Town Called Malice Town Called Malice "Town Called Malice" is a song recorded by British band the Jam from the album "The Gift". It debuted at number one in the UK Singles Chart in February 1982. The title is a play on the 1950 Nevil Shute novel "A Town Like Alice," although Paul Weller says he had not read the book at the time. It was a double A-side single release featuring "Precious" as the flip side. A 12" version was also available with a live version of "Town Called Malice" backed by an extended version of "Precious". Paul Weller has said that
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man The Woman Who Rides Like a Man The Woman Who Rides Like a Man is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the third in a series of four books, "The Song of the Lioness". It details the knighthood of Alanna of Trebond as she lives in the Bazhir desert after becoming a knight. A newly knighted Alanna leaves the capital to travel among the Bazhir in the desert, eventually becoming adopted by one of the tribes, though clashing with the tribe's shaman who seeks to destroy her name among the rest of the tribe. After fighting to the death with