I've been reviewing Creating a World Without Poverty my final entry should come today. Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is on a book tour in the U.S. through January 24th. by Michael Fitzgerald
FEW THINGS TEST THE STAMINA of an author better than a hectic book tour. But for Tim Sanders, the chief solutions officer at Yahoo! who recently hit the road to promote his best-seller, the tour was a test of both man and machine. ...
General Colin Powell embarked on a 25-city book tour to promote his autobiography, amid heated speculation that he would announce a run for president. The general, however, refused to commit himself or to reveal much about his political beliefs. General Colin Powell embarked on a...
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Doug Littlejohns, president and CEO of Morrisville-based Red Storm Entertainment Inc., was a British submarine captain when he first met Tom Clancy 14 years ago. The best-selling author was on a book tour promoting The Hunt for Red October, which Lit Doug Littlejohns, president and CEO...
DETROIT -- Nationally syndicated radio talk show personality Michael Medved, heard weekdays from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. on News Talk 1400 AM WDTK, Detroit is bringing his Right Turns book tour to Borders Books at Novi Town Center on Thursday March 10th 2005, from 7:00-9:00 pm. Medved will host his...
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--September 9, 1995--"The time may be at hand for a third major party to emerge to represent the sensible center of the American political spectrum," writes retired General Colin Powell, in his new memoir, My American Journey, exclusively excerpted in TIME Magazine. Saying he has not...
WASHINGTON -- Ever since he filmed the docu-comedy Roger and Me at the nadir of the 1980s recession, Michael Moore has gained fame and money playing the guileless Everyman who skewers corporate America. Little did he suspect that an Everyman corporation might someday skewer back.
I've been reviewing Creating A World Without Poverty, Muhammad Yunus' visionary book about a new kind of capitalism. I looked at the book in three parts: Muhammad Yunus: Capitalism Is Half-Baked How Muhammad Yunus Created an Impossible Business ...
Sears Roebuck is about to test Ironman Triathlon boutiques in about 25 of its stores, grouping licensed products from Timex, Foster Grant and others around a year-old line of fitness equipment from Schwinn, while aiming for a promotional tie to a book tour by triathlon convert and "Chub Club" coach...
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SEATTLE, June 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Robert J. Serling, one of the nation's foremost aviation authors, will be in Anchorage the week of June 16 to promote his recently completed history of Alaska Airlines entitled "Character & Characters: The Spirit of Alaska Airlines."
Historian Douglas G. Brinkley will join the faculty of Tulane University in August 2005 as director of Tulane's soon-to-be- established Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization. He will focus on 20th century and presidential history. Brinkley is now the Stephen E. Ambrose professor of history and director of the Eisenhower...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Propelled by positive reviews and a nationwide book tour, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, the sizzling memoir by adult entertainment legend Jenna Jameson will debut September 5th at number nine on The New York Times non-fiction bestseller list, a monumental achievement...
NEW YORK -- INCA Designs, Inc. (Pink Sheets:IDGI), a boutique design house that designs a line of swimwear, resort wear, and accessories for the wholesale and retail markets under the brand names of inca, incagirl, incabag and inca jr., today announced that bombshell actress Carmen Electra kicked off her "How...
A few posts ago, I launched a worst sales manager contest. You readers came up with some definite doozies, but the best of the worst as it were was:Hes arrogant, hes sarcastic and hes the ultimate control freak. He fights (yes, physical slapping and kicking) with the other sales...