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Book Rap: Bill & Willie Geist “Good Talk, Dad: The Birds and the Bees... and Other Conversations We Forgot to Have”
Just in time for Father's Day! The talented father-son team of Bill and Willie Geist share stories of their funny and heartwarming relationship. Told in a unique back-and-forth banter style, this extended conversation riffs on everything from music and sports to summer camp, driving lessons, and family life. After Bill went public with his struggle with Parkinson’s disease, the Geists decided to collaborate on this book so their children and grandchildren would have a record of their unique bond. Bill Geist is the New York Times bestselling author of “Little League Confidential”, “The Big…
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Kim Barker
Kim Barker will discuss her book, "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan." Barker was an unlikely foreign correspondent—she did not own a passport, only spoke English, and knew little about Osama bin Laden or Islam. In the wake of 9/11, her bosses at the Chicago Tribune were looking to put reporters on the ground in the Middle East and Barker decided she was up for the challenge, and later being named the South Asia bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune. “The Taliban Shuffle” is her account of the 8 years she spent reporting on the “forgotten war” in Afghanistan and…
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Book Rap: Scott Simon "Unforgettable: A Son, A Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime"
Scott Simon, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, will discuss and sign copies of his new book “Unforgettable: A Son, A Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime.” Tickets are $5 for NPC members; $10 public. This event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit NPC Journalism Institute. When Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's meditations spread virally. Over the course of a few days…
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Book Rap: David Boies & Theodore Olson "Redeeming the Dream: The Case for Marriage Equality"
Attorneys David Boies and Theodore B. Olson—who argued against each other all the way to the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore— will discuss their new book "Redeeming the Dream," which tells how they joined forces after that titanic battle to forge the unique legal argument that would carry the day. A book signing will follow the discussion. On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a pair of landmark decisions, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act and eliminating California’s discriminatory Proposition 8, reinstating the freedom to marry for gays and lesbians in…
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Book Rap: Chen Guangcheng "The Barefoot Lawyer: A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China"
Chen Guangcheng will discuss and sign copies of his memoir “The Barefoot Lawyer: A Blind Man’s Fight for Justice and Freedom in China.” The event includes an author discussion, Q&A from the audience, and book signing. Tickets are $5 for NPC members; $10 public. This event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit NPC Journalism Institute. After years of being under house arrest, Chinese political activist Chen Guangcheng - a blind, self-taught lawyer -climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. Days later, he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, and after a round of…
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Book Rap: Jessica Stern & J.M. Berger "ISIS: The State of Terror"
Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger, two of America’s leading experts on violent extremism and terrorism, will discuss their book "ISIS: The State of Terror." Tickets are $5 NPC members; $10 public. NPC members should login for the promo code. The event includes a discussion, Q&A from the audience, and book signing. This event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit NPC Journalism Institute. No outside books or memorabilia permitted. All sales are final; no refunds will be issued. Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into…
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Book Rap: Congressman John Lewis & Andrew Aydin - "March: Book Two"
Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin will discuss and sign copies of the new second volume in their #1 bestselling graphic novel trilogy, "March," a first-hand account of Lewis’ experiences as a key figure of the civil rights movement, drawn by award-winning artist Nate Powell. After the success of the Nashville sit-in movement, John Lewis’ commitment to change through nonviolence is stronger than ever — but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before. Faced with beatings, police brutality, imprisonment, arson, and…
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Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama
A conversation with authors Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb will be moderated by Ted Koppel on Friday, June 24 at 6:00 p.m. The United States had never lost a war - that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in utter humiliation and abandon South Vietnam to a victorious communist army. The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on the decision of whether to commit troops to war. In “Haunting Legacy,” the father-daughter journalist team of Marvin and Deborah Kalb presents a compelling, accessible, and hugely important history of presidential…
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Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses
Richard Belzer "Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination"
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