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My Colombian Death by Matthew Thompson (narrative non fiction) | |||
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Matthew Thompson answers all of these questions and more, when, bored senseless by life in the modern, overregulated world, he quits his job with a top newspaper and flies to South America's most dangerous and exciting country to test his nerve. His quest is to discover if he can cut it on the raw edge of existence, and Matthew certainly has the chance to find out in Colombia, a spectacular, rugged country wracked by a 40-year-old Communist revolution, rampant kidnapping and assassinations, and which suffers the collateral damage of being the world's biggest cocaine lab. Matthew weaves his way through frenzied carnivals, bull-runs, armed gangs, explosive jungle games near the Panama border, paramilitaries and crack houses, and into unlikely friendships, gradually acclimatizing to life at the extremes. But just when he thinks he has gone far enough and the time has come to turn around, Matthew finds himself beyond the point of return. My Colombian Death is a stunning real-life account of descending into an exotic hell, as if Hunter S. Thompson had juiced up Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Pan Macmillan Australia, the respected publisher of high-quality and adventurous writing, will publish My Colombian Death in August 2008 in Australia and New Zealand. About the Author:
Matthew was born in Portland, Oregon, but grew up in Australia, where he was awarded the University Medal in literature at the University of Newcastle before working as a reporter at the country's most prestigious newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald. He continues to write for the Herald, along with other newspapers and magazines. In addition to war reportage, Matthew has explored topics including professional pool hustling, drag racing, women's boxing, Venice Beach eccentrics, French dining in Tokyo, and nudist colonies. He has set up and judged state and national writing competitions and teaches journalism at the University of Western Sydney. | |||
What
is it like to sit down for coffee with the boss of Colombia's death squads? How
does it feel to be locked in a room with armed gang members who want to play fight-the-foreigner,
or to be trapped in an arena with rampaging bulls? Can a man drink from a shaman's
cup of the world's most ferocious visionary potion when every nerve in his body
screams not to?
Matthew
Thompson is a respected literary journalist. He has written extensively about
Muslim insurgencies in the southern Philippines, sharing Pepsi with Abu Sayyaf
bomb-makers and beer with Filipino Marines, and has guest lectured in South East
Asian studies at the US Air Force's Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama.|
Photogenic: Murder Never Looked So Good by Glamour magazine's Andrew Kilbourn (commercial fiction) | |||
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About the Author:
Most recently, Andrew has served as the Special Projects Director at Glamour magazine, the leading women's fashion and beauty publication. It was at Glamour that Andrew worked on a team that developed and produced a series of short films based on Glamour readers' real life experiences, entitled "Glamour Reel Moments." This series of award-winning short films is brought to the screen by today's leading Hollywood actresses, including Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kirsten Dunst and Kate Hudson. Andrew worked closely with these amazing women as they directed for the first time, and shared with him all of their deep, dark secrets (not really). "Glamour Reel Moments" has been such an enormous success that Oprah Winfrey dedicated an entire episode to the project in 2006 (that part is true). Additionally, Andrew has produced music videos for emerging artists as part of the "Glamour Reel Music" program; the winning artists were selected and directed by music superstars Pink and Ciara. Prior to Glamour, Andrew spent four years as the Director of Special Projects at Details magazine, the fashion and lifestyle publication for men. At Details, Andrew was responsible for fashion and entertainment marketing for the magazine, and pulled off amazing events and partnerships, which made every day on the job feel like the final episode of "The Apprentice." In his free time, Andrew loves watching bad horror movies - leaving his head swimming with celebrities, fashion, murder and mayhem. As a result, he is writing a series of murder mysteries set in the world of high-end magazine publishing and the Hollywood film industry. He recently completed the first manuscript in the series "Photogenic," and is working on the next installment, "Point Dume." He lives in the West Village with his dog Chui. | |||
James
Spencer, a photographer for Spark, the number-one fashion magazine in the world,
is burning the candle at both ends. On the verge of breaking up with his socialite
girlfriend, he takes up with a supermodel. But when the model turns up dead, he
becomes the number-one suspect. With the help of his assistant, Charlotte Cole,
he discovers that the identity of the real murderer might be hidden in a photograph
that he took. In order to clear his name, he must stay two steps ahead of the
police and out of a killer's grasp. In the tradition of Jay McInerney's Bright
Lights, Big City, Photogenic is a fast-paced and fresh look at the glamorous
world of glossy magazines, fashion and models from the perspective of a true magazine
insider......oh, and let's not forget the gruesome murder!
Andrew
Kilbourn has spent the last ten or so years entrenched in the world of magazine
publishing, focusing his attention on the fields of fashion, entertainment and
music. |
Feet of Clay: The True Story of the Lindbergh Kidnap Cover-up (Historical True
Crime) by William Norris | |||
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Lindbergh is exposed as a calculating liar, who orchestrated a cover-up operation in order to protect the guilty member of the rich family into which he had married. He was also responsible for the judicial murder of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, wrongly executed for the crime in 1936. These are NEW REVELATIONS and there is nothing like it out there - anywhere. There have certainly been books which asserted Hauftmann's guilt, and others which protested his innocence, but none of the latter have come anywhere near finding the true culprit. Feet of Clay is an astonishing read..... About the Author:
Publications:
William Norris is also an experienced public speaker (he will be available for any type of American publicity), having addressed such varied venues as a World Health Organization conference in Moscow, a European Union conference on journalistic ethics in Cyprus (at both of which he was the keynote speaker), and international post-graduate students at the University of London. | |||
For
more than 70 years the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's eldest son,
known at the time as the Crime of the Century, has remained an unsolved mystery.
Now, acclaimed investigative writer William Norris (The Man Who Fell from the
Sky, Willful Misconduct, The Unsafe Sky etc) has uncovered FRESH EVIDENCE
which identifies the real killer and casts new light on the Great American Hero,
in Feet of Clay. 
William
Norris began his journalistic career as an apprentice reporter at the age
of 16, and worked for various newspapers in England and Africa before joining
the parliamentary staff of the Press Association at 24. Eighteen months later,
he was invited to join The Times of London as a parliamentary reporter,
and was appointed Parliamentary Correspondent (sketch writer) of The Times
of London at 26 (the youngest since Charles Dickens). He held this post for
seven years, then transferred to become Africa Correspondent for The Times
of London, covering diplomatic assignments and wars in Biafra, Angola, Congo,
Mozambique, Rhodesia, etc. He moved to ITN TV as Political Correspondent
in 1968, and also covered numerous overseas assignments including the Paris riots
of that year. After turning freelance in 1980, he moved to the United States where
he worked under contract for The Times and other publications for 13 years. He
became Associate Director of the PressWise Trust (a media ethics charity) in 1997,
and still holds this post after retiring to live in France five years ago. |
In Your Pocket by Caroline Somp (Photographic/Inspirational) | |||
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A year to live more deliberately, to embrace the little things, to find rhythm and meaning. A list of 100 challenges big and small for each season of the year, In Your Pocket......Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. This beautifully photographed book (all photos are original to author) is for you to keep by your side every day of the year. It is inspirational, useful, beautiful and most of all - something very special when life just gets too much.
Some of the 100 examples include: • Plant an organic vegetable garden, however
small About the Author:
Her love for pockets large and small and the desire
to put together all the daily little things in life led her to start a very successful
blog called My Pocket. | |||
Caroline
Somp is a contentedly quirky Swedish girl that likes living simply and thoughtfully.
Four years ago she moved to the UK and instantly fell in love with the magic of
ancient forests, quaint villages, wooded lanes and soft hills of the southeast
countryside. Surrounded by fields, old beech trees and clear starry skies she
lives with her British boyfriend in a cottage on a hill where she loves the small
pleasures in life. Working as a librarian while studying to become an acupuncturist,
she is still busy learning what it means to be alive and how to go about that
journey deliberately. |
Remembering Hypatia by Brian Trent (historical fiction) | |||
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On
a November night in Egypt, 414 A.D., one of history's most brilliant individuals
was assassinated. Her name was Hypatia, teacher and scientist of the fabled Great
Library of Alexandria and the last glimmer of hope before the Dark Ages.
Brian
Trent is a prolific novelist, columnist, and screenwriter living in central Connecticut.
His travels have taken him through Europe, Asia, and South America, and his award-winning
writing reflects this abiding love for things diverse and ancient. Trent is the
author of five novels, each dealing with a unique time and place in history including
Egypt, Japan, Rome, and the Gilgamesh legend in Mesopotamia. A popular lecturer,
contributor to The Humanist magazine, and keynote speaker for the Yale Bookstore
Author Series during National Banned Books Week, he is a vocal advocate of education,
science, and art.|
Twigs by Daniel Beer (fiction) | |||
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With
her upcoming ten year death remembrance, Twigs who has adjusted to purgatory,
must return home with her brother Alex. For the first time Alex must confront
the crippling memories blurred by a family secret the night of her tragic death.
If her family remains apart, and Alex is unable to forgive himself for what happened
the night of her accident, Twigs' worst fear will come true-she will never get
to heaven. Twigs tells the story of this family's slowly healing rift,
and how a person can navigate or postpone the grieving process. On the verge of
a breakout movie role, Alex's past and present collide, as he struggles through
Hollywood parties, nightclubs, movie sets, paparazzi, and starlets, only to find
that he can no longer outstrip his past. He is forced to acknowledge his loss,
while possibly discovering separate peace.
Daniel
Beer is a successful actor and writer living in Los Angeles.|
Excuse Me For Living by Ric Klass (fiction) | |||
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Excuse Me For Living follows Dan as he reluctantly heeds the doctor's rules but not without antics from him and another nutty "guest" at the clinic. Despite Dan's negative attitude attending the seniors' club, he finds he's among accomplished men and becomes engrossed with their lives. Bernstein knows that Dan dropped out of medical school. His question, "What happened?" burns in Dan's mind. Dan's prep school friends continue to lure Dan to bacchanals. Dan's addiction and tired mind can't resist the drugs, booze, and skimpily-clad women. Hijinks at the nightly revelry continue throughout the story climaxing in a wild, drunken Devil-Takes-All Costume Ball attended by appreciative Hollywood movie moguls. The novel also bubbles with the intertwined screwball romances of Dan's prep school buddies, his roving father, a warrior goddess-like divorce attorney and the temple men seniors. Dan meets Bernstein's luscious daughter, Laura. They click instantly. But his widowed psychiatrist knows better than to entrust his daughter to a junkie and forbids them to meet again. Laura wants to shed her sheltered literary existence and experience life with a capital "L" and pursues Dan behind her father's back. The smart-aleck Dan feels humiliated. A man he admires has rejected him as his daughter's suitor. He resolves to change his life. The thread of Dan's struggle to seek self-redemption, capture Laura's love and Bernstein's approval weaves to the story's surprise conclusion. About the Author:
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One
of New York's finest saves brilliant and debonair, but drug-addicted Daniel Topler
from his suicide attempt on the George Washington Bridge. In court the judge entrusts
the junk-dazed, wisecracking young man to the care of Dr. Jacob Bernstein, an
elderly psychiatrist at an upscale rehab clinic. The doctor issues these commands:
obey the no-drugs rules, and join the geriatric temple men's group he leads -
or face incarceration. Dan knows he's being blackmailed, but must comply.
Ric Klass is the author of Man Overboard: Confessions of a Novice
Math Teacher in the Bronx, a non-fiction book published late 2006. The
New York Times selected Man Overboard for its "Great Read In
The Park" book fair where he participated in a panel discussion. The book
and Ric were also chosen for The National Press Club's 29th Annual Book Fair and
Authors' Night. He is a member of the Authors Guild. Ric wrote, directed and produced
the screenplay for a full-length feature film, Elliot Fauman, Ph.D.,
a romantic comedy distributed by United Artists Theater Circuit. It premiered
at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and played on Cinemax Cable. |
Coughing Up Glitter by Charley Appenzellar (fiction) | |||
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Fifty-year-old Isabelle is still devastated by the loss of her husband and daughter after a fatal accident five years ago. She is desperate for a second chance, but lacks self-confidence and is confused by her feelings for the sexually ambiguous James. When a doctor tells her that she is experiencing full-blown menopause, Isabelle becomes hysterical-she will never have another child. Overwhelmed, she resorts to the mysterious pills the doctor prescribes for her "change of life." The pills take her on an extraordinary journey through different planes of her existence-spanning different lives, ages and decades-offering Isabelle her longed-for fresh start. Sex, parties and designer clothing accompany Isabelle as she stumbles backward down the years to self-discovery: in San Francisco as a forty-something, single career woman with ovaries overflowing with fertile eggs; in Manhattan as a thirty-something married woman with children and everything money can buy; and in London as a twenty-everything "It" girl. During each incarnation, Isabelle bungles things with James, and her clean slate is quickly covered with grime. The reader will wonder which manifestation of Isabelle is real as her relationships with men, her malevolent All-About-Eve-style best friend, laughter, true friendship, and a good hard look in the mirror teach Isabelle that life is brimming with possibilities and that real beauty comes from within. About the Author:
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Manhattan,
San Francisco, and London provide glamorous metropolitan backgrounds for Coughing
Up Glitter, a fun, fast-paced fiction novel that examines a modern woman's
issues with love, aging and personal and professional fulfillment throughout her
life with a sex, fashion and relationship faux pas spin. 
Charley
Appenzellar was born in New York, raised on a remote Montana ranch and educated
in New Hampshire and at the Sorbonne in Paris. She has traveled extensively throughout
the USA, Europe and Africa and has lived in London, Paris, Hawaii, Tahiti and
San Francisco. Six years ago she moved with her two children from San Francisco
to France, where she writes full time. She has written a children's book, two
novels and a screenplay. See her website |
DawnsEarlyLite by Erica Miner and Arvind Kumar (fiction) | |||
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DawnsEarlyLite smolders with erotic elements. Based on a true story, the novel addresses such themes as the nature of love and its place in contemporary life, and the unwitting fall from grace experienced by so many young women - a subject that both Oprah and Tyra Banks have explored recently in their TV shows. With its complex characters, interracial sub-theme, and cosmopolitan Montreal setting, DawnsEarlyLite will appeal to readers of such diverse books as Paul Coelho's Eleven Minutes, John Irving's Until I Find You, and Candace Bushnell's Sex And The City. But DawnsEarlyLite distinguishes itself from the competition in its cautionary, rather than satirical, take on the dangers of sex on the edge. About the Authors:
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A
young French-Canadian girl, addicted to her father's childhood trinkets and unconditional
love, tumbles into an existence on the edge between call girl and schoolteacher.
Her double life threatens to implode when an obsessive client will stop at nothing
to have her all to himself.
Violinist
turned author Erica Miner has had a multi-faceted career as an award-winning
screenwriter, author, poet and lecturer. A native of Detroit, she studied music
at Boston University and New England Conservatory of Music. When injuries from
a car accident forced her to give up her career as violinist with the Metropolitan
Opera, Erica turned to her lifelong love of writing as her creative outlet. Several
of her screenplays have won awards, and her journal-based debut novel, Travels
with My Lovers, won the Fiction Prize in the Direct from the Author Book Awards.
Dr.
Arvind Kumar was born in Simla, India, and earned a BSc at Punjab University,
and MD at H. P. University, Simla. He pursued advanced clinical and research training
at various prestigious Universities in Canada. He is now a Canadian citizen. A
specialist in Pulmonary and Critical Care, Kumar is a well known leader in his
field nationally and internationally. He is a fellow of several medical organizations,
including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American
College of Physicians. In DawnsEarlyLite, he applies his medical
knowledge and experience to the realistic portrayal of hospital life and the pressures
that the character Sanjay faces. This work is a product of his extensive and meticulous
research of a number of issues confronting Western Society. When he is not working,
Kumar is a marathon runner, competitive distance cyclist and avid reader whose
tastes range from ancient history to the kind of contemporary fiction that he
himself writes. |
Heaven: What Must You Do To Enter? by Peter Davidson and Rev. Stephen A. Wold (Christianity/Religion) | |||
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HEAVEN:
What Must You Do To Enter? Go to church It is the ultimate self-help book. About the Author:
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Peter
Davidson is the author of twenty-three books published by McGraw-Hill Book
Company, Perigee/Putnam Publishers, and others. 
Stephen Wold is an ordained minister and published author. |
Online with Nikki Lamar by Candy Chand (Children's/Young Adult) | |||
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Boys
in the 1980s had The Secret Diaries of Adrian Mole, Women in the 1990s had Bridget
Jones' Diary and we all remember the secret sleuths and camaraderie in the Nancy
Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries. In this new millennium, where kids are technologically
savvy and just as eager to stay connected with their BFFs as we did as children,
Online with Nikki Lamar is funny, clever, and timely. About the Author:
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Nikki
Lamar is a 10 year-old, 4th grade girl, with two happily married parents, a little
brother, Bubba, a best friend, Tiffany, and a passion for horses. In Online
with Nikki Lamar, Nikki's best friend, Tiffany, has moved away for the
summer. If her father likes his temporary job, Tiffany's family will settle out
of town permanently. The mere possibility devastates the two girls, and motivates
them to do everything in their power to convince Tiffany's parents to pack up
and move home-- next door to Nikki, "where they truly belong." 
Candy
Chand is a writer living in Northern California. Her first book, Under
God's Wings, was published by Adam's Media in November 2000. Another non-fiction
work, Ashley's Garden, about the Oklahoma City bombing, was released
by Andrews McMeel Universal in March 2002. Her third book, Gift of Grace,
was published by Rockport/Fairwinds, while her fourth, Love is Patient,
was released in the fall of 2004. Her fifth work, a short story titled Christmas
Love, which has widely circulated the internet, television, newspapers
and radio, will be published in a stand-alone story, hardback gift format by Gibbs-Smith
in the fall of 2008. Her most recent project, The 12 Prayers of Christmas,
was acquired by HarperCollins. It is also scheduled for publication in 2008. |
The Poodle Library | |||
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Who wouldn't love a library full of poodles; considered the smartest of all of the dog breeds? About the Author:
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The
Poodle Library is, as the title suggests, about a library of poodles--
some are like little fluff-balls, some have funny walks, some have braids, and
some have tongues which are too long for their mouths. The story, told by the
poodle librarian, Mrs. Bower, is about a day in the poodle library when two girls
come in to do research on a rare poodle named the bouncing Shaboozle. When the
girls can't find the Shaboozle, Mrs. Bower, who loves library noise but can't
stand a mis-shelved poodle, helps them search. What follows is a fun adventure
through the library. The Shaboozle finally shows up, the stacks fall, the ceiling
gets dented, and the entire library turns to chaos before Mrs. Bower at last finds
a way to restore order.
John
Henry Fleming writes in the very small space in his house not filled by his
daughter's stuffed poodles. His novel, The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman (Faber
& Faber), was called "a gem" by The Christian Science Monitor
and "winningly satiric" by The New York Times. His stories
have appeared in magazines across the country. John currently teaches creative
writing at the University of South Florida.|
Snoozles | |||
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I recommend Snoozles to any family struggling with sleep
issues and bedtime routines. This enchanting story will lull even the most wide-eyed
children to peaceful, dreamy sleep. About the Author:
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Snoozles
is a children's picture book about Jessica, a young insomniac who would rather
dance on the ceiling than go to bed. Jessica is frustrated because she understands
how to go to bed, but she doesn't know how to make herself fall asleep. Jessica's
mom teaches Jessica that Snoozles help people fall asleep. Jessica is desperate
to see the magical Snoozles. Instead of her usual, raucous bedtime routine, Jessica
whispers and tiptoes quietly, so she won't scare the shy Snoozles. She turns the
lights down low. She encourages her mom to read books to the Snoozles. She lies
in bed quietly, taking long, slow deep breaths. When her eyes are closed, the
magical Snoozles appear, sprinkling their Snoozle dust. Jessica falls into a deep
sleep and the Snoozles dance on the ceiling. 
In
addition to being a lifelong insomniac, Pam Bassuk did her undergraduate work
at Harvard University and Amherst College. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in creative
writing before receiving her MFA from Columbia University. She has taken parenting
classes for five years. Additionally, she has optioned screenplays to several
Hollywood Producers. An engaging, passionate speaker, Ms. Bassuk is a natural
for bookstore and library story times, as well as school workshops. She has over
ten years of experience as a teacher and will be an asset in the marketing of
her book|
Tesla's Best Secret-a historical novel by Anthony Flacco by Anthony Flacco | |||
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The story tells how Tesla, though handsome and charming, lived a self-chosen life of isolation - a "monk" to his calling of electronic invention. In America, he was supported by George Westinghouse, who funded Tesla's successful effort to design and install the first hydraulic generators under Niagara Falls, providing electricity to the entire eastern seaboard for the first time - in an era of candles and lanterns. Eventually, Westinghouse would betray Tesla by not paying him many millions of dollars in royalties he was owed -- leaving him in poverty. Tesla was clandestinely betrayed by J. P. Morgan, who funded just enough of Tesla's experimentation to realize that Tesla really could succeed in building the technology to provide FREE electricity to anyone, anywhere on the planet, effectively ending world poverty. Morgan was aghast that Tesla would actually release technology to the world that Morgan couldn't charge them for. He was befriended by Mark Twain, who loved the stimulation of Tesla's far-ranging thought patterns and frequently visited Tesla's lab for physical treatments with Tesla's high-frequency generator, where the two brilliant men would talk long into the night. He was repeatedly victimized by the Robber Barons of the day, because in his idealistic and inventive state of mind, he simply could not absorb the lesson that dishonesty in business was the absolute rule of the day during the Industrial Revolution. Throughout his life, he was known as a scrupulous man of his word, and he never set out to invent a device or a technology that was not successfully completed - until the end of his career, when word of his altruistic endeavors became widely known and his funding mysteriously dried up. Thomas Alva Edison was Tesla's bitter rival for many years, and ultimately lost the battle to provide America's standard source of electrical power and technology. While Edison far surpassed Tesla in managerial skills and business sense, Tesla outshined him (and every other inventor alive) with his effortless and nonstop creative mental processes. The hatred and envy that Tesla engendered from his competitors is difficult to overstate. In this novel, Tesla's secret Muse follows him throughout his life,, bringing him visions of miraculous inventions. She is invisible to others but exquisitely real to him. It is for her, for the life and the work that she shares with him, that this gallant, passionate man maintains a loner's life even when he is working among many others. The story follows him through his death as an impoverished old man, and through the documented truth of having his tiny hotel room invaded by Secret Service immediately upon his death, who then carried away all of his papers before his body was even removed. The end suggests what has happened to the plans for the universal power system that he claimed to have perfected-and why it hasn't surfaced. Yet………
He was selected
for the prestigious American Film Institute fellowship in Screenwriting, and received
his MFA in writing there after winning AFI's Paramount Studios Fellowship Award
for his script, The Frog's Legacy. He was then selected out of 2,000 entrants
for the Walt Disney Studios Screenwriting Fellowship, and spent a year writing
for the Touchstone Pictures division. Anthony completed his nonfiction book Tiny Dancer for Thomas Dunne Books at St. Martin's Press, and the advance copy was selected by Reader's Digest as their Editor's Choice for August, 2005 -- their 1,000th Commemorative Issue. The book has been internationally acclaimed, translated and published in Italian and Portuguese. The Kansas City Star named Tiny Dancer "one of the 100 Most Noteworthy Books of 2005." The Italian version was recently named a Best Seller with sales to date of over 50,000 there. Anthony's first two novels of a historical fiction are from Mortalis Books at Ballantine/Random House. The first, The Last Nightingale, was released on June 12, 2007 to acclaimed reviews (see attached review page). In April, 2008 it was nominated as one of the top five original paperback thrillers (amongst over 500 entries) by the International Thriller Writers Organization. His second book in this series, The Hidden Man, coming in June, 2008. Anthony is a member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers Organization. See more at: www.AnthonyFlacco.com | |||
From
the 1890's through 1943, this true story follows genius NIKOLA TESLA, arguably
the most influential inventor in history-and certainly the most unfairly ignored.
His powerful work even exceeded that of the venerated Thomas Edison. The book's
portrayal of this tall, handsome figure is historically accurate and offers a
"young-to-old" portrayal of a genius' personality that explores the
greatest mysteries of this brilliant creative force.
Anthony
Flacco was raised in Colorado Springs-coincidentally where he first learned about,
and developed an interest in, Nikola Tesla, who, in 1901, maintained a laboratory
there. His background as a trained stage actor with over 2,000 performances under
his Actors Equity membership provides the primary basis for his critically acclaimed
ability to empathize with a wide cross-section of personalities. [See his reviews
at Amazon.com.] His screenwriting experience is also of great use in telling narrative
stories that are visually compelling, whether for the "screen" of a
reader's imagination or the screen of a theatre or at home.
