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...stories—an anti-fantasy book that pokes some good-natured fun at the serious tone and dependence on magic common to many epic fantasy adventure genre novels. There are no dragons here, but there are some androids. This is the story of Prince Donald of Westgrove. He is the idealistic third son of the king, and he comes to believe that he may be the only one able to prote...

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...u’re going to try anything else, you’ll need to do it soon. Dawn doesn’t last that long.” The prince turned his eyes to the horizon and the creeping light of dawn. “But it should have worked!” he protested. “Are you sure today is the autumnal equinox, Kwestor?” “Quite certain.” “And it’s obviously dawn.” “Obviously.” “And I am a prince by blood.” “Yes, I don’t think ...

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... am, back at a truth I learned long ago and have used in more than one of my novels: Nothing enters my life that isn’t caused or allowed by God, nothi... ...ople in heaven because of what they have read. Looking at my calling in this light makes me so thankful to be a writer. I’m more determined than ever ... ...n writing (or should be). I had, and still have, much to learn about writing novels, but one thing I know, I need to continually work at my craft, lea... ...re to good. I can use them as a curse or a blessing. I can let my Christian light shine or I can hide it under a bush. What would Jesus do? What wou... ...ment to tell me that my ideas have worth, and my writing has merit. There is light, like the Light of Elendil that Galadriel gave to Frodo in Lord of ... ...that Galadriel gave to Frodo in Lord of the Rings when she said, “Behold the light of Elendil, our most beloved star. May it be a light for you in dar... ... most beloved star. May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” The V alley of Rejection has many of those dark places. A... ...? I’m humbled, but not subdued. “Couldn’t I just give my coworkers one of my novels and then give my two weeks’ notice?” It’s then the Savior’s words ... ...lan God gave me was to share the message 164 of hope not by preaching in my novels, but to do it through character development. If a not-so-perfect p...

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...ver, the British started to investigate and the activities of this ancient secret society came to light. Lord Bentinck appointed a special Commissio... .... vii Prologue Eighteenth Century India The cave was dark except for a few flickering oil lights in tiny clay bowls surrounding the base of ... ...rs later, when he awoke from a heavy sleep to find Maria straddling his body. By the pale morning light streaming through the open window, he observ... ...Irish chef to prepare a special nourishing diet for the young mother, who was instructed to take light exercise each day in the fresh air, if weathe... ...t her eyes on the open deck was even more terrifying. The black, rain sodden skies were forked by lightning, the wind howled, the ship creaked and g... ...he mechanics of mating, but the veiled references to burning desire in her favourite Jane Austen novels, was all she knew. Even if she allowed Gavin...

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...my tan overcoat kept her from seeing much of his body. Brilliant flashes of light from the cameras obscured her vision and she turned away before sh... ... and stepped out of the way when he made a move to close the hood. “The oil light came on about a week ago.” Julia glanced guiltily at the Mercedes.... ...u’re talking about,” Cade muttered. He jerked the truck to a stop at a red light, and he stared out through windshield refusing to meet her gaze. W... ...shrug. “But if you want to talk about it, I can at least listen.” The red light changed to green and he eased the truck across the intersection. J... ...lia watched anger and regret cross Cade’s face. When he stopped at another light, he turned his head to look at her. She melted a little under the... ...ss, take-no-prisoners kind of seduction that she read about only in romance novels. It took another week before she got the nerve to act on it. Now...

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...ing but my apartment was in chaos. Whoever did it was thorough and brought to cruel light many things I had conveniently forgotten I possessed. I st... ...his proximity came handy with a workaholic boss like Bauer. Two blocks, the traffic lights and there I was, entering the nondescript cottage and wav... ...piciously like English. You lost me back in 1941.” She smiled and it was like the lights went on. I grinned back at her, I couldn’t help it. She h... ...guely aware of a considerable diminution in luminosity which was surprising in this light-deprived eatery. “Israel Sarid Roth?” – susurrated som... ...” A gun butt in the kidney hurts like hell, exactly as they say it does in dime novels and B movies. It feels like a stiletto plunged deep and th... ...ut his Hebrew was heavily accented, yes.” – I answer. “Go on” – motions Himmler, light glints ricocheting from his SS insignia. “I approached h...

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...by the Holy Spirit, whose office it is to show you things to come, you may come to some light of divine knowledge, and determination of holy purpose... ...raditions upon this subject which I had received from the fathers. When I obtained this light, I did not make haste to communicate it to any one, but... ...to execute what ever his pleasure is. And thus, Satan being cast out, and the Prince of light, and the heavenly Jerusalem, the dwelling place of his... ...emblem in the resting church. There shall be to the whole earth such a glory beyond the light of the sun, as there was in the Holy of Holies, in the... .... But here I take leave to introduce an anecdote which is curious in itself, and casts light upon the value in which the work is held in other lands... ...ure expresseth not, and proceeding to write treatises and books, which appear more like novels, fit only to amuse the idle. But, in one word, these ...

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...rtains lest he be seen. When I closed the door after entering, there was no light at all. “It is beautiful,” I admitted. “But I’ve no need for a dr... ...ill whispering. As the carriage moved away, he opened the drape to let the light in and reveal his unmasked face to me. The left side of his face, h... ...ut he promised me ...” I couldn’t help pouting. “Erik does not make promises lightly, dear.” She then looked up at my mantel clock. “I must be away.... ... Zareh returned, he came upstairs and knocked on my door, having noticed the light underneath. “Mademoiselle, I am here. I shall retire to the parlo... ...der, which he then placed on my night stand. The flame’s glow gave a ruddy light to his raven hair. He doffed his cloak with an elegant swirling mot... ..., which made paging through the books very convenient. I chose a couple of novels and a small volume of poems and paid for my selection. My purchas...

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...ack and moving shadow. To fend off these risks, the squid emits a blue glow from a "light organ". The luminosity perfectly matches the amount of moo... ...nlight filtering through the water, rendering the squid indistinguishable from its light-flooded environs. To generate the fine tuned radiance, the... ...oscopic "prisoners" with oxygen and amino acids - and they reciprocate with emitted light. The squid constantly monitors to what extent the night s... ... its body. It then adjusts an iris-like "shutter" to release the correct amount of light from his bacterial colony. The squid replaces the hosted v... ...he bacterial population doubles every 20 minutes - the quantity of luciferase (the light producing enzyme) remains constant for up to five hours. l... ... Fleming, Ian Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964), the author of the James Bond 007 novels, was the grandson of a Scottish banker and the son of a C... ..., translated to 11 languages and with total sales of 18 million copies. James Bond novels are now being authored by a new generation of writers. ... ...itle as one of his favorite books. Many movie plots were loosely based on Fleming's novels and have grossed, in total, more than $1 billion. The 007... ...n. He accumulated a library of anatomy books, porn magazines, horror and adventure novels, historical accounts of the Nazi medical experiments in A...

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...krat, u bici kod Potideje...) «These matches are designed especially for damp climates but they will not light when wet, or after long exposure (... ... Yugoslav – Bosnian border. Publishes his first novel Slepi putnik, which is proclaimed as one of ten best novels of the year. 1995-1999 After his ...

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...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, th...

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... THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de fo... ...AL LINCOLN’S JOURNAL BOOKS BY PAUL ALEXANDER BARTLETT NOVELS VOICES FROM THE PAST: Sappho’s Journal ` Christ’s Journal ` Leon... .... -- 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: "A collection of five historical novels written in the form of journals by the Greek poet Sappho of Lesb... ...Philosophy, Willamette University oices from the Past is a quintet of novels that describe the inner lives of five extraordinary people. Progres... ...e surf on the beach, hissing the rain across my roof. It is cold and the light of my terra cotta lamp is cold. Some say that a storm will wash awa... ...d loved. We passed his mother’s room, where she had died. We passed where light fell around us, though no light entered his eyes. “You are in your r... ...last rays stream in, so yellow, they might be made of acacia. The cooling light covers my desk and bookshelves and relinquishes its hold of my vase.... ... fragility. Shadows are commonplace when we ignite a lamp. Yet, without a light, there are profounder shadows. P I hear that Alcaeus goes out alone... ...man. He spun the cages higher and higher and as they whirled in the torch light, he tore open first one and then anther, to liberate the birds. A ma...

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...Her published novels include, The Blue Flame, The Emerald Dagger, and The Silver Angel, the first three fantasy novels in her Daradawn series. She has also co-authored, Shadow Worlds, a science fiction suspense work with Darrell Bain, and ...

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... he wore a body-hugging jerkin of a burgundy so deep it seemed to absorb the light around him. Hose of the same hue covered his legs, and a fur-lined ... ...he man’s bulging middle, and his pallid skin glowed ghostly white in the wan light of the moon. He wheezed as he approached Dirkk. “How goes it, Thoma... ...hey wait behind me with Talix.” “Talix?” Dirkk’s eyes glittered in the white light. “What is the dear fairie prince doing here so soon after his last ... ...fast as his fingers caressed the dimpled gold of the sheath. Even in the dim light, the scabbard glimmered dully. A flood of searing heat raced throug... ...he knife was free of the scabbard, Dirkk turned his wrist from side to side. Light danced along the dagger’s length. “Beautiful, isn’t it?” he murmure...

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... twenty minutes ago! “Stef!!” Nicola shouts. “What ya want?” answers Stef from the other room in a ‘do not bother’ me tone of voice. Stef has a light-hearted outlook to life; he knows his put-on tone of voice will upset Nicola and feels she takes life too seriously. “Get in here; now!” shouts an angrier Nicola as Stef’s attitude does infuriate her. Stef stomps ...

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... CHRIST’S JOURNAL BOOKS BY PAUL ALEXANDER BARTLETT NOVELS VOICES FROM THE PAST: Sappho’s Journal ` Christ’s Journal ` Leon... ...orks of fiction which together make up Voices from the Past, a quintet of novels that de- scribe the inner lives of five extraordinary people. Progre... ...his death in an automobile accident in 1990, the manu- scripts of the five novels were discovered among his as yet unpublished papers. He had been at... ...his fiction, including When the Owl Cries and Adiós Mi México, historical novels set during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and descrip- tive of hacie... ...rever. Caught in the web of time we will eat supper together, before lamp lighting, and Whitey will sit on my lap. I recall another afternoon years ... ...ten to the wind. I am happiest when outdoors. The sun is down but I won’t light my candle; instead, I’ll watch the coming night and perhaps I can su... ...heirs is the kingdom of heaven. You are the salt of the earth—you are the light of the world. Let your light so shine before men that they may see y... ...er to him what we had to eat. He seemed to be looking for her. I tried to light his lamp but it didn’t work. He got very thin, weak; he coughed. I d... ... how to accept and how to refute. I remember holding a scroll against the light in the doorway of the synagogue: I noted how carefully each word was...

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...ret for what might have been tugged at her heart, but Lacey felt a strange lightness, as if a weight she had carried for years was suddenly gone. I am... ...ed. The day has been strenuous for you, I expect.” Jake turned on the soft lights in the alcove, and went to the bar. He poured two glasses of sherry ... ...o the dining table to eat their meal. As darkness descended, Lacey saw the lights of the city twinkle on all around her. “I love this place,” she said... ...ollowed him slowly around the room, mesmerized by the music, the twinkling lights of the city, and the nearness of Jake’s body. She had never danced b... ...tree and took it to Lacey’s house where boxes and boxes of decorations and lights had been delivered. Lisa was out with her boyfriend, and Julian was ... ...et intimacy is beyond me!” Oh my! I suppose, if I am going to keep writing novels, I shall have to learn all this dreadful stuff. I am not ready to re... ... cluding histories, cook books, biographies, fiction, and all her mother’s novels, these neatly aligned by order of publication. A computer on a small... ...ther is an author? What does she write?” “You’d probably call them romance novels, although they don’t fit that mode exactly. They are love stories bu...

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... for you to change into." "I'm leaving?" "Dr. Gibson's given you the green light." "And you?" Tyler shrugged. "Whatever the doctor says." "Oh. Okay, c... ...ep her. Tyler now entered Dagny's vast walk-in closet, cut on the overhead light and frowned. He didn't know where to begin. It was a dressing room, n... ... had cornered her. Tyler silently gritted his teeth, waiting for the green light to kick out Angela and Curtis. He couldn't understand why his heart w... ...she'd needed, Tyler thought and immediately reprimanded himself for making light of so serious a situation. After all, he'd almost lost her. But would... ...t usually means they're hiding something." Kelly had meant it as a joke to lighten the suddenly heavy mood. But Tyler didn't seem to think it was so f... ...uttering the shelf, a gallimaufry of hardcover titles—the prerequisite spy novels here, the mysteries and suspenses there, the historical and contempo...

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... SAPPHO’S JOURNAL BOOKS BY PAUL ALEXANDER BARTLETT NOVELS VOICES FROM THE PAST: Sappho’s Journal ` Christ’s Journal ` Leon... ...orks of fiction which together make up Voices from the Past, a quintet of novels that de- scribe the inner lives of five extraordinary people. Progre... ...his death in an automobile accident in 1990, the manu- scripts of the five novels were discovered among his as yet unpublished papers. He had been at... ...his fiction, including When the Owl Cries and Adiós Mi México, historical novels set during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and descrip- tive of hacie... ...e surf on the beach, hissing the rain across my roof. It is cold and the light of my terra cotta lamp is cold. Some say that a storm will wash awa... ...d loved. We passed his mother’s room, where she had died. We passed where light fell around us, though no light entered his eyes. “You are in your r... ...last rays stream in, so yellow, they might be made of acacia. The cooling light covers my desk and bookshelves and relinquishes its hold of my vase.... ... fragility. Shadows are commonplace when we ignite a lamp. Yet, without a light, there are profounder shadows. P I hear that Alcaeus goes out alone... ...man. He spun the cages higher and higher and as they whirled in the torch light, he tore open first one and then anther, to liberate the birds. A ma...

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...e in there somewhere so it could’ve happened without me knowing it. Another lightning bolt raced through me. Looking down, I saw the sheets had bec... ...’d hate to die without a caffeine buzz to see me on my way toward the bright light. ***** Too bad we got our drinks to go. Totally blew my pla... ...ayer, hoping if St. Vlad happened to look down, he’d give me a break. Since lightening hadn’t instantly splotzed out of the sky to take Cappuccino o... ...p, but I shook my head, refusing to take it. “No, hold it up to that street light.” “What good will that do?” “You seriously need to watch a littl... ...tle CSI. The blood is obscuring the writing. Normally, I’d say use a black light but we don’t have one. Since the blood is fresh, I’m hoping the i... ...she had an answer. Well, one that wasn’t totally stupid or based on romance novels. She pursed her lips. “I guess you just do. You know as well a...

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... sound just like a d@mn romance novel! And she has the most radiantly clear, lightly sun- tanned face that makes her ivory teeth shine so luminously. ... ...y carrying a small backpack. That's the thing with Gabriel; he always packs light wherever he goes. He says that Japanese people like to keep things ... ...car! Isn't this just unbelievable? All of the sudden, the low fuel indicator light comes on as I'm driving, so I start looking for a gas station. I d... ...of the sanctuary is even more impressive, like a grand concert hall: bright lights shining from above the mile-high ceiling, rows of pews cascading d... ...son or rather, I'm such a bad son — since they're making me do it. I feel a light tap on my right shoulder so I turn around to see an old lady, wear... ...dest. — I decide to skip the magazines altogether and go over to the graphic novels section. I love reading the latest collections of DC Vertigo and ... ... to legal drugs. I finish looking through all of the shelves for new graphic novels and I see the kid, from the corner of my eye, getting up and taki...

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...ms sprang up everywhere. There was even talk of a shopping mall and a red light district. Adversity struck when the wood merchants got their noses ou... ...l rising from behind the dwelling like a tree spreading its branches. The light from this illuminating angel quickly spread over the roof, upon the ... ...to an angel would surely gain him a few brownie points. “Why don’t you try lightening up a little, huh,” the demon hollered. “Let’s face it; you fair... ...on of eighty years, if not more. One brother, having not been in the full light of the attack, crawled out from under a bush and lay in the driveway... ..., dusty artificial plants, dusty cocktail glasses, dusty shelves and poor lighting. The toilets are outside with no exterior or interior wall space ... ...rk for the world than to work for God. It is easier to read magazines and novels than to read God’s word. It is easier to donate time or money to on...