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To: tuliptree76
I have a book recommendation for you. A collection of related short stories in hardcover, just over 100 pages, and wonderfully illustrated. I've read it three times and still it draws me back, again and again.

Tales of the Resistance

Here is the amazon.com listing for the hardcover edition (with all of the beautiful illustrations). There is a paperback edition, but I think it lacks the illustrations; part of what "makes" the book.

EXCERPT from "The Most Beautiful Player of All":

But then Thespia realized that a light was shining in the darkened auditorium.  The man she had seen in the gallery shadow seemed to be standing in his own light.  She gasped and took a closer look; he seemed vaguely familiar.  From the back of the hall, he raised his hand in greeting.  Slowly, hardly realizing she did so, she reached out her hand toward him.

And the theater quieted as all watched the man walk within a center of radiance to the orchestra pit.  He perched upon the rim, apologized to the musicians, and vaulted up onto the stage.  "This is where I make my entrance, I believe," he said, and his voice was wonderful, filled with the echo of faraway hills and laughing country streams.

He stood in the middle of the stage and held out strong arms.  "There is a real kingdom," he announced, "and a real king."

5,799 posted on 09/23/2005 8:20:28 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Today's game: The FR Patriots v. The Hatriots)
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To: HKMk23

sick'nin'!


5,801 posted on 09/23/2005 8:21:53 PM PDT by King Prout (19sep05 - I want at least 2 Saiga-12 shotguns. If you have leads, let me know)
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To: HKMk23

Thank you. I will add it to my book list.


5,807 posted on 09/23/2005 8:24:45 PM PDT by tuliptree76
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