And it is very interesting but it is those questions the very few people are asking. Ask me anything. That negative feedback is usually because they think it is sexist. The other thing is what they dont realize with that narrative they dont not like me or the book but i would have peaked est flashbacks. To hear the bullets then they are there again. Because that reminded me so the insiders lovett because they have the Beautiful Image when how they buy that narrative fallacy for that execution and it is wonderful. But that is not how it is. And so dated so almost all the negative feedback i have yet to be serious. Have you read accidental empire . No precocious by . Been should i quit. We aeronaut on speaking terms anyway. One person was responding little defensive. No. I should not probably say this but it turns out it is like Insider Trading with hate speech. They cover a document at the time that is what it covers. And if anything is known it means that in some way nobody knows about
And now im booktv we want to introduce you to bill thomas was the editorinchief of the doubleday books. What kind of books is doubleday published country doubled it publishes the approximate 50 books a year, half our fiction and have our nonfiction. On the nonfiction side we publish a lot of history, narrative and fiction politics and science. Host how long has doubleday been a business . Guest 1897. Host founded by . Guest someone named mr. Doubleday. Host okay. We are here to talk to you about previewing some of the books. Who do you have coming in . Guest i think we are three books that are particular interest here views. We are publishing Jeffrey Toobin spoke about patty hearst, her kidnapping, what she did while she was in the sla and are very dramatic. As people no Jeffrey Toobin is in your staff writer and chief Legal Correspondent and author of several best sellers, a nine, the oath and also the book on the o. J. Simpson page which was recently made into a television series. Wh
Book tv wants to know what youre reading this summer. Tweet us your answer or posted on our facebook page, facebook. Com book tv. thanks to everyone for being here today and on line as well. Lyrics cited to welcome you to the heritage today to discuss the interesting new book on the failures of federal intervention. She doesnt mince words that all with the federal this education of americas children it is time to end not meant federal intervention. As she explains in her book the federal government must serve out the 100 years to recognize it was the states and localities. But gradually federal restraints gave away and by 1979 we saw the first cabinet level for education established at the u. S. Department of education. Today that agency houses nearly 5,000 employees 150 Education Programs and a discretionary budget of 70 billion. That is the tip of the iceberg because we see this relationship with the state education and ended agencies as well that have to follow these mandates so the
Next on booktv an insider booktv an insiders perspective of Silicon Valley and the tech world with twittered visor and facebook product manager antonio martinez. [inaudible conversations] i was waiting for somebody. I was caught unprepared and i came to a reading of without a copy of my own book. I thought it would have to buy a copy of my own book. They think they do sell them. Are the mics on because i cant hear it. I dont think its on. I can just scream that at some point my voice is going to get tired. I just need to hold it closer. So what i was finding is their format to this . Is there have been r rating and q a . Up to me . Will do it for you reading simmons and q a and not as many ratings as in the past because the q a has to stretch out for a long time and i want to give you a chance to ask questions if you have them but the passages we are reading fyi i held a poll on facebook of course as i can write to facebook as a speech speak. We pulled the passages that most wanted to
So what i was finding the necessary format to this . Is there a half hour reading and q a . We will do some q a and not as many of these in the past, the q a seems to stretch out a long time. The reading i did in the city, my brain still works so i can write to facebook as i speak. The best passages that most wanted to be read, and and it gets shot down, the famous sexist paragraph that will go on my tombstone, and quoted in every review completely out of context and what surprised me was the facebook by guy, weird mafia boss ill meeting and the story where i. Up the plumbing. Any other seen somebody wants a reading . Some characters in the book are standing here by the way. The last reading, british trader was there, my kids were there, chose not to out themselves. The israeli with a face like that sheet of plywood. He interviewed me at facebook and made the decision, i got hired. Anyone else have a passage you really want me to read and willing to raise your hand and say i want you t