The 1st adventure in this new series.With her famous father and brother in Africa on a research project, Sandra Swift felt she had a full plate with helping to run Swift Enterprises. But then she receives a visit from two FBI agents who present her with a diary written by her grandfather: Barton Swift. Fifteen years before he had disappeared when the airship he had been traveling in had crashed somewhere in South America. The diary is the first bit of solid information to have surfaced.Armed with this new knowledge, and desperate to find out more, Sandy decides to immediately investigate and sets out for Ecuador, accompanied by best friend Phyllis Newton, and by new arrival "Bingo" Winkler. In Ecuador they encounter secret agents, double-crosses, corporate conspiracies, ghostly apparitions and threats both above and below the surface of the ocean as they try to uncover answers concerning the fate of Barton Swift.
The 2nd adventure in this new series.Two experimental robots have vanished while undergoing field tests on the surface of the Moon. All evidence points to the presence of an unknown person in the area, but no one can reasonably account for how the person could have been there. Sandra Swift decides to investigate and, accompanied by Bud Barclay, travels to the Swift Enterprises Moonbase. From there they go to the last reported position of the robots, but suddenly end up falling through a narrow crevice.Now trapped deep beneath the surface of the Moon, Sandy and Bud struggle for survival, exploring a vast system of underground caverns as they attempt to contact help. But they soon encounter additional mysteries in the form of a lost human colony living in a ruined spaceship, as well as an insane woman bent on revenge. Fighting to stay alive, Sandy and Bud join forces with the lost colony, squaring off against an adversary who will stop at nothing . . . including nuclear annihilation . . . to kill anyone who stands in her way.
The 8th novel in this new series. For thousands of years the Earth has been under observation by a race of extraterrestrials. Ten years ago contention among the aliens caused a meteor-like probe to make contact with Tom Swift and Tom Swift Jr. The probe's covert function was to help the aliens determine on how best to deal with what they felt was the problematical expanding intelligence among humans. A few years later, in Ecuador, Sandra Swift encounters a second alien probe. It destroys itself, but not before subtly reprogramming part of Sandy's brain, making her an unwitting spy for the "Space Friends". Now the Sun itself is undergoing a change. Self-replicating machines are forming a shell which, if unchecked, will eventually enclose the star that gives life to our world. And Sandy realizes that the events which began in Ecuador are reaching a terrible conclusion. The Space Friends... up to now aloof and mysterious... are making their presence increasingly known. It's the first note in a vast closing act, and Sandy soon comes to understand that the future of seven billion people depend on how willing she is to put her life on the line.
Paintings by American contemporary artist Jordan. The book contains paintings, descriptions of the art as well as the otherworldly happenings that inspired much of the surreal paintings.
In this true crime story, it's the family court system that's criminal. Attorney Michelle MacDonald sues a Judge for violating mother, Sandra Grazzini-Rucki's civil rights, and the next day is forced to proceed with Sandra's child custody trial while "under arrest"--- in handcuffs, a wheelchair, with no shoes, no glasses, no files, and no client. And did we mention that the children had run away? Later, this mother of 5 with no criminal record is jailed with a murderer, the missing teens turn up after two years, and a history of violence and criminal activity by her dangerous ex-husband is ignored. Since her children were found, Sandra's tragic family story has received international attention. With he said/she said accusations and confusing terms like "parental alienation", the truth may seem difficult to reach. It's a story of domestic violence, family court corruption and a compliant media, including ABC's 20/20, covering up the whole sordid tale.
George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 - 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. LIFE: Meredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval outfitters. His mother died when he was five. At the age of 14 he was sent to a Moravian School in Neuwied, Germany, where he remained for two years. He read law and was articled as a solicitor, but abandoned that profession for journalism and poetry. He collaborated with Edward Gryffydh Peacock, son of Thomas Love Peacock in publishing a privately circulated literary magazine, the Monthly Observer. He married Edward Peacock's widowed sister Mary Ellen Nicolls in 1849 when he was twenty-one years old and she was twenty-eight. Meredith collected his early writings, first published in periodicals, in an 1851 volume, Poems. In 1856 he posed as the model for The Death of Chatterton, a notable painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter Henry Wallis (1830-1916). His wife ran off with Wallis in 1858; she died three years later. The collection of "sonnets" entitled Modern Love (1862) emerged from this experience as did The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, his first "major novel". Meredith married Marie Vulliamy in 1864 and settled in Surrey. He continued writing novels and poetry, often inspired by nature. He had a keen understanding of comedy and his Essay on Comedy (1877) remains a reference work in the history of comic theory. In The Egoist, published in 1879, he applies some of his theories of comedy in one of his most enduring novels. Some of his writings, including The Egoist, also highlight the subjugation of women during the Victorian period. During most of his career, he had difficulty achieving popular success. His first successful novel was Diana of the Crossways published in 1885.Meredith supplemented his often uncertain writer's income with a job as a publisher's reader. His advice to Chapman and Hall made him influential in the world of letters. His friends in the literary world included, at different times, William and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Cotter Morison, Leslie Stephen, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Gissing and J. M. Barrie. His contemporary Sir Arthur Conan Doyle paid him homage in the short-story The Boscombe Valley Mystery, when Sherlock Holmes says to Dr. Watson during the discussion of the case, "And now let us talk about George Meredith, if you please, and we shall leave all minor matters until to-morrow." Oscar Wilde, in his dialogue The Decay of Lying, implies that Meredith, along with Balzac, is his favourite novelist, saying "Ah, Meredith Who can define him? His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning"...........
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Sandra Benigno is afraid that her Mafia Capo husband has learned the truth-that their son, Billy, is actually the love child of a rival mob boss. Now, he's putting Billy in the line of fire by bringing him into the Family business. Even worse, Billy's been fooling around with his half-sister, the rival Capo's daughter. What's a mother to do? The year before, at an Arthur Avenue bakery, rookie FBI Agent Mark Oberlin offered Sandra help if she ever needed it, so when she gets wind of her husband's newest scheme-where Billy will play a key role-she pleads with Oberlin to stop it. A Russian auto theft ring has found a priceless Faberge egg in a car at their Brooklyn chop shop. Problem is, the KGB has been snooping around on New York City soil, determined to repatriate looted Russian treasure. The car thieves need to get rid of it, fast-and this is why they've agreed to sell the egg to Victor, who secretly plans to "buy out" the whole Russian operation. Oberlin's first move is to clear the case with his boss, Ken Schneider, who's vowed to bring down these last two New York crime families before he retires. Next, he enlists the unique talents of the OC's Top Echelon Informants-Benny Cataldo and Carmine Rizzo. But these two have motives of their own. What's in it for them, and how do they stay alive as they play each side against the other? And none of them-cops, criminals or informants-are aware that two ruthless, and very lethal, female KGB agents are also out there, always one step ahead.
Sandra DeSando's panel painting burst forth fully realized, following a lifetime of work in graphite and inks on paper. The intense interplay of color and form in these paintings is developed from her years of realistically rendered studies of light and shadow from nature and a translation of observation and experience into mark and line. This volume chronicles this New Jersey artist's emergence as a painter in multi and single panel works, tracking her recent career through her residencies at the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Studio at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City and Dilsberg, Germany. In these new works, DeSando reaches a fluid, full understanding of seeing and being in the natural world
I'd like to introduce Sandra Tanner. She and her husband Jerald are well-known Mormon critics. (Some would even call them anti-Mormons.) What does she think of that title? Find out in our interview Jerald was the first person who actually suspected that the Salamander Letter was a forgery. How did he know? Why wouldn't they take something that would help their cause, and instead reveal it as a forgery? Sandra's going to talk a little bit more about that in our conversation. We'll also talk about forgery in general. What does Sandra think about biblical forgeries? Does she believe a biblical literalism? It's going to be a very fun conversation. We going to talk about a wide variety of topics. I hope you enjoy the conversation. Check it out
Sandra Cattaneo Adorno: The Other Half of the Sky presents a selection of images of women the photographer has shot on the streets of different countries. By capturing their fleeting profiles with acuity, Adorno creates an aura of mystery that prompts the viewer to wonder about the lives and the experiences of these unknown women. Adorno’s use of an aesthetic reminiscent of fashion photography and advertising highlights the beauty of everyday women on the streets, even as it questions the image of women in our society and the role that ideals of glamour and the erotic have in shaping it. An imaginative book design by David Chickey allows the viewer to pair two sets of photographs. While the pages of each set are parallel and meant to be looked at in sequence, the book can also be viewed in any order or combination.
