Blizzard Survivor Tells His Story in the New Book, 'Behind the Mountain'- Nationwide Book Launch From April Through June, 2004

Author by Anonymous

Vista, CA March 16, 2004 -- Blizzard Survivor, Nick Williams first three stops will be: Chicago, San Diego, and Dallas. Ski enthusiasts, Marines, caretakers, and those looking to survive in the corporate world will want to look for 'Behind the Mountain' events and booksignings.



An interview with Nick will be featured in the May 2004 Edition of the Bowker Buyer’s Guide that will be available at the book expo in Chicago this year. Nick can also be heard on a series on radio interviews, short and long, that will play throughout the country, including an interview with Ms. Tobi Knight of KBIG and KOST Radio in the Los Angeles area, and Ms. Antoinette Kuritz of the Writer’s Roundtable.



Corporate Climb and the Lakeshore Athletic Club are co-sponsors of the Chicago leg of the book-tour. Corporate Climb provides an in-depth focus to help teams work together better, be more productive, and innovate more. Their unique teambulding programs provide an exhilarating and safe experience on an indoor rock climbing wall. Participants face the types of challenges at the climbing wall that they also face in the workplace. Susan Harper, President and Co-Founder of Corporate Climb, felt this was an important event to do. “This is not just a story about surviving overwhelming odds on a mountain, or in business. 'Behind the Mountain' dramatically demonstrates the importance of the people in our lives that enable us to be successful. As Nick reminds us, they are the true heroes.”



---Book Description

If you want to be alone, try a blizzard. Where you are cut off and numbed to the bone by silent, deep cold; where you try and rest facing a tree trunk, trying to get through the night; knowing your feet are frozen inside your wet boots. Where every thought is given to getting out of this, keeping up your courage, keeping your blood moving.



You do this by thinking about those you love and who love you. You do it by praying, and knowing that good people are out there trying to find you.



In Nick Williams' case there was something else: training and experience in the corporate environment. He called on what it had taken him to be highly successful in business. He survived by exploiting sound principles of commitment, attitude, resourcefulness, perseverance, and teamwork. In this corporate survival book, you'll find the finest practical advice on how to handle yourself in tough spots, be they life threatening to you, or threatening to your job performance or the company itself. Read and learn.



'Behind the Mountain: A Corporate Survival Book' is a compilation of transcribed actual comments by the key players in the crisis as they work through how they handled it. All other comments and observations are Nick's and worth reading more than once.



Early Galley Reviews



---Corporate Reviews



Mr. Steve Reinemund, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo, Inc.

    
'Nick tells a powerful life story that demonstrates his rules for success in a very engaging way - a motivating challenge.'



Kent Bry, School Director, Adventure Ski & Snowboard School

   
'I enjoyed 'Behind the Mountain' so much that I had my 12 year old daughter read it in preparation for life, and before going to 6th grade camp to learn about survival and the outdoors. Then she wrote her next school book report on it. Now her teacher wants to read it and has borrowed our copy. We both found Nick’s story hard to put down as soon as we started reading it.



As a P.S.I.A. (Professional Ski Instructors of America) certified ski and snowboard instructor for over 25 years, this book is a must read for everyone who enjoys skiing and snowboarding AND for everyone who lives to work and/or play in the mountains. It points out what many of us take for granted and think could never happen to us, but clearly shows what could easily happen to any of us at a moments notice.



It also reinforces my most fundamental philosophy of teaching skiing and of life by reminding us the importance of leaving out negative thoughts and words and not to point out what someone is doing wrong, but instead how important it is to speak and act positively at all times and think and speak about what to do.'



T. Bartlett, CEO IDEC

    
A must read for anyone wanting to make it to the top.



Emily Ridley, President EMC

    
Read how Nick made it off the mountain and learn how to make it through life.



Susan Harper, President and Co-Founder of Corporate Climb

    
'This is not just a story about surviving overwhelming odds on a mountain, or in business. 'Behind the Mountain' dramatically demonstrates the importance of the people in our lives that enable us to be successful. As Nick reminds us, they are the true heroes.'



---U.S. Marine Review



Lieutenant Colonel Mark Losack

U.S. Marines

    
'I thought 'Behind the Mountain' was a wonderful read. I think Nick captured the leadership traits and principles he learned as a Marine and quite effectively employed them in the corporate world.'



---Internet Book Reviews



Suzie Housley, Senior Editor, MyShelf.Com

    
'Behind the Mountain' is sure to go down in history as one of the most remembered on the subject of how to maintain a positive attitude while climbing the corporate ladder.



James Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review

    
'Written by Nick Williams (a successful businessman of over twenty-five years' experience) with the assistance of Patricia Williams and Katie Thompson, 'Behind The Mountain: A Corporate Survival Book' compiles actual transcribed comments of key individuals faced with difficulties and problems to solve for their corporations. A nicely organized anthology of long lasting wisdom superbly presented in the form of countless bite-sized vignettes, 'Behind The Mountain' offers the reader a genuinely 'hands-on' glimpse into the kind of creative thinking and problem solving that contemporary corporations truly require.'



Chuck Gregory, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

http://www.blueear.com



    
'...he’d had survival training in the marines; that helped him. He had a caring, loving, and effective support team in his family, friends, and employees; that helped him. He had a deep and abiding love of family and love of God; that helped him. The triumvirate of assistance from these sources supported him through the ordeal that only started out on that mountain. His support team found another support team to help him through the ensuing months. Now he is telling us the story, and sharing the 5 rules he’s developed for survival. These are rules that will help you survive on a mountain, alone, fighting the elements. But these are also rules that will help you survive in a company, in a business, when unemployed, or wherever you happen to be. They’re Nick’s Golden Rules for Survival and Success. They’re rules to help with your life....His story is miraculous and inspiring..'



   
Non-Fiction:

    
   
Snow Skiing/Mountaineering

    
   
Business; Inspirational

    
   
True Story

   
Trade Paperback: ISBN 1.930.754.37.X

   
Official Release Date: March 20, 2004

   
Retail Price:    
$15.95

   
Size:    
6” X 9”; 22 cm.

   
Pages:    
177

   
Distributors:    
Cumberland House/Ingram Book Group



Short Author Bio

Nicholas Joseph Williams has over twenty-five years of successful business experience as a high technology executive primarily in telecommunications. He has been involved in several mergers / acquisitions, is a business advisor to several small businesses and has been a private investor through venture capital funds. Nick started his business career with IBM as a salesman and then sales manager. He was recruited to join Paradyne Corporation, one of the first high tech companies in the U.S. where he became Vice President of North American Sales and then Vice president and General Manager of the Advanced Technology Products Division. After Paradyne Nick was Vice President of International Operations for Tellabs Corporation and a corporate officer. He was the president of Network Access Solutions a provider of high speed DSL lines and CEO of Premisys Corporation a telecommunications equipment provider.



Nick, a nationally acclaimed speaker, is the member of several Boards of Directors, and holds a B.S. degree in operations analysis from the U.S. Naval Academy. He currently works at the Department of the Treasury.



To Place an Order for 'Behind the Mountain' Please Contact One of the Following:



   
Cumberland House at 888.439.2665 / sales@cumberlandhouse.com



   
Ingram Book Group at 800.937.8000 / http://www.ipage.ingrambook.com/



   
or Durban House at 214.890.4050 / info@durbanhouse.com



If you would like a review copy of 'Behind the Mountain', please fax your request on company letterhead to Holly White at 760.726.2595.



If you would like Nick to come and speak at one of your events - telling the story of surviving a blizzard IS motivating - please contact Holly White at 760.630.4585 or visit Nick’s website at http://www.Attributes4Success.com



If you would like a 4 color 22 X 28 inch poster sent to your store for use in a display or to put in your store window, please fax your request on company letterhead to Holly White at 760.726.2595 or call Holly at 760.630.4585.



POSTER TAGLINE: Do you have what it takes to survive? The blizzard was only the beginning...



LOOK FOR AUTHOR INTERVIEW IN THE MAY 2004 BOWKER BUYER’S GUIDE.



Chicago, San Diego, and Dallas Scheduled Events



CHICAGO



Event: Press Junket and Rock Wall Climbing Lesson

Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 anytime between 8 am and noon

Event Sponsors: Corporate Climb and the Lakeshore Athletic Club of Chicago, Il

Location: Lakeshore Athletic Club by Invitation Only.

For Press Credentials Contact: Holly at 760.630.4585 / marcusantonius1@cox.net



Event: Blizzard and Rock Wall Climbing Presentation

Date: Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 4, 5 and 6

Event Sponsors: Corporate Climb and the Lakeshore Athletic Club of Chicago

Location: 211 N. Stetson; Chicago, IL

Event Contact: Susan Harper / 773.725.2750 / Susan@SynergyConsultingLLC.com



Event: 1/2 hour presentation with Q&A and signing

Date: Saturday, May 1, 2004 at 3pm

Location: Barnes and Noble Booksellers; 1441 W. Webster Ave., Chicago, IL 60614

Event Contact: Katey Schwartz / 773. 871.3610 / crm2780@bn.com



SAN DIEGO/LOS ANGELES



Event: Press Junket and Alpine Snow-Skiing Lesson

Date: Monday, May 3, 2004 from 10 am to 2 pm

Event Sponsors: Adventure-Ski

Location: Adventure-Ski by Invitation Only.

For Press Credentials: Contact Holly at 760.630.4585 / marcusantonius1@cox.net



Event: Blizzard Discussion & Alpine Snow-Skiing and Snowboarding Presentation

Date: Monday, May 3, 2004 at 4, 5, and 6pm

Event Sponsors: Adventure-Ski

Location: Adventure-Ski / Encinitas, CA

Event Contact: Kent (owner of Adventure Ski) at 760.942.2188 or

    
Holly at 760.630.4585 / marcusantonius1@cox.net



Writer's Roundtable with Antoinette Kuritz (In Studio Radio Interview)

Wednesday, May 5, 2004 from 9:15 am to 10:15 am



Event: 1/2 hour presentation with Q&A and signing

Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2004 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Location: Barnes and Noble Booksellers; Escondido, CA

Event Contact: Tauna Correles / 760-480-2760 / crm 2104@bn.com



Event: 1/2 hour presentation with Q&A and signing

Date: Friday, May 7, 2004 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Location: Barnes and Noble Booksellers; Encinitas, CA

Event Contact: Marilyn Phenow / 760.943.6400 / crm2785@bn.com



Event: Special presentation for caretakers with Q&A

Date: Saturday, May 8th, 2004 from 2-4 pm

Location:    
Barnes and Noble Booksellers; 2615 Vista Way; Oceanside, CA 92054

Event Contact: Ms. Lee Kraus / 760.529.0270 / crm2153@bn.com



DALLAS, TEXAS



Event: Press Junket and Rock Wall Climbing Lesson

Date: May 13, 2004 from 10:00 am to noon

Event Sponsors: REI, Inc.

Location: REI, Inc. in Dallas (Farmer's Branch) by Invitation Only.

For Press Credentials Contact: Holly at 760.630.4585 / marcusantonius1@cox.net



Event: Presentation with question and answer period and then book signing

    
SNOWSKIIER CRISIS MANAGEMENT:

    
Whether you are a novice or expert skiier, learn skills for survival in event of a crisis.

Date: May 13, 2004 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Location: REI, Inc. in Dallas (Farmer's Branch)

Event Contact: John Jackson (972) 490-5989



Event: Book Signing

Date: Saturday, May 15, 2004 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Location: Barnes and Noble Booksellers; Preston and Park in Plano

Event Contact: Mr. Cody McMahan / 972.612.0999 / crm2566@bn.com



Look for Additional Events to be Added Over the Coming Weeks...



FOR FULL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.ATTRIBUTES4SUCCESS.COM



Sponsor Websites

Corporate Climb

http://www.corporateclimb.com



Lakershore Athletic Clubs

http://www.lsac.com/



Adventure Ski

http://www.adventureski.com/



Publisher Website

Durban House Publishing

http://www.DurbanHouse.com



Author contact:

Holly White

HOLLY WHITE & ASSOCIATES

29734 Nella Lane

Vista, CA 92084



760.630.4585

760.726.2595 - fax



marcusantonius1@cox.net