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A SPECIAL GIFT FOR NEW MILLENNIUM WHICH UPSETS BUCKINGHAM PALACE... 40% IN FOCUS GROUPS BELIEVE MESSAGES ARE FROM DIANA....

PRINCESS DIANA SPEAKS ON AMAZON.COM

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New York -- What's a gift that's 2) unforgettable, b) a collector's item, c) a guaranteed conversation-starter, and d) a gift that keeps on giving through the new year? Answer: the just-released book "DianaSpeaks: The Uncensored Messages From Princess Diana" (hardcover, 282 pages, Limited Collector's Ed., Periskop, $39.95) The author is Chairman Yao, the exclusive conduit of Princess Diana after her death. For $39.95, you also get a FREE 1-year subscription to the DianaSpeaks e mail Newsletter. You can order copies from Amazon.com just by typing in "Chairman Yao" on its search engine. And yes, you CAN get it in time for Christmas. But hurry, it's a Limited Collector's Edition.

"DianaSpeaks" the book is - just like the late Princess - controversial. According to reliable sources, Buckingham Palace is appalled and its formidable p.r. machine is moving into high gear to discredit it. "Prince Charles thought he'd gotten rid of Diana for good," the source says. "The last thing he wants is her return. It complicates his plans for Camilla."

Periskop Media, the publisher of "DianaSpeaks," discloses that, in its U.S. focus groups for this book, 40% were so "touched" by the quality of its messages that they "believe or are open to the possibility that it contains authentic messages from the late Princess." 42% saw the book as "an inspiring modern fable." 8% saw it as "provocative art about our obsession with celebrity." And about 10% were "offended" because they "disagree with the messages religiously, politically, ethically, or for other reasons."

"DianaSpeaks" is already being compared to the runaway New York Times bestseller "Conversations with God." "You can believe it, or not believe it, but read it and decide for yourself!" Chairman Yao, the author, challenges us. The bottom line is, as one critic puts it, the book's "a damn good read" and, for the skeptic, it's "wickedly entertaining."

Here's what they're saying:

A DISTURBING ENLIGHTENMENT ---- Lucia Dlugoszewski, acclaimed composer, poet, choreographer; artistic director, Erick Hawkins Dance Company; collaborator of the legendary choreographer Erick Hawkins

AUDACIOUS, PROVOCATIVE, AND POSSIBLY GROUNDBREAKING ---- Lars Fimmerstad, Swedish critic & commentator

CHAIRMAN YAO ROCKS! LONG LIVE CHAIRMAN YAO! ---- Alexander Bard, European pop star & impresario

In "DianaSpeaks: The Uncensored Messages From Princess Diana," you will discover The People's Princess' message of hope for you in the new millennium. You can tap into her widely-reported healing power through this book. Discover your spiritual and evolutionary destiny. Find out how she really "died" in the "accident." And what she thinks of Prince Charles and his mistress Camilla. Find out her prophecy about the fate of the New Economic World Order. Read her prediction about how we shall conquer Old Age and Death - soon. Marvel as she solves the riddle of Nostradamus' prophecies concerning the New World Teacher - when he will appear, and how we will recognize him.
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