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Men and women throughout history have searched for the secrets to attaining wealth and prosperity. Little do they know, the secrets already lie within themselves. I have gathered six chapters from the most brilliant books regarding manifestation, The Law of Attraction, and mental science, and created a prosperity powerhouse. Learn the secrets to attaining financial security, forever! Remember, everything starts in the mind.

Many recognize Stan Lee as the face of Marvel. Yet Jack Kirby is the one who did a lot of the hard work in creating such heroes as Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, and Ant-Man. While Lee was the public face for what became the multimedia brand, Kirby’s legacy is relegated to the shadows. Much like Bill Finger of Batman and Gene L. Coon of Star Trek, this man doesn’t get enough credit. A man who gave everything to the comic book industry. This book hopes to shed some light on his life and career.

After so many years in the shadows, the truth about Joseph James DeAngelo comes to light. The former navy damage controlman and police officer turned Save Mart truck mechanic is behind bars at last. This is one tale about his life, chronicling the possible trauma of his early upbringing. Progressing to how he juggled both his ‘’normal’’ and criminal lives.

Long before Rod Serling created The Twilight Zone and hid social messages within the context of science fiction and fantasy, Playhouse 90 was among the last of the live television anthology dramas to explore them as straight dramas. This audiobook shall shed light on Playhouse 90, and put into perspective the influence it had on The Twilight Zone and others.

Gene Roddenberry has long been painted as the visionary who made Star Trek possible. Yet not much has been written on Gene L. Coon. The real workhorse behind The Original Series. This man built the universe around Roddenberry's initial concept we all know today. He almost single handed created The Klingons. Had a hand in creating the franchise's greatest villain...Khan! Any notion of Starfleet Command, The United Federation of Planets, warp technology, and its fictional creator Zefram Cochrane all belong to him.

Glen A. Larson is often credited with the creation of Battlestar Galactica, based on his earlier Adam’s Ark concept. Yet this may not be as true as one thinks. Leslie Stevens was a writer and producer and had a great to do with the show’s early development. At different times, he had success as a Broadway playwright, film noir director, and co-creator of The Outer Limits with Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano.

Often considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick has been widely praised for taking risks such as doing at least one film in a number of genres to avoid being pigeonholed into certain styles or expectations. Yet he still received a great deal of support from big Hollywood studios and mass audiences. From his humble beginnings as a chess enthusiast and photographer for Look Magazine who did not excel in academics to a legendary filmmaker who eventually had creative and financial autonomy over the majority.

While names of victims and locales have been changed, with elements fictionalized, The Original Night Stalker is about a real-life serial killer who terrorized different parts of Southern California from December 30, 1979, to July 27, 1981, with one last known murder on May 4, 1986. He has never been caught and is possibly still on the loose to this day.

Several books have been written about the film Chinatown, starring Jack Nicholson. Yet one has not been published on the trilogy that screenwriter Robert Towne envisioned.

Many have seen and studied the classic films of Alfred Hitchcock, but how many know a lot of these movies were inspired by real life murders? These cases range from his native England in the 1800’s to 1950’s America. Influencing his work from The Lodger, his third directorial effort and first true suspense thriller, all the way down to Frenzy, his next to final film. Such minor details appear in his films as a woman’s necklace or being buried in a garden. Or can be so detailed that one film, about a wrongly accused musician, is based on a true story outright.

Whiskey Jelly Blues is about the fleeting moments of a wandering generation, the West versus the East, hope and regret, mistakes and forgiveness, all set to a psychedelic blues soundtrack. It's about roses without a scent, life without purpose, life with and without love, mental and literary experimentation, edible marijuana, a perfect tear in your wife's eye, the one that reflects everything, including yourself.

Lisa and her Autistic son Tim have moved to suburban neighborhood for a fresh start in life. Yet soon discover they are looked at very questionably by the neighbors. People Lisa initially trusts, but Tim never takes to at all. Is there something more at work here, or does Tim just not trust too many people? Also, there is a man who constantly has his eye on Lisa. Is he himself a strange individual she cannot trust, or does he himself known something about these people?

Often it is stated that George Lucas derived Star Wars from Joseph Campbell's Monomyth or The Hero's Journey. That he was the driving force behind the original trilogy's success. That he planned it as a 12-chapter saga from the very start. These things could not be further from the truth.

Ever since George Lucas made the announcement he sold his production company Lucasfilm Ltd. to The Walt Disney Company, people everywhere have been speculating on what will happen in the upcoming Sequel Trilogy Episodes VII, VIII, and IX. Along with the trilogy standalone spinoff films focused on characters such as Yoda, Han Solo, and Boba Fett. More points of interest will be the upcoming animated series Star Wars: Rebels for The Disney Channel and Disney XD, along with the planned live action series for ABC.

I study the lives of the wildest writers who ever lived.

Little do the churchgoers in a small Alabama town know what their minister is up to. They have no idea that he beats his wife behind closed doors. Or that she has run to a dirty magazine publisher for help. How will they react when it all comes out?

Sunshine and Ocean Waves is a collection of short stories Justin Murphy has adapted from poems he wrote for friends on Facebook. One story is "The Rainstorm" where a man pursues a reluctant singer to showcase her talents in a Paris café. Another involving the dragon who faced off against King Arthur telling his side of the conflict before resurfacing as a womanizer in Swinging 60s London.

Gary Halvorson discovers an old photo of his grandfather with the late James Dean, but the problem is the photo was taken in Dalton, Georgia, back in 1965! A whole decade after Dean was killed in a tragic car accident in 1955, in Cholame, California, after which he was laid to rest in his native Fairmount, Indiana - or was he? Getting more and more curious over this, Gary decides to go to Dalton, Georgia, and discover the truth over whether or not James Dean could possibly still be alive.

Rod Serling, the creator of The Twilight Zone, is possibly the greatest writer in television history. His work has been seen by many around the world for the last half century. This audiobook aims to give the casual viewer or Serling enthusiast some insight into the legendary television scribe's career and probe into how and why he got the reputation he has.

Gary Halvorson stumbles upon the mysterious object in his attic, curious over what it represents. It leads him to an old German lady who then reveals what happened in World War II between Max Adams, an American soldier and investigator into smuggled German art work, and Ilsa, the beautiful German spy he falls in love with. Never having met or spoken to his great grandfather, Gary is very interested in learning whatever became of Max Adams. Will the old German lady tell the truth? Or will she keep it hidden?