Graphic addition is now three weeks of the top of the amazon list in the New York Times list for graphic books. Amity shlaes is chair of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation based at the birthplace of president coolidge in vermont. The forgotten man graphic addition. The only graphic edition of her best seller. She also came and spoke at our reading festival. She is also the author of coolidge would debuted at number three on the New York Times bestseller list. She writes a column for forbes, teaches at Nyu Stern School of business and has served for over the years as a columnist of the Financial Times and for its and believe she is also a fellow with their Sister Library that george w. Bush president ial center down in dallas. Everyone, please welcome amity shlaes. [applause] i am going to push this back. Can you hear me . Okay. If you cannot hear me or there is something wrong with the audio, stop me. I am so happy to be here today. I will ask mr. Clarke to give me that put tow. A
All right, time. Did everybody get it . Okay if you are still figuring it out i wont tell. But let me just close by saying this. We are so inundated i think with news of mayhem and mishap and war and disease. I think sometimes we forget how much good work is being done day in and day out by a lot of good people who just care about their kids, care about their communities. In your districts i know there are extraordinary teachers and principals who are putting everything they have got into making sure our kids are getting a great education and we have parents who are stepping up in volunteering and helping to make those schools work. So as you disburse one message i want you to deliver to all of them from the white house from the president of the United States is even if you are not getting a lot of attention, even if you are not making a lot of headlines what you were doing every single day is making the biggest possible difference in the lives of this country and i couldnt be prouder
They treat you as you must be psychologically damaged or when friends of yours who do indeed have posttraumatic stress find they cannot express their feelings . I do not actually have the answers to those questions. But the book was the only way i knew how to start thinking them through, not just because there is a rigor involved in trying to turn fictional stories into emotional truth, but because when you write it up there is the possibility of people responding. Unidentified friends who might read the work, even if across centuries, and join the conversation. For me, writing this book, i cannot think of i cannot think of a more important conversation to be having. Too strange to be processed alone. And so i want to thank everyone who picked up the book, read it, decided to join the conversation. I want to thank the judges, the National Book foundation i want to thank peter who first publish my work published my work and has been a tremendous advocate for veteran writers. Who kicked
The people would be unlimited. Thank you for coming in. Commonsense solutions for a stronger america. A groundhog over his Left Shoulder because he thinks that we keep ignoring the Commonsense Solutions that our forefathers give. Repeating the same thing everyday. Thank you for joining us here. That was book tv Signature Program in which authors of the latest Nonfiction Books are interviewed by journalists, public policymakers, and others. Errors every weekend. And you can watch online. Up next, author and historian, former editor in chief of Simon Schuster. The oxford graduate discusses his books and biographies on pres. Grant, president grant, eisenhower, lawrence of arabia, and robert e lee. Who is alex kohler . The name that my uncle was born with and which he changed when he moved to budapest because at first he spelled the knew name c o r dash d dash a. Who was see and what did he do . Perhaps the prototypical Film Producer but also film director. Producer, also film director. He
[inaudible conversations] do you want to set . Good morning. My name is sharon and im a volunteer for the book festival. On behalf of the state library of louisiana and Louisiana Center of the book. I welcome you to book festival the 11th annual book festival. There will be a book signing with jim cobb afterwards in the bonds barnes noble tent. So if you want to carry on after that he will be happy to sign your books. We are happy to have with us this morning james cobb jr. Who has written flood of lies the saint regis nursing home tragedy. He was a managing partner in a firm. Cobb served as an adjunct professor at Tulane University while at the law school. And since the 80s has taught at Harvard University since 2008. He lives and practices privately in new orleans and we are pleased to introduce to you the james a. Kopp jr. [applause] thanks very much. Good morning. Its cold out there isnt it . Thank you guys for coming and braving the weather. A couple of things about my biography w