Upcoming events
Lac Su Keynote Speaker at VIA-1 Conference
March 27, 2010
9:15 am
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lac Su, Author of I Love Yous Are for White People, is the keynote speaker at this year's Vietnamese Interacting as One Conference
Ulrich Boser's THE GARDNER HEIST out in paperback
March 16, 2010
Ulrich Boser's The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft is out from Harper Paperbacks March 16, 2010, marking the 20th anniversary of the infamous robbery of the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum.
Ulrich Boser on "The Emily Roony Show"
March 4, 2010
12pm
Ulrich Boser speaks on "The Emily Roony Show" following The Boston Globe's report on the FBI's new analysis of DNA evidence in the Gardner Museum case.
Saleem Ali Speaks at National Geographic Live!
February 9, 2010
7:30pm
Saleem Ali discusses his latest book, Treasures of The Earth, at National Geographic Live! in Washington, D.C.
Robert Feldman Appears on Dr. Phil
January 14, 2010
3:00pm
Dr. Robert Feldman, author of The Liar In Your Life, appears on Dr. Phil to discuss the psychology of dishonesty.
THE SEARCH FOR FULFILLMENT out from Ballantine
January 12, 2010
For forty years Susan Krauss Whitbourne, a pioneer in the field of adult development, tracked a group of baby boomers from college to retirement, THE SEARCH FOR FULFILLMENT: Revolutionary New Research That Reveals the Secret to Long-term Happiness uses the examples of people from Whitbourne's study to explore the concept of legacy. It provides readers with concrete ways to discover and successfully build their own legacies, and it gives them means to redirect their lives if they have gone off track.
Jeremy Gutsche on CNN
January 1, 2010
8:00pm
Jeremy Gutsche, author of Exploiting Chaos, to appear on CNN’s Campbell Brown Show to discuss the future of the healthy living trend.
HOW TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE out from Gotham
December 29, 2009
Michael Gates Gill’s first book, How Starbucks Saved My Life, chronicles his personal transformation after his fall from a life of privilege. Now, in HOW TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE: 15 LESSONS ON FINDING HOPE IN UNEXPECTED PLACES, Gill draws on his own experience to offer guidelines for finding a life of happiness regardless of circumstance.
Philip Zimbardo and collaborators launch Heroic Imagination website
Philip Zimbardo and his collaborators at the Heroic Imagination Project (HIP) have launched a new website.
"The Heroic Imagination Project (HIP) inspires ordinary people to trigger extraordinary social change. HIP is based on the insight that all people have the capacity to act heroically, and that it's possible to prepare anyone to be a hero when called upon."
Bob Staake on Illustration Island Podcast
Episode 22 of the Escape From Illustration Island Podcast features an audio interview with Bob Staake. Together we discuss his years of experience creating artwork for everything from the New Yorker to Mad Magazine. We also talk about the challenges involved in making a dramatic shift in style and the concept of submitting your work to Illustration annuals.
Forking Fantastic! in Rachel Ray Magazine
Rachel Ray Magazine pulls a tip from Forking Fantastic! in "9 Ways to Eat Better and Save Money"
Phil Zimbardo discusses heroism on Newsweek.com
Phil Zimbardo, founder of The Heroic Imagination Project, discusses the capacity for heroic action in ordinary people on Newsweek.com.
TREASURES OF THE EARTH recommended in Scientific American
Saleem Ali's Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future has been selected as a recommended read in the January 2010 issue of Scientific American.