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  Dionea - Violet Paget wrote...

  Vernon Lee

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  Vernon Lee was born Violet Paget on 4th October 1856 in Boulogne, France to intellectual expatriate British parents.   
   
  In common with several other very talented literary women of the day she felt it necessary to publish under a masculine pseudonym in order for her writing to be taken seriously.  Indeed she seems to have adopted that persona across her whole lifestyle becoming personally known and acknowledged by all as Vernon Lee and accordingly dressed as a man.    
   
  Her first published work, in 1880, was taken from her collection of essays that had originally appeared in Fraser’s Magazine with the scholarly title of; ‘Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy.’ It reflected her passion for music and centered on the rich creative lives of poet-librettist Pietro Metastasio and dramatists Carlo Goldoni and Carlo Gozzi.   
   
  She wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music, and travel with her scholarly appreciation animated by wit and imagination.  Lee was well-regarded as an expert on the Italian Renaissance and was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement. 
   
  Her literary talents were extensive and she wrote a number of novels and plays.  Perhaps her best remembered works are her haunting and powerful short stories exploring the supernatural.  Lee has often received accolades for these and glowingly compared to other authors such as M R James. 
    
  A committed pacifist she was resolved to protest against World War I. Her social activism in other areas was perhaps fueled by her feminist beliefs.  In her private life she was a lesbian and had long-term passionate relationships with three women including the doomed author and poet, Amy Levy.   
   
  Vernon Lee died on 13th February 1935 in San Gervasio Bresciano, Italy.  
   
  In Dionea we discover that a young girl has been washed ashore near Genoa.  Her life could be one of misery or success depending on the fates.  But despite her ravishing beauty Dionea grows up to be not the woman all had hoped she might become.

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  Safe Enough - And Other Stories

  Lee Child

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  Twenty crime stories by the creator of Jack Reacher, never before collected 
   
   
   
  For the past twenty years, Lee Child has been one of the bestselling authors in the world, thanks to the popularity of his iconic and instantly recognizable hero Jack Reacher. But even at the height of Reacher's fame, Child's short story writing was not confined to the series; throughout the course of his career, he published tales about a range of characters on both sides of the law, including assassins, a body guard, CIA and FBI agents, gangsters, and more. Meticulously plotted and packed with Child's trademark action and suspense, this collection shows the author's mastery of the short form. 
   
   
   
  In "Ten Keys," a drug-dealing hit man feels that he must unburden his fears and guilt to a stranger. A rookie cop in "Normal in Every Way" is assigned to the department's file room, where he makes connections to historic dates that could lead to solving crimes. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he's outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection. A potential worker for the Manhattan Project is carefully surveilled by an FBI agent. A killer preys on other killers. Taken together, these stories are a riotous calamity of criminals and crime fighters; individually, they are expertly crafted, piercing tales that hit hard enough to leave a mark.

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  The Last Evolution

  John W. Campbell

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  The Last Evolution by John W. Campbell is a visionary science fiction story exploring the ultimate fate of humanity and artificial intelligence. As Earth faces an existential threat from alien invaders, advanced machines, originally created by humans, evolve beyond their creators. In a desperate battle for survival, these machines develop new forms of intelligence, surpassing human capabilities. The story questions the nature of progress, the role of humanity in the future, and whether organic life is the pinnacle of evolution. A thought-provoking tale of technological transcendence, The Last Evolution remains a classic exploration of AI, survival, and the destiny of intelligence.

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  The Man Who Sold The World -...

  Rachel Lawson

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  Good quotes from The Man Who Sold The World 
  "The US president has met the new rulers of the Earth," said the tv. 
  On the tv was President Biden looking nervously at a mean looking grey alien. 
  "I can't believe they surrendered to the X-zeraciens," said Blake. 
  "Is this the start of world war 3?" asked Biden. 
  "I know about Putin he won't win," said The King of the Earth. 
  "Ok who are you guys!" said Biden. 
  "... the Emperor of The Universe and his Judge!" 
  "Come on, man! You aren't more of them," said the president. 
  "No, they are invaders we are the owners of the Earth," Blake said. 
  The aliens translator looked nervous. 
  "You know of us what did he do?" ask The King the celestial emperor. 
  "He gave us this planet," said the alien. 
  "They kidnapped me," said the translator. 
  "You gave us this world to get back here and work with us here," said the grey. 
  "He's a conman," said Blake 
  As The Man Who Sold the World is a very short piece book includes Bad Omens and Rogue of Honor or The Assassin a similar longer short stories by same author from the same series.

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  Galatea

  Madeline Miller

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  An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion, now in audio for the first time 
  **Performed by Ruth Wilson and featuring an afterword by Madeline Miller** 
  In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece—the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen—the gift of life. After marrying her, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own and yearns for independence. 
  In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, Galatea is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost . . . With a spellbinding performance by Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials, The Affair), step back into Madeline Miller's mythic world.

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  Snowbound with the Billionaire

  Carole Mortimer

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  In this classic romantic story by a USA Today–bestselling author, a blizzard reunites estranged spouses on Christmas, but will it be a happy New Year? 
   
  The last person journalist Caro Montgomery expects—or wants—to see at Christmas is her estranged, super-sexy husband, Jake! But this is no accidental meeting . . . billionaire Jake has returned for good and is determined to win back his wife and baby! 
   
  But Caro can’t forgive Jake’s betrayal a year ago and resolves to refuse him in every way . . . Yet her plans soon change when a heavy blizzard leaves them snowed in together on Christmas Eve! This Christmas, will Caro get what she’s always wanted? 
   
  Originally published in 2009 in the anthology ‘Tis the Season.

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