We are good to go. Welcome everybody. We are back with chatter on books and happily we already disclosed location, one more page books in arlington we take books, wine and chocolate more seriously than we take ourselves. Thank you so much for letting us be here. Thank you so much for coming. Its going to be out in the open. My name is jeanne mcmanus, later were going to be speaking with wil haygood who im honored to meet. The book will talk about a lot of things that talk about tigerland which is Remarkable Book about some really incredible young man at a very difficult time. A couple of the things on tap, random thoughts, i know youre the you. I kind of obsessed with look at bestseller list you hate. I take the bullet for the team but im always interested in something that pops up unexpectedly, and i talked a couple of weeks ago about these books that were decades old popping up, to kill a mockingbird, was a prime example, and we know why and we know why the handmaids tale was there.
Is a Remarkable Book about some incredible young man at a very difficult time. A couple things on tap some random thought, jeannie, i know you have a few . Im kind of obsessed with looking at bestseller lists which you hate. I take the bullet for the team but im also is interested in something that pops up unexpectedly. I talked a couple weeks ago about these books that were decades old popping up, to kill a mockingbird is a prime example. We know why and we know why handmaids tale was there but this week on the Washington Post bestseller paperback up pops blue highways. By william athis is a book that was written was published i think early 80s written in 1978 by william lee he moaned. I think he was an english professor he had lost his job and separated from his wife and he got in a 40 Econoline Van 1975 van and road what he called the blue highways. This was before gps. All the back roads were colored blue. Those were the roads he chose to take. He went to 38 of the 50 states and ju
With stephen sackur. Urges lawmakers to hold him to account for an alleged abuse of power. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Come on. Come on, then its tempting to ask what almost two decades of American Intervention in afghanistan have achieved. Shocking, shameful and dangerous borisjohnson faces even now, the death toll the fury of opposition mps, after his defiant return in the afghan conflict far outstrips to the house of commons. The losses in syria and yemen. And a dark world of child slavery and prostitution we report from bangladesh but the grim statistics tell only and one of the Worlds Largest licenced brothels. A part of afghanistans story. Also important is the testimony of my guest today, kimberley motley, sam jackson im always ready an American Lawyer who went to kabul in a training capacity and stayed alexa showtime to become a respected litigator, the relentless rise of alexa. Fighting for the rights of the abused and powerless, especially women. Does her experien
Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Its tempting to ask what almost two decades of American Intervention in afghanistan have achieved. Even now, the death toll in the afghan conflict far outstrips the losses in syria and yemen. But the grim statistics tell only a part of afghanistans story. Also important is the testimony of my guest today, kimberley motley, an American Lawyer who went to kabul in a training capacity and stayed to become a respected litigator, fighting for the rights of the abused and powerless, especially women. Does her experience give grounds for hope or despair . Kimberley motley, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. I want to take you back a little bit. Im just wondering whatever prompted you as a young lawyer in the United States to sign up for this Us Government programme to go to afghanistan. It seems quite a remarkable decision to take as a young woman . It definitely was. I went to afghanistan in 2008, basical
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Its tempting to ask what almost two decades of American Intervention in afghanistan have achieved. Even now, the death toll in the afghan conflict far outstrips the losses in syria and yemen. But the grim statistics tell only a part of afghanistans story. Also important is the testimony of my guest today, kimberley motley, an American Lawyer who went to kabul in a training capacity and stayed to become a respected litigator, fighting for the rights of the abused and powerless, especially women. Does her experience give grounds for hope or despair . Kimberley motley, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. I want to take you back a little bit. Im just wondering whatever prompted you as a young lawyer in the United States to sign up for this Us Government programme to go to afghanistan. It seems quite a remarkable decision to take as a young woman . It definitely was. I went to afghanistan in 20