For me, sharing a need, i dont know very many louisas. So it was probably a little bit better. My name had to do with who i became as a person, my name is louisa. Do you think her name affected her personality . It was a lot more common than it is now. In berlin everybody was named louisa. The queen was louisa, royalty, everybody was louisa. It was not quite as uncommon. I feel more comfortable answering a question that louisas name, a little background, people think i was her, before i met her, shifting i say to people my name is louisa, they complement me. So yes. Yes. This particular louisa has a maker on identity, more enthrall of our own. The other thing that fascinated me more than any other biography it read like a novel. I was in a world that was somehow fictional, i was trying to look at what caused that feeling. When you were telling them, moved through such distinctly novelistic settings, and jockeying for a husband, in snowy st. Petersburg, she comes back to america in the
Very strict process to make sure they are assigned to people who have no connection to was under not trying to pass back or softpedal a review, the worst part of my job is waiting for those reviews to come back and they are not always confident. It is agonizing in the book review section. My colleagues put up with it. I can honestly say they have all been supportive under the worst circumstances. Host with book reviews do you read . Guest the la book review. I have heard good things. The la book review is great, it is not a startup anymore. Im impressed by their reviews and i read all the great reviews in the library journal, to figure out what to assigned three month out. As far as book review sections, the guardian is a great section. Host ron charles is the editor of Washington Post book world. This is booktv on cspan. Thanks so much. [inaudible conversations] hi. We are welcome to book court. We are excited to welcome Louisa Thomas in conversation with louisa hall about her new boo
Conversation with louisa hall about her new book louisa. Thats great. A searching american biography of louisa atoms. Louisa hall is the author of two novels. She examines the clash between conscious objectors and soldiers during world war i. It was called daring by the new york times. Jessica dray ellis said of louisa the extraordinary life of mrs. Adams, for a long time i have been waiting for a biographer with sufficient style and emotional range to tell the quite extraordinary story of Louisa Kaplan Adams in all its splendor and sadness. Louisa the extraordinary life of mrs. Adams has been worth the wait. Please join me in welcoming her. [applause] guest hi everyone, thanks for coming. I am so happy to be here to talkabout this book. Also just happy to be part of this group of louisa. I feel like many other louisas might have been chosen but im honored to be the one. This book also is one of my favorite books that ive read this year, i love this book very deeply, not just because o
The city of San Francisco sfgov tv meeting of the rules committee occurring thursday, september 8, 2016 we will begin shortly. [gavel] hello good morning everyone and welcome to our exciting rules Committee Meeting of thursday, september 8, 2016. Im Grady Katie Tang chairman of the committee and to my left is cohen. Mar will be joining us shortly. From sfgov tv would like to thank charles kremenak. We have any announcements speed tends thank you. Thanks. Please sounds all cell phones [reading ordinance] at this time i think oregon about skip over item 1. If we can go on to item 2 item number two, [reading ordinance] so, this is one of the i guess routine appointments to the reentry counsel and am happy to support supervisor avalos on the. See no other questions or comments on open item number two to Public Comment. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] we will do that without objection [gavel] lets call item 35 together item 35 [reading ordinance] great, thank you. So, at this
Great group orsubcontractors to make this a aif project and want to thank the clark team for their dedication to the project and community and everything we achieved thus far. We look forward to future collaborations and the grand opening of the facility next summer so thank you, everybody. [applause] okay. As we wrap up there are a new more people who i like to thank. First i like to tharng depy city administrator [inaudible] work would the medical examiner and pub lrk works to make sure we are on budget and meets the operational needs to best services the public. Want to thank Contract Monitoring Division [inaudible] we have local business participation and thank you for that. And the San Francisco arts commission. There are two permanent art works commissioned. One at the entrance of the office and [inaudible] which fs built at Hunters Point shipyard in 1891. There will be another sculpture in the Visitors Center [inaudible] thousands of pieces of fabric which depict the salt marshe