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by Thomas K. Carpenter

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The greatest mystery of the ancient world remains the identity of who set fire to the Great Library in Alexandria.

One hundred years later, Heron of Alexandria—the city's most renown inventor and creator of Temple miracles—receives coin from a mysterious patron to investigate the crime. Desperate to be free of the debts incurred by her twin brother, she accepts and sets in motion a chain of events that will shake the Roman Empire and change the course of history forever....
Fires of Alexandria
by Thomas K. Carpenter

$7.99
Kindle Edition published 2011-07-06
Bestseller ranking: 226976

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The greatest mystery of the ancient world remains the identity of who set fire to the Great Library in Alexandria.

One hundred years later, Heron of Alexandria—the city's most renown inventor and creator of Temple miracles—receives coin from a mysterious patron to investigate the crime. Desperate to be free of the debts incurred by her twin brother, she accepts and sets in motion a chain of events that will shake the Roman Empire and change the course of history forever....
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« on: January 27, 2012, 06:41:16 AM »
Ok, some books fill us up, shove us around, dance on our nerves.  But, I'm wondering, what do you read that clears your head?  For me, I'll grab something light and funny, like one of the Jeeves shorts by Wodehouse.  Has to be short, has to be funny.
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2012, 06:10:04 PM »
Quote from: JEV on January 27, 2012, 06:41:16 AM
Ok, some books fill us up, shove us around, dance on our nerves.  But, I'm wondering, what do you read that clears your head?  For me, I'll grab something light and funny, like one of the Jeeves shorts by Wodehouse.  Has to be short, has to be funny.

Hm. New Yorker casuals?
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2012, 06:34:47 PM »
Quote from: JEV on January 27, 2012, 06:41:16 AM
Ok, some books fill us up, shove us around, dance on our nerves.  But, I'm wondering, what do you read that clears your head?  For me, I'll grab something light and funny, like one of the Jeeves shorts by Wodehouse.  Has to be short, has to be funny.

I use the term 'brain sorbet'  for books used to clear my head ....
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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 06:37:37 PM »
Quote from: Geoffrey on January 27, 2012, 06:34:47 PM
I use the term 'brain sorbet'  for books used to clear my head ....

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OK, then those would be the books that I pick up at Costco that are outside my usual reading patterns but are cheap and look interesting. The only chick lit I own was bought there. And that is where I discovered the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, which I have stuck with! That series is a good 'palate cleanser!'
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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2012, 03:33:04 AM »
They used to put on the back of books by the Booker-Prize-winning Glasgow novelist James Kelman...that they were like "dental floss for the brain".
They never took that intrepid leap of faith though...and coined the term "mental floss"!
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« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2012, 03:39:01 AM »
I like 'mental floss' .... clean all that icky, leftover seriousness stuck between your brain cells.
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