You very much for coming out on the somewhat damp august evening. Just a few quick administrative notes. Now would be the time to turn off your cell phones or anything else that might be put during the presentation. When they get to the q a a little later in the program there is a microphone over there. We would appreciate it if you would make your way to it if you would like to ask a question, especially because we have the cameras here going this evening. Finally at the end, please help our staff by folding up the chairs that you are seated and then placing them against something solid. We are delighted to have with us this evening a very talented writer of a narrative history. Hampton sides has several bestselling works to his name. Among them ghost soldiers, about the during world war ii raid on a hellish prison camp in the philippines to rescue more than 500 p. O. W. S. That book sold and has sold more than 1 billion copies since its release in 2002. Another of hamptons books, blo
Texas and many other cities visited by local content vehicles, go to cspan. Org local content. Thanassis cambanis reports on the 2011 egyptian revolution profiles to its leaders, liberal architect in a pharmacist assisting with the Muslim Brotherhood. [inaudible conversations] good evening everyone. I am david cohen and i love doing introductions here. I am carla subkeys has been. One of the reasons i love doing introductions is politics prose as a beacon and standards that are under its current of bob graham and Lissa Muscatine and the wonderful staff about having the vote discourse and dealing with difficult issues and demanding issues. We did that last night and we are doing it tonight and we have done many other books of histories, policy books novels that deal with demanding issues in either the middle east where the islamic world and so we are really pleased here to welcome Thanassis Cambanis and celebrate the publication of once upon a revolution an egyptian story. Mr. Cambanis
New york times columnist david brooks dissects the idea of character. Former treasury secretary Henry Paulson takes a look at the evolution of chinas capitalist system and much more. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on cspan2. We kick off booktv this weekend with a program from politics prose bookstore in washington d. C. With garry wills who questions whether pope francis is capable of producing significant change within the Catholic Church. [inaudible conversations] [applause] good evening everyone. Thank you all so much for coming out tonight what an outstanding crowd, im not surprised. Youve all picked a very good event to come to. Im Lissa Muscatine and our staff and my coowner and husband brad graham welcome all of you to this evenings event. Just in case youre new to our events professor wills will speak for a bit and then is happy to take questions. We have a microphone up here and we really would like it if you could make it to the mic if you can
Behalf of the entire staff welcome. As you can see we have cspan tv with us this evening. D so if you have a question, to be heard it would really be great if you could make your way to the microphone right there. And, before you come up to get your books signed, our staff would be very grateful if you could fold up the chairs youre way in lean them against something signed our staff would be very grateful if you could fold up the chairs and leaned them against something that wont fall over. So by way of introducing this evenings guest let me just say there is a lot of talk these days about the American Dream not being what it once was and there may be some truth in that for younger generations. George mitchells life is certainly one example of someone in america that could rise from smalltown origins and modest means and become a person of considerable accomplishment and influence. A lawyer for maine, senator mitchell arrived in the u. S. Senate in 1980 and nine years later took over
There are he has. Hello senator. Good evening. Im Bradley Graham the coowner of politics and prose along with my wife Lissa Muscatine and on behalf of the entire staff welcome. A few very quick administrative announcements. Now would be a good time to turn off cell phones or anything else that might go beep. When we get to the q a part of the session as you can see we have cspan tv with us this evening so if you have a question to be heard it would be great if you could make your way to the microphone right there. At the end before you come up to get your book signed our staff would be very grateful if you could fold up the chairs and leaned them against something that wont fall over. So by way of introducing this evenings guest let me just say there is a lot of talk these days about the American Dream not being what it once was and there may be some truth in that for younger generations. George mitchells life is certainly one example of someone in america that could rise from smalltow