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and 30 years ago today you cannot keep me away. i ron to work every morning and i think that working here and being here surrounded by books, manuscripts, musical scores, movies, the whole gamut of what is knowledge and america is such a thrill and privilege that you are really going to have trouble getting me to retire. >> is this exhibit open to the public? >> it is entirely open to the public. will be open through the end of september. but lets say you cant come to washington. we ha...

to booktv, diane brady recalls the efforts of reverend john brooks who traveled the east coast recruiting african-american students to the college of holy cross. with the hope of realizing martin luther king, jr.s goal of an integrated society following his death in 1968. reverend brooks the future president of the college introduced several students to holy cross idea which included future supreme court justice justice thomas and edward jones. its about 50 minutes. >> good afternoon. ...

happened in washington mutual, which was a huge trauma for the city, trauma that continues to reverberate, but much broader policy implications for what happened in the great recession and how the banking contributed to the meltdown. there were times when your book reads like a thriller. after one of those kind of thriller teases we dont start out any of the things that went with that. we start with a guy named lou pepper. why is that? >> well, lee pepper was one of the early ceo spot ...

problems of the world, they are is an obliviousness that comes along with it. but you have thunder in this. >> thank you, and i did. it is one of the things i mustve learned from my father. one of his complaints was he worked hard to often. >> he seems to have a wonderful knack. wonderful and memorable statements that he made. you know, a we also learned, and this is david brower. maybe people that dont know who david brower is. maybe we ought to explain something about why we are doin...

many of them continued to be and have not gone out of principle even though it wasnt specific criteria so many of them have been translated and carried american ideals across the world. >> i want to ask about another specific book which is a lovely dickensons book of poetry. >> of course emily dickinson is a must have american poet. but the particular book we have on the show is done by a cooperative in key west and they reproduced the book of poetry and a facsimile of her house in amh...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> whats going on, ladies? tell me name, ages, titles. are you going into high school? congratulations. whats your name? excellent. what greater you going into next year? york 11. youve got that down pat. are you interested in gardens? youre going to spread the word to other kids. its great to meet you. you know, the girls went to the concert and i dont know their names. [inaudible conversations] the bonus ma...

>> this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. there is nothing probably worse than adding to your own resume. but it is a very important addition to what we are saying. the most passionate, the most interesting learning times i had were in 1976 and 1988 during the carter campaign, where i was in the pit at cambridge survey research running all the analysis that john gorman, and the partner pack udell was on the plane and working with the speechwriters. and a lot of my job was ...

reading the book and enjoyed talking with you about it and i hope any more people will. >> guest: thank you so much for having me. .. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] thank you so much. what a joy to be with you guys, to be here in-house ton. houston first baptist. i want to thank the church and the pastor for hosting us and making this possible, and i want to thank the churches that are participating all over the country. we have churches and small group bible study and home...

[inaudible conversations] [laughter] >> is that better? this is my seventh book. ive had people introduce me at book signings before. that was a terrific one. thank you for that introduction. people get confused when they introduce and i remember this one person has died, we are so glad senator bradley is here tonight. hes going to speak on his new book, wonderful book. i can guarantee you if you put it down, gil never pick it up. [laughter] i was on the energy and natural resources co...