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|Michael Milken
|Michael Robert Milken
July 4, 1946
Encino, California, U.S.
|United States
|Alma mater
|University Of California, Berkeley
The Wharton School
|Businessman, financier, philanthropist
|Known for
|developing the High-yield bond market, Indictment for securities fraud, philanthropy
|Net worth
| US$ 2.3 billion
(September 2012)[1]
|Lori Anne Hackel
|Michael Milken
|Michael Robert Milken
July 4, 1946
Encino, California, U.S.
|United States
|Alma mater
|University Of California, Berkeley
The Wharton School
|Businessman, financier, philanthropist
|Known for
|developing the High-yield bond market, Indictment for securities fraud, philanthropy
|Net worth
| US$ 2.3 billion
(September 2012)[1]
|Lori Anne Hackel
Michael Robert Milken (born July 4, 1946) is an American business magnate, financier and philanthropist. He is noted for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds ("junk bonds"),[2] for his conviction following a guilty plea on felony charges for violating U.S. securities laws, and for his charitable giving.
Milken was indicted for racketeering and securities fraud in 1989 in an insider trading investigation. As the result of a plea bargain, he pled guilty to securities and reporting violations but not to racketeering or insider trading. Milken was sentenced to ten years in prison, fined $600 million, and permanently barred from the securities industry by the Securities and Exchange Commission. His sentence was later reduced to two years for cooperating with testimony against his former colleagues and for good behavior.[3]
His critics cited him as the epitome of Wall Street greed during the 1980s, and nicknamed him the "Junk Bond King". Supporters, like George Gilder in his book, Telecosm (2000), state that "Milken was a key source of the organizational changes that have impelled economic growth over the last twenty years. Most striking was the productivity surge in capital, as Milken...and others took the vast sums trapped in old-line businesses and put them back into the markets."[4]
Since his release from prison, Milken has funded medical research.[5] He is co-founder of the Milken Family Foundation, chairman of the Milken Institute, and founder of medical philanthropies funding research into melanoma, cancer and other life-threatening diseases. A prostate cancer survivor, Milken has devoted significant resources to research on the disease.[6] In a November 2004 cover article, Fortune magazine called him "The Man Who Changed Medicine" for changes in approach to funding and results that he initiated.[5]
Milken's compensation, while head of the high-yield bond department at Drexel Burnham Lambert in the late 1980s, exceeded $1 billion in a four-year period, a new record for U.S. income at that time.[7] With an estimated net worth of around $2 billion as of 2010, he is ranked by Forbes magazine as the 488th richest person in the world.[8] Much of that wealth comes from his success as a bond trader; he only had four losing months in 17 years of trading from 1973 to 1989.[9]
Milken was born into a middle-class Jewish[10][11][12][13][14] family in Encino, California.[15] He graduated from Birmingham High School where he was the head cheerleader and worked while in school at a diner.[16] His classmates included actresses Sally Field and Cindy Williams. In 1968, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. with highest honors where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.[17] He received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. While at Berkeley, Milken was influenced by credit studies authored by W. Braddock Hickman, a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, who noted that a portfolio of non-investment grade bonds offered "risk-adjusted" returns greater than that of an investment grade portfolio.
Through his Wharton professors, Milken landed a summer job at Drexel Harriman Ripley, an old-line investment bank, in 1969. After completing his MBA, he joined Drexel (by then known as Drexel Firestone) as director of low-grade bond research. He was also given some capital and permitted to trade. According to legend, he was so devoted to his work that he wore a miner's headlamp while commuting on the bus so that he could read company prospectuses.
Drexel merged with Burnham and Company in 1973 to form Drexel Burnham. Despite the firm's name, Burnham was the nominal survivor; the Drexel name only came first at the insistence of the more powerful investment banks, whose blessing was necessary for the merged firm to inherit Drexel's position as a "major" firm. Milken was one of the few prominent holdovers from the Drexel side of the merger, and became the merged firm's head of convertibles. He persuaded his new boss, fellow Wharton alumnus Tubby Burnham, to let him start a high-yield bond trading department—an operation that soon earned a remarkable 100% return on investment.[9] By 1976, Milken's income at what was now Drexel Burnham Lambert was estimated at $5 million a year.
One weekend in 1978, Milken moved the high-yield bond operation to Century City in Los Angeles. The transition went so smoothly that many clients were unaware that the department had moved between Friday and Monday. Later, the operation moved to a building at 9560 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. On the fourth floor, he set up an X-shaped trading desk—designed to maximize his contact with traders and salesmen—from which he worked very long hours, invariably starting his day before 5 am Pacific (8 am Eastern, prior to the opening of the markets in New York). The department grew and, in 1986-87, moved up to the fifth floor, where there were eventually three of the famous X-shaped trading desks.
|History of private equity
and venture capital
|Early history
|(Origins of modern private equity)
|The 1980s
|(Leveraged buyout boom)
|The 1990s
|(Leveraged buyout and the venture capital bubble)
|The 2000s
|(Dot-com bubble to the credit crunch)
By the mid-1980s, Milken's network of high-yield bond buyers (notably Fred Carr's Executive Life Insurance Company and Tom Spiegel's Columbia Savings & Loan) had reached a size which enabled him to raise large amounts of money very quickly. It was said, for example, that Milken raised $1 billion for MCI Communications, then an upstart provider of long-distance telephone services, in the space of one hour on the telephone. Cable TV companies, like John Malone's Tele-Communications Inc., were also favorite clients, as were Ted Turner's maverick Turner Broadcasting, cellphone pioneer Craig McCaw, and casino entrepreneur Steve Wynn. Before long, the CEOs and CFOs of many smaller and mid-sized companies previously limited to the slow and expensive private-placement market were making early-morning pilgrimages to Beverly Hills seeking to issue high-yield and/or convertible bonds through Drexel Burnham. Without question, many leading entrepreneurs of the 1980s owe their success at least partly to Milken's perception of this market opportunity. One of his favorite sayings was: "There is no shortage of capital; there is only a shortage of management talent."
Milken was largely involved with kick-starting investments in Nevada, which for many years was the fastest-growing state in the U.S. Milken funded the gaming industry, newspapers and homebuilders; among the companies he financed were MGM Mirage, Mandalay Resort Group, Harrah's Entertainment and Park Place Entertainment.
This money-raising ability also facilitated the activities of leveraged buyout (LBO) firms such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and of so-called "greenmailers". Most of them were armed with a "highly confident letter" from Drexel, a tool crafted by Drexel's corporate finance wing in which it promised to raise the necessary debt in time to fulfill the buyer's obligations. Although it carried no legal status, by this time Milken had gained a reputation for being able to make markets for any bonds that he underwrote. For this reason, "highly confident letters" were considered as good as cash for these firms and greenmailers. They were able make tidy profits by merely threatening LBOs of large, blue-chip companies in which they had built up equity positions. Milken's task was perhaps made easier by the fact that the top-tier Wall Street investment banks were unwilling to take part in hostile takeovers, a practice long considered taboo on Wall Street. Most banks shied away from them rather than risk longstanding and lucrative relationships with many of the blue-chip companies who were potentially his targets, although companies such as Salomon Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and First Boston later entered the high-yield market. Drexel financed notable buyouts of companies previously thought invulnerable, including Beatrice Companies and the cosmetics firm Revlon.
Amongst his significant detractors have been Martin Fridson formerly of Merrill Lynch and author Ben Stein. Milken's high-yield "pioneer" status has proved dubious as studies show "original issue" high-yield issues were common during and after the Great Depression. Milken himself points out that high-yield bonds go back hundreds of years, having been issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century and by America's first Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. Others such as Stanford Phelps, an early co-associate and rival at Drexel, have also contested his credit as pioneering the modern high-yield market. This is, however, quibbling, as Drexel was for all intents and purposes unchallenged as essentially the only underwriter and trader of high-yield bonds throughout almost the entire decade of the 1980s.
Despite his influence in the financial world (at least one source called him the most powerful American financier since J.P. Morgan),[18] Milken was an intensely private man who shunned publicity. Citing the power behind the most aggressive firm on Wall Street, Drexel bankers often used "Michael says ..." to justify their tactics.[9]
Milken and his brother Lowell founded Knowledge Universe in 1996, as well as Knowledge Learning Corporation (KLC), the parent company of KinderCare Learning Centers, the largest for-profit child care provider in the country. He is currently chairman of the company.[19] Milken also established K12 Inc., a publicly traded education management organization (EMO) that provides online schooling, including to charter school students for whom services are paid by tax dollars,[20] which is the largest EMO in terms of enrollment.[21]
Dan Stone, a former Drexel executive, wrote in his book April Fools that Milken was under nearly constant scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1979 onward due to unethical and sometimes illegal behavior in the high-yield department.[18] His own role in such behavior has been much debated. Stone claims that Milken viewed the securities laws, rules and regulations with a degree of contempt, feeling they hindered the free flow of trade. However, Stone said that while Milken condoned questionable and illegal acts by his colleagues, Milken himself personally followed the rules.[18] He often called Drexel's president and CEO, Fred Joseph—known for his strict view of the securities laws—with ethical questions.[9] On the other hand, several of the sources James B. Stewart used for Den of Thieves told him that Milken often tried to get a higher markup on trades than was permitted at the time.
Harvey A. Silverglate, a prominent defense attorney who represented Milken during the appellate process, disputes that view in his book Three Felonies a Day: "Milken's biggest problem was that some of his most ingenious but entirely lawful maneuvers were viewed, by those who initially did not understand them, as felonious, precisely because they were novel – and often extremely profitable."[22]
The SEC inquiries never got beyond the investigation phase until 1986, when arbitrageur Ivan Boesky pled guilty to securities fraud as part of a larger insider trading investigation. As part of his plea, Boesky purported to implicate Milken in several illegal transactions, including insider trading, stock manipulation, fraud and stock parking (buying stocks for the benefit of another). This led to an SEC probe of Drexel, as well as a separate criminal probe by Rudy Giuliani, then United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Although both investigations were almost entirely focused on Milken's department, Milken refused to talk with Drexel (which launched its own internal investigation) except through his lawyers.[9][18]
For two years, Drexel insisted that nothing illegal occurred, even when the SEC formally sued Drexel in 1988. Later that year, Giuliani began seriously considering an indictment of Drexel under the powerful Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, which he had previously used against organized crime. Drexel management immediately began plea bargain talks, concluding that no financial institution could survive a RICO indictment. However, talks collapsed on December 19 when Giuliani made several demands that Drexel found too harsh, including one that Milken leave the firm if indicted.[18]
Only a day later, however, Drexel lawyers discovered suspicious activity in one of the limited partnerships Milken set up to allow members of his department to make their own investments. That entity, MacPherson Partners, had acquired several warrants for the stock of Storer Broadcasting in 1985. At the time, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts was in the midst of a leveraged buyout of Storer, and Drexel was lead underwriter for the bonds being issued. One of Drexel's other clients bought several Storer warrants and sold them back to the high-yield bond department. The department in turn sold them to MacPherson. This partnership included Milken, other Drexel executives, and a few Drexel customers. However, it also included several managers of money market funds who had worked with Milken in the past. It appeared that the money managers bought the warrants for themselves and didn't offer the same opportunity to the funds they managed.[18] Some of Milken's children also got warrants, according to Stewart, raising the appearance of Milken self-dealing.[23]
However, the warrants to money managers were especially problematic. At the very least, Milken's actions were a serious breach of Drexel's internal regulations, and the money managers had breached their fiduciary duty to their clients. At worst, the warrants could have been construed as bribes to the money managers to influence decisions they made for their funds.[23] Indeed, several money managers were eventually convicted on bribery charges.[24] The discovery of MacPherson Partners—whose very existence had not been known to the public at the time—seriously eroded Milken's credibility with the board. On December 21, 1988, Drexel entered an Alford plea to six counts of stock parking and stock manipulation. Although this was technically a guilty plea, Drexel merely admitted that it was "not in a position to dispute the allegations" made by the government. As part of the deal, Drexel agreed that Milken had to leave the firm if indicted.[9][18]
In March 1989, a federal grand jury indicted Milken on 98 counts of racketeering and fraud. The indictment accused Milken of a litany of misconduct, including insider trading, stock parking (concealing the real owner of a stock), tax evasion and numerous instances of repayment of illicit profits. The most intriguing charge was that Boesky paid Drexel $5.3 million in 1986 for Milken's share of profits from illegal trading. This payment was represented as a consulting fee to Drexel. Shortly afterward, Milken resigned from Drexel and formed his own firm, International Capital Access Group.[9][18]
This was one of the first times RICO was used against an individual with no ties to organized crime. Milken originally planned to fight the charges against him, even though he risked spending the rest of his life in prison if convicted. He hired one of Ronald Reagan's former campaign aides, Linda Goodson Robinson (the wife of American Express president James Robinson) to launch a public relations campaign prior to the trial. Milken and other Drexel figures hired Edward Bennett Williams as their attorney. Williams was well known for representing Watergate figures as well as major Mafia figures including Frank Costello. After Williams died of cancer, Milken's handlers hired various other attorneys and his case became more difficult.
On April 24, 1990, Milken pleaded guilty to six counts of securities and tax violations.[8] Three of them involved dealings with Ivan Boesky to conceal the real owner of a stock.[22]
Two other counts were related to tax evasion in transactions Milken carried out for a client of the firm, David Solomon, a fund manager.[22]
The last count was for conspiracy to commit these five violations.
The estimated injury for all counts combined was, by the judge's account, $318,000 and by the U.S. Probation Office's account $685,000.[25]
As part of his plea, Milken agreed to pay $200 million in fines. At the same time, he agreed to a settlement with the SEC in which he paid $400 million to investors who had been hurt by his actions. He also accepted a lifetime ban from any involvement in the securities industry. In a related civil lawsuit against Drexel he agreed to pay $500 million to Drexel's investors.[26][27] In total this means that he paid $1.1 billion for all lawsuits related to his actions while working at Drexel.
Critics of the government charge that the government indicted Milken's brother Lowell in order to put pressure on Milken to settle, a tactic condemned as unethical by some legal scholars. "I am troubled by - and other scholars are troubled by - the notion of putting relatives on the bargaining table," said Vivian Berger, a professor at Columbia University Law School, in a 1990 interview with the New York Times.[28] As part of the deal, the case against Lowell was dropped. Federal investigators also questioned some of Milken's relatives about their investments.[9]
At Milken's sentencing, Judge Kimba Wood told him:
You were willing to commit only crimes that were unlikely to be detected.... When a man of your power in the financial world... repeatedly conspires to violate, and violates, securities and tax business in order to achieve more power and wealth for himself... a significant prison term is required.[23]
Milken's sentence was later reduced to two years from ten; he served 22 months.[29][30]
In February 2013, the SEC announced that they were investigating whether or not Milken violated his lifetime ban from the securities industry. The investigation was based around Milken allegedly providing investment advice through Guggenheim Partners.[31] Since 2011, the SEC have been investigating Guggenheim's relationship with client Milken.[32]
|This section of a biographical article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2011)
In 1982, Milken and his brother Lowell founded the Milken Family Foundation to support medical research and education. Through the Milken Educator Awards (founded in 1985), the MFF has awarded a total of more than $60 million to more than 2,500 teachers. Among the other initiatives of the Milken Family Foundation are the:
Upon his release from prison in 1993, Milken founded the Prostate Cancer Foundation for prostate cancer research, which by 2010 was "the largest philanthropic source of funds for research into prostate cancer."[33] Milken himself was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in the same month he was released.[34] His cancer is currently in remission. The Prostate Cancer Foundation works closely with Major League Baseball through its Home Run Challenge program to promote awareness of prostate cancer and raise money for medical research. Each season in the weeks leading up to Father's Day, Milken visits many ballparks and appears on TV and radio broadcasts during the games.
In 2003, Milken launched a Washington, D.C.-based think tank called FasterCures, which seeks greater efficiency in researching all serious diseases. A key initiative of FasterCures is BioBank Central, which is advancing life sciences research in areas as diverse as autism, psoriasis and breast cancer.[34]
The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) was launched in 2007 to support innovative translational studies that advance the diagnosis, staging and treatment of melanoma, a skin cancer.
Fortune magazine called Milken "The Man Who Changed Medicine" in a 2004 cover story on his philanthropy.[5]
In September 2012, Milken and the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, jointly hosted 1,000 senior medical scientists, patients, activists, philanthropists, regulators, and members of Congress at a three-day conference[35] to demonstrate the return on investment in medical research.
On March 11, 2014, President Steven Knapp of the The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. announced the university would rename its public health school after Milken as a result of a total of $80 million in gifts, $50 million from the Milken Institute and the Milken Family Foundation and $30 million gift from Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone. These gifts are designated to research and scholarship on public health issues.[36]
Milken is married to the former Lori Anne Hackel, whom he has known since grade school.[37] They have three children.[38]


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Kindle Daily Deal: Lauren Beukes' Zoo CityBy · Comments
Calling US and Canadian Kindle users: for one day only, you can get the award-winning Zoo City by Lauren Beukes for just $1.99! Head over to the Daily Deal store to pick up your copy of this stunning novel.
Robot Round-Up: September TitlesBy · Comments
With the US and ebook release dates for our September titles – The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley and The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan – fast approaching, what better time to recap the wonderful and exciting things that are being said about these two fantastic books.
The Mirror Empire's release follows hot on the heels of Kameron's TWO Hugo awards at LonCon, and is certainly making waves in the fantasy circles. We are very excited for it be unleashed on the general public, and look forward to seeing and hearing reader reactions. For the full list of Kameron's blog tour, check out her blog post here. For now, here are just some of the rave reviews The Mirror Empire has received, thus far:
STARRED REVIEW: "This is a hugely ambitious work, bloody and violent, with interestingly gender-flipped politics and a host of factions to keep straight, as points of view switch often. Although it is a challenging read, the strong narrative thread in this new series from Hurley (God's War) pulls readers through the imaginative tangle of multiple worlds and histories colliding."
– Library Journal
STARRED REVIEW: "Hurley (Rapture) reuses old tropes to excellent effect, interweaving them with original elements to create a world that will fascinate and delight her established fans and appeal to newcomers. Readers will blaze through this opening installment and eagerly await the promised sequel."
– Publishers Weekly
"Hurley intelligently tackles issues of culture and gender, while also throwing in plenty of bloodthirsty action and well-rounded characters. This is a fresh, exciting fantasy epic that's looking to the future and asking important questions. 4****/5″
– SFX magazine
"The Mirror Empire is a fresh, vigorous, and gripping entrant into the epic fantasy genre, able to stand toe-to-toe with any of the heavyweight series out there. I cannot recommend this novel highly enough."
– SF Revu
"The Mirror Empire is epic in every sense of the word. Hurley has built a world – no, worlds – in which cosmology and magic, history and religion, politics and prejudice all play crucial roles. Prepare yourself for sentient plants, rifts in the fabric of reality, and remarkable powers that wax and wane with the stars themselves. Forget all about tentative, conventional fantasy; there's so much great material in here that Hurley needs more than one universe in order to fit it all in."
– Brian Staveley, author of The Emperor's Blades
"Taking epic fantasy down challenging and original paths. Thoughtful and thought-provoking with every twist and turn."
– Juliet E. McKenna
"For me [The Mirror Empire] did all the things a fantasy should do — holding our own societies up to the light by reflecting off worlds that are very different. Add in a magic system where the users are only powerful some of the time, and semi sentient vegetation that is possibly more of a threat than the magic users, and I happily sank into this book with a satisfied sigh."
– Francis Knight
– Courtney Schafer, author of The Whitefire Crossing
"The Mirror Empire is the most original fantasy I've read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas, expanding the horizons of the genre. A complex and intricate book full of elegant ideas and finely-drawn characters."
– Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of The Shadows of the Apt series and finalist for the 2014 Gemmel Legend Award
"There's a powerful yet elegant brutality in The Mirror Empire that serves notice to traditional epic fantasy: move over, make way, an intoxicating new blend of storytelling has arrived. These are pages that will command your attention."
– Bradley Beaulieu, author of The Lays of Anuskaya trilogy
"With vividly inventive world building and a fast-paced plot, The Mirror Empire opens a smart, brutal, and ambitious epic fantasy series. Book two is already on my must-read list."
- Kate Elliott , author of the Spiritwalker Trilogy
"The Mirror Empire takes look at epic fantasy patriarchy & gives it a firm kick in the balls…[it] will be the most important book you read this year."
– Alex Ristea, Ristea's Reads
"In the two worlds of The Mirror Empire, we get Deadly Plants, Blood Magic, and yes, Brutal Women. The Mirror Empire is both a chance for fantasy fans to get to know Hurley's writing, and for previous fans of her work to see what she can do in a new vein. And for readers new to her work, this is in many ways the best place to start. 4.5****/5."
– Paul Weimer, SF Signal
"One of the most stunning epic fantasies I've read this year. The setting is unique and plays a major role in the story. A spectacular novel."
– Books Without Any Pictures
"I can't even tell you how much I liked this book. It was long, yes, but I didn't mind it because there was just so much awesome happening. I classify it as a fantasy, but it could also be considered science fiction, what with the parallel universes and binary star system and all."
– In Case of Survival
"At its best this novel is as good as anything I have read this year. Expect to hear 'ambitious' a lot; I couldn't imagine the mental and physical mapping it would take to hold all these pieces together but hold together they do. The world is alive, the world is unique, and the world is actually built rather than borrowed."
– Fantasy Review Barn
Not content with releasing The Mirror Empire in September, we also have the award-winning author Rod Duncan with The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter, a riotous novel of alternate history, set in a divided England. The cover is the first thing to catch everyone's attention, and rightly so. This beautiful creation is by the fantastically talented Will Staehle, and visit Tor.com for Will's exclusive post on his design process. The first book in the Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire has certainly struck a cord with readers, and here's some of the reasons why reviewers are loving Elizabeth Barnabus and her story:
"Steeped in illusion and grounded in an alternative history of the Luddite Rebellion, Duncan's strong supernatural mystery serves ably as both a standalone adventure and the start to a series…Strategically placed steampunk tropes inform but do not overwhelm Elizabeth's headlong quest to find a missing aristocrat sought by the Patent Office, which is fixated on both achieving perfection and eliminating "unseemly science." A hazardous border crossing into the permissively corrupt Kingdom of England and Southern Wales provides ample excitement, and a glossary at the novel's conclusion hints enticingly at a much more involved story to come."
– Publishers Weekly
A "detective story with a difference…Chapters begin with quotes from the legendary Bullet-Catcher's Handbook, phrases that introduce not only the idea of illusion that pervades the novel, but also the author's sly humour. [Duncan's misdirection is] subtly and well done, all the way through the book, right to a neat little twist at the end, a play on the title that had me nodding in approval. Each [character] is vividly portrayed, lively enough to feel like the heroes of their own stories, all with distinctive voices; it's always a good sign when you find yourself reading dialogue out loud, rolling your lips and tongue around the words.
Rod Duncan's talent has combined inventive plot and characterisation to create a smart, amusing and fascinating tale that had me reading long into the night."
– Fantasy Faction
"It's all steampunk and circus wonder as we follow the adventures of Elizabeth Barnabas.The double crosses along the way keep the plot tight and fun, and the conclusion sets us up nicely for book two."
– The Washington Post, Best New Science Fiction and Steampunk
"If I had a bowler hat, I'd take it off to the author of this beautifully crafted steampunk novel."
– Chris D'Lacey, author of The Last Dragon Chronicles
"Rod Duncan's The Bullet Catcher's Daughter is a magic box pulsating with energy. Compulsive reading from the get-go, the blend of steampunk alternate history wrapped in the enigma of a chase makes for first-rate entertainment in this finely crafted novel."
– Graham Joyce, author of Year of the Ladybird
"The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter is off to a solid start. Rod Duncan has created a wonderful setting in The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter taking in account the big as well as the small things that are needed to make a world go round. He has struck a perfect balance between both highlighting the characters, from our main protagonist Elizabeth Barnabus down to the secondary characters, and the world itself, using bits and pieces of exisiting history spinning it in his own way by adding enough fantasy influences to make it one-of-a-kind. It is with these kind of books that make sure the fantasy genre is kept fresh. If you are looking for something new and refreshing make sure you read The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter, it's is everything you want and much more!"
– The Book Plank
"Looking for a good book? Mystery, duplicity, secret societies, alchemy, romance, action … The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan has it all and promises to be the talked-about/must-read book for sci-fi/fantasy enthusiasts this year!"
– Looking For A Good Read
"Really, a fine and well crafted novel. As per the glossary, Elizabeth plays a key role in the fall of the Gas-lit empire. Cheers to that as she is a captivating character. Angry Robot has picked a winner."
- Koeur's Book Reviews
"Steampunk at its best. Engaging characters, spectacular settings and snappy dialogue."
- Cayocosta72 Book Reviews
"I was immediately hooked by the world Duncan created. What would the world look like if the Industrial Revolution had been halted, even reverse? What really made this book for me was Elizabeth Barnabas. Her unusual upbringing in a traveling circus and her five years of forced independence have made her clever and strong. She's a wonderful character and it was a treat to watch her work through the challenges the cropped up as she find out why everyone wants to get their hands on the Duchess's missing brother.
"The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter is the opening book in a series and I will be eagerly waiting for the next installment of Elizabeth's adventures."
– Summer Reading Project
"The Bullet Catcher's Daughter is an entertaining book that has some genuine, original touches combined with a clever story and even cleverer characters."
– SF Book Reviews
"Rod Duncan has successfully written an absorbing tale from the perspective of a woman in the early nineteenth century. This is science-fiction with the sub genre of Steampunk, so technology is unorthodox and fascinating. A cracking read."
– Fancy Pans Cafe
"Duncan has crafted a credible and intriguing world where the twists of a society founded on very different ideals are perhaps even more important than the technology. That makes this novel, while solidly a steampunk offering, feel very fresh and engaging. The backdrop of the circus and the surprising way Elizabeth manages to make a living give the whole story real depth. This is the first in a planned series of novels entitled The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire: I'm certainly looking forward to the next installments. Fabulous."
- Geek in Sydney
Have you pre-ordered your copy yet? Both books are released in the US and on ebook next Tuesday, 26 August with UK and ROW releasing Thursday, 4 September. Happy reading!
Angry Robot at LonConBy · Comments
Wondering where our Angry Robot authors are going to be over the next few days? Here's a handy Angry Robot Guide to LonCon!
Madeline Ashby:
Wednesday 13 August
Forbidden Planet, 6 – 7pm
Thursday 14 August
The Anime Canon: From the Classics to the Defining Works of Today
Capital Suite 3 (Level 3), 4:30pm – 6pm
Friday 15 August
London Suite 5 (Level 0), 5:30pm – 6pm
Saturday 16 August
The Philosophical Mecha
London Suite 3 (Level 0), 3pm – 4:30pm
50 Years After: Asimov Predicts 2014 World's Fair
Capital Suite 15 (Level 3), 4:30pm – 6pm
Sunday 17 August
I Can't Do That, Dave: Artificial Intelligence, Imagination, and Fear
Capital Suite 10 (Level 3), 1:30pm – 3pm
Adam Christopher:
Wednesday 13 August
Forbidden Planet, 6 – 7pm
Thursday 14 August
Exhibits Hall Signing Space (Level 1), 3pm – 4:30pm
London Suite 1 (Level 0), 6pm – 6:30pm
Friday 15 August
Welcome Party
Fan Activity Tent (Level 0), 9pm – 11pm
London Suite 5 (Level 0), 12pm – 1pm
Sunday 17 August
Authors Accept, Encourage, and Create Fan Works Too
Capital Suite 7+12 (Level 3), 11am – 12pm
Detectives in SF
Capital Suite 10 (Level 3), 4:30pm – 6pm
Wesley Chu:
Wednesday 13 August
Forbidden Planet, 6 – 7pm
Friday 15 August
Social Media and New Authors
Capital Suite 10 (Level 3), 11am – 12pm
London Suite 1 (Level 0), 5pm – 5.30pm
Saturday 16 August
The Road Goes Ever On and On: the Wheel of Time
Capital Suite 14 (Level 3), 12pm – 1:30pm
Agent Hunting
South Gallery 33, 2pm – 3pm
Reading the Other
Capital Suite 13 (Level 3), 6pm – 7pm
Sunday 17 August
Exhibits Hall Signing Space (Level 1), 12pm – 1:30pm
London Suite 5 (Level 0), 2pm – 3pm
Matthew Hughes:
Saturday 16 August
Exhibits Hall Signing Space (Level 1), 11am – 12pm
Anne Lyle:
Wednesday 13 August
Forbidden Planet, 6 – 7pm
Thursday 14 August
Capital Suite 10 (Level 3), 4pm – 4:30pm
Friday 15 August
Fantasy vs. SF: Is the Universe Looking Out for You?
Capital Suite 11 (Level 3), 8pm – 9pm
Saturday 16 August
Exhibits Hall Signing Space (Level 1), 11am – 12pm
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Looking for the best way to kickstart your LonCon experience? Get yourself to Forbidden Planet tonight at 6pm to meet a host of wonderful authors!
Joining us in the London Megastore tonight from 6 – 7pm, are:
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• Gregory Benford
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• Wesley Chu
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All alone in the mooooonliiiiiiight…By · Comments
At the time of writing this opening sentence, it has been 5 years 7 months, 5 days and 6 hours since I started work for Angry Robot. When I joined, I knew about genre, and I knew a bit about books, and I knew about putting together a weekly short fiction ezine, and (as a very early adopter) I knew about ebooks, but I knew very little about the business of publishing.
I've learned a huge amount in my time at Angry Robot, and it is only because of the mentorship of my friend and publisher Marc Gascoigne, that I have progressed as far as I have. Five years ago I would not have dreamed that I would not only be heading up the team of a new imprint for Tor.com, but find myself nominated for a Hugo award. And I couldn't have done it without Marc's leadership, and the support of the various fine folk who I have been proud to call my colleagues at Angry Robot.
I'm on the train, now, heading home from Angry Robot Towers for the last time, so I thought it worth mentioning a few of my highlights of the last five years and change.
Day 1
Heading into the office on January 3, 2009 for my first proper job in publishing. Treated with more professional courtesy than my newbie status probably warranted.
July 1, 2009
Our first books hit the shelves – Lauren Beukes's Moxyland and Kaaron Warren's Slights. Two books that even now feature highly on my Favourite Angry Robot Books list.
Amanda Rutter, the editor of our erstwhile YA imprint, said one day, "You know – there really should be a YA convention in the UK." Marc and I both said, "Well, why don't you go make one, then?" so Amanda contacted lots of fine folk at lots of other fine publishers, and YALC was born. Though Strange Chemistry stopped publishing before YALC happened, it happened because of Amanda, and I'm proud that Angry Robot had a part in its conception. Amanda does not get enough credit for her part in this.
The Hugo Nomination
Not only was I stunned to find myself shortlisted for Best Editor (Long Form) this year, but I was more stunned when I discovered that no British editor has ever been nominated in the past. There are plenty of other fine folk in the UK who deserve this, and I will probably blog about them at some point over the next few weeks.
Discovering New Talent
I mentioned this in the recent 5-year Celebration blog post, but it has been an absolute delight and privilege to help some of the genre's best new authors publish their first books.
New Friends and New Family
Despite a few dirty uncles sitting in the corner, loudly drooling into their bowls, our genre has provided me with the sort of family and friendship I never experienced in any previous occupation. The quantity of alcohol consumed at conventions might have something to do with this, but that's only part of it.
So, thank-you Marc, Mike, John, Mike 2, Amanda, Emlyn, Caroline, Bryon, Abi, Steve, Chris and all the support staff at Osprey HQ. I'm not going to say "goodbye" to Angry Robot. I was there from the start, and it will always be my baby. I will continue to follow AR with keen interest, and cheer it on from the sidelines.
As should you – it really is the best independent publisher in the world, you know!
Over and Out,
Angry Robot Live! video playlistBy · Comments
Attention, Robot Army!
I have collected all four of the Angry Robot Live! panels so far into a YouTube Playlist, which you can find here.
The playlist is also embedded here, for your viewing pleasure. Partake of all of the robotic wisdom and wisecracking from the comfort of your cubicle, cabana, or wireless-enabled mobile artillery platform.
Titan Books Join the Robot Invasion of Forbidden PlanetBy · Comments
We're delighted to announce that Titan Books are joining us for our Forbidden Planet evening! Not only can you meet some of our authors, but also a host of greats from Titan.
Taking place in the London Megastore on Wednesday 13 August from 6 – 7pm, join us to meet the following authors:
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• Gregory Benford
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• Anne Lyle
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• Kim Newman
• V. E. Schwab
• Charles Stross
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Come along, grab yourself a signed book or two and enjoy the evening – this won't be formal event, just a chance to find some fabulous fiction!
Robot Round-Up 01.08.14By · Comments
We're welcoming in the month of August with a round-up of some of the latest reviews and activity from our authors.
First up, the much-anticipated Kameron Hurley's The Mirror Empire, September 2014.
• Publishers Weekly rewarded Kameron's epic fantasy novel with a starred review: "Hurley reuses old tropes to excellent effect, interweaving them with original elements to create a world that will fascinate and delight her established fans and appeal to newcomers. Readers will blaze through this opening installment and eagerly await the promised sequel."
• It's hard to choose just one or two great lines from Alex Ristea's review but here's a taster of why he loved it so much: "This is world-building at its finest—an imaginative and fantastical world that is unrelenting in its immersiveness…The Mirror Empire takes a look at the epic fantasy patriarchy and gives it a firm kick in the balls." Alex ends his rave review by saying, The Mirror Empire "will be the most important book you read this year."
• When the most a reviewer dislikes about a book is the wait for its sequel, it's safe to say we're pretty happy. Thus was the case when In Case of Survival read The Mirror Empire: "I can't even tell you how much I liked this book…I cannot wait to come back to the Worldbreaker universe and find out what the characters are up to."
• Fantasy Review Barn awards with 4 stars: "The Mirror Empire will make your head hurt in a very good way. I couldn't imagine the mental and physical mapping it would take to hold all these pieces together but hold together they do. This book deals with gendered expectations on every page yet could be read for the story alone; different conventions and expectations are ingrained into the societies portrayed so naturally that they shouldn't even raise a brow. The world is alive, the world is unique, and the world is actually built rather than borrowed."
• Can't wait for The Mirror Empire's release? Check out Tor.com's excerpt, and lastly, here's a hat tip to Amanda Rutter, former Strange Chemistry editor, who worked on The Mirror Empire and has been blogging about it on Floor to Ceiling Books.
Rod Duncan's The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter, September 2014, charmed Publishers Weekly early on, "Duncan's strong supernatural mystery serves ably as both a standalone adventure and the start to a series."
• Alister at Fantasy Faction is blaming TBCD for some late nights and tired mornings: "It's fair to say I was smitten by The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter. Rod Duncan's talent has combined inventive plot and characterisation to create a smart, amusing and fascinating tale that had me reading long into the night."
• Annie over on the Summer Reading Project "was immediately hooked by the world Duncan created." Eagerly awaiting the next instalment, what made this book for Annie "was Elizabeth Barnabas. Her unusual upbringing in a traveling circus and her five years of forced independence have made her clever and strong. She's a wonderful character and it was a treat to watch her work through the challenges the cropped up as she find out why everyone wants to get their hands on the Duchess's missing brother."
• I'm glad to see Looking For A Good Book trusted us with an unknown author: "There wasn't a single moment that I felt bored or wanted to skip ahead a little. I was mesmerized early and the story and characters blossomed before me with precision…Looking for a good book? Mystery, duplicity, secret societies, alchemy, romance, action … The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan has it all and promises to be the talked-about/must-read book for sci-fi/fantasy enthusiasts this year!"
• SF Book: "The Bullet Catcher's Daughter is an entertaining book that has some genuine, original touches combined with a clever story and even cleverer characters."
The Shadow Master by Craig Cormick, July 2014, has been instigating a lot of online chat and Craig himself has been busy with interviews on the Qwillery and Donna Maree Hanson, amongst many others.
• While Avid Fantasy Reviews thinks The Shadow Master is one of the strangest books we here at Angry Robot Books have published, it seems that works as it's rated 8.5 / 10 and one of the best books she's read all year!
• Upcoming4.me have Craig's Story Behind his Story, and for more details on Craig's inspiration for The Shadow Master, click here
• Craig has also been on Tor.com for his Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe.
Anna Kashina is celebrating the release of her second novel, The Guild of Assassins, August 2014, the sequel to Blades of the Old Empire and is enjoying dual promotion!
• The Blogger Girls "loved, loved, loved the world and the characters" of Blades of the Old Empire, and I'm sure are looking forward to The Guild of Assasins!
• Anna is on Mary Robinette Kowal's blog talking about her Favourite Bit of The Guild of Assassins
• On August 4 Anna starts a Blog Tour with full details here, with a chance to win both Blades of the Old Empire and The Guild of Assassins as well this banner, courtesy of Tasty Book Tours:
Angry Robot Live! #4 RecapBy · Comments
Last night was our fourth Angry Robot Live! We talked about Scope and Scale in Fantasy.
Our panelists were Kameron Hurley and Anna Kashina.
If you missed the live show, you can watch the whole thing here. Please note that you'll want to turn up the volume for the first 23 or so minutes, as Kameron's audio was soft until she switched over to a different mic.
Much fun was had by all!
During the panel, Kameron mentioned Universe Sandbox.
And this is me waving goodbye to dozens of writers reading this as they disappear for two weeks.
Paul S. Kemp wasn't able to make the panel, but he wrote at length via twitter on his thoughts about Scope and Scale. You can read them in a Storify here.
And last, but not least, I've included a couple of questions below that we weren't able to answer during the panel.
From Paul Weimer:
How does individual character creation and development change (or not) in working in different scale sizes in Fantasy?
Do you find maps, glossaries, concordances a necessary evil or a joy to create (and have readers read) in secondary world fantasy?
Do you start or approach a novel idea differently depending on whether its S&S or Epic in its scales/stakes?
Please feel free to continue the conversation here in the comments. Until next time, Stay Angry.
Kindle Daily Deal: Ashby's Machine DynastyBy · Comments
We've been spoiling you lately with great Kindle US Daily Deals, and we are back today with another one: both vN and iD by Madeline Ashby are available at only $1.99 each! Get your grandma-eating characters at bargain prices, for one day only.
Robot Squadron Leaders Never Give UpBy · Comments
It's been very busy at Angry Robot HQ lately, and not just because of the fantastic titles we've been publishing! I know some of you have noticed I've been quieter, and out of the office a few days, but I'm back…and just about in one piece.
I play Gaelic Football for Roger Casements GAA Club and just last week we had a very exciting game…the Warwickshire Championship Final. This is one of three competitions we play in throughout the year and, as the county final, it was a big day for the players and the club. These big games require everyone to put their all in, and as I'm captain of the team I expect myself to give even more. However, breaking my foot 10 minutes into a 60 minute game – and continuing to play for the rest of the game – is maybe a bit more than I would usually expect. In my defence, I did think I'd 'only' broken my toe or something smaller than my fifth metatarsal!
As our Robot Leader, Marc, declared, we're tough cookies here at Angry Robot Books!
Unfortunately this fancy shoe I'm wearing does mean I can't drive and thus won't be in the office until it's off, so it's best to reach me via email for the time being. If you need to have a chat, email me for my mobile number.
Let this be a lesson: don't mess with the Robot Team…we don't ever give up!
For anyone interested, here's a YouTube video* that'll give you the gist of the national sport of Ireland!
Angry Robot Live #4 – Scope and Scale in FantasyBy · Comments
It's that time again, folks – time for Angry Robot Live!
This month, we're bringing you a discussion of Scope and Scale in Fantasy – from the intense back-alley tales of sword & sorcery to the world-breaking sagas of epic fantasy, the genre spans a huge range in terms of scope. Our panel will discuss the benefits and tradeoffs of operating at different scales, and we'll dig into what makes tales at the different levels of scope powerful in their own ways.
The panel includes:
Kameron Hurley, Kitsschie and Sydney J. Bounds Award-winner and nominee for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. Her The Mirror Empire drops on August 26th in the US/CAN.
Anna Kashina, author of the Majat Code (Blades of the Old Empire, and The Guild of Assassins, which releases on August 5th in the US and CAN).
Paul S. Kemp, New York Times-bestselling author of Star Wars and Dungeons & Dragons novels, and the author of the Tales of Egil and Nix (The Hammer and the Blade, A Discourse in Steel).
James A Moore, author of over twenty novels, nominee for the Bram Stoker Award, and author of Seven Forges and The Blasted Lands.
The panel will be Tuesday, July 29th, at 8:30 PM EDT (5:30 PM PDT), and should run about an hour.
If you have any questions for our panelists, please feel free to post them here in the comments, tweet them with #ARLive, or join us to ask them yourself!

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|Fri, 12-09-2011 - 11:00am
Omg please someone vote coach out!!! Can't stand that smug face of his! Then there's the baby Brandon. He needs a bottle! Then his father telling coach he will make Brandon follow him...dumb for sure! I don't think Ozzie has a chance unless he can win all the IC to come! I liked Rick but you didn't know he was on the show until the two shows! Now sophie could win if she makes it to the end! I would like for Albert to win! If he makes it to the end! BUT if they allow coach to make it to the end.....I will be ssssoooo mad! If Ozzie makes it to the end he should win after all the fight to stay!! I'm thinking everyone there now wants Brandon at the end because no one will vote for him to win! I think sophis, Rick, Albert need vote next time for coach out! What's ur thoughts???
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Aladdin Suite, Op. 34/F. 89 by Carl August Nielsen (1865-1931). For 2 d1, 2 d1, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1, timpani, percussion, cello, strings, mixed choir. Scandinavian Arabic/Islamic Chinese African Oriental/Asiatic Mythology/Legends: 20th Century Post-Romantic. Full score. Composed 1919. Duration 25 minutes. Published by Edwin F. Kalmus (KM.A6380-FSC).
Instruments: Choir, Cello, Percussion, Timpani, Vocal, Strings
Genres: 20th Century, Disney, Romantic Period, Scandinavian, Arabic, Classical, Film & TV, World
Concierto Pastoral (1977). (Flute and Piano). By Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999). Schott. Piano Reduction with Solo Part. 93 pages. Schott Music #ED11489. Published by Schott Music (HL.49002841). Contents: Allegro • Adagio • Rondó.
Pages: 93
Instruments: Piano, Flute, Piano and Keyboard, Woodwinds
Genres: 20th Century, Spanish, Classical, World
By Alex Usher. For Autoharp/Chromaharp. Solos. Scottish. Intermediate-Advanced. Book/CD Set. 40 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc
Pages: 40
Instruments: Autoharp, Folk
Genres: Scottish, World
By Jay Althouse. Choir Secular. For 2-Part choir and piano accompaniment (2-Part Choir). Choral Octavo. Alfred Choral Designs. Choral and African. Octavo. Optional percussion. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing
Pages: 16
Instruments: Choir, Piano Accompaniment, Vocal, Piano, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: African, World
(Study Score). By Bela Bartok (1881-1945). For string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) (Study Score). Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. 20th Century and Hungarian. Miniature study score (hardbound). Analysis. 352 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051210282. Published by Boosey & Hawkes
Pages: 352
Instruments: Violin, Cello, Viola, Strings
Genres: 20th Century, Hungarian, Classical, World
Watermark by Enya. For piano. New Age; Pop. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music (HX.9993). About Digital Print Sheet Music Digital Print is printable sheet music available anytime, anywhere. Just purchase, print and play! View your online sheet music at home, school, work or anywhere you have a computer connected to the Internet. With Digital Print, you can print your digital sheet music immediately after purchase, or wait until its convenient. And our software installation is easy - we'll guide you through the simple steps to make sure you have Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR and the Sheet Music Plus AIR application. Learn more
Pages: 2
Instruments: Piano, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Celtic, Pop, New Age, World, Miscellaneous
Instantly downloadable sheet music by Anonymous for GTRSO of MEDIUM skill level.
Genres: Classical, Spanish, World
Bizarre Bazaar by Stephen Watkins. For Concert Band. Concert Works. African. Medium. Full score and set of parts. Duration 4:40. Published by Lake Music (LK.LMP1016). An impression on the famous market in Tripoli.
Genres: African, World
Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez (1921-). Choir Sacred. For SATB choir, piano (or harpsichord), guitar, string bass and percussion (3 players) (SATB choir). Choral (Sacred); Choral Worship Cantata; Larger Works; Worship Resources. Lawson-Gould. Folk Mass based on the rhythms and traditions of Hispanic America. Choral, Sacred and Spanish. Octavo. 64 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.LG51362). A folk mass for mixed chorus and soloists with percussion, guitar and piano or harpsichord accompaniment. Approximate duration 16 minutes. Percussion includes (3 players): 2 Tenor Drums; 2 Tom-Toms; Triangle; Jingles (cascabeles); Small Gong; Temple Blocks; Snare Drum with Brushes. Instrumental accompaniment available on rental.
Pages: 64
Instruments: Choir, Guitar, Piano Accompaniment, Double Bass, Percussion, Harpsichord, Vocal, Piano, Piano and Keyboard, Strings
Genres: Folk, Spanish, World
Instantly downloadable sheet music by Audrey Snyder for choir and piano (SATB) of MEDIUM skill level.
Instruments: Choir, Vocal, Piano, Piano, Vocal, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: World, African, Festival, Celebrations
Instantly downloadable sheet music by Kenyan Folk Song for voice, piano and guitar of MEDIUM skill level.
Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Piano and Keyboard, Vocal
Genres: Folk, World, African
African Guitar - The Mighty Popo DVD by Mighty Popo. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Methods. African. Intermediate. DVD. Duration 76 minutes. Published by Learn Roots Music (MB.MPDVD01). Let The Mighty Popo introduce you to some of the main elements of African guitar playing and history in this easy to understand lesson for the intermediate guitarist. In this lesson, Popo introduces you to: The Rumba Feel, Zydeco Rhythms in Relation to African Guitar, Bass Lines for Guitar, History Of African Guitar, Double Stop Runs on Guitar, The Soukous Feel, Chord Inversions, African Blues Feel, Mixing Major and Minor Licks, Right Hand Techniques, Tuning Your D to E, and more!
Instruments: Fingerpicking Guitar, Guitar
Genres: African, World
African Alleluia by Jay Althouse. Choir Secular. For SSA choir and piano accompaniment (Women's Choir). Choral Octavo. Alfred Choral Designs. Choral and African. Octavo. Optional percussion. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.27116). With optional percussion. Choral and African. 9x12 inches. Bongo and hand drum accompaniment highlight this African-styled work filled with rhythmic intensity. The simple "alleluia" text allows the melodic and rhythmic lines to take center stage. An add-on section makes it an exciting piece, building to a powerful finish.Inst. Parts Available (choral); Recorded Acc. Available.
Pages: 16
Instruments: Choir, Piano Accompaniment, Vocal, Piano, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: African, World
Oscar Herrero - Abantos CD by Oscar Herrero. For Guitar (Classical). Solos. Flamenco. Intermediate. Compact Disc. Published by Acordes Concert (MB.AC170605). ISBN 8421331011282. Flamenco. 5.5x5 inches. On Disc 1, Herrero presents his newest company of chosen musicians who accompany him in this project. On Disc 2, Herrero presents these same works accompanied only by his guitar. A genuine homage to the most demanding of palates that sometime long to taste and to enjoy solo guitar.
Instruments: Acoustic Guitar, Guitar
Genres: Flamenco, Spanish, Latin, World
Learn to Play the English Penny Whistle Book/CD/Instrument. For Tin Whistle. Methods. Walton. British Isles. Beginning. Book/CD/Instrument. 48 pages. Published by Walton's Manufacturing Ltd (MB.WM1531). ISBN 5390731015318. British Isles. 7.67x12 inches. The tinwhistle or penny whistle is probably the easiest musical instrument to play in the world. Its sweet melodious tone will give many hours of pleasure with minimum effort. This pack has been designed with the complete beginner in mind. It is suitable for all ages from 8 years up. The whistle in this package is made from brass with a plastic mouthpiece and comes in the key of D. The finger spacing has been designed to suit all ages (8 and up). It is playable with a minimum of breath. The 48-page instructional booklet gives clear instructions on how to play the penny whistle, and does not require you to read music. Each tune is fully diagrammed to allow the complete beginner to play immediately. There are 26 great English and International tunes presented in order of difficulty, with instructions in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Japanese. The demonstration CD contains all the tunes in the book, and is a great aid to learning.
Pages: 48
Instruments: Tin Whistle, Folk
Genres: British, World
You Raise Me Up by Celtic Woman. By Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham. For Piano/Vocal/Chords. Irish; Traditional; Adult Contemporary. 5 pages. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PS-0011043). This song arranged for piano/vocal/chords is from Celtic Woman's The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection. About Digital Print Sheet Music Digital Print is printable sheet music available anytime, anywhere. Just purchase, print and play! View your online sheet music at home, school, work or anywhere you have a computer connected to the Internet. With Digital Print, you can print your digital sheet music immediately after purchase, or wait until its convenient. And our software installation is easy - we'll guide you through the simple steps to make sure you have Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR and the Sheet Music Plus AIR application. Learn more
Pages: 5
Genres: Adult Contemporary, Irish, St. Patrick's Day, Miscellaneous, World, Celebrations
Instantly downloadable sheet music by Rollo Dilworth for orchestra (Rhythm/Trumpets) of MEDIUM skill level.
Genres: Gospel, World, African American, Christian, Religious
By Enya. By Enya, Ricky Ryan, and Roma Ryan. Arranged by Kirby Shaw. SSA. Pop Choral Series. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard
Pages: 8
Instruments: Choir, Vocal
Genres: Celtic, New Age, World, Miscellaneous
Instantly downloadable sheet music by Miscellaneous for choir and piano (TTBB) of MEDIUM skill level.
Instruments: Choir, Vocal, Piano, Piano, Vocal, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: African American, World
For SATB choir (A Cappella) (SATB A Cappella). Walton Choral. African and Protest. Collection and performance CD. Introductory text, performance notes and chord names. 24 pages. Walton Music #WW1299. Published by Walton Music
Pages: 24
Instruments: A Cappella, Choir, Vocal
Genres: African, World
Instantly downloadable sheet music by Rollo Dilworth for orchestra (Rhythm/Trumpets) of MEDIUM skill level.
Genres: Gospel, World, African American, Christian, Religious
(Low Voice). By Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916). Universal JV Classical. 174 pages. Published by Ricordi
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Genres: Italian, World


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Has there been a coup in North Korea?
Where is Kim Jong-un?
He has not been seen in public for nearly 40 days. There is increasing speculation that there has been a coup in North Korea.
Foreign Policy analyses the situation:
It's now been 36 days since Kim Jong Un was last seen in public. Is his absence good for North Korea and the threat it poses to the rest of the world? Or should we hope that he returns?
Most North Korea experts seem to believe that he soon will indeed end his absence — or that he will at least give a signal of his continued grip on power. Oct. 10, which marks the country's Party Founding Day, has been cited as a possible time for his return. By contrast, many Western news sources — or at least their headlines — are speculating that Kim has met with a serious illness, or been ousted in a coup. Headlines like theGuardian's "Kim Jong Un: Has the North Korean Dynasty Fallen?" abound.
Setting aside for now the impossible question of where Kim has gone — Pyongyang's state-run media say he is sick, though he could also be under house arrest, dead, on vacation, or simply bored of appearing in public — North Korea is arguably much more stable with Kim at the helm. (First, the eternal caveat when writing about North Korea: The country is more opaque than an eye afflicted with cataracts, so much of what I'm writing is speculation.)
The most dangerous thing about North Korea is its unpredictability. Because we know so little about what Pyongyang wants, or why it does what it does, it's difficult to prepare for contingencies. North Korea has recently taken several steps to improve its ability to fire missiles at the United States: It has upgraded its main rocket-launch site, increased production of fissile material, and tested engines for a missile that could reach U.S. territory. Military planners and decision-makers in the U.S. government — and in other countries — need to be able to predict the likelihood that Kim will launch an attack on their country.


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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- Antwan Burrus shot 63.6 percent from the field and led Liberty in a second-half comeback and 62-58 victory over Sam Houston Saturday in the championship of the Corpus Christi Classic.
Burrus sparked a 15-5 rally in the second half after scoring five-straight points for the Flames (3-5), which gave them their first lead of the game. He finished with 15 points. Liberty outscored Sam Houston by 13 points in the second half.
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Rookie backup Tuel throws pick six to seal Bills' loss. Terry McCormick
The Buffalo Bills lost starting quarterback E.J. Manuel in Thursday night's game after he took a shot to his right knee on a scramble against the Cleveland Browns.
Manuel, the team's first-round pick, tried to jog on the sideline and ride the stationary bike, but he eventually went to the locker room to be further evaluated.
In his place came another rookie, undrafted Jeff Tuel, whose night ended badly with a pick six throw to Cleveland's T.J. Ward that turned a six-point deficit into a 37-24 loss.
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Gavin Floyd clears first hurdle in rehab from Tommy John surgery
BY TONI GINNETTI Staff Reporter September 14, 2013 10:48PM
Chicago White Sox Vs Tampa Bay Rays. Chicago White Sox pitcher No.34 Gavin Floyd, walks off the field with an injury in the 3rd Inning. Saturday April 27, 2013 I Photo by Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
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White Sox pitcher Gavin Floyd has gotten through the first hard part of recovering from Tommy John surgery.
The next hard part will be waiting to see where his career goes after the rehab process as he enters free agency.
"I started throwing two weeks ago, so I'm in the early stages of throwing,'' said Floyd, 30, who had the procedure in May. "I started with short toss and now it's medium toss.
"There's a long-toss program and then there's a mound-work program. After that it's like, 'You're good,' and then throwing every couple days. At that point I think my arm strength should be where it's just going out there and getting innings pitched and mixing up pitches.
"There's a process to this whole thing, so I'm going through the process and I feel good.
"The first throw, you're like, 'What's it going to feel like?' After that, it was good.''
The Tommy John rehab process has become so common for pitchers some consider it inevitable for many throwers.
Because of that, some teams adopt the philosophy that it can be advantageous to take a pitcher post-surgery, knowing the elbow is probably going to be stronger for it.
The Cubs signed right-hander Scott Baker in the offseason even though he had not pitched all last season after his surgery in April.
Last season, the Cubs agreed to acquire pitcher Arodys Vizcaino from the Atlanta Braves while he was on the disabled list after his surgery as part of the trade for pitcher Paul Maholm.
And in 2004, they signed then-free agent Ryan Dempster after he had undergone the surgery in August of 2003 and was released by the Cincinnati Reds at the end of that season.
Floyd knows those kinds of signings have become more common, although he also realizes he faces the prospect of proving he can again be effective.
"I have no idea,'' he said of the path ahead. "My agent [Mike Moye] is getting together with me in October to talk.
"Obviously, my focus is to get healthy and get back on the mound, and it's all going to be a matter of seeing how things progress, and things will kind of sort themselves out.''
The Sox have a laundry list of needs for next season, but pitching isn't necessarily one of them.
"We'll take a look at where Gavin is in his rehab and how the roster is coming together this offseason and then decide the best course of action,'' general manager Rick Hahn said.
Floyd is staying positive.
"I've worked my butt off to try to come back as wisely and as quickly as possible,'' he said. "There have been a lot of guys who have had Tommy John and been in very similar situations. Everybody heals differently. So far, things have been going smoothly. I guess, in time, we'll find out.''
The Sox acquired Floyd and pitcher Gio Gonzalez from the Philadelphia Phillies in December of 2006 for pitcher Freddy Garcia. Floyd's best season was 2008 when he finished 17-8 with a 3.84 ERA. It was the only season he reached the 200-innings mark with 2061/3.
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A delicately scented massage oil that creates a soft, slick texture during use. Drizzle the oil over the skin of your partner and begin to gently rub the organic, moisturising oil into their body for a seductive, sensual massage before lovemaking.
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After use, the skin becomes enriched by the all-natural moisturising properties of the massage oil, leaving it smooth and wonderfully soft to touch with no unwanted residue.
The Swoon range has been developed by Lovehoney in conjunction with actress and award-winning author Julie Peasgood.
Free from petroleum and parabens, it's vegan-friendly, has not been tested on animals and contains organic extracts and all-natural ingredients.
Does not contain nuts.
Ingredients: Vitis Vinifera (Grape Seed Oil), Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Sweet Orange Essential Oil), Citrus Sinensis (Petitgrain Essential Oil), Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Oil), Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Parfum, Citral, Geraniol, Hexylcinnamal, Limonene, Linalool
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- What's it for?: Massage
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Swoon Massage in a Bottle Massage Oil 125ml 10 out of 10 (23 reviews) Write your own reviewOrder by:
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Reviewed: 28 October 2014 by ShinySparkle
Opening the little brown parcel, I was greeted with the typical Swoon packaging. I love the Swoon products, the packaging is adorable.
I opened the box and took out the bottle of oil. You get a lot for your money. This pleased me greatly! I popped the lid and had a little sniff. This smells divine! I couldn't wait to use it.
This oil isn't a sticky-oil, or slimey-oil, it's a luxury-oil. It glides on the body with ease and lasts a reasonable amount of time. It doesn't take ages to soak in, and it doesn't dry up to quickly, it's just right!
There's absolutely nothing I can fault with this. it's a gorgeous thing, and when I run out I will definitely buy more!
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- Everything.
- Cons
- Nothing to say here!
- Bottom line
- You need one of these in your collection! You neeeeeeed it!
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The smell brings back great memories
Reviewed: 20 October 2014 by MrandmrsC, a Straight Married Male
This product is a must-have for all bedrooms!
The slightest whiff of this sends my husband wild because he knows he's in for a treat!
I love the sensual feel if the oils and the massage that accompanies it!
We are on our third bottle already! Well worth the money - you won't regret it!
- Pros
- The smell and feel.
- Cons
- Nothing.
- Bottom line
- Amazing.
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Reviewed: 10 September 2014 by Lovehoney - Jess, a Straight Going Steady Female
I LOVE this massage oil and have gone through about 4 bottles of the stuff now!
From the moment you open the top, the smell is absolutely mouthwatering. It's fresh and fruity, without being too feminine so works well for both sexes.
During massage it glides over the skin beautifully, and lasts absolutely ages. As it warms up, the scent is enhanced making for a seriously sensual experience.
In addition to a massage enhancer, I use this oil as a daily moisturiser. I find that if I use a small amount (a lot less than you would use for massage) and rub it into my arms, elbows (and anywhere else I want to feel silky smooth!) it absorbs quickly enough and doesn't make my clothes greasy. Plus the smell lingers all day as a regular aromatic treat!
I've bought this oil for myself, my Mother and for friends and can't rave about it enough. I love the fact it's made from natural ingredients and isn't tested on animals (which can be harder to come by than you might think nowadays!) so have now made this my regular, guilt-free treat to myself.
I highly recommend it to absolutely anyone with a nose and/or skin.
- Pros
- The smell, consistency and lack of animal testing.
- Cons
- Nothing!
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Reviewed: 26 August 2014 by alibnmimi, a Straight Married Female
Received this product from Lovehoney in the usual plain packaging, but the labelling on the bottle gives it that air of classiness and quality.
Upon opening the bottle you are presented with a 'Chocolate Orange' scent that develops into a vanilla scent which lingers on. However, the vanilla is not sickly or overpowering.
One application will allow you to get into all those tight corners without needing to re-apply. It is fairly thick when first poured from the bottle, but spreads, and spreads, and spreads, and doesn't leave a tackiness or oily feeling on the skin when you are done. In fact, it leaves the skin feeling moisturised and soft.
Being made of natural products makes you feel comfortable that it is good for you, and it sure does leave you feeling silky.
All in all, we find this product good value, and a lot better than other gels and massage products we have tried before.
- Pros
- A little spreads, and when you are finished massaging, your skin feels good.
- Cons
- Nothing at all.
- Bottom line
- Luxury product that adds zest to the experience.
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Super smooth and great smelling
Reviewed: 23 August 2014 by zippo, a Straight Engaged Male
This was the first massage oil we have tried for a long time as my girlfriend is usually allergic to them. This being a natural product, it looked promising.
It came super quick as always, in really great designed packaging, with a small leaflet inside detailing the rest of the range. The bottle was much bigger than I imagined, and looked good value.
We gave it go, lit some candles and put some music on. I gave my girlfriend a full massage all over, being fairly generous with the amount I used. The first thing we noticed was the gorgeous smell, which we both thought smelled like chocolate orange, and the fact that when you used it, the whole room smelled lovely.
It really is lovely to use as my hands glided effortlessly across her body, and she loved it too.
The oil goes a long way and is fairly thick. It seems to warm the skin on contact, which we thought was really good, and would make a nice massage on a chilly night.
After the massage and a bit of fun, my girlfriend was not having any allergic effects at all, which is great. She smelled gorgeous and felt silky smooth even after a shower. The next morning we both noticed how smooth her skin was, and my hands felt really soft. We thought we had used loads, but checked next morning and the bottle still looks nearly full, so this will go a long way and last a long time.
An excellent rating all round, and we will definitely be using this again and again.
- Pros
- The smell and feel of it and the fact it is natural.
- Cons
- Nothing.
- Bottom line
- The best massage oil we have tried, and the best smelling.
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