* Author, " The Soul of Surfing is Hawaiian "— Non-Fiction Best Seller, Hawaii ( 1997 ) ISBN 1-56025-205-7

: Includes the stories " Rotten Apples ," " O Death ," " The Wise Men ," " A Trip to Grand Rapids ," " Truck Stop ," " Smokes ," " The Perils of Spring ," " Let Us Pray ," " Alaska ," " Uncle Al's Gift ," " Skinny Dip ," " Homecoming ," " Pontoon Boat ," " Author ," " Freedom of the Press ," and " Vick's.

Author and poet Ernest William Hornung ( 1866 – 1921 ) used the term in " The Gift of the Emperor " to describe his woeful state as a freelancer in those days, " I warmed to my woes.

A Gift in Parting Author: Robert Asprin

* 1955 – Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Author, ( Secretary General: The Conference of World Religions )

* November 4 – Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Author, ( Secretary General: The Conference of World Religions )

* Guinness World Record for " Largest Single Author Signing " ( previously set by General Colin Powell and Howard Stern )

Author of " The Geography of Nowhere ", " The Long Emergency ", and the " World Made By Hand " novel series.

* Buzzflash Interview: Tom Tomorrow, Author of " This Modern World "

The lyrics appear with permission from the Author :( 1st verse ): Harbor of a thousand ships / Forger of a nation's fleet / Gateway to the New World / Where ocean and river meet /( chorus ): Strength wrought from steel / And a people's fortitude / Such is the timeless legacy / Of a place called Newport News /( 2nd verse ): Nestled in a blessed land / Gifted with a special view / Forever home for ev ' ry man / With a spirit proud and true /( repeat chorus to fade )

" Author John Mortimer's original chronology was incorrect, as the Penge bungalows were prefabricated houses which replaced homes destroyed during World War II, long after the date of Rumpole's claimed triumph.

Norman M. Coats of Kirkwood, MO ; a 1944 Borden High School Graduate, World War II Veteran, Businessman and Author ; wrote a compelling book called " Growing Up on Daisy Hill ", which chronicles his early years being born and raised in the nearby hills and hollows of Borden during The Great Depression.

* Gary Edwards ( Author ), John Mason ( Author ), Black Gods-Orisa Studies in the New World, 1998.

Author of Leaves of Faith-The World of Jewish Learning, and By His Light: Character and Values in the Service of God.

Author Oliver Franklin published a science fiction work in 2008 entitled World Lines in which he related a simplified explanation of the hypothesis for laymen.

He has spoken at Rockefeller University, the World Economic Forum, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, Calvin Academy, Caltech, MIT, Google, Harvard, University of Wisconsin, OHSU, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Kentucky Author Forum, and TEDxGotham.

The Author Patrick O ' Brian based one of his main characters Stephen Maturin on one of the cousin's of Lord Edward FitzGerald in his book The Far Side of the World.

* Reinaldo Arenas ( Twayne's World Author Series ) / Francisco Soto., 1998

Author James Jones wrote a novel about American soldiers fighting in Guadalcanal during World War II and entitled it The Thin Red Line.

* Brandi Chastain, Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, and World Cup champion, current player FC Gold Pride Women's Soccer, U. S. National Team Member, Author and Broadcaster on ABC / ESPN.

1958 Author, World Habeas Corpus: A Proposal for International Court of Habeas Corpus and the United Nations Writ of Habeas Corpus

1962 Author, World Habeas Corpus

In 1986, Jón first wrestled English Author and Guinness World Record Holder Sir Brian Sterling-Vete in a demonstration match for the TV news and print media held at Finnur Karlsson ’ s gymnasium in Reykjavik, Iceland.

* " The Debt Threat: How Debt is Destroying the Developing World " – Author Noreena Hertz talks to Democracy Now!

Author Greg Bear set his 1998 novel Dinosaur Summer in Conan Doyle's Lost World.

* Jim Stovall, World Renowned Author & Speaker, www. jimstovall. com

* Author, Global Consciousness Change: Indicators of an Emerging Paradigm, prepared by Duane Elgin with Coleen LeDrew for the Fetzer Institute, the State of the World Forum, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, The California Institute of Integral Studies, and the Brande Foundation, 38 pages, 1997.

Dr. Agustin B. Vencer, Filipino Pastor, Lawyer, Author, former International Director of World Evangelical Alliance, current Regional Director and Vice President at DAWN Ministries

On November 14, 1977 ( and continued on November 21, 1977 ), Author Bil Gilbert wrote a long feature story in Sports Illustrated on the impact of high school football on life in a small town.

* David M. Feldman ( born 1977 ), Photographer, Technologist, Author

* Publishers Weekly editors and contributors, The Author speaks: selected PW interviews, 1967 – 1976, Bowker, New York, 1977 ISBN 0-8352-1050-2

Author Don Herron's Dashiell Hammett Walking Tour, the longest lived literary tour in America began in the Suicide Club in 1977.

Author Robert Bloch finished Poe's tale and published it in the September 1977 issue (# 137 ) of Famous Monsters of Filmland as " Horror in the Lighthouse ".

* Author: Annie: A Theatrical Memoir ( 1977 )-Published E. P.

1977 ; Author

Author Lawrence Wright has written of a conflict between the Mutaween and at least one allied imam and Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, the head of the Department of General Intelligence ( Al Mukhabarat Al A ' amah ) between 1977 and 2001.

Author and historian John Kennedy O ' Connor notes in his book The Eurovision Song Contest-The Official History, that every UK entry to Eurovision from 1967 to 1977 finished in the top four, with only three songs not being first or second.

Rob has won many of pro surfing's most prestigious contests, including Hawaii's Pipeline Masters ( Triple Crown of Surfing ), and the U. S. Open of Surfing, the largest surfing event held on the U. S. mainland.

However, the exact distance of the ride was never verified and the record was later rejected by both the British Surfing Association and Guinness World Records.

On October 9, 2010 Malibu Surfrider Beach was dedicated as the first World Surfing Reserve.

* " Surfing the Web ", slang for exploring the World Wide Web

The World Bodysurfing Championships along with the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic are the two biggest bodysurfing competitions in the world according to the Encyclopedia of Surfing.

* O ' Neill World Cup of Surfing, a prestigious event in surfing held annually at Sunset Beach in Hawaii.

The 1968 World Surfing Championship was held at Domes Beach in Rincon.

What put Rincón on the map was the 1968 World Surfing Championship, held at Domes and Maria's Beaches.

Nearby Manta, Salinas, Ecuador, was the site of the ISA World Junior Surfing Games Ecuador in 2009.

Rolf Aurness became World Surfing Champion in 1970.

In 2011, Ericeira was chosen by the WSR to be one of the four World Surfing Reserves, together with Malibu and Santa Cruz, in California, and Manly Beach, in Australia.

* World Surfing Reserves

Surfing is a very popular activity in Peru ; it has produced world wide champions such as Sofia Mulanovich, 2004 female world champion, Luis Miguel " Magoo " De La Rosa ISA World Masters Surfing Championship 2007 leader, and Cristobal de Col, 2011 World Junior Champion.

His top surfing achievement was becoming the ASP WCT World Champion in 2000 but Garcia also holds the record for most WQS event wins, 22, and holds six Triple Crown of Surfing titles.

He initially retired in 2005 but is now competing again, although in 2008, his hopes for ASP World Tour qualification were dashed with early elimination in the O ' Neill World Cup of Surfing.

Garcia was determined to win the series, and many people tipped him to do so but in the end early elimination in the O ' Neill World Cup of Surfing, in his own back yard, meant he was denied a place on the 2009 Dream Tour.

* Hapuna World Cup of Surfing ( Sunset Beach-Oahu, Hawaii )

In his five year rise to World Surfing Champion, Curren led the way in cutting edge, perfectly tuned performance.

It is the site of the ISA World Junior Surfing Games Ecuador in 2009.

She is the first Peruvian surfer ever to win an Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour event.

For the men, those events are the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa Ali ' i Beach Park ; the O ' Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach ; and the Billabong Pipeline Masters at the Banzai Pipeline.

In 1979, the Pro / Am Surfing World Championships came to Easkey.