Sultana
Alan Huffman appeared on “The Diane Rehm Show” to talk about his book Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History (Collins; March 24, 2009).…
1,175 viewsAlan Huffman appeared on “The Diane Rehm Show” to talk about his book Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History (Collins; March 24, 2009).…
1,175 viewsSaul Cornell was a guest on WAMU’s “Diane Rehm Show” to talk about his book, A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America, published by Oxford Uni…
2,447 viewsJohn Cole, co-editor of the Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress, published by Bernan Press, appeared on “The Book Guys” radio show to talk it. The book covers the history of the Library …
232 viewsWilliam Safire appeared on on “The Book Guys” radio show to talk about the revised edition of his book Safire’s Political Dictionary, issued in paperback by Oxford University Press. Former p…
486 viewsJason Kersten appeared on the “Diane Rehm Show” to talk about his book The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter (Gotham; June 11, 2009). The book recounts the criminal ex…
1,997 viewsMark Dimunation led a tour of Thomas Jefferson’s library at the Library of Congress. Congress purchased President Jefferson’s library in 1815 to replace books that had been destroyed by fire…
648 viewsThe BBC World Service held a town hall discussion of the issues facing President-Elect Barack Obama after his inauguration. Topics included the current global financial crisis, events in Gaz…
281 viewsPanelists talked about the role of young people in the 2008 election, and their views and political media use. Topics included new media technology in the campaigns and how it helped galvani…
263 viewsDaniel De Simone and Mark Dimunation were interviewed about the Library of Congress’s efforts to reconstruct President Thomas Jefferson’s library. The Jefferson Library was originally donate…
692 viewsRay Suarez appeared on the Diane Rehm Show to talk about his book, The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America, published by Rayo. He discussed the current relationship between religion …
186 viewsMr. and Mrs. Ahearn, co-authors of Collected Books: The Guide to Values, 2002 Edition, published by Putnam, talked about book collecting, rare books, and first editions with Mr. Cuthbert and…
205 viewsScott Sandage appeared on the “Diane Rehm Show” to talk about his book Born Loser: A History of Failure in America, published by Harvard University Press. It takes a look at the notion of f…
662 viewsAuthor Kiron Skinner was a guest on WAMU’s Diane Rehm Show to talk about the book she co-edited with Annelise Anderson and Martin Anderson, Reagan’s Path to Victory: The Shaping of Ronald R…
123 viewsAuthor Jeremy Rifkin appeared on the Dianne Rehm radio show to talk with guest host Steve Roberts about Mr Rifkin’s book, The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future Is Quietly Ec…
213 viewsPresident Carter talks about his autobiography An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood, published by Simon & Schuster. In this book Jimmy Carter re-creates his Depression-era bo…
608 viewsFormer President Clinton appeared on the Diane Rehm Show to talk about his autobiography, My Life, published by Alfred A. Knopf. He discussed his childhood, the war in Iraq, and read an essa…
706 viewsAuthor James Bamford appeared on the Diane Rehm Show to talk about his latest book A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America’s Intelligence Agencies, published by Doubleday. T…
183 viewsAuthor Richard Yancey was a guest on the Diane Rehm Show. He and Rehm talked about his book, "Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man’s Tour of Duty Inside the IRS", published by HarperColl…
241 viewsAuthor Sara Nelson talked about her book, So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading, with The Books Guys Host Mike Cuthbert and Co-Host Allan Stypeck. In the book, publish…
127 viewsNicholas Basbanes appeared on the “The Book Guys” radio show to discuss his book, "A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World". The book examines the preservatio…
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