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Alex Cross Series : Cross Fire by James Patterson

noreply@blogger.com (Vanda) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:27:00 +0000

Fans of thriller fiction books would have been very familiar with the name of James Patterson. Author of the recently established as the author of the richest by Forbes magazine has written many best-seller. Among the books written by James Patterson the most famous is Alex Cross Series. People from black detective is able to attract millions of faithful readers. Even Alex Cross series has made films like "Along Came a Spider".Soon Alex Cross series will be increased. James Patterson will release a new series of Alex Cross in next October. The book is titled "Cross Fire". Here's a little summary:

WEDDING BELLS RING
Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories—is the marksman a hero or a vigilante?

A MURDERER RETURNS
The case explodes, and the FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to the investigation. As Alex and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, the murders continue. It becomes clear that they are the work of a professional who has detailed knowledge of his victims' movements—information that only a Washington insider could possess.

CAUGHT IN A LETHAL CROSS FIRE
As Alex contends with the sniper, Siegel, and the wedding, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good. With a supercharged blend of action, deception, and suspense, Cross Fire is James Patterson's most visceral and exciting Alex Cross novel ever.

The Author : James Patterson

noreply@blogger.com (Vanda) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:45:00 +0000

James Patterson was born in 1947 in Newburgh, New York. He graduated summa cum laude with an MA in English from Vanderbilt University and then pursue a career in 1971 as a junior copywriter at J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. Since then, his career became better and at the age of 39 years and Patterson became the youngest creative director in the history of the company.

At the age of 27 years he published his first work, The Thomas Berryman Number, which was awarded Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Since then he has written several novels, but his fate changed overnight when Aling Came A Spider published in 1993, introducing the detective / black psychologist, Alex Cross. "Alex Cross novels are about a nightmare," he said, "a nightmare in real life." Kiss the Girls and Along Came A Spider was filmed with the same title, starring Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross.

The 10 Highest Paid Authors

noreply@blogger.com (Vanda) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:24:00 +0000

In an article published by Forbes August edition, James Patterson was a #1 world's most expensive list of 10 authors. He collected U.S. $ 70 million in the last 12 months. Total all revenues of the authors on the list was U.S. $ 270 million. Here's the list.

Number 1. James Patterson, with revenues of U.S. $ 70 million. Author of thriller novels that the last binding contract until the end of writing 17 books in 2012 with a value of U.S. $ 100 million. His wealth, including television contracts, comic books, and games. Former junior copywriter at J. Walter Thompson was involved in designing the cover and market his books. One out of every 17 novels that are purchased in the United States written by him, said Forbes. During the last two years he has scored U.S. $ 500 million to Hachette, the publisher.

# 2. Author of the Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, collect U.S. $ 40 million, although not to release a new book was in the year 2009. Approximately U.S. $ 7 million income came from the film adaptation Twilight series. Four of his Twilight series sold 40 million copies in the United States and 100 million worldwide.

# 3. Stephen King collect U.S. $ 34 million. Among its projects is a contract with DC Comics for the co-authored a series of comic books, works of music by John Mellencamp, and a serial drama with a network of SyFy Based on his novel, The Colorado Kid.

# 4. Danielle Steel with revenue of U.S. $ 32 million. He still had four books this year and will add to earnings of U.S. $ 7 million each book.

#5: Ken Follett with revenue of U.S. $ 20 million. His novel, The Pillars of the Earth, has been appointed to the TV series that aired starting in July with Donald Sutherland star. Follett's wife is the Minister of Culture under the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

#. 6. Dean Koontz with revenue of U.S. $ 18 million. His latest work, The Husband, came out in May and was chosen for Focus Features and Random House Films. All of the 44 novels are always included in the list of New York Times bestseller.

# 7. Janet Evanovich with revenue of U.S. $ 16 million, but its sales force is proportional to the James Patterson (about 20 million copies sold each year).

# 8. John Grisham with revenue of U.S. $ 15 million. Her latest book, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, is the first work aimed at the teen market. Earlier this year, all over 23 book titles were sold in electronic book format by Random House.

# 9. Nicholas Sparks with revenue of U.S. $ 14 million. One of the top novelist has sold 55 million books. The film that picked up her novel has supplemented his income of U.S. $ 300 million.

# 10. J.K. Rowling with revenue of U.S. $ 10 million. Although the era has passed, but her book sales still increase her income.

The Confession: A Novel by John Grisham

noreply@blogger.com (Vanda) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:45:00 +0000

The book fans have been very familar with John Grisham, the one of bestseller books writer. John Grisham books succed to attract readers that make his name more and more considered as one of the best fiction writer. John Grisham could make a plot that combines fiction and reality is a warm discussion that makes John Grisham's books are always with the times.

Reliability of John Grisham in writing the book has attracted film companies to make his work as a film that won awards at film world. Some of them such as The Firm (1993), The Pelican Brief (1993), The Client (1994), A Time To Kill (1996), The Chamber (1996), Runaway Jury (2003) and many more. No wonder many fans are always waiting for new John Grisham books

Next October John Grisham will release a new book. The new book titled "The Confession: A Novel. This book is about the legal and political themes. The theme of the law is not something new for John Grisham. We certainly remember The Firm, one of the books Jhon Grisham who dwell in the world of law and courts.

The following a citation the contents of that New John Grisham Book

An innocent man is about to be executed.

Only a guilty man can save him.

For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.

Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.

Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donté is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess.

But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?

Safe Haven By Nicholas Sparks

noreply@blogger.com (Vanda) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:23:00 +0000

You must already know the novel Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, a novel which became a successful movie. Another Nicholas Sparks books are "Last Song" and "A Walk to Remember". Shortly after the recent success with "Last Song" Nicholas Sparks has returned to his desk in North Carolina and the result was a new book entitled "Safe Haven". Sparks from the website content has been disclosed in a little book:

"When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie Seems determined to avoid forming personal ties Until a series of events draws her into two Reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children, and another single, with her plainspoken neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie Studio albums Slowly Begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close- Becoming increasingly knit community and attached to Alex and his family.

But even as Katie Begins to Fall In love, She Struggles with the dark secret haunts and terrifies That still her. A past That set her on a fearful, shattering Journey Across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathic and stubborn support, she eventually realizes That She must choose Between a life of transient safety and one of the riskier rewards, And that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven. "And that in the darkest hour, love is the only safe heaven is true. "

If you are a collector of Nicholas Sparks books, this book should have you been waiting for.

Eyewitness Travel Guides

noreply@blogger.com (Vanda) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:59:00 +0000

Paperback: 720 pages
Publisher: DK Travel; Revised edition (March 1, 2010)
Language: English

This book, France Eyewitness Travel Guides, is surely comprehensive, and was a good comrade through a lot of pieces of France, some not encountering a lot reportage in another guidebooks. The shiny paper and luxuriously quality color reproductions are the common Eyewitness standard. I've applied a kind of guidebooks in France - let's Go, The Rough Guide, Baedeker's, michelin, and this combines the best of them all.

To contrast one spot, two books: Chartres. The Baedeker's admits a photo of the cathedral, and a smallish diagram displaying the primary structures internally and delineation of the imperial Doorway and stained glass. There's some abbreviated locational and historic stuff around the city of Chartres and cites the well-regarded Museum of Fine Arts. Eyewitness Travel Guides, by contrast, applies the destination, telephone no and opening times of the museum (might or might not be helpful, devolving on accuracy!) Besides as its primary attractions, besides as some abbreviated fact around Chartres. Then come after two dual pages upon the cathedral - one containing a 3-D type photograph with cutaway model, talking about all the significant features (with some imaged), and a double-page dispersed on the stained glasses, including a color diagram and key to all the windows. Eyewitness wins handily. It's the equal story with the general Michelin Guide to France, which as well tends to be rather dry. Nonetheless, the regional Michelin conducts are fine whenever you are going to expend a extended time in one area. The cutaways, diagrams and maps in Eyewitness make it truly special.

Eyewitness Travel Guides as well admits big information just about aspects of French civilisation and history, listings on where to stay and eat. Whenever you want budget accommodation, it is a good mind to carry a Let's Go , Rough Guide or Lonely Planet type guide as well. The Practical info division is really a treat in Eyewitness guides, and this one does not let down : images of money, a picture of a criterion French electric plug even, how to engage one of the automatic, self-cleaning toilets (do not permit children below 10 to apply them lonely!), using phone card telephone, or a coin-operated one, and very valuable for the driving tourist, typical road signals etc.

It' easy to spout about Eyewitness, with fine cause. I can't imagine anybody being disappointed with it (as long as you aren't using it as a prime reference for accommodation, unless you've money to spare).