This book is also available with 3 other stories in THE 4 SCOUNDRELS BOX SET: A PIRATE, A SPY, A MERCENARY AND A ROGUE. .Gentleman spy, Alexander Redcliff, murdered his colleague. It's an event he can't remember, except in his nightmares. Suppressing them is the only way to keep his sanity, but forgetting is no longer an option. Only one woman can save Alex from himself.
Georgiana Appleby is a most unconventional lady. Prejudice shadows the physician and scandal is never far away. Forced to take Alex as her patient, she must not give into the rogue's advances or she will risk losing her career and her heart.
Will Alex's fierce longing for Georgiana be enough or will he surrender to the darkness inside? Views: 56
Collected, selected, scanned and/or re-OCR'd, re-formatted, proofed, original interior title page, original book cover, layout & design and eBook creation by Jerry.Time Travel Omnibus ContentsVolume 2: N thru Z(custom book cover)Jerry eBooksTitle PageTime Travel is Easy! Kinda . . . (essay)Dr. Brian CoxNEBOGIPFEL AT THE END OF TIMERichard A. LupoffNEEDLE IN A TIMESTACKRobert SilverbergNIGHTJohn W. Campbell, Jr.NO MAN’S LANDAllister TimmsNO SHIPS PASSLady Eleanor SmithNOBLE MOLDKage BakerNUMBER 73 GLAD AVENUESuzanne J. WillisOCCUPATION DUTYHarry TutrledoveODDJohn WyndhamOF MISSING PERSONSJack FinneyOF TIME AND KATHY BENEDICTWilliam F. NolanOF TIME AND TEXASWilliam F. NolanON THE STAIRCASEKatharine Fullerton GerouldON THE WATCHTOWER AT PLATAEAGary KilworthONE ONE THOUSANDWilliam WoodONE RAINY DAY IN PARISSkip Williams and Penny WilliamsONE TIME AROUND?John HelfersOPENING THE DOORArthur MachenOTHER TRACKSWilliam SellOUTSIDE OF TIMECarroll John DalyOYER AND TERMINERJoe MasdonPALELY LOITERINGChristopher PriestPALINDROMICPeter CrowtherPALE ROSESMichael MoorcockPARADOX LOSTFredric BrownPARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND TIMEJohn L. BreenPAWLEY’S PEEPHOLESJohn WyndhamPAYCHECKPhilip K. DickPERPETUAL MOTION BLUESHarper HullPHANTASOliver OnionsPRAIRIE SUNEdward BryantPREVENGEMike Resnick and Kevin J. AndersonPROJECT MASTODONClifford D. SimakPRODUCTION PROBLEMRobert F. YoungPROFESSOR FIGWORT COMES TO AN UNDERSTANDINGJacob EdwardsPRUNING THE TREEChris PiersonQUID PRO QUORay BradburyRAINBIRDR.A. LaffertyREAL TIMELawrence Watt EvansRED LETTER DAYKristine Kathryn RuschRIP VAN WINKLEWashington IrvingRIPPLES IN THE DIRAC SEAGeoffrey a. LandisROAD MAPF.M. BusbyROBOT VISIONSIsaac AsimovROCK DIVERHarry HarrisonROCKING MY DREAMBOATVictoryaROTATING CYLINDERSLarry NivenSAFARI TO THE LOST AGESWilliam P. McGivernSAILING TO BYZANTIUMRobert SilverbergSCREAM QUIETLYSheila CrosbySECOND CHANCESJack FinneySEEMS LIKE OLD TIMESRobert J. SawyerSERVICE CALLPhilip K. DickSHE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE TOERichard HughesSIDEWAYS IN TIMEMurray LeinsterSMALL MOMENTS IN TIMEJohn G. HemrySPOILERSLinda P. ParkerSPREEJohn MedailleSTANDING STILLDonald J. BingleSTAR BRIGHTMark CliftonSTEALING TIMEDouglas W. DaechSUCH INTERESTING NEIGHBORSJack FinneySUNLIGHT AND SHADOWSJW Schnarr and John SunseriSWEEP ME TO MY REVENGE!Darrell SchweitzerSWING TIMECarrie VaughnTECH SUPPORTRichard A. LovettTERMINÓSDean Francis AlfarTHE ALTERNATIVEMaurice BaringTHE ANTICIPATORMorely RobertsTHE AUTHENTIC TOUCHKevin J. AndersonTHE AZTEC SUPREMACISTSheralyn Schofield BelyeuTHE BEETHOVEN PROJECTDonald MoffittTHE BEST-LAID SCHEMEL. Sprague de CampTHE CATCHKage BakerTHE CHOICEW. Hilton YoungTHE BUSINESS, AS USUALMack ReynoldsTHE CARPET BEDS OF SUTRO PARKKage BakerTHE CHRONIC ARGONAUTSH.G WellsTHE CHRONOCLASMJohn WyndhamTHE CHRONOLOGY PROTECTION CASEPaul LevinsonTHE CLOCKA.E.W. MasonTHE CLOCK THAT WENT BACKWARDEdward Page MitchellTHE COIN COLLECTORJack FinneyTHE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTONSF. Scott FitzgeraldTHE DEADLY MISSION OF PHINEAS SNODGRASSFrederik PohlTHE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVINGBradner BucknerTHE DEVIL OF THE WESTERN SEAPhilip M. FisherTHE DEVIL YOU DON’TMatthew HughesTHE DRAGON WORE TROUSERSBob BuckleyTHE EDGE OF THE KNIFEH. Beam PiperTHE ENDFredric BrownTHE END IN EDENSteven UtleyTHE END OF THE EXPERIMENTPeter ClinesTHE ETERNAL WALLRaymond Z. GallunTHE EVER-BRANCHING TREEHarry HarrisonTHE FACE IN THE PHOTOJack FinneyTHE FINAL DAYSDavid LangfordTHE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLDRudyard KiplingTHE FLIGHT THAT FAILEDE.M. HullTHE FOX AND THE FORESTRay BradburyTHE GALLERY OF HIS DREAMSKristine Kathryn RuschTHE GERNSBACK CONTINUUMWilliam GibsonTHE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMASPaul CornellTHE GNARLY MANL. Sprague de CampTHE GREAT CLOCKLangdon JonesTHE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOW ON EARTHJ.G. BallardTHE GREY MANH.G. WellsTHE GULF OF THE YEARSGeorge-Olivier ChâteaureynaudTHE HAT THINGMatthew HughesTHE HOLE ON THE CORNERR.A. LaffertyTHE HOMELESS ONEA.E. CoppardTHE HOUSE THAT MADE THE SIXTEEN LOOPS OF TIMETamsyn MuirTHE INSTABILITYIsaac AsimovTHE INVENTION OF TIME TRAVELJim LoyTHE ILE OF DOGGESElizabeth Bear and Sarah MonetteTHE KING OF WHERE-I-GOHarold WaldropTHE LAND WHERE TIME STOOD STILLArthur Leo ZagatTHE LAST ARTICLEHarry TurtledoveTHE LAST TWO DAYS OF LARRY JOSEPH’S LIFEBill Adler, Jr.THE LITTLE BLACK BAGC.M. KornbluthTHE LOST CANALMichael MoorcockTHE LOST PILGRIMGene WolfeTHE MAN FROM TIMEFrank Belknap LongTHE MAN IN CELL 91Gene DeweeseTHE MAN IN THE PINK SHIRTLarry NivenTHE MAN WHO BOUGHT TOMORROWWilliam P. McGivernTHE MAN WHO CAME EARLYPoul AndersonTHE MAN WHO CHANGED HISTORYJohn York CabotTHE MAN WHO ENDED HISTORY: A DOCUMENTARYKen LiuTHE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTUREEdmond HamiltonTHE MAN WHO SAW THROUGH TIMELeonard RaphaelTHE MAN WHO WALKED HOMEJames Tiptree, Jr.THE MEN WHO MURDERED MOHAMMEDAlfred BesterTHE MASK OF REXRichard BowesTHE MESSAGEIsaac AsimovTHE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AFTER NEXTMurray LeinsterTHE MISTPeter CarturTHE MISTS OF TIMETom PurdomTHE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLDSteve BeinTHE MOUSE RAN DOWNAdrian TchaikovskyTHE MYSTERY OF JOHN TITORRick PaulasTHE OLD MANHolloway HornTHE OTHER END OF THE LINEWalter TevisTHE OTHER INAUGURATIONAnthony BoucherTHE POWER AND THE GLORYRobert E. VardemanTHE PRICE OF ORANGESNancy KressTHE PURE PRODUCTJohn KesselTHE PUSHERJohn VarleyTHE REASON IS WITH USJames E. GunnTHE ROCKING-HORSE WINNERD.H. LawrenceTHE ROUSING OF MR. BRADEGARH.F. HeardTHE SECRET PLACERichard McKennaTHE SHADOW OUT OF TIMEH.P. LovecraftTHE SHAMANAnnie JonesTHE SILVER MIRRORSir Arthur Conan DoyleTHE SKULLPhilip K. DickTHE SOLID MENC.J. HendersonTHE TAIPANW. Somerset MaughumTHE TELLER OF TIMECarl FrderickTHE THIRD LEVELJack FinneyTHE TIME DISEASEMartin AmisTHE TIME MACHINEH.G. WellsTHE TIME TELEPHONEAdam RobertsTHE TIME TRAGEDYRaymond A. PalmerTHE TIME TRAVEL DEVICEJames Van PeltTHE TIME TRAVEL CLUBCharlie Jane AndersTHE TIME TRAVELERVincent L. ScarsellaTHE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFEScott William CarterTHE TIMESWEEPERSKeith LaumerTHE TOYNBEE CONVECTORRay BradburyTHE THREADS OF TIMEC.J. CherryhTHE TRUTH ABOUT WEENADavid J. LakeTHE VARIABLE MANPhilip K. DickTHE VERY SLOW TIME MACHINEIan WatsonTHE WAITABITSErik Frank RussellTHE WAVE-FUNCTION COLLAPSESteven UtleyTHE WEED OF TIMENorman SpinradTHE WIND OVER THE WORLDSteven UtleyTHE WINDOW OF TIMERichard MathesonTHE WINDS OF TIMEJames H. SchmitzTHE WOMAN WHO CAME TO THE PARADOXDerek J. GoodmanTHE WORLD OF NULL-TGene DeWeeseTHERE AND THENSteven UtleyTHESE ARE THE TIMESJohn G. HemryTHESE STONES WILL REMEMBERReginald BretnorTHIRTY SECONDS FROM NOWJohn ChuTHIS PRETTY PACEJason ChapmanTHIS TRAGIC GLASSElizabeth BearTHOUGHT EXPERIMENTEileen GunnTHREE POWER PLAYWes NicholsonTHREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEKEdgar Allen PoeTHROUGH SPACE AND TIME WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOTGrendel BriartonTHUS WE FRUSTRATE CHARLEMAGNER.A. LaffertyTIME ABLAZEMichael A. BursteinTIME AND TIME AGAINH. Beam PiperTIME BUMC.M. KornbluthTIME CONSIDERED AS A SERIES OF THERMITE BURNSDamien BroderickTIME ENOUGHDamon KnightTIME GYPSYEllen KlagesTIME HAS NO BOUNDARIESJack FinneyTIME INTERVENINGRay BradburyTIME LOCKERHenry KuttnerTIME ON YOUR HANDSJohn York CabotTIME OUTEdward M. LernerTIME PUSSYIsaac AsimovTIME SHARINGJody Lyne NyeTIME WELL SPENTGeorge ZebrowskiTIMETIPPINGJack DannTIME TRAVELERS NEVER DIEJack McDevittTIME WANTS A SKELETONJack DannTIME, AGAINTim MalyTIME’S ARROWArthur C. ClarkeTIME’S CRUEL GEOMETRYMark OnspaughTIMELESS LISARobert E. VardemanTRAPALANDACharles SheffieldTOMORROW AND TOMORROWRay BradburyTRANSFER POINTAnthony BoucherTRICERATOPS SUMMERMichael SwanwickTRAVELLER’S RESTDavid I. MassonTRY AND CHANGE THE PASTFritz LeiberTRY AND TRY AGAINPierce AskegrenTRY, TRY AGAINJohn Gregory BetancourtTWEMBERSteve Ransic TemTWENTY-ONE, COUNTING UPHarry TurtledoveTWO SHOTS FROM FLY’S PHOTO GALLERYJohn ShirleyTWO TICKETS TO PARADISEVicki StegerUNBORN TOMORROWMack ReynoldsUNDER SIEGEGeorge R.R. MartinUNSOLVED HISTORIESGreg CoxVINTAGE SEASONLawrence O’DonnellVOICESJackie CassadaWALK TO THE MOONSean McKullenWATERSPIDERPhilip K. DickWHAT GOES AROUNDDerryl MurphyWHAT IF . . .Isaac AsimovWHEN TIME TURNEDEthel Watts MumfordWHERE OR WHENSteve UtleyWHERE THE CLUETTS AREJack FinneyWHO’S CRIBBING?Jack LewisWITH FATE CONSPIREVandana SinghWIKIHISTORYDesmond WarzelWIRELESSRudyard KiplingWOMEN ON THE BRINK OF A CATACLYSMMolly BrownWORKING ON BORROWED TIMEJohn G. HemryWORLDS TO BARTERJohn B. HarrisWRITTEN BY THE WINNERSMatthew JohnsonXMASDouglas HutchesonYESHUA’S CHOICENancy V. VarianYESTERDAY’S PAPERBoyd EllanbyYESTERDAY WAS MONDAYTheodore SturgeonYOU SEE, BUT YOU DO NOT OBSERVERobert J. Sawyer Views: 56
Backbench MP Tom Goodfellowe is caught up in the search for the new Dalai Lama in this highly original and compelling thriller from the author of GOODFELLOWE MP and HOUSE OF CARDS -- now reissued in new cover style. Tom Goodfellowe is the unlikeliest of political heroes. An MP whose career has already been consigned to the scrapheap of history, with a private life that staggers between confusion and chaos... And it's all about to get worse. A new Dalai Lama is born. The infant god-king of Tibet. And around the child explodes an international conspiracy that will carve a trail of death from the slopes of Mount Everest right to the heart of London's Chinatown. Goodfellowe becomes drawn into a murderous race against time and against sinister sources within his own government. On the outcome will hang the fate of one of the world's great religions -- and Goodfellowe's turbulent personal life. Because someone, someone very... Views: 55
When at last Zac became aware, he found himself in a place that had been stripped of every shred of colour. Some pain was like that, so intense, so personal, that it tore away all subtlety from the world and left nothing but obliterating darkness and flashes of blinding, impenetrable light . . . The pain they had inflicted had been, literally, unimaginable. The sort of pain that makes a man do anything, say anything,to make it stop. Zac Kravitz has upset someone. Someone very important. He has been tortured and cast, barely alive, into an ancient prison deep in the republic of Taargistan. Bordering Russia, China and Afghanistan and ringed by high mountains, the country is a land of deep snows and still deeper suspicions, and its about to swallow Zac, to drag him from his cell and execute him. But he has a friend. Harry Jones is a former soldier, now a politician, a man of extraordinary skills and an enduring sense of guilt. He owes Zac. The debt must be repaid, no matter what the cost. Harry is forced to team up with a tough-talking American-born MP, Martha Riley.She doesnt much like Harry, the feeling is mutual, yet Harry needs her, more than he could ever realize. Theirs is a journey that takes them not only to Taargistan but also into their fractured pasts, where they must confront old obsessions. Theirs is a story of honour and love that will push them to the limits of their endurance, and then beyond. To have any chance of success, Harry must once again become the man he thought he had left behind many years ago a desperate, utterly ruthless fighter, ready to eliminate anyone who gets in his way. It will take him to a place of immense and almost unendurable suffering, where dying becomes the easy option.Yet Harry Jones is not a man who has ever taken the easy option. He doesnt know when to stop fighting, even when hes standing on a trapdoor with an executioners noose around his neck. Views: 55
The acclaimed author of The Brother Gardeners and Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas continue to influence how we view ourselves and our relationship with the natural world today.Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infested Siberia. He came up with a radical vision of nature, that it was a complex and interconnected global force and did not exist for man's use alone. Ironically, his ideas have become so accepted and widespread that he has been nearly forgotten. Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his investigation of wild environments around the world; his discoveries of similarities between climate zones on different continents; his prediction of human-induced... Views: 55
James A. Garfield may have been the most extraordinary man ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back. But the shot didn't kill Garfield. The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. The unhinged assassin's half-delivered strike shattered the fragile national mood of a country so recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president as the object of a bitter behind-the-scenes struggle for power--over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect. As... Views: 55
A classic memoir of self-invention in a strange land: Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his amazing journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970'sWhen Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo in 1975, Japan was little more than an idea in his mind, a fantasy of a distant land. A sensitive misfit in the world of his upper middleclass youth, what he longed for wasn't so much the exotic as the raw, unfiltered humanity he had experienced in Japanese theater performances and films, witnessed in Amsterdam and Paris. One particular theater troupe, directed by a poet of runaways, outsiders, and eccentrics, was especially alluring, more than a little frightening, and completely unforgettable. If Tokyo was anything like his plays, Buruma knew that he had to join the circus as soon as possible.Tokyo was an astonishment. Callow and unformed, Buruma found a feverish and surreal metropolis where nothing was understated, and everything shouted for... Views: 55
Star Crusades Uprising: The First Trilogy contains the complete text of the novels SIEGE OF TITAN, TEARS OF KERBEROS and FIRES OF PROMETHEUS. This epic science fiction series chronicles humanity’s first interstellar confederation, torn apart by religious strife and extremism. SIEGE OF TITAN In the first book of the Star Crusades Uprising series, the bloody struggle is told through the eyes of an illegal pit fighter named Spartan, who is forced to choose between incarceration or military service. Choosing the Confederate Marine Corps over servitude he begins his thirty long weeks of training. Together with his group of marines, they are honed into a force ready to be thrown into the meat grinder on the newest and greatest planet in the Confederacy, Proxima Prime. His term of service will soon become one of violence and carnage, as the entire sector is ripped apart by a brutal and virulent religious movement and its shocking plans. TEARS OF KERBEROS The religious insurgency continues to spread through the weakened colonies of the Confederacy. Spartan, now a sergeant in the Marine Corps and his armoured platoon is rushed to the defence of New Carlos on the planet of Prime. The massive city is besieged by the terrifying biomech shock troopers, its fall is imminent. As the battles rage across the continent enemy agents continue to foment revolt throughout the remaining colonies in their struggle to bring the empire crashing down. FIRES OF PROMETHEUS The sector is entering a short period of calm. There is peace in Proxima Centauri but for how long? The religious insurgency has already exploded throughout the system and one by one the colonies have seceded from the Confederacy, lured to the offerings of the Church of Echidna. Spartan and General Rivers have vanished and are presumed to have been executed at the hands of their Zealot captors for the murder of the President of Kerberos. This expanding saga includes the Star Crusades Uprising and new Star Crusades Nexus series that follows the story of the Centauri Alliance seventeen years after the end of the Uprising. Novels currently available in the series include: STAR CRUSADES UPRISING Siege of Titan (Star Crusades Uprising, Book 1) Tears of Kerberos (Star Crusades Uprising, Book 2) Fires of Prometheus (Star Crusades Uprising, Book 3) Battle for Proxima (Star Crusades Uprising, Book 4) Fall of Terra Nova (Star Crusades Uprising, Book 5) Slaves of Hyperion (Star Crusades Uprising, Book 6) All 6 books are available in Star Crusades Uprising: The First Trilogy and Star Crusades Uprising: The Second Trilogy compilations. STAR CRUSADES NEXUS Legions of Orion (Star Crusades Nexus, Book 1)Review"Make no mistake, this is 100% true, good-quality military science fiction that takes the story from beginning to end. One of the most gripping tales of this genre I've read. A page turner from beginning to end." - David Bradshaw Views: 55
War of the Exiles is the third novel in the epic new ‘Mercenaries’ series that chronicles the violent struggles of humanity in a brutal and ever-changing galaxy. The Alliance watches in horror as the world of Karnak burns, along with the entire Tenth Quadrant. Fleets of ships engage in battle throughout the region, while numerous ground battles rage below. On one side are the hard-pressed Byotai settlers, outgunned and sheltering inside their fortified compounds. On the other are the Anicinàbe hordes, led by the brutal warlord Nakoma. It falls on Spartan, Khan, and Gun to halt the terror. Spartan secures the resources he needs to wage a private war on behalf of the Byotai, but he cannot use Alliance troops without sparking all out war. The only recourse is to employ mercenaries, as well as a contingent of Byotai Exiles who seek to return to Karnak. A world they still call home. The Anicinàbe unleash a final, apocalyptic effort to bring Karnak under their control. Aircraft bombard the city, while they move ground troops and siege equipment into position for the assault. For the first time, Spartan and the Exiles face the reality of defeat. A defeat that will condemn them to an early death, and the end of their civilization. War of the Exiles is a futuristic military sci-fi adventure that continues to expand the struggles of humanity in a violent and ever changing galaxy. It is a classic work of realistic military science fiction set against the aftermath of the apocalyptic Biomech War, a conflict that has left entire planets destroyed, and millions of citizens dead.Review"I actually ran out books to read and my husband had bought this book so I decided to start it. I told my self if in the first chapter I did not like it I would stop and get one of my own books. Well the first night I read 5 chapters and did not want to stop so needles to say I loves the book. The Author does a great job keeping your attention and making you not want to put the book down." - Maggie "War of the Exiles is science fiction at its best. It is a story of massive space battles with juggernaut sized space ships and warriors. The book follows Spartan, Khan, and Gun as they defend Melantias and take back Karnak. The characters are well developed, full of depth, and covered in scars from their warring past." - Hayden Griffith"As a huge fan of the Mercenaries series I picked this one up as soon as it launched on Kindle. Didn't have time to start reading during the day, so I decided to start reading just before going to bed. The problem is, before I knew it, I only had 3 hours left until I had to wake up to go to work, oops! The book really is that engaging. and you won't notice how fast time passes by while reading it. This is a worthy sequel to Lords of War and Ghost Soldiers, and continues the adventures of Spartan, Khan and Gun." - FriendlyReader From the Inside FlapExcerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.This is insanity. These are not warriors. They are beasts from the abyss.Ogimà Tarnachi was the first to turn and began to work his way back, clambering over the bodies of the dead and wounded. One reached up for help, and he pushed past, ignoring the pleas for help, or perhaps even mercy."Fall back!"Ogimà Tarnachi nearly made it until a round from one of the smaller robots hit his leg and burst below the knee. The leg was cut in half, and he fell to the ground, instantly disabled. Other rounds struck his shoulder, and he was thrown back and pinned to the wall. From there he had the perfect view of the battle as the machines ran amok, cutting down his warriors with ease.As the Anicinàbe began to flee, the enemy came nearer, and eventually directly under the bright yellow lights of the landing bay. He spotted the four large creatures as they hacked and stabbed like ancient monsters surrounded by their foes. Two laughed as they fought, their voices amplified through their speakers in their guttural alien tongue.I...must...Ogimà Tarnachi reached for a weapon and found only his secondary pistol, a small affair and unlikely to be of much use. He took aim and fired, one shot after another at the robotic warriors. As he shot, the smaller pair of massive creatures began to hack through the last of the Red Scars; those attempting to shoot back cut down by the large cannons on their shoulders. The weapons moved independently and fired at targets in a continuous slaughter, the hammer like hands of the machines snapping arms and decapitating his warriors like cattle at a slaughterhouse.Stay alive, you must...have thing....His vision began to fade, and as his life drained away, he noticed one of the warriors. It was not a machine. He could see that now. It walked like the men from Earth, but was larger and encased in powered metal armour. The head was sunk low in part of the torso. Tarnachi lifted his weapon and aimed at the machine. One of the other warriors called out a single word, a name he'd heard of, but never expected to come across. The massive warrior spun around and took aim at him.Spartan. Views: 55
Benjamin Franklin was not only one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading writer, publisher, inventor, diplomat, scientist, and philosopher. He is well-known for his experiments with electricity and lightning, and for publishing “Poor Richard’s Almanac” and the Pennsylvania Gazette. He served as Postmaster General under the Continental Congress, and later became a prominent abolitionist. He is credited with inventing the lightning rod, the Franklin Stove, and bifocals. A year after Benjamin Franklin’s death, his autobiography, entitled “Memoires De La Vie Privee,” was published in Paris in March of 1791. The first English translation, “The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. Originally Written By Himself, And Now Translated From The French,” was published in London in 1793. Known today as “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin,” this classic piece of Americana was originally written for Franklin’s son William, then the Governor of New Jersey. The work portrays a fascinating picture of life in Philadelphia, as well as Franklin’s shrewd observations on the literature, philosophy and religion of America’s Colonial and Revolutionary periods. Franklin wrote the first five chapters of his autobiography in England in 1771, resumed again thirteen years later (1784-85) in Paris and later in 1788 when he returned to the United States. Franklin ends the account of his life in 1757 when he was 51 years old. Considered to be the greatest autobiography produced in Colonial America, Franklin’s Autobiography is published here in 14 chapters. Views: 55
Now revised, updated, and with new recipes, And a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of this most American of liquorsFrom the grog sailors drank on the high seas in the 1700s to the mojitos of Havana bar hoppers, spirits and cocktail columnist Wayne Curtis offers a history of rum and the Americas alike, revealing that the homely spirit once distilled from the industrial waste of the booming sugar trade has managed to infiltrate every stratum of New World society. Curtis takes us from the taverns of the American colonies, where rum delivered both a cheap wallop and cash for the Revolution; to the plundering pirate ships off the coast of Central America; to the watering holes of pre-Castro Cuba; and to the kitsch-laden tiki bars of 1950s America. Here are sugar barons and their armies conquering the Caribbean, Paul Revere stopping for a nip during his famous ride, Prohibitionists marching against "demon rum," Hemingway fattening his liver with... Views: 55
