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    The Shadow Docket

    Law professor Stephen Vladeck argued that the Supreme Court increasingly uses obscure rulings to change the law with no accountability to the public. BookPeople in Austin, Texas, hosted this…

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    Forget the Alamo

    The Battle of the Alamo has been mythologized according to a new book by author Bryan Burrough, columnist Chris Tomlinson, and political consultant Jason Stanford. Past accounts omitted the …

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    Walk in My Combat Boots

    Bestselling author James Patterson and retired Army Ranger Matt Eversmann profiled men and women who have fought in U.S. wars going back to Vietnam. This virtual event was hosted by Book Peo…

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    Let the Lord Sort Them

    The Marshall Project staff writer Maurice Chammah reported on capital punishment in Texas. This virtual event was sponsored by Book People Bookstore in Austin, Texas.

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    Campus Color Line

    UCLA Professor Eddie Cole examined the impact that college presidents had on the civil rights movement. This was a virtual event hosted by BookPeople Bookstore in Austin, Texas.

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    Can't Even

    Former Buzzfeed senior culture writer Anne Helen Petersen explored the reasons for ‘burnout’ and how it most impacts millennials. This virtual event was provided by BookPeople Bookstore in A…

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    The End of October

    Pulitzer prize-winning author Lawrence Wright looked at pandemics and how deadly viruses work. This virtual program was sponsored by Book People bookstore in Austin, Texas.

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    Dreams of El Dorado

    H.W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton Sr. chair in history at the University of Texas at Austin, talked about his book, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West , in which he provided a hi…

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    American Sherlock

    University of Texas journalism Professor Kate Winkler Dawson looked at the life of Edward Oscar Heinrich, America’s first forensic scientist, who was integral in introducing the use of balli…

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    Four Hours of Fury

    Paratrooper-turned-historian James Fenelon recounted World War II’s largest airborne operation, when 17,000 Allied paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines in 1945.

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    Real Queer America

    Daily Beast senior reporter Samantha Allen talked about her book, Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States.

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    Unfamiliar Fishes

    Sarah Vowell examines the Americanization of Hawaii that began with the arrival of New England missionaries in 1820. The author recounts the coup, organized by the missionaries, that deposed…

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    Real American

    Julie Lythcott-Haims talked about her book, Real American, about her experiences growing up biracial in America.

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    Shoot Like a Girl

    Major Mary Jennings Hegar talked about her book Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front, in which she talks about her tours in Afghanistan with the…

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    The Price for Their Pound of Flesh

    Daina Ramey Berry talked about her book The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation, in which she examines the economic val…

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    We Could Not Fail

    Richard Paul and Steven Moss talked about their book, We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program, about 10 African Americans who broke the color barrier at NASA. The…

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    Blue Texas

    Professor Max Krochmal talked about his book Blue Texas: The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era, in which he examines liberal politics and civil rights acti…

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    The Fleet at Flood Tide

    James Hornfischer talked about his book The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945, in which he recalls the U.S. invasion of the Mariana Islands and the final op…

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    Stories I Tell Myself

    Juan Thompson talked about his book Stories I tell Myself: Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson, in which he remembers his childhood and formative years with his father. He spoke with historia…

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    Friday Night Lights

    Buzz Bissinger talked about his book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, in which he reports on the winningest high school football team in Texas history, the Permian Panthers,…

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