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Last year Seattle native Glen Erik Hamilton introduced readers to disillusioned Army Sergeant turned vigilante, Van Shaw in Past Crimes… which has now been nominated for an Edgar Award… and now he’s back in Hard Cold Winter, which just received a starred review from Library Journal: “From the very first page, this thriller is clever, timely, and definitely an attention grabber.” Glen will be appearing at University Bookstore in Seattle with J.A. Jance on 3/16/16 at 6 PM, and at Eagle Harbor Books in Bainbridge Island the next night (3/17/16) at 7:30 PM.

As a neuroscientist, Marjorie Woollacott had no doubt the brain was a purely physical entity controlled by chemicals and electrical pulses. After experimenting with meditation for the first time, however, her view changed. Now, years of meditation have caused her to question the reality she built her career upon, forcing her to ask what human consciousness really is. Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind pairs her research as a neuroscientist with her self-revelations about the mind’s spiritual power. Marjorie will be speaking at the Yoga Lodge on Whidbey Island on Sunday, February 28, 2016 and University Bookstore in Seattle on Thursday, March 3, 2016.

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With Hard Cold Winter, the follow-up to his successful debut novel, Past Crimes, Glen Erik Hamilton proves he’s no one-hit wonder and has quickly become one of the most electrifying new voices in crime writing. Featuring noir overtones, Hard Cold Winter explores just how far one will go to seek justice and the thin line that separates justice from vengeance. A native of Seattle, Glen Erik Hamilton grew up aboard a sailboat, and spent his youth finding trouble around the marinas and commercial docks and islands of the Pacific Northwest. He now lives in California with his family, punctuated by frequent visits to his hometown to soak up the rain.

Between the scientific and spiritual worlds, Marjorie Woollacott‘s Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind breaks open the definition of human consciousness to investigate the existence of a non-physical and infinitely powerful mind. It’s both a memoir and an exploration of her experiences, first, as a neuroscientist and professor, but later, as a meditator, with mystical experiences unexplained by scientific understanding describing her discoveries as she worked to meld these two parts of her life together. Marjorie has been a neuroscience professor and director of the Motor Control Lab in the Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Oregon for more than three decades and a meditator for almost four. She has ongoing grants from National Institutes of Health to study balance and falls in older adults and to study balance and control problems in children with Cerebral Palsy and Down Syndrome.

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From Dan Millman, founder of the highly regarded The Peaceful Warrior’s Way comes a new look at his earlier teachings…along with plenty of original material… in The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World. This “little book of big ideas” puts together all the puzzle pieces and is especially useful for anyone going through life changes and wondering what the future brings.

Succulent Wild Love: Six Powerful Habits for Feeling More Love More Often combines co-author SARK’s (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) trademark creativity, with the more left-brain psychological perspective of her fiance and co-author Dr. John Waddell. SARK describes the book as “the best of being single and the best of being in a relationship and how to create that every day.”

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The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World places some of Dan Millman‘s earlier teachings (in distilled form) into their complete context, along with considerable original material about finding our career and calling. Especially useful for anyone going through changes and wondering, What next? A quantum leap in awareness of oneself and one’s life purpose… all four of them. Dan is a former world champion athlete, university coach, martial arts instructor, and college professor. After an intensive, twenty-year spiritual quest, Dan’s teaching found its form as the Peaceful Warrior’s Way, expressed fully in his books and lectures.Dan’s thirteen books, including Way of the Peaceful Warrior, have inspired and informed millions of readers in 29 languages worldwide. The feature film, “Peaceful Warrior,” starring Nick Nolte, was adapted from Dan’s first book, based upon incidents from his life.

Rather than emphasizing finding the right partner, Succulent Wild Love: Six Powerful Habits for Feeling More Love More Often is ultimately about being the right partner. “You can have what you want without being dependent on the people around you to change, so you can love them unconditionally,” write SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) and co-author Dr. John Waddell. “It is about being wild — as in untamed and not limited by those close to you. You are free to be yourself in your relationships.” Bestselling author and artist SARK has made a career out of sharing her personal, journal-like writings and art, and inspiring others with her vulnerable and honest journey toward self-acceptance. And yet she had one big secret wish: overcoming her fears about finding someone to love and committing to an intimate life partnership. In widower, psychology and spiritual teacher, Dr. John , she met her match.

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Part adventure, part love story, part inquiry in the mystery of the connection between humans and dogs, FAST INTO THE NIGHT: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail is the memoir of Debbie Clarke Moderow and her spunky pack of Huskies, and what can happen when someone puts herself in that place between daring and doubt…and soldiers on.

National Geographic Channel (NGC) retraces humanity’s journey across the globe in the epic new series, The Great Human Race. Two experts embark on a mission to retrace a migratory route of our ancestors, from where man first walked the Earth, all the way to North America. Today’s guest Cat Bigney , an adventurist and survival instructor from Utah, is one of them.

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At age forty-seven, a mother of two, Debbie Clarke Moderow was not your typical musher in the Iditarod, but that’s where she found herself when, less than 200 miles from the finish line, her dogs decided that they didn’t want to run anymore. FAST INTO THE NIGHT: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail is the story of her journeys along the Iditarod trail with her team of spunky huskies. The first failed attempt crushed Moderow’s confidence, but after reconnecting with her dogs she returned and ventured again, facing injuries, hallucinations, epic storms, flipped sleds, and clashing personalities, both human and canine. Debbie ran the Iditarod in 2003 and 2005, completing the latter in 13 days, 19 hours, 10 minutes and 32 seconds. In 2013 she graduated from Pacific Lutheran University’s Rainier Writing Workshop with an MFA in creative writing.

The Great Human Race follows two experts on a mission to retrace a migratory route of our ancestors, from where man first walked the Earth, all the way to North America. Bill Schindler, a top experimental archaeologist and primitive technologist from Washington College, and Cat Bigney, an adventurist and survival instructor from Utah, trek across the planet, enduring miles of treacherous terrain along one of the paths of humankind’s first footsteps. Cat is an experienced outdoor survival expert, anthropologist and primitive survival instructor, teaching since 2000. She spent much of her unconventional childhood in a teepee and out exploring the Wasatch Mountains. She has collaborated with some of the top survival experts in the world and earned a degree in Anthropology and Earth Sciences, with a focus in Archaeology.

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Don’t be a yoyo. With so many diets on the market, it’s easy to get into a pattern of losing weight, gaining it back, losing it again, and getting caught in that cycle. Dr. Charles Nguyen M.D. introduces The Thinsulin Program to get the body and mind on the same page to help maintain that weight loss for life.

Career Press founder and publisher Ron Fry is up next to help you ace your next job interview. His 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions will give you the perspective you need… a job interview, after all, is a mutual meeting… to dazzle.

Whether your developing your personal brand or business brand, storytelling is an essential skill in today’s world. Screenwriter, playwright, author and professor Richard Krevolin shows you how in The Hook: How to Share Your Brand’s Unique Story to Engage Customers, Boost Sales, and Achieve Heartfelt Success.

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The American Medical Association (AMA) declared obesity as a disease in June 2013. Successful treatment therefore requires more than just willpower, education, medication or surgery. It requires a paradigm shift that addresses psychological factors and changing the way we think about food. This is the missing link that The Thinsulin Program, co-written by Dr. Charles Nguyen M.D. , addresses. It offers a medical breakthrough by uniquely harnessing the synergy between the working of the body and the power of the mind to manage obesity. Dr. Nguyen is the medical director of the Lorphen Medical Weight Loss Clinic. He earned his Medical Degree from the University of California, Irvine, where he completed his psychiatry residency training and, as a faculty member, won excellence in teaching awards for seven consecutive years. He also won the Thomas F. Riley Community Service Award, the NAMI Bridge Builder Award, and the 2010 Orange County Physicians of Excellence Award. That year, Orange Coast Magazine recognized him as best physician.

No matter how good you look, how much research you’ve done, or how perfectly your qualifications match the job description, if you’re not prepared with great answers to the toughest interview questions, you won’t get the job. 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions is a manual that will help you home in on exactly what the interviewer is trying to learn…with each and every question he or she asks. If you’ve never done well on interviews, never even been on a job interview, or just want to make sure a lousy interview doesn’t cost you a job you really want, author Ron Fry will help you get that job. Ron is a nationally known proponent for the improvement of public education and an advocate for parents and students. In addition to being the author of the best-selling How to Study series, he has written more than 30 other books in the areas of education and careers. He is the founder and president of Career Press, an internationally known independent publisher of trade nonfiction books.

Corporations can no longer just worship the bottom line. Consumers and customers want to be associated with brands that align with their values. For business success today, your company needs to tell a compelling story that creates engagement, word-of-mouth, and brand loyalty. The Hook: How to Share Your Brand’s Unique Story to Engage Customers, Boost Sales, and Achieve Heartfelt Success by Richard Krevolin gives you a proven methodology to create a compelling narrative, then shows you how to share your story with the world and get consumers and customers to listen to and remember your message. Richard is an award-winning screenwriter, author, playwright, and professor. A graduate of Yale University, Richard went on to earn a masters degree in screenwriting at UCLA’s School of Cinema-Television, and a master’s degree in playwriting and fiction from USC.

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Full of international escapades, unforeseen disasters, and new-world twists on old-world secrets, Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris paints a picture of flourishing and following a dream even after suffering a great loss, as author Paula Moulton embarked on her journey nearly 10 years after her husband was killed in a car accident. Also today, Seattle’s Dr. Jeffrey Bland introduces us to Healthcare 2.0 in The Disease Delusion… and how his healthcare model opens the door to conquering chronic disease! Enjoy this encore broadcast of Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair… Vicki returns live next week!

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Nearly ten years after her husband was killed in a car accident and three days before the 2003 release of the first edition of Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris, author Paula Moulton took a risk and enrolled in a wine management program at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. The second edition of her book details the adventures that ensue as she struggles to cope with the rigors of the French academic system, life as a cellar rat in Bergerac, and an internship as a sommelier at a prestigious restaurant. Paula is the CEO of A Sip Away, a viticulturist and award-winning winemaker with over 25 years in the business.

We are living in an era of chronic disease, but according to Seattle area biochemist Dr. Jeffrey Bland we no longer need to be. In The Disease Delusion, Dr. Bland notes that science has opened the door for a new kind of healthcare which can be practiced by everyone, providing a way to conquer the causes of these debilitating conditions rather than treating the symptoms with pills. Dr. Bland is an internationally recognized leader in nutritional medicine and is known for his ability to simplify complex scientific concepts to make them personable and accessible.

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Lush with sensory detail and emotional complexity, Dream House is about family, home, and an architect’s journey to understand the crippling hold one house has on her. Author Catherine Armsden combines her expertise in architecture with a life-long interest in writing, which got a boost when she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, as on many days all that was required was to show up at her computer with something to say.

Seattle Filmmaker Jen Marlowe returns today to bring attention to two upcoming important anniversaries that many are not aware of which she memorializes in two projects. There is a Field is a play about Land Day, an annual commemoration of land dispossession and the killings of Palestinian citizens of Israel in 1976, which has it’s 40th anniversary on March 30th. Witness Bahrain takes a stunning look at Bahrain’s uprising, when hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets calling for democracy and human rights in Bahrain–and were met by violent repression from the Bahraini regime, repression which continues until today.

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In the months following her parents’ fatal car accident in Maine, architect Gina Gilbert is coming apart, anxious with her two young children, alienated by her clients’ grand house dreams and no longer certain she feels at home in San Francisco. While she and her sister Cassie are cleaning out their childhood home on the coast of Maine, they stir up painful memories and resentments over family possessions. A legendary collection of historically significant letters is missing from the artifacts they unearth, supporting a decades-old suspicion that their aunt or estranged cousin has stolen them. Catherine Armsden draws on her real-life experiences as an architectural expert and historian in penning Dream House, which was written after she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and both mentally and physically confined to her computer desk, and is the culmination of a lifetime interest in writing.

The coming months bring two important anniversaries. February 14 is the 5-year anniversary of Bahrain’s uprising, when hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets calling for democracy and human rights in Bahrain–and were met by violent repression from the Bahraini regime, repression which continues until today. And March 30 is the 40-year anniversary of Land Day, an annual commemoration of land dispossession and the killings of Palestinian citizens of Israel in 1976. Seattle Filmmaker Jen Marlowe brings attention to both events in her film Witness Bahrain and her original play There is a Field, using both projects as a call to action, willing to risk her freedom to put these events on a platform for the world to become aware of the reality of what happened on these fateful days.

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Old Dog Haven is a small nonprofit group using a large network of foster homes to provide a loving, safe home for abandoned senior dogs for as long as they have good quality of life. Placement Director Tina Nasbeth and Outreach Coordinator Paula Moreschi join us today to raise awareness for these canine castaways.

Today we’ll also be joined by Gary Wasdin, director for the King County Library System, to talk about the library’s new emphasis on generating community conversations on important topics, which will be sparked by their 2016 Everyone’s Talking About It initiative, encouraging everyone to make positive change by communicating and growing together.

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Old Dog Haven is a network of permanent foster homes for abandoned aging dogs to spend the remainder of their lives with a loving family. Through Old Dog Haven, all veterinary care is paid for, currently over $60,000 per month, and placement assistance is a priorty to people who need to re-home their senior dog. Despite the challenges of capacity (there is always a waiting list of dogs needing homes), funding and staffing (volunteers handle everything from PR to social media and event planning), Placement Director Tina Nasbeth and Outreach Coordinator Paula Moreschi share a passion for these furry friends that keeps them from ever becoming discouraged in making sure every one of them is healthy and happy in their twilight years.

The best way to engender positive change in any community is with communication, and King County Library System is looking to lead the charge towards bringing the community together with their 2016 Everyone’s Talking About It initiative. The goal is to spark an open forum where anyone can get involved, leading to wide participation in discussing topics that matter. KCLS director Gary Wasdin helps to kick off the campaign with Conversations Live.

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Billy Crystal, Actor, Comedian, and Grandfather states “For anyone thinking of retiring and changing his or her life—this is the book for you.” The Retirement Boom: An All-Inclusive Guide to Money, Life, and Health in Your Next Chapter shows how retirement does not mean an end… rather it’s a reinvention or reshaping of where your life is going from that point forward. Co-author Nancy Bearg shares her thoughts today on how to make the transition from the daily grind.

The environmental problems we face today are significant. So it’s somewhat natural to assume that the solutions that will have an impact on those problems must themselves be significant, must be big. But in Two Percent Solutions for the Planet: 50 Low-Cost, Low-Tech, Nature-Based Practices for Combatting Hunger, Drought, and Climate Change, conservationist and author Courtney White argues that many of the solutions to our environmental challenges that can make a real difference, are actually small low-cost, easy-to-implement strategies that can be employed today.

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Four Boomer professionals who have walked the walk and transformed themselves from corporate executives, consultants, executive coaches, and national security policy experts into a range of new careers that more closely hew to their passions, have penned a practical guide for those looking at the next phase of life…The Retirement Boom: An All-Inclusive Guide to Money, Life, and Health in Your Next Chapter. Nancy Bearg is one of those four and she joins us today to take a better look at retirement, how you can reinvent into new work, understand what is changing in today’s workforce, and most importantly, renegotiate your new life at home. Nancy has had a distinguished career in national security, including as National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States. From the White House to Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, and the non-profit sector, she has held high-level policy positions. She authored five books in her field for the Aspen Institute, and a number of defense- related studies. She has reinvented herself along the way and is doing so now, as she balances consulting, teaching leadership at George Washington University, and her personal life.

Through fifty innovative, engaging success stories, author and conservationist Courtney White hopes Two Percent Solutions for the Planet: 50 Low-Cost, Low-Tech, Nature-Based Practices for Combatting Hunger, Drought, and Climate Change inspires urban-dwellers, farmers, ranchers, or anyone lamenting the scope of the environmental problems we face tiday and the apparent lack of action to correct them. Courtney uses his book to help connect the dots between distant communities that have taken concrete action and those who have hesitated. He is a former archaeologist and Sierra Club activist who dropped out of the “conflict” industry in 1997 to cofound the Quivira Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to building bridges between ranchers, conservationists and others around practices that improve ecological and economic resilience in the western landscape.

A former archaeologist and Sierra Club activist, White dropped out of the “conflict industry” in 1997 to cofound the Quivira Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to building bridges between ranchers, conservationists, and others around practices that improve economic and ecological resilience in western working landscapes. – See more at: Chelsea Green Publishing

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Ever have an idea that you just KNOW would work if you had the time and inclination to implement it without it getting lost in the clutter of everyone else’s great ideas? Dorie Clark returns today to discuss Stand OUT: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It. Later, Peabody and Emmy Award winning writer TV writer Jonathan Shapiro joins Vicki to talk about his new book Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling: Using Stories to Advocate, Influence, and Persuade . Enjoy this encore presentation of Conversations Live as we break in 2016!

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Too many people believe that if they keep their heads down and work hard, they’ll be recognized as experts on the merits of their work. But that’s simply not true anymore. To make a name for yourself, you have to capitalize on your unique perspective and knowledge and inspire others to listen and take action. Dorie Clark explains how to identify the ideas that set you apart and promote them successfully in her new book Stand OUT: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It. Dorie is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, TIME, Entrepreneur, and the World Economic Forum blog.

Whether it’s to close the deal on a sale or to close the deal on a date, storytelling is a critical tool in persuasion. How do you build a story to get what you want? What constitutes a lie, and can you use a lie to lead to the truth? And what can we learn from lawyers in courtroom? Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling: Using Stories to Advocate, Influence, and Persuade by Jonathan Shapiro answers these questions and more to help you spin yarns to get you through the daily mundane as well as any big deals that come up. Shapiro is an Emmy and Peabody Award winning TV writer and producer, Harvard educated Rhodes Scholar, former federal prosecutor and law professor.

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We kick off 2016 with returning guest Mitzi Weinman to take a look at how to create space for you this year. She’ll cover not only how to identify what you want and what you need to make it happen, but how to chunk your time down to make sure it DOES happen. We’d like listeners to send us their issues/questions using our contact page – tell us your goal, and the challenges you face in making that happen, the roadblocks that get in your way. We’ll help you find a way around them.

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Many of us partake in the time-honored tradition of making a New Year’s resolution just to watch it slip away before January is over. Mitzi Weinman, one of our favorite time-management experts, joins us again today to show you how you can create space in your life to make things happen. Mitzi is a coach, workshop leader, public speaker and founder of Timefinder, whose programs have provided ongoing support and professional and personal development to hundreds of companies, individuals and associations since 1989.

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