Books in beautiful on this beautiful night here in south florida. So we welcome you to our store. Most book stores dont open in a front yard . No, what we did is this building was built in the 20s for karl it is very old. Historic building. And the book shop runs around the courtyard cafe, and as you can see particular plenty of people who come and partake of this and we have in music on the weekends but we just think that flows beautifully with books. How many book event dos you do on a regular basis . On a yearly basis we do about 600 book epghts year. About 600 events often kids and adults and other kinds of things. But were a very, very active school. When did you open . I opened books about 35 years ago. Why . Because, you know, the story is basically i was a failed law student english major in college an i didnt want to give up u the dream of being part of a literary culture so one quick way of doing that was getting into the Book Business into book stores and i always loved book
Book entitled defiant. And defiant is a book about the 11 recalcitrant prisoners of war in vietnam, u. S. Prisoners of war including colonel sam johnson, one of my colleagues here in the house, about what their experience was like in vietnam. What drew you to those three books . You know, i just read all kinds of different things. I am a bit of a history buff, so defiant and dead wake were things that would be normal. Also the authors of those books have a tendency to draw me in. Eric larson wrote in the garden of beasts and, you know, i think isaac storm and things like that. So hes been good. And the one on three felonies a day, i have a little bit of a libertarian streak in me, so i wanted to make sure when it comes to criminal justice reform, that we do those things right. And getting some Historical Perspective was helpful. Booktv wants to know what youre reading this summer, booktv or facebook. Com booktv. Youre watching booktv on cspan2, television for serious readers. Heres a l
By family and fans for her no nonsense approach to the sport she loved, her sense of humor and her warm smile, today, june 28th, 2016. From nbc news this is today live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our show on a tuesday morning. Tamron in for savannah once again. Such sad news about pat summitt. One person said she made you feel there was nothing to be afraid of. Her legacy for womens sports, basketball, but Overall College and what she did in upgrading and bringing attention to the game. Well talk much more about pat summitt coming up. Let us start with our top story. Its the president ial race and donald trump taking a closer look at one of his most controversial proposals banning muslims from entering the u. S. We have new numbers. Trump trailing Hillary Clinton by eight points, 49 to 41 . Nbcs Kristen Welker has the latest on this. Kristen, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning to you. With donald trump lagging in almost every poll, hi
Nonsense approach to the sport she loved, her sense of humor and her warm smile, today, june 28th, 2016. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our show on a Tuesday Morning. Tamron in for savannah once again. Such sad news about pat summitt. One person said she made you feel there was nothing to be afraid of. Her legacy for womens sports, basketball, but Overall College and what she did in upgrading and bringing attention to the game. Well talk much more about pat summitt coming up. Let us start with our top story. Its the president ial race and donald trump taking a closer look at one of his most controversial proposals banning muslims from entering the u. S. We have new numbers. Trump trailing Hillary Clinton by eight points, 49 to 41 . Nbcs Kristen Welker has the latest on this. Kristen, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning to you. With donald trump lagging in almost every poll, his campaign is trying to turn the page beefing up his staff and now looking at the possibility of soft
Fans for her no nonsense approach to the sport she loved. Tuesday, june 28th, 2016. Announcer live from studio 1a is rockefeller plaza. Welcome to our show on tuz morning. Tamron in for savannah once again. One person said she made you feel like there was nothing to be afraid of. Her legacy, and upgrading and bringing the attention to the game. We will talk more about pat summit coming up. Donald trump taking a closer look at one of his most controversial proposals, banning muslims from entering the u. S. From the track poll. Trump trailing clinton by eight points. Kristin welker has more on this. With donald trump lagging in almost every poll his campaign is trying to turn the page and softening one of his most divisive policies. There are signs this morning that donald trump could be backing away from one of his most controversial positions, a ban of muslims entering the United States, and one of his policy director saying trumps ban is nuance is would only spend troerly immigration