As we look at america, we see cities enveloped in smoke and flame. We hear sirens in the night. Yow as we look at america, we see cities envelop and smoke in the plane we hear sirens and then i we see american hes dying on distant battlefields abroad we see americans painting each fighting Each Other, killing Each Other at home next ive gone, to stand and snakes like weve got some difficulties but it really doesnt matter with me now because ive been to the mountain where our prospects for peace in vietnam, but No One knows when peace will come Apollo Silva starts the final american push to the moon. Well. Youre on this flight would all finish us chances of reaching the moon by The End of next year for we have ignition on the basis of the spectacular her success of apollo seven. It would be possible now for the next mission Thats Apollo eight 83. Americans in orbit around the moon on christmas i think we have some. Late words just arriving and interrupt to bring this to you this is the
Welcome to booktvs fiction edition. Youve written 50 fiction books. Lets start with devil in a blue dress, the book that launched a series who is easy rawlins . Guest a kind of every man for the black community in the middle of the twentieth century. His whole view of himself has changed. He came back to southern texas and realized he could no longer live there because of what he has learned and he and thousands of others, from texas and louisiana moved to los angeles. What we do is follow him as a kind of unofficial detective. What he does is reveals what life was like in parts of los angeles that havent been talked about. Host how did you come up with the name . Guest i was writing a story and there was a voice speaking firstperson talking about a party he was given and how he was trying to raise money to pay his rent and a woman he was in love with who was in love with another guy and mouse comes in and looks at the person who is talking and says hey, e the, how are you doing . That
Tonight we are very pleased to welcome back mark wilkinson. He has also been the director at the atwood house museum. Mr. Wilkins is a published auth author. He has a masters from Harvard University and he is currently working on several books related to world war one aviation. Mr. Will kins is also conservativing as producer of aerial effects documentary film. His new book, aeroneurosis. Due to unforeseen complications, we dont have any copies you can have signed tonight. The speaker graciously agreed to personalize some as well. Please join us in welcoming mark wilkins. Thank you for that very nice introduction, crystal. Im very happy to be here tonight. Thank you all for coming. I hope you find this topic as fascinating as i do. Basically the to give you a little background, the book was something i did for air and space magazine. Anyway, the research for that article sort of opened my eyes to the amount of material about how greatly about a a lot of these First World War pilots suf
Not surprisingly, fear is the subject of a school of research all its own as well be hearing from david pogue, in our cover story. Coronavirus fear is normal even healthy right up to the point it gets dangerous. Most dont have the expert knowledge so when are afraid we engage in behaviors like putting on a mask that may not work. The fear is using judgment in ways that arent useful. The rational and the rational, and irrational responses to an invisible threat, ahead on sunday morning. Much as we might not want to think about it a rapid increase in coronavirus cases could soon force doctors to make extremely difficult medical and ethical choices as well be hearing from ted koppel. Hospitals are desperately short of ventilators and as the numbea decisions. So youve got me in your hospital. And youve got a 22 year old, and both of us need that piece of equipment. Who gets it . I think by most the younger person would be assigned that ventilator. Then look in the camera and say, ted, you
The moon landing on july 20th 1969 fulfilled a dream of humankind the pictures went around the world for. The program. Its become film history and part of pop culture. The moon and other celestial bodies have always captured the imagination why does outer space fascinate us so and what is it about the moon landing that continues to hold our attention a cosmic trip through arts film and music. Is. A small step a giant for the. It was the 1st time a human had set foot on the moon. Mankind had left a footprint in space. These images are reflected in our collective memory. It was far more than a scientific expedition it was the fulfillment of an age old dream of mankind an exhibition project examines the way artists have approached it high heels on the moon still refer these pointed reference to the underrepresentation of women in space flight this installation carries a touch of the poet earths moon earth in 2007 scottish artist Katie Patterson transmitted beethovens moonlight sonata in m