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April 12, 2010
April 12, 2010
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April 20-21, 2010 – Come See The Rock Bottom Remainders!

The all-star, all-author rock group Rock Bottom Remainders—featuring the likes of writers and authors Dave Barry, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Scott Turow, Roy Blount, Jr., Greg Iles, James McBride, Ridley Pearson and Kathi Kamen Goldmark—kicks off their 2010 Wordstock tour in Washington. The first event in DC is on Tuesday, April 20, at 8 pm, called “Besides the Music: a Conversation with the Rock Bottom Remainders,” hosted by veteran newsman Sam Donaldson (at Sidney Harman Hall in The Harman Center […]
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April 5, 2010
April 5, 2010
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Hooks Book Events Partners with RRB & International Trade Center and UMD Host an Exclusive Morning With 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winning Author Muhammad Yunus

For Immediate Release Contact: Heather Freeman (800) 987-9806 Heather@Heatherfreeman.com Lindley Thornburg (703) 593-5503 Lindley@Heatherfreeman.com A portion of the proceeds from this author event will be donated to Fonkoze, Haiti’s alternative bank for the organized poor Washington, D.C., (April 6, 2010) – Perry Hooks and Loretta Yenson, Co-Founders of Hooks Book Events, are pleased to partner with the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center and Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland to announce an exclusive […]
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March 15, 2010
March 15, 2010
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May 14, 2010: Hooks Book Events Welcomed Back Dr. Muhammad Yunus

Click here to see Dr. Muhammad Yunus on C-Span Click here to see Dr. Muhammad Yunus on msnbc’s Morning Joe show Click here to read about Dr. Muhammad Yunus in the New York Times Date: Friday, May 14, 2010 Time: 8:30 am-10:30 am Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center/Atrium Ballroom 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 A portion of the event proceeds will be donated to FONKOZE (www.fonkoze.org/special fundraising events), Haiti’s Alternative Bank for the Organized Poor. […]
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March 15, 2010
March 15, 2010
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Save the Date: April 13, 2010 – Hooks Book Events to Host Seth Godin in a Live Riff

Seth Godin, author of the #1 bestselling LINCHPIN is doing a rare engagement with us via satellite. He’ll be talking about what it means to be a Linchpin and why the shifts in our economy demand it. Seth is witty, wise and provocative, and we’re certain our guests will walk away with a new understanding of the huge opportunities that exist their teams going forward. It’s not going to be easy but it is going to be big. For more […]
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February 5, 2010
February 5, 2010
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Hooks Book Events goes to Chicago!

Hooks Book Events dodged two snow storms to breeze in and out of the Windy City this week. The reason? We managed to get Judge Richard Posner and Professor Gary Becker in the same room at the Chicago HQ of the Securities and Exchange Commission. As you know, Posner and Becker have a very famous blog, https://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/beckerposner/ and are two cherished dare I say Rock Stars of American public intellectualism. Wearing sensible shoes and big smiles, the Judge and the […]
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January 31, 2010
January 31, 2010
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Recent Hooks Book Events! Check these out!

We’ve had a busy week! Hosting Andy McAfee for four events in two days discussing his new book Enterprise 2.0. Andy coined the phrase and gave us some great insights into the value of networks and connections. Bob Pozen charmed a crowd of 150 at the IMF discussing his treatise on the financial crisis, Too Big to Save. Bob will be back in DC again soon; meanwhile we are meeting with him in Boston to get ideas for HBE Boston. […]
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