Computer and Internet Resources
America Online Writer’s Resources, including Compton’s
Encyclopedia, Grolier’s Multimedia, and the Concise
Columbia Library, provided instant access to facts on
Algeria, terrorism, and the Middle East.
Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia, 1996, provided valuable data and facts about terrorism, Cairo, Egypt, Giza, the Great Pyramids, the Sahara Desert, Islam, Ramadan, the history of writing, language and art, the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, Algiers, the Middle East, and Morocco.
World Wide Web, Elephants, Thomas Helton, 1996, “Tummy Rumble.”
Many United States government publications provided valuable facts and data on Algiers, Egypt, and Morocco.
The Embassy of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria and the Egyptian Embassy were extremely helpful in preparing for this trip.
Miscellaneous
Brant Parker and Johnny Hart, creators of “The Wizard of Id.”
Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits by Columbia provided the background music for writing this book.
A special thanks to the reference desks at the Ridgedale-Hennepin Area Library in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and the Southdale-Hennepin Area Library in Edina, Minnesota, for supplying factual data.
Virginia Slims commercial/ad was the source of the line used in the dedication.
Movies
Tombstone, Hollywood Pictures, written by Kevin Jarre, film by George P. Cosmatos, provided inspiration for the line on the “difference between a reckoning and revenge.”
Tommy Boy, Paramount Pictures, A Lorne Michaels Production, film by Peter Segal, starring Chris Farley, for his tag line, “for the Love of God.”
Algeria: A Country Study. Edited by Helen Chapin Metz. Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, 1994.
Arabian Nights. Adapted from Richard F. Burton’s unexpurgated translation by Jack Zipes. New York: Penguin Books, 1991. Contains the tale of Scheherazade.
Bradshaw, John E. Bradshaw on the Family. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, 1988.
A Course in Miracles. Glen Ellen, CA: The Foundation for Inner Peace, 1975.
Critser, Greg. “Oh, How Happy We Will Be: Pills, Paradise, and the Profits of the Drug Companies.” Harper’s Magazine, vol. 292, no. 1753 (June 1996).
Eadie, Betty J., with Curtis Taylor. Embraced by the Light. Placerville, CA: Gold Leaf Press, 1992.
Holy Bible, Authorized or King James Version. World Bible Publishers, 1989.
Jochmans, Joseph. “How Old Are the Pyramids?” Atlantis Rising, no. 8, Livingston, MT.
Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Anchor Books, 1995. This book, a must read for any writer, aspiring or published, provided me with professional support, wisdom, and the particular impetus for my definition of self-love. The line referred to is one where Anne writes that she believes “nothing is the opposite of love.”
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Brooklyn, NY: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, 1961, 1981, 1984.
Peck, M. Scott. The Road Less Traveled. New York: Simon & Schuster, Touchstone, 1978.
Simon, Jeffrey D. The Terrorist Trap: America’s Experience with Terrorism. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994.
Sun Tzu. The Art of War. Translated by Thomas Cleary. Boston and London: Shambhala, 1988.
Williamson, Marianne. A Return to Love. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
Zwingle, Erla. “Morocco: North Africa’s Timeless Mosaic.” National Geographic, Oct. 1996, vol. 190.
And. . .
A thank you and acknowledgment to:
Gregg Baxter, for writing the beautiful letter.
Jen Bush, for discovering with Nichole the marvelous pigs and vampires theory.
Angelo DiBiase, my friend and hairdresser, for costuming me.
Michael Fowler, my Aikido sensei, from the War and Peace Dojo, Santa Monica, CA, for patiently teaching me Aikido and providing a helpful brochure from which I derived my definition and description of Aikido.
Marjorie Campbell-Perfilio, for telling me the beautiful stories about herself and about Johann Strauss, and for her encouragement along the way.
And her son, Christopher Perfilio, for bringing Marjorie and me together.
Ann Poe, for helping me solve a few of this book’s mysteries.
Michael Powers, Los Angeles, California, for the author photograph.
Charlie Raun, for the delightful story of the “Don’t Help” hand.