[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. i had the honor of serving that as deputy to the library. welcome to the 2016 national book festival. generously sponsored by wells fargo. we at the library of congress are extremely thrilled to be presenting the national book festival where the 16th time. this event would not be possible without the friends that we have supporting us, generously supporting like wells fargo and we are very appreciative of that. more important, we would not be here, but for readers like all of you who support the authors, are interested in them and come out, so we are extremely excited. thank you so much for being here today. [applause]. this year s festival is inspired by journeys. the idea that a book is a voyage unto itself, taking us to places that we might not be able to see in person, but we can visit by reading about it. it to gives us the opportunity to better understand our world and in particular why we are here today celebrating histor
no roll call votes will be held at a. annex vote is scheduled for tuesday on the building with health care resources and remote communities. watch of the senate live here on c-span2. we now return to booktv. like all of you who support the authors, are interested in them and really come out in droves until we are extremely excited. thank you very much for being here today.he [applause] okay, thank you dirk this year s festival is inspired by journeys. and the idea that a book is ats voyage unto itself. taking us to places that we might not be able to see inn person but we can visit by reading about it. and it gives us ther unders opportunities to better understand our world come and to particular why we are today celebrating histories of of biographies. debris into his is an ideal form of travel, and it s really the best way for us to develop and encourage and grow our mind. in addition to the author presentations we have on the stage for you today we have lots of other eve
michael cruz, what can we learn about donald trump from reading the art of the deal? we can learn a lot, i think, and we should. when you are studying donald trump and i think everybody in this country should be studying donald trump, the art art of the deal was a foundational document and at this point it reads in wreck tropes backed like a campaign playbook. i think he is selling fantasy and he is doing that using hyperbole. those are his words not mine. his words are that he plays to people s fantasy fantasy. people may not think big themselves but they can still get very excited by those who do. that s why a little hyperbole never hurts. people want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular and i call it truthful hyperbole. i think that s exactly what he is doing. that s what he does. i ve worked for him his whole life. i wrote an article for the wall street journal and asked him if this was his playbook hiding in plain sig
[applause] and we also need a cheerleader. michael cruz, what can we learn about donald trump from reading the art of the deal ? guest: we can learn a lot, i think, and we should. when you re studying donald trump, and i think everybody at this point in this country should be studying donald copped trump, the art of deal is the foundational document. at this point it reads sort of in retrospect like a campaign playbook. first and foremost, i think what we can learn is he is selling fantasy, and he s doing that using hyperbole. those are his words, not mine. host: well, in fact, his words from the art of the deal is i play to people s fantasies. people may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. that s why a little hyperbole never hurts. people want to belief that something believe that something is the wiggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. i call it truthful hyperbole. .. and you have seen that all the wa