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July 10, 2013

Featured Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin with The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II and is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband, Richard N. Goodwin. About The Bully Pulpit: Theodore […]
July 10, 2013

Featured Author: Judith Martin with Miss Manners Minds Your Business

Judith Martin, born a perfect lady in an imperfect society, is the author of the “Miss Manners” columns and best-selling books, two novels, and a travel book on Venice. She and her husband live in Washington, DC. About Miss Manners Minds Your Business A witty guide to managing a real life wisely in a work-centered world. What do your colleagues, overlords, underlings, clients, and customers have in common? Not knowing how much they annoy you. Not to mention how much […]
July 3, 2013

Featured Author: Sheila Bair with Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself

Click here to register! Sheila Bair is the former Chairman of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation). She has been covered—and lauded—everywhere from The New Yorker to The Washington Post to The Wall Street Journal, and in 2008 and 2009 Forbes named her the second most powerful woman in the world. Prior to assuming her post at the FDIC, Bair served as assistant secretary for financial institutions at the US Department of the Treasury and as senior vice president for […]
July 2, 2013

Loretta’s Favorite Past Time

On vacation, jigsaw puzzles are a favorite past time, but even then books are never far away!  I was surprised to note that I have not read six of these books.  I will now add to my summer reading list and pick up a couple at  A Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven. Happy 4th to all! – Loretta
July 1, 2013

Merger of Penguin and Random House Is Completed

Random House and Penguin completed their planned merger Monday morning, creating the biggest and most powerful book publisher in the world. The new company, called Penguin Random House, will control more than 25 percent of the trade book market in the United States, giving it unmatched leverage against Amazon.com, a growing force in the industry.  Click here to read the entire article in The New York Times!
June 20, 2013

Featured Author: Pamela Ryckman with Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business

Pamela Ryckman has written for The New York Times, Financial Times, Fortune.com/CNNMoney, International Herald Tribune, The New York Observer, and The New York Sun, among other publications. Prior to becoming a journalist, she performed strategy work for Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. About Stiletto Network:  Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business More women are running major companies than ever before. While still far too few in number, these female heads of industry are the […]