In the condition he was in i think they realize that no one could really be called at that moment. They also picked one of the strongest, youngest man to go first. In fact, the rescuers used the principle of submarine rescue which is you choose the fittest man to go first to rescue. So they picked him as the first man up. And finally where is that capsule to be . The capsule is on display at the Regional Museum in the desert on display for tourists to see in chile, along with much other memorabilia. Hector tobar and his book deep down dark the untold story of 33 men buried in a chilean mine, and the miracles that set them free. Thank you very much. Thank you for having me. We continue with more nominees for the National Book critics circle award in nonfiction on booktv. Next up Elizabeth Colbert argues we are currently undergoing a sixth mass extinction and it is likely that this one the result of human action, will be the most devastating. Thank you very much. I, too, am very impresse
Homocide in america from last weekends Los Angeles Times festival of books. We wrap up at 11 00 with a Panel Discussion on cspans latest book, first ladies. That happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Pulitzer prizes were awarded this last weekend and other Elizabeth Kolbert won. Her book, the sixth extinction. The and this one will be the most devastating. Sheer he is here she is now on booktv. [applause] thank you very much. I, tomorrow, am very impressed that such a large number of people are here on a friday night, and i really appreciate it. So thanks very much for being here. I want to start by introducing you to this fellow on the screen who is a hawaiian crow, otherwise known as an alala. Know he looks loot like an ordinary crow but there are actually significant differences of his beak is thicker and his legs are thicker and the Hawaiian Islands used to have six species of crows and they probably diverge from the crows that we find on the mainland u. S. At least several hundred th
Council on global affairs. This is about one hour. [applause] thank you so much. It has been amazing. Mike and pat have been the most charming host. And i have a great friendship that has betrayed and turned been created. And so thank you so much. So its an honor to be a sellout. So i would like to share with you my story for the next 20 minutes and im hoping you will think him worthy of being a fellow. And so im just going to start. The story of this is not about an educated or social activists want change the world. Quite the contrary. Everything changed when i became a mother. And so let me introduce you to my son. Within a single stroke his cry was to write his essay and he went to school thinking i can grow up thinking i cant. So we like choices everyday. Choosing tea over coffee or putting a man onto the moon. Her choices define who we become and it is this where do word that we need to move from her childrens vocabulary and for 50 years we tell them they have no choice but to li
Extinction and this one is the result of human intervention. This is from the seattle townhall and it is about an hour. [ applause ] thank you very much. I, too, am very impressed such a large number of people are hear on a friday night. I really aappreciate it. I want to introduce you to what is known as an alanal. To believe able to survive in different sorts of habitat. In the case of the hawaiian crows most of the species died out after the human acombrie acombriefb arrived. In hawaii, the first people arrived 1500 years ago and they brought species like the pacific rat that ate up the young of the crows and the eggs. This was the last species that survived into modern time. It is native to the big island. The island of hawaii. It, too, has been under terrible pressure. And by the 1980s the population was so low the state of hawaii began to take the birds into the captivety to stay to save them and this turned out to be lucky because the last wild ones were seen in 2002 and the bir
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