That we want to be part of. We are pretty good at rushing those books out and still making them verysuccessful as you know theres a National Conversation now about sexual harassment. If you decided today to put a book out on that topic , how quickly and what would be the process . It all depends of course on whos writing it and how quickly they can write it. We love to collaborate with our authors to help them write things quickly if thats important, which obviously if you have a breaking issue like this, it can be important so we can get a book turned around. Weve had books that havebeen signed , delivered within 30 days and in the bookstores two months later. Two months, what happens in that two months . A lotof things happen very quickly. Within those two months we need to edit, layout, design, print, ship, market , get those books on the shelves. But thats possible if you have a good track record for doing that well. If you have good relationships both with your printer but also wi
Civilians in syria as more people die in rebel held eastern groups plus. We are not abandoning our commitment to the Peace Process and when you do that then you really have to find a new International Alliance palestinian seek a new Global Partner to help mediate peace with israel also. These are known me to begin by seeing who is so. I dont want to. A machine and oxfam bosses faced tough questions from british politicians about the charges Sexual Misconduct scandal in haiti and an alarming new study says that there are plastic particles and other pollutants in the stomachs of seventy five percent of all the rain life in the Atlantic Ocean. And far and small will have all the latest from the Winter Olympics n. P. R. Chuang as canadian ice dancers tatham virtue and scott moir when there is fact a gold medal at the games. But a record setting. More than seventy five people have been killed on tuesday in the syrian rebel held on klav of Eastern Ghouta in some of the heaviest fighting ther
Eight recipients of the medal of honor. So it is very difficult. What happens often times they heroism is recognized, but not at the highest level or to the silver star or the bronze star very few people are in the middle. He would almost for sure say that he didnt deserve it. He might point out to somebody else that was more heroic than he was he was very humble. He never talked about the Carnegie Medal and when i interview people that knew him when i did the book a long time ago people knew him well and i said what about the Carnegie Medal and they didnt know anything about it. He earned his medals and was very modest. He didnt think that he deserved it so he never talked about it and i think that he would have been the same way. Ive known a lot of medal of honor recipients in the foundation and most of them will tell you i didnt deserve this and it should have been given to somebody else. Its a piece of humility we all can learn from and he would have been in that category. For more
So it is my great pleasure to have an evening with alvin roth who will join the conversation. And and her daughterinlaw. This is ben hum of the Program Since 2010. I am also confronted with skepticism of economic tyranny. But my instinct is to check my watch. [laughter] with my two favorite examples end what is achievable for those individuals have you get the is into an overall ranking they will prove it is logically impossible that satisfies the requirements from democracy. True democracy with relationships in medical careers in reach. [laughter] when you think about it the for those consumers they value the most. With those logistical limitations to match up in the best possible way. Is to be directly applied. I personally am a huge fan. I have wonderful memories of attending his lectures as a graduate student at m. I. T. Alvin roth also taught economics at stanford also receiving his ph. D. In 1974. But i am happy to welcome the foundation and. So with those mets did said the valua
Its a celebration of books and bookstore reading. You really know how to endear yourself to us. Of course michaels own fondness for books dates back to his childhood and he is a gracious reader as a kid and perceived his interest all the way through graduate school earning a doctor that and comparative literature. Instead of staying in academia he launched into what turned out to be a lifelong career as a literary journalist in the Washington Post book world session of 1978. 15 years later he wanted to surprise for criticism and stayed another ten years before leaving the paper to become a book reviewer, sas, feature writer. Hes continued to write a weekly column on books for the post. Anybody that has read his columns does how enthusiastic he is about all kinds of books, not just bestsellers. And what a mac he has for making others want to read those books. Hes offered a few previous books of his own including a memoir and a study of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as the collections o