Today is the name day for people called Catherine.
Catherine is a feminine given name meaning 'pure'. 10 (or more) famous Catherines:
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Catherine the Great: reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III.
Catherine of Alexandria: Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early fourth century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius. The Catherine wheel Firework was named for her.
Three of the six wives of Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr.
Catherine, Princess of Wales: member of the British royal family. She is married to William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne.
Dame Catherine Cookson: British writer. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in South Shields, North East England.
Catherine Deneuve: French actress, producer, and model.
Catherine Earnshaw: female protagonist of the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights written by Emily Brontë.
Catherine Oxenberg: American actress best known for her role as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty.
Catherine Tate: English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show.
Catherine Zeta-Jones: Welsh actress, a regular in the British television series The Darling Buds of May and star of many films.
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(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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