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I have a new book called I haven't been entirely honest with you.

I know. What an intriguing title.

You see, in the last decade, I've had a rather unexpected time with some very

challenging lows, though some surprising joys so there's fun along the way, but I've learned a lot

about living and feeling well, all in the book. My hope is that my story might help your story.

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The Roller Coaster King, The Man Behind the UK's Fastest Thrill Ride by Tom Lamont.

When Roller Coaster King Tom LeMont. When roller coaster fans speak of creativity, they speak of the old, the retired or the dead.

They speak of Anton Schwarzkopf, late pioneer of the loop, and Ron Tummer, who became the first

engineer to haul people up more than

200 feet before sending them into a drop. They speak of Alan Shilker and Jeff Pike, both slowing down

now, both admired for their structures that marry timber with steel. They speak of Verna Stengel,

a living legend at 88, one of whose many new ideas was to send

passengers hurtling around corners while tilted at 90 degrees.

Because the work of roller coaster creation asks for confidence of vision, the staying power

to see through long projects, as well as an encyclopedic grasp of which manoeuvres have and haven't been tried yet,

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