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Larry her rare row recalls the assistance france and spain provided the communist during the revolutionary war, and then an examination of the economic value assigned to slaves. Those are just few of the programs youll see on booktv on cspan2 this weekend. For a complete Television Schedule visit booktv. Org. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Hello, everyone. Welcome to powerhouse book. Were very excited to host dispatches from the 2016 by matt taibbi. Matts book isnt a blowbyblow recounting of this bizarre and disturbing election season but the wider temperature of the seeming collapse of the american democracy. Matt will talk about his book and read a section from the book, too, and then you have a chance to ask questions and get your book sign. So we have copies up front and we encourage you to pick up a book that allows us to do this great event and support independent publishing and book stores. Just a little bit of our tie matt is the autho
Hsbc names mark tucker as the new chairman. The shares jumped the most since december. And the fingers on the trigger. British Prime Minister theresa may is poised to invoke article 50 and start the Brexit Process as early as tomorrow. But is sterling oversold ahead of brexit . Matt guy, we are less than half an hour away from the european cash open. Lets take a look at where the futures are trading right now, pointing to very slight gains, very slight. Is the cac, gain but otherwise the dax is slipping. Im taking a look also at german yields. Let me zoom in on what we are seeing here at the open for looks like climbing just a little bit investors are selling off german debt, maybe the 10 year isnt what we should be focused in on. The short end of the curve looks extreme, very negative as far as the shorter end of the german debt curve. Guy was interesting as well is the relationship to switzerland we will bring you that chart later on. Lets go to the gmm function. I want to deal first
Lock for these look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on cspan2. And so now im very please today introduce tonights author presenting his acclaimed new book, the book that changed america. Randall fuller works at the university of tulsa as well as the author of from battlefields rising. His work has appeared in the new york times, the wall street journal and other publications. Professor fuller is a winner of phi beta kappas award for best literary criticism. The book that changed america how darwins theory of evolution ignited a nation, explores how five luminaries gained new perspectives on the origin of the species in the leadup to the civil war. Thank you very much for the nice introduction. Thanks for coming out on what to oklahoma feels like a chilly night. I realize it is not really that cold. I am really glad to have been invited by the harvard bookstore. I have spent many hours over my professional li