Authors@Google at Brave New Films

Authors@Google: Laura Donohue

2008-05-16T04:36:27Z

Laura Donohue visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss her book, "The Cost of Counterterrorism." This event took place on May 13, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Gary Vaynerchuk: winelibrary.tv

2008-05-16T04:36:27Z

Gary Vaynerchuk visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to host a wine tasting and discuss his website tv.winelibrary.com . This event took place on April 3, 2008.

In 2006, Gary Vaynerchuk launched Wine Library TV (WLTV), a free daily video blog in which he tastes and reviews wines. Gary unleashed the same passion and gusto to building the WLTV brand (now affectionately known as "The Thunder Show") that he had previously brought to his business, with even more far-reaching results. Gary made television appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Ellen Degeneres Show, and he has garnered widespread media recognition including features by the LA Times and Washington Post.

In February and March of 2008, Gary became increasingly known throughout the Web 2.0 community. His remarks on branding within the social media landscape at FOWA, Strategic Profits, and South By Southwest occasioned praise from established web denizens including Kathy Sierra and earned the admiration of countless bloggers and aspiring entrepreneurs. Gary even made headlines with an impromptu free wine party during South by Southwest. Ever the lover of community and humanity, Gary proceeded to launch @santagaryvee, a free merchandise service using the Twitter platform.

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Authors@google: James Campbell

2008-05-16T04:36:28Z

James Campbell visits Google's Ann Arbor, MI office to discuss his book "The Ghost Mountain Boys". This event took place on January 16, 2008, as a part of the Authors@google series. For more information about James Campbell, please visit www.ghostmountainboys.com

Lying due north of Australia, New Guinea is among the world's largest islands. In 1942, when World War II exploded onto its shores, it was an inhospitable, cursorily mapped, disease-ridden land of dense jungle, towering mountain peaks, deep valleys, and fetid swamps. Coveted by the Japanese for its strategic position, New Guinea became the site of one of the South Pacific's most savage campaigns. Despite their lack of jungle training, the 32nd Division's Ghost Mountain Boys were assigned the most grueling mission of the entire Pacific campaign: to march 130 miles over the rugged Owen Stanley Mountains and to protect the right flank of the Australian army as they fought to push the Japanese back to the village of Buna on New Guinea's north coast. Comprised of National Guardsmen from Michigan and Wisconsin, reserve officers, and draftees from across the country, the 32nd Division lacked more than training—they were without even the basics necessary for survival.

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Authors@google: Jim Leeke

2008-05-16T04:36:28Z

Author Jim Leeke visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Long Shadows: The Farewell to JFK". This event took place April 11, 2008, as part of the Authors@google series. For more information about Jim Leeke, please visit members.aol.com

Our nation has seldom known a time so terrible and sad as November 1963, when young President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was slain, mourned, and buried. Author Jim Leeke returns us to those four grey and cold days, the shock of a young president fallen, the strength of his black-draped widow, the mourning of the world's leaders gathered silently on an Arlington cemetery hillside as the world watched.

Long Shadows: The Farewell to JFK recounts the hour-by-hour drama as experienced by those in the armed services who planned the ceremonies, bore the casket, fashioned the eternal flame, and carried John Kennedy to his grave. Especially, this is the story of the 3rd U.S. Infantry, the Old Guard, whose members toiled under unimaginable pressure, with little to guide them, and the eyes of a nation upon them. It was a time when everything stopped, and long shadows fell across the nation.

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Authors@Google: Andrew Sean Greer

2008-05-16T04:36:28Z

Novelist Andrew Sean Greer visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to read from and discuss his novel, "The Story of a Marriage." This event took place on May 6, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@google: Edward Lucas

2008-05-16T04:36:28Z

Edward Lucas visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "The New Cold War". This event took place on May 2, 2008, as part of the Authors@google series. For more information about Edward Lucas, please visit www.edwardlucas.com

In late 1999 when Vladimir Putin was named Prime Minister, Russia was a budding democracy. Multiple parties campaigned for seats in the Duma, the nation's parliament. The media criticized the government freely. Eight years later as Putin completes his second term as president of Russia and announces his bid for prime minister, the country is under a repressive regime. Human rights abuses are widespread. The Kremlin is openly hostile to the West. Yet the United States and Europe have been slow to confront the new reality, in effect, helping Russia win what experts are now calling the New Cold War.

Edward Lucas has covered Eastern Europe for The Economist for over twenty years. He witnessed the end of the last Cold War, the parting of the Iron Curtain, and, as the Moscow bureau chief, covered Boris Yeltsin's reign and Vladimir Putin's rise to power. He lives in London, England.

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Authors@Google: David Rothkopf

2008-05-16T04:36:28Z

David Rothkopf visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his new book "Superclass: The Global Power Elite & the World They Are Making. "Superclass draws back the curtain on a privileged society that most of us know little about, even though it profoundly affects our everyday lives. It is the first in-depth examination of the connections between the global communities of leaders who are at the helm of every major enterprise on the planet and control its greatest wealth. And it is an unprecedented examination of the trends within the superclass, which are likely to alter our politics, our institutions, and the shape of the world in which we live.

David Rothkopf is the widely acclaimed author of Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power. He is the president and chief executive of Garten Rothkopf, an international advisory firm; a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and a teacher of international affairs at Columbia University's Graduate School of International and Public Affairs.

This event took place on April 16, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Doron Swade

2008-05-16T04:36:28Z

In 1821, Charles Babbage was reviewing a set of mathematical tables with a colleague in preparation for a scientific presentation when, after finding a wealth of errors, he exclaimed in frustration, "I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!" With this outburst, Babbage began to envision an end to human errors in the numerical tables upon which finance, trade, science, and navigation relied. The Difference Engine is the fascinating story of his heroic quest, against all odds, to build the first computing machine more than one hundred years before the modern computer we use today was invented.

Doron Swade, an engineer, technology historian, and leading authority on Charles Babbage, is assistant director and head of collections at London's Science Museum. He is also the mastermind of a six-year project to construct a Babbage calculating engine from original nineteenth century designs.

This talk took place on May 8, 2008 at Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters as part of the Authors@Google program.

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Authors@Google: Richard Florida

2008-05-16T04:36:28Z

Richard Florida visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life." This event took place on March 28, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

It's a mantra of the age of globalization that where we live doesn't matter. We can innovate just as easily from a ski chalet in Aspen or a beachhouse in Provence as in the office of a Silicon Valley startup. According to Richard Florida in Who's Your City, this is wrong. Globalization is not flattening the world; in fact, place is increasingly relevant to the global economy and our individual lives. Where we live determines the jobs and careers we have access to, the people we meet, and the "mating markets" in which we participate. And everything we think we know about cities and their economic roles is up for grabs.
Richard Florida is Professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and the founder of the Creative Class Group, a for-profit think tank that charts trends in business, communities, and lifestyles. His national bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class was awarded the Washington Monthly's Political Book Award and Harvard Business Review's Breakthrough Idea Award.

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Authors@Google: Kelly McMasters

2008-05-16T04:36:29Z

In recognition of Earth Week, just 65 miles away from NYC, "Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town" tells the story of growing up in Shirley, NY and the realization that the neighboring Brookhaven National Laboratory was polluting the land and drinking water on Long Island. Through well researched evidence, Kelly links cancer clusters around Shirley to the nuclear site, and weaves a touching story of friendship and loss in her hometown.

About the Author:

Kelly McMasters is a freelance writer who has had her articles published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Elle Décor, and Time Out New York, among others. She is the co-director of the KGB nonfiction reading series here in NY. She also teaches writing at mediabistro.com and the undergraduate writing program and Journalism Graduate School at Columbia University. Kelly grew up in Shirley, Long Island. She has a BA from Vassar College and an MFA in literary nonfiction from Columbia University.

This event took place on April 23, 2008 at the Google NYC office.

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Authors@Google: Dr. John Medina

2008-05-16T04:36:29Z

Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know--such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at its best.

How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget--and so important to repeat new information? Is it true that men and women have different brains?
In Brain Rules, molecular biologist Dr. John Medina shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule--what scientists know for sure about how our brains work--and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. For more information go to www.brainrules.net

Dr. Medina spoke at Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters as part of the Authors@Google program. This talk took place on Tuesday, April 8, 2008.

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Authors@Google: Daniel Mason

2008-05-16T04:36:29Z

Daniel Mason visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "A Far Country," a stunning new novel about a young girl's journey through a vast, unnamed country in search of her brother. This event took place on April 1, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Lee Siegel

2008-05-16T04:36:29Z

Journalist Lee Siegel visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his book "Against the Machine." This event took place on April 28, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Michael Kinsley

2008-05-16T04:36:29Z

Slate founder and journalist Michael Kinsley visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his new book, "Please Don't Remain Calm," in conversation with Ricky Opaterny. This event took place on May 2, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google program.

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Authors@Google: Leah Garchik & Jon Carroll

2008-05-16T04:36:30Z

San Francisco Chronicle columnists Leah Garchik and Jon Carroll visit Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss Garchik's new book "Real Life Romance: Everyday Wisdom on Love, Sex, and Relationships."

Leah Garchik has written a daily column for the San Francisco Chronicle since 1984, which can be viewed here: www.sfgate.com
Jon Carroll has been writing for the San Francisco Chronicle since 1982: www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll.

This event took place on April 24, 2008 as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Jeff Greenwald

2008-05-16T04:36:30Z

Jeff Greenwald visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to speak as part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place on April 22, 2008

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Innovators@Google: Ian Manheimer & Robert Boyle

2008-05-16T04:36:30Z

Entrepreneurs Ian Manheimer and Robert Boyle visit Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss Glassbooth.org, a nonprofit organization that is creating innovative ways to access political information and promoting democracy. This event took place on February 19, 2008, as part of the Innovators@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Rep. Jay Inslee & Bracken Hendricks

2008-05-16T04:36:30Z

On March 27, 2008, Rep. Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks discussed their book, Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy, at Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters as part of the Authors@Google program.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ignited America's Apollo Project and sparked a revolution in space exploration. Today the New Apollo Energy Project is poised to revolutionize the production of energy and thereby save our planet. The nation that built the world's most powerful rockets, its most advanced computers, and its most sophisticated life support systems is ready to create the world's most powerful solar energy systems, its most advanced wind energy turbines, and its most sophisticated hybrid cars. This will result in nothing less than a second American Revolution.

Jay Inslee is a Representative in the United States House of Representatives, representing the First District of the State of Washington, in the Seattle area. Bracken Hendricks is a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress and former executive director of the Apollo Alliance, an organization of environmental organizations, businesses, and labor organizations dedicated to building a new energy future for America.

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Authors@Google: Josh Waitzkin

2008-05-16T04:36:30Z

Chess champion Josh Waitzkin visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence." This event took place on April 10, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Sandra Aamodt & Sam Wang

2008-05-16T04:36:30Z

Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang visit Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss their book "Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life."

Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D., is the editor in chief of Nature Neuroscience, the leading scientific journal in the field of brain research. Before becoming an editor, she did her graduate work at the University of Rochester and was a postdoctoral researcher in neuroscience at Yale University. Sam Wang, Ph.D., is an associate professor of neuroscience at Princeton University. Before becoming a professor, he studied at Caltech, Stanford, and Bell Labs. He has published over forty articles on the brain in leading scientific journals and has received numerous awards.

This event took place on March 27, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Samantha Hunt

2008-05-16T04:36:30Z

The @Google Program was happy to welcome author Samantha Hunt to speak about her book The Invention of Everything Else

About the Book:

A wondrous imagining of an unlikely friendship between the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla and a young chambermaid in the Hotel New Yorker where Tesla lives out his last days

From the moment she first catches sight of the Hotel New Yorker's most famous resident on New Year's Day 1943, Louisa -- obsessed with radio dramas and the secret lives of the guests -- is determined to befriend this strange man. As Louisa discovers their shared affinity for pigeons, she also begins to piece together Tesla's extraordinary story of life as an immigrant, a genius, and a halfhearted capitalist. Meanwhile, Louisa—faced with her father's imminent departure in a time machine to reunite with his late wife, and pleasantly unsettled by the arrival in her life of a mysterious mechanic (perhaps from the future) named Arthur -- begins to suspect that she has understood something about the relationship of love and invention that Tesla, for all his brilliance, never did.

The Invention of Everything Else luminously resurrects one of the greatest scientists of all time, Nikola Tesla, while magically transporting us -- à la Steven Millhauser and Michael Chabon -- to an early twentieth-century New York City thrumming with energy, wonder, and possibility.

This event took place on April 8, 2008 at the Google NYC office.

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Authors@Google: Hans Blix

2008-05-16T04:36:30Z

Hans Blix--former head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission--visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to speak about his book, "Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters." This event took place on April 4, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Tom Dalzell

2008-05-16T04:36:30Z

Tom Dalzell, author of "Vice Slang," visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters for a discussion on slang. Since 1983, Dalzell has devoted "a considerable portion" of his life to the study of American slang, and is recognized as a national expert. He has authored two books on slang, Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang (Merriam-Webster, 1996) and The Slang of Sin (Merriam-Webster, 1998). Dalzell is the senior editor of The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, a two-volume dictionary to be published by Routledge of London in 2005. This event took place on March 18, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Eric Alterman

2008-05-16T04:36:31Z

Professor Eric Alterman visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America."

Eric Alterman is Distinguished Professor of English and journalism at Brooklyn College and the Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He is the author of the national bestsellers What Liberal Media?, The Book on Bush (with Mark Green), and When Presidents Lie. Media columnist for The Nation, a blogger for Media Matters for America, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a history consultant to HBO Films.

This event took place on March 25, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: David Hajdu

2008-05-16T04:36:31Z

Writer David Hajdu visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America."

David Hajdu is the author of Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn and Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina. He is the music critic for The New Republic, and he teaches at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

This event took place on March 21, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

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