Every weekend, book tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on cspan 2. Keep watching for more television for serious readers. And everybody got quiet right on cue. Thats never happened before. Im bradley graham, a coowner of politics and pros along with my wife, and on behalf of the entire staff at p and p and everybody at busboys, welcome, thank you so much for coming. Were very fortunate this evening to have with us eric liu to talk about his new book youre more powerful than you think a citizens guide to making change happen. What a timely work. In the wake of last novembers election, my staff and i at the bookstore have been approached many times by customers concerned about the course that events have taken and wanting to know what they can read to help them decide, how to get more involved in civic life and effect change. Well, erics book is now a good place to start. He began writing it before donald trump launched his bid for the presidency, but trumps election
And not even knowing their five senses had limits. If its everything you know you think its everything the universe but try to give you but in fact, its not. And so around 160 1600 was inven of the microscope, one direction, and the telescope in the other direction. Each event it was a decade of one another. All of a sudden pieces of the universe, available to us that transcend our senses. Effectively, look inside a drop of pond water and see microorganisms just like just like doing the backstroke. Youre on a brain sentry could not detected were it not for the microscope. You say doesnt make sense that you have entire living creatures inside of a drop of water. Today we know that because we learned from childhood but in the day it may docents at all. He had communication with the royal academy, Royal Society in london, which is what you would normally do when you make a discovery. They thought he was drinking too much. Write another letter and then we can continue our scientific conver
Ladies and gentlemen, i am tonya, i want to thank you for coming in this evening. We have a great lineup of different authors throughout the year. We do upwards of 400 events. This handy little flyer will tell you more information about more events coming up. Right now were so happy to welcome a new northwest arthur, will claim here as long as we can, rachel pearson. [applause] thank you so much tonya can you hear me . Thanks so much for coming out. Were excited to share the book with you and hear your questions if you have any. This is a book that i wrote primarily based on experiences i had a medical school. Is working in texas where i cared for folks and marginalized communities. A free clinic some border clinics and county hospitals in central texas. This was eyeopening and lifechanging. Im excited to share with you tonight. One thing to know is that it deals with a really heavy things. So at the same time it has stories about our family, stories about our friends. Im gonna start o
We do upwards of 400 events. This handy little flyer will tell you more information about more events coming 00 00 34 Rachel Pearson m. D. Different events that are coming up. Rachel pearson m. D. Up. Right now were so happy to welcome a new northwest arthur, will claim here as long as we can, Rachel Pearson. [applause] thank you so much tonya can you hear me . Thanks so much for coming out. Were excited to share the book with you and hear your questions if you have any. This is a book that i wrote primarily based on experiences i had a medical school. Is working in texas where i cared for folks and marginalized communities. A free clinic some border clinics and county hospitals in central texas. This was eyeopening and lifechanging. Im excited to share with you tonight. One thing to know is that it deals with a really heavy things. So at the same time it has stories about our family, stories about our friends. Im gonna start off with a section that i think is funny. This is based in w
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