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  TIGER and the ROBOT by Grahame Shannon – Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Women’s Adventure

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Tiger and the Robot at the Vancouver Public Library

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Click below to view. Preview of Tiger and the Robot

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“Grahame Shannon is a very old friend of mine and is so decrepit that I doubt he’ll last more than a couple of years. Because of this, he doesn’t really need the money from the proceeds of this book so don’t go buying it if you can copy it from the internet (link TBA). I’ve…

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In 1716 an Edo craftsman named Moriyama created a mechanical fortune-telling machine called Gokensuki. It was a lacquered wood box about the size of a human head. The box had carved, painted eyes and nose on the front and lifelike carved ears on the sides. There was a flap below the nose, painted to look…

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The title of the first book in the Saga series is now Tiger and the Robot

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Last Sunday morning I leashed up Yogi Armani (the designer dog) and headed out to Starbucks. Near our house there is a staircase down to Marine Drive where the nearest one is located. 217 steps. Easy going down, not so easy coming back up. On the way down Yogi stopped and circled. I got out…

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The Ugly by Alexander Boldizar My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Ugly is a serious piece of satire. It begins in a Siberian/Slovak village where men gain power in boulder throwing contests. Muzhduk the Ugly the Fourth walks from Siberia to Boston to study law so he can learn to throw words instead of…

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Starbeam is a luxury motor yacht which appears in Chapter 24 Stage Fright on a Summer Night. It is used as a base for a daring rescue attempt on a remote island in BC.

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