She was born in poverty, in a dusty village under the equatorial sun. She does not remember her mother, she does not remember her own name - her earliest clear memory is of the day her father sold her to the tall pale man. In the Court of the Pomegranate Tree, where she was taught the ways of a courtesan.and the skills of an assassin.she was named Emerald, the precious jewel of the Undying Duke's collection of beauties.
Added by: peterpan216 | Karma: 22.07 | Fiction literature | 17 January 2010
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An officer in His Majesty’s Secret Service during World War II, Fleming burst onto the literary scene in 1953 with the first in his series of spy novels, thrilling readers for over fifty years.
007 is the ultimate man of action, his high-stakes missions propelling him to exotic locales where he seduces exceptional (and exceptionally named) women. He bests some of literature’s most sinister masterminds and he does it all mixing glamour and grit, subterfuge and style.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Fiction literature | 8 December 2009
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Three complete novels of humorous adventure, one of them a Hugo Award finalist, plus a trio of witty short stories with the distinctive Leinster touch.
John Henry is a larger than life character along the lines of Paul Bunyan. What is particularly good about this chapter book is the introductory information explaining what a tall tale is and how it may or may not be based on the life of an actual person. In this case there is a good chance that a man named John Henry actually did work for the railroad as a free black man.
From the ashes of a post-apocalyptic world rose a slacker named Steve. He balanced the world and brought civility back to civilization. He blew up in the process. Twenty-Five years later, dark times have returned; The world a frozen wasteland. A military organization named the Dark Alliance is hell-bent on Provincial domination. They are one city shy of their goal. Orontonto. The city is holding up, but it is time to bring out their secret weapon. A warrior named Sophie is sent on a mission to the North to retrieve the man that has been training for this very day. The son of Steve: Steve, The Second. Steve, The Second is a rip-roaring, blast in your face, up your nose, heavily dramatic, totally extreme, hip & young, post-apocalyptic comedy that is 100% Zombie free.