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And he had magical powers as a diplomat. It was the chinese revolution. He could get in the door of prime ministers, and he had a lot of influence at the key moments. He got in the door to some extent because of eddie jacobs said. He would come and say youve got to see him and that would seal the bar. [applause] if you would like your copy of genesis, we are sending it in the hall and he would be happy to sign your copy. Thank you. [applause] booktv is on facebook. Like us to interact with guests and viewers, watch video and get uptodate information. Facebook. Com booktv. Stephen talks about the life and Lasting Impact of Dale Carnegie author of how to win friends and influence people and a number of other books. How to win friends has sold over 30 million copies published in 1937 and was named the seventh most influential book by the library of congress. This is about 45 minutes. So tonight we are really happy to have steven watts back. Steven watts has been called by a biographer of
The demographic changes for the 1980s. This is about 20 minutes. The book is called Barack Obamas america have new conceptions of race, family and religion end of the reagan era. Catholic University Professor John Kenneth White is the author. Professor, lets begin. Tell us about the cover of the book. I had not been to do with the cover, but it works so well for the book because it is the photographs of people who attended obama rallies in 2008 and you have a mixture of coming in now, white, black, hispanic, you name it. Theres even a couple of pictures and their of al gore and you have to really search for that. But it describes i think visually the changes in the democracy of the United States that led to Barack Obamas election. And sho forth. And i think americans understand the changes taking place in the country are here to stay. But for some americans can creates discomfort because there is a sense of loss. A loss of a 1950s america. A loss of a time when rules were clear about m
This is the description of de l la idiotidiots. These were rebound, published later in the nineteenth century. But what they document is Napoleons Campaign in egypt and artists rendering of the landscape of egypt, pyramids, architecture, architectural elements, elements of the hieroglyphs, egyptian pottery, maps, diagrams of the layouts of pyramids, different historical sites around egypt. This is an era where there was no photography. This was a way to document and detailed the things napoleon and his army were capturing and a way to account for the riches of egypt that napoleon was hoping to bring back into france to the empire and also used as points of study for french architects and artists. This piece was another in a set from 1792 published during the french republic. About the history of louis the sixteenth. This is talking about the history of king louis and the start of the revolution. This kind of material gives us a perspective how the contemporaries, people who lived durin
The details. Hello, everyone, im michael holmes. This is cnn newsroom. Hello, everybody. It has been a thanksgiving unlike any other here in the u. S. As the country struggles to get a handle on the coronavirus pandemic. And we want you to stop and think about the people directly affected. Almost 1200 americans died from covid19 on thursday alone, and more than 90,000 others spent the holidays away from their holidays away in the hospital. It is the 17th straight day of record hospitalizations. Data from Johns Hopkins University Shows cases are still on the rise in about half the u. S. States, and another 107,000 people were diagnosed with the virus in just the past day. President elect joe biden spent the day making video calls to front line worker, including nurses and firefighters who he praised as the heros of this crisis. And he posted this message on social media. I know this isnt the way many of us hoped wed spend our holiday. We know that a small act of staying home is a gift t