We begin with the search for answers after a russian passenger jet fell from the sky in egypt, killing everyone on board. The sod bods of many of the victims begin arriving in st. Peters burg, russia. The plane broke apart mid paper too soon to tell if it was an accident or a deliberate act. We get the latest from lana zak. Reporter this morning, the remains of more than 140 bodies are returning to griefstricken families in st. Peters burg, russia. Among the 24 dead, 25 children. These photos show happy families ready to make their way home from a vacation in the resort town of sharm el sheikh. A mystery of what brought the plane down just 23 minutes after takeoff. This happened so quickly. So instantaneously, there may not be evidence on the black boxes. Theyll have to look at the wreckage on the ground. How its laid out. Reporter with eight miles of skaerted debris, one possibility is a bomb. The possibility of a bomb or an incendiary explosion. Reporter another theory, human error o
What is the National Readathon they . It is a day in january where all across iraq over your inviting readers to connect to spend the afternoon reading any book they like and you can do it at home or any of the venues participating across the country which include libraries and bookstores and schools. Host why are you promoting this . That is a wonderful and complicated question. Our hope is to find different ways to foster a culture of reading in america and remind people of what the experience is like to sit and dedicate a nice amount of time to reading. I think we hear feedback all the time people read books less because they feel like they dont have time or they do it in little snippets here and there but there is a pleasure that comes from getting lost in the world of a book thats different from if you are checking your phone every few minutes or if you are on the go in different venues and we wanted people to remember what that experience was like and get lost in the world of boo
You sort of have these multiple reinforcements of this process all the while opening cascading throughout the night. Again, thank you very much for coming out helping me to tell these stories. [applause] i am happy to sign books either to you or to any of your holiday gift recipients. Thank you very much for coming out tonight. [inaudible conversations] booktv is on facebook. Like this to get publishing news, schedule updates, behind the scenes pictures and figures. Author information and to talk directly with others during our live program. Facebook. Com booktv. Heres a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. Saturday january 24 is being called National Readathon day by a group. What is National Readathon they . So National Readathon day is a day in january coming at january 24, were all across america we are inviting readers to commit to spend the afternoon reading any books that they like and you can do it at home or in any of the many venues par
For example in wales who was edgar snows wife. There were a lot of them and some of them stayed on. A polish jewish refugee who went to china early in the war to escape the nazis became a member of the Chinese Communist party stayed in china until his death a thing. He was still there. I met him 1980 or 1981 at the American Embassy of all places. Thank you. [applause] their books for sale and you can bring them back here for him to sign. [inaudible conversations] booktv recently visited wheeling West Virginia with the help of the local cable partner comcast. We start a trip with Jeff Rutherford. His book, combating genocide on the eastern front, examines combat and occupation policies of the german army during world war ii. We are with Jeff Rutherford author of combating genocide on the eastern front. Why did you write this book collects. Ive always been interested in the Second World War and the war was between nazi germany and the soviet union so i looked for my dissertation and i wa
Stuffing envelopes and right addresses and 2 was writing in the globes. Now we get beyond the loaves for free. If we who are at this lose the internet the people who we are resisting still have access to the coordinated technology and this enormous multiplier for them through which they can extend their power by millionfold and we dont. So is pretty substantial. Thank you all very much for coming. [applause] thank you again to read and not. [applause] anything you would like at the time. I will happily make your books nonreturnable. [laughter] clergy led me to sit . Do you know . [inaudible conversations] speed manicurists and programs to watch for in the threeday Holiday Weekend at the tv. Welcome to wheeling, West Virginia on tv located in the northern panhandle of the state with the First Capital West Virginia known as the friendly city. Due to its location along the ohio river in Historic National road, wheeling bowed desmond estriol in the early 20th century. It is kind of here in