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Film, VideoAn Evening with Chinua Achebe Through his fiction and non-fiction works, Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has sought to repair the damage done to the continent of Africa and its people as a result of European colonization. This is best exemplified in his most famous novel "Things Fall Apart," one of the first African novels written in English to achieve national acclaim. Set in the 1890s, the novel deals with...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2008
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Film, VideoMalala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words Karen Leggett Abouraya discussed her new book, "Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words." Abouraya shared the Nobel Peace Prize winner's story through illustrations and graphics from her book, adding historical photos and maps to put this material in context. As part of Women's History Month, she also brought along teens from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and members of School Girls United organization to share their...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoJackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By Sharon Robinson, baseball legend Jackie Robinson's daughter and director of educational programming for the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, came to the Library of Congress to discuss her newly published book.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2001
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Film, VideoSodom Laurel Album Explores North Carolina Mountain Community The visual and oral history of a rural mountain community called Sodom Laurel, and one family steeped in the tradition of the area, are the focus of a new book and accompanying CD by Rob Amberg and Sheila Kay Adams.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoPatience and Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places and Book Culture Based on dozens of interviews, "Patience and Fortitude" is filled with personal stories about the relevance of books and book culture for individuals and nations.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2001
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Film, VideoHow to Read and Why Harold Bloom discusses his book, "How to Read and Why."- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2000
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Film, VideoPen of Fire: John Moncure Daniel The author discussed his new book, the first full-length biography of Confederate champion John Moncure Daniel.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2002
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Film, VideoMaster of the Senate Robert A. Caro recently won the Pulitzer Prize in biography for the Master of the Senate (Knopf, 2002) the third volume in his biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoMexicans and Americans: Cracking the Cultural Code International business executive and cultural analyst Ned Crouch discusses how Mexicans and Americans live and work together, and how this will be the big cultural story in North America in the 21st century.- Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2005
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Film, VideoAn Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic Michael Dirda, senior editor of the "Washington Post Book World", discussed his new memoir.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoJefferson and His Legacy Historians Joseph Ellis and Annette Gordon-Reed discuss Jefferson and his legacy.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2000
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Film, VideoEver is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past The director of the Publishing Office at the Library of Congress discussed his new memoir.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoAffairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic The author discussed both "Affairs of Honor" and "Alexander Hamilton, Writings," which she edited.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2001
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Film, VideoFreedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War Historian and biographer Ernest B. Furgurson discussed his new book, which tells the story of how the Civil War transformed the nation's capital from a provincial city into one of America's most important cultural and social centers.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2004
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Film, VideoThe Road to Home: My Life and Times Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, discussed his new autobiography- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoWhy Mysteries? Mystery writer Carolyn Hart, creator of the popular "Death on Demand" mystery series, is the author of 36 novels with more than 2.5 million books in print.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2004
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Film, VideoClassics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations From 1941 to 1971, the well-loved yet controversial Classics Illustrated series brought abridged, comics-style versions of literary masterpieces such as Homer's Odyssey, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Goethe's Faust and Victor Hugo's Les MiseĢrables to children and adults worldwide.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2002
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Film, VideoWomen's Activism and Social Change: Documenting the Lives of Margaret Sanger and Jane Addams Ester Katz, editor-in-chief of the Margaret Sanger Papers Project at the New York University, and Mary Lynn McCree Bryan, editor-in-chief of the Jane Addams Papers Project at Duke University, were the featured speakers at the Women's History Month program.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoIn Search of Lost Time: Intrigue, Invention and the Hunt for a Stolen Pocket Watch The author of "The Grand Complication: A Novel" talks about libraries, books and librarians.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2001
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Film, VideoA Is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States A Is for American is a fascinating, well-illustrated account of how language was used in the early American Republic to define national character and shape national boundaries.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
- Date: 2002
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Film, VideoThe People and the President: America's Conversations with FDR One of the many profound changes instituted by FDR: "a revolution in the pattern of communication between Americans and their Chief Executive."- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
- Date: 2002
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Film, VideoImages of Early African American Life Photographic images of African American life at the turn of the 20th century were the subject of a talk by historians David Levering Lewis and Deborah Willis. Their book, "A Small Nation of People: W.E.B. Du Bois & African American Portraits of Progress" (Amistad, 2003), is based on the Library?s collection of photographs showcased in "The Exhibit of American Negroes" at the 1900 Paris...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2003
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Film, Video100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide Books and Beyond 100 One-Night Reads highlights 100 books "that can be read with great enjoyment in the course of a single evening."- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2002
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Film, VideoThe History and Myths Surrounding the U.S. Flag The history and myths surrounding the flag of the United States and other American cultural icons were the subject of a talk by authors Karal Ann Marling and Vincent Virga on Flag Day, 2004.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress. Publishing Office
- Date: 2004
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Film, VideoThe Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution The award-winning author and journalist discussed her new book.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
- Date: 2003