On behalf of everybody at p and p and the staff here at sixth i welcome. You know we and pnp have been doing jointly sponsored author talks for a number of years. As much as we would have liked to have had you at our store on connecticut avenue, you just all would not have fit. So we really are very excited to be able to use this spacious and very beautiful and comfortable setting for author talks like the one this evening. And what a treat to have Thomas Friedman with us. And im sure youre familiar with his columns of the New York Times in his books. Note how great explain on just about everything he is. You can cut through the complexity of something and write about them as clearly as tom can. He says that the start of his new book that he went into journalism in part because he loves translating from english to english. And that has been evident in his work. When he focuses on in his new book, thank you for being late. Our several portions that he singled out as defining the world t
Probably wouldnt. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Welcome, everyone. I work at fox 13 and the Tampa Television market at the 5 00 and 11 00 news and today, not only do i get to talk to the great author at about her book, but lisa and i go back to the 80s when we worked together on a station in North Carolina so we are connecting now with asking the questions of her which might make her slightly nervous except i know she knows the answer to every single question that im going to ask her today because she researched this book for five years. Welcome. Thank you for being with me. The first book some of you may have prevented it was all about the kingdom which i love the fact they have a g. And h. National happiness. We are here today to talk about the new book. We need ray kroc in his third and final wife, his widow. The story is so compelling that i think we need to go back to the beginning of little bits because mcdonalds of course its huge, its ubiquitous,
The founder, a movie about his acquisition of mcdonalds was released nationwide friday. Welcome, everyone. I am Cynthia Smoot from tampa, the Tampa Television market, i do the 5 00 and 11 00 news and today i talk to a really great arthur about the new book ray and joan the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all away, lisa napoli and i go way back we worked together at a tv station in North Carolina so we are reconnecting now with me, might make her slightly nervous except i know she knows the answers in every single question im going to ask her because she researched this book for five years. Welcome, lisa. Thank you for being here with me. Her first book some of you may have read. All about i love the fact that they dont have a gnp but a g and h. Gross national happiness. We are happy to talk about your new book which is ray and joan the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all away. We mean ray kroc and his third and final wife, the s
The founder, a movie about his acquisition of mcdonalds was released nationwide friday. Welcome, everyone. I am Cynthia Smoot from tampa, the Tampa Television market, i do the 5 00 and 11 00 news and today i talk to a really great arthur about the new book ray and joan the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all away, lisa napoli and i go way back we worked together at a tv station in North Carolina so we are reconnecting now with me, might make her slightly nervous except i know she knows the answers in every single question im going to ask her because she researched this book for five years. Welcome, lisa. Thank you for being here with me. Her first book some of you may have read. All about i love the fact that they dont have a gnp but a g and h. Gross national happiness. We are happy to talk about your new book which is ray and joan the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all away. We mean ray kroc and his third and final wife, the s
Tom it comes from meeting people for breakfast in washington, d. C. Every once in a while, somebody will come late. They would say i am really sorry. One day about three years ago, i spontaneously said to my friend peter, i said to him, thank you for being late. Because you were late, i have been eavesdropping on their conversations. I have been peoplewatching the lobby. Most importantly, i just connected ideas i have been struggling with for a month. People started to get into it. What they understood, i was giving them to slow down and rethink and reflect. My favorite quote in the opening chapter comes from my friend. He says, when you press the pause button on a computer, it stops. But when you press because you on a human being, it starts. It reflects, rethinks, r eimagines. Boy, do we need to do a lot of that. Charlie what stage of acceleration . Tom the book begins with me explaining to my parking garage attendant how to write a column. The first chapter is really about how to wr