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Flagship book festival . Nice, like to see that. Welcome b welcome back. And how many of you have attended one of those, National Book festival presents . Good, thank you, we like you so much. Well, welcome to the library of congresss National Book festival presents, a vibrant new series of programs inspired by the National Book festival and meant to bring you into the heart of this historic dynamic institution, the library of congress, your national library. This is a brand new effort through which we hope to spark conversations, engauge, inspire and entertain you with some of the most perverse, provocative writers of the day. In every program that we put before you, say from the childrens writer dave pilkey to a conversation with a haitian, wonderful literary novelist, to the program youve come to hear tonight, we mean to connect the works of living writers to a larger history, a deeper understanding. We delight in makes those connections for you and we delight in provoking the kind
Many, many other books. His many additional awards include a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, the george polk award and the military Library Literature award. He is a former staff writer in Senior Editor at the washington post. He is the author of the british are coming, the war for america, and i will stop there and move on the Brenda Wineapple who is the author of several books that you know, including the ecstatic nation, confidence, 18481877 which was named a best book of the 2013 by the new york times. Shes a member of the American Academy of arts and sciences and society of american historian. Shes also a regular contributor to major publications such as the new york times, book review, the new york review of books, the wall street journal and the nation. Her Extensive Research in the impeachers has evoked a pivotal period of American History with our country was rocked by the first ever impeachment of a a sitting american president. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Rick Atkins
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For this special session, elaine pagels. I just want to make sure i highlight a number of point from her biography. She is a heritage of the nation of professor religion of Princeton University and a phd from harvard and the recipient of a fellowship which is commonly known as a fellowship. She was awarded the National Humanity title in 2015, this is the highest award that the federal government gives, our agency that dominates those individuals to the president. Her research has been broadly supported by the humanity in dominant especially the library which is a translation of earning greek christian writing, it was discovered in egypt in 1945. After that, she is author of numerous distinguished and successful books including gospels in which one when the National Book award. Beyond belief, the secret gospel accounts, she has published widely on early christianity and continues to pursue research, interest, here though we are talking about a different book, a more personal book, and t