Good evening, everyone. Im just so so glad here tonight. Im going good evening everyone i am glad you are here tonight i will say a few words about the strand before he welcome tonights guest. For a moment of history the strand was founded 93 years ago by my grandfather. [applause] thank you. He founded the store in the area known as book row on fourth row one Fourth Avenue just around the corner from here he decided on dash he decided while all the other 40 bookstores shuttered the store was passed on to my late father who grew the store to scale and popularity she never thought was possible so now i am the owner and im told i will get wiped out in this digital age so in the book Loving Community and in this audience thank you for not only surviving the thriving through the ages. [applause] so tonights book watergate girl without comparing it to todaysss headlines with the Womens Movement stood a young lawyer barely 30 yearse old and the only woman on the team that prosecuted the high
For a little bit of history in the late 18 hundreds, this area around the bookstore here in Greenwich Village was the epicenter of publishers and booksellers. Dodd mead and company, divine press, they all had editorial offices and down below they all had their bookstores to display their new books along Fourth Avenue on that side known as book row there were 48 stores of which the strand is the sole survivor. As the owner with the 18 miles of books i am not easily fazed by a thousand bucks but the literary bucket list has taught me in my tracks. [applause] his expansive scope is coupled with a delightful wit and a perfect eye for surprise detail. Never again will you have tond wonder what to read next. A thousand and books to read before you die is a onestop shop holiday gift for anybody who likes books and who doesnt like books. Have to say i cannot think of a better person to have written a book like this man james. Princeton graduate with a degree in English Literature and a veteran
Good evening, everyone. Im just so so glad here tonight. Im going to say a few words about the strand before i welcome tonights guest. For a moment of history, the strand was founded 93 years ago by my grandfather, benjamin bass [applause] he founded the store in an area that was known as book row along Fourth Avenue just around the corner from here. It was the storm of the depression, and he defied the odds by surviving while all the other 48 bookstores in book row shutteredded. The store was then passed on to my late father, fred bass, who grew the store to a scale and popularity he never thought was possible. Now im the owner, and some critics said as a woman its hard, going to be hard to run the store, and id get wiped out by, in this digital age. Right, ha. [laughter] so i want to thank you and the book Loving Community in this audience for helping us not only survive are, but thrive through the agings. [applause] so its impossible to realize tonights book, watergate girl, without
Was founded in 1927 by my grandfather benjamin bass and then onto my father fred bass. Nancy and then onto me. For a little bit of history in the the lighting ten hundreds over this area around the bookstore here in Greenwich Village was the epicenter of publishers and booksellers. Charles and sons was here and the company, design press, they all had editorial offices in ebola, they all add their bookstores to display their new books. Along Fourth Avenue just around on that side, was known as growth. And its it height there were 48 used bookstores which is the sole survivor. We are. As the owner of the stranded widgets 80mile in books, and not easily phased by thousand books. The james on the bucket list, tonight feature book has stopped me in my tracks. [applause]. s expansive scope is coupled with a delightful wit and a perfect die for slide detail. Never again will you have to wonder what to read next. 1,000 books to read before you die is a one stop shop for anybody who likes books
Temperatures mild, in the upper 40s as we step out of the door and then well see sunshine and warming temperatures again this afternoon. Another springlike day. Well talk about rain chances in the forecast and what is is a head in a few minutes. Mike youre out on the roads with a look at so far some just one area that we have to watch. Everything else is green. Looks great. But the area in san jose is a full freeway closure. Southbound 101 all lanes are closed at bernal road near the 85 merge southbound toward morgan hill and san martin. A crash and minor injuries but debris and cars across lanes. Monterey road picking up volume and more slowing. Well track that. You should join back up this there with with well track of the south bay. I have another issue tarj north and ill cover that in a second. Thanks, mike. Now to developments in the coronavirus. More than 170 people quarantines at controversy air force base in fairfield will finally get to go home. Theyre part of the first wave o