Recently retired teacher Jim Ironheart (aptly named) risks his life to save lives. In Portland, he saves a young boy from an oblivious drunk driver in a van. In Boston, he rescues a child from an underground explosion. In Houston, he disarms a man who was trying to shoot his own wife – and he is not just lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. He gets “inspirations” and knows he must hurry to wherever prompted. He rushes off to hail a cab or catch a plane, dropping whatever he’s doing at the moment, much to the surprise of those around him.
"Detective Harry Lyons is having lunch with his partner Connie Gulliver when a mad man begins shooting up the restaurant. Harry and Connie successfully bring down the shooter, but have a sinking feeling it's not over. A young single mom and her son are being threatened by a crazy cop. A homeless man has been told he will soon die. Harry also hears threats that everyone he loves will die. Somehow, all of these events are related. To find the connection is to solve the crime. Before Harry and Connie can make that connection, Harry's best friend is savagely killed in his own home. "
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The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad The novel is set in London in 1886 and follows the life of Mr. Verloc, a secret agent. Verloc is also a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives, and bric-a-brac. He lives with his wife Winnie, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Stevie.
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The Omega Point
2012 came and went. The world prepared itself for impending disaster - and nothing happened. Or so it seemed.But by 2020, energy from a supernova is disrupting the sun. Solar storms ravage the globe with unprecedented ferocity, and debris in the form of comets and asteroids threaten to end life on earth. The wealthy of the world hide in vast underground bunkers, but even they know that they cannot survive without a miracle.
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William Wordsworth
Wordsworth, born in his beloved Lake District, was the son of an attorney. His school years were later to be described vividly in "The Prelude". Wordsworth wrote many of his greatest poems after his returning from France (1795-1799), where he twice fell in love: once with a young french woman Annette Vallon, and the, once more, with the French Revolution.
