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And especially with whats going on in the United States, no one was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america than Frederick Douglass. Way ahead of his time. He was not only an abolitionist and and a passionate abolitionist as a former slave, but he insisted from the earliest times, in the 1840s right through his death almost toward the end of the 19th century, that equality was the goal. And he was, he would take no deviation from that. He was very cl...

Our guest author this evening is lisa selin davis. She is originally from right here in fairfield new yorkand shes been a great friend for the bookstore. Really since the bookstore openseven years ago and possibly even before that with trips to manchester. She is the author of the young adult novel lost stars and is an essayist and journalist whos written for publicationsincluding the new york times, wall street journal and others and shes with us tonight to celebrate the release just yesterday ...

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Have alllied through in this past year. And, kevin, thats one of the things that, you know, as i was reading this book, which is just, its gripping, but i had to keep reminding myself that it has happened just in the last year. I think for a lot of us, 2020 feels like its been a decade long. And so this fall, two months from now, we are going to be, we are going to be facing an election which will be the First Time Ever that an um peached president impeached president appears on the ballot. So c...

An address by the head of state. On the 70 fifth anniversary of the United Nations, i have the awesome honor of introducing today someone who has taken to heart the core principle that the International Organization was founded upon, peace. On september 15th we all witnessed the result of Donald Trumps vision and perseverance which brought israel, you the United Arab Emirates and bahrain together to sign the historic abraham accord to unlock a new era for peace in the middle east. This new era o...

You have actually read the book. Unlike all those other miami who interviewed you, i read the book and not only that, i highlighted it. I made notes. I come on. This doesnt happen in movies where the movie critics dont watch the movies but i happens in books. People talk about books without reading them so grateful to you. People say im work off your wiki page. And i just want to be a better journalist than everybody else. I feel like i can do better than Rachel Maddow right now. I would dont go...

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Chat. And again when we are planning this tour i cant wait to get into the conversation. And again this is not anything that we ever wouldve amended when we were all having or towards the end of last year but we are adaptable. We will take in that we know any of you are watching right now probably could not have physically gotten here tonight. But you can join us virtually. Again, i will reiterate. You should treat this is if you are in the bookstore. It when youre in the bookstore for reading, ...

Figures the strand is a false fiber that run by thirdgeneration owner. We want to thank all of you for your support. Without a multimedia booklovers and offers like carl and steve we wouldnt be here today and we are so appreciative. So tonight were said to have with us carl hoffman in stephen for a double book launch. Carl is a former contribute editor at the National Geographic traveler and his travels on assignments to 80 countries turkeys off of five books, savage harvest was in the times edi...

Todays form with juliet schor with her book after the gig. She is doing today conversation by vina. Julia sure is a professor of sociology at boston college. She is also a member of the Macarthur Foundation connected learning research network. She has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including sustainable life sales and a quest for platitudes. She is a fellow meant former guggenheim fellow and has won multiple awards for her work and research. She is joined today b...