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Happy Holidays From The Lavin Agency!
From all of us here at The Lavin
Agency, please accept our warmest wishes for a wonderful
holiday season. In lieu of cards, we will
be making a donation through World Vision that will be used
to buy a trio of farm animals for a family in a developing
country.
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New Novels by Sparks, Hiaasen and Allende All on New
York Times Bestseller List
Latest Offerings
From Lavin Authors Critical and Popular Successes
The New York Times says of
Carl Hiaasen, "the arrival of each of his new novels makes
the world a slightly happier place." Book buyers agree—his
new book, Nature Girl, is his latest Times
bestseller. Joining him are Nicholas Sparks, whose Dear
John debuted last month at #1 and has remained near
the top, and Isabel Allende, whose Ines of My Soul
is already being hailed as her latest masterpiece.
Click
here to read more about Carl Hiaasen
Click
here to read more about Nicholas Sparks
Click
here to read more about Isabel Allende
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Kal Penn A Major Draw On Screen and On Campus
Inspires
Students to Take a Critical Look at the World
Kal Penn, the star of Harold and Kumar
Go To White Castle and The Namesake, translates
all the infectious energy he displays on the screen to his
talks on the stage. He entertains college audiences—like
the crowd of hundreds who greeted him last week—while
also asking serious questions that will have them looking
in a different way at the cultural and racial stereotypes
that plague popular culture, and what can be done to challenge
them.
Click
here to read more about Kal Penn
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James Fallows Offers A Fascinating Online Tour Of Shanghai
Narrated Slide Show Produced
as Part of His Assignment for Atlantic Monthly
In a fascinating multimedia companion
to his latest article, "Postcards From Tomorrow Square,"
James Fallows takes us on an audio and visual tour of the
world's next superpower, China, where he is " living
the contradictions of its breakneck modernization."
Watch
"Our Man in China" Multimedia Slide show by James Fallows
More information on James Fallows' Keynote Speeches
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Another Major Award for Edward O. Wilson
Joins President
Clinton as Winner of the 2007 TED Prize.
Acclaimed scientist and environmentalist
Edward O. Wilson is a recipient this year of the TED
Prize, which honors three individuals "who have shown
that they can, in some way, positively impact life on this
planet." Wilson—whose latest book, The Creation,
is an eloquent plea for science and religion to forgo their
differences for the future health of life on earth—will
receive $100,000 to spend on one world-changing gift of
his choosing.
More information about E.O. Wilson and the TED Prize
Click
here to learn more about E.O. Wilson's Speaking Engagements
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