Art Bell Knihy

Discover the riveting, hilarious true story of the birth of Comedy Central in what New York Times bestselling author, Dan Lyons, calls the "funniest behind-the-scenes memoir I've ever read, full of crazy characters, plot twists, and suspense." In 1988, a young, mid-level employee named Art Bell pitched a novel concept, a television channel focused 100% on just one thing, comedy, to the chairman of HBO. The station that would soon become Comedy Central, with celebrated programs like South Park, Chapelle's Show, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report, was born. Constant Comedy takes readers behind the scenes into the comedy startup on its way to becoming one of the most successful and creative purveyors of popular culture in the United States. From disastrous pitch meetings with comedians to the discovery of talents like Bill Maher and Jon Stewart, this intimate biography peers behind the curtain and reveals what it's really like to work, struggle, and ultimately succeed at the cutting edge of show business

Some Whine and Cheese takes a wry look at fifty or so of life's frustrations, perplexities, and unexpected turns. These columns originally appeared in The Ark newspaper in Belvedere-Tiburon, California.

Art Bell und Whitley Strieber entwerfen in ihrem New York Times-Bestseller mit wissenschaftlichem Hintergrund ein Szenario, das ausgehend von der globalen Erderwärmung entsetzliche Konsequenzen für die Erdbevölkerung hätte. Regisseur RolandEmmerich, der sich mit „Independence Day“ als Meister des Katastrophenfilms erwiesen hat, drehte nach diesem Buch seinenneuen Event-Blockbuster „The Day After Tomorrow“.

Da anni gli scienziati ci avvertono dei rischi dell'effetto serra e del progressivo riscaldamento della temperatura terrestre, catastrofi ambientali (siccità o inondazioni devastanti) colpiscono vaste regioni del pianeta. Secondo gli autori c'è motivo di credere che questi mutamenti climatici sfoceranno in una serie di tempeste di violenza inimmaginabile, preludio a un nuovo diluvio o a una nuova glaciazione. Questo libro alterna i dati forniti dalla storia e dalla scienza ad una vivida descrizione romanzesca dell'imminente tempesta globale.