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Hello, everyone. I dont know if you can hear me. Thank you for joining us for this effort between the series of american ancestors of the genealogical society, the state library of massachusetts and us, publishers weekly, 2020 bookstore of the year. We are open online and in person with limited capacity. We do local delivery and have Curbside Pickup and a special pandemic newsletter and other stuff so visit us. Before i introduce the guest and moderators, i want to give a few housekeeping notes ...

Stuff, visit us before i introduce our guest at our moderators i want to give you a few quick housekeeping notes about using crowd deaths which you might not have used before. The event is recorded so you can watch it if you stay for part of tonights final talk because your water was boiling or you want to share with a friend it will be right here as well is on our facebook page. Second of all there is this lovely chat window open on the bottom of your screen, Say Something nice, please do. Type...

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The anniversary of the firing on fort sumter, everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become. We have gone through that with the idea that africanamerican men who had fought for the union what americas of should be, and certainly white southerners had in idea about what america should be. The northerners who won had an idea of what america should be. The indians and the chinese at out west had ideas about what america should be and certainly the northern men who had wo...

The chat. Guests can purchase all of the books that are featured tonight. Now on to the program. Im so thrilled to introduce our first speaker of the evening, Martha Stewart. Martha stewart is americas most trusted lifestyle expert and the founder of the first multichannel lifestyle company, Martha Stewart living. Shes also the author of more than 90 books on cooking, entertaining, crafts and home keeping, gardens, weddings and decorating. Were so thrilled that marthas joining us tonight. Welcom...

Its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight whotion up, doc . Plus, stephen welcomes Christine Baranski and ellie kemper with a special appearance by paul f. Tompkins. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Welcome to my home ,again. Fun fact two months ago today, we left the ed sullivan theater. I hope someones been checking on ed. Dont rea...

Maria rousseau. So much of raising children these days seems to be about what we dont want them to do, keeping them away from dangers, both real and virtual, no dout this is a feature, perhaps and a bug of our helicopter in age but this attitude often fails to promote a sense independence in kids. Not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but theyre also much and incapable of editing themselves completes without a device in hand. So for reasons both selfish, parents nee...

Good afternoon, everyone. We are running a little bit behind today. On behalf of the American Enterprise institute i would like to welcome you with the conversation with pamela paul of the New York Times book review about her recent book how to raise a reader. She coauthored it with her colleague maria russo. So much about raising children is about what we dont want them to do, keep them dangers both real and virtual, no doubt this is a feature and bug of our helicoptering age with this attitude...

On behalf of the american in enter enterprise, we will hear about her recent book how to raise a reader. She authored it with her colleague maria russo. So much of raising children these days seems to be about what we do not want them to do, keeping them away from dangers, real in virtual, no doubt this is a feature, perhaps a bug of her helicopter and age and i think this attitude fails to promote a sense of independence and kids. Not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themsel...