Congressman rick larson of washington, what is on your reading list. Whats on my reading list its not long but coming in to the middle of the summer i am working on the third iq novel by joe, a los angeles mystery writer and iq is his character and brett is the third book in the series, a detective novel, hes a private investigator and a lot of action and a lot of great relationships in the book so i am working on that, im also working on frederick douglass, biography that is published recently, im working on that to fairly long book so im popping in and out of that quite a bit in taking that into chunks, for the policy, david dollar at one of the think tanks in washington, d. C. Is an editor of a book called china 2049 and he brought together some reform chinese scholars to look at what the chinese economy might look like and what its challenges are between now and 2049 and obviously has huge implications for u. S. China policy, it is seeing a work related book, i dont read a lot of b
I am doctor mario, i am an astrophysicist and author of seven Popular Science books. The most recent of which is called galileo and the science deniers. I live in baltimore and i currently am in baltimore at my home. As you can see i can imagine them shelves books. Actually i have some things that look like that in every room in the house. To it almost does not matter where i am. So the book as i say is called galileo in the science deniers. This is a fresh biography of galileo. But at the same time with eye on science denial today which unfortunately we have the idea is to study from this fascinating person in the 17th century. But to see what lessons we can learn from that for you know to what extent there is some sense already fought some battles that we have to fight again today. So, when people hear i wrote a book about galileo and it next question how come i decided to write a book about galileo given their already quite a few biographies of galileo. There are several reasons. Th
What indepth today live at noon eastern on tv on cspan2. Welcome everyone to this book launch webinar featuring doctor lynn cheney and Vice President cheney in a conversation about doctor cheneys newest book the virginia dynasty the creation of the american nation read on robert, im robert doar. I want to start by reading from doctorcheneys opening paragraph. But the spike enjoy drawing compass of a map of virginia, extend the other leg of the compass so he reaches out 60 miles and draw a circle. Within it not only washington also thomas jefferson, James Madison and james monroe were born. From this small expansive land on the north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s, a dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, building the republic. What a great way to start a book. I spent most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and the interconnected networks that tie them together at the founding of this country. I
And chairman of the National Governors Association Larry hogan. Governor hogan was sworn in as the 62nd governor of the state state of maryland on january 21, 2015. In 2018 he was overwhelming reelected to a second term receiving the most votes of any maryland gubernatorial candidate and becoming only the second republican governor to be reelected in the 242 year history of the state. During the conversation Governor Hogan discusses his brandnew book launches on the date of this Virtual Event entitled Still Standing surviving cancer, riots, a Global Pandemic, and the toxic politics that divide america. Governor hogan originally submitted the book is published on february 1 just before the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States. They delay the publication for two months so he could add five chapters about combating the coronavirus, the economic crisis and dealing with the white house which he said made for more timely and interesting book. We now invite you to enjoy our Virtual Prog
Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and were grateful for the opportunity to work on this land. The university of toronto stands and sold it with the ongoing protests against systemic racism and discrimination. I have a great pleasure of introducing katherine gale and Michael Porter, Katherine Gehl is a business leader, entrepreneur, author and speaker, founder of the institute for political innovation and the ceo of said innovations both thinking about intractable problems. She was public presidency of a 250 million hightech food manufacturer. She holds degrees from notre dame, Catholic University at Northwestern School of management. She lives in wisconsin with her children and that is where he she is calling in from today. For me its an honor to host Michael Porter, Bishop William Lord University professor at harvard university. We had a long time ago when i was a student in this industry and Competitive Analysis selected at Harvard Business school that was not long after pu