In 1952 20th century entertainment icon Eddie Cantor survived his first heart attack.He coins the name cardiactor. Sixty years later, grandson Brian Gari undergoes a sudden open heart surgery and has a quadruple bypass. Little did Brian know at two and a half that his posing with his grandpa for the Heart Fund would end up being so prophetic.This is Brian's personal story of what you can expect (and not expect) when undergoingone of the most serious operations one can...

For more than fifty years, Brian Gari has been a songwriter. He now has almost nine hundred songs to his credit, including all those in the Broadway musical Late Nite Comic. He has recorded twelve albums and produced all of the CDs and DVDs on his grandfather, Eddie Cantor. During his lifetime, he has had many "Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind," and this audiobook, based on the popular BearManor Media book, gives the low-down on many of the people he has met over the years, ...

We Bombed in New London tells the true story of one man’s tenacious plight to get his musical mounted. From its romantic inception to its eventual demise and then the score’s resurrection in cabarets and recordings, this book takes you on a journey through the ups and downs of the theatrical world with all its excitement, disappointment, laughter and hope.Packed with memorabilia, this book documents composer/lyricist Brian Gari’s minute-by-minute development of his musical...

42 Rules of Product Marketing is a collection of product marketing wisdom and insights from forty-two experts from around the world. This book will expose you to the experience and knowledge of a group of the world's leading product marketing experts with a range of perspectives in both consumer and business markets.In this book, youll learn ways to:Craft the right positioning and messaging for your prospective customers.Communicate with your customers in ...

Feeling stuck or in need of a leg up? These tips, strategies, and resources can shorten your learning curve dramatically and get you on a new path for moving forward.You'll discover in this book:Essential steps to get out of your own way and create the right mindset for optimal achievement47 proven tips to jump-start your own journeyEffective strategies critica...

Northern Shaolin is a complete martial art, with an exhaustive array of strikes, kicks and grappling techniques. Lai Hung, the inspiration for this book, is Northern Shaolin's most famous fighter, with numerous wins in full contact bouts back in the 1950's and 1960's, using very little padding and almost no rules. Combat Shaolin is the first time the famous two-person fighting form of Northern Shaolin has been revealed to the public.

Is evil evidence against the existence of God? In this lively discussion, atheists Michael Shermer and Gary Whittenberger debate theist Brian Huffling about this question. James Sterba (atheist) and Richard Howe (theist) provide a commentary on the debate. The existence of God is the most important question that one can ask. In this work, the reader will hear arguments for and against God's existence as it relates to evil and suffering in a way that will appeal to scholars, pastors, and la...

The Inca empire was the largest state in the Americas at the time of the Spanish invasion in 1532. From its political center in the Cuzco Valley, it controlled much of the area included in the modern nations of Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Bolivia. But how the Inca state became a major pan-Andean power is less certain. In this innovative work, Brian S. Bauer challenges traditional views of Inca state development and offers a new interpretation supported by archaeological, historical,...

Veteran Radio Personality (NPR, Sirius XM Radio) Joe Bev presents his favorite conversations with such highly diverse people as Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, John Houseman, June Foray, Diana Canova, Fred Frees, Bob Bergen, Phil Proctor, Joe Alaskey, Steve Mendoza, Noel Blanc, David Ossman, Janet Waldo, Fred Grandinetti, and others!Bonus Track! Joe Bevilacqua hosts an hour with Bernie Sanders, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Sarah Silverman, ...

Living in Southern California, Gary Carmell has become very familiar with tectonic shifts: cataclysmic changes in the earth’s crust that cause earthquakes and tsunamis.Carmell has also experienced numerous tectonic shifts in the economic landscape in his nearly thirty-year investing career. Correctly anticipating economic trends has allowed his real estate investment and management firm, CWS Capital Partners LLC, to grow from assets of $250 million in the late 1980s to over $3 bill...

The task of Germany's new Große Kreuzer at the beginning of the 20th century was to form an independent reconnaissance division that was able to perform special tasks.With a speed superiority of at least 3 knots, they should also be capable of fighting in the line, and would thus require heavy armour and good defensive qualities. The battlecruisers that were built did indeed have a remarkable ability to withstand battle damage, as demonstrated by the Goeben, which ...

Tracing scientific ideas about the structure of Earth, Global Warming creates an intellectual portrait of the shifts in thinking that have led to the current controversy, enabling readers to make up their own minds on this important issue.Global Warming takes one of the hot-button issues of our time and surveys it in historical context, creating an intellectual portrait of the multi-century shifts in thinking that have led to gradual acceptance of...