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NEWS: CELEBRITIES,
AUTHORS
 Sex
and the Saudi
New novel The Girls of
Riyadh gets mixed reaction in the Arab country
Sex
and the Saudi. New novel The Girls of Riyadh gets mixed reaction in
the Arab country. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – It’s hardly Sex and the
City, but by Saudi standards The Girls of Riyadh is a
bombshell. The fictional tale of the loves, dreams and disappointments
of four young women in the capital has, not surprisingly, drawn
criticism in a country where women are not supposed to date or have a
love life until married. More striking, however, is the degree of
support being voiced for 24-year-old author Rajaa al-Sanie and her
first novel....full
story
Alan
Alda: "I think the guy who winds up at the end of the book would say,
'Destiny is just what happens."
Alan Alda titled his new book Never
Have Your Dog Stuffed -- and Other Things I've Learned. But rest
assured he didn't write it as a guide for self-improvement. He doesn't
aim to be your guru. "I tried to tell as good a story as I could," he
sums up...full
story
Meet
Indigo's real youth book wizards. Junior advisory board makes real,
big-budget decisions on what gets onto shelves...full
story
The Million-Dollar Man is small potatoes. Meet
Canada's $110-million teenagers. One of the biggest business stories
this year has been the skyrocketing sales of books in children's and
young adult categories, which account for a full 14 per cent of the
$785.5 million in annual sales at Indigo Books ...full
story
 Two
authors are launching a High Court action against the publishers of
The Da Vinci Code, which they say infringes upon their ideas.
Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing Random House, claiming
the bestseller lifts from their 1982 book The Holy Blood and the Holy
Grail. ..
full story
 Buffett's
secrets to be revealed. Publisher Bantam Dell has won a bidding war
for a biography of 75-year-old billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
It is the first time
a biography will have be written with his co-operation, and deal is
worth $7m (£4m), AP says. Mr Buffett, known as the Sage of Omaha, is
the world's second richest man, said by Forbes to be worth $40bn
(£22.6bn). The book, which will focus on his investment strategy, is
likely to be called The Snowball...full
story
"Loving Rabbi
Kleinman" or A New Yorker's 21st Century Holy Grail.
Would you serenade or seduce a woman of the clothe (in our case, a
woman rabbi) on the white Cliffs of Dover? I would seduce and
serenade a handsome loving, caring and intelligent vicar, even if
the devil rides with him. Does your life stop at fifty? I am 82
and still kicking like a horse. ...full
story
Beat
goes on for Ginsberg's Howl.
In the years after he wrote Howl, Allen Ginsberg alternately
described the poem as a song of spiritual liberation, a homage to
art, an ode to gay love and a lament for his mentally ill mother...full
story
Potter
sales surpass 300 million: agent...full
story
SO HOW
SOPHISTICATED ARE YOU, MY FRIEND?
Telling the
Yanks how to behave themselves in other countries is something that
most Europeans would love to do.
By Nigel
Huntington
 Maximillien
de Lafayette’s “United States & The World Face To Face”: One of the
best books in a decade!
Photo: The
stunning super duper Jazz diva, Carol Welsman graced the cover of the
book. She was chosen by the author “because of her sparkling talent,
cosmopolitan culture, sophistication, class, and international sex
appeal” said de Lafayette.
Do
you believe you are worldly, attuned to the world and its changing
mores, and just one dashing person who can manage anywhere? That’s
what I used to think about myself until United States and the
World Face to Face came my way. I am not sure I am exactly
happy about reading it – my self esteem is slightly reduced and
naturally one of my superior mind does not enjoy that – but the
usefulness of the learned tome, which is also extremely amusing,
outweighs the insult to my ego.
It
is a rather big book, almost seven hundred pages, so I decided to
browse the table of contents first. But after a few minutes of that I
succumbed to the inevitable and dived right in. My first encounter was
a part that was telling Americans what to do, in no uncertain manner.
I rather enjoyed that. Telling the Yanks how to behave themselves in
other countries is something that most Europeans would love to do. But
Old Nigel, I thought, does not need instruction on how to deal with
Italians, French, or even Japanese. He knows how to get a meublé,
should it be necessary, though naturally he prefers staying with
friends for free, and he knows what food to order. Tipping properly is
second nature, and surely he does not need to be told what Europeans
or Asians or Middle-Eastern think about Americans. So I went on,
rather smugly, enjoying the parts about nudity, dating, and managing
the rising tide of violence in women who batter their husbands. But
here I came across a significant segment – what to do if you want to
date an American woman and take her out in style? You see, I thought I
knew. But the information provided proved to me that I did have a lot
to learn… so I decided to keep the huge volume by my bedside and study
the subject in depth.
Maximillien de Lafayette’s no
fear of man or beast
But
as I continued browsing, I realized that taking the book with you on
your trips may be even more valuable. The “best and worst” lists would
tell you where to eat, where to stay, and what to do in almost every
city you could think of. Given by a world traveller like Maximillien
de Lafayette, and meticulously researched, the information is
invaluable during trips taken for business or vacation.
The political issues are handled
in great depth, and much of it extremely controversial, something that
de Lafayette seems to do in all his books, obviously having no fear of
Man or Beast. Of course his readers expect it; he is known for
breaking barriers and dealing with taboo subjects. For example, I was
stunned by his honest treatment of the Middle East, an area he knows
first hand.
The fun, for
me, is in the diversity of the subjects. TV, politics, entertainment,
great singers of jazz and cabaret, the best hotels and restaurants in
the world, odd people, influential people, the most elegant hairdos of
the year, magnificent women and eligible men, with surveys of what
they want when it comes to just about everything from sex to
university degrees. It is not possible to describe everything. You
will just have to look at this book yourself, treating it as a guide
to our changing universe.
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World Celebrities and
Bestselling Authors in Ufology Encyclopedia
BIOGRAPHICAL
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PEOPLE IN UFOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC EXTRATERRESTRIAL
RESEARCH
This extraordinary book is about one of the most timely issues of
the 21st Century, and it deals with it in a unique way.
For the first time in sixty years, a biographical encyclopedia has
brought together an astounding number of extremely distinguished
professionals from all walks of life, whose only connecting
characteristic is that they have decided to investigate the twin
phenomena of Ufology and Extraterrestrial Research.
Scientists,
philosophers, physicians, military personnel, astronauts, are just
some of the people you will meet. Open the book at random, and no
matter which letter of the alphabet is represented, you will find
someone whose name you probably have heard as a key figure in some
important project or research. These are the people you see on TV and
hear on the radio, discussing the most sensitive issues of science,
politics, or ethics. These are the people whose books you get as soon
as they are published. And yet, all of these great minds have gone out
on a limb and proclaimed the need to investigate the unknown, despite
the dangers of ridicule, disbelief, or worse. Recently, there has been
a new surge of UFO sightings. In addition, more and more relevant and
amazing data is being released by various governments. And new people
join the ranks of those who are not afraid to open their minds, who
really want to know, who feel we could benefit from honest and direct
research and knowledge of what is really going on, what is covered up,
and what should they expect in the near future.
Therefore, this
book becomes an arena, a forum. It is very likely that many of the
people who are in it do not even know the sheer numbers of those who
can now be called colleagues in this new field. Hopefully, the
opportunity thus presented will encourage them to contact each other,
particularly those who are in fields which are totally unconnected. If
and when these people get together and develop joint research, there
is no limit to what they can do, where they can go, and where,
hopefully, they will lead the rest of us.
Only The Best of the Best Are Included!
The Encyclopedia is a world who's who of the most
distinguished scientists, physicians, authors, educators, therapists
and psychics. It encompasses the believers and the skeptics ranging
from top military men and psychiatrists to bestselling authors and
university professors. The author, Maximillien de Lafayette who wrote
over 100 books and 7 encyclopedia was very careful in the selection
process. He stated in the preface of the book that only serious
ufologists and distinguished members of the Ufology community were
written up in the encyclopedia. Although, he is not an ufologist
himself, Dr. de Lafayette's interest in these phenomena began some 20
years ago, while studying Asian philosophy in India, China and
Okinawa. Lafayette said that they are so many credible witnesses and
eminent scientists who came forward and reported UFOs sightings, and
consequently the question of extraterrestrial cultures must be
addressed on a larger scale, and always in a scientific manner. His
approach could perhaps explain the fact why he has selected the most
serious and respected Ufologists and ignored thousands of so-called
Ufologists and "wacko" researchers. Lafayette's book is a major
accomplishment paying tribute "to those who deserve recognition...and
those who have earned our trust", explained Lafayette. More than 30
writers and data experts collaborated with Lafayette in compiling the
list and verifying the credentials and claims of listees. Carol Lexter,
the driving force behind this gigantic task said that the
Encyclopedia presents to the world the career highlights and
outstanding accomplishments of Ufologists worldwide. Carol Lexter
added that out of thousands and thousands of members of the ufology
community, only 1,000 individuals were chosen. The integrity of the
editorial board is on the line, therefore, we were very cautious when
we decided on who is going to be in and who is to be left out. Already
the ufology field is a negative one, taking into consideration the
rampant badmouthing and derogatory articles written by ufologists
against peers and colleagues. Among the most recognizable
personalities who were written up in the Encyclopedia are: Barbara
Lamb, a highly respected therapist, family and marriage counselor,
Australian lecturer extraordinaire, Mary Rodwell, Dr. Lynne
Kitei who authored a ravishing book on UFO's sightings over
Phoenix, world famous authority on dolphins, Joan Ocean,
Nancy Birnes, a well-known personality in publishing and highly
respected author, Dr. William Birns who is a powerful figure in
the Ufology community, Dr. Michael Salla, controversial but
always captivating, Dr. David Jacobs who made waves worldwide,
Zecharia Sitchen, aka godfather of alternative archaeology,
Dr. Ellie Crystal, a colorful and charming psychic from Brooklyn,
New York, in addition to a fleet of household names in academia,
science and media.
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