Should get together with each other and say what do we want and then make it known and then illustrate by your example that you can have a home life and work life. One of my former had three young children, a day schedule. There happy with her work. She has a whole library of work at her fingertips at home. It should be much easier to have a balanced life that once was, but dont be shy about speaking up. Have company when you do so so you are not a lone voice. Thank you. [applause] thank you very much. Our civil rights leaders and great nicknames, all these wonderful things, and thanks everyone for coming. Enjoy the rest your week. [applause] book tv is on twitter and facebook. We want to hear from you. Treat us, twitter. Com book tv or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook. Com book tv. Doctor carla, can you remember the first moment that you were asked about being a librarian of congress. I can remember that moment because i was surprised. I had been advising and consulting b
If you are tweeting today, use the hashtag gbf, and we need your feedback. Surveys are available at the tent and on our web site. Complete a survey for a chance to win a 100 visa gift card. Im pleased to introduce author kristen green. Shell be signing books immediately after the presentation, and copies of her books are on sale in the politics prose tent, a great partner for us this year. A quick word about buying books. Even though this is a free event, it does help the book festival if you buy books. The more books we sell at our event, the more publishers are willing to send their authors here to the book festival. Purchasing books from politics prose does benefit the local economy. It supports local jobs, supports our book festival. So if you enjoy the program and youre in a position to do so, please consider buying the authors books here today. So let me introduce kristen. Kristen green is an author who grew up in farmville, virginia, and thats important because its important to
Identified the cartels. [inaudible conversations] autho. Dionne, annette gordonreed, Juan Williams anymore. But first up christian green talks about her book, something must be done about Prince Edward county. Booktv on cspan2 live from the gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations]. If you are tweeting today, use the hashtag gbf, and we need your feedback. Surveys are available at the tent and on our web site. Complete a survey for a chance to win a 100 visa gift card. Im pleased to introduce author kristen green. Shell be signing books immediately after the presentation, and copies of her books are on sale in the politics prose tent, a great partner for us this year. A quick word about buying books. Even though this is a free event, it does help the book festival if you buy books. The more books we sell at our event, the more publishers are willing to send their authors here to the book festival. Purchasing books from politics prose does benefit the local economy. It suppo
Hello, good morning welcome to the seventh annual gaithersburg book festival. My name is gene taft khedama Committee Member the festival and the policy manager of Johns Hopkins university press. Please have you here but if i did make a couple of announcements here. Gaithersburg is a wonderful city that probably supports the arts and humanities will you please to bring the stay of this event thanks in part to generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. Our if you see our sponsors and volunteers please say thank you. Please silence all devices that might make any noise. If youre trading today pleasen use hashtag gpf really need your feedback. Surveys are available here and on our web site to give youan complete a survey you enter for a chance to win a 100 visa gift card. A quick word about buying books even though this is a free event it does help if you buy a book our friends at politics and prose are here on site and we appreciate your support. Our it supports our jobs and book fe
Dr. Edwards thank you, john. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. There were two bills at National Review, and in the conservative movement. Bill buckley, a radiant, shooting star, who lit up the usher, a bill r neverwavering northstar, by which conservatives learned to chart their political course. Many have written about william f. Buckley, jr. , that irresistible renaissance man, fiskont want until david has given us an indepth portrait of the other bill, william a. Rusher, who among other salutary and contributions, played a pivotal role in the life of a National Draft Goldwater Committee. And that was critical because if there had been no Draft Goldwater Committee there would , have been no president ial candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964. And, if there had been no candidate goldwater in 1964, there would have been no president elect, Ronald Reagan, in a 1980. It was goldwater, you see, what who approved reagans famous time for choosing, the tv address that made him a political st