anything done. [laughter] thank you all for coming, and it s nice to be back here at the book fair. it is there s a special buzz to this thing. i m kind of at a loss to explain it, but there s so much energy in the air here, and it s a really neat event, so it s good to be here. i ve been asked to read to you, and i m told we actually have a real 45 minutes opposed to the 45 minutes with 10 minutes cut out in the beginning of it. i ll read awhile, and then i ll take audience questions if there are any, which i hope there are. i also should warn you that i have new glasses. [laughter] they seem like, i m not sure they are any good for most things, but they are good for making it almost impossible to look up and then find the correct focal point when i look back down. [laughter] i actually brought my old glasses along, but left them in the hotel. [laughter] so, forfive me if i m forgive me if i m guessing at certain words. my new novel, freedom didn t really take me nine
chernow. his latest book is about george washington. following that in about one hour and 45 minutes or so we will be joined by war correspondent david axe, his book war is boring, chronicals his wars in somalia and other countries. david axe works in iraq and afghanistan. we then return for a talk by simon winchester who published a book about the thraptic ocean atlantic ocean. he was on our program in 2004 and in 1998 to discuss the professor and the madman about the oxford english dictionary. after that, we ll interview authors about the book sea gull one, an organization founded and efforts to save people fleeing cuba on rafts. after that meggan mccain will speak about her book, dirty, sexy politics, and after that nonfiction for children entitled heros for my son. then bill press, doug shaun all taking part in that discussion and appeared on booktv in the past. after that is eliza here to take your calls on christianity and islam. after that, another opportunit
book about the founding of facebook, called the the accidental billionaires, and then an haven t with ron ron chernow. his latest book is about george washington. following that in about one hour and 45 minutes or so we will be joined by war correspondent david axe, his book war is boring, chronicals his wars in somalia and other countries. david axe works in iraq and afghanistan. we then return for a talk by simon winchester who published a book about the thraptic ocean atlantic ocean. he was on our program in 2004 and in 1998 to discuss the professor and the madman about the oxford english dictionary. after that, we ll interview authors about the book sea gull one, an organization founded and efforts to save people fleeing cuba on rafts. after that meggan mccain will speak about her book, dirty, sexy politics, and after that nonfiction for children entitled heros for my son. then bill press, doug shaun all taking part in that discussion and appeared on booktv in