Bøker av Mark

Mark C. Biedebach received his PhD in Biophysics from UCLA in 1964. (Prior to that, he was the 1st place national winner of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers 1955 student paper contest.) After two post-doctoral years (doing neurophysiological research at Caltech and the College de France), he joined the faculty of California State University, Long Beach, where he conducted research and taught physiology and neuroscience for 34 years. Several years before retiring, he began preparing to write in the area of human consciousness. Upon the advice of a friend, he took several creative writing classes atUniversity of California, Irvine. Sitting in these classes, he realized that his readership could be much larger if he were to write a fictional work into which his knowledge of brain function and consciousness could be interwoven. He decided to use his own memoir story (involving finding Irina and marrying her in Russia) as a framework. He then superimposed two fantasy characters to help an obsessed scientist explore the mystery of consciousness. After a five-year incubation period, "Clone and Kork" was born. It is the author's belief that no similar work of fiction has ever been written (in which the neuroscience of consciousness has been integrated into experimental fiction, using fantasy characters.)

Paul Blackwell quits his mundane job at 27 on vague hopes of something better. But his life is just drifting the night he meets aspiring singing star Cally Viccaro, an event that catapults him at last into a world of romance and excitement that seems to fit his music-driven dreams. Cally too is finally following her dreams. While she progresses through the rounds of global TV talent show phenomenon Pop Dreams, Paul writes a reference work on female singers as he struggles with Cally's increasing fame and elusiveness and a recurring sleep dream that tantalises him with a final destination he cannot quite reach. They are joined in dream quests by Paul's long-time friends Angie and Dion, emerging rocker Becky Blood, venerable publisher Chester and the imperious music mogul Griffin Bull, creator of Pop Dreams. But as they all get closer to their dreams, some of them find they're getting closer to their nightmares too...

"This is a profound journey into the heart and soul of a mystic. The Voice speaks, not only to author Mark Earlix, but to each one of us... beckoning the reader to see beyond illusions of light and dark and find the truth within. Reminiscent of the masters such as Rumi, Gabrahm, Meister Eckhart and other mystics throughout the ages. The Voice urges us to embrace simple truth... I Am. This book will take you as deep into the mystery as you are willing to go." Ann Albers

When Walt Disney died in 1966, many predicted that it mightbe the end of Walt Disney Productions, but Walt had a numberof ideas and concepts that lasted well into the next decade. Healso left behind a well-established group of workers that hopedto continually answer the question, "What would Walt do?"with more magical creations that would dazzle and delight.With this book, author and historian Mark Arnold explores themajor accomplishments of Walt Disney Productions during theyears 1966 - 1985, paying particular attention to their theatricalfilm output, but also discussing the various new theme parkattractions and the TV shows produced during that period.Things went well until the mid-1970s,when ideas started to run thin andrepetition set in, causing shrinking boxoffice success. By the 1980s, threats ofcorporate takeover were knocking attheir door, at which time change hadbecome unavoidable if Disney were tosurvive as an independent company.Disney had to change their alreadyoutdated methods of making moviesand running a movie studio gearedsolely towards family entertainment. As a result, MichaelEisner took over and retooled Disney into the mega-empirethat it is today. This is the story after Walt and before Michael...

Presents a collection of words, wisdom, witticisism, and reflections, from Ben Chifley to Barry Humphries, Julius Caesar to John Faulkner. Including some of the author's more memorable turns of phrase, this is a book of quotations compiled during a public life, on subjects such as sport politics and winning.

Here at last is the real story of how TTV was formed! Inside you will find rareproduction artwork and storyboards, as well as reminiscences from TTV's founders."Mark Arnold is the guy who the other authorities on comic books and animatedcartoons turn to when they're stumped for an obscure tidbit of pop culturalinformation; he always delivers the goods."- Scott Shaw, cartoonist

A brilliant and often brutal account of the dual lives of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and the long-running feud between them. Be prepared to have your previously held opinions challenged, then shattered, by this thought-provoking study.