Scott Frank

Meet Roy Cooper, stoic, unassuming errand runner for various New York criminals. Roy arrives in Los Angeles to shoot a man named Martin Shine a week after a powerful earthquake has knocked out cell service, buckled the freeways, and thrown L.A. into chaos. Roy doesn t know who Shine is or why he has to die, but he does his job and does it well. Except for one thing: after the hit, Roy can t find where he parked his car. Wandering the streets of North Hollywood, he stumbles upon a jogger getting mugged and beaten by four young gangbangers. Despite his attempt to simply put his head down and walk away, Roy winds up in the middle of another killing. Things get more complicated when the murdered jogger turns out to be a controversial mayoral candidate. Roy himself is shot twice, hospitalized in critical condition, and mistaken for a hero when a local resident leaks a video that goes viral. Now meet the rest of the cast of characters, including Kelly Maguire, a disgraced LAPD detective with an anger management problem and strange feelings about L.A. s newest hero; Science, the teenage gangbanger/shooter, who needs to keep Roy quiet about what he s seen; Mayor Miguel Santiago, who finds himself facing accusations that he s just had his opponent whacked; Albert Budin, Roy s onetime mentor and one of the scariest, creepiest characters in recent crime fiction; and myriad criminals, politicians, and cops who all need Roy to disappear preferably forever. Finally, meet Scott Frank, who has created not just one of the most entertaining novels of the year but also one of the most surprising. This first novel is fun and funny as well as moving and textured, nuanced and powerful. Shaker is the debut work of fiction by a major new storyteller. From the Hardcover edition."

Facing a volatile stock market, many people have turned to real estate as a way to invest their hard-earned money. While many investors opt to buy property and then sell it quickly, other investors choose to hold onto their property for a longer period of time to realize a greater return on their investment. Real estate experts Scott Frank and Andy Heller have developed a proven and diversified program for real estate investing that incorporates both approaches and enables investors to take control of their financial futures and build wealth over time. Their new book, Buy Low, Rent Smart, Sell Real Estate Investing for the Long Run outlines a win-win-win program, one where average people can reap significant financial rewards by investing in real estate.* Win One : Buying Low - The investors first win occurs by purchasing real estate at a 10-20 percent discount by seeking out motivated buyers and avoiding paying agent commissions. The book reveals the secret to buying foreclosed homes with clean titles from banks and mortgage companies.* Win Two : Renting Smart - The property is rented through a lease/purchase agreement. Not only does the investor get a down payment from the lease/purchasee, but he or she also receives monthly rent that usually exceeds the monthly mortgage payment. Also, the lease/purchasee takes on the maintenance and repair responsibilities and tends to be a better tenant in return for their special lease/purchase terms. In addition, as the owner of the property, the investor is able to receive tax write-offs.* Win Three : Selling High - The final win results when the lease/purchasee exercises his or her right to purchase the property. The owner has realized the benefits of owning the property and has sold it to the lease/purchasee without agent commissions. If the lease/purchasee decides not to exercise his or right, the investor still wins because he or she can either extend the lease purchase agreement and increase the purchase price (based on property appreciation) or enter into another lease/purchase agreement with a new tenant and begin the cycle of wins all over.

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A literary exploration of the pleasures and pains of heroin takes readers inside the rundown Geronimo Hotel near the Tucson desert to reveal a heroin-addicted, dream-filled world and the eccentric and often desperate characters who inhabit it.

Scott Frank and Andy Heller have been buying investment real estate for a combined 40 years. In Buy Even Lower, learn how they consistently buy these properties for the “right investor price.” Additionally, they show you that “buying even lower” is about more than simply saving money. It is also about saving time and energy, so you have more of it for your friends, family, and other interests and so you are positioned to live a full and wonderful life —what Scott and Andy refer to as Regular Riches ®.

Every screenwriter needs to rewrite--more than once, probably many times--to make the story work and then to make a sale. And then again later on, to please producers, studios or stars. Tom Lazarus--author of "Stigmata", among other scripts--is a working screenwriter and professor at UCLA extension. In this book, he's distilled his own experience and that of other screenwriters into a system. SECRETS OF FILM REWRITING will teach writers how --prioritize big scenes--track transitions--plot corrections--add new information--pass through for dialogue--do an "on the nose" rewriteHugely valuable to first-time screenwriters and to grizzled veterans of Hollywood pitch wars alike, SECRETS OF SCREENPLAY REWRITING is larded with humor and attitude as well as information. Its anatomy of a screenplay rewrite breaks down the book's lessons into their practical application--a must for anyone looking for a break in the film business.

Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris is an honored veteran of the Vietnam War. He served almost 30 years in the United States Army and was even part of a Special Forces Group. Brave and excelling at his career in the military, Morris would do two tours of duty in Vietnam before retiring in 1985.

Fibromyalgia is a debilitating disorder that severely limits the quality of life for millions of Americans. The intense, chronic pain; the crippling fatigue; and other symptoms make life almost impossible. A formerly active, healthy individual may find themselves reduced to near-constant bed rest and early retirement. Though our understanding of fibromyalgia is limited and there is still no cure, there are meaningful steps that can be taken to reduce the severity of fibromyalgia.

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This book is the culmination of the lifelong journeys of Scott Frank and Yossi Lerman on their quest for great, meaningful, committed and purposeful lives. On this adventure they have discovered an approach that has helped them reduce their stress and experience more joy on a daily basis. Their "Peace, Harmony, Joy" approach can help you live your best life and take relationships with family, friends, and community to another level. They also hope this book will help bring humanity closer to having "Peace on Earth," "Harmony in the Lands," and "Joy to the World".

At California State Prison, Corcoran, a 942-acre facility built on the former Tulare Lake, Ted Gaines, who is tired of the treatment at prison, including getting sprayed with Mace for even the smallest rules infraction, feigns an interest in learning about computers as a vocation. While online Ted discovers, through overhead photos on the prison's web site, a possible way to escape. Spotting this he researches thoroughly, tracking movements of guards in the massive compound in relation to an area he feels is not well guarded. Ted approaches fellow inmate Roger Wilson with his plan. Two weeks prior to graduation Chris Walker, high school senior and state champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, jogs by a 7-Eleven store and hears a sound in the alley. Curious, he slows and, while witnessing what he believes the murder of a blonde woman, accidentally kicks a can. He is spotted, then yelled at and immediately turns and runs, narrowly escaping. Chris is noticeably shaken and questions what he saw. Chris does not know what to do or where to go until events force him to confront his innermost principles, and corresponding fears, and what follows becomes a cat and mouse game leading the police into a mountain community in a desperate attempt to free the town's mayor, who had been kidnapped as part of Ted and Roger's escape plan - one that might have worked had Chris not decided to assist the police on his own terms and in his own way.

Dr. Sylvia Caldwell works in the shadow of the U.S government, part of an intelligence division who’s existence is denied even within the highest levels of national security. Officially, she doesn’t exist and her work has been secretly funded by every US President since Eisenhower, when whispers of alien contact had set off a race for control of knowledge far beyond what the public could comprehend.Sylvia and a select few are summoned to a meeting and are introduced to the Ithral, aliens who had lived on Earth for thousnads of years. Living deep beneath the ice sheets of Antarctica, they have watched humanity, their achievements and setbacks over the millenia.Now, humanity is being warned that their steady destruction and warming of the planet was destroying their home. The Ithral tell Sylvia and the other repesentatives that their patience is running out for humanity to stop the destruction of planet Earth.It’s a fast-paced, action-filled story from start to finsh, with a story line that makes it difficult to put down. And with recent events like Dr. Steven Greer’s meeting with the US congress and sharing evidence of alien presence here on Earth, it further peaks the interest in readers who enjoy this type of content.

Meet Roy Cooper, stoic, unassuming “errand runner” for various New York criminals. Roy arrives in Los Angeles to shoot a man named Martin Shine a week after a powerful earthquake has knocked out cell service, buckled the freeways, and thrown L.A. into chaos. Roy doesn’t know who Shine is or why he has to die, but he does his job and does it well. Except for one after the hit, Roy can’t find where he parked his car. Wandering the streets of North Hollywood, he stumbles upon a jogger getting mugged and beaten by four young gangbangers. Despite his attempt to simply put his head down and walk away, Roy winds up in the middle of another killing. Things get more complicated when the murdered jogger turns out to be a controversial mayoral candidate. Roy himself is shot twice, hospitalized in critical condition, and mistaken for a hero when a local resident leaks a video that goes viral. Now meet the rest of the cast of characters, including Kelly Maguire, a disgraced LAPD detective with an anger management problem and strange feelings about L.A.’s newest hero; Science, the teenage gangbanger/shooter, who needs to keep Roy quiet about what he’s seen; Mayor Miguel Santiago, who finds himself facing accusations that he’s just had his opponent whacked; Albert Budin, Roy’s onetime mentor and one of the scariest, creepiest characters in recent crime fiction; and myriad criminals, politicians, and cops who all need Roy to disappear—preferably forever. Finally, meet Scott Frank, who has created not just one of the most entertaining novels of the year but also one of the most surprising. This first novel is fun and funny as well as moving and textured, nuanced and powerful. Shaker is the debut work of fiction by a major new storyteller.

Este libro es la culminacion de los caminos recorridos por Scott Frank y Yossi Lerman a lo largo de sus vidas en la búsqueda de una vida grandiosa, significativa, dedicada y llena de propósito. Durante esa aventura descubrieron un enfoque que los ha ayudado a reducir el estres y tener mas alegría a diario. Su enfoque de 'Paz, Armonía y Alegría' puede ayudarlo a Usted a vivir su mejor vida y a llevar las relaciones con su familia, sus amigos y su comunidad a otro nivel. Los autores esperan que este libro también ayude a la humanidad a acercarse más a lograr 'Paz en la Tierra', 'Armonfa para todos' y 'Alegrfa en el mundo'.

Este libro es la culminaci6n de los caminos recorridos por Scott Frank y Yossi Lerman a lo largo de sus vidas en la busqueda de una vida grandiosa, significativa, dedicada y llena de prop6sito. Durante esa aventura descubrieron un enfoque que los ha ayudado a reducir el estres y tener mas alegrfa a diario. Su enfoque de 'Paz, Armonfa y Alegrfa' puede ayudarlo a usted a vivir su mejor vida y a llevar las relaciones con su familia, sus amigos y su comunidad a otro nivel. Los autores esperan que este libro tambien ayude a la humanidad a acercarse mas a lograr 'Paz en la Tierra, 'Armonfa para todos y 'Alegrfa en el mundo'.

This is anything but your ordinary Peter Pan story. Through hilarious characters and sassy dialogue, Scott Frank takes readers through a comedic spin on a classic tale.

This book is the culmination of the lifelong journeys of Scott Frank and Yossi Lerman on their quest for great, meaningful, committed and purposeful lives. On this adventure they have discovered an approach that has helped them reduce their stress and experience more joy on a daily basis. Their “Peace, Harmony, Joy” approach can help you live your best life and take relationships with family, friends, and community to another level. They also hope this book will help bring humanity closer to having “Peace on Earth,” “Harmony in the Lands,” and “Joy to the World.”

The keys to making a profit in stock market investing are buying low and selling high, but in real estate investing there's a third-renting smart, Scott Frank and Andy Heller have been successful at all three. In this book they lay out a proven real estate investing program that will teach you how to consistently make great money, even on a part-time basis. They provided detaile dinstrucitons for implementing their program to get consistent returns for the long run, even during down economic times. Compared to the one or two profit sources promised by many other programs, Frank and Heller's six sources for making a profit inherent in buying low, renting smart, and selling high will position you to build substantial wealth over the long run.

It is easy to try and imagine how you'd guide your kids when they get to be teenagers. After all so far life has probably been all lollipops, rainbows, and butterflies! All fun and great times. Pure bliss with them as they are kiddies. Just wait! In what may be uncharted waters for you, I offer solutions to lots of today's problems through my words of wisdom I refer to as Scott-isms. ''Got A Minute'' will embrace you and boost you up for all the things you may not know how to say or deal with. I do all the hard talking for you. This book is a quick read. It is funny, real, sarcastic at times, thought provoking, interactive, and designed to be direct. No heavy reading with long boring chapters. You should be able to find what you need in the moment in any of the 6 chapters. The book can actually be used as daily life lessons. After all, you have probably been your child's best friend and wrapped around their fingers for the first 12 years. Be prepared a change is coming! This book will better prepare you and them for what is ahead.

Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris is an honored veteran of the Vietnam War. He served almost 30 years in the United States Army and was even part of a Special Forces Group. Brave and excelling at his career in the military, Morris would do two tours of duty in Vietnam before retiring in 1985.