Tag: non fiction
group name: asktheauthor
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July 14, 2006 12:30 PM EDT --
Afternoon Gatherers,
I want to welcome Dan Coyle to this afternoon's Ask The Author to discuss his bestseller Lance Armstrong's War, which was just released in paperback. In addition to chatting . . . more
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February 27, 2007 04:21 PM EST --
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, who’s 82 and my favorite person to dance with, told me there’s one thing that determines whether you suffer or have joy as you get older.
Take a guess?
Change. . . . more
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June 29, 2006 05:45 PM EDT --
So I was thinking about the Tour de France this morning over breakfast. That's usually not a good sign, by the way, because the Tour de France is not a good thing to think too much about. It's . . . more
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March 28, 2007 05:09 PM EDT --
Hello Gather,
Since my radio program Speaking of Faith began, people have asked how I came to care about large questions of meaning, how I think about the dangers and promises of religion . . . more
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March 19, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
C h a p t e r O n e
Genesis: How We Got Here
What is faith? What is religion? What is spirituality? Each of these words is difficult for some of us and richly meaningful for others. . . . more
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July 12, 2006 04:40 PM EDT --
Strange people, bike riders. They imagine a racing bike is made for going quickly. They're wrong. A racing bike is made solely for winning races.
--Jacques Anquetil, five-time Tour de . . . more
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November 21, 2006 01:50 PM EST --
I want to welcome leadership expert Stephen M.R. Covey to our Ask The Author series today to discuss “The Speed of Trust”, which was just released in hardcover last month. The book represents . . . more
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March 15, 2007 08:58 AM EDT --
Hi everyone,
I’ve enjoyed reading your comments on the articles I’ve been posting here to give you a sense of my new book Leap! What Will We Do with the Rest of our Lives? . . . more
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July 25, 2006 05:05 PM EDT --
By Mark Anderson for Gather.com
Everyone knows who's buried in Grant's tomb, and the color of Washington's white horse has long been agreed upon. But tautology . . . more
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July 05, 2006 03:47 PM EDT --
Chapter 3: Inside the Vault
"The king! Where is the king?"
Dr. Michele Ferrari, Armstrong's 50-year-old trainer, stood on the cobbled street with his long arms outstretched in the . . . more
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March 22, 2007 05:24 PM EDT --
All Americans want a good life for themselves and their families. They want to be proud of their country and to believe that it can live up to its ideals. A friend asked me recently if I thought dealing . . . more
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February 14, 2007 12:39 PM EST --
Esther Perel joins us today to discuss Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. In her new book, Esther tackles the difficult questions facing many couples:
Can we want what we already . . . more
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February 12, 2007 08:07 AM EST --
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we are delighted to announce two live author chats this week:
On Tuesday, February 13th from 1PM-2PM (ET) we will welcome David and Kate Marshall as Ask The . . . more
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March 19, 2007 06:00 PM EDT --
On Thursday, March 29th from 1PM-3PM (ET) we will welcome Krista Tippett for a live chat as an Ask The Author guest on Gather.com.
Krista Tippett, creator and host of one of public radio’s fastest-growing . . . more
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February 27, 2007 04:40 PM EST --
On Thursday, March 15th from 2PM-3PM (ET) we will welcome Sara Davison as our live Ask The Author guest.
Thirty years ago, Sara Davidson wrote the phenomenal bestseller Loose Change, the definitive book . . . more
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March 07, 2007 11:43 AM EST --
A torrent of emails came in when I wrote about “the Narrows” in my new book, Leap! What Will We Do with the Rest of our Lives?
“Thank God,” Ruth wrote, “someone . . . more
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October 02, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
This passage begins towards the end of Game 5 of the 2004 American League Championship Series, less than 24 hours after David Ortiz averted a Yankees sweep with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the . . . more
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August 01, 2006 10:10 AM EDT --
Part II: Gentle Master William
By Mark Anderson for Gather.com
[In the following essay, the name "Shakspere" will be used to refer to the Stratford-upon-Avon native Will Shakspere (as he . . . more
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October 02, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
For all of you baseball fans who are disappointed that the season has ended for your favorite team, here is your chance to keep the passion alive. For this month's Ask The Author series, we welcome . . . more
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March 13, 2007 02:51 PM EDT --
One of the questions I tackle in my new book, Leap! What Will We Do with the Rest of our Lives?, is: what happens to love . . . more
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