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Watch booktv every weekend on cspan2. Good evening. Good evening. Im steve we bert with the like librarys Public Affairs staff and i want to welcome you and thank you for being with us tonight. And thanks to rainy day books, our frequent and favorite collaborator and of course one over the nations great independent book stores. We operated ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming, whether were holding forums on local issues...

Anxious, to figure out how determined they shoul should bet is changing and what is different this time and what can we do to ensure that the coming era of change leads to not just productivity growth, but some degree of shared prosperity. And our focus is on the labor market on how we make the labor market function while for as many workers as possible, but that is where we see this as the opportunity and also the challenge. The lesson if you read the report from just last week one of the thing...

Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Susan historian james banner, you have been involved in editing a story of the american presidency through a single lens, president ial misconduct. What is the value of that . James i think it is narrow, it is circumscribed and it remains useful. Our situation now is a critical one. A study that provides a sort of general metric for historians, citizens, anybody who wants to learn about the history of this particular topic, which is president ial misdoi...

Falling revenue numbers. And a waiting impeachment, why big tech in the United States could be hoping that president trumps political problem could be their gain. Ut first, to our top story, it is official, wework is pulling the plug on its ipo at least temporarily. New coc. E. O. s of the Office Space Company want to focus on its core business public which they still plan to do at some point in the future. Now wework has brought in cash, planning thousands of job cuts and putting some of its sa...

Good evening. Good evening. Im steve we bert with the like librarys Public Affairs staff and i want to welcome you and thank you for being with us tonight. And thanks to rainy day books, our frequent and favorite collaborator and of course one over the nations great independent book stores. We operated ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming, whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button ...

If you look at our website, our facebook page, the app or go by the tenth in the plaza, we would love to have you help support the festival. After the session, paul will be signing books at the signing tent that is on the plaza and the books are for sale at the parnassus tent and a portion of those to sales go directly to the festival. We are here today, to hear paul talk about his latest book. He has published numerous works of fiction. In 1991, he was awarded the james black memorial prize. Th...

Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us. My name is tashib graham, and i am outreach librarian at vanderbilt library. Im so excited to chat with saeed jones about how we fight for our lives. He is also the author of preruled to bruise prelude to bruise, 2015 stonewall Barbara Giddings literature award. Also a finalist for the 2015 National Book ...

Determined they shoul should bet is changing and what is different this time and what can we do to ensure that the coming era of change leads to not just productivity growth, but some degree of shared prosperity. And our focus is on the labor market on how we make the labor market function while for as many workers as possible, but that is where we see this as the opportunity and also the challenge. The lesson if you read the report from just last week one of the things we say is coming and im k...

Story and how youre using them in the book . Sure, first conservatism. I think of conservatism as having a libertarian minded heart when it comes to federalism, governments be involved in peoples lives less and less and less. The reason im a conservative though instead of a libertarian is because i also feel a lot of kinship with conservative social values, which are often in line with evangelical values. Sometimes, if im feeling frosty, i might call it [inaudible] because even though im holding...

Talk with others here and now we want to introduce you to one. This is hyrum lewis who teaches at byu in idaho. Heres his cover of his book there is a god. I want to start with those last words. In the last days. What are you referencing . Yes, im referencing a specific faith tradition. Theres a lot of work in apologetics coming out they had gotten aggressive in the 21st century. Who are the new atheists . Used to talk about the four horsemen. Richard [inaudible] wrote a book and sam harris and ...