Stepping Out
Edmonds authors to help inaugurate new bookstore
Published on Thu, Aug 12, 2010Read More Stepping out
Robert L. Nitschke, author of “Creating a Collaborative Enterprise”, and Barbara Kindness, coauthor of “My Impossible Dream – The Story of Chuck Randall”, will appear for a book signing at JJ Books in Country Village, 23718 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, from noon to 2 p.m., on Friday, August 20.
Chuck Randall, Western Washington University’s Hall of Fame basketball coach, who invented the breakaway rim and founded the first summer youth basketball camps in the west, will also appear.
J&J Books, owned by June and Jason Bailey, is a new venture for the couple but their love of reading and her experience gained at a bookstore in her native Thailand, bodes well for success.
The shelves are filled with both new and used books, fiction and nonfiction, with a large selection of children’s books.
They plan to have regular meet-the-author events throughout the year.
Nitschke, an international management consultant from Edmonds, is reaping broad praise from corporate leadership for his timely topic.
Says Patrick Snow, international best-selling author of Creating Your Own Destiny, “Concerned about where your company will be in the future? Then, whether you’re a leader of a for-profit or non-profit enterprise, you should read Creating a Collaborative Enterprise.
“Organizational strength comes through the relationship with its stakeholders. This book provides a fresh perspective on the importance of collaboration to the future of any enterprise, and
shines a bright light on the definitions and suggested tactics that
will help move any organization to a more sustainable growth path.”
Of her book, Kindness comments:
“At first, I was going to focus on the scam that prevented Chuck Randall from getting the rewards he deserved from his groundbreaking invention, but after interviewing him hour upon hour, and speaking with many former players, friends, assistant coaches, and seeing comments from such luminaries as the legendary John Wooden and Marv Harshman, I realized the book had to capture the essence of this wonderful coach and all he has meant to everyone whose life he has touched.”
Randall was named Coach of the Century at Western and was only the third basketball coach from Washington State to be named to the NAIA Coaches Hall of Fame.
Chuck Randall, Western Washington University’s Hall of Fame basketball coach, who invented the breakaway rim and founded the first summer youth basketball camps in the west, will also appear.
J&J Books, owned by June and Jason Bailey, is a new venture for the couple but their love of reading and her experience gained at a bookstore in her native Thailand, bodes well for success.
The shelves are filled with both new and used books, fiction and nonfiction, with a large selection of children’s books.
They plan to have regular meet-the-author events throughout the year.
Nitschke, an international management consultant from Edmonds, is reaping broad praise from corporate leadership for his timely topic.
Says Patrick Snow, international best-selling author of Creating Your Own Destiny, “Concerned about where your company will be in the future? Then, whether you’re a leader of a for-profit or non-profit enterprise, you should read Creating a Collaborative Enterprise.
“Organizational strength comes through the relationship with its stakeholders. This book provides a fresh perspective on the importance of collaboration to the future of any enterprise, and
shines a bright light on the definitions and suggested tactics that
will help move any organization to a more sustainable growth path.”
Of her book, Kindness comments:
“At first, I was going to focus on the scam that prevented Chuck Randall from getting the rewards he deserved from his groundbreaking invention, but after interviewing him hour upon hour, and speaking with many former players, friends, assistant coaches, and seeing comments from such luminaries as the legendary John Wooden and Marv Harshman, I realized the book had to capture the essence of this wonderful coach and all he has meant to everyone whose life he has touched.”
Randall was named Coach of the Century at Western and was only the third basketball coach from Washington State to be named to the NAIA Coaches Hall of Fame.