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Ironclad: USS Monitor
Paul Clancy was interviewed about his book Ironclad: The Epic Battle, Calamitous Loss, and Historic Recovery of the USS Monitor, published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. He discussed the background behind his writing of the book, his observation of divers recover the wreck, and the history of the USS Monitor.
Type: Media
Do You Speak American?
Robert MacNeil, former co-anchor of the MacNeil Lehrer Newshour, was interviewed about the book he co-wrote with William Cran, Do You Speak American?, published by Nan A. Talese. In the book, the author recounted his journey across the United States studying the conversations of several Americans, including Boston natives, rural Texans, inner-city blacks and valley-girl teenagers.
Type: Media
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius
Jack El-Hai was interviewed about his book The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness, published by Wiley.
Type: Media
No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society
Robert O'Harrow was interviewed about his book No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society, published by Free Press. In his book, the author explained how databases track your electronic transactions and can create complete profiles of you based on personal data.
Type: Media
The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism
Haynes Johnson was interviewed about his book The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism, published by Harcourt.
Type: Media
Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein
Marfe Ferguson Delano was interviewed about her book Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein, published by National Geographic Children's Books. The book is intended for children grades five through eight.
Type: Media
Benjamin Franklin Unmasked
Jerry Weinberger was interviewed about his book Benjamin Franklin Unmasked: On the Unity of His Moral, Religious, and Political Thought, published by University Press of Kansas.
Type: Media
A Call to the Sea: Captain Charles Stewart
Claude Berube and John Rodgaard were interviewed about their book A Call to the Sea: Captain Charles Stewart of the USS Constitution, published by Potomac Books. Claude Berube is a Brookings Institution LEGIS fellow and a reserve officer in the U.S. Navy. He has worked in the U.S. Senate and for the Department of the Navy. John Rodgaard, with more than twenty years' experience as an intelligence analyst, is a captain and reserve intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Type: Media
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
Nathaniel Fick was interviewed about his book One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, published by Houghton Mifflin.
Type: Media
Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy
Lindsay Moran was interviewed about her book Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy, published by Putnam.
Type: Media