Buy.com? What is the number one selling sports book online? The answer
to both of these questions in Umut Ozturk's one-of-a-kind novel, Three
Lions Roar: A Novel of World Cup 2006. In one short year, this book has
already been translated into Indonesian and Thai. It is also in the
process of being published in German, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, and
Chinese. It has already predicted England's standing in the brackets.
What other parts of this unique novel will come true?
This novel celebrates the great sport of soccer and the heart-pounding
event that is the World Cup. But it is not only for the sports
enthusiast. The enthralling plot combines relationships, comedy, drama,
and action into a book that everyone will love. It will capture the
hearts of athletes, romantics, and dreamers alike.
Umut Ozturk is currently a server at Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano in
Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Southern
Mississippi in 2000. He immigrated from Istanbul, Turkey at the age of
11. He lived in Biloxi, Mississippi for 15 years and then moved to
Minnesota. On vacation, he lived through Hurricane Katrina. He has
written and published two books. He has coached soccer for teams from
nine-year old girls to 18-year old young men to championships. All of
the soccer players in his novel are named after his actual friends and
players. He has also worked at frozen yogurt fast food restaurants, as a
valet attendant at casinos, as a cashier at a gas station, and as a
resident assistant in college, among others. You may have met him at
some point, but not realized that he was also a best-selling author.
About FIFA 2006 and the World Cup:
No other sporting event captures the world's imagination like the FIFA
World Cup. Ever since the first tentative competition in Uruguay in
1930, FIFA's flagship has constantly grown in popularity and prestige.
An estimated 350 million viewers worldwide followed the Final Draw for
the FIFA 2006 World Cup™ from Halle 1 of the Congress Center Leipzig,
with images provided by 160 broadcasters. Today, the FIFA World Cup
holds the entire global public under its spell. An accumulated audience
of over 37 billion people watched the France 98 tournament, including
approximately 1.3 billion for the final alone, while over 2.7 million
people flocked to watch the 64 matches in the French stadia (information
provided by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association's
website at http://www.fifa.com/default.html).
For more information about the book or author, contact:
Laura Tekata
952-261-6315
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AndhraNews.net News for May 15, 2006