edited by Robert Burnham. Released in 2002, it serves as an introduction to the field of astronomy.

## Publisher's summary

*Astronomy: The Definitive Guide* is the perfect handbook for all who are interested in our place in the universe. Prepared under the direction of consultant editor Robert Burnham, the guide includes hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and sky maps that bring to life the intriguing subject of astronomy.

The guide is divided into two sections. The first, *Discovering the Universe*, explains our changing understanding of earth's place in the universe and provides an up-to-the-minute guide to astronomy today. It describes the main celestial bodies and explores the big questions raised by our evolving understanding of the universe. Also included is advice on selecting the most appropriate equipment for skywatching and tips on becoming a successful viewer.

The second section, *A Guide to Celestial Objects*, is a field guide to the night sky. It includes hundreds of maps and photographs, with sections on the sun, moon and planets, stars, nebulas and galaxies, as well as monthly star charts and sky tours of both northern and southern hemispheres.
Bagatelle

*You may be looking for Louisiane.*

*Bagatelle* is a novel written by Maurice Denuzière. Released in 1981, it is the third book in Denuzière's *Louisiane* series and tells of the history of the Louisiane plantation during the dying years of the 19th century.

## Publisher's summary

1898-1920. The turn of the 20th century, from the unknown events of the Spanish-American conflict over the Cuban issue to the participation of the United States in the First World War, including the surge of black gold in the cotton lands, the beginnings jazz, the backfires of the first automobiles, the exploits of flying madmen.

Spring 1898: in the memory of Virginie, the unforgettable lady of Bagatelle, and of Clarence Dandrige, faithful steward of the plantation, prototype of the Cavalier of an Old South abolished since the Civil War, under the leadership of Gustave de Castel- Brajac, an exuberant descendant of a musketeer who emigrated to Louisiana, the young generation tries, in its own way, to maintain traditions, while blending into modernity. The peaceful grandson of the beautiful Virginie, called to a serene future alongside his wife, granddaughter of a Choctaw of high lineage, will find himself swept away towards a tragic destiny to satisfy his father's ambitions? A new episode of this vast romantic fresco, tender and violent, on the banks of the Mississippi.

After Louisiana (twenty-five translations) and Fausse-Rivière (thirty-two weeks in the bestseller lists), Bagatelle, which can be read independently of the first two volumes, enjoyed comparable success and made millions of readers dream.

Critics unanimously recognized its author as one of the masters of the historical novel.

(this was translated from French using Google Translate)
Against Gardens

*Against Gardens* is a *Bernice Summerfield* short story written by Eddie Robson. Released in 2004, it is the fourth story in the *Bernice Summerfield* short story collection *A Life Worth Living* and tells of Hass' work as a gardener.

## Characters

* Hass
* Bernice Summerfield
* Irving Braxiatel
* Adrian Wall
* sentient plant

## Plot

Hass has been at the Collection for a year now. There are many things he doesn't like: the horizon, Wolsey the cat, and the fact that everyone expects him to recreate the garden the way Mister Crofton had it.

Among the projects Hass has going are a sunken garden and a greenhouse for cold-climate plants. However, after a recent altercation with Adrian Wall, Hass assumes that Adrian is responsible for filling in the sunken garden, and the two come to blows.

Hass begins to notice strange things happening in his gardens. In addition to the sunken garden incident, he notices that his layout of plants is changing, and the greenhouse is unable to maintain the cool temperatures he requires. The garden seems to have changed back to the way Crofton had it. Fed up, Hass hands in his resignation to Brax.

He meets with Benny and tells her what is happening to the garden. She is excited to help him investigate.

They discover a huge vine in the affected areas, a plant which Hass does not recognise. Benny is surprised to discover that Hass has no intention of killing the vine, as he prefers not to kill plants. They dig up the vines and discover they are grafted to a plant that Hass does recognise. It can accelerate the growing process of plants, and Hass and Benny note that it seems to be sentient, or at least to have the power of mimicry. Hass removes the vines from the plant, in the process staking his claim to the garden.
Black Orchid (Doctor Who)

## Black Orchid

*Black Orchid* is a novella written by Terence Dudley. Released in 1987, it is a novelization of Dudley's *Doctor Who* serial of the same name.

## Characters

* Fifth Doctor
* Adric
* Tegan Jovanka
* Nyssa
* Lady Cranleigh
* Charles Cranleigh

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## Publisher's summary

On a lazy June afternoon in 1925 the TARDIS materialises at the tiny railway station of Cranleigh Halt. Warmly welcomed by the local gentry, the time-travellers look forward to a well-deserved rest from their adventures.

After a stunning performance at a friendly cricket match, the Doctor, together with Tegan, Adric and Nyssa, is invited to the splendid masked ball by Lady Cranleigh and her son, Charles.

But a dark menace haunts the secret corridors of Cranleigh Hall. And before the ball is over, the quiet summer will be shattered by the shocking discovery of a brutal murder...
Better Late Than Never (Gifted)

*Better Late Than Never* is a novel written by Marilyn Kaye. Released in 2009, it is the second book in Kaye's *Gifted* series and features Jenna Kelley meeting someone who claims to be her father.

## Characters

* Jenna Kelley

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## Synopsis

Meadowbrook Middle School is an ordinary school with ordinary students - queen bees, jocks, nerds, brains, all the usual suspects. With nine exceptions. These students look like the others, but each of them has a special supernatural attribute that marks them out. You could call it a skill, a talent or a disadvantage, but each of these students is unique - they're gifted. Teenage goth and occasional rebel Jenna Kelly can read anyone's mind without even trying. When her alcoholic mother has to go into hospital, a stranger turns up who says he's her long-lost dad, and promises her a better future. While Jenna is happy to discover what it's like to have a proper parent, the gifted class have their concerns, but will Jenna listen?
206 Bones

*206 Bones* is a novel written by Kathy Reichs. Released in 2009, it is the twelfth book featuring recurring protagonist Temperance Brennan and tells of Brennan working to reconstruct a case while being held captive.

## Characters

* Temperance Brennan
* Andrew Ryan

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## Publisher's summary

The #1 *New York Times* bestselling author and producer of the Fox television hit, *Bones*, returns with a spectacular new Tempe Brennan novel.

There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end. 206 Bones opens with Tempe regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct...

Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had accompanied the recently discovered remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Suddenly, Tempe was accused of mishandling the autopsy -- and the case. Someone made an incriminating phone call. Within hours, the one man with information about the call was dead. Back in Montreal, the corpse of a second elderly woman was found in the woods, and then a third.

Seamlessly weaving between Tempe's present-tense terror as she's held captive and her memory of the cases of these murdered women, Reichs conveys the incredible devastation that would occur if a forensic colleague sabotaged work in the lab. The chemistry between Tempe and Ryan intensifies as this complex, riveting tale unfolds. Reichs is writing at the top of her game.
A. Scott Berg

Andrew Scott Berg (usually known as A. Scott Berg, 1949-) is a historian/biographer. Berg is best known for his biographies of celebrities such as Maxwell Perkins, Charles Lindbergh, and Katharine Hepburn.

## Written Works

* Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (on Maxwell Perkins)
* Goldwyn (on Samuel Goldwyn)
* Lindbergh (on Charles Lindbergh)
* Kate Remembered
* Wilson (on Woodrow Wilson)
* World War I and America (editor)
Pollen Count

Pollen Count is a team in its fourth season of the FPQKL. Their Apiarist is Crystal, and the team's name is derived from a YouTube video the league produced where Crystal made a complete weather report for the four maps of the game, including an accurate "Pollen Count" of the number of berries on each map. Season 3 saw the league's MVP, Heriberto, on the team. Currently in Season 6, PC is 4-6 and secured 4th place in the league standings. Over the course of their regular season history, Pollen Count has achieved a combined record of 12 set wins, 18 set losses, and 44 map victories. Their top finish was a third-place finish in season 3.

### Season-by-Season Record

**Franchise Records according to Challonge.com through Season 6**

### Players

* Bryan plays Queen and is in his second season with Pollen Count.
* Crystal plays Speed Warrior and won Player of the Week after the first league date. This is her fifth season in the league.
* Kylie is a rookie to the league and has been flexing between the positions of objective and Warrior.
* Molly is in her sixth season with the league and second with Pollen Count. She plays warrior.
* Grrrmaid is in her second season in the league and is an exclusive objective player.
* Mitchell plays flex and is in his third season with Pollen Count and fifth season overall in the league.

### Statistics

In season 3, they had the league's MVP, Heriberto, on their team. As of 12/22/22, their current record is 2-2 with 7 map victories, and they are currently third in the standings. Over the course of their regular season history, Pollen Count has achieved a combined record of 12 set wins, 18 set losses, and 44 map victories. Their top finish was a third-place finish in season 3.
Armageddon (Leon Uris)

## Armageddon

*Armageddon* is a novel written by Leon Uris. Released in 1964, it tells of Germany immediately after World War II.

## Characters

* Sean O'Sullivan

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## Publisher's summary

In Berlin at the end of World War II, an American Army officer bears witness to the aftermath of one historic tragedy and the rise of another. Captain Sean O'Sullivan distinguishes himself as a courageous soldier in the closing days of World War II, but what comes next tests his deepest reserves of strength and conviction.

Sent to oversee the rebuilding of Berlin, O'Sullivan is exposed to the horrific truths of the Holocaust, a shattered and defeated society, and the new threat of Soviet power as the Iron Curtain begins to shadow the city. When Soviet forces blockade Berlin and the airlift begins, O'Sullivan is faced with profound moral dilemmas in an increasingly complicated world. *Armageddon* is one of the great fictional portrayals of Europe in the earliest days of the Cold War.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

*A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* is a novel written by James Joyce. Released in 1916, it tells of the early life of Stephen Dedalus - a reimagining of Joyce.

## Characters

* Stephen Dedalus

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## Publisher's summary

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce and a universal testament to the artist's 'eternal imagination'. Both an insight into Joyce's life and childhood, and a unique work of modernist fiction, *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* is a novel of sexual awakening, religious rebellion and the essential search for voice and meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to blossom fully into themselves.

## See Also

* Stephen Hero by James Joyce
* Ulysses by James Joyce
* Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence

## Sources

* A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man on Wikipedia and Goodreads
A Fistful of Shells

*A Fistful of Shells* is a nonfiction book written by Toby Green. Released in 2019, it serves as a history of West Africa.

## Publisher's Summary

**Winner of the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2019**

An *Observer* and *Wall Street Journal* Book of the Year 2019

By the time of the 'Scramble for Africa' in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for many centuries. Its gold had fueled the economies of Europe and Islamic world since around 1000, and its sophisticated kingdoms had traded with Europeans along the coasts from Senegal down to Angola since the fifteenth century. Until at least 1650, this was a trade of equals, using a variety of currencies - most importantly shells: the cowrie shells imported from the Maldives, and the nzimbu shells imported from Brazil.

Toby Green's groundbreaking new book transforms our view of West and West-Central Africa. It reconstructs the world of kingdoms whose existence (like those of Europe) revolved around warfare, taxation, trade, diplomacy, complex religious beliefs, royal display and extravagance, and the production of art.

Over time, the relationship between Africa and Europe revolved ever more around the trade in slaves, damaging Africa's relative political and economic power as the terms of monetary exchange shifted drastically in Europe's favor. In spite of these growing capital imbalances, longstanding contacts ensured remarkable connections between the Age of Revolution in Europe and America and the birth of a revolutionary nineteenth century in Africa.

*A Fistful of Shells* draws not just on written histories, but on archival research in nine countries, on art, praise-singers, oral history, archaeology, letters, and the author's personal experience to create a new perspective on the history of one of the world's most important regions.
Ayyubid dynasty

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The Ayyubid dynasty (or the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt) was a dynasty of the Sultanate of Egypt. Started by Saladin, the Ayyubid dynasty radically altered Egypt's political situation - making the nation the dominant Sunni force until it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.

## Books on the Ayyubid dynasty

### Nonfiction

* From Saladin to the Mongols by Stephen Humphreys

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Ark of Empire

*Ark of Empire* is a nonfiction history book written by Dale Van Every. Released in 1964, it is the third part of Every's *Frontier People of America* series and tells the early settling efforts of the new United States of America.

## Notable People Within

* George Washington
* Thomas Jefferson
* John Adams

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## Publisher's summary

A vigorous account of the pivotal post-Revolutionary era of the American Frontier, where the young nation struggled to forge an empire from the wilderness...

Noted historian Dale Van Every continues his monumental history of the American Frontier in this crucial study, describing the perilous crises that threatened the young republic during the period when she struggled to remain one nation instead of becoming many.

In this third volume of his major work, The Frontier People of America , the renowned historian tells how the Indians, allied with the British and Spanish, nearly won the battle for the West; how economic and military instability left the new frontiers dangerously unprotected, and finally, how the vision of leaders such as Washington, Jefferson, and Adams helped forge the government that was to unite a territory as large as Western Europe...
Answer as a Man

*Answer as a Man* is a novel written by Taylor Caldwell. Released in 1980, it is Caldwell's last major novel and tells of the life of Jason Garrity.

## Characters

* Jason Garrity
* Patricia

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## Publisher's Summary

All his life, Jason Garrity has had to battle intolerance and injustice in his quest for power, money, and love. His new hotel will give him financial security, the means to support a loving family and become an upstanding citizen. When family secrets and financial greed combine to destroy his dreams, his rigid moral convictions are suddenly brought into question.
Apollo 23

Apollo 23 is a novel written by Justin Richards. Released in 2010, it is the thirty-seventh novel in BBC Books' Doctor Who New Series Adventures series and tells of the Doctor working with NASA to stop an alien invasion.

## Characters

* Eleventh Doctor
* Amy Pond

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## Publisher's summary

*"Houston – we have a problem."*

An astronaut in full spacesuit appears out of thin air in a busy shopping centre. Maybe it's a publicity stunt.

A photo shows an immaculately-dressed woman in her best shoes lying dead at the edge of a crater on the dark side of the moon – beside her beloved dog 'Poochie'. Maybe it's a hoax.

But as the Doctor and Amy find out, these are just minor events in a sinister plan to take over every human being on earth. The plot centres on a secret military base on the moon – that's where Amy and the TARDIS are.

The Doctor is back on Earth, and without the TARDIS there's no way he can get to the moon to save Amy and defeat the aliens.

Or is there? The Doctor discovers one last great secret that could save humanity: *Apollo 23*.
2061: Odyssey Three

*2061: Odyssey Three* is a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke. Released in 1987, it is the third book in Clarke's *Space Odyssey* series and tells of Heywood Floyd confronting the Monoliths once again.

## Characters

* Heywood Floyd
* Dave Bowman
* HAL 9000

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## Publisher's summary

Arthur C. Clarke, creator of one of the world's best-loved science fiction tales, revisits the most famous future ever imagined in this *NEW YORK TIMES* bestseller, as two expeditions into space become inextricably tangled. Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monloiths, must again confront Dave Bowman, HAL, and an alien race that has decided that Mankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether it wishes to or not.
About Time 1

*About Time 1* is a nonfiction book written by Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood. Released in 2006, it is the first volume in the *About Time* series and recounts the first three seasons of the series *Doctor Who*.

## Publisher's summary

Constituting the largest reference work on *Doctor Who* ever written, the six-volume *About Time* strives to become the ultimate reference guide to the world's longest-running science fiction program. Written by Lawrence Miles (*Faction Paradox*) and long-time sci-fi commentator Tat Wood, *About Time* focuses on the continuity of *Doctor Who* (its characters, alien races and the like), but also examines the show as a work of social commentary. In particular, Miles and Wood dissect the politics and social issues that shaped the show during its unprecedented 26-year run (from 1963 to 1989), detailing how the issues of the day influenced this series.

As part of this grand opus, *About Time 1* examines *Doctor Who* Seasons 1 to 3 (1963 to 1966) — the show's every beginnings, with William Hartnell in the lead role. Among other things, *About Time 1* answers such vitally important "Who" questions as "Can You Change History, Even One Line?", "What's the Timeline of the Daleks?" and "Is His Name Really Who?"
Books of the Art

The cover of Everville, the second book in the series

Books of the Art (or The Art Trilogy) is an unfinished trilogy of novels written by Clive Barker. Comprising two (published) books, it tells of the cosm and the metacosm.

## Major characters

* Fletcher
* Jaffe
* Harry D'Amour

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## Books within

### The Great and Secret Show

Clive Barker's bestseller *Weaveworld* astonished readers with his visionary range, establishing him as a master of fabulist literature. Now, with *The Great and Secret Show* he rises to new heights. In this unforgettable epic he wields the full power and sweep of his talents. "Succinctly put," says Barker, "it's about Hollywood, sex and Armageddon."

Memory, prophecy and fantasy; the past, the future, and the dreaming moment between are all one country living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.

Armageddon begins with a murder in the Dead Letter Office in Omaha. A lake that has never existed falls from the clouds over Palomo Grove, CA. Young passion blossoms, as the world withers with war. The Great and Secret Show has begun on the stage of the world. Soon the final curtain must fall.

In this, the First Book of the Art, Barker has created a masterpiece of the imagination that explores the uncharted territory within our secret lives and most private hearts. Sprawling, ambitious, triumphantly magical and satisfying, *The Great and Secret Show* is what the rest of life is all about.

### Everville

On the borderland between this world and the world of Quiddity, the sea of our dreams, sits Everville. For years, it has lived in ignorance of the gleaming shore on which it lies. But its ignorance is not bliss. Opening the door between worlds, Clive Barker delivers his characters into the heart of the human mystery; into a place of revelation, where the forces which have shaped our past(and are ready to destroy our future) are at work.
A Fool and His Money (Anne Wroe)

## A Fool and His Money

*A Fool and His Money* is a nonfiction book written by Ann Wroe. Released in 1995, it details life in France during the Hundred Years' War.

## Publisher's summary

A historian traces the political and social divisions in a medieval French town during the Hundred Years War through the story of a pot of gold found in a drain--a mystery unearthed by the author in the city archives.

## See also

* Magdalena and Balthasar by Steven Ozment
* 1356 by Bernard Cornwell
Border Princes

*Border Princes* is a novel written by Dan Abnett. Released in 2007, it is the second novel in BBC Books' *Torchwood* series and tells of Torchwood dealing with absolute chaos.

## Characters

* Jack Harkness
* James Mayer
* Davey Morgan

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## Publisher's summary

The End of the World began on a Thursday night in October, just after eight in the evening...

The Amok is driving people out of their minds, turning them into zombies and causing riots in the streets. A solitary diner leaves a Cardiff restaurant, his mission to protect the Principal leading him to a secret base beneath a water tower. Everyone has a headache; there's something in Davey Morgan's shed; and the church of St Mary-in-the-Dust, demolished in 1840, has reappeared - though it's not due until 2011. Torchwood seem to be out of their depth. What will all this mean for the romance between Torchwood's newest members?

Captain Jack Harkness has something more to worry about: an alarm, an early warning, given to mankind and held — inert — by Torchwood for 108 years. And now it's flashing. Something is coming. Or something is already here.
Blood Oath

*Blood Oath* is a novel written by Linda Fairstein. Released in 2019, it features recurring protagonist ADA Alexandra Cooper and sees her uncovering secrets within the Rockefeller University.

## Characters

* Alexandra Cooper
* Mike Chapman
* Mercer Wallace
* Lucy

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## Synopsis

Alex Cooper takes on the case of a young woman who testified years earlier at a landmark Federal trial - and now reveals that she was sexually assaulted by a prominent law enforcement official during that time. As the case grows more complex, Alex, along with NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, find themselves in uncharted territory within Manhattan's Rockefeller University, a research institute born of tragedy that has evolved into a premier scientific facility, hospital, and cornerstone of higher learning. But when dark secrets of the century-old institution intersect with life-threatening events, the experience may just help determine whether Alex will keep her job, or throw her hat in the ring to become the next district attorney of New York County . . . if she can survive that long.
Alice (Sara Flanigan)

## Alice

*Alice* is a novel written by Sara Flanigan. Released in 1988, it tells of a deaf child being rescued from horrible conditions.

## Characters

* Ellie Perkins
* Jack Perkins
* Sammy Perkins
* Alice Guthrie
* Aunt Bessie

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## Publisher's summary

A story of inner strength, of ordinary people helping others overcome hardship with the extraordinary power of love. Young Ellie finds the courage to secretly teach a young deaf girl to speak, play, and count--transforming an entire town shadowed by ignorance and cruelty.
American Dirt

*American Dirt* is a novel written by Jeanine Cummins. Released in 2020, it tells of two refugees from Mexico. While praised by many (including Stephen King and John Grisham), the novel has been critisized by some for being written by a non-native english-speaking author.

## Characters

* Lydia Quixano Pérez
* Luca Pérez
* Javier

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## Publisher's Summary

Jeanine Cummins's *American Dirt*, the #1 *New York Times* bestseller and Oprah Book Club pick that has sold over two million copies, is finally available in paperback.

Lydia lives in Acapulco. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while cracks are beginning to show in Acapulco because of the cartels, Lydia’s life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. But after her husband’s tell-all profile of the newest drug lord is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.

Forced to flee, Lydia and Luca find themselves joining the countless people trying to reach the United States. Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?
Bay of the Dead

*Bay of the Dead* is a novel written by Mark Morris. Released in 2009, it is the eleventh book in BBC Books' *Torchwood* series and tells of a zombie apocalypse in Cardiff.

## Characters

* Jack Harkness
* Gwen Cooper
* Ianto Jones
* Rhys Williams
* Andy Davidson

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## Publisher's summary

When the city sleeps, the dead start to walk…

Something has sealed off Cardiff, and living corpses are stalking the streets, leaving a trail of half-eaten bodies. Animals are butchered. A young couple in their car never reach home. A stolen yacht is brought back to shore, carrying only human remains. And a couple of girls heading back from the pub watch the mysterious drivers of a big black SUV take over a crime scene.

Torchwood have to deal with the intangible barrier surrounding Cardiff, and some unidentified space debris that seems to be regenerating itself. Plus, of course, the all-night zombie horror show.

Not that they really believe in zombies.
Barren (Peter V. Brett)

*Barren* is a novella written by Peter V. Brett. Released in 2018, it ties into Brett's *Demon Cycle* series and recounts Selia Square's lesbian romances.

## Characters

* Selia Square

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## Publisher's summary

***New York Times* bestselling author Peter V. Brett returns to his groundbreaking *Demon Cycle* series with this enthralling novella—the latest story set in his much-loved fantasy world.**

Each night, the world is overrun by bloodthirsty demons. For centuries, humanity survived only by hiding behind defensive wards—magical symbols with the power to repel the demons. Now, the rediscovery of long-forgotten combat wards has given them the magic they need to fight back.

In Tibbet’s Brook, the fighting wards have brought change, but the factions and grudges of a troubled past remain. Selia Square, the woman they call Barren, has long been the force that holds the Brook together. As a terrifying new threat emerges, she rallies her people once again.

But Selia has a past of her own. And in a small community the personal and the political can never be divided. If Tibbet’s Brook is to survive, Selia must uncover memories she has buried deep—the woman she once was, the woman she once loved—and retell their story.

## See also

* Sea of Shadows by Kelly Armstrong
* Ravencaller by David Dalglish
Blitzcat

*Blitzcat* is a novel written by Robert Westall. Released in 1989, it tells of the voyages of the cat known as Lord Gort.

## Characters

* Lord Gort
* Sergeant Millom
* Florrie Wensley
* Geoff Wensley
* Hillfield

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## Publisher's Summary

She made her way down the cliff, and on to the beach. At the edge of the waves, she stopped, shaking her wet paws. She knew that somewhere ahead was her person, but far, far away. She miaowed plaintively; stood staring at the moving blur of uncrossable sea. She led the way to safety, out of the blazing hell of blitzed Coventry. People touched her for luck; feared her as an omen of disaster. Wherever she went, she changed lives.... From her beginning to her end she never wavered.

She was the Blitzcat.
Barbara Hambly

Barbara Hambly (1951-) is an author. Hambly is best known for her scifi/fantasy books and her *Benjamin January* novels.

## Written Works

* Search the Seven Hills
* Beauty and the Beast
* Song of Orpheus
* The Rainbow Abyss
* The Magicians of Night
* Bride of the Rat God
* Children of the Jedi
* Planet of Twilight
* Sisters of the Raven
* Magic Time (with Marc Zircree)
* Circle of the Moon
* Renfield
* The Emancipator's Wife
* Patriot Hearts
* Homeland
* The Iron Princess

### Benjamin January

* A Free Man of Color
* Fever Season
* Graveyard Dust
* Sold Down the River
* Die upon a Kiss
* Wet Grave
* Days of the Dead
* Dead Water
* Dead and Buried
* The Shirt on His Back
* Ran Away
* Good Man Friday
* Crimson Angel
* Drinking Gourd
* Murder in July
* Cold Bayou
* Lady of Perdition
* House of the Patriarch
* Death and Hard Cider

### Star Trek

* Ishmael
* Ghost-Walker
* Crossroad
A Blind Eye (Alan Barnes)

## A Blind Eye

A Blind Eye is an audio play written by Alan Barnes. Released in 2004, it is the fourth release in Big Finish's Gallifrey series and tells of Gallifreyan influence in the Pollard family's history.

## Characters

* Romana II
* Leela
* Mephistopheles Arkadian
* Cecilia "Sissy" Pollard

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## Publisher's summary

"You're fiddling at the outset of a conflict that will have profound consequences for this planet's history. You don't think that's dangerous?"

Earth, September 1939. With Europe sliding into war, a young Englishwoman, her loyalties torn, comes to a terrible decision. But what does the intergalactic secrets broker Mephistopheles Arkadian want with the fascist sympathiser Cecelia "Sissy" Pollard on the last day of her life?

Still searching for the facts about the Gryben debacle, President Romana makes a deal with the devil. So begins a chain of consequence that can only end in tragedy for the passengers aboard the Vienna to Calais Transcontinental Express — the woman called Leela included.

By journey's end, the truth will out — but at what cost to Romana and Leela? To Gallifrey's empire, even?
Beige Planet Mars

*Beige Planet Mars* is a novel written by Lance Parkin and Mark Clapham. Released in 1998, it is the sixteenth novel in Virgin's *Bernice Summerfield* series. *Beige Planet Mars* tells the story of Bernice's visit to the planet Mars.

## Characters

* Bernice Summerfield

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## Publisher's summary

*"Professor Summerfield, your very presence here has raised this hotel's insurance premiums by seven point two percent."*

It is the year 2595. Mars, once the distant target of humanity's ambitions in space, has been colonised for five hundred years. To mark the anniversary, the planet's university is holding an academic conference. Naturally, esteemed expert on Martian archaeology Bernice Summerfield is invited to present a paper based on her long career in this field.

But other matters distract Bernice from academia. Decades ago, hostile aliens invaded Mars. At their moment of greatest need, Mars' human population was betrayed by its leader. And although the occupation was swiftly ended, the anger of those who fought to save Mars still runs deep.

So when a veteran of the war is found dead, old wounds are reopened. Bernice finds herself investigating a murder with the least reliable of allies — and soon discovers that the consequences of the Siege of Mars are far from being ancient history.
Vidos

Vidos has played in three seasons of the Free Play Killer Queen League, but he has already made a name for himself as a dedicated and skilled objective player. Despite not being a part of a team during his rookie season, Vidos consistently showed up and played with such determination that he was in consideration for Rookie of the Year. His hard work and dedication have paid off, and he is now a valued member of Results May Berry. In addition to his skill on the cabinet, Vidos is known for his friendly and approachable demeanor, making him a popular member of the Killer Queen community.
Bernard Cornwell

The Warlord Chronicles

Bernard Cornwell (1944-) is an author. Cornwell is best known for his historical fiction - specifically the *Richard Sharpe* and *Saxon Stories* novels.

## Childhood

Bernard Cornwell was born in London in 1944. He was adopted and raised by the Wiggins family, members of the extremely strict Peculiar People sect. Due to being brought up by Fundamentalists, Cornwell is an atheist.

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## Writing style

Most of Cornwell's works focus on historical battles from English history (such as the Hundred Years' War and the Napoleonic Wars). Most of these works feature a historical note.

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## Written works

* Redcoat
* Stonehenge
* Gallows Thief
* Azincourt
* The Fort
* Fools and Mortals

### Grail Quest

* Harlequin
* Vagabond
* Heretic
* 1356

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## See also

* C.S. Forester
* Sharon Kay Penman
* George R.R. Martin
Autism Solutions

*Autism Solutions* is a nonfiction book written by Ricki G. Robinson. Released in 2011, it tells parents how to give their autistic children the best chance in life.

## Publisher's summary

For twenty years Dr. Ricki Robinson has been providing hope and help for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her integrative, strengths-based approach to treatment includes a thorough evaluation of your child's medical, developmental, social, emotional, behavioral and educational issues to find the solutions that maximize your child's health and well-being.

*Autism Solutions* gives parents a greater understanding of their child's unique learning, sensory and medical profile. Recognizing that no parent can do this alone, Dr. Robinson explains how to establish a team of professionals who can work with the child to give him or her the opportunity to live well, learn, interact and thrive.

*Autism Solutions* covers a wide range of issues,

• Helping your child relate, communicate and think

• Recognizing and overcoming common health challenges

• Effectively treating diseases and disorders that frequently accompany autism

• Understanding how behavior can be a form of communication and how to "hear" what a child is telling you

• Unlocking your child's full potential
A Case of Identity

A Case of Identity is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Released in 1891, it is the third short story in the Sherlock Holmes collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and tells of Holmes unravelling a rather dastardly fraud.

## Characters

* Sherlock Holmes
* Dr. Watson
* Mary Sutherland
* James Windibank

## Publisher's summary

Miss Mary Sutherland, angry and beside herself with feelings of loss, asks Sherlock Holmes to solve the sudden, mysterious disappearance of a shy and attentive man she has grown to love. He disappeared on the very day they were to be married. It's a challenge Holmes can't turn down.

## Plot

Mary Sutherland, who possesses a substantial income from the interest on a fund set up for her, comes to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for help after her fiancé, Hosmer Angel, disappeared on their wedding day. Taking the case, Holmes discovers Sutherland knew little of Angel; only that he is a quiet and secretive Londoner who works at a Leadenhall Street office, communicated to her through typewritten letters, insisted that she write back via the local post office, and only met with her whenever her young disapproving stepfather and trustee of her inheritance, James Windibank, claimed he was out of the country on business.

Holmes easily deduces that Windibank and Angel are the same individual. After Sutherland's father died and he became a trustee, Windibank used her inheritance to finance his lifestyle. Upon realizing he can only do so until she leaves her home, he masqueraded as Angel before faking his disappearance. Despite solving the mystery, Holmes chooses not to divulge his findings to Sutherland, knowing she will not believe him anyway. He advises her to forget about Angel, but she refuses and holds out hope that he will return. Holmes predicts that Windibank will continue his criminal affairs until he is eventually captured and hanged.
Argo (Antonio Mendez)

## Argo

*Argo* is a nonfiction book written by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio. Released in 2012, it recounts the rescue of six Americans during the seizure of the United States Embassy within Iran.

## Notable people

* Antonio Mendez

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## Publisher's summary

The true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran:

On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held dozens of Americans hostage, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics that still reverberates today. Beaneath this crisis another shocking story was known by only a select few: six Americans escaped the embassy and hid within a city roiling with suspicion and fear. A top-level CIA officer named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them before they were detected. Disguising himself as a Hollywood producer, and supported by a cast of expert forgers, deep-cover CIA operatives, foreign agents, and Hollywood special-effects artists, Mendez traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake science fiction film called "Argo." While pretending to find the ideal film backdrops, Mendez and a colleague succeeded in contacting the escapees and eventually smuggled them out of Iran.

After more than three decades, Antonio Mendez finally details the extraordinarily complex and dangerous operation he led. A riveting story of secret identities, international intrigue, and good old-fashioned American ingenuity, *Argo* is the pulse-pounding account of the history-making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage.
Beachhead

*Beachhead* is an audio play written by Nicholas Briggs. Released in 2016, it is the first play in Big Finish's *Doctor Who* collection *Doom Coalition 2* and tells of a Voord refugee landing on Earth.

## Characters

* Eighth Doctor
* Liv Chenka
* Helen Sinclair
* Ishtek

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## Publisher's summary

In an attempt to recharge his batteries after his confrontation with the Eleven, the Doctor takes Liv and Helen to the sleepy English seaside village of Stegmoor. But they find the village in turmoil and, to make matters worse, their arrival uncovers a mystery from the Doctor's past which threatens the future safety of the planet. Can the Doctor prevent the Voord from invading Earth? And more importantly why have they come in the first place?