The 40th annual american book awards. I say it is very appropriate that we are holding this ceremony on the day of the dead. In San Francisco. And in california, and at the end of the west. Not just geographically mind you, you go any further west, you are in the east. Far east. So just this last month, afghanistan turned 18. I say its you say is going to vote . Congressional budget for every 24 hours the war cost hundred and 74 million. So in a city named for st. Francis, who city fathers and mothers now treated citizens as if they were merely detritus of capitalism, is trying these big two. And if state named for a black lesbian amazon clean of the islamic faith took up on that, but these are just the names that we know right now. Because there are monday names for this place became long before any of us were here and there will be monday names to come. In fact the origin of those names came from a group of people who arrived from youre up are increasingly starting to up here within
Is nice to see my friends supporting me and my wife so i hope this is more than just being a friend of mine the you get more out of this is a significant piece of history with the history of human spaceflight. What this book provides is a perspective of the men and women dedicated themselves to pushing the limits of Space Exploration and in doing so, we survey the programs and technology and the aspects that made space travel possible i dont just want to get the astronauts like john glenn that is amazing. Neil armstrong. There is a lot of interesting things i hope but it spans the period of 17833 present. But the book also reveals three definitions of space and that is where i will begin is the definition space because back before we have rockets space was anything off the ground and back in 1783 French Brothers could build the first hot air balloon they lofted to amend for the very first time off of the surface and effectively in space seoul for them not was off the ground that was 3,
To survey those medical aspects and we want to have an Automated System that have made space travel possible. I wanted to try to fold all of this in not just hit the astronauts themselves and neil armstrong. The interesting thing about this book. That is it expands it from 1783 to the present and i know a couple of you are probably saying 1783 what is that relate to space exploration. Im going to sing in on here for my. Three definitions of space. And that is really where im going to begin as a definitions of space. Has back before we had rockets and et cetera space was anything off the ground. And in fact back in 1783 the French Brothers were able to build the first hot air balloon they lofted two meant for the very first time in 1783 off of the service. For them space therefore was off the ground. I would have a hard time doing that on my first flight. The early explorers and i take that from 1783 to about 1920 to 1930. They were very simply those people were writing and thats not mu
Back are not embraced as full members of the family into which they go. They often end up as a in limbo as may be domestics in the household. Cared for and fitting clothes but not necessarily fully embraced as a member of the family. That is part of what is so striking between the parallel between frank would and william a carey. He too, as a slave of his own family was in this limbo being both related to but distance held apart from the people with whom he grew up. Thank you very much. [applause]. [inaudible] [inaudible conversation] next up on this long book tv weekend, caesar brioche oo discusses his book havana hardball. This is a weeklong book festival held in the fall. Welcome to barnes noble and fairfax. This author served as baseball editor from 20032 2004. Born in havana, he graduated with a bachelors degree from journalism from university of florida. In his 25 years a sports journalist he has written for the a sports journalist he has written for the miami herald, the sun cen
And next up on this long booktv weekend, cesar brioso discusses his book havana hardball from this your default for the book, weeklong book festival held in the fairfax, virginia, area every fall. [inaudible conversations] so welcome to barnes noble perfect. Cesar brioso is a producer for usa today sports where he served as a small editor from 20032004. Born in havana, he graduated with a fatuous degree in journalism from the university of florida. In a 25 years as a sports journalist is written for the miami herald and the sun something up just to name a few. So welcome cesar brioso. [applause] thank you. Thank you for coming, and i want to thank barnes noble forgive me the opportunity to discuss my book, havana hardball. Im going to talk all the bit about and why i wrote it and that hopefully i will some questions for you guys. So havana hardball chronicles a pivotal time in baseball history where cuba found itself at the epicenter of events that would impact major league baseball, t