Hutt Stories


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Fratricidal struggles, duels, conspiracies between different planets: the protagonists are the Hutts, a lineage characterized by greed, embodied by their overweight, by cruelty and by their desire to oppress others. Murderous slaves, cyborgs, bounty hunters, Droids, parties where blood is flowing are framing the lives of these ruthless aliens, that keep fighting against their enemies and against the members of their own clans, in the continuous search for new riches and power, for the achievement of which nothing and nobody can be spared. Everyone feels threatened all the time; nobody is safe. There will always be someone looking for power and money, someone ready to shoot, ready to kill... Riccardo De Col was born on March 21, 1997, in Verona’s province, where he lives today. He has always been passionate about Star Wars (of which he manages a Wiki) and about everything related to pop culture and music. He runs a blog named ‘Angolo di Richard’, focusing on music, and he also writes lyrics for songs. ‘Hutt Stories’ is his first collection of short stories and is dedicated to the Hutts of Star Wars and to their history, which he is fond of.




Scourge: Star Wars Legends


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In the heart of crime-ridden Hutt Space, a Jedi Scholar searches for justice. While trying to obtain the coordinates of a secret, peril-packed, but potentially beneficial trade route, a novice Jedi is killed—and the motive for his murder remains shrouded in mystery. Now his former Master, Jedi archivist Mander Zuma, wants answers, even as he fights to erase doubts about his own abilities as a Jedi. What Mander gets is immersion into the perilous underworld of the Hutts as he struggles to stay one step ahead in a game of smugglers, killers, and crime lords bent on total control.




The Road to Mega Success


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A financial management guide for any business industry.




Watch Out for Jabba the Hutt!


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Get your child hooked on reading as they meet the characters from the new Star Wars Clone Wars series. Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this fun-packed Clone Wars Readeris a first introduction to the characters from the new Star Wars- The Clone Warsanimated film and TV series. From Jabba the Hutt and his son 'Stinky' to R2-D2 and C-3PO, your child will meet their favourite creatures, species, aliens, monsters and droids. Packed with pictures from the Clone Warsseries, it's an out-of-this-world read. And don't forget, there's a galaxy-full of DK Star Warsbooks to collect.




Tales from Jabba's Palace: Star Wars Legends


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In the dusty heat of twin-sunned Tatooine lives the wealthiest gangster in a hundred worlds, master of a vast crime empire and keeper of a vicious, flesh-eating monster for entertainment (and disposal of his enemies). Bloated and sinister, Jabba the Hutt might have made a good joke -- if he weren't so dangerous. A cast of soldiers, spies, assassins, scoundrels, bounty hunters, and pleasure seekers have come to his palace, and every visitor to Jabba's grand abode has a story. Some of them may even live to tell it. . . . Featuring original stories by: Kevin J. Anderson, M. Shayne Bell, John Gregory Betancourt, Mark Budz and Marina Fitch, A.C. Crispin, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, George Alec Effinger, Kenneth C. Flint, Esther Friesner, Barbara Hambly, Daryl F. Mallett, J.D. Montgomery, Judy and Gar Reeves-Stevens, Jennifer Roberson, Kathy Tyers, Deborah Wheeler, Dave Wolverton, William F. Wu, Timothy Zahn.




Himalayan Voices


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Himalayan Voices provides admirers of Nepal and lovers of literature with their first glimpse of the vibrant literary scene in Nepal today. An introduction to the two most developed genres of modern Nepali literature-poetry and the short story-this work profiles eleven of Nepal`s most distinguished poets and offers translations of more than eighty poems written from 1916 to 1986. Twenty of the most interesting and best-known examples of the Nepali short story are translated into English for the first time by Michael Hutt. All provide vivid descriptions of Life in twentieth-century Nepal. This book should appeal not only to admires of Nepal, but to all readers with an interest in non-Western literatures.




Marion


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The daughter of an English merchant father and Chinese mother, Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) was a wildly popular fiction writer in her time. Born in Montreal, Eaton lived in Jamaica and several places in the United States before settling in Alberta. Her books, many of them published under the Japanese pseudonym Onoto Watanna, encompass the experiences of marginalized women in Canada, Jamaica, the United States, and a romantic, imagined Japan. Marion: The Story of an Artist's Model is Eaton's only book that explicitly deals with being "foreign" in Canada. The novel follows the life of "half-foreign" Marion Ascough - a character based on Eaton's own sister - while never identifying her "foreignness." Escaping the unrelenting racial discrimination her family endures in Quebec, Marion follows her dream of being an artist by moving to New York, where she becomes "Canadian" instead of ethnic - a more palatable foreignness. Having successfully stripped herself of her ethnicity, Marion continues to experience discrimination and objectification as a woman, failing as an artist and becoming an artist's model. Karen Skinazi's introduction to Eaton's fascinating narrative draws attention to the fact that although the novel uses many of the conventions of the "race secret" story, this time the secret is never revealed. This new edition of Marion: The Story of An Artist's Model brings back into print a compelling and sophisticated treasure of Asian Canadian/American fiction that offers a rare perspective on ethnicity, gender, and identity.




White Gold


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Mount Hutt is not only arguably New Zealand's finest ski area, it is a winter playground that saved the small mid-Canterbury town of Methven from slow economic death. The story of the skifield's development is a fascinating saga of latter-day pioneering by a band of rugged individualists who overcame almost insurmountable odds to establish this superb winter sports venue. White Gold chronicles Mount Hutt's development and covers all its subsequent trials and tribulations to the present day. The book is extensively illustrated with portraits of personalities and events, many from private collections and previously unpublished, and spectacular skiing and snowboarding photographs. This book will appeal not just to the skiing or alpine enthusiast, but to anyone who enjoys a tale of triumph, tragedy, intrigue, drama and humour.




Operation: Huttlet


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The son of Jabba the Hutt has been kidnapped and the Jedi have been summoned to rescue him. Star Wars: The Clone Wars.




Letters to a Soldier


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The letters between a young solider in Iraq and a class in Long Island