Continuing its bombardment for a 19th day. The Palestinian Death toll has now topped 6500, including 2700 children. I am telling you we were at home when we felt like what was a barrel bomb. It was no ordinary rocket. As you can see, everything is gone. Innocent people died, including children and women. This is israels goal, to kill innocent women and children. Amy we will go to the occupied west bank to speak with Amnesty Internationals researcher on israel and the occupied territories. We will also talk to the Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the new memoir a man of two faces. Last week a Major Cultural Institution in new york, 92ny, formerly the 92nd street y, canceled an event with him after he signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in gaza. Plus, we will look at how u. S. Foreign policy in toward latin america is fueling historic numbers of asylum seekers. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peac
Has rejected the call and is continuing its bombardment for a 19th day. The Palestinian Death toll has now topped 6500, including 2700 children. I am telling you we were at home when we felt like what was a barrel bomb. It was no ordinary rocket. As you can see, everything is gone. Innocent people died, including children and women. This is israels goal, to kill innocent women and children. Amy we will go to the occupied west bank to speak with Amnesty Internationals researcher on israel and the occupied territories. We will also talk to the Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the new memoir a man of two faces. Last week a Major Cultural Institution in new york, 92ny, formerly the 92nd street y, canceled an event with him after he signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in gaza. Plus, we will look at how u. S. Foreign policy in toward latin america is fueling historic numbers of asylum seekers. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democr
Programs online apple tv. Org. You are watching tv ons cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors, book tv, television for serious readers. On this memorial day weekend, three full days a book tv, you will hear from several authors this weekend on our afterwards program, democracy we talk about americas working class and from this years at book expo publishing convention, publisher Chris Jackson talks about between the world to me. You will also look at a former senior advisers of british high minister. On monday, next or daybook to book to be featuring several authors including, Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon reed on the intellectual life of thomas jefferson. Dennis talks about the imports of the ten commandments, nprs diane reames talking about her involvement with the right to die movement, you will learn about the namesake of the john birch society. That is just a few of the authors coming up this holiday weekend, for a holiday weekend, for a complete schedule, go to booktv
Animating today. Host what is the focus of one one world . S. Cosell, similar to the books i published across my career, books focus on social justice issues. Really there is fiction and nonfiction and how fast i understand the path in different ways and blaze trails back into the past. We understand our history more and crises better through storytelling and also help us imagine new futures. It is a book about i think the most essential conversations we are having today in new ways of thinking. New approaches from perspectives that are outside of what we consider to be the mainstream. Whether thats people coming from different, you know, racial and national backgrounds, what other are people of political ideas outside of the mainstream. I use the term mainstream loosely. I really mean people who are outside of the mainstream and probably in the center of american life. Host what are some of the books he published in the past that fix that . I published between the world in me came out
Havent changed in the book world over the past 20 years. Many things have changed. But im also very pleased to say that one constant over the past couple decades is the Media Presence of john mutter, cofounder and ed or to have in chief of the brilliant daily newsletter, shelf awareness. He was also the longtime editor at Publishers Weekly and the former e newsletter. Go to the web site, www. Shelfawareness. Com. Without further ado, ill turn the stage other to john who will introduce this panel of wonderful and talented booksellers who i know will offer you brilliant insight into the everchanging Book Business. Of john . [applause] thank you, gene. I dont think ive ever been called a constant. Thank you. [laughter] welcome to the independent bookselling panel. I want to start off by saying anything you take away from this session, it should be that contrary to current perceived wisdom, one independent bookseller stores are not dying and are not going the way of the dinosaur and, two,