Come along on a journey into one of the world's most fascinating minds. Jim Karol, entertainer and memory expert, is known to millions of fans as the Psychic Madman. He has performed on NBC's Phenomenon, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen Show, NBC's Today Show, Howard Stern, and in the film Jackass Number Two. Jim dazzles his audience with fun and comedy, all while demonstrating his memorization of over 80,000 zip codes, the entire Scrabble dictionary, thousands of digits of pi, sports almanacs, the day of the week of every date since the beginning of the modern calendar, and thousands of other facts. He can even memorize a shuffled deck of cards in mere minutes. For decades viewers of everything from top TV shows to live performances have wondered in amazement about how The Madman is capable of such extraordinary mental feats. In this book, he shares his knowledge through both life stories and explanation of technique. Just like in his shows, Jim aims to entertain, as well as show the reader just how much the human mind is capable of. Learn how Jim Karol, The Psychic Madman, has developed his impressive mind, and give yourself the opportunity to tap into your extraordinary mental abilities.
Lu Ann Brobst Staheli is an accomplished educator and author.
When Hearts Conjoin, a biography of the Herrin family and their conjoined daughters, Kendra and Maliyah, came to Lu Ann through her association with New York Times Best-Selling author Richard Paul Evans.
"I was presenting at a conference that Rick was sponsoring for prospective authors when I heard Erin Herrin present her pitch for a book about her conjoined twins," Staheli says. "Of course, I had heard of the twins on the local news in Utah, and during the pitch, the thought came to me, 'I wish I could be the one to write that book.' A few months later, Rick and his publicist came to me and asked if I could write the story. It was kismet. I met Erin, and we clicked right away. Nine months later, we had a finished book."
Proceeds from When Hearts Conjoin go into a medical trust fund for Kendra and Maliyah.
Additional biographical projects continue to keep Lu Ann busy. She is currently finishing a book with mentalist Jim Karol, and has projects lined up with former Salt Lake City policeman Rob Joseph, singer David Osmond, and entertainer Alan Osmond, all likely for a 2010 release.
A popular columnist for the Spanish Fork Press and contributing writer for Desert Saints Magazine, Lu Ann's articles have also appeared in Grit, Byline, Scouting, Library Media Connections, and The Writer magazines. She has published invitational essays in Teaching Secondary Language Arts K-12: It Really Works (Christopher-Gordon Publishers) and Famous Family Nights (Cedar Fort International).
As a Senior Editor with Precision Editing Group, she has had a hand in a number of releases from Desert Book, Shadow Mountain, Covenant Communications, and other regional publishers, including several winners and finalists for the Whitney Award and New York Times best-sellers. A former Associate Producer of Alan Osmond's Stadium of Fire, Lu Ann wrote scripts for both the Provo, Utah, and Laramie, Wyoming, fireworks spectaculars.
Utah's Best of State Educator K-12, Utah English Language Arts Teacher of the Year, Nebo Reading Teacher of the Year, and Christa McAuliffe Fellow, Utah Valley League of Utah Writers Writer of the Year, Utah Arts Council Juvenile Novel Author of the Year, the League of Utah Writers Diamond Quill and Juvenile Novel Author of the Year, Lu Ann teaches English at Payson Jr. High in addition to being an author. She resides in Spanish Fork, Utah, with her husband and five sons.
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