FREAK LIKE ME(contributor: Melissa Rossi)
The uncensored behind-the-scenes story of the man and his geeks who started a phenomenon. Rose's unusual life and compelling personality made for good reading as well and his book FREAK LIKE ME was released on Bantom Doubleday Dell making several best sellers lists. As reported in the L.A Times and Daily Variety, Jim Rose has sold the movie rights to White Peach Productions and is scheduled to start shooting at the end of this year.
SNAKE OIL: Life's Calculations, Misdirections And Manipulations
2005 - Bartleby Press One day Jim Rose had an epiphany:"What if all the street psychology of scam, fraud, rip off and con artists that I have studied was used in a legal way as part of a DIY marketing strategy?" I tried it with a show I was barely able to perform, it was all a bunch of made up on the spot stuff. I called it the Jim Rose Circus. Because of these marketing angles that very first show sold out and I never looked back. I ended up on the covers of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, FAST COMPANY MAGAZINE and was the featured example of advertising acumen in the best selling business book THE DEVIANTS ADVANTAGE. I truly believe that my entire career path would not have been possible if I hadn't seen the snake oil salesman."
The problem with getting a real street education is that you have to go through a lot of hard knocks and pain for the degree. In 2005 Jim Rose remedied that dilemma for the masses. He wrote the most complete book ever offered on all things scam, fraud and con artist. What did he name the book? "SNAKE OIL" and it has just been re-released by Bartleby Press on the e-format Kindle.
Your Lucky Book:
An encyclopedia of all things good luck.
2010 - Olympian Publishing
(contributor:Bébé Aschard-Rose)
Do you have money woes? Do you need help in love? Do you feel like you are losing control of your destiny? Fret no longer! Your resource for turning around that foul luck funk resides within. You hold in your hands an encyclopedia documenting every possible artifact, ritual and symbol to summon positivity, passion and prosperity! With his Jim Rose Circus, Jim Rose revitalized the sideshow culture and paved the way for an entire generation of performers. He and his wife, Bébé, the Circus Queen, have traveled the world for decades with their legendary circus, taking notes on Good Luck rituals in every culture they encountered. This book represents a lifetime of research, the wisdom and experiences herein coaxed from the fascinating characters they met in the farthest corners of the world. The notes and discoveries they made along the way are now at long last ready to be shared, collated into an encyclopedia of all things lucky titled -- appropriately enough -- Your Lucky Book. Illustrating in ink with a brush only slightly denser than a single hair, Jeremy Bastian's illustrations are so intricate that you need a magnifying glass to explore them.
