The Alethean Legacy: Prelude


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Retribution: Ryan Marshall was expecting three months of gruelling hell in SAS Selection. He soon realises that no amount of training could have prepared him for what he would be subjected to. No Good Deed: David Costello's success in the British Army garnered him the resentment of his troop. When thrust into a hostage rescue, Costello must not only free the captives, but also overcome his squad mates' insubordination. Second Chance: A death during an drug fuelled evening leads to Chris Howells' arrest in Las Vegas. Ryan Marshall, a soldier of the British SAS, is sent to break Howells out of jail and smuggle him out of America. Marshall must not only deal with the jailbreak, but also Howells, whose addictions make the journey anything but easy. Extinction: The Controller of an Alethean survey vessel is left with a single option to save his dying people. The problem: the "Causality Pact" prevents him from taking action, leaving him with a choice between the laws of his people, and their very survival.




The Alethean Legacy: Retribution


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SAS selection is the toughest military process in the world, and Ryan Marshall was expecting three months of gruelling hell. When John Medforth is selected as his assessor, Marshall soon realises that no amount of training could have prepared him for what Medforth would subject him to. Retribution is the backstory of John Medforth, a leading character in The Alethean Legacy.




The Alethean Legacy: Extinction


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The Aletheans are a race dedicated to the exploration of the Milky Way galaxy in search of planets like their own. Candidate 11 is one such planet. Survey vessel A-327 was dispatched, and over the decades that followed, her crew studied the primitive world, waiting for the indigenous species to reach atomic realisation. When disaster strikes the Alethean home world, the Controller of A-327 is left with only one option to save his dying people. One thing stands in his way: an ancient law known as The Causality Pact prevents him from taking action, leaving him with a choice between the traditions and laws of his people, and their very survival.




The Alethean Legacy: Second Chance


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Despite Chris Howells' thriving career, and limitless potential, he cannot escape his vices. A death during an alcohol and drug fuelled evening leads to Howells' arrest in Las Vegas. Facing a possible death penalty for his crime, his father sees no alternative but to send Ryan Marshall, a soldier of the British SAS, to break Howells out of jail and smuggle him out of America. Marshall must not only deal with the jailbreak, but also a defiant Howells, whose addictions make the journey anything but easy. Second Chance is the backstory of Chris Howells, a leading character in The Alethean Legacy.




The Alethean Legacy


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Alethean survey vessel A-327 was dispatched to 'Candidate 11' over five hundred years ago. When a disaster annihilated the Alethean species, A-327 was left adrift in orbit, before being discovered by SAS soldier Ryan Marshall during the Gulf War. Marshall must harness the Alethean legacy, and save Earth from a threat unlike anything humanity has ever faced.




From Spirituals to Symphonies


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Exploding the assumption that black women's only important musical contributions have been in folk, jazz, and pop Helen Walker-Hill's unique study provides a carefully researched examination of the history and scope of musical composition by African American women composers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Focusing on the effect of race, gender, and class, From Spirituals to Symphonies notes the important role played by individual personalities and circumstances in shaping this underappreciated category of American art. The study also provides in-depth exploration of the backgrounds, experiences, and musical compositions of eight African American women including Margaret Bonds, Undine Smith Moore, and Julia Perry, who combined the techniques of Western art music with their own cultural traditions and individual gifts. Despite having gained national and international recognition during their lifetimes, the contributions of many of these women are today forgotten.




American Negro Songs


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Authoritative study traces the African influences and lyric significance of such songs as Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and John Henry, and gives words and music for 230 songs. Bibliography. Index of Song Titles.




Slave Songs of the United States


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Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all were inspired by slavery. The wild, sad strains tell, as the sufferers themselves could, of crushed hopes, keen sorrow, and a dull, daily misery, which covered them as hopelessly as the fog from the rice swamps. On the other hand, the words breathe a trusting faith in the life after, to which their eyes seem constantly turned.




Who's who of American Women


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Accompanied by Geographical-vocational index.




Black Women Composers


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