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Happy Labor Day from Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair! Before you get out to a barbecue or picnic or just enjoying the waning days of summer, sit back and relax with this encore broadcast featuring a 2-part conversation with adventure writer Peter Stark!

Peter Stark chronicles one of America’s most dramatic but largely forgotten historical turning points in the conquest of the continent in his riveting book Astoria.

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At a time when the edge of American settlement barely reached beyond the Appalachians, two visionaries, President Thomas Jefferson and millionaire John Jacob Astor foresaw the potential of the Pacific to dominate trade much as the Atlantic did in their day. 2 years after Lewis and Clark’s historical expedition ended, Astor set out to establish a global trade network based at the mouth of the Columbia River while Jefferson envisioned a separate democracy to spread eastward and meet the young United States. The tale unfolds from 1810 to 1813., and author Peter Stark drew from numerous firsthand accounts of those who made the journey and suffered incredible hardship while embarking on soaring adventure in his new book Astoria. Stark is an adventure and exploration writer of several books and is a longtime correspondent for Outside magazine. His numerous articles and essays have appeared in Smithsonian, The New Yorker, Men’s Health, The New York Times, and many others.

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Buildings have a story to tell us, if we know how to listen. Pulitzer-prize winning novelist and author Alison Lurie explores the fascinating secret language of architecture in The Language of Houses: How Buildings Speak to Us. But first, we’ll listen to the language of the heart as Vicki chats with couple’s therapist Linda Carroll on her new book Love Cycles: The Five Essential Stages of Lasting Love.

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The notions that passion always peters out, that there is a “seven-year itch,” and that the honeymoon is over once reality of routine life sets in have some truth to them. But veteran couple’s therapist and author Linda Carroll provides a road map to unravel the mysterious, often difficult, and wondrous journey of finding ever-lasting love. In Love Cycles: The Five Essential Stages of Lasting Love, she combines the physiological and psychological aspects of love with practical techniques for managing conflicts and developing greater intimacy, leading to creating a love that stands the rigors and tests of time. Carroll has worked as a couple’s therapist for over 3 decades and is a master teacher in the Pairs Psychoeducation Process, a nationally recognized relationship education program for couples.

While there are many books on architecture and building design, The Language of Houses: How Buildings Speak to Us goes beneath the surface to reveal what various structures reveal about their inhabitants and how they live their lives. Author Alison Lurie acts as interpreter and biographer for the buildings all around us, explaining how your own home can be as shameless as a tabloid. Lurie has penned 10 novels, three of which have been adapted for television, and has published a wide and eclectic variety of nonfiction books as well. She has received numerous awards and honors including Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundation grants, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in fiction, and she is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Have you ever gone shopping, grabbed a basket and before long realized you should have gotten a cart instead? Retailers and advertisers are using science to influence every step of the path from browsing to purchase. In The Brain Sell: When Science Meets Shopping, Dr. David Lewis examines the latest neuroscience and analyzes the shopping experience like never before. Then, learn to Think Like A Negotiator: 50 Ways to Create Win Win Results by Understanding the Pitfalls to Avoid with CEO and negotiation expert Eldonna Lewis-Fernandez.

The latest research in neuroscience has revealed much about the hidden influences which shape the way people shop. In The Brain Sell: When Science Meets Shopping, author Dr. David Lewis examines how advertisers, marketers, and retailers utilize this research to subtly each stage of the shopping experience. He points out the 6 mental and emotional stages a consumer goes through before a sale is made, and looks at the 3 key sales lessons neuromarketing studies teach and what the salespeople must learn. Dr. Lewis is an author, award-winning broadcaster, conference speaker, and Chairman and founder of Mindlab International, a UK leader in the neuroscience of consumerism and communications.

While even simply hearing the word “negotiation” can evoke fear, stress, or anxiety in many, it should never be looked at as anything more than it’s intent: to discuss and ultimately agree on a deal. Whether it’s a multi-million dollar contract or just where to meet for lunch, life is rife with negotiations. In Think Like A Negotiator: 50 Ways to Create Win Win Results by Understanding the Pitfalls to Avoid, veteran negotiation and contracts expert Eldonna Lewis-Fernandez shows the reader that negotiation is like a chess game where strategy reigns supreme, and one careless, short-sighted, or ill-conceived move can have dire consequences. CEO of Dynamic Vision International Inc., Eldonna is a retired air force veteran with 23 years of honorable service. She also boasts over 30 years of leadership, contracts management and negotiation experience, and has negotiated contracts from $1 to $100 million both domestically and internationally.

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Family law attorney Gemma Allen is co-author of The New Love Deal: Everything You MUST Know Before Marrying, Moving In, or Moving On, bringing one of three unique perspectives to the thorny dilemma’s surrounding co-habitation issues such as raising a family out of wedlock, same-sex marriage, buying property together, and how social media clauses have become part of shaping our relationships.

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A rising number of couples are choosing not to wed yet raising families and buying property together, same-sex marriage is becoming commonplace, and now social media clauses are becoming part and parcel in our relationships. The New Love Deal: Everything You MUST Know Before Marrying, Moving In, or Moving On is the response crafted by three professionals in three different fields, delivering a view from the bar with today’s guest family attorney Gemma Allen, along with a view from the bench with Judge Michele Lowrance and a view from the bottom line with finanacial advisor Terry Savage. This book covers it all, from Pre-nups and Co-nups, including how to have “the conversation” and how to interpret your partner’s views, guidelines and myths about the Pre-nup, and the kinds of issues that will creep up in day-to-day and longer term situations. Gemma Allen is a prominent Chicago divorce attorney who specializes in litigating the dissolution of relationships that may have been saved if the parties had addressed certain issues earlier. She contributes regularly to legal journals and has frequently appeared on television as an expert guest on relationship issues.

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National Geographic’s Emmy-nominated hit series Brain Games returns to the airwaves with Johns Hopkins psychologist Dr. Susan Carnell kicking things off! Publisher’s Weekly calls Susan Wiggs latest work, The Beekeepers Ball, “a dazzling intergenerational tale of courage and hope.” This great summer read continues in her tradition of writing heart warming novels with substantive plot lines and her trademark engaging writing style.

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Susan Wiggs is a Harvard graduate and former math teacher who has enjoyed immense success as a writer, becoming internationally recognized with millions of copies of her books in print. Her legions of fans will not be disappointed with her latest work, The Beekeepers Ball, as it cements her reputation as a writer with richly imagined plots that weaves secrets, family ties, and the inedible imprint love can make on the heart. A #1 NYT and USA Today bestseller, Susans first novel was published in 1987 and since then her 40 contemporary and historical novels have garnered her numerous prestigious awards, and her works regularly appear on “Best Of” lists including those featured on NPR and Booklist. Based in Bainbridge Island, Susan is a frequent workshop leader and speaker at writers’ conferences and libraries across the country.

Have you ever heard the phrase “thinking with your stomach?” National Geographic’s Brain Games returns with an episode in which you will discover that what ends up in your belly has more to do with your brain than your mouth. Johns Hopkins psychologist Dr. Susan Carnell guests on the first episode this season and helps educate viewers on topics such as some VERY surprising ingredients that may color your food, why many food companies are more concerned with what’s on the box rather than what’s inside, and why seeing red can make you reach for something you might otherwise pass up.  Dr. Carnell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University.  Her research focuses on the psychological and biological drivers of appetite.

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Today Vicki and staff cordially invite you to help us celebrate the 7th anniversary of Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair! Join us as we enjoy some of the best moments and favorite books from the past year. We’d like to thank all of our listeners… those who have been with us for all 7 years and those who have recently discovered our show… for helping us to create one hour a week of enlightened discussion that has stood the test of time. It’s your feedback that keeps us going and helps us to keep on top of what you want to hear!

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Learn to transform grief into healing with Dr. Jamie Turndorf and her new book Love Never Dies: How to Reconnect and Make Peace with the Deceased. Do you have an “executive edge?” It’s almost an indefinable quality but is crucial to advancing in today’s competitive landscape. After working with over 100,000 people in the last 22 years, Kim Zoller and her co-writer Kerry Preston’s new book Enhancing Your Executive Edge: How to Develop the Skills to Lead and Succeed can help you put that promotion within your reach.

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Fortune 500 companies name strong interpersonal skills as the most important criteria for success in management positions. Branding and leadership experts Kim Zoller and Kerry Preston have teamed up to present Enhancing Your Executive Edge: How to Develop the Skills to Lead and Succeed. In their over 2 decades of experience coaching and training leadership, they have discovered there are two sides of the coin to advancing your career: technical and job skills, and interpersonal skills. Once you learn to master both, you get the “executive edge” you need to make the sky the limit! Zoller and Preston are partners in Image Dynamics, where they build highly successful and customized coaching training programs for Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

When loved ones die, we often say we “lost” them, but relationship expert and therapist Dr. Jamie Turndorf learned in an intensely personal way that they are not lost at all. With Love Never Dies: How to Reconnect and Make Peace with the Deceased, Dr. Turndorf shares the amazing true story of her spiritual reconnection with her deceased husband and the emotional healing that transformed her life. Known to millions as Dr. Love, Dr. Turndorf is considered the “go to” relationship expert on CNN, CBS, VH1, WebMD, and MSNBC. She blends her spicy wit with her professional expertise to turn clinical psychobabble into easy-to-understand concepts that can help change lives.

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Are you where you want to be profesionally? Whether you want to advance faster, switch jobs, or even jump to a new field entirely, branding expert Dorie Clark offers a step-by-step guide to a brighter future in Reinventing You. As we approach the 7th anniversary of Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair, Vicki hand-selected some of her favorite segments, today we will be enjoying Po Bronson’s insights into winning and losing, and Austin Kleon on how to get your body of work noticed!

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Building a career that thrives on your own unique passions and talents can be a challenge. Branding expert Dorie Clark believes that in order to achieve that goal at some point you will need to reinvent yourself professionally. With Reinventing You, Clark mixes personal stories along with interviews from well known success stories such as Mark Zuckerberg and Al Gore to create a step-by-step guide to take control of your career and build a reputation that allows you to live the life you want. Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes. She is a former presidential campaign spokeswoman and consults and speaks with a diverse range of clients, from Google to the Mt. Sinai Medical Center to the National Park Service.

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Denise Jaden’s Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in 30 Days provides a quick and inspirational guide to writing an engaging first draft of a novel in one month’s time! And look no further for inspiration than some great summer reads as Third Place Books managing partner Robert Sindelar joins Vicki and offers his recommendations.

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Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in 30 Days is a step-by-step, day-by-day guide to writing a structurally sound and engaging first draft of a novel in one month’s time. Author Denise Jaden provides a great starting point for writers as they ditch time-wasters and take a detour from frustrations that can mount quickly. She gives readers a map to help them decide where to go with their story and how to get there.

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Forming a Creative Partnership with Nature

Tina Welling shares her insights on how to open the flow of creative energy and improve writing skills by forming a relationship with nature in Writing Wild: Forming a Creative Partnership with Nature.

Also joining Vicki live on air, New York Times bestselling Steve Martini recently participated in the unprecedented writing event known as Faceoff, an 11-story anthology bringing together 23 of the world’s top thriller writers and their beloved series characters.

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One summer day, author Tina Welling was hiking in the wilderness when Mother Nature revealed  an epiphany, and the inspiration for Writing Wild: Forming a Creative Partnership with Nature was conceived. Tina is the author of three novels including Cowboys Never Cry. Tina Welling’s  nonfiction work has been featured in a variety of anthologies.

NYT bestelling author Steve Martini joins Vicki to discuss a first-time event where some of the world’s greatest thriller characters are gathered in Faceoff — a collection of short stories made possible by the International Thriller Writers. Where else can you read about Jeffrey Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme meeting John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport. Or Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone facing James Rollins’ Gray Pierce? Two of Martini’s novels were adapted for TV network miniseries.