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one of the oldest publishing companies in america started in 1917 we are celebrating our hundredth anniversary. it is a long line of great writers and we are thrilled to perpetuate a lot of that. there is a movie abou was a movd there were two biographies. he sadly died at 49. he collected amazing writings but lived a little too wildly and died at 49. we relaunched this in 2012 and here we are celebrating the hundredth anniversary. give us a snapshot in the publishing world. this is my 39th year in american publishing. i was at st. martin s press for many years. i ve been at margins for 19 years which makes me a newcomer. what are some of the books coming out? we have a great lineup this year a professor at harvard s doing a memoir about her cousin who died in the prison system in los angeles. she s a brilliant academic that tells this personal story that could really change the understanding of the american wing of the incarceration. the first book i did. she ....
many years, great house. i ve been at norton for 19 years which mix me a newcomer, and i ve, you know, done the liveright division for the last six years. host: what are some of the books that liveright has coming out in the fall? guest: we have a great lineup this year. we have daniel allen who is a professor at harvard who s doing a memoir called cuz who was really destroyed by the prison system in los angeles. she is this brilliant academic who tells this sering personal story, which like the best muckraker books, really could change our understanding of the american way of incarceration. host: did you do her first book as well? guest: i did, i did her book. she is one of our greatest scholars. she s one of several dozen university professors at hard harvard, and this book is so surprising for her because it s personal, it s wrenching. i think it s going to catch. host: another well-known author you have coming up guest: well, edward o. wilson is doin ....
describes how public opinion about extraterrestrials changed over the course of the 20th century, often paralleling societal anxieties. this class is about one hour and 15 minutes. felix harcourt: let us start with the question that i am sure that no one will have any problem having their answer recorded for television four. a show of hands how many people believe alien life exists? a number of people. i think so. stephen hawking s think so. stephen hawking thinks so. a probability that alien life has evolved and probably looks pretty different from us but they may be out there. slightly different question. how many of us believe that aliens have come to earth? sergio, the only man with a strength of his convictions. another question. is the idea that aliens have visited earth, in and of itself, a conspiracy theory? sergio? probably not. if you take into account that we are trying to get to mars, there would technically be alien life there. to say that another lif ....
stephen hawking thinks so. there is a probability that alien life has evolved and probably looks pretty different from us, but they may be out there. slightly different question. how many of us believe that aliens have visited earth? sergio, the only man with a strength of his convictions. i appreciate that. another question. is the idea that aliens have visited earth, in and of itself, a conspiracy theory? sergio? probably not. why not? if you take into account that we are trying to get to mars, we would technically be alien life there. to say that another life form has become intelligent enough to do space travel and visit another planet is not a conspiracy theory. felix harcourt: that seems fair. it depends on how you define the scope of a conspiracy theory. it would take a species collaborating together to land on another planet. is another race working together a conspiracy? i would think so. felix harcourt: that seems reasonable. it seems a little odd to ....
generally an inward looking lot. john adams was, he has some of that purt an self-examination and he keeps a detailed diary but i thought here for a surprising moment, it s like the mask slips and we re seeing something about the inner man. he s probably perhaps not even aware of it. this is his own life, how it could have gone, this alternate life he s describing. it could so easily have happened he worked for a merchant that was headquartered here he had a men sister who had been educate at princeton, that was a second break. when he was a teenager, he wrote a letter about a hurricane that flattened st. croix, it was published in the local newspaper. and so people read this thing and thought, this is a bright kid, let s give him a boost. you could so easily see none of those things happening or just short circuiting somehow. that s what he could have been, i just see him wanting to change the deck for future players. very inspiring. any other questions? . i know ....