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Portland Seminary professor Leah Payne talked about the history of the Jesus Movement and the birth of Christian rock in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. This event was hosted b…

James David Robenalt talked about his book The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War (Palgrave Macmillan (September 1, 2009). In his book he recounts the political and pers…

Gerard Gawalt talked about his book My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives, published by Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers. Mr. Gawalt, a curator of the papers of pr…

Michael Scharf and Paul Williams talked about the impact of international law on the decision-making process at the State Department. The co-authors spoke to ten former U.S. State Department…

Former Governor Sarah Palin signed copies of her book, Going Rogue: An American Life (HarperCollins; November 17, 2009) at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati. She made brief opening remar…

Benjamin Roth was a lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio, when the stock market crashed in 1929. Two years later he decided to keep a diary to detail the effects that the financial collapse had on him…

Michael Scharf and Gregory McNeal talked about their book Saddam on Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal, published by Carolina Academic Press. Former Iraqi leader Sadda…

The C-SPAN BookTV Bus crew visited Joseph-Beth Booksellers, a large independent book store. Event date listed is not correct.

Representative Sherrod Brown (D-OH) talked about his book Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed, published by New Press. He said American trade policy failed and blamed …

Thomas Parrish talked about his book Submarine: A History, published by Viking Penguin. The book presented a comprehensive history of the creation and emergence of submarines as an effectiv…

John Morse, president and publisher for Merriam-Webster, talked about the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. He focused on how words get into the dictionary and recently added words. He …

Brandon Marie Miller discussed her book Dressed for the Occasion: What Americans Wore 1620-1970, published by Lerner Publications Company. The book is about what Americans were wearing from …

Cincinnati-based Author and Journalist Laura Pulfer spoke about her book, “I Beg to Differ.” The book is a collection of her humorous columns covering politics and government.

Mr. Waugh talked about his new book, Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency. The book examines the important figures in and explanation for Abraham Lincoln’s victory over Geo…

Author Mr. James Cash talked about his book, Unsung Heroes: Ohioans in the White House: A Modern Appraisal, published by Orange Frazer Press. Presidents McKinley, Garfield, Hayes, Taft, Hard…

John Barry, Author, talked about his new book, Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America. It focuses on the socio-economic impact of the flood which damaged…