[inaudible conversations] good evening. Welcome to the strand i am nancy and i am the owner so with a little bit of history founded 1927 by my grandfather and was founded in the era known as book role along fifth avenue and at its height house to 48 bookstores throughout the 1880s through the 1960s they have all shuddered leaving the streets and to be passed down from my a father and now to be. So thanks for being supporters and readers. Tonight were very excited to welcome a power couple from scientific researcher dr. Kelly and zach his work with parasites has been published in scientific journals and Award Winning cartoonist from saturday morning breakfast club. It is called serial. [laughter] for outstanding single panel comic the dynamic duo has a working together called the weekly weinersmith on darr podcast it is a funny collection of comics including terrestrial elevators in also working on a oneyearold baby. [laughter] were thrilled to have booktv here tonight it will be availa
Good book, churchill and the bomb. One of my grandfathers best quotations, and there are so many to choose from, is this one. The farther backward we can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. We think, most of us, that history is past. Done and dusted, over with, just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over. But then it wasnt. I remember farther back when people were scared of the abomb, and then worse, of the hbomb. And now today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Kevin ruane is professor of modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University in United Kingdom. He has written quite a few books, one on vietnam, and one is coming out very shortly on anthony eden. And that will be a very interesting one because, for me, he had such a long history with grandpapa. He is working on now something that i am really, really hoping to get my hands on, but i
A good evening and welcome to the strand bookstore. I am and nancy the owner. Force in history the strand was founded in 1927 by my grandfather and it was founded in an area known as book row that ran along Fourth Avenue from after place to union the square and at its height in houston 488 bookstores and ran from about the 1880s until about 1960 and in the 90 years since then all of the stores have shuttered leaving strand to be passed down by my father fred and now to me and will hopefully be kept in the family, so thank you all for being supporters and readers. Tonight, very excited to welcome the power couple composed of scientific research, doctor Kelly Weinersmith who gushes work with parasite has been published in numerous scientific journals and awardwinning cartoonist Zach Weinersmith known for his daily web comic, saturday morning breakfast club. It has won the web cartoonist choice award for outstanding single panel comic, multiple times in this dynamic duo has been working t
Please welcome edwin a sands. Edwina sands. [applause] edwina good morning. Can you hear me all right . Clear as a bell, i hope. It is lovely to be here for another conference. Each one i come to seems to be even better than the last. We have kevin, kevin ruane here, who has written this very, very good book, churchill and the bomb. One of my grandfathers best quotations, and there are so many to choose from, is this one. The farther backward we can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. We think, most of us, that history is past. Done and dusted, over with, just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over. But then it wasnt. I remember farther back when people were scared of the abomb, and then worse, of the hbomb. And now today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Kevin ruane is professor of modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University in United
Made on thursday. Welcome to daybreak asia. Im paul allen. Im betty liu in new york. Story in thejor markets. In the very early morning, leading up to the meeting and digesting everything janet yellen was saying. He bump up in growth. This forecast and Economic Growth here. The job market is still continuing to kind of slug along percenting that three forecast for 2018. A lot of scratching the heads as well. We have strong broad jobs growth. And theres Janet Yellens legacy to think about as well. I have a wonderful piece of trivia for you here. Finalll have the lowest Unemployment Rate of any fed chair since William Martin of 1970. We can have a newfound knowledge of said history. Fed history. I found that out from someone else, by the way. Weve been trading for a couple hours now. Slightly weaker, up. 2 , the kiwi dollar breaking above . 70. Trading in australia just getting underway. It is difficult to get a gauge on how the asx is performing because we have the staggered open here.