Retired cspan journalist and board member of the society. If you will join me in silencing all of your electronic devices, lets welcome bill and connie. [applause]. Hello everybody. Thank you you so much for coming this evening. While i was preparing a little bit for tonight to introduce bill walker, i googled a little so so the veracity of any of this is in question. The first thing i googled was the average number of people who come to a book signing event. I will tell you, it is in single digits, so please give yourself an applause for being here this evening instead of being home watching meg and kelly, and and donald trump on television. [applause]. The second thing i googled is the average age of a firsttime author who gets published by a traditional publisher. That average average age is 37 years old. So, i will tell you bill, you are skewing the numbers very much. , bill walker grew up in knoxville tennessee, he went to the university of virginia for both his undergraduate and
Benedict arnold. In who rules the world, he takes a critical look at American Foreign policy and the power of political elites. He recalls the value and wisdom here claimed from and they look at the career of the 31st president. In the limousine liberal, he examines the history of the term and how it is contributed to the rise of conservative populism. From the war on poverty to the war on crime. In how women decide, they explore the psychology of why women in the workplace are perceived differently. For these titles, look for them in bookstores and for their authors. During book tvs recent visit to San Bernardino, we spoke with Margaret Hill about her 30 year year career about an educator in the city. In the early 70s when i started teaching, students were aware that it was important for them to get an education and get a high school diploma. I dont think ive ever met a student who did not want an education. I know i met a lot of students that felt the way i did when i was a student a
The National Museum of mathematics in new york city for math professor andrew hackers discussion on advanced mathematics being required in schools. Next wednesday through friday book tv will be in chicago for book expo america. The publishing industrys annual trade show where we will be talking to authors of forthcoming books such as Kareem Abdul Jabbar and marcia clark as well as publishers and book sellers. Thats a look at some of the programs book tv is covering this week. Many of these events are open to the public. Look for them to air in the near future on book tv on cspan2. Im david johnson, fulltime coordinator. My connection to architecture comes only by way of a philosopher who is our case project written from 1927 1940. It completely sketches out the parisian city life in the 19th century, especially the covered pathogens that extended idle watching and people watching when inclement weather made it infeasible. In some ways, this book is a probing detective story of architec
The Museums on the Green will host nine virtual talks in June as part of its ongoing Virtual Museum Series. This month, authors and historians from across the country will be talking about an epic Grand Prix race, New World explorers, female pioneers, slave traders, whaling captains, the countryâs first baseball players and Americaâs elite alpine warriors, the 10th Mountain Division.
The museums will also host its first, free Virtual Trivia Night on Thursday, June 3, at 7 PM, and award its 2021 Katharine Lee Bates Historian Award to acclaimed author and historian Nathaniel Philbrook at a special free talk about his book, âMayflower,â on Thursday, June 17, at 7 PM.