Wednesday Feb 24, 2010

Allen & Barbra Pease - "Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love"
Allan Pease (along with his wife) are the most successful relationship authors in the business. They have written fifteen bestsellers—including nine number ones—and give seminars in up to thirty countries eachyear. Their books are available in over one hundred countries, are translated into fifty-one languages, and have sold over 25 million copies.  Providing all of the answers that both men and women are desperate to learn, and the tools to find true happiness and compatibility with the opposite sex, WHY MEN WANT SEX AND WOMEN NEED LOVE is the must-have relationship book of the year.


Tanith Belbin - One half of U.S. Olympic Ice Dancer Team
 One half of the most decorated ice dancing team in U.S. history, Team USA’s ice dancer Tanith Belbin and her ice dancing partner Ben Agosto have claimed five straight U.S. Championship titles, the Silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, two World Championship silver medals, and two World Championship bronze medals! With the 2010 Winter Olympic Games quickly approaching, the United States is waiting with bated breath for this hugely popular ice dancing team to take home Olympic Gold! Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin (born July 11, 1984) is a Canadian-American ice dancer. Though she holds dual citizenship, she has competed for the United States since she began skating with Benjamin Agosto in 1998. With Agosto, Belbin is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World medalist, three-time Four Continents champion (2004–2006), and five-time U.S. champion (2004–2008). As of January 2010, they were ranked 4th in the world^.  At the 2010 United States Figure Skating Championships, they were nominated to represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics. And now Tanith, who has been skating since the tender age of 2 1/2, knows first-hand about the physically demanding lifestyle of a top-performing, medal-winning Olympic athlete~from travel to grueling training schedules and everything in-between. Having been named ESPN.com Page 2’s “Hottest Female Athlete” and having been in-demand as a Ford model, Tanith has been lauded as one of the most beautiful athletes in the world and will reveal to your listeners how she stays beautiful and confident in a fast-paced, hectic lifestyle.  In addition, Tanith will chat  about her pride in being such an integral part of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team, her quest to take home Olympic gold, and everything else happening in her high-profile career.

Kevin Eastman - Publisher "HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE"
THE HEAVY METAL PULP PROJECT PRESENTS…PLEASURE MODEL  Netherworld Book 1
PLEASURE MODEL is the first illustrated novel from the newly-minted Heavy Metal Pulp project, a partnership between Tor Books and Heavy Metal magazine.  Heavy Metal Pulp will partner the top illustrators and designers from the iconic fantasy magazine with today’s most talented science fiction authors, blending the sensuous artistic style and graphic imagery of Heavy Metal with classic noir storytelling. The result is an all-new illustrated with a 21st-century edge. PLEASURE MODEL will be followed this year by books 2 and 3 of The Netherworld trilogy: The Bloodstained Man (June 2010) and Money Shot (November 2010). “I grew up reading comics and pulp novels,” says Kevin Eastman, Publisher of Heavy Metal. “Heavy Metal Pulp is the perfect combination of the two genres, the perfect format for science fiction, detective noir, horror, and fantasy. I’m very excited to work with Tor Books, breaking new ground with this hybrid graphic novel concept.” PLEASURE MODEL stars down-and-out police detective Rook, who gets his break when he's assigned to a bizarre and vicious murder case. The clues are colder than the corpse and the case looks like it'll remain unsolved—until an eyewitness is discovered. But the witness is an illegal gene-grown human with no emotion or empathy—Plesur's only purpose is to provide satisfaction to her owner, in any way. When the murderer targets Plesur in order to eliminate the one witness, Rook takes her into hiding to protect her. Thus begins a descent into the dark world of exotic pleasure bots and their illicit international buyers and manufacturers as Rook frantically looks for clues.  PLEASURE MODEL is a spellbinding combination of hardboiled action and fantastic graphic art, and a perfect showcase for this exciting collaborative project from the two leading publishing partners in their respective fields. Heavy Metal Pulp is a joint venture between Heavy Metal, the world’s foremost brand for science fiction and fantasy art, Red Sky Entertainment, a design/production company focused on innovative publishing content, and Tor Books.
Brad Karsh - "Confessions of a Recruiting Director"
Brad Karsh, "The Man Who Read 10,000 Resumes," was the Vice President and Director of Talent Acquisition at Leo Burnett, one of the largest advertising agencies in the world. Now, as president of JobBound, Karsh is the leading authority on what it takes to land your first job after college. His insider advice has been featured on CNN Headline News and CNBC, as well as in Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Glamour, and the College Journal.  A corporate recruiter tells why he says no-and how first-time job-hunters can get the yes. A college grad has specific questions when trying to land the first job after school. How are just a few candidates chosen from a stack of hundreds of resumes? What exactly do recruiters want to hear in an interview? What are the common job-hunting mistakes students make time and time again? Confessions of a Recruiting Director gives the inside scoop on the entire hiring process- from a top recruiting director who's seen and heard it all-and delivers a specific, step-by-step approach to beating the odds.