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At the roads end, the wall. These are the people who move along the road. Some walk. Some ride. Some are well shod. Some are barefoot. Some are so young they must be carried. Or so old that the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest openly doesnt matter. Some were born on the road. Many will die along the way. Havana, cuba, january, 1959. This road leads to th...

A third of iraqs oil output and the Iraqi Government is just invited b. P. To raise production in oil fields in kirkuk recaptured from the kurds joining me now to discuss what has it times been like a nato civil war between the u. S. And turkey and syria is iraqi born British Academic Reza Sami Ramadan of the sun we havent seen you for for quite. Some time just before we get on with a more grim or matches you were up the war of course and this month marking the fifteenth anniversary of the bigge...

The San Francisco chronicle at the bay area festival in downtown berkeley, california, in the first weekend in june. Live coverage of the 32nd annual printers row lit fest featuring see moore hirsh and sebastian younger. Then in hyde park, new york, its the 13th annual roosevelt reading festival held at the franklin d. Roosevelt president ial library and museum. And this years harlem book fair will be held on jewel 16th. July 16th. For more information about the festivals booktv will be covering...

Festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] first up steve vogel the author of through the perilous fight talking about his book at the 2014 gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please direct your attention up there and for those in the back if you would like to move forward you are also welcome to do so if you would like. Welcome to the fifth annual gaithersburg book festival. My name is garrett peck and i am a lover of local history ...

It is for people my age disorienting. For people, my children and grandchildrens age is the only america they have known and the most natural thing in the world. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. The wonderful thing about the gulf coast, is so underappreciate it and that is good because it gives us a lot to write about. If we were in new York San Francisco or chicago those cities and places are all so well known and new york is the literary capital but on the gulf coas...

Economy so keep that in mind today. You are your purchasing dollars account for events like this. Introducing steve vogel. Our student daughter and guess today is steve vogel, the author of through the perilous fight 6 weeks that saved the nation and he also wrote a book called the pentagon. He has written extensively about military affairs and the treatment of veterans from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Is reported about the war in afghanistan was part of a package of Washington Post storie...

[applause] next on cspan, and on core of our series am a first ladys image featuring julia grant. Then the group emilys list. Then another chance see first ladies julia grant. Season two of first ladies monday, the night. We feature programs on every first lady from martha washington. Today, julia grant. Host serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, julia grant relished the role. She once commented that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slaveholding family...

Host serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, julia grant relished the role. She once commented that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slaveholding family, she ended up as wife of the commanding u. S. General during the civil war. She and ulysses s. Grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the challenges of politics, and eight years in the white house. Welcome to our program, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, julia grant....

The army to their side. here is cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman. >> reporter: with cheers they were greeted as heroes. on january 28th president hosni mubarak sent the egyptian army into the streets of cairo after a day-long battle between anti-government protesters and the police. the protest movement pinned its hopes on the military to help oust mubarak and the obama administration is looking to the army to ease the president out of power. such hope sls may be unrealistic sa...