[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening. Im bradley graham, coowner politics prose along with my wife, and lissa muscatine, whos standing back there on behalf of the entire staff here thank you her image for coming. I had a terrific panel for you this evening on a new book by peter ginna, right here, titled what editors do the art, craft and business of editing. Politics and post although politics politics prose owes many others this year its not nearly as common for us to host the experts behind those authors are the editors, publishers and agents he was at efforts are essential to the books. Peter himself with more than three decades has had a range of editing positions. His work with the small independent Publishing Firm and a scholarly run as well as with the large commercial houses. Most of his time in thin trade publishing. Most recently publisher and editorial director of bloomsbury press, an imprint he founded. For his new book coming peter gathered ess
Or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. And now from the 2015 roosevelt reading festival, Molly Guptill manning discusses her book, when books went to war the stories that helped us win world war ii. And now it is my pleasure to introduce our author for this session, Molly Manning. She will be discussing her new book, when books went to war the stories that helped us win world war ii. Molly manning grew up in new york north of albany, so welcome back to the Hudson River Valley to you. She graduatedfy bay a that capita from if fy beta cap kappa. A graduate of the Cardozo School of law in new york city, shes an attorney for the United States court of appeals for the Second Circuit in new york city. In 2012 she published her first book. It tells the true story of one of the most elaborate literary hoaxes in american history. Her latest book, when books went to war, tells the amazing and inspiring story of how the United States government and americas librarians and p
Morning at 7 00 eastern on cspan. Tuesday, Smart Technology to connect government services. See it live at 8 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Im thrilled and excited to be here. I want to thank cspan for covering the National Book festival. We have a beautiful sunny day. I hope the crowds show the crowds. One thing about remember about exceptional president s, is that the exception. This is a wonder event. Heaven is a library, if thats the case, heaven has gone out today and we are in heaven of this National Book festival. The leaders for tomorrow. I am youth leader for today. Trying to show that we had this redblew map. The divide was a little divide. The idea that the country itself is a polarized as washington is just wrote. I dont know a scientists who believes that. All people that they realize that whatever theyve done in life is something that ought to be recorded and passed on to the next generations, thats the way we learn, we learn for the future and trying to understand in t
During the 20th century and during 21st century, political were not only popular in their own countries. But were also admired by numerous highly educated and idealistic westerners. The october included Adolf Hitler Joseph and myles, about castro are and more roongtly hugo chavez. Original lyrics from immensely popular musical anything goes originally read youre the top, you are mussolini youre the top youre mrs. Today of course is reads you are the top youre an oneal drama you are the top you are whistlers mama so some programs programs progress there. Where as few people today openly praise it is not uncommon to see young men and women wearing tshirts and to see American Entertainers like Michael Moore and intellectuals praise the castro brothers and hugo chavez trying to understand why intelligence and educated people are attracted toal yarenism and why they persist in doing so even today after a century of incredible bloodshed perpetrated against their own people. But born in 1932
Nearly three decades ago but the recent National Election here has put the far right alternative for Germany Party in the bundestag for the very first time and triggered talk of a return to those old east west divisions meanwhile europe once united by the tearing down of the iron curtain is again putting up walls and fences a question on quadriga this week after the election divided germany divided europe and to discuss that question im joined here in the studio by Wojciech Shimon ski who is with the polish service of the w. He believes it is a mixture of Socio Economic and cultural factors that pushes people towards far right populist parties both in eastern germany and in Eastern Europe also with us is judy dempsey senior fellow with the Carnegie Europe think tank also a blogger and author judy says there are all kinds of divisions through your. And theyre becoming deeper and more complex but compared to spain britain and poland germany still seems to have still seems to be even of s