Good evening, everybody. Can everybody hear me . I am and events professor. Thank you for coming out tonight and supporting your local independent bookstore we are thrilled to have you. I would like to begin by asking everyone to turn off or silence your cell phones. Give them a check for me. I will tell you we are full of talks like the one you will hear tonight presented by those such as Michael Harvey who will be here tomorrow with their respective novels and on monday we will hear from steven axelrod. If you would like to hear from those followers on facebook, twitter or instead graham on your way out tonight. Claire bingham is the author of revolution resisters and classaction the landmark case that changed Sexual Harassment law which was the best book of the year and one speaking out against justice award and has offered women on the hill challenging the culture of congress. The former Newsweek White House correspondent and rising uwritingappeared in vanity fai harpers bazaar, th
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