- For the fictional supervillain, see "Typeface (comics);" for the singer/songwriter, see "Gordon Thomas (outsider musician). Typeface (Gordon Thomas was a fictional Marvel Comics Antihero. Gordon Thomas is a singer/songwriter/jazz trombonist from New York City who recorded a series of self-financed albums of his own optimistically idiosyncratic music which he often
Gordon Thomas is a Welsh author who has written fifty-three books. The total sales of his works exceed 45 million copies. Thomas lives in Ireland, with his wife, an interior designer. Interior design is a practice concerned with anything that is found inside a space - walls windows doors finishes textures light furnishings and furniture His four children work in various sections of the entertainment industry.
His Gideon’s Spies: Mossad’s Secret Warriors became a major documentary for Channel Four that he wrote and narrated: The Spy Machine. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began The Spy Machine was a documentary special about the work of the Mossad, made by Open Media and It followed three years of research during which he was given unprecedented access to Mossad’s key personnel. The Mossad ( HaMossad leModi'in v'leTafkidim Meyuhadim) (המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים - Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations The documentary was co-produced by Open Media and Israfilm[1]. Open Media is a British television Production company, best known for the discussion series After Dark, which was described by The Daily
Gideon’s Spies: Mossad’s Secret Warriors has so far been published in 16 languages. The main source for this book is Ari Ben-Menashe, a self-described former Mossad agent. Ari Ben-Menashe (ארי בן מנשה is the author of Profits of War Inside the Secret U According to Charles Foster in Contemporary Review: "Writers who know their place are few and far between: fortunately Mr Thomas is one of them. Charles Foster (1962&ndash is an English writer traveller and barrister The Contemporary Review is a British monthly publication Foundation It was founded in 1866 by Alexander Strahan and a group of intellectuals By keeping to his place as a tremendous storyteller without a preacher's pretensions, he has put his book amongst the important chronicles of the state of Israel. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. " [1]
Major Awards
- 2 Mark Twain Society Awards for Reporting Excellence
- Shipwreck won him the Edgar Allan Poe Award. A shipwreck can refer to a wrecked ship or to the event that caused the wreck such as the striking of something that causes the ship to sink the stranding of the ship on rocks The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America.
Bibliography
- Journey Into Madness : The True Story of Secret CIA Mind Control and Medical Abuse, by Gordon Thomas, Bantam, 1989, ISBN 0-553-05357-4
- Assassination of Robert Maxwell by Gordon Thomas and Martin Dillon. Ian Robert Maxwell MC ( June 10, 1923 – November 5, 1991) was a Czechoslovakian born British Media proprietor This article is about the Author and Journalist. See Martin Dillon for the Musician, Operatic Tenor, and Professor
- Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. ISBN 0-312-25284-6.
- Robert Maxwell: Israel's Superspy : The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul by Martin Dillon and Gordon Thomas, Carroll & Graf Publishers, November 2003 ISBN 0-7867-1295-3
- Seeds of Fire: China and the Story Behind the Attack on America by Gordon Thomas, Dandelion Books Publishers, 2001, ISBN 1-893302-54-7.
Book clubs
Gordon's works have appeared in:
Film Translations
See also
Robert Maxwell
References
- ^ Belfast News Letter, May 14, 1998
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