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Sergeant Sam Morgan's close friend has been killed. He is being
framed for the crime by a corrupt police lieutenant, who was
responsible for the death. Morgan survives attempts on his own life
as he tries to clear himself. He becomes involved in a vast
worldwide conspiracy in which businessman, politicians and
criminals vie with each other to get control of the research papers
of a famous scientist, Dr. Sanchez, who has been killed in a
botched kidnapping. With the help of friends like Wang, a shady
Chinese manipulator, El Gordo, a Sino-Cubano restaurant owner and
others, he unravels a conspiracy so complicated that even the
participants are not sure whose side they're on. Judy Greene is
beautiful, intelligent, broke and desperate. A former government
researcher, she has a young daughter and a senile father to
support. She is bribed by a retired intelligence officer, Colonel
Lawson, who has been hired by a large corporation to get Sanchez
papers, whatever the cost. To confuse adversaries, Greene agrees to
masquerade as the wife of an assassin she never meets. Unknown to
her, an old lover has infiltrated the colonel's operation and may
have recommended her for the job. Many others are involved in the
twisting fast-moving pursuit of the Sanchez papers. Among them:
Harry Gibson, the ambitious and ruthless fixit guy; Palermo, the
squirming Mafia don who distributes the drugs being imported by
McCameron, the CEO of a shipping company who picks up the tab for
all the mayhem and may be untouchable; big and small operators, all
cogs in a corrupt adventure. The goal of this competition is
control of a discovery that will make all other forms of energy
irrelevant and the possessors of the research wealthy and powerful.
To survive all the betrayal, violence and even a tangled love
affair requires courage, nerve and luck.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Broad and wide-ranging survey of and investigation into the
important question of whether medieval narrative was designed for
performance. This book provides the first comprehensive study of
the performance of medieval narrative, using examples from England
and the Continent and a variety of genres to examine the crucial
question of whether - and how - medieval narratives were indeed
intended for performance. Moving beyond the familiar dichotomy
between oral and written literature, the various contributions
emphasize the range and power of medieval performance traditions,
and demonstrate thatknowledge of the modes and means of performance
is crucial for appreciating medieval narratives. The book is
divided into four main parts, with each essay engaging with a
specific issue or work, relating it to larger questions about
performance. It first focuses on representations of the art of
medieval performers of narrative. It then examines relationships
between narrative performances and the material books that
inspired, recorded, or representedthem. The next section studies
performance features inscribed in texts and the significance of
considering performability. The volume concludes with contributions
by present-day professional performers who bring medieval
narratives to life for contemporary audiences. Topics covered
include orality, performance, storytelling, music, drama, the
material book, public reading, and court life.
Sergeant Sam Morgan's close friend has been killed. He is being
framed for the crime by a corrupt police lieutenant, who was
responsible for the death. Morgan survives attempts on his own life
as he tries to clear himself. He becomes involved in a vast
worldwide conspiracy in which businessman, politicians and
criminals vie with each other to get control of the research papers
of a famous scientist, Dr. Sanchez, who has been killed in a
botched kidnapping. With the help of friends like Wang, a shady
Chinese manipulator, El Gordo, a Sino-Cubano restaurant owner and
others, he unravels a conspiracy so complicated that even the
participants are not sure whose side they're on. Judy Greene is
beautiful, intelligent, broke and desperate. A former government
researcher, she has a young daughter and a senile father to
support. She is bribed by a retired intelligence officer, Colonel
Lawson, who has been hired by a large corporation to get Sanchez
papers, whatever the cost. To confuse adversaries, Greene agrees to
masquerade as the wife of an assassin she never meets. Unknown to
her, an old lover has infiltrated the colonel's operation and may
have recommended her for the job. Many others are involved in the
twisting fast-moving pursuit of the Sanchez papers. Among them:
Harry Gibson, the ambitious and ruthless fixit guy; Palermo, the
squirming Mafia don who distributes the drugs being imported by
McCameron, the CEO of a shipping company who picks up the tab for
all the mayhem and may be untouchable; big and small operators, all
cogs in a corrupt adventure. The goal of this competition is
control of a discovery that will make all other forms of energy
irrelevant and the possessors of the research wealthy and powerful.
To survive all the betrayal, violence and even a tangled love
affair requires courage, nerve and luck.
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