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ASIN: 0345334736
Release Date: 1986-08-12 |
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Bestselling author Bertrice Small continues the blazing adventures of raven-haired, emerald-eyed Skye O'Malley. This time, she is a pawn in the bitter war between England's Queen Elizabeth, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Once again, unprotected and alone, she must fight for her children. At the command of Queen Elizabeth, Skye marries the cruel Duc de Beaumont de Jaspre. Although her new life is horrid at first, Skye transforms it with her hot-blooded desires--only to be shaken with the news that her beloved former husband may be alive in Algiers. Her daring flight into eroticism and danger leads her ultimately to her heart's true destiny--as bold and sensual as Skye herself. She is a woman born to be loved by men, yet too proud and incomparable to answer to anything but the call of her own passionate soul.
"Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense."
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the baroness.......2007-01-25
Bertrice Small is one of my favorite novelists, and so therefore it was of paramount importance that I add this book to my collection. Few fictional characters are so incredible that they need two books written about them, and this one does not disappoint.
This is definitely not a book for the faint-hearted, as it does contain some graphic and explicit rape and S/M scenes. I strongly encourage new readers to keep an open mind while reading Ms. Small's work.
I would have preferred that Ms. Small develop the Nicholas character a bit more. I would have loved to have known how his life turned out. Otherwise, this is a fitting sequel to "Skye O'Malley". A must have for Bertrice Small afficionados.
Anticlimatic (but I enjoyed it anyway)........2002-12-20
This is a very exciting sequel to SKYE O'MALLEY. The action resumes a couple of years after the end of SO. Skye is at last happily married to Niall and in her proper place as the chatelaine of Burke Castle. But with the sudden death of her father-in-law, all goes wrong, and her world is topsy turvy. Niall, who supposedly was murdered by his insane first wife, is reported to be alive; unfortunately, he's now the sex toy of a spoiled Moroccan princess, and to get him back, Skye herself has to pose as a Moroccan's sex toy. I don't want to divulge what happens after this, as I don't want to ruin it for anyone contemplating reading this book, but it's anticlimatic and probably THE most disappointing thing to happen in any Bertrice Small novel.
I thought the Nicholas character was unfairly treated and badly hurt. Skye led him down the primrose path only to dis him at the mention that Niall was alive. And the hurt brough upon Nicholas was especially senseless and unfair in light of how the Niall situation turned out. A handsome, kind-hearted man who would have laid down his life for Skye got his heart broken for no good reason.
I liked Adam -- he was the strongest and most positive character in the book. He was both a good friend and good lover to Skye. I also liked his family, who were all as positive and uplifting as he was.
great book ... some oddities.......2002-08-05
I truly love this book, it was entertaining and well written.
Adam is my favorite Male in the Skye O'Malley series. Im glad Skye ends up with him. I did not like the fact that it is never explored reguarding Nialls poisoning, I assumed the red head princesses slave who gave Niall the jellies did it. Knowing Skye you'd think she would figure it out and get her revenge. That was odd to me. Skyes "hohum" attitude to her rape by Navarre was also strange.
The end did make me cry a little and smile. Skye was strong, smart and not above using her charms to get what she needed. I like her shrewd but not bitchy attitude.
The sex scenes were well done, the ones with Kedar were articulary kinky and hot. I loved them especially but I can see how that might be to vulgar for some readers.
Poor Skye.......2001-12-27
All I can say is give poor Skye a break. It cannot be a real romance novel when half of the book is rape and death. I cried more during this book than I ever had before. And how many husbands can one woman have and how much pain can she suffer through? Just let her be happy
Sweetest taboo!.......2001-04-04
Like all of Ms. Small's books in this series, this one is a winner! Skye never ceases to amaze me. This woman would make a great friend, or a fierce enemy! She battled two queens and still came out a winner. If you like any of Ms. Small's books, you will surely like this one also.
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Bookclub ed hardback.
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Dangerous lovers, fortune-hunting women, a yearning heart, a fearful heart-all this, combined with the searing desires of two people, ignites the flames for one colossal explosion.
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A Struggle.............2007-05-23
I bought this book by Kimberly White titled "Sweet Tomorrows" about a week ago. This book was a great read, yet her cover is deceving. I have no problem reading homosexual materials, and I've read plently and written reviews on some also. Yet, in reading the book it has nothing what so ever to do with homosexuality, but she has a cover with 2 men laying in bed together.
So, as I was saying the book was a great read. It dealt with domestic violence. The main characher Talya had a lot of issues she had to deal with before she was able to move on in her live. Kimberly told a story of will power, strength, weakness, love, hate and having the power to move on. It's a story that we have seen in real life numerous of times. I truly enjoyed the book. Don't let the cover deceive you.
Sweet Tomorrows.......2007-05-22
Ok, I have to say that I liked this book. However, the female heroine remained a victim WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too long. I loved the male lead, but I felt for someone with the resources he had, that the "problem" could have gone away sooner. With that said, the author always provides depth and closeness with her characters. Again, I liked the storyline, but the female lead was a little annoying.
"Excellent Book"!.......2003-04-25
Our entire book club (16 people) rated this book a "5" because it was an "excellent" read! The twists & turns in the story will keep you on the edge of your seat. Kimberley White is an extremely talented writer and this books allows you to see that. As the story progresses, it just keeps getting better & better. This is a "must read" by all!!!!
Cassandra Ester/President-Plot Seekers Book Club
Can't put it down!.......2003-02-06
After reading each page, I found myself begging for more. Sweet Tomorrows is definitely a 'page turner'. Meridian & Talya held my attention throughout the entire book. Kimberly White does an excellent job adding a twist to this romance novel. Once I started reading it, I just couldn't put it down!
Awesome Story.......2003-02-04
Kim White did an awesome job on this book!! This book offered so much more than just the typical romance storyline. Kim made it possible so that you really got to know Talya, Meridian and Jason. Her description of her characters really brought them to life. She makes you want to jump in the book and get involved. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, definetly a good read...you won't want to put it down.
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All the Sweet Tomorrows
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000HJWSTU |
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Parenting is never easy, but this new and exciting true story can give you a different look at raising a learning disabled, brain injured, autistic, downs syndrome, physically or mentally handicapped child. You will be able to see the humor in your own situation after reading this compelling story. Life is never easy, but attitude is everything. Youll see that you are a special person with many gifts you didnt even know you had, until they unfold while reading, Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow, But Just Hold On & Wait for Tomorrow!
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What if Isaac Newton had discovered that alchemy works? J. Gregory Keyes has based his Age of Unreason series on an alternate 18th century shaped by a "science" that grew from Newton's discovery of "philosopher's mercury," which "can transmit vibrations into the aether" and thus "alter the states and composition of matter." In A Calculus of Angels, Keyes continues the tale he began in Newton's Cannon. It's a satisfying sequel that nevertheless leaves the reader impatient for the next book.
Two years have passed since the asteroid struck. The weather is unnaturally cold, the skies perpetually overcast. England is devastated, the French government has collapsed upon the death of Louis XIV. Peter the Great, now inspired by the guardian spirit who preserved Louis, has marched his armies westward into the Netherlands and France. In the New World, the abandoned colonists send a delegation including Blackbeard, Cotton Mather, and a Choctaw shaman named Red Shoes to find out what's happened. In Prague, Newton and his apprentice, Ben Franklin, seek to protect the city from aetheric attack. The mathematically gifted Adrienne de Montchevreuil is also back and expanding her knowledge of the mysterious malakim who inhabit the aether and menace mankind.
Keyes creates a very believable mixture of history, fantasy, and plausibly imagined historical characters. Each book has been exciting, suspenseful, and beautifully written. No admirer of alternate history should miss this series. --Nona Vero
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1722: A second Dark Age looms. An asteroid has devastated the Earth, called down by dire creatures who plot against the world of men. The brilliant-- some say mad--Isaac Newton has taken refuge in ancient Prague. There, with his young apprentice Ben Franklin, he plumbs the secrets of the aetheric beings who have so nearly destroyed humanity.
But their safety is tenuous. Peter the Great marches his unstoppable forces across Europe. And half a world away, Cotton Mather and Blackbeard the pirate assemble a party of colonial luminaries to cross the Atlantic and discover what has befallen the Old World. With them sails Red Shoes, a Choctaw shaman whose mysterious connections to the invisible world warn him that they are all moving toward a confrontation as violent as it is decisive . . .
Customer Reviews:
Quite nice.......2007-03-11
A refreshing look at combining the historical and fantastical, and does quite a good job at muddying plausible and inplausible sciences of the 18th century till even the reader easily gets pulled into what may, or may not be grounded in actual real world science. Characters are mostly believable and easy to identify with, and the author pulls bits of reputed character traits for historical characters while taking an absolute and fun literary license with the rest. All in all, a good and fun book, well thought out, and moves though at a brisk pace while maintaining enough depth to satisfy even a jaded, more adult fantasy/science fiction reader.
What's the alchemical sign for fun?.......2005-03-31
A Calculus of Angels, the second book in the Age of Unreason series by J. Gregory Keyes, does exactly what a second book is supposed to do. It builds on the first book, giving us more insight into the greater problem that the series addresses, as well as moving all the characters forward. The alternate history that Keyes has built is fascinating stuff, much richer than the "what if World War II turned out differently" that many authors use. A Calculus of Angels is a wonderful mixture of sorcery, alchemy, and science. Keyes also adds a few more characters to the mix, making for a much deeper story.
We are a few years removed from when the great comet hit London and wiped out much of western Europe. Those in the Americas, not having heard anything from Europe in quite a while, are ready to join forces (French, English, and Native) to send an expedition to find out what is happening. Meanwhile, Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, is on the march to conquer what is left of Europe. Sir Isaac Newton and his young apprentice, Ben Franklin, are in Prague, attempting to figure out what is really going on. Adrienne, former lover of King Louis of France, is on the run from the remnants of the French nobility, all vying for what's left of the French throne. What spirits are using the world to fight their own war against humanity? Are these spirits religious in nature, servants of God? Or are they trying to fight everything that humanity holds dear? Who controls who? And will Peter be able to conquer everything in his path with the mysterious flying ships that he wields? All will come together in one city, one fatal encounter that could decide everything. And what does Adrienne's child have to do with all of this?
A Calculus of Angels is a much better book than Newton's Cannon, mainly for its broader scope. The first book was pretty narrow, concentrating mainly on Adrienne and Ben Franklin. This one covers a lot more ground. Ben and Adrienne are still prominent, and they get a lot of development, as Ben chafes under Newton's refusal to tell him what Newton is researching and Adrienne learns her place in this spiritual war that is going on. But Keyes gives us more storylines to follow as well. There is the expedition from the Americas to discover what is going on. This party gives us a wonderful character in the Choctaw shaman, Red Shoes. It also gives us Cotton Mather, Blackbeard (former pirate and now governor of a small colony) and the French governor of Louisiana, Bienville. It is through them that we see most of the devastation that covers Europe, especially Great Britain.
While Mather is a bit of a stereotypical religious figure, he does have his moments where he is surprising. The others aren't quite as well-drawn, though they serve their purposes well in supporting Red Shoes and getting him where he needs to be. Especially good is the scene where some of the ship's crew take Red Shoes for a night on the town, and he sees the deadness in the girl that is given to him, even as the others finish their night of debauchery. This highlights the other world that only he can see, and gives us a great bit of his character.
Probably the best scenes in the book, however, involve young Ben as he tries to make his way in Prague. Newton is being very uncooperative and Ben is trying to do his best to fit in. He is an intelligent young man himself, and he's invented many toys for the King to play with, but he knows that Newton's holding something back. The interplay between the two is wonderful, especially in their final scene together as Newton realizes just how much he's hurt Ben. Once Ben and the others leave Prague, it's not quite as interesting, and the scenes in Venice drag a little bit. Still, he's the most important character in the book, and he carries it well.
The only thing that really mars the book, and it's a small thing, is how everybody ends up in the same place at the same time. Considering the number of storylines that are going on, this stretches the coincidence just a little too much. Once they are all there, it makes for a riveting conclusion as Ben tries his best to outwit his opponents and survive himself. The ending is a bit predictable, but it leads into an epilogue that really makes you want to read the next book to see where the story goes from here.
One aspect of Newton's Cannon that I hated was the way Keyes began chapters in the middle of action and had the characters reflect back on what happened to catch the reader up. Keyes still does this occasionally, but it's not quite as noticeable this time. This really adds to the strength of the book, as the prose flows a lot better. The prose is rougher than it is in Keyes' Kingdoms of Thorn & Bone series, but it's earlier in his career, so a bit more acceptable. Keyes has taken an interesting premise and spun half of a very interesting tale. I'm looking forward to the next one.
David Roy
better than book 1.......2004-02-03
Book 2 of the Age of Unreason
"A Calculus of Angels" picks up two years after the events of "Newton's Cannon". To give a quick recap of what has happened before, this novel is set in the 18th Century, but one that is no longer recognizable as the 18th Century. Isaac Newton discovered something called philosopher's mercury, a substance that has allowed science to go into a entirely new direction and it truly did change the world. The heroes of our story are Ben Franklin, who is the apprentice of Isaac Newton, and Adrienne, a brilliant scientists struggling with the societal strictures of being a woman. Two years prior to "A Calculus of Angels" someone had called down a comet and destroyed London completely. There are forces in the world that are similar to Angels or Demons (depending on how you are looking at it) called the Malakim. They are part of the hidden powers that are permitting these wonderous scientific devices.
This brings us to the second novel (more or less). France no longer has a central authority after the death of Louis XIV. Tsar Peter the Great, of Russia, is marching his armies East to build an Empire. A delegation from the American Colonies is sailing to Europe to discover what happened (after the Comet hit, there were natural disasters and all contact with the continent ceased), and the delegation includes Cotton Mather, Blackbeard the Pirate, and a Choctaw named Red Shoes. Ben Franklin is in Prague trying to defend the city from an attack similar to the one that destroyed London, and he no longer trusts Isaac Newton. Adrienne is learning more of the Malakim and her journey takes her across Europe in into the circle of powerful men.
This is a difficult book to really describe because it is so complex. The series begun with a true history of our world, but with one event (Newton's discovery), it changed the entire landscape so that even while real men and women are in the novel, they are in entirely new situations that will shape the characters in ways that we could never have expected. While I enjoyed the first book, I feel this novel is where the series really begins to pick up. I had to force myself to keep going at times in "Newton's Cannon", but here I just wanted to keep reading to see what happens next (and also to figure out exactly what is really going on here). Greg Keyes does an excellent job of building this world and the strange twist on our own. I don't think that anyone should pick this one up before reading "Newton's Cannon", but I do feel that the quality has increased in the second book and I'm looking forward to reading book three (of four).
The best Science fiction I have ever read.......2001-11-07
This book is amazing. If you haven't read the first one; you need to. If you have then you don't need my review.
Far better than Book 1!.......2001-08-21
I have to break with the other reviewers on this one and strongly disagree. Most seem to think that it falls short in comparison to Book 1, but for myself, that simply isn't the case.
In Book One, by simple neccesity, much of the story had to be devoted to establishing the given circumstances of the world these characters inhabit, but here in Book Two the story is free to explore the inner motivations of the characters and the relationships between them. The action is constantly moving forward and as the events unfold and storylines begin to weave together toward the climax I found myself frustrated by every interruption, which was not always the case with Book One. Further - when there is discussion of the sciences that govern this fascinating world, I found the theories and concepts more intriguing than in Book One - and now they aren't spoken of simply as lofty concepts, now there is desparation and personal attachment (sometimes literally) for the characters to the concepts being explored.
The more I read this series, the more it captures my imagination.
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A Calculus of Angels (Age of Unreason Quartet 2)
Greg Keyes
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Complex Geometry of Groups: January 5-11, 1998, Olmue, Chile (Contemporary Mathematics)
Manufacturer: American Mathematical Society
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This volume presents the proceedings of the I Iberoamerican Congress on Geometry: Cruz del Sur held in Olmué, Chile. The main topic was "The Geometry of Groups: Curves, Abelian Varieties, Theoretical and Computational Aspects". Participants came from all over the world.
The volume gathers the expanded contributions from most of the participants in the Congress. Articles reflect the topic in its diversity and unity, and in particular, the work done on the subject by Iberoamerican mathematicians. Original results and surveys are included on the following areas: curves and Riemann surfaces, abelian varieties, and complex dynamics. The approaches are varied, including Kleinian groups, quasiconformal mappings and Teichmüller spaces, function theory, moduli spaces, automorphism groups, algebraic geometry, and more.
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