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Rhonda Byrne (/ b ɜːr n / BURN; née Izon; born 1951, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer.Her book The Secret is based on the pseudoscientific belief of the law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a person's life directly.
The book has been translated into 50 languages and has sold over 30 million copies. [11] Due partly to an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the book and film had grossed $300 million in sales by 2009. [12] Byrne has subsequently released Secret merchandise and several related books.
"The Secret" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published as "The Secret of the Men on the Moon" in the August 11, 1963 issue of This Week magazine. It was later collected in The Wind from the Sun (1972) as "The Secret".
"The Secret Place" was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1967. It won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1967, and was included in Nebula Award Stories Two; [2] in the introduction to the story, the editors wrote: "It is a sensitive piece of writing, a perfect example of second generation science fiction, the retelling and reexamination of a theme that originated in ...
"The Greatest Car in the World" "The Final Battle" "The Powers of Observation" "The Ghoul Squad" "Toy Shop" "You Men of Violence" "The Finest Hunter in the World" "Down to Earth" "Commando Raid" "Not Me, Not Amos Cabot!" "The Secret of Stonehenge" "Incident in the IND" "If" "Contact Man" "The Pad: a Story of the Day After Tomorrow" "A Civil ...
Reviews for the book were mixed, although several critics thought the short-story format suited Bond. Elements from the stories have been used in several Bond films, including the title of the 1981 film, For Your Eyes Only, starring Roger Moore as Bond. The film also used some elements and characters from the short stories "For Your Eyes Only ...
Cass: Cassandra, or "Cass" for short, is the main protagonist of all the books.A smart, sarcastic, 12-year-old adopted girl (as discovered in the second book, If You're Reading This, It's Too Late), Cass embarks on adventures with Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji to stop the Midnight Sun and its sinister plans to achieve immortality.
Stern is most remembered for a short story he wrote in 1943. In February 1938 Stern awoke with the story in mind. Inspired by a dream that was reminiscent of the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol, Stern wrote a 4000-word short story called "The Greatest Gift". He began it in 1939 and finished it in 1943, but was unable to find a ...