Title: Doctor Who_ Love or War Author: Paul Cornell File Type: Mobi Subject:Science-Fiction:Doctor Who Description:meta charset=utf-8span class=Apple-style-span style=font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 64); font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font class=minus1 style=font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; bOn a planet called Heaven, all hell is breaking loose.bHeaven is a paradise for both humans and Draconians - a place of rest in more ways than one. The Doctor comes here on a trivial mission - to find a book, or so he says - and Ace, wandering alone in the city, becomes involved with a charismatic Traveller called Jan.But the Doctor is strenuously opposed to the romance. What is he trying to prevent? Is he planning some more deadly game connected with the mysterious objects causing the military forces of Heaven such concern?Archaeologist Bernice Summerfield thinks so. Her destiny is inextricably linked with that of the Doctor, but even she may not be able to save Ace from the Time Lords plans.fontfont class=minus1 style=font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; This time, has the Doctor gone too far?fontspan

Title: The Last Time They Met_ A Novel Author: Anita Shreve File Type: Mobi Subject:Fiction Description:Amazon.com ReviewThe Last Time They Met opens with two old lovers, both poets, running into each other at a writers conference. Well, Linda Fallon and Thomas Janes arent old, actually--just middle-aged, with a lifetimes worth of history between them. In the first section, Anita Shreve only suggests what that history contains there was adultery, we gather, and a car accident, plus some illicit encounters under a pitiless Kenyan sun. Presumably the rest of the book will lead back to the beginnings of this grand passion, right? We think we know where this is going--but thats the tricky part, because we dont.The novel does get off to a slow start, with an unnecessarily drawn-out description of a luxury hotel. But it picks up speed as it moves backward in time, from the lovers vividly evoked interlude in Africa, to their adolescent years in the Massachusetts village of Hull, and finally to Lindas deepest, darkest secret. Only then does the author unveil her final revelation, which should leave most readers somewhat out of breath, and possibly even obliged to turn back to the first page and read the book over again. Shreve is a canny storyteller, and she knows her characters inside and out. (As well she might Thomas is the husband of Jean, the photographer in __.) And The Last Time They Met is yet another example of the kind of book she does best--one thats as skillfully plotted as a thriller, but with writing that lingers long after the last plot twist is unfurled. No matter whether people actually have affairs like these. Reading this book only makes you wish that they did. --Mary ParkFrom Publishers WeeklyThe latest work by this versatile novelist (The Pilots Wife Fortunes Rocks) may be her most mature to date, as she demonstrates new subtleties in the unfolding of a complex plot. Proceeding in reverse chronological order, Shreve recounts the obsessive love between poets Linda Fallon and Thomas Janes theirs is a highly charged affair, though they connect only three times in 35 years. The novels three sections (Fifty-Two, Twenty-Six and Seventeen) refer to Lindas ages when she meets and later encounters Thomas first (last in the books structure) as a troubled teen near Boston with only indistinct memories of her mother and no real ones of her father then in Kenya, where Linda has joined the Peace Corps and Thomass wife, Regina, is working with UNICEF and finally at a literary festival in Toronto where both characters, unbeknownst to each other, are guest speakers. Though each of the novels segments is intensely powerful, the cumulative effect is especially wrenching, as the reader knows what Linda and Thomas have yet to experience. Their Africa encounter is especially gripping, since both characters are torn between their mutual passion and their love for their spouses. (Linda has also married, and Reginas announcement of her pregnancy adds further tension.) Shreves compassionate view of human frailties a recurring theme in much of her work is at its most affecting here, as she meticulously interweaves past and present with total credibility. Her fluid narrative perfectly mirrors her protagonists evolving temperaments and viewpoints, while her overall restraint serves to intensify the novels devastating conclusion. (Apr.) Water, starring Sean Penn and Elizabeth Hurley, is due in theaters later this year. 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.