This cultural history and memoir of stage fright will resonate with anyone terrified of speaking or performing in public. Stage fright is one of the human psyche's deepest fears, challenging actors, musicians, professional athletes, and people from all walks of life. Surveys in the United States repeatedly rank public speaking as one of the top fears, affecting up to 74 percent of people.Sara Solovitch studied piano as a young child and fell in love with music. At ten, she played Bach and Mozart in her hometown's annual music festival, but was overwhelmed by fear. As a teen, she attended Eastman School of Music, where stage fright led her to give up aspirations of becoming a professional pianist. In her late fifties, Sara gave herself a one-year deadline to tame performance anxiety and play before an audience. She resumed music lessons, while exploring meditation, exposure therapy, cognitive therapy, biofeedback, beta blockers, and other remedies. Views: 20
Book 01 in the Jake Mahegan Thriller series!
One year ago, Captain Jake Mahegan led a Delta Force team into Afghanistan to capture an American traitor working for the Taliban. The mission ended in tragedy. The team was infiltrated and decimated by a bomb. An enemy prisoner was killed. Mahegan was dismissed from service—dishonored forever.
Now, haunted by the incident, Mahegan is determined to clear his name. The military wants him to stand down. But when the American Taliban returns to domestic soil—headed by the traitor who ruined his life—Mahegan is the only man who knows how to stop him. Outside the law. Under the radar. Out for vengeance...
Review
"Foreign and Domestic delivers!"--Brad Thor #1 NYT Bestselling author of Act of War
"Tony Tata writes with a gripping and gritty authority."--Richard North Patterson #1 NYT Bestselling author of In the Name of Honor
"Foreign and Domestic is a must read for fans of thriller fiction."--Newt Gingrich #1 NYT Bestselling author of Breakout
"An intriguing and surprising mystery."--Larry Bond NYT Bestselling author of Exit Plan
"Grabs you and doesn't let go."--Ralph Peters NYT Bestselling author of Hell or Richmond
"Fantastic Story."--Marc Cameron USA Today Bestselling author of Time of Attack
"Foreign and Domestic is a riveting look at the terrifying reality of domestic terrorism." --Glenn Beck, #1 NY Times Bestselling author of Agenda 21: Into the Shadows
"This one truly kicks butt and takes names. Crackling with action and tension, it'll hold you captive from the first page until the last. The threats are everywhere, Foreign and Domestic." --Steve Berry, NY Times Bestselling author of The Patriot Threat
“An explosive, seat‑of‑your‑pants thriller!” —W.E.B. Griffin and W.E. Butterworth IV on Sudden Threat
“Topical, frightening, possible, and riveting.” —James Rollins on Sudden Threat
“Foreign and Domestic shows Tata at the top of his game…a must read for fans of thriller fiction.” —Newt Gingrich, New York Times bestselling author of Breakout
“This one truly kicks butt. Crackling with action and tension, it’ll hold you captive from the first page until the last.” —Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 international bestselling author
About the Author
A.J. "Tony" Tata is a career paratrooper and infantryman. Retiring as a Brigadier General, he commanded combat units in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and the 10th Mountain Division. A West Point graduate and Harvard University National Security Fellow, he is the award winning author of three critically acclaimed novels, Sudden Threat, Rogue Threat, Hidden Threat, and Mortal Threat. He was also a writer in Glenn Beck's New York Times Bestselling Miracles and Massacres. Tony has been a frequent foreign policy guest commentator on Fox News, CBS News, and The Daily Buzz. Jane Pauley featured General Tata's career transition from the military to education leadership on The Today Show and in her book Your Life Calling. He served as Chief Operations Officer for Washington, DC, Public Schools and then as the superintendent of Schools in Raleigh-Wake County, North Carolina, the sixteenth largest school district in the nation. Most recently, Tony served as the Secretary of Transportation for the state of North Carolina. Views: 20
When Lucas McCabe came home to attend his mother’s funeral, the sins of his father were only the beginning of the skeletons in the McCabe closet. Sara Landry wed a hard man, and found no love, yet remained determined to raise her two daughters and stepdaughter to be strong and independent. Passion and pride, pain and redemption, two families struggle to face old heartaches and heal old wounds Views: 20
Book #5 in Steve White's exciting TRA series. Jason faces down humanity's arch-enemies in an action-packed space adventure. Special operations officer Jason Thanou of the Temporal Regulatory Authority must once again plunge into Earth’s blood-drenched past to combat the plots of the Transhumanist underground to subvert that past and create a secret history leading up to the fulfillment of their mad dream of transforming humanity into a race of gods and monsters. About **Ghosts of Time:"Meticulous research, vivid historical descriptions, and tense action sequences help flesh out this rousing time- travel adventure."—Publishers Weekly About Pirates of the Timestreams:“White expertly blends historical and futuristic elements … to create a fast-paced, detail-rich tale, seamlessly inserting his own inventions into factual events … an exciting, engaging story, accessible to new readers and thoroughly satisfying for established fans.”—Publishers Weekly About Steve White:“White offers fast action and historically informed world-building.”—Publishers WeeklyAbout Steve White’s Forge of the Titans:“. . . recalls the best of the John Campbell era of SF. White's core audience of hard SF fans will be pleased ...”—Publishers Weekly “. . . Engaging entertainment . . . much suspense and many well-handled action scenes . . .”—Booklist * The TRA Series:Blood of HeroesSunset of the GodsPirates of the TimestreamGhosts of TimeSoldiers Out of Time***
Book #5 in Steve White's exciting TRA series. Jason faces down humanity's arch-enemies in an action-packed space adventure. Special operations officer Jason Thanou of the Temporal Regulatory Authority must once again plunge into Earth’s blood-drenched past to combat the plots of the Transhumanist underground to subvert that past and create a secret history leading up to the fulfillment of their mad dream of transforming humanity into a race of gods and monsters. About **Ghosts of Time:"Meticulous research, vivid historical descriptions, and tense action sequences help flesh out this rousing time- travel adventure."—Publishers Weekly About Pirates of the Timestreams:“White expertly blends historical and futuristic elements … to create a fast-paced, detail-rich tale, seamlessly inserting his own inventions into factual events … an exciting, engaging story, accessible to new readers and thoroughly satisfying for established fans.”—Publishers Weekly About Steve White:“White offers fast action and historically informed world-building.”—Publishers WeeklyAbout Steve White’s Forge of the Titans:“. . . recalls the best of the John Campbell era of SF. White's core audience of hard SF fans will be pleased ...”—Publishers Weekly “. . . Engaging entertainment . . . much suspense and many well-handled action scenes . . .”—Booklist * The TRA Series:Blood of HeroesSunset of the GodsPirates of the TimestreamGhosts of TimeSoldiers Out of Time*** Views: 20
