... that the world's first international female sports star was a Jewish mother from Boston?

Around the World on Two Wheels will be published in Germany in the fall by Verlag MaXime, and in South Korea in December 2009 by Mizi Books!

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Also by Thomas Graboys, M.D. and Peter Zheutlin --

A Boston Globe Best Seller

Soon to be published in South Korea and Taiwan!

As seen and heard on Good Morning America and National Public Radio.

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Also by Robert P. Smith with Peter Zheutlin

For more information visit Robert Smith's exciting new web site!

Praise for Around the World on Two Wheels

“[T]hanks to Peter Zheutlin, Annie Londonderry Kopchovsky will be remembered as a woman who transcended the limitations of her time and displayed independence and bravery, making an important contribution to Jewish women’s history in particular, and feminist history in general.”

-- The Jerusalem Report

“Well researched and written…this reclaimed true story illuminates family life, journalism, advertising, and recreation of that transitional era [the 1890s]. As for Annie, she was a remarkable woman and well worth getting to know.”

-- Booklist

"A pleasant, affectionate portrait of a free spirit who pedaled her way out of Victorian constraints."

-- Kirkus Reviews

"[A] lively portrayal of the cycling culture in the United States and France during the late 1800s and a well-researched depiction of cycling's role in the women's movement of Susan B. Anthony's heyday."

-- The Oregonian

“[A] charming and informative book.”

— Cape Cod Times

"[An] incredible story...[a] fascinating book."

-- NextReads

"[An] extraordinary story...Zheutlin zestfully unfolds the story of his relative, Annie Kopchovsky..."

-- Jewish Book World

"[A] stirring tale...not only a must read, but a must have."

-- Western Writers of America Roundup Magazine

“A wonderful telling of one of the most intriguing, offbeat, and until now, lost chapters in the history of cycling.”

-- David Herlihy, author, Bicycle: The History

“Cyclists, women, and anyone who loves adventure should give hearty thanks to Peter Zheutlin for shining light on the astounding – and sometimes outright astonishing – story of Annie Londonderry.”
-- Stephen Madden, editor-in-chief, Bicycling magazine

“Vivid and compelling…a terrific read.”
-- Lisa Mullins, anchor, Public Radio International’s The World

“Peter Zheutlin’s thoroughly researched account will make you wish you’d been around to catch a glimpse of the extraordinary woman as she went wheeling by.”
-- Bill Littlefield, host, National Public Radio’s Only a Game

“[A] remarkable saga.”

-- The Winston-Salem (NC) Journal

“A page-turner by an accomplished writer.”
-- Martin J. Sherwin, co-author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography

“Fast moving and evocative…Zheutlin’s interests in cycling, popular history and real-time journalism are used to great advantage…in this delightful, informative, humorous and inspiring book.”
-- The (St. Louis) Jewish Light

"[R]ead[s]...like a novel."

 -- The Columbia (SC) State

"[M]eticulously researched...illuminat[es] the feeling of a bygone era."

-- The Portsmouth (NH) Wire

"This book knocked my socks off!"

-- Lazy Readers' Book Club (www.lazyreaders.com)

"What an incredible adventure...fascinating."

--Dynamo (the newsletter of the Vancouver Bicycle Club)

"[A] must read."

  -- Massachusetts Genealogical Council Newsletter

Annie and Around the World on Two Wheels have also been featured in

Ancestry Magazine, The Washington Post, Nextbook.org, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, Washingtonian Magazine, The (NH) Union Leader, Women's eNews, Metrowest Magazine (MA), The Jewish Advocate, London Cyclist Magazine (U.K.), BikingBis.com, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), The Providence Journal, The Indianapolis Star, Barnes & Noble Review, Bicycling Magazine, The New England Quarterly, The Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette, The Arizona Daily Star, The Arizona Jewish Post, Jewish Woman Magazine, City Cycling (U.K.), The New London (CT) Day, The Durham (NC) Herald Sun, The Needham (MA) Times, The Larchmont (NY) Gazette, St. Louis Today.com, The Walpole (MA) Daily News Transcript, The Asbury Park (NJ) Press, 43Things.com, Women'sCycling.ca, YourCycling.com, The Waltham (MA) Daily News Tribune, The Metrowest (MA) Daily News, Maine Cyclist, The Portsmouth (NH) Wire, Elle Magazine (Italian edition), BikePortland.org, Oregon Cycling Magazine, The Portland (OR) Jewish Review, The Cannon Beach (OR) Gazette, OyVelo.com,Public Radio International, and C-SPAN/Book TV.

Praise for Life in the Balance

“Against [the] generally lackluster collection of [physician turned patient] memoirs, Dr. Thomas Graboys’s stands out as a small wonder. Unsentimental and unpretentious, it manages to hit all its marks effortlessly, creating a version of the old fable as touching, educational and inspiring as if it had never been told before…Like many patients with Parkinson’s he suffers from a slowly progressive dementia and is losing not only his physical but also his intellectual self. The memoir is written with a co-author, an arrangement always a little uneasy-making. Yet the voice here is true, somehow almost Parkinsonian in its steady, unadorned, slightly stiff prose….one of the best jobs on record of doggedly unpeeling the onion-skin layers of alternating ego and vulnerability that encase the doctor turned patient. This is the kind of book inevitably given to medical students to inculcate them in the humanistic dimensions of medicine. [Don't] waste it on them. Save it for older doctors, still at the top of their game, gleaming and self-confident. Each of them could use this textbook of the graceful and courageous exit.”

-- The New York Times

"I was blown away...an eye opening read...a remarkable book."

-- Dr. Timothy Johnson, ABC News Medical Correspondent

“Life in the Balance is Graboys' heartbreaking account of his ongoing battle with Parkinson's. It is the story of a doctor turned patient, of unrelenting challenges and even more unrelenting strength; a story that is at once sad, honest and poignant, but ultimately—and against all odds—hopeful."

-- Parade Magazine

"[We] need the perspectives...in books like this, since our ability to evaluate the choices that patients and families make may be limited by our lack of experience."

-- New England Journal of Medicine

"Beautifully written, searingly honest...lets us see the impact of serious illness on a man who is both doctor and patient."

-- Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

"A powerful and poignant portrayal of a physician who refuses to have illness rob him of his dignity and joy. A unique and inspiring memoir that captures the resiliency of the human spirit."

-- Jerome Groopman, M.D., Harvard Medical School, author of How Doctors Think and The Measure our Days

"Reading this extraordinary memoir of hope beyond illness and courage beyond despair, one word kept coming to mind: honesty."

-- Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

"This book is brimming with unflinchingly honest insights on how to confront a devastating illness."

-- Bernard Lown, M.D., professor emeritus, Harvard School of Public Health, author of The Lost Art of Healing

"This well-written memoir will give readers, patients and their caretakers an honest account of life with...disease."

-- Library Journal

"[A] stirring and chilling memoir...unforgettable..."

-- Booklist

Praise for Riches Among the Ruins

“[A] gripping read [told] with a raconteur’s gusto…thrilling.”

-- Publisher’s Weekly

"This crackling good yarn about a high roller in the age of globalism will appeal to financial specialists and to general readers."

-- ForeWord Magazine

"With his ear and eye for the telling detail, his vignettes have the stamp of authenticity and are often screamingly funny."

-- Financial Post