http:/// http:///rss.php The latest speaker news from Hachette Speakers Bureau. Copyright 2012, Hachette Speakers Bureau That's just one of the many surprising anecdotes about Apple's secrecy in today's Fortune excerpt of Adam Lashinsky's coming book "Inside Apple." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=134 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=134 The New York Times reviews Jodi Kantor's The Obamas http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=133 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=133 "For 365 days a year it's game seven!" says Joe Terranova, "That is my mantra for 2012. You must remain focused at all times." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=132 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=132 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=131 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=131 Book Review of Regina Brett's ‘Be the Miracle’ http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=130 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=130 The antiapartheid hero refused to launch a personality cult. Why have other African leaders failed to follow suit? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=129 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=129 The author discussed possible plans for expanding the 630-page book in the future with Fortune senior editor at large Adam Lashinsky. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=128 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=128 Dan Charnas discusses why his favorite business book of 2011 is "18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done," by Peter Bregman. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=127 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=127 China continues to snatch up precious natural resources while they're still available. Will the U.S. step up before it's too late? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=126 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=126 “A raise comes when you bring value to an organization,” says Peter Bregman http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=125 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=125 People often lose their concentration when they are bored, of course, but also when they are engaged in challenging tasks, says Peter Bregman http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=123 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=123 Slow browsing, few apps, and an embarrassing service outage. Can BlackBerry recover from its biggest crisis yet? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=122 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=122 How does he consistently produce such sentimental work? Watch the video above to find out Sparks's essential ingredients to a great tearjerker. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=121 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=121 Evan Thomas discusses the pressures on President Eisenhower to increase defense spending http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=120 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=120 “The secret to surviving a buffet is to eat fewer things. And the secret to thriving in your life is the same: Do fewer things,” Mr. Bregman writes in 18 Minutes. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=119 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=119 “I think the most important element is that I have a very clear sense of what is most important for me to accomplish at any given time,” said Peter Bregman http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=118 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=118 Stephen Leeb’s view is that China’s prosperity that requires gobbling up all these relatively valuable natural resources endangers the United States future as a prosperous nation. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=117 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=117 Michael Pantalon discusses addresses strategies for dealing with teens possibly relapsing into drug and alcohol addiction. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=116 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=116 For an always-thoughtful take on the new cyber world of marketing, Mitch Joel is your guy. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=115 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=115 Peter Bregman discusses what it takes to become a star in the workplace. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=114 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=114 • Peter Bregman’s 18 MINUTES is reviewed in USA Today http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=113 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=113 Hint: The answer is, there is no answer. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=112 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=112 Having influence may make you live longer! Moving yourself and others to action. From Michael Pantalon in The Science of Influence http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=111 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=111 Reason magazine's review of Annie Jacobsen's Area 51 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=110 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=110 Getting past the "rejectionist" (aka receptionist) requires audacity, resilience and organizational skills http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=109 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=109 The collection of essays reflects the author and political pundit's unreserved opinions. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=108 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=108 Wall Street Journal's Editor's Pick: Peter Bregman http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=107 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=107 Book review by the San Francisco Chronicle http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=106 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=106 The New York Times Reviews Michael Moore's Here Comes Trouble http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=105 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=105 Peter Bregman’s 18 MINUTES is reviewed in the “Watch, Listen and Read” http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=104 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=104 He doesn't have a 'messaging' problem. He has a record of bad policies and anti-Israel rhetoric. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=103 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=103 Get what you want from others http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=102 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=102 In a new memoir, the controversial filmmaker opens up about his life. He talks about the vitriol he faced after 9/11, and why he thinks the last decade has proved him right. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=101 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=101 Political pugilist and cultured critic, new collection displays Hitchens in full http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=100 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=100 Book review of Preston & Child's "Cold Vengeance" http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=99 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=99 Review of Kevin Mitnick's new book by the Washington Post http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=98 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=98 Book review of Annie Jacobsen's latest http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=97 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=97 Heidi Kraft, Ph.D., a leading clinical psychologist and consultant for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), was honored at the 2011 Voice Awards for her achievement in successful educational efforts for Navy Medicine. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=96 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=96 Review of Michael Moore's new memoir by Publishers Weekly http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=95 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=95 PEN American has announced this year’s award winners, and have named Stacy Schiff’s CLEOPATRA winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography! http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=94 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=94 New York Times review of Kevin Mitnick's "Ghosts in the Wires" http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=93 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=93 After a crash that killed 30 U.S. service members, Sebastian Junger talks about the dangers troops face in Afghanistan. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=92 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=92 Feature succinctly covers Preston & Child’s prolific career and also includes cover image of their latest book COLD VENGEANCE http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=91 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=91 A team of some of the most influential social media minds, including Jeffrey Hayzlett, are banding together to launch the first magazines on the business application of social medial. (Socialmediamags.com via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=90 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=90 Sebastian Junger talks about why soldiers who return from war, oftentimes tend to miss it http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=89 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=89 Daniel Goldie, co-author of "The Investment Answer, Learn to Manage Your Money & Protect Your Financial Future," says the right key decisions can help stack investment odds in your favor. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=88 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=88 Book Review: “Poisoned,” by Jeff Benedict http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=87 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=87 Female anesthesiologist Michelle Au,argues that the same rules do not apply in the medical field for male physicians as they are for females who become parents. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=86 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=86 Dan Goldie, president of Dan Goldie Financial Services LLC and a former professional tennis player, talks with Bloomberg's Rob Gloster about making the transition from sports to financial advising. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=85 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=85 The New York Times discusses the decline and demise of newspapers in Pete Hamill's latest, Tabloid City. (New York TImes via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=84 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=84 New York Times reviews the latest book from author and investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base. (New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=83 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=83 Buffalow News praises Hamill's weaving of literature, art, music and exotic places in his new book, Tabloid City. (Buffalo News via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=82 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=82 Peter Godwin reports on the current challenges to peace and democracy in Zimbabwe. (The New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=81 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=81 Hitchens discusses the political leadership of Robert Mugabe, posing the question, how has he been able to rule Zimbabwe for so long? (Slate via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=80 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=80 The Wall Street Journal calls Peter Godwin new book on the victims of the Mugabe regime, “an important book." (The Wall Street Journal via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=79 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=79 Charla Krupp, best-selling author of How Not to Look Old, writes about her adventures in plus-size shopping. (The Huffington Post via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=78 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=78 Michael Showalter talks to The Jewish Daily about his life, his career in comedy and his new book. (The Jewish Daily via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=77 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=77 The Observer reviews Peter Godwin's latest book, calling it a "gripping, gut-wrenching report." (The Observer via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=76 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=76 Showalter talks to Salon about Hollywood, hipsters and his new comedian tell-all, Mr. Funny Pants. (Salon via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=75 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=75 Author Jasmin Darznik shows how the lives of three generations of Iranian women were proscribed by politics and patriarchy in her best-selling new book, The Good Daughter. (Ms. Magazine via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=74 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=74 Diana Kirschner, PH.D shares her expert advice on "engagement rage" with readers in Marie Claire's February issue. (Marie Claire via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=73 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=73 Entertainment Weekly discusses Stacy Schiff's best-selling biography, Cleopatra, and how the Egyptian Queen may be played by Angelina Jolie in the movie version. (Entertainment Weekly via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=72 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=72 Why do we kiss? NPR calls biologist and researcher Sheril Kirshenbaum's latest work, a "wonderful book," discussing kissing in all its varieties and imperatives. (NPR via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=71 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=71 The Baltimore City Paper raves Sheril Kirshenbaum is "already way ahead of the pack for brilliant nonfiction book moves of 2011," with her latest book. (City Paper via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=70 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=70 Jasmin Darznik’s The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life, is praised by Vogue as one of the season’s most captivating memoirs. (Vogue via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=69 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=69 The New York Times praises Stacy Schiff's latest biography, Cleopatra as an "engaging and meticulously researched biography." (New York Post via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=68 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=68 New York Times calls Amy Sedaris' new do-it-yourself craft book, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People, a perfect holiday gift for fans of Amy Sedaris and her idiosyncratic sense of humor. (New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=67 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=67 With Napster gone legit and Limewire closed down, file sharing is being driven offline. Mitch Joel examines for the Vancouver Sun what that means for the fate of file sharing. (Vancouver Sun via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=66 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=66 Harry Beckwith, founder of Beckwith Partners, discusses the remarkable power of a brand: Coca-Cola. ( Beckwith Partners via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=65 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=65 Pulitzer Prize-Winning biographer, Stacy Schiff, writes for Wall Street Journal on the authority and allure of Cleopatra. (WSJ via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=64 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=64 Stacy Schiff, author of Cleopatra: A Life, writes for W Magzine on the real woman behind the legend of Cleopatra. (W Magazine via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=63 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=63 Michael Coogan discusses the motivation behind his latest book, God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says. (Boston Globe via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=62 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=62 Nancy Trejos shares advice from her book, Hot Broke Messes, on cleaning up your financial life. (Ladies Home Journal via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=61 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=61 The Cincinnati Inquirer profiles Merril Hoge, best-selling author of Find a Way, and the Ohio native's new roots in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. (Cincinnati Inquirer via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=60 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=60 Sam Culbert describes for the Ivey Business Journal how leaders can create an environment in which the spoken truth will be recognized and rewarded. (Ivey Business Journal via GTN) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=59 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=59 Hitchens writes for Slate on the taming and domestication of religious faith. (Slate via GTN) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=58 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=58 Trejos' tips for the "Young and Cash Strapped" are featured in CNN Money. (CNN via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=57 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=57 Merritt is featured In the USA Today article, "What if the end isn't near?" as among the new generation of committed young Christian action-takers. (USA Today via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=56 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=56 Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman on the decline of creativity in America and what we can do to change it. (Newsweek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=55 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=55 Jonathan Merritt, author of Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet, blogs on how Christians should be reacting to the oil spill. (CNN via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=54 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=54 In his latest book, The War Lovers, Evan Thomas examines the roots of America's penchant for overseas warfare. (Venture County Star via GTN) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=53 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=53 Kate writes for GuidePosts Magazine about a lesson learned from her early days as a grieving widow. (GuidePosts via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=52 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=52 How to Never Look Fat Again's Charla Krupp lends her expertise in an article about the many stylings worn by the ladies in “Sex & the City 2”. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=51 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=51 Nancy Trejos breaks down the dos & don’ts when it comes to money & dating. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=50 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=50 The Washington Post includes Bronson’s What Should I Do With My Life? among the best road-maps for high school and college graduates. (WSJ via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=49 Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=49 The Financial Times reviews Hitchens’ latest book, Hitch 22, a memoir of the author's life. (The Financial Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=48 Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=48 A Fort Worth Star-Telegram review of The Mirror Test declares Jeff Hayzlett’s book “an important book for leaders of both large and small businesses.” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=47 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=47 In his new book, Green Like God, Southern Baptist leader, Jonathan Merritt, argues that caring for creation is not a right-left issue, but rather a moral issue. (ABP via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=46 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=46 Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers, describes how the reasons and causes—territory, ideology, WMDs—may change with the times, but our lust for it is eternal. (Newsweek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=45 Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=45 The Perfect Storm author discusses military life in Afghanistan, why his new book War is his most personal yet, and what M*A*S*H got wrong. (Details via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=44 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=44 The Economist Review of Evan Thomas's The War Lovers. (Economist via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=43 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=43 The Associated Press interviews Sam Culbert about his book, Get Rid Of The Performance Review. (AP via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=42 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=42 Authors Bronson and Merryman share their insight on raising honest children. They devote part of their 2009 book, NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, to recent studies about young children and lying. (WASHINGTON POST via http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=41 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=41 U.S. News recently spoke with Nancy Trejos, a personal finance reporter for The Washington Post and author of Hot (Broke) Messes, about her own struggle with finances. (USNews via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=40 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=40 Blanke, a motivational speaker and president and chief executive of Lifedesigns, has written "Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life". It's the Color of Money Book Club pick for April. (WASHINGTON POST via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=39 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=39 "The ingredients to her 'never looking fat system' are: fabric, fit, styles and colors." (CNN via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=38 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=38 "Charla Krupp, style expert and author of the new book, How to Never Look Fat Again, shares her secret weapons for days when you want to break up with your mirror. (Cosmo via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=37 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=37 On Parenting: Surprising research, and what to do with it http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=36 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=36 "Charla Krupp discusses How to Never Look Fat Again without resorting to wearing all black and looking like “an Italian widow in mourning.” (TIME via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=35 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=35 "You'll need a library of excuses to dodge getting in shape this year." (Vogue via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=34 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=34 "Has Sue Johnson done the impossible? The Ottawa psychologist claims not only to have unlocked the mystery of love, but she says she can fix your marriage." (More via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=33 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=33 "Harold Evans, doubtless the finest English newspaper editor of his time, could make you weep in his memoir of formative days in Manchester and glory years (1965 - 1981) with the Sunday Times of London." (Huffington Post via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=32 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=32 "Ferris usually writes in a steady, cool voice whether delivering the quotidian details of office work or existential observations about God that would otherwise sound grandiose." (Washington Post via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=31 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=31 Getting older can be a career killer—if you go about job hunting it the wrong way. Entertainment journalist Mandell discovered that the resume she was sending out made her seem like an aged veteran. (More.com via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=30 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=30 "Whether it's tactics or strategy, they're terrible at it. Their attitude is, they're busy in a knife fight and don't have the time." (Newsweek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=29 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=29 "The dialogue between Isaacs and God is raw, real and laugh-out-loud funny." (Relevant Magazine via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=28 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=28 "Washington Post critics pick their favorite novels, biographies, mysteries, memoirs and more." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=27 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=27 Watch Ashley Merryman Speak Live at PopTech Conference http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=26 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=26 Six Pixels of Separation Named #1 on "What Corporate America is Reading November 2009." (The Olympian via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=25 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=25 "Ferris follows up his PEN/Hemingway Award–winning debut Then We Came to the End with The Unnamed, whose protagonist suffers from a mysterious disease that compels him to walk to exhaustion." (Publishers Weekly via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=24 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=24 "Barely a decade after constructing a $300 million research and development headquarters in the city, the pharmaceutical giant announced it was shutting down the facility. Just like that, New London will lose 1,400 jobs and become home to a gigantic, http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=23 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=23 "Israel has thrived during the global collapse—thanks to an entrepreneurial culture built on compulsory military service. U.S. companies should take notes." (The Daily Beast via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=22 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=22 "All attending were out of their seat on their feet, clapping, with full respect for the man on stage: decorated Navy SEAL and best-selling author, Petty Officer 1st class Marcus Luttrell." (The Houstonian via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=21 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=21 "Horse Boy recounts a deeply personal, highly subjective and inarguably thought-provoking story of one family's quest for a certain kind of peace." (The New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=20 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=20 "Every September, the class of incoming American kindergartners is ever slightly older." (Newsweek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=19 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=19 "Corcoran has seen a lot in her time as a tycoon, but even she was shocked at some of the offbeat ideas that surfaced." (New York Daily News via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=18 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=18 "You have what it takes to change your life--or even your world. So what's stopping you?" (Forbes via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=17 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=17 "There is a new way of getting hired, and a simple resume on an 8 x 11 piece of white paper is not going to cut it anymore." (HSB via Vancouver Sun) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=16 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=16 "Author Susan Isaacs on comedy, church hopping, and having a 'middle-class white girl's Dark Night of the Soul.'" (HSB via Christianity Today) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=15 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=15 "In his brilliant new book, The Evolution of God, Robert Wright tells the story of how God grew up." (HSB via The New York Times) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=14 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=14 The best-selling author takes a closer look at El Centro, California, the "recession capital of the world." (Parade via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=12 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=12 "I don't think it's a coincidence that the new atheists really got traction in the years after 9/11." (The New York Times Magazine via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=11 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=11 "In his new book The Richest Man in Town, Jones has come up with a list of the 100 richest people by town in the largest cities in almost every state in the U.S." (BusinessWeek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=10 Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=10 "In the easy-to-read guide, Nichols provides a road map to developing and flexing those all-important survival muscles..." (Hachette via AOL) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=9 Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=9 "He told his audience that, even at a time when London was being "bombed to smithereens"...there was a prime-ministerial view that torture was never permissible." (Hachette via Slate) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=8 Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=8 "The author knows that portions of his new book 'would no doubt appall' his parents. But...a reader should think twice before faulting him." (Hachette via The New York Times) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=7 Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=7 "Most people don't think of their friends as conduits and resources to their dreams and goals. That's ridiculous." (The Dallas Morning News via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=6 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=6 Some new releases were written in direct response to the financial meltdown, including Stephen Leeb's "Game Over: How You can Prosper in a Shattered Economy." (Associate Press via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=5 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=5 If girls grow up with a canon of stories, it makes the subject much more approachable. Girls shouldn't feel awkward, embarrassed or ashamed. (Detroit Free Press via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=4 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=4 The author of 14 books, including the forthcoming Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir, reflects on his relationship with his parents. (GTN via The New York Times) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=3 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=3 Over many years, Susette Kelo stood up against corporate power and New London officials, and became known around the country as the woman who couldn't be moved. (The New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=2 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=2 When author Rupert Isaacson took his autistic son on a trip to Mongolia to ride horses and seek the help of shamans, he had a gut instinct that the adventure would have a healing effect on the boy. (New York Times Book Review via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=1 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=1