Leeway Cottage CD: A Novel

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In this beautifully written tour de force of a novel, Beth Gutcheon takes readers back to the coastal village of Dundee, Maine. There, in a Victorian summer house called Leeway Cottage, we witness the scenes of a long twentieth-century marriage.

In April 1940, as the Nazis march into Denmark, a rich girl of the Dundee summer colony named Sydney Brant marries a gifted Danish pianist, Laurus Moss. They believe they are well matched, as young lovers do, but almost at once, their views of the world and their marriage begin to diverge. Laurus's beloved family is in Copenhagen, hostage to what the fortunes of Hitler's war will bring, especially as his mother is Jewish. When Laurus chooses to leave Sydney in the fall of 1941 to help build a Danish Resistance from London, Sydney is dismayed. By the time they are reunited four years later, Laurus's family and the reader have been through one of the most stirring stories of the war: Denmark's courageous grassroots rescue of virtually all 7,000 of the country's Jews. Meanwhile, in America, Sydney has led a group knitting for the war effort, and had a baby.

In the decades to come, many people, especially their three grown children, will wonder whether these two very different people understand each other at all. If they do, how do they stay together? Laurus likes to claim that in heaven you get to see the movie of your life, with all the blanks filled in. In their old age Sydney fears what he might see and why he wants to know; their children fear he'll die and there won't be any movie.

But there will be.

Customer Reviews:

Two, two, two books in one.......2007-08-11

I get the feeling that Beth Gutcheon knew a bit about the Danish resistance during WWII and created a story to fit around it. After doing extensive research of the role of the Danes in saving their Jewish population, she wrote the book. Unfortunately, the stories just don't mesh.

I found Sydney to be an interesting and complicated character. I didn't care for her for most of the book, but I understood how she became the woman she was. All she's looking for is acceptance and strives her whole life for her mom's approval, even while taking joy in irritating her. The fact that Sydney herself alienates her daughters as her mother alienated her makes perfect sense. After all, her mother's behavior toward her guarantees that Sydney will never feel loved enough. In her mind she's under-appreciated and for once wants to be the center of attention. She achieves that with her frequent angry outbursts and by being difficult with everyone. She finally gets a measure of acceptance from her troublesome son, Jimmy, but only as long as she lets him do whatever he wants and defends him, no matter what the charges are and how guilty he is. Yes, Sydney drinks too much, is self-absorbed and spoiled and has no concept of the enormity of what happened to Jews in Europe during WWII, but she herself mentions how small her world is. Her experiences are simply too narrow. How many of us would have been the same way if we lived during that time?

I was disappointed with the lack of info on Berthe's suicide after Sydney found out about it. What happened? And what about Sydney being found in the embrace of an obviously gay woman? What happened? After Candace and whats-his-face die, what happened to The Plywoods?

The portion of the book spent in Europe was absolutely compelling. I would like to read an entire book on that alone. It was well written and inspiring. I put myself in Nina and Per's position and wondered if I would've risen to the challenge. The last chapter, which I presume to be part of Laurus's life movie, was brutal and I'm glad there wasn't more of that in the book, to be honest. But in the other parts of the book, Nina is no more a major character than her parents, Gladdy, etc. So, how strange that the only portion of the movie we see is about her, and not all of Laurus's life, like why he stayed with Sydney.

One more thing - I reread the first chapter of the book, as I frequently do when a book starts in the present and then goes back in time. I'd forgotten about the big deal the kids made about The Dress they found in an upstairs closet. I had to really think about it and then realized it was the dress that Sydney wore at her Coming Out, when her mother came down in the exact same dress. I don't know. While it was a turning point in that it pushed Sydney out of the house, it just didn't seem memorable enough to warrant the treatment it got in the first chapter as if we were supposed to expect some big scene with the dress.

Aaaanyway, I know I had some other issues with the book and would love to sit in a room with the rest of the people who wrote reviews, esp. the 5-star reviews, but I'll have to be content with reading further reviews to see if anyone can give me the insight I missed.

One more thing, I read More Than You Know recently and didn't find it to be the Tour de Force that everyone seems to think it is. I obviously missed something!

Mixed feelings about this one.......2007-02-26

I have mixed feelings about this book. I enjoyed the beginning, reading about Sydney's unhappy childhood. She desperately wanted to be loved and approved of, especially by her stepmother Candace. She finally had enough and was strong enough to take her chances and pursue her dreams in New York. I also enjoyed the middle of the book about what it was like in Denmark during WWII. I don't know much about Danish history during the war. The stories of the Allies and Danish attempts to transport the Danish Jews and Resistant forces was inspiring. Reading what Nina went through in the camps was so heartbreaking.
What I did not enjoy was the last half of the book after the end of the war. The book jumped around too much about Sydney & Laurus's complex relationship and the lives of their children and Laurus's family. I was disappointed that Sydney, who once seemed strong and independent enough to leave her home and seek New York, who took up carpentry and painting their new home, ended up turning into this neurotic person. I felt the author did not explain this change enough in the book. Laurus remained devoted to Sydney but I was left wondering why? Guilt perhaps? The children were one dimensional and the book jumped from their childhood to their marriage, and then their own children too quickly.

THE AUTHOR IS A GREAT STORYTELLER.......2007-01-09

Loved the story of the family drama.Gutcheon writes clearly, while painting a strong visual image.
Similar style to Barbara Taylor Bradford-Women of Substance.

Leeway Cottage Review.......2007-01-04

This book depicts the plight of Danish Jews as they went through the Holocaust experience. This book describes the horrible conditions in the concentration camps. You will learn what happened to the Jews and the people that helped save their lives. At the same time; Americans summered in Leeway Cottage on the coast of Maine virtually living in a different world during the war years. The book also describes the toxic relationship of a daughter and a mother. You will discover whether the daughter transfers her miserable experiences with her mother or becomes a wonderful wife and mother. It also talks about five seperate and different marriages and the children born of these unions There is a very surprising ending that will shock you.
You will become familiar with the characters lives before, during and after the war years. You will love some of the characters and despise others.
I couldn't wait to turn the pages of this book as I lived the experiences that were so well described in this book. It was a great novel and I love reading Beth Gutcheon's books. This is the third one that I have read and would highly recommend reading her novels.

Couldn't put it down.......2007-01-01

I found the multi-generational family saga engrossing, and the war story riveting and deeply affecting --- and the juxtaposition of the two threads intensified my involvement. For me, this was one of those rare novels that made me want to do nothing but read, read, read.

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Leeway Cottage CD : A Novel
Beth Gutcheon; Narrator-Marvel Elizabeth
Manufacturer: HarperAudio
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000MC1NN4

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A playful journey into a child's imagination."In my new yellow shirtI am a duck quacking,splashing through a big puddle of sun.Watch out! Now I'm a taxi-- HONK! HONK! --zooming down the street."When a little boy gets a plain yellow shirt for his birthday, his friend Sam thinks it's a very ordinary gift. But the birthday boy has other ideas. Before long, he has transformed himself into many wonderful yellow things.In this cheerful story, Eileen Spinelli's energetic text and Hideko Takahashi's vibrant pictures prove that, with imagination, the sky's the limit.

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Best Author.......2007-01-18

All 4 of my grandchildren loved the book, Eileen really relates to children and she is the best.

What a cute find!.......2006-01-16

We discovered this book almost by accident, and a happy accident it has been. The title turned up as if by magic as a suggestion when my wife was searching for some totally unrelated titles...the eerie part being that our son's favorite color is yellow! Obviously he loves the book. It does a great job showing a child what a wonderful thing an imagination is; it's great for stoking imaginative play. I heartily recommend it, even for kids who prefer blue, or green, or red, or orange...

My 18 month old LOVES this book.......2003-06-03

This book is wonderful. It uses words my daughter is now beginning to learn and understand, and reinforces it with pictures. I highly recommend it!

Mellow.......2001-11-06

When the author's son, Sean, was about four, he got a new yellow shirt and thought that he was a banana. In this picture book, the author thinks of that incident and tells the story of a boy and his friend, Sam. The birthday boy gets a new yellow shirt from his Aunt Betty. He puts it on and he is a splashing duck, a roaring golden lion, a zooming taxi, a daffodil, a fish, and a lazy bug. He is many other things set in a variety of scenes, even a trumpet in a parade, and a thumping banana in a kitchen. As night falls, the shirt must be taken off, but it becomes something else that will illuminate the night.

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Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical genius to gain acceptance into a children's gang, and then to help make that gang a template for success for all the others. He civilized them, and lived to grow older. Then he was discovered by the recruiters for the Battle School.

For Earth was at war - a terrible war with an inscrutable alien enemy. A war that humanity was near to losing. But the long distances of interstellar space has given hope to the defenders of Earth - they had time to train military geniuses up from childhood, forging them into an irresistible force in the high-orbital facility called the Battle School. That story is told in two books, the beloved classic ENDER'S GAME, and its parallel, ENDER'S SHADOW.

Bean was the smallest student at the Battle School, but he became Ender Wiggins' right hand, Since then he has grown to be a power on Earth. He served the Hegemon as strategist and general in the terrible wars that followed Ender's defeat of the alien empire attacking Earth. Now he and his wife Petra yearn for a safe place to build a family - something he has never known - but there is nowhere on Earth that does not harbor his enemies - old enemies from the days in Ender's Jeesh, new enemies from the wars on Earth. To find security, Bean and Petra must once again follow in Ender's footsteps. They must leave Earth behind, in the control of the Hegemon, and look to the stars.

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Jeesh fans unite under the Free People Of Earth.......2007-07-10

A fine close to the Ender Saga. There are a few intended loose ends but I really enjoyed going back and filling in the blanks of how the Hegemon united Humanity back on earth.
I will admit that I am a huge fan of Enders Game but did not like the immediate follow ups with the Pequinos etc and was pretty damned happy when Mr. Card went back to the battle schoolers and hard sci fi.
By the by I really like the Indian Battle schoolers speech to the Caliph on there being no real muslims so long as they advocate the murder of those who dare to leave the religion or those who refuse to join. It was very well put. It doesn't spell it out but it does remind one of how barbaric Catholicism was a mere 400 years ago and forces you to sadness in terms of the fact thatt some people never learn from their mistakes or those of others, especially when they think they are on the true path. It was such a nice real world political statement that for that alone I would have bought the book.

couldn't put it down!.......2007-06-07

I loved the Ender series so I hesitated to read the Shadow series for fear that it wouldn't live up to the original source. I was so wrong! The books have been among the better Card books that I have read. If you loved Ender, you'll adore Bean!

excellent work.......2007-06-01

After reading john grisham's latest book and getting disappointed, since this is the latest of all shadow series, I thought card might have not done a good job in writing Shadow of the Giant; but the author hasnt disappointed me. Although it has similar plot as the previous book, Shadow Puppets, after reading this, I started wondering when would the next volume come out.

Bean, growing too big for earth, left into space with his "deformed" children, knowing he won't ever be coming back. And Petra later remarried to Peter, the Hegemon of earth, and help peter unite the world.
Well thats just part of the story and theres more about battle school grads and Ender's jeesh and, of course, about Achilles who get shot in the head by "the Giant."

For all the reader's of the series and fans of Card, this book will make you love his work more than ever.

Orson's Best Yet!!.......2007-04-03

This was an excellent book, couldn't put it down. My only complaint is he left a couple of loose ends. I just hope that means new books.....

A fine yarn, all tied up.......2007-03-09

Scott, has done it again! Amazingly, he has told a taut, plausible tale with memorable characters in a universe he created 2 decades ago. He also tied up many plot lines, as well as leaving opportunities for continued dreaming of what happens next. Excellent and you will enjoy this conclusion to the Shadow series.

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Shadow Planet
Bill Schlondrop
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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Binding: Paperback

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Kolumban Drug Cartel
Quest for Tomorrow: Shadow Planet
great space opera

Shadow Planet (Quest for Tomorrow)
William Shatner
Manufacturer: EOS
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0061059978

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The scum of the galaxy are the last hope of humankind . . .

Aboard the stolen, renamed starship Endeavor, the Stone Cowboys rocket across the heavens toward a confrontation they cannot avoid . . . and, most likely, will not survive. But first, Jim Endicott must mold the street-hardened gang of thugs and hoodlums into a disciplined commando unit. Once harboring dreams of joining the Space Academy, Endicott has already altered one past using the astonishing powers of Omega. And now the untried captain and his misfit crew must take on a powerful alien race devoted to the obliteration of the human "cancer." With tension, unrest, and mutiny brewing dangerously all around him, Endicott faces the deadliest challenge he has ever known. Because the cutthroats riding the Endeavor into the enemy's turf for a war to the death are the only champions courageous -- and foolhardy -- enough for the mission. And they have nothing in the universe left to lose . . .

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Kolumban Drug Cartel.......2002-12-29

Shadow Planet is the fifth in the Quest for Tomorrow series. These novels are fairly light science fiction. While intended for young adults, they also can be enjoyable reading for adults.

In the previous novel, Jim Endicott has discovered that aliens are supplying a deadly drug to the crew and passengers of the colony ship Outward Bound. He convinces the Stone Cowboys youth gang, who have been distributing the drug, to help him assault the alien ship, killing all but one of the alien crew. He then becomes Captain, renames the ship Endeavor, and sets a course toward Kolumba, the alien's home planet.

This novel begins with another set of aliens, the Communers, completely destroying the Outward Bound. The Communers are using the Kolumbans as stooges to attack the Terran Confederation. While the Kolumbans were originally noble savages, so to speak, the Communers have subverted them to consumerism by giving out picture boxes showing various sentients, including humans, using flashy cars and other goods. Sound familiar?

This series has an old fashion, pulp-era feel. While Shatner introduces contemporary scientific and technological concepts, they are usually only nonessential props rather than central elements of the plot. He also overuses coincidence to resolve problems, so the plot seems jerky at times. Moreover, only Jim Endicott shows any character growth; everyone else is fully defined when they are introduced. Overall, it would make a good script for a TV movie, but is not serious literature.

Recommended for young adults and more mature readers who don't mind a little light reading while awaiting the next Robert Jordan novel.

Quest for Tomorrow: Shadow Planet.......2002-11-23

Quest for Tomorrow: Shadow Planet written by William Shatner is a gripping space saga. Shatner's writting ability is getting better as we see in this book.

This is Shatner's fifth book in this series called Quest for Tomorrow and his ability to continue to write in the series must come from his own life. I found the book to move quite rapidly once you start reading as Jim Endicott finds new life, he battles an insect race called the Communers. Drugs are killing people and are sold by the Kolumbians.

This book reminds me, in short, of a soap-opera or a western but with a space motif. Shatner does pace this book well and there are the twists and turns you'd expect. This is a very well-written and a high-tech thriller. As mankind starts to colonize the universe they will eventually meet some who think the colonization is threatening and will resort to covert actions. Thus, Shatner's book in a nutshell... but the ending I'll leave for the reader to enjoy.

The book hinges on hope and there are those who will like it for that reason alone. I have this nagging thought though, does Shatner have a ghost writer for this series if so who is it. If Shatner is writing this series by himself than more power to him this isseries, Quest for Tomorrow is an excellent Sci-fi grouping.

great space opera.......2002-11-05

In the far distant future, mankind has colonized so many worlds that they are perceived to be a threat by the Communers, an insect like race with a hive mentality. Humanity doesn't know about this deadly enemy because the Communers prefer to remain in the shadows using guerrilla tactics and other races to destroy their enemy. Terran colony ships housing ten million humans are being given drugs that will cause mass destruction.

The Stone Cowboys, led by teenagers Kerry Korrigan and Jim Endicott figure out the truth and hijack the Kolumban ship, the Endeavor, killing all its' crew save one. Somehow, some way, they intend to stop the Kolumbans from producing the drugs that will harm humanity. However when he learns that the Communers deceived the Kolumbans, Jim must come up with a plan that will save both races from their common enemy.

William Shatner of Star Trek fame has made the transition from actor to writer very successfully. His "Quest For Tomorrow" series is great space opera in the tradition of Arthur C. Clarke and Andre Norton. SHADOW PLANET is full of heroic action, exotic aliens, and a young, bright, charismatic leader (think Luke Skywalker) who takes an ex-gang and forms them into a fierce fighting unit.

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Bradleys greatest work is this TRILOGY.......2007-01-05

I was so terribly thilled to hear that Marion was starting a new Generation of Darkover charactors..It began with Exiles Song and ends with Traitor's Son... TRULY Great.. all of them and if you like DARKOVER I highly recommend all of the.. this is about the third time I have purchased them... WORE the others out......=0) I hightly recommend these books..

I really freaked when Bradley Passed when Traitors Sun was still In hardcover.. Deborah Ross is really good. and I can only pray that after the Clingfire trilogy ( Co-Written with Bradley ) she will continue to write Darkover Books.... Marion Zimmer Bradley was truly great in that she encouraged and helped others to write about her worlds and her characters... She was instremental in helping not only Mercedes Lackey but many others to get a good foothold on the Genre... I truly hope we can look forward to more- MANY more DARKOVER BOOKS

A fascinating heroine.......2005-05-22

Margaret Alton is the child of the powerfully psychically gifted Lew Alton, who has been the Senator for Darkover for several years. After a traumatic early childhood, little Margaret lived with her father and stepmother in exile, struggling to overcome her own oppressive Gift without expert Darkovan help, as well as trying to endure what she cannot help sensing of her father, battling his own demons.

This book takes up the story of Margaret, who in Exile's Song returned to the planet of her birth as an ethnomusicologist, accompanied by her beloved professor Ivor Davidson, to collect folk song from the rural places still largely untouched by the Empire.

As this book begins, we find Margaret undergoing the compulsory training in a tower, while Mikhail investigates a suspicious situation in the Elhalyn household, which appears to be haunted, and dominated by a strange woman of unknown origins. Mikhail's handling of the troubled Elhalyn children is touchingly presented, as is his relationship to his sister Liriel.

After much political maneuvering (an annoying but necessary part of these Hastur-era stories) there is the expected midwinter crisis, this one larger than most.

As a bonus, we meet again characters we know well: Jeff Kerwin, Javanne Hastur, Lew Alton, Diotima Ridenow, Mrs Davidson (Ivor's wife), Rafaella the Renunciate, Michael Lanart-Hastur, Danilo Syrtis, and Uncle Rafe, and others. And, as always, the children are delightfully portrayed. Finally, there is travel through time to visit with Varzil the Good, towards the close of the ages of chaos, to learn what happened to the legendary ring in which he preserved the soul of his beloved, Felicia Hastur.

Margaret Alton is a very sympathetic character, especially to those who might relate to music. Her own development is only part of a larger set of events that culminate in the story related in Traitor's Sun. This book is indeed the middle section of a trilogy within the Darkover saga consisting of Exile's Song, Shadow Matrix, and Traitor's Sun, all worth reading.

Archimedes

M. Z. B.'s Shadow Matrix continues Darkoven Lore.......2003-03-06

While this novel cannot be enjoyably read without reading another, it continues the tradition of Darkover admirably in relation to the storyline. I agree with the other reviews on this page, and would like to point out that there was a common thread that I found disappointing in this novel- the fact that there are at least about four female characters that fit into the role of shrew. I found it repetitive-- First there was Mikhail's mother, the insane woman at the castle (& the one who was manipulating her), as well as, the telepath who "overshadowed" Margaret in her childhood who she must face once more. If you like the Darkover books, you will enjoy this one. The plot was solid and the protagonists were sympathetic.

A jumble and a disappointment.......2001-10-24

Fans of Marion Zimmer Bradley will be disappointed on this one.
It has all the feel of having been written hastily and carelessly. The narrative wanders aimlessly and spends excruciatingly long pages on dialogue that is either banal, does
nothing to advance the story, or both. After spending the first
third of the book on a disconnected plot about Mikhail in the hands of a "hedge-witch" in the House of Elyhain, the author
largely drops it, and in effect takes until page 320 or so to
really get started. The time travel into the past by Mikhail and Margaret orchestrated by Varzil the Good, -and their subsequent marriage officiated by same- is the only worthwhile part, but
it lasts only a short while. After marrying them, the author
suddenly veers again blindly, this time to have Mikhail and
Margaret destroy evil plans to use atomic power in the
distant past (I am not kidding!) This plot has nothing discernible to do with the reasons Varzil brought them into the past for in the first place; but none of this seems to bother
the author one bit.

In short, it sounds as if the author puts this book together
from disjointed notes in her drawer. Very unsatisfying fare coming from a writer that has brought us such great works in the
past.

Not quite as good as Exiles song.......2001-01-28

This book had a few dragging plot points but overall it was still quite worth reading

Shadows of the Empire: Planets Guide (Star Wars RPG)

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Shadows of the Empire: Planets Guide (Star Wars RPG)

Manufacturer: West End Games, Inc.
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NOT JUST FOR SCI FI FANS

Heaven's Shadow: A Novel
Jeff Downs
Manufacturer: Covenant Communications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1577348818

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Synopsis.......2005-10-10

Matthew Tanner is a young man living in an outcast village dreaming of more. He gets his chance and becomes a pilot flying a space freighter between a distant world and his own. As he works he finds out the truth of his parents murder and that his world is under the thumb of the planet's only corporation who run everyone's lives. He joins the underground and works to free his planet.

This book is riveting. It'll keep you up all night turning pages until you finish.

NOT JUST FOR SCI FI FANS.......2001-12-11

I just finished Heavens' Shadow and found it a real pleasure. Clean, spirited writing makes this a great book for a broad range of readers. Although this book clearly belongs in the science fiction genre, the strength of the story and the distinctly human characters make this book accessible to anyone. Even if you're not a great fan of science fiction, give this one a try. I'm looking forward to more from Jeff Downs.

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Nikita's Shadows (Planet Keepers)
Soma Vira
Manufacturer: Carlton Press Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0806249730

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THE ULTIMATUM IS IRREVERSIBLE. EARTH HAS ONLY TWO OPTIONS. GET CHAINED BY THE BEING TITLED JAL-O WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE PROMISED GOD KALKI. OR, DIE, GETTING DROWNED FATHOMS DEEP UNDER HER WAITING OCEANS.

THE BATTLE LINES KEEP GETTING TANGLED MORE AND MORE. THE ALIEN TEENAGERS SECRETLY HIDDEN ON EARTH HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS; THE DISTANT PLANET'S RULER, WHO HAD SENT JAL-O TO EARTH, COMES TO EARTH DEMANDING OBEDIENCE, OR, ELSE...THE GURU OF A RELIGIOUS SECT JOINS FORCES WITH KALKI/JAL-O. AND, JAL-O CREATES A TRAP FOR HIMSELF, CRAVING FOR THE MISSING SPACE-OPERA HEROINE, DETERMINED TO MAKE HER HIS SLAVE-QUEEN. WHO'D WIN?

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Planet of Joy (Shadow Creek Ranch)
Charles Mills
Manufacturer: Review & Herald Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0828013594

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Shadow of the Giant: Limited Edition - Leather Bound (Ender's Shadow)
Orson Scott Card
Manufacturer: Tor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound

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ASIN: 0765307499
Release Date: 2005-04-14

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Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical genius to gain acceptance into a children's gang, and then to help make that gang a template for success for all the others. He civilized them, and lived to grow older. Then he was discovered by the recruiters for the Battle School.For Earth was at war - a terrible war with an inscrutable alien enemy. A war that humanity was near to losing. But the long distances of interstellar space has given hope to the defenders of Earth - they had time to train military geniuses up from childhood, forging them into an irresistible force in the high-orbital facility called the Battle School. That story is told in two books, the beloved classic ENDER'S GAME, and its parallel, ENDER'S SHADOW.Bean was the smallest student at the Battle School, but he became Ender Wiggins' right hand, Since then he has grown to be a power on Earth. He served the Hegemon as strategist and general in the terrible wars that followed Ender's defeat of the alien empire attacking Earth. Now he and his wife Petra yearn for a safe place to build a family - something he has never known - but there is nowhere on Earth that does not harbor his enemies - old enemies from the days in Ender's Jeesh, new enemies from the wars on Earth. To find security, Bean and Petra must once again follow in Ender's footsteps. They must leave Earth behind, in the control of the Hegemon, and look to the stars.

Attack of the Giant Werehand Shadow Puppet People from a Mysterious Blood Guzzling Planet in Another Dimension Beyond Our Galaxy at the Center of Time

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Attack of the Giant Werehand Shadow Puppet People from a Mysterious Blood Guzzling Planet in Another Dimension Beyond Our Galaxy at the Center of Time
Joe Murphy
Manufacturer: Alexandria Digital Entertainment
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ASIN: 0742000079

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Perlman's Psalms offer solace, joy and strength.......1999-08-12

This book of new psalms delivers everything it promised. I was deeply moved by Perlman's exceptional use of the language to express a broad range of human experience in a spiritual context. Her words elevate my prayers to a new level of awareness and connectedness. I feel more human, more alive, more fragile and yet more invincible since I got this book.

The psalms cover many life situations, birth to death and much that lies between. The words are neither syrupy nor dull, often striking an exquisite balance of everydayness with spiritual fire. These small bundles are a tremendous gift that has improved my relationship with my God. I cannot recommend it too highly.

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