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    Jack Prelutsky: Book Fest 07 Jack Prelutsky in a presentation at the 2007 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2007
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    Borderlines/Borderlands: Culture and the Canadian-U.S. International Boundary: Panels 4, 5 & 6. Borderlines/ Borderlands: Culture and the Canada-US International Boundary, a free symposium featuring leading Canadian and US scholars, which will explore the history and culture of regions, communities and their residents along the Canada-U.S. border. Panel 4: Cultural Manifestations of the Border includes Laurie Ricou speaking on "Border Songs of Cascadia: Rain, Rivering, and Raven in the Pacific Northwest" and Nora Foster Stoval on "'American...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2010
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    Writing the Holocaust Michlean Amir of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum moderated a discussion on writing about the Holocaust with authors Anthony Pitch and Nancy Geise. Pitch discussed his book, "Our Crime Was Being Jewish," featuring vivid memories of 358 Holocaust survivors. Geise discussed her book, "Auschwitz #34207: The Joe Rubenstein Story," one man's tale of survival.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2015
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    Ann Kidd Taylor: 2009 National Book Festival Ann Kidd Taylor, co-authoring a memoir with her mother Sue Monk Kidd appears at the National Book Festival.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2009
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    Knowledge Designers What turns a Shakespeare scholar into a digital entrepreneur? Katherine Rowe will talk about the opportunities and challenges that led two academics to design an application for social reading: Shakespeare's The Tempest for iPad, published by Luminary Digital Media. This initiative illuminates larger transformations of reading, writing, teaching, and learning that so many of us are experiencing today.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
    • Date: 2013
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    Carla Hayden Sworn In as 14th Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is sworn in as 14th Librarian of Congress by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts in the Great Hall of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2016
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    Liza Donnelly: 2014 National Book Festival Liza Donnelly appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2014
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    Health Expert Pamela Peeke Discusses "Fit To Live" Have you indulged in too many hot dogs and ice cream cones this summer? Failed to carry out the well-meant exercise program? It might be time to heed the advice of Pamela Peeke, the medical doctor who recently published "Fit to Live: The Five-Point Plan to Be Lean, Strong and Fearless for Life." Peeke discussed her new book at the Library of Congress in...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
    • Date: 2007
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    Loving vs. Virginia Patricia Hruby Powell and Shadra Strickland discussed their book for young people, "Loving vs. Virginia" about a famous legal case that cleared the way for interracial marriage in the United States. The event was supported by the Jonah S. Eskin Memorial Fund of the Library of Congress. The fund was established to honor the late son of Marcia and Barnet Eskin.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
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    Conversation with Arditti Quartet & Eliot Fisk Guitarist Eliot Fisk, violinist Irvine Arditti and composer Hilda Paredes speak about the works being performed by Fisk and the Arditti Quartet. Works discussed include Berio's "Sequenza XI," Manoury's "Fragmenti," Paredes' "Son dementes cuerdas" and Lachenmann's third quartet, "Grido."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2017
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    Rep. James Clyburn: 2014 National Book Festival Rep. James Clyburn appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2014
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    The History and Curse of the Hope Diamond They say diamonds are a girl's best friend. Yet, one such gem has been more foe to those it has touched, allegedly cursing some of them to their demise. From the diamond mines of India and royal palaces of Europe to the jewelers of Fifth Avenue and halls of the Smithsonian, Richard Kurin uncovers the mystery and the true story of the world's most...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2007
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    Lyrics of Life: Sa'di on Love, Cosmopolitanism and Care of the Self Fatemeh Keshavarz discussed her new book on the mediaeval Persian lyrical poet Sa'di: "Lyrics of Life: Sa'di on Love, Cosmopolitanism and Care of the Self." This program was the opening lecture of a Persian book lecture series, held during the Nowruz season which celebrates the arrival of spring.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
    • Date: 2016
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    Translational Medicine: Advancing from Bench to Bedside The Library of Congress celebrated the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA structure with a panel discussion that included Nobel Laureate James D. Watson (who in collaboration with several other scientists, discovered the structure of DNA), Nobel Laureate Carol Greider of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Elliott Crooke of Georgetown University School of Medicine. Orla Smith, managing editor of Science...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
    • Date: 2013
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    Hidden Carols: A Christmas Singing Tradition in the English Pennines For well over two and a half centuries, the performance of distinctive carols has been a feature of the seasonal holiday of Christmas in villages in many parts of England, especially in the West Country and in the region of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire around Sheffield, on the eastern edge of the Pennine hills. In this talk Ian Russell explores the development of this...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2014
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    Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009 Alexander von Humboldt achieved cultural hero status in the United States in the second half of the 19th century. His travels, experiments and knowledge transformed Western science. A lecture at the Library of Congress examined the influence and legacy of the German naturalist and explorer. Andreas Daum presented "Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009." Between 1799 and 1804, von...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2009
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    A Conversation with Betty Friedan The Library of Congress Women's History Month Planning Committee presented a Conversation with Betty Friedan.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2005
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    Facts or Fictions: The Mysteries of Renaissance Cartography This two-day conference celebrates the 500th anniversary of Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina, one of the great masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, and focuses on some of the most mysterious maps of the Medieval and Early Modern periods. First of four sessions.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
    • Date: 2016
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    Interview with the Ambassadors: The Joy of Writing Following the Jan. 5, 2010, ceremony announcing the appointment of Katherine Paterson as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2010-2011, Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for 2008-2009, interviewed his successor. They discussed a wide range of issues, both serious and humorous, in a room in the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2010
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    Women in Science In honor of Women's History Month, Svetlana Kotliarova discussed the scientific process with Fifth-graders from Hendley Elementary School in Washington, D.C. She read a book about women in science and spoke about her difficult childhood in Russia and her education there and in Japan.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
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    Filipino Americans: The Other Asian Americans Author and poet Jon Pineda discussed the Filipino American experience within the context of his work.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2016
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    Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) Update The Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) is a major community challenge to provide an alternative to the deeply embedded MARC formats that will be more compatible with the Internet and linked data environment, and that offers new opportunities to leverage information. This update shares information on current developments as work continues on this significant effort.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
    • Date: 2013
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    Preparing for the Next Generation of Crewed Planetary Surface Exploration Kelsey Young discussed her work at analog sites on Earth to prepare for a new generation of crewed planetary exploration missions that use new tools and technologies to collect and interpret geochemical and geophysical data.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
    • Date: 2016
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    Geraldine Brooks: 2016 National Book Festival Geraldine Brooks discusses her career and "The Secret Chord" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2016
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    Gardening for Ozone Air Quality Air quality continues to be a public-health concern. Some of the nation's worst ozone pollution occurs in suburbs and even in parks that are downwind from sources of pollution. Ozone amounts can vary widely from one neighborhood to the next, and government ozone-monitoring stations cannot cover all of them. Experts are finding that gardeners can play an important role in monitoring ozone-related air quality....
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
    • Date: 2008