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When I was first asked to consider publishing a manuscript entitled A TRAVEL

GUIDE TO HEAVEN, I was dubious, to say the least. What could someone who’d

never been there tell me about heaven? Especially someone so young. And not even

a clergyman or a scholar! I’d turn it down after a cursory look. But after just a few

pages, I realized that I was reading something very special: a book that was at once

entertaining and serious, religious and secular, imaginative and grounded firmly in the

Bible, comforting and realistic, entirely new yet 2000 years old. In other words, I had

to publish it.

Since that day, I’ve been thrilled to be a part of this exciting publishing endeavor.

Just a few months since its release, A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN has already met

with great success and continues to grow in popularity. People are buying a copy

for themselves, then buying several copies to give to friends and family. The word

of mouth that continues to spread confirms my early conviction that this book will

continue to affect people powerfully for years to come.

If you haven’t heard about the book yet or read it, I hope you will. If you haven’t

spoken with Anthony DeStefano yet, I suggest that you do. You won’t regret it.

Sincerely,

Michelle Rapkin

Vice President & Director

Doubleday Religious Publishing

Anthony DeStefano serves as the executive director of

Priests for Life, a not-for-profit religious organization based

in New York, as well as the president of various for-profit

companies. He is a member of the National Religious

Broadcasters Organization (NRB), the Royal Institute of

Philosophy, in London, and was recently elected a member

of the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies

(IISS), also based in the United Kingdom.

Anthony has a diverse background in business and media.

After attending Stuyvesant High School in New York City

he obtained a degree in Philosophy/Theology summa cum

laude from St. John’s University. He then became President

of Fulton Electronics Corp., managing a chain of electronics

retail outlets in New York City. He also worked for two

years as an op-ed columnist for the Staten Island Advance.

Recently, Anthony signed a two-book deal with Doubleday

Books, as well as Random House Audio, Transworld

Publishers in the United Kingdom and a host of other major

publishing houses in Europe, Asia and South America.

His book, A Travel Guide to Heaven, will be published in

September of 2003.

A n t h o n y D e s t e f a n o

Anthony has received many awards and honors from a

variety of religious communities. In 2002, he was given an

honorary Doctorate from the Joint Academic Commission

of the National Clergy Council and the Methodist Episcopal

Church for “the advancement of Christian beliefs in modern

culture.” The commission is made up of outstanding

Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant theologians and

educators. In 2003, he was made a Knight of the Sovereign

Military Order of Malta-- the oldest existing Order in the

Catholic Church. In the same year, he was awarded the

“Defender of Israel” medal from the International Jewish

Center for Hope, in Jerusalem, given in recognition of his

“longtime, enthusiastic, and vigorous support of the State

of Israel and for Jewish causes throughout the world.”

An avid pilot, Anthony serves as a senior member of the

US Airforce’s auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. He is also a member

of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the Flight

Safety Foundation.

He is 37 years old and lives on Long Island with his wife

Kimberly, a kindergarten teacher. A Travel Guide to Heaven

is his first book.

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Down through the centuries, there have been thousands of books

written about the subject of heaven. Some have been great theological

tomes, some brilliant essays, others beautiful poems. Religious and

secular writers from all walks of life have attempted to describe and

explain this most elusive of concepts. And yet, while all of these

efforts have added to our understanding of heaven, most of them

have been missing one key ingredient: FUN.

If heaven is anything at all, it’s fun. It’s a place of unlimited pleasure,

unlimited happiness, and unlimited joy. It’s Disney World, Hawaii,

Paris, Rome and New York all rolled up into one. And it’s forever.

If your picture of heaven could use a little fine tuning, then this

remarkable book is just the ticket. Fueled by the author’s profound

faith, his bold vision, and his irresistible sense of adventure,

A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN takes us on a virtual tour of

eternal life.

This is one trip you won’t want to miss!

“A work of great joy, harmony and celebration.” - Quincy Jones

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E N D O R S E M E N T S

“The author combines a keen sense of the profoundly spiritual with a lively writing style. The result is a wonderfully engaging book that both informs and entertains the reader. For those who are searching to live more meaningful lives, this book will bring immediate rewards.”

-- ROGER CARDINAL MAHONY, Archbishop of Los Angeles

“Anthony DeStefano’s daring update of Dante is both charming and effective. His Travel Guide to Heaven should prove a pleasurable trip for Christians of every denomination--- as well as for those who don’t have particularly strong religious convictions.”

-- DEAL HUDSON, Editor of Crisis magazine

“It’s first class all the way as Anthony DeStefano takes us on a world-wind tour of paradise! Spectacular sunsets, fabulous beaches, magnificent cities, exotic animals and incredibly exciting people! They’re all here in this marvelous new travel guide. Heaven truly is a super playground-only you don’t have to be rich and famous to get there. So fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the ride of your life!”

-- ROBIN LEACH, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

“In his book, A Travel Guide to Heaven, Mr. Anthony DeStefano takes a delightful and refreshing approach to a topic we’re all familiar with but don’t think about as much as we should. Mr. DeStefano presents an artistically stunning version of heaven that is at once “other-worldly” and at the same time solidly grounded in concrete “reality.” It will certainly reinforce for all the people the goodness of this life, and the promise of the afterlife.

-- PHILIP M. QUARTARARO, President, Warner Brothers Records

“Have you thought about Heaven lately? Wonder what it’s like? How you can get there? A Travel Guide to Heaven explains it all. And while it may be your final destination, it will be the best trip you ever took. Heaven, it turns out, really is Heaven!”

-- REGIS PHILBIN

“Anthony DeStefano has done something truly admirable. In a world beset with problems, conflicts and divisions, he has created a work of great joy, harmony and celebration. A Travel Guide to Heaven is sure to inspire millions.”

-- QUINCY JONES, Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Composer, Arranger

“This heavenly guide book ought to come with a warning for unwary earthbound readers: ‘Caution. This book might change your life.” Anthony DeStefano is a charming travel guide whose vivid depiction of the hereafter is, well heavenly, and an invaluable reminder of what we should be here after.”

-- KATE O’BEIRNE, Washington Editor National Review

“Anthony DeStefano has spent a lot of time thinking about our destination, just reading through his book has stimulated my own anticipation for heaven.”

-- PAT BOONE

“DeStefano’s imagination is remarkable in its ability to describe the indescribable and explain the unexplainable. Readers will be captivated.”

-- JOSEPH GIRZONE, author of the Joshua books

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“Some years ago when I was the director of a retreat house I would invite people to have a ‘vacation attitude’ as they would enter into prayer. Anthony DeStefano has developed this ‘vacation attitude’ to a fine art as he asks people to use their imaginations when thinking about heaven. Based on some solid insights of theology he has a way of expanding one’s vision and hopes. At the end of a retreat people would often say: ‘Well, now it’s time to return to reality.’ I would remind them that what they experienced on retreat was real too. So with this little book. It invites you to take a trip, thinking about heaven. I had a great trip into heaven’s reality.”

-- REV. DANIEL P. COUGHLIN,Chaplain, U.S. House of Representatives

“I love this book! Now, I look forward to going to heaven - to embrace God, reunite with loved ones (pets and all!), experience my true potential, travel, and, of course, eat chocolate to my heart’s content. This is indeed a welcomed book. Thank you for planting such lovely Divine sights that will inspire so many!

-- KAY ALLENBAUGH, Author, Chocolate for a Woman Series

“In this remarkable book, Anthony DeStefano has painted a vivid, imaginative and inspiring picture of heaven. It is one of those rare works that has the power to make you laugh and cry all in one breath. Anyone who has ever lost a loved one will treasure A Travel Guide to Heaven, a book that teaches us how wonderful the future is and how optimistic we all should be.”

--CARL N. KARCHER, Founder and Chairman, Carl’s Jr. Restaurants

“Anthony DeStefano’s TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN is a fast and fun trip, certain both to entertain and to uplift millions from death’s sting.”

-- JUDGE WILLIAM P. CLARK, Former National Security Advisor, Former Secretary of the Interior, Deputy Secretary of State, Reagan Administration

Supreme Court Justice, State of California

“The vast majority of Americans believe in God and in Heaven. But so many of them don’t have a clear idea about either, and so they don’t have the enthusiasm for living that they should. Mr. DeStefano’s book will make them enthusiastic, excited, and inspired, I can guarantee you that. After the tragic events of September 11th, and the untold grief and suffering we have endured, this country needs a book like this. A Travel Guide to Heaven has the power to provide us with the rarest of all commodities-hope.”

-- PASTOR NORMAN STONE,

Sr. Pastor and President Living Praise Fellowship

“Anthony DeStefano uses familiar terms of travel to ignite your imagination to ponder heaven in a totally new light. He paints a vivid picture that will inspire you to want heaven as your final destination - and he reveals the secret of how to book your reservation for all of eternity.”

-- MELODY GREEN, President, Last Days Ministries

In a world gone sadly wrong, it is good to “set our minds on things above.” What could be more fun than letting our imaginations go on a romp through heaven? Anthony DeStefano leads us on just such a trip and

then lets us know how to get a ticket for the real journey.

-- JAMIE OWENS COLLINS,

Recording Artist, Songwriter; Speaker

-- DAN COLLINS, Music Producer

“All of us, hopefully, are on the “road to” heaven, and this book shows us what a wondrous place awaits us at the end of our journey.”

--MRS. BOB (DOLORES) HOPE

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“Cardinal Ratzinger has said that the greatest gap in post-conciliar theology is that of eschatology, that is, the branch of theology that deals with the afterlife. In point of fact, when was the last time you heard a homily about “the four last things”—death, judgment, heaven, hell. Anthony DeStefano has begun the conversation on such matters by writing a book on heaven for “the person in the pew.” Combining orthodox theology with speculation and good humor, the author dares us to think about our true home and does so in such a way that the reader should want to make the trip.”

-- REV. PETER M. J. STRAVINSKAS,

Ph.D., S.T.D., Editor, The Catholic Answer

“Boring, insipid, old-hat, man-made religion, narrow, all of these too frequently depict modern spiritual writing. None of these, however, could applied to Anthony De Stefano’s sold flight into a sparkling fantasia and brilliant panorama of God’s view of heaven. If you’ve never picked up a book that you can’t put down, try his new Travel Guide to Heaven. You might even want to buy a ticket for you and all your loved ones!!!”

-- REV. EDWARD J. MCMAHON,

S.J. CDR, USN-RET Chaplain, Seal Team One Chaplain, N.Y. Yankees

“This highly readable book makes a real contribution to the formation of faith. Anybody who’s thought about what’s coming after this life—or, all the more, anybody who hasn’t—would be well advised to read it.”

-- TOM MONAGHAN, Founder Dominos Pizza

“Anthony DeStefano’s Travel Guide to Heaven shows us a new heaven of kaleidoscopic, multi-colored joy. In allaying our concerns and revealing that God’s promises are wildly infinite, Mr. DeStefano might just have written a modern spiritual classic.”

-- BOWIE KUHN, Former Commissioner of Major League Baseball

“In all my years of reading spiritual works, I have never encountered a book - Protestant or Catholic-with such potential to do raw good as A Travel Guide to Heaven. By presenting such an exciting, optimistic and magnificent vision of life after death, Mr. DeStefano has accomplished what so many writers of different faiths and religious denominations fail to achieve: he has made the invisible reality of the spiritual world into something real and tangible.”

-- THE REVEREND ROB SCHENCK, President, National Clergy Council

“Although we all want to go to heaven, most of us have difficulty imagining exactly what this celestial paradise will be like. In A Travel Guide to Heaven, author Anthony DeStefano manages to blend scripture, science, Aquinian thought, and teachings of early Church Fathers, into an enchanting vision of paradise to which we can all relate. Mr. DeStefano’s book is a ‘fun read’ that creates a real desire to spend our eternity in a heaven full of excitement and eternal joy.”

-- ALAN NAPLETON, President, Catholic Marketing Network

“If you choose a destination for a special trip, you will want to know what to expect when you get there. If your destination is Heaven--and, ultimately, whose isn’t--this guide will make for an instructive, and enjoyable, read.

-- CARL A. ANDERSON, Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus (National)

“I have just finished Anthony DeStefano’s book, A Travel Guide to Heaven. I found it to be an imaginative and clever work. It takes the most complex and profound theological mysteries and makes understandable to the average person. It takes age-old, familiar Christian teachings that have become stale and boring and makes them vibrantly alive and exciting. Mr. DeStefano has written a book that actually makes you want to go to heaven - right now! This is a wonderful book for people who are either afraid of death or who have lost friends and family to death. In other words, it’s for everyone.”

-- OWEN MCGOVERN, Executive Director, Catholic Press Association

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E N D O R S E M E N T S

“A Travel Guide to Heaven makes you feel that heaven is even more wonderful than we had ever hoped. You come to sense that the splendor of our future life is a close as the next summer’s vacation. “Oh death were is thy sting.” I applaud the author for his exquisite imagination, as well as his rare gift of simplicity and wit.”

-- FATHER JOHN CATOIR,

Fmr. President, The Christopher’s Author, Radio Host

“I just finished reading Mr. DeStefano’s book, A Travel Guide to Heaven, from cover to cover. To be honest, I couldn’t put it down. You’re not going to believe this, but it actually makes one want to go to heaven...right now.”

-- LEE IACOCCA

“A Travel Guide to Heaven is incredibly inspirational. It’s light hearted and funny yet it deals with the most important subject in the world. It’s intensely spiritual yet it’s very grounded in practical common sense. I’ve never read anything like it before in my life.”

-- SUSAN LUCCI

“I was absolutely fascinated by DeStefano’s approach to the subject of heaven. I appreciated his careful attention to Protestant and Catholic understandings of it. But most of all, I appreciated that all of his statements were footnoted to specific Bible references. This book will be a winner because it will sell through word-of-mouth.”

-- MARK D. TAYLOR, PRESIDENT,

Tyndale Publishing House

“As an Evangelical Protestant I never thought it would take a Catholic to help paint for me so realistic and vibrant a picture of heaven that would make my heart long even more to not only get there but take as many others as possible with me. A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN is, quite simply, one of the best books I’ve read in my lifetime about heaven. Get this book-and get your ticket!”

-- DR. DICK EASTMAN, International President, Every Home for Christ, President of America’s National Prayer Committee

“Here is an airy, whimsical tour of the great beyond with some very serious points of interest along the way. What a trip! I just hope I can find my boarding pass when my row is called!”

-- RAYMOND ARROYO,

News Director, Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)

“Anthony DeStefano is not only amazingly lighthearted and engaging when he writes about heaven, but he is also paradoxically thought-provoking and even profound. Heaven is completely different from anything we can think of, and yet the Bible, Church Tradition and common sense tell us to remember where we are headed. Anyone who has the wisdom to meditate on eternal life will find this book a Godsend. A Travel Guide to Heaven is prayer-provoking as well as thought-provoking.”

-- FR. BENEDICT J. GROESCHEL, CFR

“At a time when Americans are thinking anew about their faith, this books helps Christians to remember the most important thing in life, namely, that our true destination is above.”

-- WILLIAM J. BENNETT,

Author, The Book of Virtues Former Secretary of Education

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