Organized crime and terrorist groups. Also neil allen and joel gerschenfeld. Ed asker in shares his naughts on todays political thoughts on todays political issues. And john wheeler who explored theories of quantum reality and time. Thats just a handful of programs over this threeday weekend on booktv on cspan2. For a complete schedule, visit booktv. Org. Now we kick off this long weekend with journalist helen thorpe who reports on the assimilation of 22 immigrant teenagers over the course of a school year in denver. [inaudible conversations] hi, everyone. Thank you so much for coming. Were going to get started. I just want to thank everyone for being here for our last event of the year. We are completely honored to have helen thorpe. [laughter] thank you all for coming so much. This evening, were happy to welcome helen thorpe. If you havent realize her works of art, youre in for a treat on your first book that you read. Her other books are soldier girls and just like us, and the newco