Bøger af Peter Silverman

The 1950's, a small suburban town, a sledding party on Hancock Hill. Alex Dunhaigen scores a date with gorgeous Kay Cosgrove. But the next day Kay suddenly leaves town, and when Alex learns that her violent stepfather has heard about an indiscreet moment on their date, he fears the worst.Four years later, Alex is in college and bad luck along with questionable choices lead his life down painful paths. At the sametime, he and his brilliant best friend, Zach, are building their invention, a transformational gift to the world. But those whodo not want a transformed world include the powerful father of a woman Alex is dating. His quest for love, his friendship withZach, and their revolutionary dream combine in a volatile mix that threatens everyone in Alex's life. Does the resolution of those torments lie on Hancock Hill?

The 1960s . . . America in flux . . . cultural and political divisions . . . racial conflict . . . the physical landscape itself changing as suburbs spread across the countryside.Amid this turmoil, Alex Dunhaigen and Kay Cosgrove, star-crossed lovers since high school, struggle with their own personal tragedies. And Alex's transformational invention-a device that could bring prosperity and peace to the world-is threatened by wealthy and powerful forces that do not want a transformed world.As their families come in harm's way from a violent enemy as well as from racial violence, Kay and Alex must fight through debilitating handicaps to find happiness. Red Creek is the gripping sequel to Peter Silverman's novel, Hancock Hill (www.hancockill.net). His first novel, Acting Obsessed (www.actingobsessed.com), was published in 2012. Both are available on Amazon.

Acting Obsessed: a novel of compulsion and romance, stalking and violence in the historic heart of Philadelphia.In Ginger Brossard

A Princess FoundIn 1496, a beautiful princess was preparing to marry in Milan. Bianca was the daughter of Duke Ludovico Sforza and betrothed to Galeazzo Sanseverino, commander of the duke's armies. Portraits were often commissioned during the Renaissance to mark major events in a subject's life, and a court artist named Leonardo da Vinci was given the task of memorializing Bianca.Tragically, the princess died soon after her wedding. Then her portrait, the last evidence of her existence, was also lost.At a New York City gallery in 2007, Peter Silverman saw a portrait catalogued as "German, early 19th century." Thinking it misattributed and regretting not buying it once before, he scooped it up for a mere $19,000 and began a long quest to discover its origins. He hardly dared utter the "L" word: Leonardo.Giants in the field of art history and scholarship soon would, though, as the best of connoisseurship was used to authenticate La Bella Principessa. Science would then confirm their judgments. The picture was carbon-dated, digitally examined with multispectral imaging, even scrutinized for fingerprints--and one of Leonardo's was found along with a palm print. Bianca was identified as the subject, and her clothes and hair were matched to those of her period.Many in the art community still would not believe, but Silverman persisted and, with the help of Leonardo scholar Martin Kemp, discovered its provenance: the tribute book from which the picture had been removed. After more than 500 years the beautiful princess was home again.The picture is valued at $150 million, but its value to the art world is incalculable--and its story is unforgettable.