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Event the National Book festival . Nice. Nice to see that. Welcome back. And how many of you have attended one of these dash book festival presents . Good, keep coming back. We like you. Thank you so much. [laughing] welcome to the library of congresses National Book festival presents, a vibrant new series of programs inspired by the National Book festival and t to bring you into the heart of this historic, dynamic institution, the library of congress, joe national library. Library. This is a br...

Cspan2. Good morning everyone. More people are expected to arrive i saw Michael Lawler in the back. So the Wilson Center the best supporter on the planet and giving a name tag. So i am jane harman president and ceo of the wilsonan center it is the best job onob the planet because i get to talk to geniuses every single day. One of them i will call around you may not know her but she run Science Technology Innovation Program and is responsible and then to teach capitol hill staff about cyberand Ar...

How many of you are at the library for the first time tonight . While, double welcome to you. How many of you attended the library of Congress Flagship presents the National Book festival . Nice. Nice to see that. Welcome back. How many of you have attended one of these National Book festival presents . Good, keep coming back. We like you. Thank you so much. Welcome to the library of congress National Book festival presents, a vibrant new series of programs inspired by the National Book festival...

We greatly appreciate it if you turn off or silence your cell phones. It will be this one for the q and a portion of the event. We are recording this evenings event and we have copies of the book. We encourage many. If you would like to have your purchased book signed, sign up in orderly fashion against, this is the word im looking for at the conclusion of the talks. It is my pleasure to introduce alexis coe, author of you never forget your first a biography of George Washington. Alexis coe foll...

One of them because and in my script but im going to call her out is megan came some of you may not know her but she runs a Science Technology and Innovation Program and is responsible for the schools we have on friday to teach the staff about cyber and Artificial Intelligence and todays genius would be ben buchanan is our go to guy when we teach those and been trying to teach me for a while. I think that ive been a repeater at all times. I am getting i getting is that n analog brain and i thank...

Well, you got me at the title. Okay. All right. Even if youre not a history buff, in these scary unprecedented times its incumbent on all of us to look back to see where weve been and how we got here now. And hopefully some perspective of where were going. This sixyear investment produced a global history of the human journey, which takes us from the stone age to the virtual age. Mr. Ansary proposes the history of the story were telling one another, since theres no single circle of story tellers...

Thank you, guys, for being here. Welcome to politics and prose at union market. We are so excited that youre here. Im jennifer mcdvitt, owners Bradley Graham as well as staff, we would like to welcome you to todays event. To briefly note housekeeping items before we get going, we would appreciate it if you turn off or silenced your cell phones. This is my favorite part. Everybody start reaching. So not to disturb the conversation. We do have ats microphone. Its going to be this one for the q a p...

I am jane harman president and ceo of the Wilson Center. It is the best job on the planet because i get to talk geniuses every single day. One of them is not my script but im going to call her out and shes going to hide somewhere is meg king. Some of you may not know meg but she runs her Science Technology and Innovation Program and is responsible for the schools we have on fridays to teach capitol hill staff about cyber and Artificial Intelligence and todays genius, that would be ben buchanan, ...

Good evening, everyone. Welcome, we are happy youre here tonight, very happy to have Megan Kate Nelson with us with her book the 3cornered war, the union, the consistory and native people in their fight for the rest. This is an engrossing narrative account which shows how the civil war, the indian wars and western expansion were all interconnected. The 1860s were a time of National Conflict which has north and south and the American West was the resource involves letters and diaries, military re...

Hes also author of prelude to cruise which is winner of the penn joyce author award for poetry and at the 2015 stonewall literature award. Poetry collection is also a finalist for the 2015 National Book critics circle award as well as awards lambda literary and the publishing triangle in 2015. Saeed jones served as cohost of buzzfeeds morning show and served as buzzfeeds lgbt and culture editor. He grew up in lewisville texas and earned a ba at Western Kentucky University and an mfa at Rutgers U...