Gave brave riin this difficult time when i. S. I. S. Is slaughtering everyone. Woodruff from small beginnings to one of the largest literary events in the u. S. , the organizers of the Miami Book Fair say the oldfashioned, holdinyourhand text is still alive and well. Most people who are leaders read in a lot of different formats, and the preferred format seems to be the physical book. If you think about it, the physical book is a Perfect Little machine without a plug. Woodruff and its friday david brooks and ruth marcus are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by c
We had down here this weekend. We will be live all week. About hundred thousand people attend this event every year as well as about 350 authors are down here. Was founded by mr. Kaplan, founder of books and books as well. The big bookstore down here in south florida. Well, the cspan buses also year, and we are handing out but banks with our partners comcast here in the miami area. If you happen to be in the area, come on down. We are at Miamidade College the north side of downtown miami for the Miami Book Fair. In just a minute the panel in chapman all here at Miamidade College will begin will be beginning. Dave barry in the onion editors, humor columnist solve them. There will be introduced by brad meltzer who will be moderating the panel. The novelist will be joining us later. Ms. Kaplan will also be speaking, the founder of the Miami Book Fair, introducing and opening the weekend coverage. In just a minute well take you now to chapman all. Its rather full. We will be beginning or c
Into the earliest years of children being in a School Setting where we can try to reach them the best. Carol rasco is president and ceo of reading is fundamental. Ms. Rasco what is sure web site very quickly . R guy s. Org. Jane robinson as chief Financial Officer of first book and web site. First book. Org. We thank you both for it being on booktv and talking about your reading commitment. Thank you. This is booktv live coverage from the 29th annual Miami Book Fair. A full weekend of author panels, collins and other events ahead. Here is our lineup for today. In just a minute day humor columnist will be talking about his most recent book, lunatic and he will be joined by seth reiss in will tracy of the onion, the onion book of known knowledge is their latest volume. After that, naomi wolf will be talking about her latest book. Its called vagina a new biography. After that we want change d. C. To lila weaver and argentinian immigrant in his shoes written a book about her experiences, g
Effort to avoid foreign spine. Brazils Communications Minister says the new government system will become mandatory for all federal officials in the coming months. Documents revealed by Edward Snowden show brazil is the leading target of u. S. Spying in latin america. In afghanistan, the governor of the Eastern Province of logar has died in a bomb attack in a mosque. President lose eye of he was a close ally of president karzai. He was delivering a speech tuesday when a bomb hidden under a table exploded, wounding 15 people. A libyan al qaeda suspect snatched from the streets of tripoli is in new york where he is expected to be arraigned in court today. Abu anas alliby was interrogated for a week aboard a u. S. Warship following his capture. He is accused of helping plan the 1998 bombings of u. S. Embassies in africa. Talks between iran, the u. S. , and other nations over irans disputed Nuclear Program are resumed today in geneva. Iran is expected to introduce a proposal to curb its ur
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