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Walter Isaacson talked about his book American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane (Simon & Schuster; November 24, 2009). It is a collection of his essays …

Robert Spector talked about his book The Mom & Pop Store: How the Unsung Heroes of the American Economy Are Surviving and Thriving (Walker & Company; September 15, 2009). In his book busines…

Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson talked about the 2008 presidential election. They focused on the important actors in the election, specifically then Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Th…

Frank Keating talked about and read to children from his book, The Trial of Standing Bear (Oklahoma Heritage Association; September 22, 2008). A Politics and Prose Bookstore employee showed …

Thomas Ricks talked about The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 (Penguin Press HC; February 10, 2009). The book is about the change in mil…

Barbara Meade talked about books she is reading.

Ronald White talked about A. Lincoln: A Biography (Random House; January 13, 2009). In the book he recounts the life of Abraham Lincoln and adds to the former president’s biography via his r…

Patrick Tyler talked about his book A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; December 23, 2008). Patrick Ty…