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Cody's Books

Cody's Books was an independent bookstore based in Berkeley, California. It "was a pioneer in bookselling, bringing the paperback revolution to Berkeley, fighting censorship, and providing a safe harbor from tear gas directed at anti-Vietnam War protesters throughout the 1960s and 70s." Wikipedia*

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Cody's Books has hosted 19 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1997 Speech. The year with the most events was 2007 with five events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 1998 with an average of 1,044 views per video. Most common tags: World History, Culture, Race Relations.

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    Crunch

    Jared Bernstein spoke about his book Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries) in which he o…

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    Dissent: Voices of Conscience

    Ann Wright, co-author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience: Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq, was joined by …

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    A Bound Man

    Shelby Steel talked about his book A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win, published by Free Press.…

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    A Magnificent Catastrophe

    Edward Larson talked about his book A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America’s First Presidential

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