Tripp Club 21 Presents: William Shinker

6:00 to 7:00 p.m.    Social Hour
7:00 to 8:00 p.m.    Presentation
From Sauk Prairie High School graduate, to book store clerk in Naperville, to founder, President, & Publisher of New York City's Penguin Publishing imprint Gotham Books, William Shinker's journey from the land of cheese to the Big Apple is a story filled with hard-won success, insight, and down-to-earth humor. Certain to be a delightful evening for anyone intrigued by the fast-paced world of authors, editing, and publishing, join Bill as he shares some of his most memorable moments through the pages of these best-sellers:

Tom Bates RADS: The 1970 Bombing of the Army Math Research Center at the University of Wisconsin and Its Aftermath
Hank Aaron with Lonnie Wheeler New York Times bestselling I HAD A HAMMER: The Hank Aaron Story
John Gray’s MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex
Matt Groening’s New York Times bestselling BART SIMPSON’S GUIDE TO LIFE: A Wee Handbook for the Perplexed
Lady Magaret Thatcher’s THE DOWNING STREET YEARS: 1979-1990
Oliver North’s UNDER FIRE: An American Story
Dan Quayle’s STANDING FIRM
Bill Bryson’s A WALK IN THE WOODS: Rediscovering the Appalachian Trail
Cindy Crawford’s BASIC FACE: A Make Up Workbook
Dave Pelz’s THE SHORT GAME BIBLE: Master the Finesse Swing & Lower Your Score
Dave Pelz’s THE PUTTING BIBLE: The Complete Guide to Mastering the Green
Rick Pitino #1 bestseller SUCCESS IS A CHOICE: 10 Steps for Overachieving in Business and Life
Pat Summitt with Sally Jenkins’ REACH FOR THE SUMMITT
Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams THE GAME OF SHADOWS: Barry Bonds, BALCO,& the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports
Michael Oher’s I BEAT THE ODDS: From Homelessness, to the Blind Side, and Beyond
Lynne Truss’s EAT, SHOOTS & LEAVES: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Brene Brown’s DARING GREATLY: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live
Jeffrey Zaslow’s THE GIRLS FROM AMES: The Story of Women and a Forty Year Friendship
Turk Pipkin’s THE TAO OF WILLIE: A Guide To Happiness In Your Heart
I CAN HAS CHEEZEBURGER: A LOLCat Colleckshun by Professor Happy Cat
THE TRUTH ABOUT CHUCK NORRIS: 400 Facts About the World’s Greatest Human by Ian Spector

Bill left Penguin Random House in January, 2014 to retire. He will be joined at the Tripp by his wife, Susan Moldow Shinker. Susan is President of the Scribner Book Group and Publisher of Touchstone at Simon and Schuster. They live in Manhattan and Connecticut. Bill's mother is looking forward to the evening on August 27. She hopes to finally figure out what her son has been doing all these years.

Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased online at trippclub.brownpapertickets.com or at the door the night of the event. Seating is limited. A small standing room only area will be available. Cash and credit cards are accepted for social hour beverages. Please note, the Tripp Heritage Museum is not handicap accessible.

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Date and Time

Thursday Aug 27, 2015
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT

Fees/Admission

$10

Website

http://trippclub.brownpapertickets.com/