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[ music ] okay, now, folks. [ applause ] uh, our first guest came to us through the attention of a fella by the name of mark garrison who is a reporter in north carolina. And tonight, were gonna meet flat nose the tree climbing dog, but first we thought youd like to meet his owner. Please welcome barney odum. Barney. Barney, how are you . Im doing all right. I seen a lotta things. Saw a lotta things out here . I really enjoyed lookin at. Youre from the carolinas, are you . Because you said thang right off, right . Now, if you cant understand me, you let me know, and ill talk try to talk a litt...

Cheap labor services, primarily benefited men, and indirectly the caused a rise in illegal immigration. This was hosted by the Historical Society on the history of immigration. Again, for those of you who are just joining us, my name is paul finkelman. I am the director for the symposium on immigration for the u. S. Capital Historical Society. I am also the visiting professor of human rights law at the university of saskatchewan the moment. And its a great pleasure to be and to work with the capital Historical Society, putting together this symposium hope all of you realizes a very historic ro...

Carla power, who talks about the misconceptions westerners have about islam. It is a topic she writes about in if the oceans work ink. From the Commonwealth Club of california, this is an hour and 10 minutes. Jonathan my mic is on. That is an auspicious start. Good evening. Welcome to todays meeting of the Commonwealth Club of california, the place where you are in the know. We are online at commonwealthclub. Org. I am jonathan curiel, your moderator for todays program, cold bridging islam and the west. I want to introduce our esteemed speaker, carla power. Those of you who know carla know she...

That the old catholic world reveres her, and explain that in such a way that it is told as a story to people who find it an enjoyable experience and to read and encounter her and i suppose love her. For more information on this and other cities on the local content vehicles for go to cspan. Org localcontent. With a month left in 2012 many publications are putting together a third year end list of notable books. Booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction elections. These nonfiction titles were included in the New York Times 100 notable books of 2012. And barack obama the ...

And now on booktv, Peter Andreas talks about the long history of smuggling in the u. S. Which, prior to the revolutionary war, was driven by a desire to grow Domestic Industries and bypass paying import taxes to the british. Its about an hour and a half. Good afternoon and welcome, everyone, to the Watson Institute for International Studies for the discussion of Peter Andreas new book, smuggler nation. Housekeeping, i have to mention some things. The way were going to run this is as follows, peter is going to get up and talk briefly about the book because, obviously, if he doesnt say anything,...