Today is the name day for people called Paula. Paula is a common female given name (from Latin Paula, petite). 10 famous Paulas:
Paula of Rome: an ancient Roman Christian saint, a follower of Saint Jerome.
Paula Abdul: American pop singer and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, where she was discovered by the Jacksons.
Paula Radcliffe: (pictured) English long distance runner and Olympian.
Paula Deen: American chef, cookbook author, and TV personality. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has published fifteen cookbooks.
Paula Hitler: also known as Paula Wolff and Paula Hitler-Wolff, younger sister of Adolf Hitler and the last child of Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara Pölzl.
Paula Tilbrook: English actress who played Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 1994 to 2015.
Paula White-Cain: American televangelist, apostolic leader in the Independent Charismatic movement, and a proponent of prosperity theology.
Paula Yates: English television presenter best known for her work on two television programmes, The Tube and The Big Breakfast.
Paula Wilcox: English actress. She played Chrissy Plummer in the ITV sitcom Man About The House from 1973 to 1976.
Paula Cole: American singer-songwriter.
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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