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NPC Headliners Book Event: "Say It Well," Terry Szuplat
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Terry Szuplat, a former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, will discuss his new book on public speaking at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. Although Szuplat wrote hundreds of speeches for Obama, he was gripped with anxiety when it came to speaking on his own. "Say It Well: Find Your Voice, Speak Your Mind, Inspire Any Audience" details Szuplat’s effort to become a better speaker and the lessons he learned from Obama. It includes riveting, behind-the-scenes stories from inside the Oval Office and aboard Air Force One, and practical tips to help…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: “Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation,” Sune Engel Rasmussen
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Wall Street Journal correspondent Sune Engel Rasmussen, who spent a decade reporting from Afghanistan, will discuss his new book “Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation” at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. Rasmussen, who began reporting from Afghanistan in 2014, tells the story of post 9-11 Afghanistan through the eyes of the people who lived it, among them: Zahra, a woman who returns to Afghanistan after living with her family in Iran with hope for a new future for her country; Omari, a Taliban fighter from a Pashtun…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: “Den of Spies,” Craig Unger
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New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger will discuss his new book, “Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House” at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. Unger, who formerly served as editor in chief of Boston Magazine and contributing editor for Vanity Fair, examines the 1980 presidential election and accusations that the Reagan campaign interfered with the Carter administration’s efforts to free 52 American hostages held in Iran. Unger’s 30-year pursuit of the story behind the 1980 “October Surprise…
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NPC Headliners: "My Father's House," John Conyers III
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Author John Conyers III will discuss his new book My Father’s House at a Headliners Book Event on September 9 at 6 p.m. In his book, the son of longest-serving African American Congressman John Conyers Jr. shines a spotlight on his father and his political legacy, and reveals how, as his son, he eventually learned to leverage his own voice in a world that his father helped create. A political, historical, and family story, My Father’s House explores how John James Conyers, Jr., was at once a man of deep and abiding spiritual faith, human talents, and human weaknesses. As he places his father…
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NPC Headliners: "Death on the Island," Eliza Reid
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Best-selling author and former First Lady of Iceland Eliza Reid will discuss "Death on the Island," her debut mystery novel, at a Headliners Book Event on May 22 at 6 p.m. The tale takes readers on a haunting trip to Iceland's Westman Islands where, as a storm rages outside and glasses are raised in a toast, the deputy ambassador falls dead. Trapped by the weather, the remaining guests grow suspicious of one another as secrets are revealed, and the ambassador's wife begins to wonder whether they have all witnessed a murder. Reid, an acclaimed writer and co-founder of the Iceland Writers…
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NPC Headliners: "A Protest History of the United States," Gloria Browne-Marshall
Emmy-award winner and author Gloria Browne-Marshall will discuss her new book, A Protest History of the United States at a Headliners Book Event on Thursday, May 29 at 6 p.m. A Protest History of the United States reviews more than 400 years of how Americans have expressed their displeasure with government policies and is being released at a time when many Americans are taking to the streets – both literally and virtually – to disagree with the current societal and governmental state of affairs. A key lesson found over those centuries: Lasting change is often the result of sustained,…
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NPC Headliners: "The Milk Tea Alliance," Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Historian Jeff Wasserstrom will discuss his new book,The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing at a Headliners Book Event on Thursday, June 12 at 6 p.m. Many activists and exiles from across Asia feel that their struggles are connected. Young activists from Thailand, Hong Kong, and Burma are willing to court danger to help one another. Why? The political situations in Burma, Thailand, and Hong Kong are radically different. Only Burma is in a state of civil war. Only Hong Kong has changed in just a few years from a place with virtually no political prisoners…
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NPC Headliners: “We Are Eating the Earth,” Michael Grunwald
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Bestselling author and award-winning journalist Michael Grunwald will discuss his new book We Are Eating the Earth at a Headliners Book Event on Thursday, July 10 at 6 p.m. We Are Eating the Earth explores how the global food system is accelerating climate change. It has cleared land the size of Asia and Europe combined and generates a third of all carbon emissions. Grunwald follows food and land expert Tim Searchinger, whose fight against flawed science and powerful agricultural interests reveals how some climate solutions may be doing more harm than good. He also spotlights real innovations…
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NPC Headliners: “Giving Up Is Unforgivable,” Joyce Vance
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Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance will discuss democracy, civics, and her new book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy, at a Headliners Book Event on Thursday, October 23 at 6 p.m. Vance is a former U.S. Attorney under President Barack Obama, now serving as a law professor at the University of Alabama, a legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC, and the author of the popular Substack, Civil Discourse. In Giving Up Is Unforgivable, she delivers a hopeful yet urgent message that merges civic history and practical guidance for preserving democracy. As the voice behind two…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "The Devil Behind the Badge," Rick Jervis
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Pulitzer Prize-winning USA Today reporter Rick Jervis will discuss his new book, "The Devil Behind The Badge," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. In "The Devil Behind The Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer, Jervis, who lives in Austin, tells the shocking story of a U.S.Border Patrol agent turned serial killer who, over the course of 12 days in September 2018, lures four victims into his white Dodge truck, drives them to the edge of town, shoots them at close range and leaves them dead or dying on the sides of rural…
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