http:/// http:///rss.php The latest speaker news from Hachette Speakers Bureau. Copyright 2013, Hachette Speakers Bureau In “The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II” author Denise Kiernan brings the wartime town back to life. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=653 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=653 This Sunday, join Oprah and three dynamic thought leaders for the first in a special series of "Super Soul Sunday" episodes called The Bigger Picture http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=652 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=652 The couple discuss their book, "Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=651 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=651 Hear her account of the kidnapping. How did she get through her darkest hours? Can Dr. Phil help her move past the traumatic experience so she can focus on her family? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=650 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=650 Jessica Buchanan was abducted, along with a fellow aid worker, by Somali pirates in 2011. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=649 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=649 Jessica Buchanan was working at her dream job, doing humanitarian work in Somalia, when she was kidnapped at gunpoint. She talks about the harrowing 93 days she spent in captivity before being rescued by Seal Team 6, saying she felt “like an animal http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=648 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=648 In her first interview, the American aid worker recounts her terrifying kidnapping and dramatic nighttime rescue by Navy SEALs in the Somali desert. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=647 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=647 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=646 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=646 Baby Lyssa Chapman dazzled "Dog the Bounty Hunter" on A&E. But what happened to Baby Lyssa Chapman on "Dog and Beth" last night? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=645 Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=645 Written by Jonathan Alter, his forthcoming book "The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies," is about the 2012 campaign and the influences from FOX, set to be released June 4th! http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=644 Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=644 Lookingglass Theatre’s production of “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova, was in final rehearsals for its world premiere at the very moment that two closely related stories became headline news. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=643 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=643 Hope helps companies prosper. Here's how executives can teach their employees hope -- and build strategies that instill it in the organization. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=641 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=641 Covering topics from hair to alcohol, Hoda also makes a 'toast' with Meredith in celebration of the success of her new book "Ten Years Later," now officially on the New York Times Best Seller list. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=640 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=640 Congratulations to authors Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski on their success with this truly inspirational story! http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=639 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=639 Susan hosts from down under in Australia and Scott is live in Canada. Listen in on this exciting and inspiring interview with the author of "An Invisible Thread." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=638 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=638 Shane Lopez explains why Americans are no longer excited about the future anymore and how the country suffers with an identity crisis. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=637 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=637 Incredible story shared in the book 'An Invisible Thread' by Laura Schroff http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=635 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=635 Laura Schroff and Maurice Mazyck share how one day changed both of their lives forever and inspired the "bond of mother and son" they share decades later. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=634 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=634 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=633 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=633 Want to improve the people side of your business? Ponder how you handle credit and blame. "It really gets to the core of careers, workplace dynamics, teams and organizations," organizational psychologist Ben Dattner, author of "The Blame Game" , told http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=632 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=632 “When they’re little they sit on your lap; when they’re big they sit on your heart.” http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=631 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=631 The author of The New York Times best-selling book Proof of Heaven shares the extraordinary details of his journey into the afterlife. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=630 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=630 Can consciousness exist when the body fails? One neurosurgeon says he has seen it firsthand—and takes on critics who vehemently disagree. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=629 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=629 Judy Smith doesn’t just polish tainted reputations; she sells narratives of redemption. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=628 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=628 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=627 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=627 10-16-12 Bill Carter, Author, Boom, Bust, Boom joins BNN for a look at his new book and the history of copper mining in the U.S. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=626 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=626 Good Day NY sat down with the best-selling author and asked what financial tips she could share including some of that Buffett magic. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=625 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=625 Techonomy’s name embodies our beliefs and our mission—it combines the words “technology” and “economy” because technology has become a central part of the economy in which we operate and the society in which we live. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=624 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=624 When a neurosurgeon found himself in a coma, he experienced things he never thought possible—a journey to the afterlife. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=623 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=623 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=622 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=622 Oprah Winfrey has said that Mark Nepo’s writing takes her breath away. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=621 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=621 David Finch on Asperger's Diagnosis at 31: It was a 'moment of self-recognition' http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=620 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=620 Renowned speaker and best-selling author Mary Buffett will be visiting Oman on September 17 to address the corporate customers of Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel). http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=619 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=619 As many of you familiar Mark Nepo's writings already know, he is a consummate master of telling stories and parables about people's hopes, dreams, yearnings, fears, sorrows, and triumphs. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=618 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=618 Mounting evidence shows ‘cannabinoids’ in marijuana slow cancer growth, inhibit formation of new blood cells that feed a tumor, and help manage pain, fatigue, nausea, and other side effects. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=617 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=617 The following is an excerpt from Martin A. Lee's book "Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific" http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=616 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=616 Award-winning novelist (Across a Hundred Mountains) Grande captivates and inspires in her memoir. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=615 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=615 This video clip from an interview with Sounds True took place in Colorado during a week of recording my box set of teaching conversations, Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=614 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=614 Poetry by Mark Nepo for The Huffington Post http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=613 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=613 Pilgrim’s personal escape became The Explorer’s Code -- a romantic thriller about an oceanographer, Cordelia Stapleton, who arrives in Monaco to pick up a posthumous award for her great-great-grandfather, a Victorian polar explorer. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=612 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=612 "In Her Shoes" author Jennifer Weiner has been told she writes what some women are really thinking. Weiner said it's because she's missing a filter. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=611 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=611 Black parents often tell me that they must toughen their children to prepare them for the harsh realities of being black in America. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=610 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=610 The new program, which the network was set to announce on Thursday, will feature a permanent cast of four: conservative commentator S.E. Cupp, author and pundit Touré, Salon writer Steve Kornacki and former Congressional candidate Krystal Ball. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=609 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=609 As dinner was served, special guest speaker Laura Schroff shared her amazing life story befriending a child of poverty from a drug-abused home who was living on the streets of New York City. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=608 Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=608 Kayt Sukel’s work was just recently brought to my attention, but I’m already seeing why she’s a sex-science notable. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=607 Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=607 TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2012, 'Facebook Effect' Author David Kirkpatrick, discusses what he thought about the future of the newly IPO’ed social network http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=606 Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=606 An excerpt from The Truth About Statins. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=605 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=605 Stacey Patton talks about how a white woman with a Ph.D. in medieval history and an adjunct professor, came to rely on food stamps and Medicaid. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=604 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=604 Dr. Roberts does a nice job of explaining her own personal experiences with the pharmaceutical industry and especially in revealing the extent to which organizations in her field http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=603 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=603 This book is a wake up call. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=602 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=602 In case you missed it, watch Judy Smith, author of Good Self, Bad Self and subject of ABC hit Scandal on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=601 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=601 Can you spot a cheater before he breaks your heart? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=600 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=600 Kerry Washington on the real-life inspiration behind the Washington, D.C., official-inspired show, Judy Smith. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=599 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=599 Get an extended preview of 'Scandal' based on Judy Smith. Don't miss the premiere April 5 at 10/9c on ABC. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=598 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=598 Judy Smith, D.C.-based crisis manager extraordinaire, is the inspiration, if not the subject, of the ABC drama series “Scandal,” debuting April 5. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=597 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=597 Will the 21st century change the ways we think about sexual orientation, romantic attraction, love and fidelity? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=596 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=596 “The Esquire story is a great opportunity, but you really should think of this as a book.” http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=595 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=595 The Panic Virus shows the failure of the media and public health experts to counter the "war based on lies" and demonstrates how cognitive bias can push out reason and evidence, to the ultimate detriment of the most vulnerable victims. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=594 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=594 “Not only do you have the pressure of doing your job, but there’s pressure to make every customer feel valued and happy, which can be hard and really draining,” said Ben Dattner http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=593 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=593 Test assumptions, try small experiments, and place small bets. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=592 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=592 For one week, reserve a block of time each day to connect with the people who mean the most to you: your family. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=591 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=591 I found the book to be well-written, interesting, funny in parts, sad in parts and open and real. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=590 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=590 "There is a battle to be joined in this country, just not the one so many are waging. When rhetoric and ideological warfare threaten the very pillars of our democracy, true patriots must act." - Page 5 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=589 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=589 Anna Badkhen is the author of Peace Meals: Candy-Wrapped Kalashnikovs and Other War Stories and Waiting for the Taliban, now available in paperback. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=588 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=588 Ben Dattner, author of The Blame Game cautions non-clinicians against attempting to "diagnose" leadership candidates. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=587 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=587 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=586 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=586 Senior government leaders appear hesitant to make decisions or convert risks into opportunity even when presented with data that justifies a certain decision. Why?- Supervisor (GS-14), U.S. Food and Drug Administration http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=585 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=585 Author to speak at Pratt about African-American identity http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=584 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=584 What I carried with me when I left Afghanistan http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=583 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=583 In her new book Patriot Acts Crier hopes to help us remember exactly what it is we’re fighting for. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=582 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=582 Be Good Ventures reviews Peter Sim's Little Bets http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=581 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=581 Interview with Peter Walsh, author of the book Lighten Up: Love What You Have, Have What You Need, Be Happier with Less http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=580 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=580 How is it possible to become so quiet in the midst of chaos? In Learning to Breathe, Warner suggests seven steps. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=579 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=579 Seattle PI reviews Ben Dattner and Darren Dahl's new book. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=578 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=578 Despite his tendency to “infuriate,” Steve Jobs’ emotional and spiritual intensity are what made his family and closest colleagues love him, according to Walter Isaacson in an interview http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=577 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=577 Crier, the author and award-winning journalist who has covered national and international news for CNN, ABC, Fox and Court TV, moved to Bedford in 1993 and has made it her home ever since. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=576 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=576 “I think some people will ask themselves why it took so long for her to come out,” said Judy Smith http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=575 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=575 The real genius of Steve Jobs. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=574 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=574 “I’ve always sort of been a Hamilton guy,” Mr. Stewart said. “He was the immigrant who came up from nothing. I found that inspiring.” http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=573 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=573 Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs sold 379,000 copies in the US in its first week on bookshop shelves, BookScan US data has revealed. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=572 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=572 Though stocks soared on news of a Eurozone deal, unfounded swings—from fear of collapse to fear of missing out on the upside—have been the norm for months, says Zachary Karabell. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=571 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=571 Rhimes is creating a series for ABC inspired by the career of legendary public-relations consultant Judy Smith — the woman who's helped guide Bill Clinton, Michael Vick, and New York Governor David Paterson through various scandals and snafus http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=570 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=570 While working on his biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson got a rare glimpse into the family life of a famously guarded man. What he found in the Jobs household astonished him. Plus, read the juiciest bits from the bio. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=569 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=569