Deborah DeNicola Visits The Waking God

Phil Harris, author of The Waking God Trilogy, shares his thought-provoking interview with award-winning poet, author, and professor Deborah DeNicola at Waking God -- http://wakinggod1.blogspot.com/2009/11/future-that-brought-her-here.html

The Waking God Trilogy has been described as a new philosophy integrated into fast paced works of fiction. The Waking God author, Phil Harris, teams up with Deborah DeNicola, an award-winning poet, professor, and author, to explore interesting questions about spirituality and where our religious and spiritual life is headed in modern times.

Deborah DeNicola is the author of The Future That Brought Her Here: Memoir of a Spiritual Awakening, which is touring cyberspace. For more information about this blog tour, please see: http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-that-brought-her-here-by-deborah.html

For more information, or to buy this book and receive up to 20 bonus gifts, please visit: http://www.thefuturethatbroughtherhere.com

Deborah DeNicola Visits Phil Harris at All Things That Matter

Don't miss this thought-provoking interview between novelist and syndicated columnist Phil Harris and award-winning poet, author, and professor Deborah DeNicola at All Things That Matter -- http://philipharris.blogspot.com/2009/11/future-that-brought-her-here.html They explore interesting questions about spirituality and where our religious and spiritual life is headed in modern times.

Deborah DeNicola is the author of The Future That Brought Her Here: Memoir of a Spiritual Awakening, which is touring cyberspace. For more information about this blog tour, please see: http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-that-brought-her-here-by-deborah.html

For more information, or to buy this book and receive up to 20 bonus gifts, please visit: http://www.thefuturethatbroughtherhere.com

Deborah DeNicola at Writers in the Sky

Yvonne Perry interviews Deborah DeNicola, author of the beautiful spiritual memoir The Future That Brought Her Here, at Writers in the Sky -- http://yvonneperry.blogspot.com/2009/11/future-that-brought-her-here-memoir-of.html Find out how this professor, writer, and award winning poet came to write a memoir about her spiritual awakening.

For more information about this blog tour, please see: http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-that-brought-her-here-by-deborah.html

For more information, or to buy this book and receive up to 20 bonus gifts, please visit: http://www.thefuturethatbroughtherhere.com

Deborah DeNicola Writes About Grief, Clair-Sentience, and Place at Books and Authors

Joyce Anthony, at books and authors, shares a guest post by Deborah DeNicola, author of The Future That Brought Her Here, titled Intersecting Worlds: On Grief, Clair-Sentience, and Place -- http://joyce-anthony.blogspot.com/2009/11/deborah-denicola-guest-author.html It begins:

The sun was just coming up at five a.m., the sky, a finger-painting of mauve and tangerine, when my guide deposited me at a lone cabin atop a hill. My expansive vista included overgrown and wind-torn grasses as well as the churning sea below, the few other buildings so far as to be almost out of view ...

Take this opportunity to savor Deborah's gorgeous writing and share her experiences and insights. For more information about this blog tour, please see: http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-that-brought-her-here-by-deborah.html

For more information, or to buy this book and receive up to 20 bonus gifts, please visit: http://www.thefuturethatbroughtherhere.com

Susan Corso Reviews The Future That Brought Her Here

Don't miss Susan's Corso's beautiful review of The Future That Brought Her Here by Deborah DeNicola -- http://www.susancorso.com/seedsforsanctuary/2009/11/09/the-future-that-brought-her-here-a-memoir-of-a-call-to-awaken-by-deborah-denicola

For more information about this blog tour, please see: http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-that-brought-her-here-by-deborah.html

For more information, or to buy this book and receive up to 20 bonus gifts, please visit: http://www.thefuturethatbroughtherhere.com

Deborah DeNicola is a Guest at Ask Wendy

Author, freelance writer, and blogger Wendy Burt presents "10 Questions for Deborah DeNicola, The Future That Brought Her Here." -- http://askwendy.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/10-questions-for-deborah-denicola-the-future-that-brought-her-here

Don't miss this glimpse at a gifted and fascinating author. Here is a snippet of the interview.

The book contains medieval history, science, and occult mysteries as well as a personal story of healing from my father’s death when I was an adolescent. It’s also about creative process and dreaming and dream image work. At the end I come to some conclusions about where human evolution is going and ways to be in the world, living the ideals of A Course in Miracles. It actually took me 8 years to write and I started it as a novel because I was an “academic” and didn’t want to step out of the metaphysical closet. The story and writing the story helped me come to terms with some of these experiences.

For more information about this blog tour, please see: http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-that-brought-her-here-by-deborah.html

For more information, or to buy this book and receive up to 20 bonus gifts, please visit: http://www.thefuturethatbroughtherhere.com

Joyce Anthony Kicks off Deborah DeNicola's Blog Tour

Joyce Anthony introduces The Future That Brought Her Here, the new spiritual memoir by poet, author and professor Deborah DeNicola. -- http://joyce-anthony.blogspot.com/2009/11/future-that-brought-her-here.html She writes:

A poet, dream analyst, and college professor DeNicola writes about her struggle to live in the ordinary world of academia while honoring the competing call of the creative and the spiritual.

For more information about this blog tour, please see: http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-that-brought-her-here-by-deborah.html

For more information, or to buy this book and receive up to 20 bonus gifts, please visit: http://www.thefuturethatbroughtherhere.com

Meeting Tony Napoli Author of My Father, My Don

A few months ago we promoted Tony's book - My Father, My Don and we got great feedback. He just shared the link to this article with me and I wanted to share. Learn more about the man behind the book --


Meet Tony Napoli

I am in the process of reading Tony Napoli’s book “My Father, My Don,” and let me tell you this is one gripping book. Unlike any true crime/mob book you have ever read. A story so well told, so gripping yet so morbidly entertaining.

Tony was in Las Vegas last week doing a book signing at Cheesecake and Crime, (awesome bookstore with great cheesecake), and I was able to meet him. Such a gentleman. In all ways of the word.

All I can say is that if you were to call up central casting and ask for an actor who looked like a mobster, Tony Napoli is the guy they would send you. Honestly. The dress, the manners, the accent, and the hand gestures… straight out of the movies…

He would also be the guy to call if you wanted to know how the mob gained power and influence over American labor, and the building of Las Vegas into the entertainment capital of the world.

As the title explains; A son’s journey from organized crime to sobriety… the son is Tony Napoli, his father was the head of the all powerful Ginovese crime family. So you know it’s definitely not your ordinary coming of age, coming out of the mob type book.

It’s a tell all book, but it’s a great tell all book. Starting with Tony dissecting a punk who molested his daughter, and how that brought him great clarity and ended of his crime life while opening up another new chapter of sobriety, redemption, and charity.

From there, you are taken on a wild, page turning ride that basically covers the history of organized crime in America, as well as the growth of Las Vegas as the entertainment capital of the world. All told in vivid first person accounts, as he lived them, in detail.

Tony talks in stories as he drives home the points of honesty, integrity, family, honor, and patriotism. This is sort of odd when you think about his family and the family business… a business which is seen as nothing but a bunch of law breakers, murders and thugs. All well earned monikers Tony would agree.

In the end you are left breathless, and wondering just how he really could have survived all of that and lived to tell about it. After everything he has lived through. The ups, the downs, the painful loses, and the death and destruction. You will be pleasantly surprised to learn about his latest passions in life, and the new worlds that he is exploring.

Check it out. You won’t be disappointed. My Father, My Don

Originally posted at - http://thevegasmob.com/people/meeting-tony-napoli/

Meet The Pilot and Survivor From One of the Largest Air Rescues in Vietnam

In August, Dave Richardson did a virtual tour to promote his book Vietnam Air Rescues. This book was created by a father to share an account of the time he spent in Vietnam. He discusses each of his rescues and shares plenty of details about every day life for him and other interesting tidbits about his time in Vietnam.

Vietnam Air Rescues by Dave Richardson Gives You a Chance to…

Eavesdrop—as a father recounts to his adult children his exploits as an Air Force
“Jolly Green” combat helicopter rescue pilot in Vietnam…

Be There—to see what it was really like…

Ride Along—and determine what you would have done when another man’s life was literally hanging in the balance…

Feel—what it meant to save a life…

Experience—heart pounding action in…Vietnam Air Rescues.

Join author to learn more about his life as a “Jolly Green” rescue pilot, picking up aircrew shot down in North Vietnam and Laos. This book is a real treasure with details of his 7 rescues of 9 men and over 30 anecdotes relating to his experiences. The book is profusely illustrated with more than 100 photos, maps and drawings. To order your copy and for more information, visit his website at www.vietnam-air-rescues.com.

Dave Richardson’s final rescue happened mere days before he was scheduled to return to the US. Little did he know that it would be one of the largest air rescues in Vietnam. The man he rescued has written a book about his experience during this 40 hour ordeal.




While reading The Rescue of Streetcar 304---A Navy Pilot’s Forty Hours on the Run in Laos, you might:

Cry… When Streetcar 304 describes a romantic and emotional farewell with wife and children prior to flying into combat over Laos.

Twinge in Fear… As Streetcar 304 is shot down following his second bomb run in the midst of massive enemy anti-aircraft fire.

Anguish... Along with Streetcar 304 as one rescue plane after another is knocked out of the sky by enemy gunfire and another pilot is also running for his life.

Marvel… At the non-stop action in the jungle as Streetcar encounters squad after squad of enemy troops in hot pursuit and then… lions, leopards and monkeys.

Stand up and Applaud… When Streetcar 304 is finally rescued in a scenario readers describe as “Better than any movie”.

Be in Awe… When you read the final epilogue about the story’s aftermath.

On 31 May 1968, Lt. Kenny Fields catapulted off USS America in his A-7 for his first combat mission. His target was in Laos, which at the time was “officially” off-limits for U.S. attacks. What the planners did not know was that Fields and his wingman were en route to a massive concentration of AAA gun sites amidst an entire North Vietnamese division. Fields—call sign Streetcar 304—was the first to roll in and destroyed the target with a direct hit. Three AAA guns began to fire, but, following his wingman, he rolled in again. This time many more AAA guns opened up and Fields was shot down. For more information, visit – www.kennywaynefields.com

Monday August 18th, author and publicist Nikki Leigh interviewed Dave Richardson about his book and his experiences in Vietnam. To listen or to download your own copy, click the link above.

As a follow up, Nikki Leigh interviewed Dave Richardson and Kenny Fields on August 25th. The second interview was a chance to talk with the rescue pilot and the survivor about what happened during those 40 hours, in the air and on the ground. To listen to the show or to download your own copy, click the link below.



Veterans, teachers, aviation buffs, family members of military personnel, history buffs and many of others enjoyed these shows. They can be a way to start a conversation about the war, help family members understand about their loved ones time in the war, give students a first hand account from the men who lived through this rescue and others and many other people can benefit from these shows.

The content in the shows is just the beginning. To learn the full story from both of these men, read both books and get both perspectives of these pulse pounding experiences and edge of your seat action. Vietnam Air Rescues by Dave Richardson and Rescue of Streetcar 304 by Kenny Fields are both for sale on Amazon.com and other booksellers. You can also order autographed copies from the authors if you prefer. Feel free to contact Nikki Leigh for more information at nikki_leigh22939@yahoo.com. To read a sample from Dave Richardson's book Vietnam Air Rescues - visit www.nikkileigh.com/var.htm. This ebook contains excerpts from Vietnam Air Rescues and it contains all the details for Dave's first rescue. Download your free copy today.

Something Unique in August

I've got some interesting tours coming up in the next several months - but I just lined up something that I think is going to be really fun.

In August, Dave Richardson, author of Vietnam Air Rescues, will tour cyberspace with me. His book is very good and we'll be talking about it throughout the month. The first Monday in August I'll interview him on my radio show (www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh) and we'll talk about his book. Then, a week or two later, I'll interview him and the man he rescued on his last mission in Vietnam. They both wrote books about their experiences and we'll get to hear their recollections. This will give us the point of view from the air and from land.


I'll post more details as we get closer to the tour - but I'm so excited about this idea that I had to pass the info along now. I've got another interview coming up on my show Monday, July 7, with Jill Lublin and she'll talk about her new book - Get Noticed... Get Referrals. More details in a day or two.

Nikki Leigh
www.nikkileigh.com
www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com