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I wish i could stay longer, but my role is very brief. Im bill miller and developed to festival and writing programs here at george mason. [applause] thank you. I was going to say that youve arrived at fault for the book whether you intended to or not. If your array was accidental because you were interested in neil gaiman, this is we started the festival wednesday. We are having a great time. We dont end until sunday. Theres programs in the floppy. With a few big ones up if youre interested in other events. In this german sunday. [applause] following me to the podium will be the mayor of fair...

Fires are inching slowly toward each other if the searing heat and high winds get worse those bush fires in southeastern australia could meet up creating an extremely rare mega fire not far from sydney. More than 200 homes have been destroyed so far. A blazing front of 300 kilometers. It is just one of several across new south wails in the worst fire disaster the state has seen for nearly half a century. Several blazes remain out of control across the Blue Mountains just 100 kilometers from sydney. Firefighters battle to contain them. They fear increasingly strong winds and searing heat could ...

Then, in commando gear, jumped out, ran into the shop, seemed perfectly relaxed as they broke into glass cases and stole diamonds worth 3. 5 million. And then they got back in their cars and just drove away. They entered the door, broke all the glass in the cases, take the jewelry, and are out in less than 30 seconds and have a getaway plan. Within a matter of hours, they are in another country. Safer for almost 90 years, the place to go for both sophisticated and laughoutloud humor has been the new yorker magazine. Chances are, the cartoons are the first things you turn to. I suppose you came...

On a recent trip to new york city, booktv visited the New York Public Library where we spoke with the librarys president and ceo, anthony marx, but the history of the institution as well as its Current Operations and future. Lets start with some numbers. How big is the New York Public Library . How many employees, budget, et cetera . New York Public Library combines the largest circulating Branch Library system in america, 88 branches, in every neighborhood in the boroughs we serve, as well as for Important Research libraries. This one being the crown jewel at the center of the system but also...

And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Reaction to the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, by a Police Officer prompted a media frenzy, to be sure. Outraged protest and thousands of hours of opinion by pundits and politicians pointing just how difficult it is for Americans Still to deal with issues of racial inequality. A recent pugh survey found that only 37 of white americans believe Michael Browns death raised important issues about race, while 80 of africanamericans say that it did. Joining us now from providence, rhode island, to disc...