In Poland, today is the name day for people called Gertrude.
Gertrude is a feminine given name derived from Germanic roots meaning "spear" and "strength". 10 famous Gertrudes:
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Gertrude the Great: German Benedictine nun and mystic from the monastery of Helfta. Her feast day is November 16
Gertrude Jekyll: British horticulturist, garden designer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens and wrote over 1000 articles for magazines such as Country Life.
Gertrude Stein: American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.
Gertrude: In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, she is Hamlet's mother and Queen of Denmark.
Gertrude Bell: English writer, traveller and archaeologist. She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and was highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and contacts.
Gertrude Lawrence: English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.
Gertrude Chataway: child-friend of the author Lewis Carroll. It was Gertrude who inspired The Hunting of the Snark.
Gertrude Ederle: American Olympic swimmer, who, on August 6, 1926, became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
Gertrude Rachel Levy: British author and cultural historian writing about comparative mythology, matriarchy, epic poetry and archaeology.
Gertrude of Nivelles: seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. Her feast day is 17 March.
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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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