So thank you for supporting book passage. We are an independent bookstore one of the few remaining independent bookstores. [applause] thank you. We are very proud of that fact. Thanks for coming to our location. We also have a beautiful store in the building in San Francisco if youve never been there. Its a beautiful store. Go in by a few books and go have dinner in the city. Its a wonderful way to spend your evening. Remember book passage is so much more than just a bookstore. We bring to you probably a thousand author readings every year if you can believe that. In addition we also have all kinds of classes, language classes, writing classes. We have a group simply of childrens classes and finally im proud to say we are going green. We have been introducing a paper newsletter which i know some of the received in the mail starting in march. We are going to do email only so if we dont have your email and you arent getting our email letters please sign up. You can register at all the re
And just fascinated by the program i have for you tonight. And in that vein would ask that you turn your cell phones off because you will not need them. Youre not going to look at your the next hour. You are going to be completely mesmerized by our offer that were so proud to bring you today. So thank you for supporting book passage. E. We are an independent bookstore, one of the very few remaining independent bookstores. [applause] thank you. We are very, very proud of that fact. Thanks for f coming to this location. We have a beautiful store in San Francisco. If you have never been there, it is a beautiful store. The b win, by a few books and tn question in the city. Its a wonderful way to spend your evening. And remember, book passage is so much more than just a bookstore. We bring to you probably 1000 off the readings every year, if you can believe that. An addition we also all kinds of classes, language classes, writing classes. Weve booked booked groups, childrens classes. Finall
A look gorgeous the motor was the joy of christmas and the joy of christmas is this year all over the place in every city in the west bank in. Love it for hollywood and im a large area go everywhere people are celebrating the joy of christmas the last time around we spoke to mayor and john salmond he described christmas celebrations in bethlehem as almost an act of defiance against the defacto u. K. U. S. Backed Israeli Occupation do you think that occupation is still on the minds of all the pilgrims that will be there celebrating this year well actually the wall speaks for itself the world by itself is and good patient so when you look at when youre at the end of the city you enter the city definitely there are a normal conditions however our persistence to conduct the celebration of christmas in the city. The nativity in the city of birth of peace it is yes. A determination that we are there to celebrate christmas despite all the paying actions and despite all the american policy we
U. S. Backed Israeli Occupation do you think that occupation is still on the minds of all the pilgrims that will be there celebrating this year well actually the wall speaks for itself the wall by itself is an occupation so when you look at when youre at the city you enter the city definitely there are of normal conditions however our persistence to conduct the celebration of christmas in the city of the nativity in the city of birth of peace it is yes a determination that we are there to celebrate christmas despite all the playing actions and despite all the american policy we have the right to live joy to live peace and this is what we express in our celebrations and through our message of peace not only to us for do not live. Be is but to the whole world this well you mention the war what exactly has happened to beverly arms christians over cern 86 percent. Of christians of have left and the wall is being blamed for that as well as illegal new orchid patients around bethlehem when w
Important u. K. General election since the 2nd world war its also the 1st christmas election since 923 in all the head of Un Security Council discussions on the birthplace of jesus palestine occupied with angloamerican military support coming up in the show is israel trying to destroy the birthplace of jesus we asked the 1st female mayor of bethlehem where a boon about Israeli Occupation and accusations of the ethnic cleansing of christians from palestine. And fighting for justice in the middle east and one of britains most celebrated composers how it played on his Legendary Music for the snowman and composing for everyone from Princess Diana to the United Nations ahead of his performance tomorrow with welsh met so soprano Katherine Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall possible coming up in todays going on the ground a 1st after tomorrows u. K. General election let alone the fallout from the u. S. Inspector generals report into obama corruption in the usa will come christmas when millions