I want to spend a quick thank you to our sponsor bowling. Today we have a really great talk. Im hoping all you are as excited as i am, as someone who watches a lot of things on television about space, tranfive is a familiar face to me certainly. He is the editor at large for Time Magazine and is also a local big he grew up in baltimore and went university of maryland. He is author of multiple books everything from narcissism to polio. But notably for today at least in the context of this museum he is the author of two books that will bring up i think over the course of the time. First walkman lost men. The inspiration for the movie and today he will be not on talk but his new book but sign the book afterwards just outside the gallery if youre interested. We will give apollo 8 the thrilling story of the First Mission to the moon evolution in welcoming Jeffrey Kluger. [applause] i mentioned the book lost men. You wrote in 1994. You do write about space in time i see quite a bit but what
Women at forbes, the Huffington Post and disney interactive. Please join me in welcoming Heather Cabot and samantha walraich. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Well, we really appreciate you coming out on a rainy night like this, and this is a super exciting moment for us because, first of all, were in the same city which we rarely are because i live in new york, and sam lives in san francisco, but this really is the evening before geek girl rising comes out. So its a really special moment for us. And to kick things off, just to give you a taste of what the book is about, were going to show you a little book trailer first. So lets roll the video. I think that women now understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to get ahead. I have a female manager, and shes the one who handpicked me and advocates for me and pushes me beyond my leadership roles currently. So many women i know might not be able to work the typical 9 to 5 job, but having this new kind of te
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to barnes noble tribeca. Have the pleasure of introducing Heather Cabot and samantha wall ravens has the discuss their new book, geek girl rising. Heather is a form abc news correspondent, angel investor, adjunct professor at columbia university, and a woman at forbes contributor. Samantha walrevens, contributor forbes, and Huffington Post and disney interactive. So join me in walking can welcoming them. This is a superexciting moment for us because, first of all, were in the same city, which we rarely are because i him new york and sam lives in san francisco, but this is the evening before geek girl rising comes out. So its a special moment for us and to kick things off just to give you a taste of the book well show you a book trailer. Lets roll the video. I think that women now understand, we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to get ahead. I have a female manager and she is the one who handpicked me and advocates for me a
Powells actually with opened in the mid 1960s in chicago. Michael powell was going to college in chicago and opened up his first bookstore there. His dad, Walter Powell they were portland natives came out to run the store for two or three weeks while michael and his wife went on vacation. When walter returned to portland, he decided that what this city needed was a used bookstore. So in 1971 he opened up the first powells books here in portland, oregon. But it was actually the second powells books. Im standing in front of a column of books x this is sort of symbolic of all the things we have here at powells books. The base of it says four things in latin. It starts off with [speaking in native tongue] sell the book. And then on this side it says [speaking in native tongue] seize the book. And over here it says read the book and finally, our favorite,. [speaking in native tongue] buy the book. Well, what makes us unique is a combination of several things, and one of the most important o
Forbes contributor. Samantha is the editor of the New York Times anthology torn, a recognized speaker on women and work, a contributor to women at forbes, the Huffington Post and disney interactive. Please join me in welcoming Heather Cabot and sam that wall raven. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Wow, we really appreciate you coming out on a rainy night like this x this is a super exciting moment for us because, first of all, were in the same city, which we rarely are. I live in new york, and sam lives in San Francisco. But this really is the evening before geek girl rising comes out. So its a really special moment for us. And to kick things off, just to give you a taste of what the book is about, were going to show you a little trailer first. So lets roll the video. [laughter] i think that women now understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other to get ahead. I have a female manager, and shes the one who hand picked me and advocates for me and pushes me be