Perspective issue. Host guest the behave as if we are immortal and that means we are willing to sacrifice time for the sake of the future achievements we are willing to delay gratification but that makes no sense when you are aware of time so it is a matter of perspective and its to to have the proper perspective for where you are in your place in time. Host its great to see you again. Congratulations on the book being mortal. I look forward to continuing the conversation. Guest thank you. Guest that was after words in which authors of the latest nonfiction books were interviewed by journalists, Public Policy makers and others familiar with their material. It airs every weekend on booktv at 10 p. M. On saturday, 12 and 9 p. M. On sunday at 12 a. M. On monday. And you can also watch after words online. Go to booktv. Org and click on after words in the book tv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. Heres a look at the current top ten bestselling nonfiction books acco
Service to the American Literary community will go to ms. Zimmer we will learn more about that this evening. This is the booktv coverage of the red carpet of the National Book awards in new york city. After this you will see the actual board sarah ray. Awards ceremony. Good to see you. [inaudible conversations] spec on the red carpet right now is one of the finalists. Shes having her picture taken. Hopefully we can talk to her in just a minute as a cartoonist of the new yorker. Joining us now on their red carpet is David Steinberger president and ceo of Perseus Publishing Group and also chairman of the National Book foundation and. What is that . The National Book foundation is committed to increase the impact of culture what we are best known for is a National Book awards it is great to see her up there it is the first graphic novel or the first graphic works ever to win it is for her amazing book. Host did we just hear your vote . I dont have the vote we have judges we fly in from ar
Instead, he describes a series of decisions made by heads of state that had a domino effect. This is about 50 minutes. Professor Sean Mcmeekin did his ph. D. At uc berkeley and he talked at many universities before beginning at professor of history of russian and eurasian studies at bard college in new york. Among his recent boox are the russian origins of the First World War, july 1914, and the berlin baghdad express, the Ottoman Empire and germanys bid for world power. His research languages include russian, turkish, german, and french. His talk today is the war of 1914, an avoidable catastrophe. Thank you for that kind introduction. Well see if i can get the clicker to work before we get going. There we are. Its true, i did one book with the german bid for world power in the title. I did another book called the russian origins of the First World War. Some people have been a bit confused by this. I blame the russians in one book and the germans in the other. [laughter] now, for which
Dr. Oshaughnessy is a Vice President of monticello, the saunders director of the robert h. Smith International Center for jefferson studies, and Thomas Jefferson foundation, which supports Ongoing International study of Thomas Jefferson and his world. The professor of history at the university of virginia. He is a dual citizen of britain and the United States and after completing his undergraduate and doctorate degrees at oxford university, he taught at eton college before becoming a visiting professor at southern mestas University Methodist university. He is the author of an empire divided, the American Revolution and the british caribbean, which is what our topic is tonight and his most recent book is the man who lost america. The british leadership and the American Revolution and the fate of the empire. It has received five National Book awards, including the New York Historical societys American History book prize, and the George Washington book rise. Prize. He is an editor of the
It is jarring to hear the war of 1812 civil war. For what make the case ive titled it the way that i have. Now, the war of 1812 ordinarily looms fairly small in americans memory. Its ordinarily forgotten as insignificant because it seemed to have ended in a draw that changed no boundaries or changed no policy. Now, at best americans will recall the war for a handful of patriotic icons, the national anthem, the victories of the american warship, the constitution known as old iron sides. For the British Party and burning the white house and then for the pay back in the rightful payback men take against the british army in northerly. These images suggest the war was a defense of the United States against british invasion because all of these episodes come out primarily in the last year of the war, in a period in which the british are mounting a counter offensive. Canadians what americans forget is that the war began and was fought as an American Invasion of canada, and so canadians rememb