Cristian Butnariu

Novel Most Beloved of Earthlings is based dramas cultural personalities of the time L. Blaga, Ion Caraion. In terms of installation of the communist regime in Romania 's novel Marin Preda is a work of fiction - route existential of Victor Petrini, character actor, is tragic fired from the position of Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, Victor Petrini is given a existence tragic: descends the stairs of the social hierarchy, the character gets work in a team of pest control, human misery knows where. the structure of the novel: Consisting of ten parts arranged in three volumes. "The most beloved ..." is a diary, a lucid and bitter confession, written in the first person by a man who has eluded one chance ...

Volume Two

The Most Beloved of Earthlings

Fontaine decided, out of respect for Strathmore, to do the job himself. He had an invisible tap installed on Commander Strathmore's Crypto account-his E-mail, his interoffice correspondence, his brainstorms, all of it. If Strathmore was going to crack, the director would see warning signs in his work. But instead of signs of a breakdown, Fontaine uncovered the ground work for one of the most incredible intelligence schemes he'd ever encountered. It was no wonder Strathmore was busting his ass; if he could pull this plan off, it would make up for the Skipjack fiasco a hundred times over. Fontaine had concluded Strathmore was fine, working at 110 percent-as sly, smart, and patriotic as ever. The best thing the director could do would be to stand clear and watch the commander work his magic. Strathmore had devised a plan... a plan Fontaine had no intention of interrupting. Strathmore fingered the Berretta in his lap. Even with the rage boiling in his blood, he was programmed to think clearly. The fact that Greg Hale had dared lay a finger on Susan Fletcher sickened him, but the fact that it was his own fault made him even sicker; Susan going into Node 3 had been his idea. Strathmore knew enough to compartmentalize his emotion-it could in no way affect his handling of Digital Fortress. He was the deputy director of the National Security Agency. And today his job was more critical than it had ever been.

True Memoirs of an International Assassin

Mihai Eminescu

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Eternal Moments

"But how are you keeping track?" I ask. "How did you know I had the tapes?" "You were easy," he says. "You stole my Walkman, Clay." We both laugh. And it feels good. A release. Like laughing at a funeral. Maybe inappropriate, but definitely needed. "But everyone else, they were a little trickier," he says. "I'd run to my car after the last bell and drive as close to the front lawn of the school as possible. When I saw whoever was next, a couple days after I knew the last person had heard the tapes, I'd call out his name and wave him over. Or her. I'd wave her over." "And then you'd just ask if they had the tapes?" "No. They would've denied it, right? So I'd hold up a tape when they got close and tell them to get in because I had a song I wanted them to hear. Every time, based on their reaction, I knew." "And then you'd play one of her tapes?" "No. If they didn't run away, I'd have to do something, so I'd play them a song," he says. "Any song. They would sit there, where you are, wondering why in the hell I was playing them this song. But if I was right, their eyes would glaze over, like they were a million miles away." "So why you?" I ask. "Why'd she give the tapes to you?" "I don't know," he says. "The only thing I can think of is because I gave her the recorder. She thought I had a stake in it and would play along." "You're not on them, but you're still a part." He faces the windshield and grips the steering wheel. "I've got to go." "I didn't mean anything by that," I say. "Honest." "I know. But it's late. My dad's going to start wondering if I broke down somewhere." "What, you don't want him messing under your hood again?" I grab the door handle and then, remembering, let go and pull out my phone. "I need you to do something. Can you say hello to my mom?" "Sure." I scroll through the list of names, hit Send, and she picks up right away. "Clay?" "Hey, Mom." "Clay, where are you?" She sounds hurt. "I told you I might be out late." "I know. You did. I was just hoping to hear from you by now." "I'm sorry. But I'm going to need a little longer. I may need to stay at Tony's tonight." Right on cue, "Hello, Mrs. Jensen." She asks if I've been drinking. "Mom, no. I swear." "Okay, well, this is for his history project, right?" I flinch. She wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much. "I trust you, Clay." I tell her I'll be home before school to get my stuff, then we hang up. "Where are you going to stay?" Tony asks. "I don't know. I'll probably go home. But I don't want her to worry if I don't."

The Couple Next Door

Wizards at War - Table of Contents: 01. Chapter One - The Wizard's Daughter - 003 02. Chapter Two - The Misty Valley - 032 03. Chapter Three - The Witch of Delnabo - 093 04. Chapter Four - The Battle of the Birds - 096 05. Chapter Five - Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm - 104 06. Chapter Six 114 - Lothian Tom - 113 07. Chapter Seven - The Sea-Maiden - 119 08. Chapter Eight - Cousin Mattie - 128 09. Chapter Nine - Elphin Irving - 137 10. Chapter Ten - Rat Hall - 148 11. Chapter Eleven - The Magic Thief Story - 154 12. Chapter Twelve - A Wizard of Earthsea - 164

Wizards at War

This first volume from our series of fairy tales consists of a beautiful collection of tales. Please see below the table of contents: Youth without Age and Life without Death - 03 The Princess and the Fisherman - 12 The Little Purse with Two Half-Pennies - 17 Cunning Helen - 21 The Fairy Aurora - 31 Tellerchen - 66 Mother's Darling Jack - 74 The Poor Boy - 84 The Two Step Sisters - 99 The Morning Star and the Evening Star - 105 The Pea Emperor - 111 The Old Woman and the Old Man - 117 The Voice of Death - 119 Little Wild-Rose - 122 Marivaux and His Son - 131 The Twins with the Golden Star - 136 The Wonderful Bird - 144 Stanley the Silly Man - 153

First Volume

Let Me Tell You a Story

You want to be rich. Perhaps you plan to be very wealthy indeed. Who wouldn't? Talking about the pros and cons of being wealthy seems as one-sided as a boxing match between Warren Buffett and Muhammad Ali. However I've been giving this some thought - inspired by my strange and unfounded fear of winning £56 million pounds in the lottery- and there are quite a few bad points. Don't get me wrong - it'd be a nice problem to have. If you searched out 'the pros and cons of being wealthy' as a sanity check before accepting a briefcase of cash, I say take the money! Later on you can come back and tell us how hard it is being rich. But let's start with the good points. The pros of being wealthy Unless you're very religious, contrarian, or you're visiting our planet ahead of the full-scale invasion from Mars, you'll know how great it is to have money. The esteemed rap poet Nas sums up the general picture as follows: Clothes that I buy, Ice that I wear, Clothes that I try, close your eyes Picture me rollin, sixes, money foldin Bitches honies that swollen to riches... Mr Nas is a bit weak in rhyming the clothes he's trying with those that he's buying, but then he doesn't need to try too hard - Nas knows we've all dreamed of being rich. He just has to flick the switch. At the very least, being wealthy gets you: -Financial freedom -Holidays anywhere -A great home -Funding for your pastimes and passions -Good suits -Great health care -A swimming pool full of girls in bikinis -Gold teeth Feel free to substitute your own desires. Personally, I'd like an island. The downsides of being wealthy When I said this article was about the pros and cons of being wealthy, I meant it: having a lot of money has drawbacks, especially if you get rich overnight. I've met a fair few rich people over the years, mainly through work, and I've also read widely on the subject, and I feel confident in listing these negatives. (For clarity, I'm talking about being really rich - £10 million / $15 million net worth or more). Money doesn't make you happy After a surprisingly low point, more money doesn't make you happier. Rich people get depressed, just like the middle classes. True, there's no evidence that money actually makes you unhappy (although one rich man is giving it all away) but it could distract you from fixing your real problems. The end of your goals and ambitions You see this with children born into money, as well as people who built a company up for several decades and sold too late to start another. When you have the money, what next? The trick seems to be to find a substitute to your old goal of achieving financial security. That's why you can't walk far in Africa without tripping over a philanthropist. Being judged unfairly People are very critical of the wealthy, especially here in the UK. In the US entrepreneurs are celebrated, but newly rich Brits will find many people waiting for them to fall. I've seen it in work - a self-made man or woman leaves the room, and someone says "well, he was lucky" or "he's out of ideas" or even "what an asshole". Not nice, but it happens.

Don't Think That You Can - Know That You Can!

Rich Man, Poor Man

This third volume contains of a unique collection of short old Indian fairy tales. Please see below the table of contents:Birth of Shrikrishna - 05Kalia - 10Kansa - 16Hanuman - 22Krishna and Indra - 28Gopal - 33Ganesh - 37Eklavya - 42A Brave Boy - 47A Case to Solve - 48Ajamil Turns a New Leaf - 49Ajay and Malti - 50How Sage Agastya was Born - 50A Father's Love - 51A Meeting with Death - 51A Mountain on a Finger - 52Akampan Goes to Ravana - 52Akrura Meets Dhritarashtra - 53Andal's Devotion - 53Arjuna and Angarparna - 54How the Moon Lost its Light - 54Indra - 55Indra Grants Rama a Wish - 55Indrajit and Vibhisana - 56Indra's Fight with Vritra - 56Indra's Pride - 57Jagganath - 57Jaidratha's Punishment - 58Jatayu - 58 Jatayu Helps Rama - 59Kabandha Meets Rama - 59Kach and Devyani - 60Kaikeyi's Resolve - 60Kalyani's Devotion - 61Kamadeva - 62Kansa and Putana - 62Kansa is Killed - 63Karna Meets His End - 63Karna's Plan - 64Karna's Promise - 64Kartikeya - 65Kedarnath - 65Kavery - 66King Satyapal's Wisdom - 66The Real Husband - 67Rudraksha - 67Sage Agastya and the Demons - 68Sakhubai's Devotion - 68Samudra Manthan - 69Sati - 71Saturn - 71Satyavadi Harishchandra - 72Satyavan and Savitri - 73Shakti's Curse - 74Shakuni Meets His End - 75Shakuntala - 76Shantanu - 77Tapti - 78The Enlightened Butcher - 79The Banana Tree Goddess - 80The Birth of the Pandavas and Kauravas - 81The Boys who Never Grew Old - 82The Brave Man - 82The Broken Code of War - 83The Competition- 83The Goddess Durga - 84The Girl in the Dream - 84The Generous King - 85The Game of Dice - 86The Fussy Brothers - 87

The Third Volume

Tales of Historic Delhi

A long epic, written in first-person, this book is the life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy, seduces his best friend's wife, Matilda, who eventually becomes his wife. Nonetheless, and despite the birth of their daughter, the sexual attraction between them is exhausted shortly after their wedding. Victor is arrested by the repressive secret police (the Securitate), wrongly accused of being connected to a terrorist organisation, and sentenced to prison and forced labor - the verdict constitutes a brutal end to all his projects and ideals. During his several-year-long confinement, at first in the Romanian version of the Gulag, then on a lead mine in the Northern Carpathians, he is divorced and forsaken by his wife, and hardens his character in order to survive. Eventually, he even manages to attack and kill one of the torturers engaged in his re-education (a crime which is successfully hidden from the authorities). Once released, Petrini has to start back from zero. He gets a job as pest controller (killing rats) and accommodates to a new, proletarian and suburban existence. A few years later, he manages to obtain employment as a bookkeeper in a state-owned company, where he meets Suzy, with whom he falls in love. Shortly after, in self-defence, he kills Suzy's ex-husband by throwing him out from a cable railway, and has to return to jail.

The Most Beloved of Earthlings - Volume One

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The Never-Ending Story

But the blonde wasn't any of those things, and he doubted she needed any kind of rescuing-and certainly not from him. She was merely a pretty inconvenience, one that required Clay to do the dutiful thing, as he would with any of his customers who had had a few drinks too many. With his back to the blonde and still facing Tara, he crossed his arms over his chest and gave her a pointed look. "I'll take care of her like I would any other tipsy patron," he said, his tone direct. "She'll pay her bill, and I'll call a cab to take her home so she's not driving under the influence. Making sure she leaves safely is all part of my responsibility as owner of this bar. Nothing more." Tara reached up and patted his cheek. "You can try and justify it all you want, but you're a good guy, Saint Clay." Despite his nickname and the reason behind it, he wasn't a fucking saint. Never had been and never would be. He'd done a shitload of illegal and immoral things he wasn't proud of in his life, and while he'd done his best to redeem himself, there was still a darkness inside of him that would always remain. "Good night, Tara," he said, his abrupt tone making it clear that he was done with this conversation. "See you tomorrow night, boss," she said with a cheeky grin. She grabbed her purse and jacket from a cupboard behind the bar just as the dishwasher-a young kid he'd caught rummaging through the dumpster in the back for scraps to eat a few months ago-came out from ...

The Dark Lover -

"Lord, I trusted Milford," Caroline muttered in a furious whisper. "I should have known better. If he calls himself your friend, then he's no better than you are." "The letter, Caroline," Bradford insisted. He stood up and stretched and then started toward her. "Give me the letter and let me decide what is to be done about it." "You aren't going to decide anything," Caroline announced. "And I'm not going to marry you this Saturday or a year from Saturday. You don't know the meaning of the word love," she declared. "If you did, you would consider my feelings. And you would trust me." "Caroline, if you say the word trust one more time, I believe I'll strangle you." The look in Bradford's eyes told Caroline he was more than capable of doing just that. She backed away from him. "Please leave now. We've said enough to each other." "I agree," Bradford returned. He was frowning now and Caroline thought he really was going to leave. Until he sat down on the edge of the bed and calmly, methodically removed his jacket and then his boots. Then Caroline had to revise her conclusions. "What are you doing?" Caroline rushed over to the bed and tried to stop him from removing his socks. "You must leave." "I'm through talking," Bradford told her. He dropped the second boot and grabbed Caroline. She was suddenly on her back, with Bradford looming over her. "I've missed kissing you, Caroline." And then his lips were clinging to hers, forcing her mouth open. Caroline tried to get him to stop, and her struggle became more insistent when his hips settled against hers and she felt the hardness of him against her. Bradford continued to plunder her mouth, draining her of her resistance. She felt so soft against him, so incredibly good. His hand caressed her breast beneath the thin material and he let out a groan of sheer pleasure. Caroline wasn't sure just how it happened, but she was divested of her robe and the buttons of her nightgown were opened before she could summon up enough strength to try and stop Bradford. She pushed against him with her hips, heard his moan, and realized that she was probably giving him pleasure instead of pain. Bradford trapped her legs by using his heavy thigh to restrain her and then lazily kissed a path down the column of her throat. She fought him with her hands but Bradford wasn't deterred. His mouth continued the gentle torment with burning insistence. He reached her breast and didn't hesitate, taking the erect nipple completely into his mouth.

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