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Into nuances. I wonder if you could have another language what would it be . Translations ideally option for most of us and the fact of the translation, many books are multiply translated. And the translation, the only one for decades, there are three other the tale of gengi is not a short book. They wonderful essay, reading the tale of gengi cilia is important to read beyond the borders of america or the english language. [applause] this is booktv on cspan2, television for serious readers. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern Danielle Alan examines the declaration of independence. That is followed at 8 00 with a history of the National Football league. Tom brokaw talks to booktv and answers your questions on his battle with cancer from the National Book festival at 9 15. On tonights afterwards that 00, joy and read speculates on a ro ....
[inaudible conversations] youre watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on cspan2 book tv, television for serious readers. Youre watching book tv. Next from the 15th annual book festival, january jan russell recalls camp from world war ii. [applause] its such an honor for me to be here. I would like to thank the library of congress and each one of you who has come, dont be worried that im a black belt. Youre safe. I have a long history in journalism, but i wanted to start by explaining what interests me most as a writer. I have a always been interestedn the literature of witness, you know, witnessing the Women Movement and sort of political scandal in texas in which there are no end and a lot of dealer scanneddals scandals and i like interviewing people facetoface and Holding Space for other peoples stories. It gives me a chance to reflect. The second thing that has ....
On different names at different times. Now the 21st century it is calling itself the tea party. The government is not us. You get into all kinds of conflict now, i dont want the federal government to take away my medicare,. The if youre looking for the origins, last. Last question were out of time. At the beginning of the talk you said the topics discussing today came from a great political party, what will it take the country to see that class of leaders ever again question work. Impossible to answer that question. I would say theres only one crisis that have the potential to generate that kind of leadership. , Global Warming. That will grow to come as lines miamis underwater and droughts are killing millions of people in africa and the weather is the first item on the news every night. We will have the energy to think about, in that sense Global Warming could become a god s ....
During the war. Operated from 19421948 the camp was the center of a program called quite passage in which hundreds of detainees were exchanged against their will for american diplomats and soldiers and others held behind enemy line. Cspan Jan Jarboe Russell, author of the train to crystal city, who is sumi . Cspan sumi is the japaneseamerican main character of my book, who was born in los angeles, and her father was a photographer, the most successful japanese photographer in los angeles. And he was arrested as an enemy alien because he was a photographer. During world war ii, as you know, photography was like the internet. Anybody that had access to it could take photos of military bases and things like that. So the 32,000 enemy alien fathers who were arrested were largely arrested not based on anything they had done as human beings, but on their occupations, which could have been harmful, according to the government, to our ....
Us this evening and experienced investigative reporter, eric lichtblau. Eric first got into Investigative Journalism at the Los Angeles Times where he worked for 15 years. Is final beat for the Los Angeles Times was in washington covering the Justice Department. And when he shifted to the New York Times 12 years ago, he continued covering justice. Is left him wellpositioned and very well sourced after the september 11 attack to report on the bush administrations steppedup domestic spying operation. In 2006, he and another New York Times reporter, james ricin, received the Pulitzer Priz ....