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The Chameleon: A Cyrus Skeen Mystery

The Chameleon: A Cyrus Skeen Mystery

Edward Cline

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2012
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It is November, 1929. The stock market has crashed. The giddy period known as the Roaring Twenties are about to end. But Cyrus Skeen, private detective, is not too concerned. He never bought on margin or gambled on "sure things" to make a quick buck; his wealth is secure. He is worried that the government may begin to make things worse by intervening with the panaceas of welfare and inflation. Many businessmen and investors made that mistake and have been bankrupted. Ruined, some have committed suicide. Will Rogers commented that speculators were selling window space to men who wished to jump to their deaths. But not all have leaped from their office windows to end it all. Lucian Maxey, president of Maxey Motors in San Francisco, seems to have committed suicide by putting a gun to his head. The medical examiner and police have written off the death as a suicide. Eugene Maxey, his son, a professor at Stanford University, however, hires Skeen to prove that his father was murdered. A bad check causes Skeen to discover that the man who hired him is not the real Eugene Maxey, but an imposter. Skeen is then drawn into a bizarre conspiracy that leads to a twisting trail of lies, of half-truths, to England, and an odd organization near Cambridge University with ties to the burgeoning Nazi Party in Germany. Skeen then meets the genuine Eugene Maxey, who is as perplexed by the imposture as is the detective. Skeen consults with his friend on the police force, Lt. Patrick Donovan, and with Lt. Raggio, the homicide detective who oversaw Lucien Maxey's suicide. Skeen searches an abandoned bungalow owned by the dead businessman in a small town south of the city, and is shot at. But there he finds evidence of a connection between Maxey and the Nazi Party. Was the imposter an agent of the Nazis? Skeen talks with an agent from the Bureau of Investigation (not yet known as the FBI), and learns that the Bureau does not take the Nazis seriously enough to devote any attention to them. After all, Hitler and his Brown Shirts have not yet won a plebiscite to rule Germany; they might be beaten by the Communists, and it is Soviet agents and their anarchist activists in the country who concern the Bureau. But then a German war veteran attempts to murder Skeen in his own office. The man was a member of the Avalon Association, a political organization with proven sympathizes for the Nazis. There are branches of the organization in San Jose, Chicago, and New York - and in Washington. Skeen wraps up the case with his signature lan.
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Miley Ray Cyrus: The Little Girl who Grew Into Woman

Miley Ray Cyrus: The Little Girl who Grew Into Woman

Marlow Jermaine Martin

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Miley Ray Cyrus - PHOTO BOOKLET- (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States) is an American actress and pop singer. She gained fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana, which began in 2006 and ended in 2010. Cyrus recorded music for the soundtracks Hannah Montana (2006) and Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), released by Walt Disney Records, which helped establish her as a teen idol. In 2007, Cyrus signed to Hollywood Records for a solo career. She went on the Best of Both Worlds Tour the same year; the tour was eventually turned into a high-grossing concert film entitled Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008). In April 2008, Cyrus released her first solo album, Breakout (2008), which experienced international success and she was included in Time magazine's 2008 Top 100. She began her foray into films by providing the voice of "Penny" in the animated film Bolt (2008) and by reprising the role of Miley in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). Bolt's theme song, "I Thought I Lost You", earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Hannah Montana: The Movie' soundtrack introduced her to new audiences within country and adult contemporary markets. She began to cultivate an adult image in 2009 with the release of The Time of Our Lives (2009), an extended play which presented a more mainstream pop sound, and by filming The Last Song (2010), a coming-of-age drama film.
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History of Cyrus the Great

History of Cyrus the Great

Jacob Abbott

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Cyrus II of Persia (c. 600-530 BC) was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, which expanded to become one of the largest empires of the ancient world, encompassing from the Mediterranean Sea and Hellespont in the west to the Indus River in the east.Drawing upon archaeological fact and the sometimes dubious histories of Herodotus and Xenophon (with the author providing the necessary caveats as to the historical accuracy where necessary), this work tells of Cyrus's childhood, education, and how he came to the throne. From there, the story follows Cyrus's dealings with-and likely manipulations of-the famous Oracles, and the conquests of Lydia, Babylon, and the expansion of his empire's borders. Along the way, the author weaves in fascinating details of Cyrus's interactions with his civil servants and their families-including events which reveal both the humanness of mankind over 2000 years ago-and also the great brutality to which they could stoop.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the incredible size of the ancient cities, and the captivity of the Jews all form important segments of the story of Cyrus. "In reflecting on this melancholy termination of this great conqueror's history, our minds naturally revert to the scenes of his childhood, and we wonder that so amiable, and gentle, and generous a boy should become so selfish, and unfeeling, and overbearing as a man."But such are the natural and inevitable effects of ambition and an inordinate love of power. The history of a conqueror is always a tragical and melancholy tale. To be generous, disinterested, and noble, seems to be necessary as the precursor of great military success; and to be hard-hearted, selfish, and cruel is the almost inevitable consequence of it. The exceptions to this rule, though some of them are very splendid, are yet very few."ContentsChapter I: Herodotus and XenophonChapter II: The Birth of CyrusChapter III: The Visit to MediaChapter IV: CroesusChapter V: Accession of Cyrus to the ThroneChapter VI: The OraclesChapter VII: The Conquest of LydiaChapter VIII: The Conquest of BabylonChapter IX: The Restoration of the JewsChapter X: The Story of PantheaChapter XI: ConversationsChapter XII: The Death of Cyrus
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