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1999: Victory Without War

*1999: Victory Without War* is a nonfiction political book written by Richard Nixon. Released in 1988, it serves as a way for Nixon to voice his beliefs on how to bring about world peace by the end of the first millennium.

## Publisher's summary

In this acclaimed national bestseller, Richard Nixon offers a comprehensive strategy for the West—a vital plan of action that will help ensure peace, prosperity, and freedom in the next century. From glasnost and summitry to arms control and “Star Wars,” from Nicaragua and China to Europe and Japan, he gives seasoned, no-nonsense advice on all tough foreign policy issues.

The former President draws on a lifetime of experience in international affairs to examine the crucial challenges facing the United States and the West and how best to go forward in the 21st century.

## See Also

* No More Vietnams by Richard Nixon
* The Real War by Richard Nixon
An Emergence of Green

*An Emergence of Green* is a book written by Katherine V. Forrest. Released in 1986, it shows the relationship between a trophy wife and an artist.

## Characters

* Carolyn Blake
* Val Hunter

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## Publisher's summary

A REISSUE OF THIS GROUNDBREAKING AND BESTSELLING LESBIAN FICTION CLASSIC

The reissue of Katherine V. Forrest's timeless story of all-out war between a man and a woman for the body and soul of the woman they both desire. In the 1980s, the politics of feminism were just beginning to gain mainstream awareness. In this fast-paced novel, first published in 1986, Lambda Award winner Katherine V. Forrest nurtured a new genre of fiction: the lesbian emergence novel. In *AN EMERGENCE OF GREEN*, one of the best-selling lesbian novels of all time, an unplanned encounter between trophy wife Carolyn Blake and her new neighbour - tall, athletic artist Val Hunter - leads to a close friendship and deepening emotions that young Carolyn has never known.

Carolyn begins to question her attitudes, her life, her marriage, and her sexuality. The two women's intense physical encounters force Carolyn at last to acknowledge her true desires and to rethink her values and her cloistered life. Can Carolyn really give up comfort for unfamiliar territory, stability for fulfilment?
Boo Bees

The Boo Bees were a team in the FPKQL that was active during the first four seasons of the league. Their Apiarist was Molly, and the team's Queens were Josh in seasons 1 and 2 and Eduardo in seasons 3 and 4. The Boo Bees were known for their unique jerseys, which featured their tongue-in-cheek team name.

### Season-by-Season Record

**Franchise Records according to Challonge.com through Season 5**

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The Boo Bees had a successful run in the league, winning the Honey Pot Championship in both seasons 3 and 4. Eduardo was also named the league MVP during season 4. Josh played as the team's defensive warrior during season 3, while Alex served as the speed warrior.

Despite their success, the Boo Bees decided to retire as a team after season 4 and join the auction pool. However, the team has made its return for Season 7 in the Bumble Sleuth.

Boo Bees - Season 3 ChampionsBoo Bees - Season 4 Champions
Aurora's End

***Aurora's End*** is the third book in *The Aurora Cycle* series written by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff.

## Synopsis

**The squad you love is out of time. Prepare for the thrilling finale in the epic, best-selling Aurora Cycle series about a band of unlikely heroes who just might be the galaxy's last hope for survival.**

**Is this the end?**

What happens when you ask a bunch of losers, discipline cases, and misfits to save the galaxy from an ancient evil? The ancient evil wins, of course.

Wait. . . . Not. So. Fast.

When we last saw Squad 312, they working together seamlessly (aka, freaking out) as an intergalactic battle raged and an ancient superweapon threatened to obliterate Earth. Everything went horribly wrong, naturally.

But as it turns out, not all endings are endings, and the team has one last chance to rewrite theirs. Maybe two. It's complicated.

Cue Zila, Fin, and Scarlett (and MAGELLAN!): making friends, making enemies, and making history? Sure, no problem.

Cue Tyler, Kal, and Auri: uniting with two of the galaxy’s most hated villains? Um, okay. That, too.

Actually saving the galaxy, though?

Now that will take a miracle.

## Sources

1. ↑ Aurora's End (The Aurora Cycle, #3) by Amie Kaufman | Goodreads
Against Nature (Lawrence Burton)

*Against Nature* is a book written by Lawrence Burton. Released in 2013, it is the first book in Obverse's *Faction Paradox* series and tells of the War of Heaven's impact on the Mexica.

## Characters

* Xiutecuhtli
* Goralschai (or Coalhualxiu)

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## Publisher's summary

Every fifty-two years, the God Xiuhtecuhtli – incarnate for the purpose as a young Mexica male – would give himself in sacrifice in order that the universe should be renewed and the passage of time would continue as it had done before. Those born to other cultures and other eras might be forgiven for their failure to appreciate this great and selfless act.

It was therefore strange that such a profound understanding should arise in one so far removed from the heart of this world, both veteran and victim of the terrible, endless war in heaven, a man the Mexica knew briefly as Coahualxiu bearing a death wish the size of creation...
Battlefield (Marc Platt)

## Battlefield

Battlefield is a novella written by Marc Platt. Released in 1991, it is a novelization of Ben Aaronovitch's Doctor Who serial of the same name.

## Characters

* Seventh Doctor
* Ace
* The Brigadier
* The Destroyer
* Morgaine

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## Publisher's summary

Only a few years from now, a squad of UNIT troops is escorting a nuclear missile through the English countryside. At the nearby archaeological dig, knights in armour are fighting battles with broadswords – and guns and grenades.

The Doctor arrives on the scene and meets two old friends: Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart, called out of retirement to help in an emergency, and Bessie the souped-up roadster.

Ace escapes from death by drowning in a submerged spaceship, only to find herself at the mercy of a demon known as the Destroyer.

The action is fast and furious, as expected in a script by Ben Aaronovitch, who wrote the classic *Remembrance of the Daleks*. And why do the knights address the Doctor as 'Merlin'? What is the power of the sword that Ace retrieves from the bottom of the lake? Will Morgaine carry out her threat to destroy the world?

This novelization is by Marc Platt, who both scripted and novelized Ghost Light, the story that immediately followed Battlefield in the 1989 season.
A Taste of Midnight

*A Taste of Midnight* is a novella written by Tina St. John (under the name Lara Adrian). Released in 2011, it ties into John's Midnight Breed series and tells of a widow finding a new love.

## Characters

* Danika MacConn
* Malcolm MacBain

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## Publisher's summary

Book 9.5 (a novella) in the *New York Times* and #1 internationally bestselling *Midnight Breed* vampire romance series

For fans who have been been waiting to devour *Darker After Midnight*, as well as new readers tempted by the seductive thrills of her *Midnight Breed* novels, *New York Times* bestselling author Lara Adrian offers up a tantalizing appetizer in *A Taste of Midnight*. In this spellbinding eBook novella of otherworldly desire, a woman whose destiny was born from a blood kiss discovers that second chances do come . . . even for immortals.

A shimmering holiday gala lights up an ancient castle in the Scottish Highlands, but beautiful widowed Breedmate Danika MacConn feels alone in the crowd. Even among the friends and festivity of the Darkhaven celebration, she can't forget her lost love, a fallen warrior of the Order. Her brief return to her mate's homeland has become treacherous after rejecting the advances of a dangerous Edinburgh crime boss with a taste for blood sport. As Danika seeks to expose the vampire and his dark trade, she discovers an unexpected ally in his forbidding, enigmatic henchman, Brannoc, a man who exudes heat, danger, and dark menace--and seems somehow achingly familiar. Bran has his own reasons for wanting to keep Dani out of his employer's business . . . and his own secrets he means to keep buried. The last thing he needs is to get tangled up with a woman who tempts the wildest part of his Breed nature--especially when that woman is Danika MacConn, the one woman capable of bringing him to his knees.

Contains a preview of the hotly anticipated nightcap of Lara Adrian's *Midnight Breed* series, *Darker After Midnight*!
Amy Tan

Amy Tan (1952-) is an author. Tan is best known for her novel *The Joy Luck Club*.

## Writing style

Tan's works largely focus on Chinese culture, largely the clash between Chinese and American/Western culture (with *The Kitchen God's Wife* and *The Bonesetter's Daughter* featuring a Chinese mother and her American-born daughter's relationship).

Some of Tan's works (most notably *Saving Fish from Drowning*, with *The Bonesetter's Daughter* being another example) include mystical elements, though whether these fantastical events actually happen or not is left up to the reader's imagination.

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## Written works

### Novels

* The Joy Luck Club
* The Kitchen God's Wife
* The Hundred Secret Senses
* The Bonesetter's Daughter
* Saving Fish from Drowning
* The Valley of Amazement

### Nonfiction

* essay printed in Mid-Life Confidential (edited by Dave Marsh)
* essay printed in Mother (edited by Claudia O'Keefe)
* The Opposite of Fate
* Hard Listening
* Where the Past Begins
Between the Rivers

*Between the Rivers* is a nonfiction history book written by Alexis Q. Castor. Released in 2013, it recounts the history of Mesopotamia.

## Notable People Within

* Alexander the Great
* Gilgamesh
* Naram-Sin
* Gudea
* Zimri-Lim
* Sargon II
* Xerxes

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## Publisher's summary

All cultures lie in the shadow of ancient Mesopotamia-the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that is now mostly encompassed by the borders of modern Iraq. In this fascinating series of 36 lectures, an award-winning teacher leads you on a vivid journey through Mesopotamian history-from Neolithic times to the age of Alexander the Great-and into the lives of mighty emperors, struggling farmers, ambitious merchants, and palace servants to reveal why this ancient culture occupies such a foundational position in our history.

The lectures look back to the time when the first cities arose in Mesopotamia and kings created complex bureaucracies to rule their expanding territories, thus fostering the invention of writing and other technologies. You peer into the lives and fortunes of Mesopotamia's people and learn about the birth of the urban lifestyle.

Professor Castor creates a detailed image not only of larger Mesopotamian society but of life on the level of the individual Mesopotamian as well. Among the many fascinating insights into daily Mesopotamian life you examine are how they ate, worked, learned, worshiped, married, and reared children; used scientific ideas to help them order and understand the natural world; engaged with their powerful neighbors in Egypt, Syria, and Anatolia (modern-day Turkey); waged war and experienced peace; and endured the collapse of their cities.

## See Also

* The Epic of Gilgamesh
* Timewyrm: Genesys by John Peel
Beyond The Circle

*Beyond the Circle* is a duology of novels written by Ted Dekker. It serves as a direct sequel to the Circle series.

## The 49th Mystic

Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams.

They are wrong. In the small town of Eden, Utah, a blind girl named Rachelle Matthews is about to find out just how wrong.

When a procedure meant to restore Rachelle's sight goes awry, she begins to dream of another world so real that she wonders if Earth might only be a dream experienced when she falls asleep in that reality. Who is a simple blind girl to have such strange and fantastic dreams?

She's the prophesied one who must find and recover five ancient seals--in both worlds--before powerful enemies destroy her. If Rachelle succeeds in her quest, peace will reign. If she fails, both worlds will forever be locked in darkness.

So begins a two-volume saga of high stakes and a mind-bending quest to find an ancient path that will save humanity. The clock is ticking; the end rushes forward.

## The Rise of the Mystics

Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are all wrong.

Rachelle Matthews, who grew up in the small town of Eden, Utah, discovered just how wrong when she dreamed and awoke in another world. There she learned that she was the 49th Mystic, the prophesied one, tasked with finding five ancient seals before powerful enemies destroy her. If Rachelle succeeds in her quest, peace will reign. If she fails, the world will forever be locked in darkness.

In *The 49th Mystic*, Rachelle found the first three of those five seals through great peril and mind-altering adventure. But two seals remain hidden and the fate of both worlds hangs in their balance.

As Rachelle Matthews sits deep in a dungeon, Vlad Smith is just getting started. Thomas Hunter's world is about to be turned inside out. The mystics say that there is no defense against the Fifth Seal--but finding it will cost Rachelle everything.

So begins the final volume of high stakes in one girl's quest to find an ancient path that will save humanity. The clock is ticking; the end rushes forward.
Among the Believers

*Among the Believers* is a nonfiction book written by V.S. Naipaul. Released in 1981, it tells of Naipaul's travels through Muslim countries.

## Publisher's Summary

*Among the Believers* is V. S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia; 'the believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith in the hope of restoring order to a chaotic world. It is a uniquely valuable insight into modern Islam, and the comforting simplifications of religious fanaticism.

'The edgy exactitude of Naipaul's writing is both effortlessly classical and yet at the same time brilliantly contemporary, as sharp and lucid as a spear of glass...He is inimitable, truly great and truly deserving of the Nobel' - "Observer".
A Higher Loyalty

*A Higher Loyalty* is a nonfiction book written by James Comey. Released in 2018, it serves as a recollection of Comey's service within the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).

## Notable People Within

* James Comey
* Donald Trump
* Rudy Giuliani
* Martha Stewart
* Scooter Libby
* George W. Bush
* John Ashcroft
* Bill Clinton
* Hillary Clinton
* Marc Rish

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## Publisher's Summary

The inspiration for *The Comey Rule*, the Showtime limited series starring Jeff Daniels premiering September 2020.

In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader.

Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.

## See also

* Facts and Fears by James R. Clapper and Trey Brown
100 (Doctor Who)

*100* is an anthology of audio plays published by Big Finish Productions. Released in 2007, it is the one hundredth release in Big Finish's *Doctor Who* monthly range and collects four adventures of the Sixth Doctor.

## Stories within

* 100 BC by Jacqueline Rayner
* My Own Private Wolfgang by Rob Shearman
* Bedtime Story by Joseph Lidster
* The 100 Days of the Doctor by Paul Cornell

## Publisher's summary

Times, dates, numbers, anniversaries... They are all essential ingredients of the Doctor's seemingly infinite travels. Here, he emerges from the TARDIS to embark upon four separate adventures, all of them fundamentally connected by the concept of '100'. He meets Mozart, visits ancient Rome, goes to a funeral and spies on himself.

Sometimes, a Time Lord's life can be quite hectic.
A Wayward Angel

*A Wayward Angel* is a nonfiction book written by George Wethern. Released in 1978, it shows the inside story of the Hells' Angels.

## Publisher's summary

We all know about the Hells Angels: toughs on Harleys terrorizing the law-abiding; wild brawls and wild sex; drugs and cruelty, beatings, and even murder. But nobody really knows what it's like to be an Angel except an Angel. In this classic of Hells Angels literature, to be read alongside the works of Hunter S. Thompson and Sonny Barger, George Wethern- for many years the vice president of the Oakland Chapter- tells it like it is.

Until he found himself in reluctant service to the courts, Wethern was the quintessential Angel. One of the West Coast's top drug dealers, he was a man who loved bikes, fights, women and drugs; a man who knew the deepest secrets of Angel life. Arrested, strung out, in despair, he bought a precarious freedom by testifying in major trials against Angel members- and then disappeared into the witness protection program.

*A Wayward Angel* is a powerful book, a not-for-the-squeamish portrait of the drug scene and the alienation from modern life in late-twentieth-century California. We witness killings, million-dollar drug deals, "picnics" that are nothing short of orgies, and the sometimes bizarre inner workings of the biker club. This is a story uniquely American. And it is a terrifying tale- because it's real.
Barbara Mertz

Barbara Mertz (or Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels, 1927-2013) was an author. Mertz was best known for her novels featuring Amelia Peabody.

## Written works

### As Barbara Mertz

* Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs
* Red Land, Black Land
* Two Thousand Years in Rome (with Richard Mertz)

### As Elizabeth Peters

* The Jackal's Head
* The Dead Sea Cipher
* The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits
* Legend in Green Velvet
* Devil-May-Care
* Summer of the Dragon
* The Love Talker
* The Copenhagen Connection

#### Amelia Peabody

* Crocodile on the Sandbank
* The Curse of the Pharaohs
* The Mummy Case
* Lion in the Valley
* The Deeds of the Distributer
* The Last Camel Died at Noon
* The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
* The Hippopotamus Pool
* Seeing a Large Cat
* The Ape Who Guards the Balance
* The Falcon at the Portal
* He Shall Thunder in the Sky
* Lord of the Silent
* The Golden One
* Children of the Storm
* Guardian of the Horizon
* The Serpent on the Crown
* Tomb of the Golden Bird
* A River in the Sky
* The Painted Queen (finished by Joan Hess)

#### The Vicky Bliss Mysteries

* The Camelot Caper (or Her Cousin John)
* Borrower of the Night
* Street of the Five Moons
* Silhouette in Scarlet
* Trojan Gold
* Night Train to Memphis
* The Laughter of Dead Kings

#### Jacqueline Kirby

* The Seventh Sinner
* The Murders of Richard III
* Die for Love
* Naked Once More

### Barbara Michaels

* The Master of Blacktower
* Sons of the Wolf
* Prince of Darkness
* The Dark on the Other Side
* The Crying Child
* Greygallows
* Witch
* House of Many Shadows
* The Sea King's Daughter
* Patriot's Dream
* Wings of the Falcon
* Wait for What Will Come
* The Walker in Shadows
* The Wizard's Daughter
* Someone in the House
* Black Rainbow
* Here I Stay
* The Grey Beginning
* Be Buried in the Rain
* Search the Shadows
* Smoke and Mirrors
* Into the Darkness
* Vanish with the Rose
* Houses of Stone
* The Dancing Floor
* Other Worlds

#### Georgetown trilogy

* Ammie Come Home
* Shattered Silk
* Stitches in Time
Anthropology (E. Adamson Hoebel)

## Anthropology

*Anthropology* is a nonfiction book written by E. Adamson Hoebel. Released in 1958, it serves as an introduction to the titular field of science.

## Publisher's summary

What is attempted here is an updated, reasonably consistent, and comprehensive statement of a coherent series of concepts, propositions, and theories about the past and present nature of man, culture, and society supported by factual information from the whole range of anthropology. At the same time, doors are opened and the paths to alternative paths of exploration indicated.
A Genius for War (Jonathan Morris)

## A Genius of War

A Genius for War is an audio play written by Jonathan Morris. Released in 2023, it is the third play in Big Finish's Once and Future series and tells of the Doctor negotiating with Davros.

## Characters

* Seventh Doctor
* Davros

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## Publisher's summary

The Time War. The Doctor has been injured and brought to a Time Lord field hospital. His body glows with energy, but this is no regeneration into a future form – instead, the Doctor’s past faces begin to appear as he flits haphazardly between incarnations…

Staggering to his TARDIS, the Doctor sets out to solve the mystery of his ‘degeneration’. Who has done this to him? How? And why? From the Earth to the stars, across an array of familiar times and places, he follows clues to retrace his steps, encountering old friends and enemies along the way. Tumbling through his lives, the Doctor must stop his degeneration before he loses himself completely...

In the midst of the Time War, the Time Lords have received a communication from Falkus, the prison moon of Skaro. Its sole inmate, Davros, wishes to make them an offer. He will help them win the Time War… but only if the Doctor comes to his rescue.

## See also

* Davros by Lance Parkin
* The Juggernauts by Scott Alan Woodward
* Daleks Among Us by Alan Barnes
Adelaide Prentiss

Adelaide "Addy" Prentiss is one of the main characters of the novel *One of Us is Lying*. She grew up in Bayview with her mother, who was a poor influence and constantly discouraged Addy from accomplishing anything other than being beautiful. She also started dating Jake before the series begun.

## Character

### Personality

Addy is indecisive and tends to rely on the people around her to make the decisions. She froze while Simon was dying, and Jake always ordered for her when they went out, even if he ordered something she didn't like. She struggled with anxiety and took medication for it until she gained enough self-confidence. She is also smarter than people think and wishes that people knew that. After her break-up with Jake and becoming a murder suspect, she begins to take more initiative, volunteering to investigate Janae and steal TJ's phone.

She is also loyal and defends the mistakes of people she cares about, although she may cave a little under pressure. While she can be self-centred and tone-deaf, she tries her best to show kindness to others, and is one of the few to reach out to Janae.

### Relationships

Addy broke up with Jake after Jake found out she was cheating on him. This caused Jake to get revenge on Addy by making an attempt on her life, but he was unsuccessful, instead landing in Juvenile Detention. Jake then visited Bayview High, and describing his time in Juvie as “his biggest regret in his life”. Addy watched the coverage on television with Maeve sometimes. Addy’s history’s with Jake is complicated, as you can tell.
Approximate Time of Death

*Approximate Time of Death* is a short story written by Richard Salter. Released in 1997, it is the seventh story in the anthology *Re:Generations* and tells of a member of the Forrester family facing a corporate takeover.

## Characters

* Rachel Carson
* John Loader
* Gareth Forrester
* Mark Forrester
* Xavier Yolande
* Harry Porin
* Celia Forrester

## Plot

Mark Forrester is the CEO of Chaba-Bug Farming Interplanetary, a company on the colony world of Jedharon, which sells the secretions of the planet's chaba-bugs -- a natural preservative which enables food to be stored and shipped indefinitely. He is, however, facing a hostile takeover attempt from GFC, whose CEO, Xavier Yolande, intends to move production off-world, a move which would devastate Jedharon's economy. Mark starts to receive death threats and hires a bodyguard, John Loader, but despite this precaution his friend and partner Harry Porin is killed by a bomb in his office.

Some time later, Loader seeks out a young trainee Adjudicator, Rachel Carson, and asks her to investigate the attacks. She is unable to contact Mark in person, and learns that over the past year he has become distant and erratic -- and if the takeover bid is not defeated soon, then GFC will legally acquire the company. Before she can determine the truth Mark and his wife Celia are found dead, apparently having committed suicide from their despair at being unable to prevent the takeover bid. Loader insists that they were murdered and promises to provide Rachel with proof, but she works out the truth for herself first. She therefore tricks Loader and Yolande into believing that each has called the other for a secret meeting, which she monitors until she has a confession on tape. Yolande bribed Loader to murder Mark's friends and family until he gave in and sold CFI, but when Mark found Loader standing over Celia's body, he attacked him and Loader killed him in self-defence.

This happened a year ago, and ever since then, Yolande has been using bribes and insiders to make it appear Mark was still alive until Yolande could legally take possession of CFI; Mark's and Celia's bodies have been preserved by chaba-bug secretions all the while. Loader brought in Rachel in order to threaten Yolande with exposure and blackmail him, never guessing that a trainee would actually solve the case herself. Loader and Yolande are arrested, and Mark's grateful father places a request for Rachel's promotion and promises to buy out CFI himself to ensure that Jedharon's economy does not suffer.
64 Carlysle Street

64 Carlysle Street is a short story written by Gary Russell. Released in 1999, it is the sixth short story in BBC Books' Doctor Who short story collection More Short Trips and tells of strange happenings in the titular house.

## Characters

* First Doctor
* Steven Taylor
* Dodo Chaplet
* Roztoq
* Annabel Greystone
* Lord Geoffrey Greystone
* Mr. Golightly
* Mrs. Doyle

## Plot

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo are on the trail of a time-travelling alien named Roztoq, who is from Quinnis. They find that he has made the acquaintance of Annabel Greystone, the daughter of Lord Geoffrey Greystone, posing as the Marquis of Rostock. The Doctor manages to get an invitation to visit Lord Greystone house at 64 Carlysle Street, and Steven accompanies him as his chauffeur. Dodo arrives at the house as well, applying for a job as maid.

Lord Greystone invites "Rostock" to the house to meet with the Doctor. The Doctor confronts Roztoq. Meanwhile, downstairs in the servants' hall, the old butler, Mr Golightly, has passed away, causing the cook, Mrs Doyle, to go into hysterics.

Upstairs, Roztoq holds out his hand, which contains a silver thing. It shoots across the room, hitting Annabel. It possesses and controls Annabel, bringing her downstairs. She/it points at the screaming Mrs Doyle, and silences her.

The Doctor and the rest of the upstairs party follow, and the Doctor lectures the alien possessing Annabel, telling him that by leaving Quinnis he has damaged this reality. The Doctor then approaches Annabel and encourages Annabel to fight the possession. She does, and it leaves her.

Steven punches Roztoq. The Doctor and his companions depart, and an ambulance arrives for Mr Golightly and Mrs Doyle.
A Hunger Most Cruel

A Hunger Most Cruel is a collection of short stories edited by Sonia Morris. Released in 2002, it collects fiction written during the Holodomor written by Anatoliy Dimarov, Yevhen Hutsalo, and Olena Zvychayna.

## Publisher's summary

The theme of this book of Ukrainian short fiction translated into English is the terror-famine that ravaged Soviet Ukrainian territories in the early 1930s.

Intended for the general reader, A Hunger Most Cruel features selected works by three authors whose unflinching honesty and complementary perspectives on the horrific events around which their narratives are constructed create a compelling set of vivid, disturbing, and haunting images of the human toll that this ideologically motivated artificial famine exacted.
A Perfect Stranger

*A Perfect Stranger* is a novel written by Danielle Steel. Released in 1982, it tells of Alex Hale's affair with the married Raphaella.

## Characters

* Alex Hale
* Raphaella

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## Publisher's Summary

The only daughter of a European banking dynasty, Raphaella had always been sheltered from the world. Married to a much older American, she was kept in the privacy of great luxury, tended to by servants, watched over by bodyguards. She was the beautiful dark-eyed woman the young lawyer from San Francisco, Alexander Hale, saw sitting alone one misty evening. Before he could approach her, she rushed away into the garden. She was the "perfect stranger" he couldn't forget. When they met again their lives would change forever.
Andrew Cartmel

Andrew J. Cartmel (1958-) is an author. Cartmel is best known for his work with the series *Doctor Who.*

## Written Works

### Doctor Who

* Warhead
* Warlock
* Warchild
* Foreign Devils
* Atom Bomb Blues

### The Vinyl Detective

* Written in Dead Wax
* The Run-Out Groove
* Victory Disc
* Flip Back
* Low Action
* Attack and Decay

### Miscellaneous

* The Wise
* Swine Fever
* Day of the Dogs
* Miss Freedom
* Operation Herod
* Event Driven
* Death in Fine Condition

## See Also

* Ben Aaronovitch
* Andy Lane
* Marc Platt
A Man in Full

*A Man in Full* is a novel written by Tom Wolfe. Released in 1998, it tells of Charles Croker's **big** life.

## Characters

* Charles Croker
* Conrad Hensley
* Fareek "The Cannon" Fanon
* Roger White II

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## Publisher's summary

The setting is Atlanta, Georgia — a racially mixed, late-century boomtown full of fresh wealth and wily politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta conglomerate king whose outsize ego has at last hit up against reality. Charlie has a 29,000 acre quail-shooting plantation, a young and demanding second wife, and a half-empty office complex with a staggering load of debt.

Meanwhile, Conrad Hensley, idealistic young father of two, is laid off from his job at the Croker Global Foods warehouse near Oakland and finds himself spiraling into the lower depths of the American legal system.

And back in Atlanta, when star Georgia Tech running back Fareek “the Canon” Fanon, a homegrown product of the city’s slums, is accused of date-raping the daughter of a pillar of the white establishment, upscale black lawyer Roger White II is asked to represent Fanon and help keep the city’s delicate racial balance from blowing sky-high.

Networks of illegal Asian immigrants crisscrossing the continent, daily life behind bars, shady real estate syndicates — Wolfe shows us contemporary America with all the verve, wit, and insight that have made him our most admired novelist. Charlie Croker’s deliverance from his tribulations provides an unforgettable denouement to the most widely awaited, hilarious and telling novel America has seen in ages — Tom Wolfe’s most outstanding achievement to date.
Beyond the Sun

*Beyond the* *Sun* is a novel written by Matthew Jones. Released in 1997, it is the third book in Virgin's *Bernice Summerfield* series and tells of Bernice and her ex-husband Jason Kane working to discover the secrets of an ancient weapon.

## Characters

* Bernice Summerfield
* Jason Kane

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## Publisher's summary

*"You're on your own, Bernice."*

Bernice Summerfield has drawn the short straw. Not for her the pleasures of intergalactic conferences and highbrow lecture tours. Oh no. She's forced to take two overlooked freshers on their very first dig. And just when it seems things can't get any worse, her no-good ex-husband Jason turns up, claiming that he is in deadly danger. Benny finally begins to believe his wild claims, but unfortunately only after he has been kidnapped from his hotel room.

Feeling guilty, she sets out to rescue him. Well, let's face it, no one else is going to. Her only clue is a dusty artefact that Jason claimed was part of an ancient and powerful weapon. But Professor Summerfield PhD knows that's just silly nonsense. She's been an archaeologist long enough to know that lost alien civilisations do not leave their most powerful weapons around for any nutter to find. Do they?

Once again Benny is all that stands between Jason and his own mistakes, as she tries to prevent the wrong people acquiring this terrible and somewhat unlikely weapon — a weapon rumoured to have powers beyond the sun.
Babylon's Ark

*Babylon's Ark* is a nonfiction book written by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence. Released in 2007, it recounts Anthony's work within the Baghdad zoo.

## Publisher's summary

When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city center and caught in the war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat and uncontrolled looting had killed nearly all the animals of the zoo.

But not all of them. U.S. soldiers had taken the time to help care for the remaining animals, and the zoo's staff had returned to work in spite of the constant firefights. Together the Americans and Iraqis had managed to keep alive the animals that had survived the invasion.

*Babylon's Ark* chronicles the zoo's transformation from bombed-out rubble to peaceful park. Along the way, Anthony recounts hair-raising efforts to save a pride of the dictator's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, and rescue Saddam's Arabian horses. His unique ground-level experience makes *Babylon's Ark* an uplifting story of both sides working together for the sake of innocent animals caught in the war's crossfire.
All We Hold Dear (Kathryn Lynn Davis)

## All We Hold Dear

*All We Hold Dear* is a novel written by Kathryn Lynn Davis. Released in 1995, it is the second novel in Davis' *Victorian* trilogy, featuring Eva Crawford discovering a journal from her ancestors.

## Characters

* Eva Crawford
* Alisa Rose Sinclair
* Ian Fraser
* Alanna Sinclair

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## Publisher's Summary

Leaving her childhood home to investigate a family secret, eighteen-year-old Eva Crawford discovers a faded journal that contains the stories of her ancestors, Ailsa Rose Sinclair and Alanna Sinclair.
A Woman by Design

*A Woman by Design* is a novel written by Frances Kennett. Released in 1988, it is Kennett's debut novel and tells of dressmaker Alice Hardy's life.

## Characters

* Alice Hardy (or Alys)

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## Publisher's Summary

THERE WAS NEVER A WOMAN LIKE ALICE...

Daring, defiant, hauntingly beautiful, Alice Hardy rose from a bleak childhood in the windswept Irish town of Cork to the heights of international acclain. With a lust for adventure, she struck out on her own. Defying the conventions of her time, she fashioned bolts of material into miracles... fabulous creations that would become famous as "dresses by Alys".

THERE WAS NEVER A LEGEND LIKE ALYS...

In the sumptuous salons of the rich and celebrated from London to New York to Paris to Sao Paulo, Alys became the premier couturiere... a woman whose talent, vision, and independent spirit would rise above scandal... a who would fight for those she loved and survive the deepest heartbreak. But beneath the colorful and captivating cloak of her glittering success, Alys harbored a secret passion - a searing desire for a man she was forbidden to love...

In a magnificent novel that captures the glamour and elegance of a bygone era, Frances Kennett enthralls us with...

A WOMAN BY DESIGN
About Time 2

*About Time 2* is a nonfiction book written by Tat Wood and Lawrence Miles. Released in 2006, it is the second release in the duo's *About Time* series and serves as an examination of the end of the First Doctor's era and the Second Doctor's era in *Doctor Who*.

## Publisher's summary

In *About Time*, the whole of classic *Doctor Who* is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes — as well as ongoing developments in television production — that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation. Armed with these guidebooks, readers will be able to cast their minds back to 1975, 1982 and other years to best appreciate the series' content and character.

Volume 2 of this series covers Seasons 4 to 6 of *Doctor Who*, focusing on the very end of the William Hartnell era and the whole of the Patrick Troughton era of *Doctor Who* in mind-bending detail. In addition to the usual concerns such as the TV show's continuity (alien races, the Doctor's abilities, etc.) and lore (anecdotal, "Did You Know?"-style material), authors Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood will examine each Troughton story in the context of the year/historical period it was produced, determining just how topical the stories were.
Allister Sparks

Allister Sparks (1933-2016) was a South African author. Sparks is best known for his work within the anti-Apartheid movement.

## Career

At one point, Sparks worked for the newspaper *The Washington Post*.

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## Written Works

* The Mind of South Africa
* Tomorrow is Another Country
* Beyond the Miracle
* First Drafts
* Tutu
* The Sword and the Pen
Aguirre

*Aguirre,* or *Aguirre: The Re-Creation of a Sixteenth-Century Journey Across South America,* is a nonfiction book written by Stephen Minta. Released in 1993, it is a recreation of the doomed voyage of Lope de Aguirre.

## Notable People Within

* Lope de Aguirre
* Pedro de Ursua

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## Publisher's summary

In the late 1550s a Basque adventurer named Lope de Aguirre set out in search of El Dorado. He joined an expedition led by Pedro de Ursua and embarked upon a great journey that would take them across the whole width of South America from the Pacific to the Atlantic. In 1987, Stephen Minta set out on the trial of this expedition.

Drawing on the writings of the chroniclers of that time, on eye-witness accounts and on more modern literary allusions, he reconstructs the adventure, charting its tempestuous progress along the Amazon where death and destruction lay in its wake. He relives the atmosphere within the ranks as, in the face of increasingly hostile terrain, illness and inadequate supplies, hopes and aspirations give way to treachery and dissent. The author's own journey takes him from Cuzco in Peru, "a city where you can feel the pain of oblivion", across the Andes, through the heart of Amazonia until Peru "vanishes" into Brazil, then to Margarita Island, off the mainland of Venezuela.

In each town and village he evokes a strong sense of history which, combined with anecdotes and unexpected encounters, makes this a remarkable story in itself. Minta moves between 16th-century and contemporary South America; he draws parallels as he goes and enriches our understanding of this land and its people, past and present.

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## See Also

* The Expedition of Orsua by Robert Southey
* La aventura equinoccial de Lope de Aguirre by Ramón J. Sender
* The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Anomaly

*Anomaly* is the first novel in the *Schrodinger's Consortium* series by Tonya Kuper. It is followed by *Enigma*.

## Synopsis

*Reality is only an illusion.Except for those who can control it…Worst. Birthday. Ever.*My first boyfriend dumped me—happy birthday, Josie!—my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl’s tonsils. Oh, and I’m officially the same age as my brother was when he died. Yeah, today is about as fun-filled as the swamps of Dagobah. But then weird things start happening…

Like I make something materialize just by *thinking* about it.

When hottily-hot badass Reid Wentworth shows up on a motorcycle, everything changes. Like, *everything*. Who I am. My family. What really happened to my brother. *Existence*. I am Oculi, and I have the ability to change reality with my thoughts. Now Reid, in all his hotness, is charged with guiding and protecting me as I begin learning how to bend reality. And he’s the only thing standing between me and the secret organization that wants me dead…
Book of Mormon

*The Book of Mormon* is the main religious book of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (or the Mormon Church). Published for the first time in 1830, the Book was said to have been written by various sources and found by Joseph Smith after being visited by an angel. It is broken into several books.

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* Mormon
* Moroni

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## Books Within

* First Nephi
* Second Nephi
* Book of Jacob
* Book of Enos
* Book of Jarom
* Book of Omni
* Words of Mormon
* Book of Mosiah
* Book of Alma
* Book of Helaman
* Third Nephi
* Fourth Nephi
* Book of Mormon
* Book of Ether
* Book of Moroni
Alfred Lambert

## Alfred Lambart

Alfred Lambert is a character from the novel *The Corrections*. Alfred currently lives with Parkinson's disease in a Midwestern town, leading to depression and a decline in his overall health.

## Personality

Alfred's interests involve spending time alone in his basement, as his relationship with his wife Enid has lost its passion. Their marriage has evolved into a nurse-patient dynamic due to his health issues. His challenge is maintaining his honor and dignity despite his declining abilities. Alfred is honorable yet stubborn, known for sticking to his decisions even if they have adverse consequences.

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## History

Alfred is retired and used to work for a railroad company, where he was a hard worker but distant from his children. Alfred grew up as a strong and capable young man, becoming an engineer at a reputable company.

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Anya Seton (Author)

**Anya Seton** (born Ann Seton, January 23rd 1904-November 8th 1990) is an author best known for her historical fiction/biographical novels.

## Written Works

* My Theodosia
* Dragonwyck
* The Turquoise
* The Hearth and Eagle
* Foxfire
* Katherine
* The Mistletoe and Sword
* The Winthrop Woman
* Washington Irving
* Devil Water
* Avalon
* Green Darkness
* Smouldering Fires
A History of South Africa (Leonard Thompson)

## A History of South Africa

*A History of South Africa* is a nonfiction book written by Leonard Thompson. Released in 1990, it serves as a history of the titular nation.

## Notable people within

* Nelson Mandela
* Thabo Mbeki

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## Publisher's summary

A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. Lynn Berat updates this classic text with a new chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the celebrations of the centenary of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in January 2012.

"A history that is both accurate and authentic, written in a delightful literary style."--Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"Should become the standard general text for South African history. . . . Recommended for college classes and anyone interested in obtaining a historical framework in which to place events occurring in South Africa today."--Roger B. Beck, "History: Reviews of New Books"
A Year in Provence

*A Year in Provence* is a nonfiction book written by Peter Mayle. Released in 1989, it recounts Mayle's first year living in Provence.

## Publisher's Summary

In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine. *A Year in Provence* transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days.

## See Also

* My Life in France by Julia Child
* A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
* Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
* Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
* Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart

## Sources

* A Year in Provence on Goodreads
* A Year in Provence on Wikipedia
Bloodletter

*Bloodletter* is a novel written by K.W. Jeter. Released in 1993, it is the third book in Pocket Books' *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* series and tells of Major Kira meeting a figure from her past.

## Characters

* Benjamin Sisko
* Kira Nerys

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## Publisher's summary

Starfleet Command has learned that the Cardassians are planning to construct a base on the other side of the wormhole to establish a presence and claim the rich unexplored territory. Now, it falls to Commander Sisko, Major Kira, and the crew of Deep Space 9 to set up a Federation station there immediately.

Before Major Kira can deliver the new base, a fanatic from her violent past appears. Kira must engage in a life and death struggle with an enemy who will stop at nothing to destroy her, as the fate of Bajor, the wormhole, and possibly the entire Federation hangs in the balance.
Big Finish Productions

Big Finish Productions is a publisher of audio plays (along with audiobooks and the occasional print release). Starting production in 1996, Big Finish is largely known for producing audio plays in the *Doctor Who* universe.

## Released works

### Series

* Doctor Who monthly range
* The Companion Chronicles
* Gallifrey series
* Dalek Emprie series
* Jago & Litefoot
* Torchwood monthly range

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## See also

* BBV Productions
* Magic Bullet Productions
* BBC Books
* BBC Audio
A Sprinkle of Sorcery

*A Sprinkle of Sorcery* is a novel written by Michelle Harrison. Released in 2020, it is the second book in Harrison's *A Pinch of Magic* series and shows the Widdershins sisters searching for an island that doesn't exist.

## Characters

* Betty Widdershins
* Fliss Widdershins
* Charlie Widdershins

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## Publisher's Summary

The family curse has been lifted and the Widdershins sisters: Betty, Fliss and Charlie are free to leave the prison island of Crowstone.

But when a mysterious girl arrives at the Poacher’s Pocket with a pocketful of hagstones and accompanied by a will-o’-the-wisp, it seems another adventure has landed on their doorstep. And when Charlie goes missing, it’s up to Betty and Fliss to journey through misty marches, past wisp catchers and on to a secret island that doesn’t exist on any map…