It is a sequel to the 2006 book The Secret. The Power is a 2010 self-help and spirituality book written by Rhonda Byrne. It has attracted a great deal of controversy and been parodied in several TV programs. The book has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 46 languages. It is based on the law of attraction and claims that positive thinking can create life-changing results such as increased happiness, health, and wealth. The Secret is a best-selling 2006 self-help book written by Rhonda Byrne, based on the earlier film of the same name. In 2007, Byrne was listed among Time Magazine's list of 100 people who shape the world. According to an article published by Australia's Herald Sun, Byrne has also worked on the Australian TV series World's Greatest Commercials and Marry Me. She has also been a producer for Sensing Murder. By the Spring of 2007 the book had sold almost 4 million copies, and the DVD had sold more than 2 million copies. Palo Alto is, "a collection of beautifully written stories" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that "capture with perfect pitch the impossible exhilaration, the inevitable downbeatness, and the pure confusion of being an adolescent" ( Elle).įeatures a bonus essay by James Franco on Gia Coppola's film adaptation.Rhonda Byrne is an Australian television writer and producer, best known for her New Thought works, The Secret-a book and a film by the same name. These "spare and riveting" ( O, The Oprah Magazine) stories are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth. In "I Could Kill Someone," a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully's own inner life. In "American History" a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner during a classroom skit-only to have his feigned bigotry avenged.
In "Lockheed" a young woman's summer-spent working a dull internship-is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. James Franco's story collection traces the lives of a group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. Now a "provocative" and "impressive" ( Variety) film from director Gia Coppola (Francis Ford Coppola's granddaughter)-starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer-the fiction debut from James Franco that Vogue called "compelling and gutsy."
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