(SEPTEMBER 10, 2003) "My Fractured Life" by Rikki Lee Travolta continues its sales stream, moving up over 97,000 places on the Barnes & Nobel sales ranking.

Travolta's "My Fractured Life" is a popular purchase among those also ordering "Bleachers" by John Grisham (Barnes & Nobel sales ranking #2), "Living History" by Hillary Clinton (#436), and "The Pianist" by Wladyslaw Szpilman.

"The Pianist" was the basis of the Academy Award winning 2002 biographical movie of the same name. Adrien Brody won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Szpilman, Roman Polanski won Best Director honors, and Ronald Harwood won Best Screenplay Adaptation.

Port Magee Pictures has an exclusive contract for the pitch rights on the screenplay based on Travolta's "My Fractured Life."

In addition to "Bleachers" Grisham is the author of Grisham is the author of "The Firm," "The Client," and "The Pelican Brief." Those books were translated into blockbuster films starring Tom Cruise, Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts, and Denzel Washington.

Clinton served eight years in the White House as First Lady, alongside President Bill Clinton. She is currently a Senator for New York, and is one of the shining lights among the Democratic political party.

Travolta appeared during the 1996 Democratic Convention while headlining the blockbuster comedy "Tony n' Tina's Wedding." President Clinton received his second presidential nomination from the Democratic Party at that convention.

"My Fractured Life" is described in reviews at Barnes & Nobel as "a modern East Eden" and "as powerful as the Basketball Diaries." In the week of September 1, 2003, "My Fractured Life" was ranked number 617,799; as of September 8, 2004 sales has steamrolled the title over 97,000 sales points to 520,027.

Travolta's book is also popular with readers of "Jarhead: Memoirs of the Gulf War" by Anthony Swofford (#1054) and "It's Not About the Bike" (#1109) by multiple Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong.

"My Fractured Life" tells the story of the price of fame for actors in Hollywood and on Broadway.

At Amazon.com, Travolta's book is popular among those purchasing "The Kennedy Curse: Why America's First Family Has Been Haunted by Tragedy for 150 Years" by best-selling author Edward Klein and "The Da Vinci Code" by top-rated suspense author Dan Brown.

Klein is the author of the New York Times bestsellers "All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy" and "Just Jackie: Her Private Years."

"My Fractured Life" continues to expand international distribution to Asia, Europe, and Canada through Ingram Book Group and Amazon.com's Internet retail outlets www.Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), www.Amazom.de (Germany), www.Amazon.fr (France), www.Amazon.co.jp (Japan), and www.Amazon.ca (Canada).

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