Historical Books Panel
Mr. Maraniss talked about his book, They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and American, October 1967. Mr. Kidder talked about his book, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of …
122 viewsMr. Maraniss talked about his book, They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and American, October 1967. Mr. Kidder talked about his book, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of …
122 viewsFormer professional baseball player, Billy Bean, talked about his memoir, "Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life in and out of Major-League Baseball". In 1999 Mr. Bean revealed publicly t…
109 viewsMs. Garrels and Ms. Stern talked about the war in Iraq and terrorism. Ms. Garrels is the author of Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq war as seen by NPR’s correspondent, published by Farrar, Straus…
186 viewsDavid Von Drehle and Daniel Okrent talked about historical events in New York City. Mr. Von Drehle is the author of Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, published by Atlantic Monthly Pre…
504 viewsThomas Cahill talked about his book, “Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter,” published by Doubleday. The book is the fourth in his series, “The Hinges of History.” He described …
609 viewsAuthor Hilary Hemingway talked about her book, Hemingway in Cuba.
88 viewsHoward Blum talked about his book, "The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War", published by HarperCollins. Peter Duffy talked about his book, "The Bielski Brothers: T…
165 viewsJorge Ramos talked about his book, No Borders: A Journalist’s Search for Home, published by RAYO. He discussed his experiences as an immigrant in America and his sense of not belonging. Mr.…
60 viewsMr. Crespo was interviewed about his photography book, Protest in the Land of Plenty. Many of the photographs were shown and explained.
54 viewsAuthor Sidney Blumenthall talked about his book, The Clinton Wars. After his presentation he answered audience members' questions. Mr. Blumenthall was an assistant and senior adviser to Pr…
118 viewsMr. Kaplan was interviewed about the organizing of the Miami Book Fair International.
56 viewsAuthor Mark Hertsgaard was interviewed about his book, The Eagle’s Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World, published by Picador.
100 viewsMr. Pollack talked about his book, Never Mind the Pollacks: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Novel. Mr. Burroughs talked about his book, Dry: A Memoir about addiction recovery. After their presentations the…
105 viewsThe Miami Book Fair International hosted a panel discussion on presidential biographies. Professor John Barrett, editor of That Man: An Insider’s Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, spoke ab…
130 viewsSeveral authors were interviewed about their books and activities. Zilia Laje is the founder of Escritores Cubanos De Miami, a group of Cuban writers living in Miami. Sergio Lostal is the au…
96 views179032-1 is the live 7 hour 55 minute Miami Book Fair. It contains all the programming for the day. (See 179032, parts 2-13 for purchasing panels and interviews separately.)
552 viewsIn the Antiquarian Annex of the book festival Harvey Wolf was interviewed about his bookstore Wolf’s Head Books, in St. Augustine, Florida, a rare and antiquarian book store.
67 viewsMr. Tenner and Mr. Fukuyama talked about the benefits, pitfalls, and consequences of advances in biotechnology. Mr. Tenner is the author of Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Tech…
164 viewsMs. Vergara was interviewed about the Miami Book Fair. She talked about how authors were selected, how the fair was funded, and what events and opportunities would be offered.
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