Journalist Craig Seligman looked at the history and rise of drag through the life of drag queen Doris Fish. Book Soup Bookstore in West Hollywood, California, hosted this program.
252 viewsEconomist and former Wall Street executive Nomi Prins talked about the widening gap between the financial markets and the real economy in the United States. This event was hosted by Book Sou…
659 viewsAnna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman discussed a collection of essays by leading black scholars and experts on policy-oriented solutions to key issues facing America. Book Soup Bookstore in West Hollywo…
136 viewsFormer National Security Agency research director Eric Haseltine recalled the life of NSA engineer Charles Gandy and his mission to uncover a leak in the U.S. embassy in Moscow during the la…
1,652 viewsFormer Ambassador James Hormel talked about his memoir about growing up as an heir to the Hormel Foods fortune and his struggle to become the first openly gay U.S. ambassador. He responded t…
322 viewsEitan Gorlin and Dan Mirvish talked about their book I Am Martin Eisenstadt: One Man’s (Wildly Inappropriate) Adventure with the Last Republicans (Faber & Faber; October 27, 2009), which is …
104 viewsDean Kuipers talked about his book Operation Bite Back: Rod Coronado’s War to Save American Wilderness (Bloomsbury USA; June 23, 2009). Mr. Kuipers provides a look inside the Animal Liberati…
254 viewsZachary Mexico presented his semi-autobiography China Underground (Soft Skull Press; March 1, 2009). He began learning Chinese at 15 and first traveled to China at 16, eventually writing a b…
645 viewsBarry Rosenberg and Catherine Macaulay talked about their book Mavericks of the Sky: The First Daring Pilots of the U.S. Air Mail, published by William Morrow. In the book they discuss the …
140 viewsEric Hamburg talked about his book JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone and Me: An Idealist’s Journey from Capitol Hill to Hollywood Hell, published by PublicAffairs Books. Mr. Hamburg worked for Senat…
270 viewsBarbara Cady talked about her book Icons of the 20th Century, published by Overlook Press. The book was a compilation of the most important people who best represent this century compiled by…
103 viewsAuthor Matt Towery talked about his book, Powerchicks: How Women Will Dominate America, published by Longstreet Press. Through statistics and interviews, the book explains why women may soon…
87 viewsAuthor Alain DeBotton talked about his new book, How Proust Can Change Your Life: Not a Novel. The book examines how Proust’s novel Remembrance of Things Past teaches lessons which apply to …
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