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- Patty Briguglio and Gloria Lesher, I See You Everywhere: Traditional and Social Media PR for Entrepreneurs (Business / Management / Entrepreneurship)
A business owner may offer the best products and services in the industry, but if the public is unaware of that person's existence, his or her company or practice will fail to grow. Few business people really understand the impact a personal public relations campaign can have on their bottom line. Today's new forms of social media in particular can have strong impact. Blogging, tweeting, producing online video and podcasting can create huge buzz. Yet building passionate communities is not about the new tools—it is still about connecting with others.
This book is intended for anyone intent on self-promotion within an industry, a profession, an organization or a community. It's for self-employed professionals, executives, accountants, bankers, lawyers, developers, real estate brokers, insurance agents, government leaders, architects, engineers, writers, trainers, consultants and small business owners.
With a practical, step-by-step system, the authors teach entrepreneurs how to use traditional media and new social media tools to craft a powerful personal brand, develop a personal public relations plan, network with strategic purpose both face-to-face and online, become known as an expert, win awards, give back to their community, gain prominence, serve on boards, handle media relationships with savvy, plan events that get publicity, and survive any personal public relations crisis with their self-confidence intact.
About the Authors
• Patty Briguglio is president of MMI Public Relations, a Raleigh-based, full-service PR firm that helps its clients start big conversations and make powerful connections. Known as the businesswoman who wagged a finger at President Obama, Patty Briguglio appeared with Obama on the front page of the New York Times on July 30, 2009. Neil Cavuto, Fox Business Network host, interviewed Patty on television the next day. On the evening of July 31, Patty was interviewed by John Roberts on Campbell Brown's CNN news show. Today she is a regular on Fox Business, known colloquially among the Happy Hour staff as “Patty the PR Chick.” A voice for small and medium-size business, Patty is a sought-after speaker, moderator, and panelist both locally and nationally. For more information, see author's Web site.
• Gloria Lesher is an award-winning writer and ghostwriter. Hundreds of Gloria's articles and ghostwritten articles for clients have been published online and in newspapers, magazines and trade publications such as: News & Observer; Women's Edge Magazine; Affluent: The Authority on Lifestyle; HR Magazine; CIO Canada; Showcase: The AS/400 Solutions Magazine; Mortgage Originator; APICS Magazine; Skin, Inc.; Cary Magazine; New You Magazine; North Carolina Magazine; Builder & Broker Journal; Broker Agent Magazine; Professional Insurance Agents; Ocean Home Owners Magazine; Business Leader Magazine; Triangle Real Estate; International Cemetery and Funeral Association Journal; Revitalization Magazine; Boom!; NC Journal for Women; The Greeley Tribune; Colorado Libraries; CIRCA Magazine; North American Design; Enterprising Women Magazine; Professional Woman's Magazine and Wake Living. Gloria contributed to The Woman's Advantage, a book by women's business expert Mary Cantando.For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Rick Cesari with Tom Kelly, Call Now! Lessons for Turning Good Ideas into Great Products (Business / Management / Entrepreneurship)
Despite its rather poor reputation (silly at best, sleazy at worst), direct response marketing is a $170 billion industry that is predicted to grow steadily over the next five years. In today's hyper-competitive world, it takes more than luck and determination to turn good ideas into great products. Rick Cesar is the man behind the marketing campaigns that put Juiceman Juicer, the Sonicare Toothbrush, the George Foreman Grill, or OxiClean into the minds of millions of consumers. In Call Now!, readers will learn the secrets behind the successful direct response campaigns that catapulted these products into millions of homes. This one-of-a-kind manual reveals how to conduct a profitable direct response campaign, build a product's reputation by providing helpful information and research and allowing a product to sell itself, and use "high touch" direct response marketing to build brands. By taking advantage of the best that direct response marketing has to offer, businesses can improve their bottom lines, build brands, and develop lasting relationships with legions of satisfied customers.
About the Authors
• Rick Cesari, one of the biggest—and most credible—names in the direct response advertising industry, is also considered one of its pioneers. He was the first person to use an infomercial to build a national brand name (The Juiceman Juicer) and then apply the same strategy to launch a number of other products and brands into the stratosphere: The Sonicare Toothbrush, the George Foreman Grill, OxiClean, and Orange Glo, as well as Fortune 500 clients Microsoft and Clorox. He is founder and CEO of Seattle-based Cesari Direct, a full-service direct response marketing agency that provides production, media buying, interactive, and campaign management services. A frequent contributor to industry magazines and periodicals, Cesari served on the Electronic Retailing Association Board of Directors from 2001–04 and again in 2006. For more information, see author's Web site.
• Tom Kelly served The Seattle Times's readers for twenty years as reporter, editor, and columnist. He is the author or co-author of several business books. His weekly business column is syndicated nationally and featured in the Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, St. Louis Post–Dispatch, and dozens of other newspapers. He is a member of national journalism associations and is affiliated with CBS and Bonneville radio stations in Seattle, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Kansas City, Sacramento, Phoenix, and San Diego. For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Gary Chartrand with Chuck Day, Unreasonable Leadership: Achieving a vision that seems impossible, mustering
the courage to make difficult decisions, and leading
with the conviction that can transform any organization
(Business / Management / Entrepreneurship)
Unreasonable Leadership is Gary Chartrand's prescription for business success, as well as his first-person account of both his own leadership journey and Acosta, Inc.'s meteoric transformation from $140 million in revenue to nearly $1 billion in a 12-year span. The book offers scores of lessons for not only established companies and management teams of every size and stripe, but also for start-up ventures enjoying their first taste of success, aspiring entrepreneurs, management consultants and business students of all ages. What Chartrand and his colleagues confronted along the way is worthy of a business school curriculum. Unreasonable Leadership offers ample intrigue, cliff-hanging tales of leading through uncertainty, and illustrations of how taking strategic risks can reap significant reward. Unreasonable leadership can succeed in any organization, Chartrand insists, including those in the public sector, non-profits and academia.
About the Authors:
• Gary R. Chartrand began his career in the consumer products industry with the Carnation Company, where he served in various capacities that culminated in a one-year term as Assistant District Manager for the state of Florida. He joined Acosta in 1983 as a Business Manager, and subsequently was promoted to Vice President, Regional Vice President of Florida, President and, in January 1996, President and CEO. Chartrand was named by his peers to the Supermarket News "Power 50" ranking of the 50 most influential industry leaders for six consecutive years and received Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Florida in 2001. A civic leader in Northeast Florida who serves on the boards of the MDA, National Students in Free Enterprise, Jacksonville's St. Vincent's Hospital and the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, Chartrand also established the not-for-profit Chartrand Foundation to dramatically improve public education in Jacksonville.
• Charles R. “Chuck” Day, Jr. has enjoyed a 40-year career as an award-winning author, journalist, editor, and speaker. The books he has authored include The Making of the Super Bowl: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Sporting Event. Day also contributed more than 60 chapters and an essay to Business: the Ultimate Resource, a 2,000-page reference developed by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Day collaborated with former U.S. Labor Secretary W. J. Usery, Jr. on his memoirs. Day has been an adjunct professor at the University of North Florida since 1999. A Rotarian since late 1973 and twice a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, Day served as a member of the Lakewood, Ohio, Board of Education, and was Board president on three occasions. In 1988, the Ohio School Boards Association named him one of the top five school board members in the state.
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- Jacqueline Cornaby, Soul Latte! Waking Up to Your Potential and Empowering
Your Life and Enterprise (Careers / Self-Help / Psychology / Relationships)
Women are looking for who they are in all the wrong places, one more shopping spree away from finding ourselves, one more handbag, pair of Prada shoes, one more elective surgery away from discovering who we are and finally feeling self-worth. Do we really give more importance to the latte we order than to ourselves, do we define ourselves based on what the world wants to see or what we think the world wants from us? Soul Latte answers this call with a timeless message in a modern world; it is the buzz needed to awaken readers' potential. Soul Latte is beyond a book; it is a Lifestyle allowing readers to take what they have read and implement it into their lives. The book is an invitation extended to a reader's potential to come out and play. Soul Latte offers a blend of conceptual and practical application for knowingly accessing one's potential and how to integrate it into her lifestyle
About the Author:
Jacqueline Cornaby is a sought-after expert on women's empowerment. She is a successful speaker and lifestyle coach with clients ranging from entrepreneurs, executives, non-profit organizations, corporations to full time Mothers. For five years Jacqueline worked with Anthony Robbins as an international speaker, lead coach and corporate trainer. Jacqueline has been featured in newsstand publications to name a few: Cosmopolitan, Women's Daily, Parents Magazine, and Bee. She is also a contributing writer to professional magazines and non-profit publications (Women in Business, The Eleusis, Personal Excellence, Momference) with high volume circulations. Jacqueline is a Spokesperson for an International Cosmetic Company endorsing the message "True Beauty Begins on the Inside." For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Linda Ellis and Robyn Spizman, Touched by 'The Dash': Story By Story
How One Poem Has Traveled Around The World and Inspired Millions (History / Biography / Narrative Non-Fiction)
'The Dash' poem is one of the most read poems in the world today. It has become one of the most successful virally marketed poems and movies Touched By
'The Dash' is a real account of how people have been profoundly moved by this powerful message, and it will serve as an important keepsake providing increased inspiration for years to come. The journey of the original 'The Dash' poem is unstoppable. Story by story, it demonstrates how we're all linked together in this world as we follow this timeless poem's travels, and record the inspirational stories that this meaningful poem has ignited and launched.
About the Authors:
• Linda Ellis is the Creator and Poet of 'The Dash' (that little line in between your dates of birth and death which represents all the days you'll live on earth). Enjoyed by millions, 'The Dash' now the subject of a beautiful pictorial gift book written in conjunction with Mac Anderson, founder of Successories, and has been recorded as an amazing song. Ellis spent years working in the corporate world, but after her first poem was shared on a syndicated radio program in 1994, an alternative career began to emerge and she soon came to the realization that her true passion was in writing poetry. Her poetry has been featured in best-selling books and magazines such as Family Circle, US News and World Report, WOW Professional Performance, Leatherneck Magazine, and various other major publications. Her poems have also appeared on FOX TV (FOX 4), ABC News (News 10), CBS News (KLASTV), NBC (WXIA) and on hundreds of radio programs, including Radio Delilah. For more information, see author's Web site.
• Robyn Spizman, a nationally recognized consumer advocate, seasoned media personality and New York Times Best Selling author, has written and co-authored dozens of books including Do Your Giving While You Are Living and Where's Your Wow? 16 Ways To Make Your Competitors Wish They Were You! Appearing often on the Today Show, she is well known as one of the country's leading gift and how-to experts. A popular keynote speaker, she has entertained audiences across the country on a variety of topics including product branding, working from home and other timely ideas. Audiences have included such prestigious audiences as UPS, AT&T, Dare To Lead Conference for The Executive Women's Golf Association, The Atlanta Business Chronicle's Expo, The California Business Women's Network, Possible Women's Conference, eWomen Network, Bain & Company, Hinman Convention, L.A. Book Festival, and many other organizations and companies across the country. For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Margery Fridstein and Susan Marks, The New World of Grandparenting: Straight Talk on Tough Issues (Health & Wellness / Nutrition / Aging / Parenting)
Grandparents today represent a large—and growing—segment of the population. Grandparents today are more involved than ever with their children and grandchildren's lives. Co-authored by a grandparent who also happens to be a counselor specializing in children's issues, The New World of Grandparenting is designed to be the resource for grandparents to turn to for help addressing problems that simply didn't exist when they were raising their children. From how to address not becoming a bottomless pit of financial and childcare support, to the right and wrong way to intervene, The New World of Grandparenting is designed to be a quick and concise resource to help cut to the chase and deliver straightforward advice.
About the Authors:
• Margery Fridstein, MA, LPC is a new great-grandmother, grandmother of 11, and mother of four, as well as a Denver-based practicing specialist in evaluation and psychotherapy for children, adolescents, families, and adults, including grandparents. She has spent the last 35 years as a psychotherapist, consultant, counselor, lecturer, and teacher in the public and private sectors. Fridstein has written numerous articles for trade journals, newspapers and magazines, spent 10 years as a parenting advice columnist—"Let's Talk Behavior," and is a member of the Denver Psychoanalytic Society.
• Susan J. Marks is an award-winning journalist, freelance writer, and successful author. She has written or collaborated on more than a dozen books, and written for a number of publications on topics as diverse as the world's water crisis, fiscal and physical fitness, personal finance, workplace and technology, HR, and more. Her specialty is telling even the most complicated story so that it's understandable and clear. In her 30 years of experience, Marks has helped all kinds of people tell their stories.
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- Greg Gilstrap and Amanda Gilstrap, Being Amanda—In Europe: 4 Months, 12 Countries, and 1 Unforgettable Family (History / Biography / Narrative Non-Fiction)
Being Amanda in Europe is the emotional, yet always entertaining story of the Gilstrap family's attempts to stay connected during 19-year-old Amanda's colorful study abroad college travels. During the journey, she goes cliff jumping on the Italian coast, bikes through rural Ireland, samples Guinness Beer in Dublin, eats crepes at the base of the Eifel Tower in Paris, and visits many Catholic shrines and historic sites. Based on correspondence initially posted on Facebook between Amanda and her father, Greg, Being Amanda in Europe takes readers on a journey through twelve countries while at the same time revealing a very special and spiritual relationship between Amanda and her family. The book also gives America a new, young adult role model in Amanda. While she clearly enjoys living life to its fullest and is quite a character, Amanda's writings and journeys portray a young woman deeply committed to her principles and faith. Once you start reading, you won't want to stop!
About the Authors:
• Greg W. Gilstrap, age 47, is an associate professor at Arizona State University and serves as the immediate past chair of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Arizona Tourism Alliance. His past career positions include five years as Sales and Marketing Director at Madden Media, Cabinet Secretary of the Arizona Office of Tourism, Director of the Kansas Travel and Tourism Division, and CEO of Nichols Gilstrap, Inc. Early in his career, Greg worked as a television producer/anchor and appeared in Screen Actors Guild speaking roles in the motion picture Kansas and television mini-series Cross of Fire. A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, Greg has served as an Executive in Residence at Temple University, as an instructor for the Purdue University professional tourism management certification program, and as a guest professor at New York University. For more information, see author's Web site.
• Amanda Gilstrap, now age 21, is a college student at Franciscan (Catholic) University of Steubenville, Ohio. Following her semester abroad, she returned to the Ohio campus to continue pursuing a nursing degree. Her long-term goal is to continue her education and earn a master's degree. A graduate of Northwest Christian High School in Phoenix, Amanda was a member of the National Honor Society and earned eight varsity athletic letters in track and soccer. The 2009 Fall Semester is her final season for competing at the collegiate level as part of the FUS women's varsity soccer team.
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- William Helmreich, Jackass: The Dumb Things We All Do and How to Avoid Them (Careers / Self-Help / Psychology / Relationships)
Jackass is an in-depth exploration of the dumb things we all do and why. The author sheds new light on the well-known foibles of Martha Stewart, Bill Clinton, Michael Richards, Michael Vick, Britney Spears, Don Imus, Eliot Spitzer, and Bernie Madoff, as well as common events like road rage, telling your boss or good friends off, cheating, shoplifting, and lying.
But this is far more than an entertaining read. Based on hundreds of interviews and exhaustive research, Helmreich concludes that this behavior isn't only a result of psychological problems. It's also based on our very culture, history, and values. Only when we understand these causes, the author says, can we begin to address our behavior and improve our lives. The stories of how and why these people screwed up their lives are meant to be cautionary tales from which valuable lessons can be learned. In addition, Helmreich drives home these lessons by offering concrete suggestions and solutions.
About the Author:
William B. Helmreich is Professor of Sociology at CUNY Graduate Center. He has also served as Department Chairman at City College and heads the college's Conflict Resolution Center. Last year he received a $285,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a new and innovative approach he designed that helps people avoid the mistakes which lead to conflict and self-destructive behavior.
Before coming to CUNY, Dr. Helmreich taught at Yale University. He has written/edited 13 books including The Things they Say Behind your Back: Stereotypes and the Myths Behind Them, (Doubleday), which resulted in appearances on Oprah, Sallye Jesse Raphael, CBS Morning News, and many other programs. Another award-winning book, Against All Odds, resulted in guest appearances on The Larry King Show, CNN News, and numerous other programs. Professor Helmreich has been quoted 54 times in articles that appeared in The New York Times, and has written for the Times, Newsday, the Los Angeles Times, and many other newspapers.
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- Rich Herschlag and Billy Staples, Before the Glory: More Inspiring Stories of Growing Up and Going For the Long Ball — Vol. II (History / Biography / Narrative Non-Fiction)
Like the first volume, Before the Glory—Volume II will inspire readers and baseball fans of all ages with personal stories of players overcoming long odds and serious hardship, as well as entertain with tales of adventure and camaraderie. Padres star reliever Heath Bell describes the challenges and joys of raising a child with Downs Syndrome. Dodgers All-Star catcher Russell Martin talks about his parents divorce and his father making a living playing saxophone in the Montreal subways. Braves pinch hitting specialist Greg Norton recounts the murder of his mother and finding out that his father was responsible. Former Philadelphia A's and New York Yankees great Bobby Shantz explains the odds against a high school pitcher who graduates high school at a height of four-foot-eleven. But there are some new twists in Volume II, with an emphasis on problems and situations all families may face at one time or another.
About the Authors:
• Billy Staples graduated Phi Beta Kappa from East Stroudsburg University and went on to develop a unique style of teaching English that has helped him win several awards including nominations for Disney's National Teacher of the Year. In 2004, under the guidance of his mentor, Jack Canfield, Staples helped create a foundation called C.A.P.E.R.S. to pay for his most deserving students to attend college and ultimately return to their communities to serve as police officers, firefighters, nurses, and teachers themselves. Staples was featured by CNN in a five-part series for helping to take broken young lives and put them back together again. Billy Staples has been an invited speaker and honored guest of Depak Chopra at two separate think tanks assembled by the best-selling author.
• Rich Herschlag is the author of several books including Before the Glory (2007) co-authored with Bill Staples, and Lay Low and Don't Make the Big Mistake, which resulted in over 175 radio and TV interviews across the country, was the subject of a feature article in USA Today, highlighted in Reader's Digest, and quoted on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Along with Bill Staples, Herschlag writes a weekly sports column for The Trentonian and other daily newspapers. He also writes a humor column which is circulated widely on the internet and published semi-regularly in alternative weeklies.
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- Melodie Homer, From Where I Stand: United Flight #93 Pilot's Widow
Sets the Record Straight (History / Biography / Narrative Non-Fiction)
Flight #93 continues to be a story people are captivated with, however most took the stories told in the beginning as fact, despite information which has come to light over the years. The books which were written, which I have read were successful, despite their lack of accurate information or readability. Most, if not all, were written by ghost writers and seemed to be written for reasons of notoriety. My primary goal in From Where I Stand is to create an accurate and realistic account of the events on board United #93 as we now know them, as well as to shed a light on what else has gone on throughout the years, as a result, which few people are aware of.
About the Author:
Melodie Homer is the wife of LeRoy Homer, First Officer of United Airlines #93, which crashed in Shanksville, PA on September 11th, 2001. Melodie has been a registered nurse for over twenty years, with a Masters degree as a Clinical Nurse Educator. She has worked in various nursing positions both in the hospital setting, primarily in Pediatric Oncology as well as the pharmaceutical industry. She currently works as an adjunct professor and clinical nursing instructor at a local community college. Melodie has co-authored a chapter in a manual for nurses and self-published two patient education booklets for children.
In 2002 Melodie Homer founded the LeRoy W. Homer Jr. Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization, as a legacy to LeRoy's memory. The mission of The Foundation is to encourage and support young adults who wish to become professional pilots. Scholarships are awarded on an annual basis and provide funding for private pilot certification — the first step in the process of becoming a professional pilot. Melodie has appeared nationally at various events promoting The Foundation and its mission.
Melodie is featured in the documentary "Out of the Ashes", a film questioning whether the Victims Compensation Fund created after September 11th provided justice. This non-profit educational film produced by Films for Justice Institute at Seattle University in Washington is scheduled to be completed in the Fall of 2009.
Melodie has received numerous awards for her work with The Foundation including being selected as one of the "57 Most Intriguing Blacks" in the November 2002 issue of Ebony Magazine. In 2007, Melodie was awarded with the Mrs. New Jersey Woman of Achievement award. Melodie Homer resides in Marlton, NJ with her two children, Laurel who was ten months old on September 11th, 2001 and is now eight years old and her son Alden, adopted at two days old in 2004, and is five years old.
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- Faisal Hoque, The Convergence Factor: Why Business Technology Matters (usiness / Management / Entrepreneurship)
The Convergence Factor is more than just a how-to guide; it's a business philosophy and mandate to return enterprises to the mindset of Samuel Slater and Apple's Steve Jobs by forgoing the application of technology to business for technology's sake and putting business strategy, objectives and processes at the forefront of enterprise enablement. This is a call to arms; a mandate for businesses to follow that make them more nimble, agile and able to build differentiated, innovative and adaptable processes that expand their reach and grow revenue even in the most challenging markets and conditions. And it is supported by groundbreaking research that shows the direct correlation between convergence and financial performance through data analyzed in the Business Technology Convergence Index.
About the Author:
A former senior executive at General Electric (GE) and other multi-nationals, Faisal Hoque is an internationally known entrepreneur, and author, and the Founder and CEO of BTM Corporation (Business Technology Management Corporation). The editors of Ziff Davis Enterprise named him as One of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Technology for conceiving and developing Business Technology Management (BTM). He has written five management books, established a non-profit institute — The BTM Institute, and became a leading authority on the issue of effective interaction between business and technology. Hoque has written numerous articles and papers for such publications as BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Baseline, and CIO Magazine For more information, see author's Web site..
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- Robert Malone, Serial Innovators: Turning Adversity into Opportunity (Special Topics / Reference / Gift Books)
Serial Innovators is about the experience of turning what could be a problem into a solution or going from adversity to opportunity and sticking at it. It is the many 'aha' moments that lead to this accomplishment. The book is about why these moments occur. It is about the peculiarities of the context of innovation and invention, the often resistant lead up, the event of discovery, and it consequences to either the creator or the public or both. Serial Innovators looks at discovery, innovation and invention with fresh thinking and not as a process easily broken down. It looks at these inclinations as a mind set, and an intention, that in actual application is always different, and to a degree gradual like the evolutionary process making use of natural selection, and yes always.
About the Author:
Robert Malone is a well known writer and international speaker on automation, logistics, supply chains, manufacturing, and robotics. He built on a career as an industrial designer to become an educational leader. He was the chairman of industrial design department at the Parsons School of Design and a professor and dean of the School of Art and Design at Pratt Institute. In both institutions he helped rebuild their curriculums.
He has been the editor-in-chief of Industrial Design magazine (now called ID), the editor-in-chief of Dot Zero magazine, the editor-in-chief of Managing Automation (MA), and the logistics editor for Forbes.com. He is at present a moderator for IEEE Spectrum, the executive editor for M2M Premier, and an award winning (ASBPE) columnist for MA and Inbound Logistics. He has written recently the books Ultimate Robot for children and Chain Reaction for adults.
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- Robert Malone, Revitalizing American Manufacturing: What Companies Need to Know to Survive in the 21st Century (Current Events / Global Issues)
The basic theme of Revitalizing American Manufacturing is that a return to a reemphasis of manufacturing is the only way towards economic stability in America's future. The United States of America has reached a point of no return in its industrial production base. If it shrinks any more its may be beyond recall. We are no longer the leading manufacturer of the world (tied with China as of this year). We import more and more of our food, and of course we import our oil to a large measure. We have an antique infrastructure that is failing to give good support to energy distribution and commercial distribution. In order to face the urgent need to turn around our economy we have to face the fact that we have more needs than resources. We have to go for what can be really saved and not what is worst hit.
About the Author:
Robert A. Malone is a program developer in leading edge technology for IEEE Spectrum Webinars series. He has been a spokesman for U.S. manufacturing for decades. He was formerly the editor in chief of Managing Automation and remains as a popular columnist. He was the highly read logistics and transportation editor for Forbes.com. He has been the chairman of the Automation Hall of Fame. He has been interviewed on hundreds of radio, TV and for the press involving technology, its impact on our lives and our society. They include Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, the History Channel (extensive interviews), all major channel news programs, and the New York Times (repeatedly), the New Yorker, New York Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune.
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- Susan J. Marks, Wildcatter: Oil's Ultimate Entrepreneurs Share Their Lessons and Legends (History / Biography / Narrative Non-Fiction)
Oil company CEOs today are investment gurus and number crunchers with Harvard MBAs. A few perhaps remember when what mattered was simply the smell and feel of oil, and the thrill of finding it. That was long before Wall Street earnings calls dictated decisions and environmental compliance took precedence over drilling for oil. Wildcatter is the story of some of these still-living legends who risked it all in their quest for oil. It is a snapshot of their lives, ideas, experiences, and exploits. It's also about small businessmen taking huge risks and reaping unfathomable rewards, about entrepreneurial successes and devastating failures, and of lessons learned through it all.
About the Author:
As an award-winning journalist, successful ghostwriter and author /collaborator on more than a dozen books on entrepreneurship, self-help, and success, Susan J. Marks is well-qualified to write this book. In her nearly 30 years of newspaper, magazine and book writing and editing, she has helped all kinds of people tell their stories. Her background includes more than a dozen years at The Denver Post, primarily as Sunday Business Editor and Special Projects Editor/Business. She's also written published articles on topics ranging from small business and technology to e-commerce, personal finance, workplace, careers, and health care. Publications/publishers she has written for include Business Week, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes publications, Micro Times, Network World, Woman's World, ColoradoBiz, United Communications Group, and Health & You.
Her work has received awards and recognition from local, regional, and national organizations, including Gannett, the Colorado Press Association, and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
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- Shira Miller, Embracing a Lighter Life: How 50 Women Lost 50 Pounds and Kept it Off! (Health & Wellness / Nutrition / Aging / Parenting)
From The Biggest Loser to Oprah's on-going weight struggles; from countless news stories
about diet successes to dozens of fad diets — our society is fascinated with losing weight. But
for the seventy million people who start a diet and lose weight each year, experts estimate that
ninety-five percent will regain the weight, plus more. Embracing a Lighter Life, the first book
unaffiliated with a specific diet plan that focuses on life after weight loss, aims to change those
odds. Featuring interviews and photos with fifty women who lost at least fifty pounds and kept
it off for over five years, it offers practical advice on maintaining a healthy weight while dealing
with the pressures and reality of everyday life. Plus, recognized experts in visualization,
psychology, spirituality, exercise and nutrition offer their unique insights for making weight loss
and healthy living a permanent change. Join Shira Miller in Embracing a Lighter Life for humor,
girlfriend tips, compelling personal stories and expert advice — and enjoy the lighter life you
were meant to live!
About the Author:
Unlike books written by experts who have never experienced this
phenomenon, author Shira Miller has maintained a fifty pound weight
loss in a healthy manner for seventeen years. Her success story has
been recognized in Shape, Health, First for Women, Quick & Simple and the Atlanta Journal & Constitution. As a national publicity expert,
Shira's award-winning boutique PR firm has
created successful campaigns for clients like Carvel Ice Cream,
California Pizza Kitchen, Cox Communications, Farm Rich, Spanx and
the Synthetic Turf Council. Her work has been recognized with more
than thirty-five industry honors, including the prestigious National
Bronze Anvil Award for Consumer Media Relations from the Public
Relations Society of America. She has worked with thousands of
television, radio, magazine, newspaper and Internet media outlets throughout her career. For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Clayton J. Moore, Mastering Your Money Puzzle: Piecing Together Your
Financial Security and Future Lifestyle (Personal Finance / Investing / Trading / Real Estate)
Mastering Your Money Puzzle emerges at a time when individuals are desperately in need of strategies that will enable them to plan for their own financial futures. It provides an in-depth examination of the current trends that threaten to erode our financial security and future lifestyle, and offers practical, hands-on solutions for overcoming these threats. More than just a book, Mastering Your Money Puzzle is an operating manual to help people take control of their financial destiny — even in the midst of an economic crisis. It is jam-packed with innovative strategies for helping people to create a financially secure lifestyle. The strategies are innovative because the majority of people do not adopt them in their day to day lives and this has a major impact on their financial future. Because the strategies are simple to understand and easily adoptable, this will help more people gain the confidence and capability to make the necessary changes that are required to create the future lifestyle they desire.
About the Author:
• Financial Advisor for 13 years
• Co-Owner of Credence Finance, a successful mortgage brokerage that has built a client list of over 3,000
• Owner of Dreamscape Homes, a property development company with a turnover of 600k in 2008 and that is about to begin a multi-million project in 2009
• Co-owner of Key Investing, a financial education company set up in 2008
• An avid student of personal development books, programs and seminars that help to expand and improve the education that I provide my clients
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- William Nobrega, The Next Wave for Global Investing: Maximizing Value (Personal Finance / Investing / Trading / Real Estate)
We are in an economic maelstrom the likes of which have not been seen in seventy years. But while the current economic crisis is severe, it will ultimately be eclipsed by a fundamental reordering of our global social and economic fabric. We are in fact witnessing an unprecedented point in human history during which four elements have begun to converge. During the next twenty years millions of new consumers will be created — a sum greater than what was created in the past 500 years. Enabling this new consumer is technology fostering an accelerated pace of innovation and knowledge across the planet. During the same period trillions of dollars will be invested in infrastructure — a sum greater than what was invested to rebuild post-WWII Europe. Woven within this tapestry will be the environment which will fundamentally influence economic and social development going forward. These four elements: The New Consumer, Infrastructure, Technology and Environment are converging, and as they do, they will create an unprecedented wave of global economic growth and opportunity for investors, entrepreneurs, executives, academics and scientists.
About the Author:
William Nobrega is the Managing Partner of The Conrad Group — an emerging market investment advisory and M&A facilitation firm based in Miami. He has more than 12 years of experience in this field and is widely credited for initiating global business models in emerging geographies including Brazil, India and China. The firm's clients include hedge funds, pension funds, investment trusts and numerous Fortune 1000 companies in a wide range of industry verticals. With 115 professionals based in New Delhi, Sao Paulo and Miami it is one of the leading boutique firms in this arena. Prior to founding The Conrad Group, Mr. Nobrega worked with Deloitte & Touche Consulting in Europe and the United States Mr. Nobrega is a veteran of Army Special Forces having served in Kurdistan and other operational areas during the Gulf conflict. Mr. Nobrega is the author of numerous articles and White Papers that focus on various aspects of emerging market strategic planning and he is a frequent contributor to CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg and other national and international media outlets. Mr. Nobrega is the author of the book Riding the Indian Tiger: understanding the world's fastest growing market (John Wiley & Sons, 2008). Mr. Nobrega has a bachelor's degree from Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio and a master's degree from the University of Leuven, in Brussels, Belgium. For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Todd Outcalt, Their Final Terms: The Curious and Fascinating Stories of the Presidents' Last Days (History / Biography)
Their Final Terms will explore the final days of every American President—from Washington to Ford—in a compelling and forthright style that will both enlighten and entertain. Each account will summarize their background while blending in the strange and sometimes poignant circumstances surrounding their deaths—including new information never before published in this vein. The book will not only celebrate the Presidency, but will also uncover some of the most incredible human dramas in American history. Drawing from a multitude of resources, Their Final Terms brings together the sometimes quirky, odd, and always fascinating details behind the final hours of each deceased American president and the unique legacies they left behind.
About the Author:
Todd Outcalt is a pastor, writer and speaker and an avid reader of presidential biographies. His thirty years of pastoral experience and sense of humor also give him a practical and personal background in matters of grief and death, and provide a unique perspective from which to write Their Final Terms. Educated at Indiana State and Duke University, Todd is the author of twenty books and has also written for many large-circulation magazines. He has been the recipient of several writing awards, including the Simon Scanlon Prize offered by the Franciscans and an award by Bell South—both for articles on breast cancer. Todd also offers monthly workshops for couples, promotes his books through radio and television talk shows, and has produced CDs on breast cancer awareness that are used by cancer support networks.
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- Flori Roberts, Make It Up as You Go: Secrets of Business Success and Survival
From Cosmetics Entrepreneur Flori Roberts (Business / Management / Entrepreneurship)
Entrepreneur and cosmetics industry legend Flori Roberts shows how to turn an idea into a business in this practical and engaging book. Flori delivers real-world advice to women launching new ventures, showing them how to turn unexpected events — market downturns, loss of employment, and other life changes — into entrepreneurial opportunity. In periods of economic uncertainty as well as economic boom, this book is a realistic look at launching a business when the totally unexpected has happened.Whether you're a woman who is thinking about launching your own business or someone who is facing a daunting challenge or transformation and seeks a new way to make a living, Make It Up As You Go is the insider advice you need to succeed in the face of any circumstances, expected or otherwise.
About the Author:
Born in New York City, Flori Roberts majored in drama at Carnegie-Mellon Institute, and appeared in several Broadway productions before venturing into the world of fashion and beauty. Along with her husband, noted ophthalmologist Dr. Craig Roberts, Flori founded Flori Roberts, Inc. in 1965, specializing in products for black and dark-skinned women. In 1985, Roberts went back to the drawing board to develop Dermablend Corrective Cosmetics. After her company was acquired by the IVAX Corporation, she remained in the industry as a marketing consultant and frequently appeared on QVC and HSN as a product spokesperson. In 2000 she co-founded Smart Cover Cosmetics with Nancy Roberts, her daughter-in-law.
She was the first woman to be inducted into the Sales and Marketing Executive International Academy of Achievement. Roberts has been appointed to the Office Depot National Advisory Board, and serves as chair of the Advisory Council for the Center for Women's Business Research in Washington, D.C. She speaks at universities and to women's groups on the power of owning your own business, and has been influential in designing mentoring programs for women executives and future leaders. She was featured on "The Today Show" as the new quintessential "Grandmompreneur." For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Barbara M. Rubin and Robyn Spizman, Hollywood Access 101: An Insider's Guide to Marketing Your Products, Service or Expertise to The New Hollywood (Business / Management / Entrepreneurship)
How do you get your product, talent or company noticed by the movers, shakers and decision makers in Hollywood? And why does it really matter? Hollywood Access 101 provides a roadmap for entrepreneurs showing them how to leverage themselves in Hollywood to capture the attention and exposure that catapults success. It is a savvy book written by two knowledgeable industry experts who are dedicated to helping you get noticed by the insiders in Hollywood.
Hollywood Access 101 is not a book for wide-eyed, star-struck hopefuls. It is for entrepreneurs, and anyone else for that matter, who has something to gain from being selected and plugged into Hollywood by the leading connectors and power brokers. From product designers to fashion designers, inventors to spokespeople, authors to experts, creators and more, readers from all walks of life will learn how to increase the odds of raising their visibility factor. They'll find tips for catapulting their access to Hollywood, undeniably one of the most important landscapes in the promotional business world.
About the Authors:
• Barbara M. Rubin is a founding partner and the managing partner of the entertainment law firm of Peter Rubin & Simon. The former Head of Business and Legal Affairs for Spelling Television (reporting directly to Aaron Spelling), A&E Television Networks (West Coast) and Rysher Entertainment, Ms. Rubin came up through the business and legal affairs departments of CBS Television and Theatrical Films as well as Disney Television. Ms. Rubin teaches "Negotiating the Writer's Deal" at UCLA and is a guest lecturer or panel moderator at USC, UCLA, ATAS, Association of Talent Agents, CSUN, Woman In Film, California Bar Association, NAPTE, eWomenNetwork , CLE International and Writers Guild of America. Ms. Rubin is the author of two cover articles for Los Angeles Lawyer. Emmy Magazine called Ms. Rubin "a top industry negotiator."
• Robyn Spizman, a nationally recognized consumer advocate, seasoned media personality and New York Times Best Selling author, has written and co-authored dozens of books including Do Your Giving While You Are Living and Where's Your Wow? 16 Ways To Make Your Competitors Wish They Were You! Appearing often on the Today Show, she is well known as one of the country's leading gift and how-to experts. A popular keynote speaker, she has entertained audiences across the country on a variety of topics including product branding, working from home and other timely ideas. Audiences have included such prestigious audiences as UPS, AT&T, Dare To Lead Conference for The Executive Women's Golf Association, The Atlanta Business Chronicle's Expo, The California Business Women's Network, Possible Women's Conference, eWomen Network, Bain & Company, Hinman Convention, L.A. Book Festival, and many other organizations and companies across the country. For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Dr. Brian Schwartz, Your Career DNA: Breaking the Code for Career Success and Reinventing Your Future (Careers / Self-Help / Psychology / Relationships)
You don't need me to tell you that the jobs market is brutal right now. Your CareerDNA is a next-generation career development book that is ideally suited for these tenuous times. Based on my more than thirty years of experience as a professional career counselor and built upon a proprietary series of diagnostics that I created, Your CareerDNA helps readers do so much more than find their next job. It helps them find what they truly need to find in order to navigate the uncertain waters in which we find ourselves. It helps them find what they were meant to do. At a time when people feel blocked or locked out of what they consider to be their only career options, this information is invaluable. The underlying message of this book — that you will be happiest and most successful if you are doing what you were meant to be doing — is timeless and applies to all economic conditions.
About the Author:
In 1976, I founded The Career Planning Center at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York City and directed that effort until 1981. In 1977, I founded Perspectives, a consortium of psychologists, in Greenwich, CT and I have been in private practice specializing in career management consulting since. In 1981, I expanded my practice to embrace Organization Development and completed engagements with American Express, Continental Can-USA, Texaco, IBM, Perkin-Elmer, Richardson-Vicks, Pitney-Bowes, The Kaempfer Company, BAA-McArthurGlen Europe and its successor, McArthurGlen Europe PLC, Interscope and the Connecticut and New Jersey Education Associations. Since 1999, I have done all the executive assessments for DrakeBeamMorin's Stamford, CT office and many in their International Center for Executive Options.
In addition to my current private practice, I serve as the Official Guide for Career Coaching and Coaches for www.selfgrowth.com, the # 1 ranked self-improvement website on Google and Yahoo with more than a million monthly visitors.
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- Justin Spizman, The Insider's Guide to Your First Year of the Real World (Careers / Self-Help / Psychology / Relationships)
The Insiders Guide to Your First Year of the Real World is dedicated to effectively preparing recent grads for their first year in the real world. Even the most gifted and brilliant graduates face challenges and obstacles they have never imagined, and the only way to overcome these obstacles is through planning, preparation, and learning about the real world before it begins.
This book is a must-read before the journey starts. It is a road map students can use to help navigate through the challenges they will face. Furthermore, once the real world commences, this book can be used as a compass to help scholars navigate when they lose their way (and trust me, they will lose their way). The Insiders Guide to Your First Year of the Real World is a reader-friendly guide to discovering how to achieve the biggest goal in life: Success.
About the Author:
Justin Spizman is currently a prosecuting attorney for the Fulton Country Solicitor's Office in Atlanta, Georgia. While in law school, Spizman authored The Insider's Guide to Your First Year of Law School: A Student-to-Student Handbook From a First Year Survivor. Justin Spizman is a graduate of the prestigious Communications School at The University of Texas at Austin. He received a bachelor of science in communication studies with a minor in business foundations. He was a Dean's List student and served as Vice President of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternal organization, and served on the Distinguished Speakers Community.
After college, Spizman attended Georgia State University School of Law and graduated this past year. During law school, Spizman was Vice President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society at Georgia State University School of Law, a member of Phi Delta Alpha Fraternal Organization and authored an independent study on drug testing in professional sports. Along with his scholastic endeavors, Spizman clerked for numerous criminal defense and entertainment attorneys and even served as a judicial clerk for a superior court judge.
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- Elinor Stutz, Hired! How to Use Sales Training Skills to Sell Yourself and Get the Job You Want (Business / Management / Entrepreneurship)
With unemployment at an all-time high, hundreds of thousands of highly qualified professionals are clamoring to nab one of a very limited number of jobs. HIRED! is the only book to teach job seekers how to consistently and quickly become the top candidate of choice during any job interview by using sales training techniques.
During an interview, job seekers commonly believe they will be offered a position based solely on their skill set and past experience. Most job seekers are not aware that they must demonstrate their credibility and trust during the interview process. Readers will learn the kinds of sales techniques they should use to demonstrate their leadership skills or emphasize their business savvy. Stutz will show readers how to elegantly take control of an interview, lead a conversation, answer difficult questions, and come across like a team player. Most importantly, she reveals the type of closing remarks, trial close questions, and assumptive closing remarks that lead to "HIRED!" HIRED! provides hope, encouragement, motivation, inspiration and hand-holding in a "Here is how you do it" approach.
About the Author:
Elinor Stutz is a seasoned author with a substantial publicity platform. A sales training expert and speaker, she has appeared on stages along with Suze Orman and Loral Langemeier, as well as on stages all over the country. Having transformed her highly successful sales career into a sales training company, Elinor Stutz is the CEO of Smooth Sale LLC. Past clients included Sony, Visa and U.S. Geological Survey. Smooth Sale delivers professional sales training, coaching, motivational speaking, co-facilitated seminars and a complete product line. Her first book, Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results, was featured in a TIME Magazine supplement, has been translated into multiple languages, and is selling worldwide. For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Eric Tyson, Separating Financial Fact from Fiction:
How Political Partisans, Fear-Mongers and Financial Illiterates Are Ruining Your Financial Decision Making — And What You Can Do About It (Personal Finance / Investing / Trading / Real Estate)
During the height of the 2008-09 financial crisis and stock market panic, many Americans were glued to the news, watching the financial markets minute by minute. Political, economic and financial market news and advice is reported and published 24/7, 365 days of the year.
Unfortunately, the mushrooming of sources and more importantly opinions, is wreaking havoc with many folks' finances. In Separating Financial Fact from Fiction, veteran personal finance expert Eric Tyson helps readers separate financial fact from fiction. Drawing upon current and recent events, he provides an entertaining and education packed treatise that reveals the unsavory side of financial forecasting and reporting, and what consumers need to know to be discriminating and intelligent consumers of financial news, information and advice.
About the Author:
Tired of working as a management consultant to Fortune 500 financial service firms which were more interested in maximizing short-term profits than in providing sound financial products and services, in 1990 Eric Tyson founded the nation's first financial counseling firm which worked exclusively on an hourly basis. Eric Tyson has penned five national best sellers, and is the only author to have four of his books simultaneously on Business Week's business book bestseller list.
Eric's work has been featured and quoted in hundreds of local and national publications and media outlets. He's been a featured speaker at a White House conference on retirement planning. In addition to his writing and counseling, Eric also taught a popular personal financial management course at the University of California, Berkeley. He has spoken at many corporations and non-profits.
Eric has a bachelor's degree in economics from Yale and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. For more information, see author's Web site.
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- Peter Viteritti, The Eleventh Mission (History / Biography / Narrative Non-Fiction)
More than 65 years after it occurred, an incredible World War II story surfaces—one of survival against all odds. Through a chance encounter, author Peter Viteritti met and befriended Tony Butera, a former WWII prisoner of war. Based on the journal Tony kept as a POW, The Eleventh Mission is the incredible story of Tony's journey—a journey that began on Christmas Eve of 1944 when his plane crashed deep inside of Nazi Germany and ended up with his liberation when the Allied Forces liberated his POW. What happened in between will amaze and surprise you.
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- Don Wetmore, Doing What Works: Productivity Tools, Tips and Techniques to Keep You Focused on All the Right Stuff (Careers / Self-Help / Psychology / Relationships)
Nearly everyone has more to do than time permits and especially in tough times it is essential to be organized and focused on spending time on those things that will yield the most results. Doing What Works is unique and provides the reader with the tools, tips and techniques to significantly increase their results 24/7. It contains 52 short 3-5 page chapters, one for each week in the year, containing a new step to help the reader to leverage their time. Every chapter has a specific time saving tool or technique with action steps that are easy to understand and easy to implement. Doing What Works is about helping the reader not only to learn new tools, tips and techniques to leverage their time but moreover it is about helping the reader to make real changes that will increase their productivity.
About the Author:
Dr. Donald E. Wetmore received his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Bentley University, his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Babson College, and his Juris Doctor Degree in from Suffolk University Law School. He has owned and operated employment agencies, real estate offices, and a consulting practice and has hired and managed over 1,000 sales people and trained over 15,000 sales people through his time management and personal productivity seminars. His clients have included IBM, Philips Medical, Smith Barney and 100's more. He is also a practicing attorney. During the past twenty years, he has made over 2,000 public speaking presentations before 100,000 people from around the globe, sharing his unique philosophy about the time management and sales tools he has created. He is the author of two books and over 100 published articles. He is frequently interviewed by major media including ABC Radio, The New York Times, USAToday, and the Dallas Morning News, and served as the host of the cable TV program, "It's the Law". For more information, see author's Web site.
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