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Touch of Death
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For other uses, see Touch of Death (disambiguation).
"Dim Mak" redirects here. For other uses, see Dim Mak (disambiguation).
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
點脈 / 點穴
Simplified Chinese
点脉 / 点穴
[show]Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
diǎnmài / diǎnxué
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
dim2 mak6 / dim2 jyut6
Japanese name
Kanji
急所術
Hiragana
きゅうしょじゅつ
[show]Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn
kyūshojutsu
Kunrei-shiki
kyûsyozyutu
The touch of death (or Death-point striking) refers to any martial arts technique reputed to kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at specific areas of the body.
The concept known as dim mak (simplified Chinese: 点脉; traditional Chinese: 點脈; pinyin: diǎnmài; Jyutping: dim2 mak6; literally: "press artery"), alternatively diǎnxué (simplified Chinese: 点穴; traditional Chinese: 點穴) traces its history to traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture. Tales of its use are often found in the Wuxia genre of Chinese martial arts fiction. Dim mak is depicted as a secret body of knowledge with techniques that attack pressure points and meridians, said to incapacitate or sometimes cause immediate or even delayed death to an opponent. Little scientific or historical evidence exists for the existence of a martial arts "touch of death", although it has been confirmed that trauma may cause disproportionately catastrophic consequences when applied to known pressure points under specific circumstances.[1] Commotio cordis, for example, is an often lethal disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart (the precordial region), at a critical time during the cycle of a heart beat causing cardiac arrest.
The concept known as vibrating palm originates with the Chinese martial arts Neijing ("internal") energy techniques that deal with the qi energy and the type of force (jin) used. It is depicted as "a technique that is part psychic and part vibratory, this energy is then focused into a wave".[2]
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1 Claims of practicability
2 In Eastern popular culture
3 In contemporary western pop culture
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading
Claims of practicability[edit]
Advertisement for Count Dante's 1968 World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets: The text reads "Black Dragon Fighting Society brings you the forbidden secrets of Dim Mak 'The Death Touch' in this exclusive book!"
Numerous martial artists claim to practice the technique in reality, beginning in the 1960s, when the term was advertised alongside the English translation "The Death Touch" by American eccentric Count Dante.
In 1985, an article in Black Belt magazine speculated that the death of Bruce Lee in 1973 might have been caused by "a delayed reaction to a Dim-Mak strike he received several weeks prior to his collapse". Other authors have also said Lee's death may have been due to a "quivering palm technique"[3] (alongside an article about Cai li fo instructor Wong Doc-Fai) to the effect that "dim mak does actually exist and is still taught to a few select kung fu practitioners."[4] A 1986 book on qi identifies dim mak as "one of the secret specialities" of wing chun.[5] However, this matter is not identified in the ving tsun kin kut and traditional practitioners of ving tsun (wing chun) take no stance in the matter.
Around 1990, Taika Seiyu Oyata founded the style of Ryū-te which involves "pressure point fighting" (Kyūshojutsu). In the 1990s, karate instructor George Dillman developed a style that involves kyūshojutsu, a term that he identifies with dim mak. Dillman eventually went as far as claiming to have developed qi-based attacks that work without physical contact ("no-touch knockout" techniques), a claim that did not stand up to third-party investigation and was consequently denounced as fraudulent.[6]
Also, during the late 1980s, Erle Montaigue (1949–2011[7]) published a number of books and instruction videos on dim mak with Paladin Press. Montaigue claims to be "the first Westerner to be granted the degree of 'Master' in taijiquan", awarded by Master Wang Xin-Wu in 1985. According to Montaigue's own account, dim mak is an aspect of traditional old Yang style taji quan which he claims he began learning in 1978 from a master called Chiang Yiu-chun who died in the month of May. Montaigue stated this man was an illegal immigrant, making his existence difficult to verify. Erle subsequently learned the remaining "qi-disruptive" forms of wudang shan from Liang Shih-kan in 1995.[8] Paladin Press has other titles on the topic of dim mak, including Kelly (2001) and Walker and Bauer (2002), both with a foreword by Montaigue.
In Eastern popular culture[edit]
A "Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique" appears in both the Shaw Brothers films Clan of the White Lotus (1980) and Executioners of Shaolin (1977). It also appears in Kill Bill: Volume 2. The "delayed action" of dim mak is depicted in Executioners of Shaolin (1977), where a "100-step Soul Catching" move allows the victim to take a certain number of steps before dying. A dim mak attack is used to paralyze a character in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
The manga Fist of the North Star centers around the fictional martial art school called Hokuto Shinken, whose practitioners are trained to kill or incapacitate opponents by striking the specific pressure points on an opponent's body. The protagonist of the story, Kenshiro, is the successor of this style and will often end a battle stating how much time the opponent has left to live after delivering a finishing move, or follow up with his famous catchphrase, "You are already dead", before his opponent dies, usually from violently exploding.
In contemporary western pop culture[edit]
Dim mak has become a kind of camp pop culture item which is recognized also outside the genre of martial arts films. In Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland, one of the protagonists uses the "Quivering Palm Death Touch", which kills the opponent one year after it is used. In the TV series Quincy, M.E., a 1977 episode entitled "Touch of Death" features a martial-arts movie star whose mysterious death is found to be a result of a dim mak attack against him ten days earlier.[9] The lead character of the British TV series Gangsters (1978) is murdered by a hired assassin 'The White Devil' using a similar attack, with death occurring four days after he is touched.[10] Dan Brown's novel Inferno depicts a character incapacitating a guard by putting pressure on his wrist, explaining the technique as "Dim Mak". In the comedy film The Men Who Stare at Goats, George Clooney's character claims to have been hit with the Touch of Death, a "light tap" that causes death at an unknown point in the future, in one case "about eighteen years later".
In the Star Trek universe, the Vulcan nerve pinch is frequently used as a non-lethal method of applying pressure to a pressure point in order to render the target unconscious.
In Doctor Who, the Third Doctor describes himself as a master of Venusian aikido on various occasions, accounting for his unique form of hand-to-hand combat, which allows him to immobilize opponents in a manner similar to the Vulcan nerve pinch. Later incarnations of the Doctor have shown varying degrees of expertise in hand-to-hand combat, although only some spin-off material explicitly identifies the later Doctors' combat skills as originating from Venusian aikido.
In the Kung Fu Panda series of movies, the Wuxi Finger Hold technique used by Po is a form of Dim Mak. Likewise, the villain Tai Lung and the mentor Oogway both use a nerve-strike attack to paralyze the opponent.
In The Simpsons episode "When Flanders Failed", Bart Simpson claims to have learned the touch of death in his karate classes— having actually stolen the concept from an arcade game— and uses the threat of using it on Lisa to make her perform tasks.
In the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Day of the Samurai", Kyodai Ken, Bruce Wayne's rival from his days training in Japan, forces Master Yoru to reveal his secret death touch. Wayne survives the technique by wearing a protective pad to absorb the force of the blow.
In the Robert Rankin stories Hugo Rune, and others, are credited as practitioners of Dimac, described as the deadliest martial art known to man, described as being capable of disfiguring and dismembering the opponent with the slightest touch, or condemning the victim "to forever walk sideways in the manner of a crab". Rune himself claims to have been taught by Count Dante, and the character of Archroy later becomes a Dimac master himself, although he is initially prevented from taking revenge on Omalley as he was not provided with the book on defensive strategy.
Although not mentioned as dim mak, the ability to kill with a mere touch is attributed to Chiun, the mentor of Remo Williams, who is the protagonist in the series of fiction novels known as The Destroyer. The style of martial art practiced by Chuin is called Sinanju, which incorporates distinct knowledge of the body's energy channels, known in western culture as acupuncture meridians. In the 1985 film Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Chiun uses this knowledge to render a female Army major helpless, bringing her to over-heightened levels of sexual arousal and pleasure by simply tapping her wrist.
In the 2012 Square Enix video game, Sleeping Dogs, Dim Mak is a counter-attacking move that can be learned from the protagonist's Sifu (master).
Dim mak is referenced in Bloodsport (1988), a film allegedly "based on true events in the life of Frank Dux", the founder of the first Neo-ninja school of "American Style Ninjutsu". In the film, Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) proves that he has been trained by Master Tanaka by demonstrating a move described as a dim mak or "death touch" attack to the judges as a means to gain entry into a full contact Kumite by striking a stack of five bricks with his hand and breaking only the bottom brick.
The monk class in Dungeons & Dragons has a high-level "Quivering Palm" ability that can mark an opponent for death and be activated later to kill them with lethal vibrations.
See also[edit]
Ansatsuken
Wuxia
Neijia
Martial arts
Iron Palm
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Adams, Cecil (May 21, 2004). "The Straight Dope: Is the "commando death touch" real?". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
Jump up ^ Pickens, Ricky (1991), "the Mysterious Vibration Palm", Inside Kung Fu
Jump up ^ Bruce, Thomas (1998). Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit : A Biography (first ed.). Frog Ltd. ISBN 978-1-883319-11-3.
Jump up ^ Jane Hallander, "The Death Touch" in Black Belt ISSN 0277-3066, Vol. 23, No. 6 June 1985, pp. 43ff.
Jump up ^ William Cheung, Mike Lee, How to Develop Chi Power, Black Belt Communications, 1986, p. 23. ISBN 978-0-89750-110-1
Jump up ^ Polidoro, M. Just like Jedi knights Skeptical Inquirer, May/June 2008, p. 21; see also George Dillman explains Chi K.O. nullification. URL accessed on June 13, 2009.
Jump up ^ "Erle Montaigue". Taijiworld.com. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
Jump up ^ taijiworld.com Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine. "Erle stated he travelled back to Australia upon the death of his father in 1978 and [...] supposedly met Chiang Yiu-chun who became Erle's main internal arts teacher from whom he learnt Tai Chi, Wudang Arts and Dim-Mak. In 1981, Erle travelled to Hong Kong where he met and trained with both Yang Sau-chung (the son of Yang Cheng-fu) and also Ho Ho-choy, a Bagua master."
Jump up ^ IMDb.com episode list[unreliable source?]
Jump up ^ Interview with series writer Philip Martin, who also played The White Devil (2003)
Further reading[edit]
George A. Dillman, Kyusho-Jitsu: The Dillman Method of Pressure Point Fighting, Dillman Karate Intl (1993), ISBN 978-0-9631996-1-4.
Michael Kelly, Death Touch: The Science Behind the Legend of Dim Mak, Paladin Press (2001), ISBN 978-1-58160-281-4.
Art Mason, Kyusho Jitsu World
Erle Montaigue, Dim-Mak: Death Point Striking, Paladin Press (1993), ISBN 978-0-87364-718-2
Erle Montaigue and Wally Simpson, The Encyclopedia of Dim-Mak, Paladin Press (1997), ISBN 978-1-58160-537-2.
A. Flane Walker and Richard C. Bauer, The Ancient Art of Life and Death: The Book of Dim-Mak, Paladin Press (2002), ISBN 978-1-58160-574-7.
A. Flane Walker and Richard C. Bauer, The Book of Dim-Mak, Paladin Press (2014), ISBN 978-1-61004-878-1.
Jin Jing Zhong. Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Dian Xue Shu (Dim Mak) - Skill of Acting on Acupoints. Tanjin, 1934. [1]
Beissner, Florian (2009). Mu and Shu points vs. HEAD's maximum points: The Phenomenon of Dian Xue from the Viewpoints of Chinese Medicine and Modern Neuroscience.
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Dominic Sherwood
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Dominic Sherwood
Sherwood at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Dominic Anthony Sherwood
(1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 27)
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Occupation
Actor
model
Years active
2010–present
Dominic Anthony "Dom" Sherwood (born 6 February 1990) is an English actor and model, known for his role as Christian Ozera in the teen vampire film Vampire Academy, and his role as Jace Herondale on the Freeform and Netflix fantasy series Shadowhunters.
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Early life[edit]
Sherwood was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[1] He attended Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone for his secondary school education. After studying drama and theatre in Maidstone and Sevenoaks, he left to work abroad, starting in Kenya and working for six months before moving to London.[citation needed] he also dated Sarah hyland for 4 years and called it quits
Career[edit]
Sherwood's first acting role came in 2010, with his appearance as Jack Simmons in the third season of The Cut.[2] The following year, he guest starred as a waiter named Tom in the Sadie J episode "Cherylistic". In 2012, he had a small role in the drama film Not Fade Away as a young Mick Jagger.[citation needed] He landed his first notable role in 2014, as Christian Ozera in the satirical horror film Vampire Academy, based on the novel by Richelle Mead.[3]
In February 2015, he became known for his appearance in Taylor Swift's music video for her single "Style", which was directed by Kyle Newman.[4] On 20 April 2015, it was announced he was chosen to play Jace Wayland in the Freeform fantasy drama series Shadowhunters, an adaptation of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments book series.[5] He also co-starred alongside Ed Westwick and Jeremy Sumpter in the thriller film Take Down,[6] and will appear in the horror-thriller romance film The Other with Drea de Matteo and Cary Elwes.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Sherwood was in a relationship with actress Sarah Hyland[8] in February 2015, when they met on the set of Vampire Academy. They broke up after two years of dating in August 2017.[9]
Sherwood has sectoral heterochromia; one of his eyes is blue, while the other is half blue-half brown.[10]
Filmography[edit]
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2012 Not Fade Away Mick Jagger
2014 Vampire Academy Christian Ozera
2016 Billionaire Ransom James Herrick
2017 Don't Sleep Zach Bradford
Television roles
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2010 The Cut Jack Simmons 11 episodes
2011 Sadie J Tom Episode: "Cherylistic"
2013 Mayday Louis Episode: "1.3"
2016–present Shadowhunters Jace Herondale Main role
2016 Modern Family James Episode: "Crazy Train"
Music video roles
Year
Title
Artist
2013 "I Want You to Know" Tchengiz
2015 "Style" Taylor Swift
2017 "California Dreamin" Sia
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Personal Details for Dominic Anthony Sherwood, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"". FamilySearch. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
Jump up ^ "The Cut - Jack Simmons". BBC.
Jump up ^ Patten, Dominic (18 May 2013). "'Vampire Academy' Adds 'Modern Family's' Sarah Hyland, Gabriel Byrne & More To Cast". Deadline.com.
Jump up ^ Harris, Kristin (13 February 2015). "Meet The Ridiculously Hot Actor From Taylor Swift's "Style" Video". BuzzFeed.
Jump up ^ Ge, Linda (20 April 2015). "ABC Family's 'Shawdowhunters' casts 'Vampire Academy' star Dominic Sherwood". TheWrap.
Jump up ^ Hopewell, John (14 May 2014). "Ed Westwick, Dominic Sherwood Join Jim Gillespie's 'Take Down' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
Jump up ^ McNary, Dave (5 January 2015). "Dominic Sherwood, Jill Hennessy to Star in Horror Movie 'The Other'". Variety.
Jump up ^ "Sarah Hyland, Dominic Sherwood celebrate two-year anniversary". UPI. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
Jump up ^ Gomez, Patrick (18 August 2017). "Sarah Hyland & Boyfriend Dominic Sherwood Split After 2 Years of Dating". People. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
Jump up ^ Ryder, Taryn (13 February 2015). "7 Things to Know About Taylor Swift's 'Style' Hottie Dominic Sherwood". Yahoo! News.
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List of best-selling fiction authors
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This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is near-impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an author. To keep the list manageable, only authors with estimated sales of at least 100 million are included. Authors of comic books are not included unless they have been published in book format (for example: comic albums or Tankōbon).
Authors such as Miguel de Cervantes, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Arthur Conan Doyle, Victor Hugo, Jules Verne, Rick Riordan, Jack Higgins and Leon Uris have not been included in the table because no exact figures could be found—although there are indications that they too have more than 100 million copies of their work in print.[citation needed]
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Author
Min. estimated sales
Max. estimated sales
Original language
Genre or title
Number of books
Citizenship
Christie, AgathaAgatha Christie 2 billion[1] 4 billion[2] English Whodunits including the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot series 85 British
Shakespeare, WilliamWilliam Shakespeare 2 billion[3] 4 billion[2] English Plays and poetry 42 English
Cartland, BarbaraBarbara Cartland 500 million[4] 1 billion[5] English Romance 723 British
Steel, DanielleDanielle Steel 500 million[6] 800 million[7] English Romance 120 American
Robbins, HaroldHarold Robbins 750 million[8] 750 million[9] English Adventure 23 American
Simenon, GeorgesGeorges Simenon 500 million[10] 700 million[11] French Detectives, Maigret, romans dur 570 Belgian
Sheldon, SidneySidney Sheldon 370 million[12] 600 million[13] English Suspense 21 American
Blyton, EnidEnid Blyton 300 million[14] 600 million[15] English Children's literature, Noddy, The Famous Five, The Secret Seven 800 British
Rowling, J. K.J. K. Rowling 450 million[16] 500 million[17] English Harry Potter 11 British
Seuss, Dr.Dr. Seuss 100 million[18] 500 million[19] English Children's literature 44 American
Patten, GilbertGilbert Patten 125 million[20] 500 million[21] English Adolescent adventures 209 American
Oda, EiichiroEiichiro Oda 320 million[22] 430 million[23] Japanese One Piece, Manga 86 Japanese
Tolstoy, LeoLeo Tolstoy 413 million[24] Russian War and Peace, Anna Karenina 48 Russian
Tellado, CorínCorín Tellado 400 million[25] 400 million[26] Spanish Romance 4,000 Spanish
Collins, JackieJackie Collins 250 million[27] 400 million[28] English Romance 25 British
Alger, HoratioHoratio Alger 200 million[29] 400 million[30] English Dime novels 135 American
Stine, R. L.R. L. Stine 100 million[31] 400 million[32] English Goosebumps series, Fear Street series, horror, comedy 430+ American
Koontz, DeanDean Koontz 325 million[33] 400 million[34] English Horror, thriller, science fiction, fantasy 91 American
Roberts, NoraNora Roberts 145 million[35] 400 million[36] English Romance 200+ American
Pushkin, AlexanderAlexander Pushkin 357 million[24] Russian Plays, poetry, prose, Eugene Onegin 17 Russian
King, StephenStephen King 300 million[37] 350 million[38] English Horror, science fiction, fantasy, It, The Shining, The Stand, Bag Of Bones, Needful Things, The Green Mile 70 American
Coelho, PauloPaulo Coelho 200 million[39] 350 million[40] Portuguese The Alchemist 28 Brazilian
L'Amour, LouisLouis L'Amour 230 million[41] 330 million[42] English Western 101 American
Gardner, Erle StanleyErle Stanley Gardner 100 million[43] 325 million[44] English Mystery, Perry Mason 140 American
Jin Yong 100 million[45] 300 million[46][47] Chinese Wuxia 15 Hong Kong Chinese
Akagawa, JirōJirō Akagawa 300 million[48] Japanese Mystery 500+ Japanese
Dailey, JanetJanet Dailey 300 million[49] 300 million[50] English Romance 93 American
Wallace, EdgarEdgar Wallace 300 million[51] English Detective 175 British
Ludlum, RobertRobert Ludlum 110 million[52] 290 million[53] English Espionage, Jason Bourne 40 American
Patterson, JamesJames Patterson 150 million[54] 275 million[55] English Thriller, Alex Cross 98 American
Dard, FrédéricFrédéric Dard 200 million[56] 270 million[57] French Detective, San Antonio 300 Swiss
Archer, JeffreyJeffrey Archer 120 million[58] 270 million[59] English Crime thriller The Clifton Chronicles 30 British
Berenstain, Stan and JanStan and Jan Berenstain 200 million[60] 260 million[61] English Berenstain Bears 300+ American
Dahl, RoaldRoald Dahl 200 million[62] 250 million[63] English Children's literature 50 British
Grisham, JohnJohn Grisham 100 million[64] 250 million[65] English Legal thriller 22 American
Grey, ZaneZane Grey 250 million[66] English Western American
Wallace, IrvingIrving Wallace 250 million[67] English Suspense American
Tolkien, J. R. R.J. R. R. Tolkien 200 million[68] 250 million[69] English The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, classical fantasy 36 British
Toriyama, AkiraAkira Toriyama 240 million[70] Japanese Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, Manga 60 Japanese
Kishimoto, MasashiMasashi Kishimoto 220 million[71] Japanese Naruto, Manga 72 Japanese
May, KarlKarl May 100 million[72] 200 million[73] German Western, adventure 80 German
Spillane, MickeyMickey Spillane 100 million[74] 200 million[75] English Detective, Mike Hammer American
Lewis, C. S.C. S. Lewis 100 million[76] 200 million[77] English The Chronicles of Narnia, fantasy, popular theology 38 British
Nishimura, KyotaroKyotaro Nishimura 200 million[78] Japanese Mystery 400+ Japanese
Brown, DanDan Brown 200 million 200 million[79] English Thriller, Robert Langdon 7[80] American
Martin, Ann M.Ann M. Martin 172 million[81] 180 million[82] English The Baby-sitters Club 335 American
Shiba, RyōtarōRyōtarō Shiba 180 million[83] Japanese Historical 350 Japanese
Hailey, ArthurArthur Hailey 150 million[84] 170 million[85] English Thriller 11 British/Canadian
Villiers, Gérard deGérard de Villiers 150 million[86] French Detectives, SAS 170 French
Potter, BeatrixBeatrix Potter 100 million[87] 150 million[88] English Peter Rabbit 23 British
Crichton, MichaelMichael Crichton 150 million[89] 150 million[90] English Techno thriller 25 American
Scarry, RichardRichard Scarry 100 million[91] 150 million[92] English Illustrated children's books 250 American
Cussler, CliveClive Cussler 40 million[93] 150 million[94] English Adventure, Dirk Pitt 37 American
MacLean, AlistairAlistair MacLean 150 million[95] English Adventure, thriller, war stories 32 British
Follett, KenKen Follett 90 million[96] 150 million[97] English Spy thriller, historical thriller 30 British
Lindgren, AstridAstrid Lindgren 100 million[98] 145 million[99] Swedish Children's literature 100 Swedish
Macomber, DebbieDebbie Macomber 60 million[100] 140 million[101] English Romance American
EL James 100 million 125 million English Fifty Shades of Grey 3 British
Yoshikawa, EijiEiji Yoshikawa 120 million[102] Japanese Musashi 7 Japanese
Cookson, CatherineCatherine Cookson 100 million[103] 120 million[104] English Romance 103 British
Meyer, StephenieStephenie Meyer 100 million[105] 116 million[106] English The Twilight Saga, The Host, romance 6 American
Bridwell, NormanNorman Bridwell 100 million[107] 110 million[108] English Clifford the Big Red Dog 80 American
Baldacci, DavidDavid Baldacci 110 million[109] English Thriller 25 American
Nicholas Sparks 90 million[110] 105 million[111] English Romance 22 American
Hunter, EvanEvan Hunter 100 million[112] 100 million[113] English Detective (Ed McBain) 94 American
Neiderman, AndrewAndrew Neiderman 100 million[114] 100 million[115] English V. C. Andrews, The Devil's Advocate 60 American
Hargreaves, RogerRoger Hargreaves 100 million[116] 100 million[117] English Children's literature, Mr. Men British
Rice, AnneAnne Rice 75 million[118] 100 million[119] English Gothic fiction, vampires, Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles) 27 American
Cook, RobinRobin Cook 100 million[120] 100 million[121] English Medical thriller Coma 27 American
Smith, WilburWilbur Smith 80 million[122] 100 million[123] English African adventure 32 South African/British
Caldwell, ErskineErskine Caldwell 80 million[124] 100 million[125] English Literature 25 American
Judith Krantz 80 million[citation needed] 100 million[citation needed] English Romance 12 American
Hibbert, EleanorEleanor Hibbert 100 million[126] 100 million[127] English Romance, historical, suspense 200 British
Carroll, LewisLewis Carroll 100 million[128] English Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, absurdist literature 5 British
Robins, DeniseDenise Robins 100 million[129] English Romance 200 British
Xueqin, CaoCao Xueqin 100 million[130] Chinese Dream of the Red Chamber Chinese
Fleming, IanIan Fleming 100 million[131] 100 million[132] English James Bond 14 British
Hesse, HermannHermann Hesse 100 million[133] 100 million[134] German Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, The Glass Bead Game 45 German-Swiss
Stout, RexRex Stout 100 million[135] 100 million[136] English Nero Wolfe 50 American
Golon, AnneAnne Golon 100 million[137] 100 million[138] French Angélique 14 French
Slaughter, Frank G.Frank G. Slaughter 100 million[139] English Medical 62 American
Burroughs, Edgar RiceEdgar Rice Burroughs 100 million[140] 100 million[141] English Tarzan, Barsoom and Pellucidar series, science fantasy American
Creasey, JohnJohn Creasey 100 million[142] English Crime thriller 600 British
Michener, James A.James A. Michener 100 million[143] English Historical 47 American
Uchida, YasuoYasuo Uchida 100 million[144] Japanese Mystery 130+ Japanese
Morimura, SeiichiSeiichi Morimura 100 million[144] Japanese Mystery 350+ Japanese
Higgins Clark, MaryMary Higgins Clark 100 million[145] 100 million[146] English Thriller American
Jordan, PennyPenny Jordan 90 million[147] 100 million[148] English Romance 200+ British
Cornwell, PatriciaPatricia Cornwell 100 million[149] English Thriller 34+ American
Clancy, TomTom Clancy 100 million[150] English Thriller American
See also[edit]
Lists of writers
Literature
List of best-selling books
List of best-selling novels in the United States
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ News.com.au on Agatha Christie: "With more than two billion copies of her 80 crime masterpieces sold there is a ready-made audience for television adaptations." (8 February 2008)
^ Jump up to: a b Times Online on William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie: "Christie wrote 80 detective novels mostly featuring Poirot or Marple and it has been suggested that only the Bible and Shakespeare’s canon have outsold an estimated 4 billion copies of her books. " (15 September 2008)
Jump up ^ Times Online on William Shakespeare: "Christie sold more than two billion books, translated into 103 languages. Only the Bible and Shakespeare’s works are said to have sold more." (September 14, 2005)
Jump up ^ The Telegraph on Barbara Cartland: "Barbara Cartland, who, we are informed (on www.condor-sj.com), 'is the most widely read author in the world with more than 500 million books in print'?" (25 February 2007)
Jump up ^ CBS News on Barbara Cartland: "Dame Barbara Cartland, 98. Considered the world's most prolific author and Britain's queen of romantic fiction, with total sales of 1 billion books." (December 20, 2000)
Jump up ^ CBC on Danielle Steel: "The reclusive Steel, who lives in San Francisco and Paris, has published more than 70 bestselling romance novels, which have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide." (21 April 2010)
Jump up ^ Forbes on Danielle Steel: "Yes, you read that right, 800 MILLION copies sold. Best known for romance and drama, Danielle Steel’s novels have spent over 390 consecutive weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list and 22 have been adapted for television." (6 June 2011)
Jump up ^ The Independent on Harold Robbins: "During his 50-year career (he died in 1997) he sold an estimated 750 million books and, in the process, transformed himself into a brand." (23 September 2008)
Jump up ^ USA Today on Harold Robbins: "Starting in 1948, he sold 750 million books, including megasellers such as The Carpetbaggers, A Stone for Danny Fisher and The Betsy." (9 October 2007)
Jump up ^ The Age on Georges Simenon: "With worldwide sales of 500 million, he was the most widely read living writer of his era." (14 September 2003)
Jump up ^ The Wall Street Journal on Georges Simenon: "In his lifetime Simenon published some 570 books, using 17 pen names, which have sold more than 700 million copies in 40 countries and were translated into 57 languages." (1 April 2003)
Jump up ^ Variety on Sidney Sheldon: "A NEW MILESTONE FOR Sidney Sheldon, who has sold more than 370 million books" (6 October 1995)
Jump up ^ The Columbus Dispatch[permanent dead link] on Sidney Sheldon: "He was one of the world's most translated authors, selling more than 600 million books in 180 countries." (January 31, 2007)
Jump up ^ Encyclopædia Britannica on Enid Blyton: "By the late 20th century her books had sold more than 300 million copies and been translated into at least 90 languages." (24 November 2007)
Jump up ^ The Huddersfield DailyExaminer on Enid Blyton: "She has been translated into 90 languages, is the sixth most popular writer worldwide according to UNESCO and almost equal to Shakespeare, and has sold 600 million copies." (25 August 2008)
Jump up ^ The BBC on J. K. Rowling: "The Harry Potter novels have sold more than 450 million copies through Bloomsbury in Britain, and Scholastic in the United States." (23 June 2011)
Jump up ^ Forbes on "Harry Potter": "It and the six subsequent books have now sold 500 million copies worldwide." (31 June 2015)
Jump up ^ The Daily Utah Chronicle Archived 2008-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. on Dr. Seuss: "The Pulitzer Prize-winning Seuss wrote and illustrated 47 books and sold more than 100 million copies in 18 languages." (5 March 2001)
Jump up ^ The New York Times on Dr. Seuss: "Today Dr. Seuss's 44 books have been translated into 21 languages, selling more than 500 million copies." (2 March 2004)
Jump up ^ Susan Edgerton e.a. in Imagining the Academy: Higher Education and Popular Culture page 53, on Gilbert Patten: "It is estimated that at least 125 million copies of the Frank Merriwell series (which itself ran to at least 209 books) were sold." (2004)
Jump up ^ LeRoy Ashby in With Amusement For All: A History of American Popular Culture Since 1830 page 145, on Gilbert Patten: "[...] the Merriwell brothers, the heroes of almost 250 children's books, whose total sales of 500 million copies surpassed those of the Bible between 1896 and 1918." (2006)
Jump up ^ Guinness World Records June 26, 2015 "In the space of less than two decades, the series has accumulated an incredibly loyal following and has gone on to sell an incredible 320,866,000 units, with a substantial 77 volumes of the comic book released over that period."
Jump up ^ "One Piece Manga Has 430 Million Copies in Print Worldwide". Anime News Network. October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017. Hiroyuki Nakano, editor-in-chief of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, announced at a press event for Shueisha's new 2017 publications on Monday that Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga has more than 430 million copies in print worldwide. The series has 360 million copies in print in Japan and 70 million copies in print outside of Japan.
^ Jump up to: a b New York Times February 15, 1987
Jump up ^ Latin American Herald Tribune on Corin Tellado: "In the course of her life she published more than 4,000 romance novels that sold 400 million copies, which earned her a place in the Guinness Book of Records where she has been a fixture since 1994." (11 April 2009)
Jump up ^ AFP on Corin Tellado: "Corin Tellado, Spain's most prolific romantic novelist whose books sold over 400 million copies, died Saturday at the age of 81, three days after she finished her last novel, a hospital official said." (11 April 2009)
Jump up ^ Chicago Tribune on Jackie Collins: "More than 250 million copies of her books have been sold to fans in more than 40 countries" (1 January 2007)
Jump up ^ The Guardian on Jackie Collins: "One of the world's bestselling writers with more than 400 million books sold in over 40 countries. " (27 June 2004)
Jump up ^ The Chinook Observer on Horatio Alger, Jr.: "Americans bought 200 million copies of his dime novels -- with intriguing titles like Raggedy Dick and Sink or Swim. " (30 March 2005)
Jump up ^ Time magazine on Horatio Alger: "[...] that have sold from 100 million to 400 million copies, depending on which literary historian you believe." (12 February 1973)
Jump up ^ The Hindu on R. L. Stine: "As R.L. Stine points out (and he should know, having sold over a 100 million copies of over 160 different spooky stories)" (7 September 2003)
Jump up ^ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on R. L. Stine: "Altogether, Stine has sold more than 400 million books." (8 April 2007)
Jump up ^ The OC Register Archived 2008-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. on Dean Koontz: "Admitting to finally having found a great editor at Bantam, the author, who has sold 325 million books in 38 languages, talked about his craft. " (September 25, 2007)
Jump up ^ Daily Pilot on Dean Koontz: "He's now the world's sixth most highly paid author, tied with John Grisham at $25 million in annual sales, and his novels have sold more than 400 million copies." (7 January 2011)
Jump up ^ BBC on Nora Roberts: "Nora Roberts currently has 145 million books in print." (6 June 2002)
Jump up ^ The Washington Post on Nora Roberts: "Today, Roberts, 61, has published her 200th novel, “The Witness,” and is at the helm of a cottage industry: about 400 million copies of her books in print..." (16 Apr 2012)
Jump up ^ ABC Australia on Stephen King: "Stephen King, author of more than 40 novels with sales of around 300 million copies, [...]" (12 November 2006)
Jump up ^ BBC on Stephen King: "But - after selling 350 million copies of his horror and suspense books - the author's latest work draws on a series of events which almost broke him." (22 November 2006)
Jump up ^ L'Illustré on Paulo Coelho: "the man with 200 million books sold" (6 April 2016)
Jump up ^ The Washington Post on Paulo Coelho: "the writer has sold an estimated 350 million books." (20 December 2016)
Jump up ^ Ray Broadmus Browne and Pat Browne in The Guide to United States Popular Culture page 473, on Louis L'Amour: "His books have sold over 230 million copies, making him one of the best- selling authors in modern literary history. " (2001)
Jump up ^ The Jamestown Sun on Louis L'Amour: "More than 330 million copies of his books have been sold, translated into 27 languages." (29 October 2001)
Jump up ^ The New York Sun on Erle Stanley Gardner: "Erle Stanley Gardner (whose Perry Mason stories sold more than a 100 million books)" (20 July 2005)
Jump up ^ The New York Times on Erle Stanley Gardner: "Gardner's books continue to be reissued regularly both here and abroad. Sales to date exceed 325 million copies." (22 November 1992)
Jump up ^ I. B.Tauris & Company on Jin Yong: "Jin Yong (1924-) is China's bestselling living novelist. His 15 books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide..."
Jump up ^ Shue Yan Newsletter on Jin Yong: "Professor Cha adopted ‘Jin Rong’ as his pen-name for his 15 martial arts novels of which over 300 million copies have been sold to-date. Although Professor Cha stopped writing martial arts novels almost forty years ago, they remain in print and have been translated into English, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and other languages for his countless readers worldwide."
Jump up ^ Lewis Manalo. "The Billion Copy Opportunity". Publishing Perspectives. Without rival, the twentieth century’s king of the genre is Louis Cha. Estimates of his book sales reach up to 300 million copies. One editor at the Far Eastern Economic Review estimated that, if one also counted the pirated copies, over 1 billion of Cha’s books have been sold. His fourteen novels have been adapted into countless comic books, television shows, and films.
Jump up ^ Nishi-Nippon Shinbun Archived 2008-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. (Japanese Language, 25 February 2007)
Jump up ^ BBC AudioBooks catalogue Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. on Janet Dailey: "Janet Dailey has written more than 100 novels and is one of the world's topselling women writers, with more than 300 million copies of her books sold in nineteen languages in ninety-eight countries" (2007)
Jump up ^ Pamela Regis in A Natural History of the Romance Novel page 159 on Janet Dailey: "There are 300 million copies of her books in print, making her the third best-selling author of all time" (2007)
Jump up ^ The "American mystery and detective novels: a reference guide" on Edgar Wallace: "Christie alone has sold 500 million copies; Edgar Wallace, 300 million; Georges Simenon, 300 million; and Mickey Spillane, 150 million." (1999)
Jump up ^ BBC on Robert Ludlum: "He has sold more than 110 million books in 40 countries and 32 languages." (13 March 2001)
Jump up ^ BBC on Robert Ludlum: "The author, who died in 2001, has sold more than 290 million books worldwide." (11 August 2005)
Jump up ^ ABC News on James Patterson: "Interesting that James Patterson has sold nearly 150 million books." (13 March 2008)
Jump up ^ Daily Express on James Patterson: "At the last count the 65-year-old American has sold 275 million copies of his books." (26 February 2013)
Jump up ^ The New York Times on Frédéric Dard: "Mr. Dard wrote almost 300 books, of which more than 200 million copies have been sold." (15 June 2000)
Jump up ^ The Washington Post on Frédéric Dard: "Mr. Dard worked as a journalist in Lyon from 1942 to 1950 before dedicating himself to novels, theater and film. He used a number of pseudonyms, among them Frederic Charles, Kaput and L'Ange Noir (The Black Angel), and sold more than 270 million books." (9 June 2000)
Jump up ^ Hello Magazine on Jeffrey Archer: "To date he has notched up sales of over 120 million books worldwide." (2008)
Jump up ^ The Australian on Jeffrey Archer: "The 270 million copies he has sold of his 28 books over three decades argue that he is." (1 April 2014)
Jump up ^ The Daily Nebraskan Archived 2008-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. on the Berenstains: ""They've sold over 200 million copies of their books," said director James Larson." (21 November 2005)
Jump up ^ Variety on the Berenstains: "The company also is offering a new animated series based on the Berenstain Bears, the hugely popular children's brand that has sold more than 260 million books worldwide." (7 April 2002)
Jump up ^ BBC on Roald Dahl: "With his stories available in 59 languages and with more than 200 million book sales worldwide." (6 July 2015)
Jump up ^ "Roald Dahl: As popular - and profitable - as ever". BBC. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
Jump up ^ The New York Times on John Grisham: "Over the last 15 years, more than 100 million copies of Mr. Grisham's books have been published in hardcover and paperback worldwide." (19 January 2005)
Jump up ^ BBC on John Grisham: "While legal thriller writer Grisham - who has sold more that 250 million books in his 20-year career - picked up a lifetime achievement award, Ian Rankin's The Naming of the Dead won best crime thriller." (28 March 2007)
Jump up ^ The Payson Roundup[permanent dead link] on Zane Grey: ""Zane Grey had 250 million books published," Wolfe said." (22 November 2005)
Jump up ^ The Writer's Almanac on Irving Wallace: "Although often scorned by critics, his 16 novels and 17 works of nonfiction have sold some 250 million copies worldwide." (19 March 2003)
Jump up ^ USA Today on J. R. R. Tolkien: "Tolkien's franchise has resulted in more than 200 million books sold globally and $3.5 billion in box office revenue — not to mention tens of millions of DVDs sold." (23 April 2007)
Jump up ^ Vancouver Sun Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. on J. R. R. Tolkien: "Since its publication in the mid 1950s, the series (plus its prequel The Hobbit) has sold an estimated 250 million copies and has inspired legions of fans who revere the books." (November 20, 2008)
Jump up ^ [1] "The manga has sold over 240 million copies."
Jump up ^ Anime News Network "To put Naruto's incredible worldwide sales in perspective, Sasaki told fans that 220 million copies of Naruto have sold around the world."
Jump up ^ The Wall Street Journal on Karl May: "the best-selling German author of all time, with 100 million books" (1 January 2004)
Jump up ^ Deutsche Welle on Karl May: "With sales of over 200 million books, Karl May remains a household name in today's Germany." (4 April 2001)
Jump up ^ CBC obituary of Mickey Spillane: "He sold more than 100 million books, and Hammer inspired several TV series and movies." (18 July 2006)
Jump up ^ The Washington Post on Mickey Spillane: "According to today's industry estimates, his 26 books have sold more than 200 million copies." (22 August 2001)
Jump up ^ BBC on C. S. Lewis: "favourite Northern Irish author has sold over 100 million books and inspired the Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings novels." (8 February 2008)
Jump up ^ The Daily Herald on C. S. Lewis: "C.S. Lewis may not be on the best-seller list, but it is estimated that his 38 books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide and remain in print 38 years after his death." (20 October 2001)
Jump up ^ Famitsu.com (Japanese language, May 11, 2007)
Jump up ^ ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/dan-browns-inferno-publishers-poised-for-biggestsales-since-harry-potter-as-da-vinci-code-authors-latest-robert-langdon-story-hits-shelves-8614082.html
Jump up ^ "The Official Website of Dan Brown". danbrown.com. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
Jump up ^ Benjamin M. Compaine and Douglas Gomery, 'Who Owns the Media?: Competition and Concentration in the Mass Media Industry' page 115"
Jump up ^ The Wall Street Journal on Ann M. Martin: "A year earlier, however, the movie version of "The Baby-Sitters Club" -- based on a series of young-adult books that have sold more than 180 million copies -- sold only $10 million in tickets, barely exceeding its $6.5 million budget." (8 October 2004)
Jump up ^ Japan Inc. on Ryōtarō Shiba: "Altogether, including such genres as dialogues with other authors, more than 180 million copies of his books have been printed" (22 June 2006)
Jump up ^ The Age on Arthur Hailey: "Arthur Hailey, who has died at his home in the Bahamas aged 84, was one of the most commercially successful authors of all time, producing 11 books which sold more than 150 million copies, were translated into about 40 languages, and brought him tens of millions of dollars" (28 November 2004)
Jump up ^ The Washington Post on Arthur Hailey: "He wrote 11 books, which were published in 40 countries and 38 languages, with about 170 million copies in print." (27 November 2004)
Jump up ^ Sunday Herald Archived 2008-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. on Gerard De Villiers: "De Villiers, now 78, claims to have sold an extraordinary 150 million books over his career - with every year a million more added to the total in France alone." (November 19, 2007)
Jump up ^ Lucia Marginean in Collecting Beatrix Potter Figurines page 2, on Beatrix Potter: "Beatrix Potter's books have been translated into more than 35 languages and sold over 100 million copies. " (2008)
Jump up ^ USA Today on Beatrix Potter: "Potter's story of the rabbit who is nearly killed after defying his mother's warnings to avoid the garden of a farmer named McGregor has sold more than 150 million copies in 35 languages." (23 June 2003)
Jump up ^ The Telegraph on Michael Crichton: "His books have sold more than 150 million copies." (1 July 2007)
Jump up ^ The Wall Street Journal on Michael Crichton: "Although it is always difficult to gauge the total sales of any author, Mr. Crichton's Web site states that he has sold more than 150 million books, and that 13 of them have been adapted into movies." (16 November 2006)
Jump up ^ Encyclopædia Britannica on Richard Scarry: "His "busy" books and dictionaries sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, and in 1989 eight of his books made the list of the top 50 best-selling children's books of all time." (2008)
Jump up ^ World Screen on Richard Scarry: "More than 150 million books by Richard Scarry have been sold worldwide and translated into 30 languages." (2 April 2007)
Jump up ^ The Rocky Mountain Collegian Archived 2008-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. on Clive Cussler: "An audit later revealed the number of Cussler books sold was around 40 million at the time the contract was negotiated in 2000." (5 March 2007)
Jump up ^ The Telegraph on Clive Cussler: "His widely popular novels - his new one, Golden Buddha, the first in an adventure series called The Oregon Files, is published next month - have sold 150 million copies in 40 languages and have made the author a very wealthy man." (23 February 2004)
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Lombardi's Pizza
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Coordinates: 40°43′18″N 73°59′44″W / 40.72155°N 73.995624°W / 40.72155; -73.995624
Lombardi's
Storefront in February 2013
Restaurant information
Established
1905
Food type
Italian pizzeria
Street address
32 Spring Street (corner of Mott Street)
City
New York City
County
New York
Postal/ZIP Code
10012
Country
United States
Website
www.firstpizza.com
Lombardi's is a pizzeria located at 32 Spring Street on the corner of Mott Street in the Nolita neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. Opened in 1905, it has been acknowledged by the Pizza Hall of Fame as the first pizzeria in the United States.[1]
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1 History
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
History[edit]
Gennaro Lombardi started the business in 1897 as a grocery store at 53½ Spring Street, and began selling tomato pies wrapped in paper and tied with a string at lunchtime to workers from the area's factories. In 1905 Lombardi received a business license to operate a pizzeria restaurant, and soon had a loyal clientele, including Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. He later passed the business on to his son, George.[2]
In 1984, the original Lombardi's closed, but re-opened ten years later a block away at 32 Spring Street, run by Gennaro Lombardi III, Gennaro Lombardi's grandson, and his childhood friend John Brescio. This change in location and ten-year hiatus surrendered the title of America's oldest continuously operating pizzeria to Papa's Tomato Pies in Trenton, New Jersey, which opened in 1912 and has sold pies without interruption since.[3]
The relocated, reopened Lombardi's uses a coal oven to bake its pies the way the original did. It is unusual in not selling slices, highly popular throughout New York City. Only whole pies made to order are sold.
In 2005, Lombardi's offered entire pizzas for 5 cents, their 1905 price, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first pizza sold at its original location.
See also[edit]
List of Italian restaurants
List of restaurants in New York City
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Asimov, Eric (June 10, 1998), "New York Pizza, the Real Thing, Makes a Comeback", New York Times, retrieved September 24, 2006
Jump up ^ Nevius, Michelle & Nevius, James (2009), Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City, New York: Free Press, ISBN 141658997X , pp.194–95
Jump up ^ Fox, Nick (July 27, 2011). "Trenton Pizzeria Stakes Claim to Being the Nation's Oldest". The New York Times.
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