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
Brands takes a bite out of your legal rights. Its tonights deeper look. Rescuers in south korea this weekend have recovered 13 bodies from inside the ferry that capsized on wednesday. That brings the official death toll now to 46. More than 250 people remain missing, most are high school students. Crews have begun another day of searching but low visibility and strong currents are slowing the work. Prosecutors now say the person steering that ship at the time had no experience navigating such rough waters. That crew member along with the ships captain and another mate have all been arrested. The captain today offered a very public apology to the victims families. Im sorry to the people of south korea for causing a disturbance and bow my head in apology to the families of the victims. Our adrian brile last the latest from jindo south korea. Its increasingly the dead rather than the living, that they are bringing ashore. They had spotted the bodies earlier but werent able to get inside t
A result they have come to question the integrity of many written accounts from antiquity. The Apostle Peter is martyrdom on the vatican hill is one of them. It marks the dramatic climax of a religious legend but as one of the most powerful stories in church tradition. Some one and a half centuries later a Magnificent Basilica was erected on the vatican you know of the sign believed to be the very spot where peter was buried. Peters basilica is a monument to the apostle and one of the holiest catholic shrines. In the catacombs deep below the church is an Ancient Roman graves a veritable City Of The Dead in which according to legend jesus is first Apostle Simon peter was buried. Peanuts
a dope up oto one of romes Grand Squares in middle the. Ages it was believed to be haunted by demons and evil spirits because it harbored the remains of the most barbarous man who ever walked the earth nero. In the twelfth century anyone entering the eternal city from the via flat mean yeah would have ca
Aims and sluicing the twenty sixteen election. And the dozen friends sound like iraq and berlin on behalf of the entire news team thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the hour see that. Letter we were. When we were. Eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listen up. Double. Binds. Nero murderer and despot a madman on the imperial throne. Whose name is inextricably linked with one of the biggest disasters of the ancient world The Great Fire over a. Hero set rome a light to make room for his own building plans in takes the blame for the fire on the christians ordering the torture and execution of thousands. But scholars today question the legend of nero as the arsonist of rome and down to the initiator of policy of persecution against the christians. To date there is no archaeological evidence to support the theory that the Apostle Peter was ever in rome but there are mounting indications tha
To the emperor by later writers. Nero an eccentric ruler who wanted to be an artist and preferred to live in a world of fantasy. But neither an arsonist nor persecutor of christians. Was. Its july nineteenth in the years sixty four it hasnt rained for days. Rome is
days thousands will die when the smoke clears three quarters of the city will lay in ruins. According to legend the Apostle Peter was in rome at the same time to supervise the citys fledgling Christian Community. Later he would go down in the annals of the Catholic Church is the first Bishop Of Rome. With. Another natori as legend emperor nero himself started the fire as an excuse to rebuild rome to his own liking and to rename the city mirabilis and thats not all. The Mad Megalomaniac watched the conflagration from his palace on the palatine you know merrily singing and playing his life. In need of a scapegoat he blamed the fire on the christians so many indiscriminately and
mercilessly crucified. Because of peter was also