This book guarantees a grand tour of the 'fireball' mystery & covers all aspects of science to help the reader understand the wide range of natural objects & unexplained phenomena that can be seen so often in our skies. No scientific theory or hunch is left unexplored. ...

Llinos Savage becomes presumed owner of the Tawe Pottery at the age of 14. As she attempts to keep the business afloat on a shoe-string, her world becomes complicated by the two men in her life who, between them, come to represent everything she holds dear. ...

Double bill of Igor Stravinsky's early twentieth century ballets. In ' The Firebird' Kaschei is a terrible ogre who captures women & turns rescuing males into stone with just a look. Young Prince Ivan espies a beautiful firebird & follows it into Kaschei's garden. The bird flies away but he meets some 13 young maidens & promptly falls in love with one fo them, named Tsarevna. On returning to meet his lover he is captured by the ogre & his evil servants but waving a feather of the firebird calls her to rescue him before he is turned to stone. She tells him of a secret that might kill the seemingly immortal ogre & release the prisoners. Ivan sets to work forthwith, to end the evil creature's hold upon the l&. In ' Les Noces' (the Wedding) Stravinsky brings to life traditional Russian peasant life in a complex musical piece involving separated percussion groups coupled with distinct vocal groups. ...

Parker put down the body & answered the phone. & from that moment on he had two jobs to do. One was to rob a remote Montana lodge where a dot-com billionaire hid stolen art treasures in his basement. The other was to find out why a hit man had come to Parker's home
- & who had sent him.
...

Duncan Rosenblatt's Mom wants him to keep up his grades & go to community college. His Dad wants him to ascend to his rightful place as king of all monsters. Duncan must contend with a long-lost relative intent on wrestling his father's inheritance away
- even if it means prying it from Duncan's dead hands.
...

Modern film noir starring Mike Patton & Karen Black. Jimmy (Jak Kendall) is a shy, gifted hermit living in an emotional prison created by his older brother David (Patton), an abusive alcoholic, & his mother Eleanor (Black), a religious fanatic. Comforted by the neon glow of a travelling carnival & its premier attraction Sandra (also Karen Black), Jimmy is drawn into a bizarre new world. However, what he discovers is that Sandra is living in her own emotional prison at the hands of the Carnival owner, Frank (also Patton). After David vanishes, an investigation ensues led by Police Chief Ed (Susan Traylor). As she gets closer to the truth, she discovers a web of deceit, abuse, murder & cover-up. ...