Wed Aug 19, 2009

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Jim Randel "The Skinny on Real Estate Investing"
I have watched Jim invest for twenty years ... he is a very smart, clever, and a disciplined investor ... the guy I would want in a fox hole with me. --Jeff Gage, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalleJimmy Randel is the real deal. He knows how to combine market timing with his expertise to create incredible returns. He was my mentor 25 years ago when we did our first deal together and I treasure his advice to this day. --Jim Fagan, Managing Director, Cushman Wakefield Product DescriptionThe Skinny on Real Estate: An Introduction to the Subject (Part 1) is the first in a three-part series of books about real estate investing. This book gives you an overview of the topic, outlining questions to help you determine if real estate investing is right for you. In this book you will learn the basics as Randel sets the foundation for investment strategies. This quick read will prepare you for a lifetime of investing!

British Style Mavens Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine
MAKING OVER AMERICA WITH TRINNY AND SUSANNAH Premieres Friday, August 21 at 10 PM (ET/PT) on TLC After 15 years of styling thousands of women around the world, Trinny and Susannah are ready to makeover America! Traveling from state to state these British style gurus get a healthy dose of Americana while meeting the women who make this country great. Armed with their no holds barred opinions, a healthy dose of tough love and a special box of tricks they’ll stop at nothing to help American women look and feel better about their bodies. Each one-hour episode begins with Trinny and Susannah receiving nothing more than a name, an address and a cry for help from a style challenged woman. The race is on for these makeover mavens as they have just four days to get to know and completely transform the life of their fashion victim. Before they begin to change any shoes, however, they must walk in them first! Spending a few days living the life of the participant, Trinny and Susannah work side by side with each woman and spend a day with her family, so that they can really understand the life of the individual they are trying to help. Starting from the bottom up Trinny and Susannah help women embrace their shapes and not focus on size. Their mantra is never about diets or designer clothes, these ladies are here to help women look good - right now! Complete with entire closet overhauls, heart racing shopping challenges and getting stripped down to their knickers, these fashion “femme fatales” will go to any length to help America’s hardest working women realize their true potential. MAKING OVER AMERICA WITH TRINNY AND SUSANNAH shows how style can be had just outside your door, as Trinny and Susannah take on local stores, local hair salons and beauty parlors for a transformation that anyone can manage in their hometown. First episode description -- Richmond, VA VIRGINIA CHEERLEADING COACH.

Charlie Barrett - "Charlie Looks into It"
Charlie Barrett famed Hollywood publicist and form "Tonight Show" Exec it out for Erik & Jack - Today the History of the Donut".

Sara Williams "One Big Itch"
Mystery novelist Sara Williams demonstrated a distinct knack for writing breathless page turners when her first novel, The Don Juan Con, was optioned in Hollywood by producer Robert Evans for Paramount Studios. Sara’s latest riveting thriller, One Big Itch, proves to be no exception. Set in Hawaii , it portrays a unique culture that the author found endlessly fascinating in her decade of living in the Hawaiian Islands . Sara makes a capti vating speaker and audiences love to share in her adventures. One Big Itch is set in Honolulu, the playful tropical city that's also haunted, as Detective John 'Oluhana Maalaea Spyer well knows. Too bad Spyer is a hapa haole (ha-pa how-lee), a half white, and so pays only half attention when Madam Pele herself warns him off the Randolph Haverhill case. No decent Hawaiian ever says no to an old friend, which makes Spyer the quintessential "soft boiled" detective. Despite Madame Pele's warnings, Spyer investigates the death of his childhood pal Randy Haverhill, opening his own psychic wounds and putting the love of his mainland girlfriend Maya to the test. Spyer is soon privy to a frightening tale of obsessive love. Trouble is, Randy became too popular with the ladies for his own good. It appears that one of Randy's crazed lovers shot Randy on his doorstep. So why do the police persist in the notion that Randy was murdered by his own son?

Amy Bruni SyFy's "Ghosthunters" Wednesday's 9 PM PT/ET
Amy Bruni is a good example of what happens when a hobby turns into a passion, which in turn becomes a way of life. Like many in the paranormal field, Amy grew up in a very haunted house. Yet, unlike most in that situation, Amy's family embraced it. Her father was an amateur paranormal investigator and routinely, he and Amy would investigate haunted sites. Understandably, at a young age, she was reading and absorbing everything paranormal related she could –- and as she grew to adulthood, that didn't change. Amy initially began investigating with a local paranormal team in Sacramento, California. As soon as she stepped foot in the field professionally, her pursuits took off. Her lifetime of supernatural knowledge drew the attention of Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of The Atlantic Paranormal Society and the Syfy show, "Ghost Hunters." She now produces their syndicated weekly radio broadcast, "Beyond Reality Radio" and is a member of the TAPS team. In her quest to spread knowledge of the paranormal nationwide, Amy started organizing paranormal conferences, and again with Hawes and Wilson, started the company, Beyond Reality Events. More recently, Bruni has been using her connections in the field to conduct important research on the nature of group dynamics in the paranormal, and she's begun lecturing on ghosts and the supernatural. Her goal is to work across the paranormal community with the hope that serious field research can occur and can be shared within the community.