If your name is Sylvia, today is your name day.
Sylvia is a feminine given name which originates from the Latin word for forest Silva and means spirit of the wood. 10 famous Sylvias:
Sylvia Robinson: known mononymously as Sylvia, American singer and record producer. She was half of Mickey & Sylvia who had a hit with Love Is Strange, and her solo record Pillow Talk in 1973. She later became known for her work as founder and CEO of the pioneering hip hop label Sugar Hill Records.
Sylvia Kirby: another American singer known simply as Sylvia, in her case in the country genre. Her biggest hit was Nobody in 1982.
Sylvia Pankhurst (pictured): British suffragette.
Sylvia Syms: English stage and screen actress. Her best-known film roles include My Teenage Daughter and Woman in a Dressing Gown.
Sylvia Plath: American confessional poet best known for The Colossus and Other Poems, Ariel, and The Bell Jar.
Sylvia Rosen: a neighbour who is friendly with Don and Megan Draper in Mad Men.
Sylvia Anderson: English television and film producer, writer, voice actress and costume designer, best known for her collaborations with Gerry Anderson, her husband between 1960 and 1981.
Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright: New Zealand jurist who served as the 18th governor-general of New Zealand, from 2001 to 2006. She was the second woman to hold the office, after Dame Catherine Tizard.
Sylvia Browne: American psychic.
Sylvia Goodwin: mother of Roy Cropper in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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