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Why Wait? - Fulfilling Dreams from Tragedy
Why Wait? - Fulfilling Dreams from Tragedy, ISBN 978-0- 938467-23-6, 6 x 9, Retail price $16.95
Pre-order now, release date late August.
A chance meeting on Sept. 10, 2001 started a quest to help others by author Rob Quillen that would change his life forever. Ten years later his personal 9/11 story of fulfilling a young boy's dream from tragedy will be released by Headline Books in the new book, Why Wait?.
On a flight from Denver to Newark, N.J, author Rob Quillen made the acquaintance of Captain Jason Dahl, who the next day would be piloting United Airlines Flight 93 when it crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa., during the infamous 9/11 terror attacks. During the flight, without an inkling of the tragedy that was to come, the two men became close friends, talking about dreams and what the future might hold. Quillen was wearing a Jeff Gordon polo shirt that sparked a conversation about NASCAR.
Dahl and his son, Matt, dreamed of going to a NASCAR race and meeting their hero, driver Jeff Gordon. Quillen had two extra tickets for the race at Kansas Speedway later that month. He couldn't arrange a meeting with Gordon, but promised to get the Dahls in to see that race.
When Captain Dahl died the next day, Quillen resolved to make good on his promise and take Matt to that race. With the help of many people, including NASCAR, ESPN and NBC television, he got Matt Dahl to the race as Gordon's special guest.
Quillen tells the story in Why Wait?. "The book is about a simple life lesson for everyone: Why do we wait to help dreams for other people come true before it is too late?" Quillen said. "All of us have the amazing power to help dreams come true for someone else - you just have to make the decision to do it. It's never too late for an act of kindness.
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Escape From Dubai
Indie Book Award Finalist Best General Non-Fiction
Indie Book Award Finalist Best Multicultural Non-Fiction
USA News Best Book Award Finalist Best Multicultural Non-Fiction
Honorable Mention San Francisco Book Festival Best Non-Fiction
Escape from Dubai by Herve Jaubert
ISBN 978-0-929915-94-4, 6 x 9, hard cover, color insert, full color dust jacket, Retail Price $29.95
Former French spy Herve Jaubert Pierre writes a shocking book on how he fled the UAE on a sailboat to Mumbai, without his passport. ...This is a story which will make fiction thrillers pale in comparison... an escape from Dubai by this former French intelligence officer... who claims he was wrongly indicted for embezzlement, fraud and sexual harassment there. But a report in Dubai states that Herve Jaubert Pierre is on the run and the police are trying to track him. - excerpted from article, Escape from Dubai, Sunday Mid Day, by Hemal Ashar, August 23, 2009, Mumbai
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The Best Years of Flying: A Memoir of Howard Hughes & TWA
USA News Best Book Award Finalist--Best Non-Fiction Narrative
The Best Years of Flying, ISBN 978-0-929915- 82-1, 304 pages illustrated, 6 x 9, hard cover, Retail price $24.95
Working for Howard Hughes and TWA was a job to be envied in the 1950's. Dee Merian tells of her high flying adventures during the reign of this airline and its famous owner. From the best hotels in Europe to The Plaza in New York, Hughes treated his crew first class as they flew passengers to major cities around the world.
In the 1940's and 1950's career choices were slim for women. Author Dee Merian, influenced by Hollywood movies of airplanes stories as a young girl, grabbed her brass ring to see the world aboard a Trans World Airlines airplane. Thousands applied for this new job and few were chosen; follow the adventures of one such young woman who met movie stars and famous entertainers as she pursued her dreams.
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