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May 25, 2021 · His books include Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, The Exultant Ark, and What a Fish Knows—a New York Times best-seller now available in fifteen languages. His latest book for grown-ups, Super Fly, was published in May 2021 by Penguin Books. A children’s story book, Jake and Ava: A Boy and a Fish, is scheduled for publication in October ...
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This book has so many gifts for nature lovers, engineers, poets, and tired old souls hoping to rekindle their love of the world.” —Lulu Miller, Author of Why Fish Don’t Exist and Co-Host of Radiolab “What a wonderful book Super Fly is! Well written and full of fascinating facts, it urges us to appreciate one of nature’s least favored ...
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Oct 30, 2020 · How To Write And Publish Your Non-Fiction Book: As the author of five popular science books, including a New York Times best-seller, I have learned a good deal about the ins and outs of getting a nonfiction book published. I now offer private, paid, one-on-one consultations to aspiring authors seeking to publish their nonfiction book ideas.
May 25, 2021 · 1 Sentence Summary: A book about flies; in other words (the title says it best): the unexpected lives of the world's most successful insects. My Thoughts: Flies are still not my favorite animals, but I did learn a lot of cool things about them! This book was definitely well researched, and had a nice flow.
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- 10 Frank Lucas Was Not Bumpy Johnson’s Driver For 15 Years
- 9 Richie Roberts Wasn’T Involved in A Child Custody Battle
- 8 Julie Lucas Was Not A Former Miss Puerto Rico
- 7 Bumpy Johnson Died in Different Circumstances
- 6 Frank Lucas’ Drug Transportation Methods Are Debatable
- 5 Frank Lucas’ Collaboration Didn’T Lead to Many Dea Arrests
- 4 Blue Magic Heroin Wasn’T 100% Pure
- 3 Frank Lucas Never HID Money Under His Pet’S Doghouse
- 2 Frank Lucas’ Cousin Was Not Killed by The Police
- 1 Richie Roberts’ Role in Taking Down Frank Lucas Wasn’T That Major
Frank Lucas is introduced in American Gangster as the right-hand man of Harlem mob boss Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson and his driver for 15 years. In an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer at the time of the movie's release, Johnson’s wife Mayme stated that Lucas may have driven her husband a few times but was considered a "flunky" whom [Johnson] ...
American Gangster is one of Russell Crowe’s best and most-acclaimed movies as the actor plays Richie Roberts with emotional depth. The character’s arc gets more tragic as he’s involved in a custody battle with his ex-wife over their son. However, this legal battle never happened since Roberts never had a child with his first wife, the defense attor...
Another inaccuracy regarding American Gangster's true story concerns Frank Lucas's wife Eva — a fictionalized version of Julie Farrait — who is introduced as a former Miss Puerto Rico. While Lucas's ex-wife didn’t win the beauty pageant, Mark Jacobson’s New York article does imply that her future husband met her first on a trip to Puerto Rico. The ...
In the opening scene of American Gangster, Bumpy Johnson dies due to a sudden heart attack in a discount appliance store with Frank Lucas being the only person around him. When it comes to how Bumpy Johnson really died, the crime boss actually passed away due to heart failure at Harlem’s Wells Restaurant. While Lucas told New York in a 2019 intervi...
In American Gangster, Frank Lucas sources his heroin from Vietnam and gets it into U.S. territories in the planes carrying American servicemen and the coffins of fallen soldiers. This can align with the true story, but doubts have arisen, as the real Frank Lucas never offered any straight answers on his process. As is depicted in the movie, Lucas a...
American Gangster ranks among the best movies starring Denzel Washington, with the Oscar-winner having played many real-life figures in his career. However, compared to his other biographical roles, Washington’s portrayal of Frank Lucas is easily one of his most inaccurate because of exaggerated claims. A major example is the text at the end of the...
Frank Lucas’s brand of heroin, Blue Magic, is depicted as a 100 percent pure product in American Gangster. While the product was indeed 98 percent pure when transported from Southeast Asia, the New York magazine article shed light on how it was adulterated further. Upon procuring the heroin in America, Lucas “cut it with 60 percent mannite and 40 p...
When the authorities and corrupt officials, like Josh Brolin's Detective Nick Trupo, catch up on Frank Lucas in American Gangster, some of his hidden money is shown to be buried under his dog’s kennel. However, the true story implies that nothing of this sort ever happened. In hisHOT 97 FM interview, Lucas said, “I never buried no money at my house...
In a particularly moving scene from American Gangster, Lucas talks about how his 12-year-old cousin was tied to a pole and shot by white policemen, an incident that he witnessed at the age of six. However, as he revealed to New York, Lucas witnessed his cousin Obadiah Jones die in front of him at that age, but it was five Ku Klux Klan members behin...
American Gangster serves as one of many movie collaborations between Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott with the actor getting the spotlight as Richie Roberts. But despite the cat-and-mouse game that he plays with Lucas in the movie, the real Roberts admits it wasn’t just his sole efforts that led to the mobster’s arrest. The former law enforcer, while...
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At the end of the book, he raises the specter of a "bugapolyst," in which humans seek to control insect populations resulting in their massive decline. Especially the diurnal arrival of invasive species in and on cargo, can pose a threat to humans and native and cultivated flora and fauna.
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