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And i were expecting my first baby and we were just having a real difficult time coming up with names, my husband suggested Eleanor Francis. There was this boom picture of her black and white, nasa in 1960s where shoes accepting an award and i was stunned by this picture because i had no idea that women worked at nasa at that time much less a scientists. I really wanted to learn more. There was a large group of women who worked at this laboratory starting in 1940s and they were known as computer...

Write it about people, it is about family. It is done in a remarkably approachable way. A great book. It has been my pleasure. Guest thank you. [applause] [applause] you are watching booktv on c cspan2. Booktv, television for serious readers. Kareem abduljabbar, searching for your book, writings on the wall searching for a new equality beyond black and white you write it is as if we invented the most precise and beautiful watch ever created and snapped it to the tail of a wild jackal. What are y...

Baby and we were just having a really difficult time coming up with names, finally my husband suggested Eleanor Francis, i googled the name and what popped up was a woman named Eleanor Francis and there was a beautiful picture of her black and white taken at nasa in the 1960s accepting an award. I was stun by the picture because i had no idea that women worked in nasa at that time much less a scientist. So i really wanted to learn more about i found out that actually Eleanor Francis was not alon...

Thank you very much, its been a pleasure. [applause] if you would like to have your book signed or meet him, he will be over there signing books and you can get them here or take them upstairs or if you have them with you thats fine too. Thank you so much for coming. I really appreciate it. [applause] [inaudible conversation] this is book tv on cspan2 and we want to know what is on your Summer Reading list. Send us your choices at booktv is our handle. You can also posted on facebook or send an ...

Having read the book i can say even if you havent traveled 260,000 miles to the moon you will still be able to relate to the insightful realistic and hopeful wisdom he shares in the book. And while it may have been a coincidence his mothers name was mary andrews upon but his grandfather and father served in the army air force. And then to become enamored and was two years old when his father took him on his first airplane ride and a chronic the when they landed on the moon on july 20th invade th...

Books and authors. Television for serious readers. Heres a look at some authors recently featured on booktvs after words, our weekly Author Interview program. Manhattan Institute Senior fellow Heather Mac Donald looked at the state of policing in america. Ney that would ya holt profiled the women instrumental in the development of americas Space Program in the 1940s and 50s. And historian pamela haig looked at the history of gun ownership in america. In the coming weeks, karen greenberg, directo...

This was their first chance to stay in america legally. It was an amazing day, one of the more rewarding days of my public career. To see these young people so anxious to be part of americas future to sign up you under this program to sign up under this program. That was four years ago that president obama created that program. If these young people are part of americas future, what about their parents . What if in that same household there is a father or mother undocumented. If they have no ser...

For more information about the book fairs and festivals that booktv will be covering and to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our web site, booktv. Org. Good afternoon, everybody. We shall get the proceedings underway. When barack obama was first elected president of the United States, he was riding a swell of hope however illusory that hope may have been been across the country that our first black or at least halfblack president would usher in an era of postracial h...

To a judge, judge neil and he said i like you to sign a book for a friend of mine and i said oh great, who is the friend . And he started spilling the name, ba are a, it was president obama. And i signed a book for him and i like to tell you what i signed. I said to president obama, we are all proud of your presidency and i know that Thurgood Marshall would be proud to, sincerely yours will haygood. So thank you. Yg that will bring our three hours to a close. Will haygood, haygood, in the contex...

One more question, please. Everything i read about lynn or saw on twitter it seems like the pace is nonstop. In one part of the book someone asked him are you ever going to slow down you write like you are running out of time and he said i am. Do you share that same work ethic or was it hard to keep up with his pace as you were working with someone who literally never stops . We do kind of share the same work ethic. We didnt have choice. We had a deadline they set and had to keep turning out wor...