George Soros - A Life in Full
PublicAffairs Books founder Peter Osnos, Ford Foundation president Darren Walker, and Democracy Alliance president Gara LaMarcha talked about the life, career, and philanthropy of businessma…
677 viewsPublicAffairs Books founder Peter Osnos, Ford Foundation president Darren Walker, and Democracy Alliance president Gara LaMarcha talked about the life, career, and philanthropy of businessma…
677 viewsVietnam after the American war ended in 1973 was discussed by Columbia University historian Lien-Hang Nguyen, former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam Raymond Burghardt, and former Washington Post …
386 viewsVietnam War veterans and former U.S. Senators Chuck Hagel and Bob Kerrey were among those who looked back at the end of the conflict that divided the country. Former Vietnam War corresponden…
588 viewsLongtime publishing executive Peter Osnos discussed political books and his role in some of the genre’s bestsellers in recent decades. About Books also reported on the latest publishing indu…
216 viewsVietnam War veterans and former U.S. Senators Chuck Hagel and Bob Kerrey were among those who looked back at the end of the conflict that divided the country. Former Vietnam War corresponden…
535 viewsThis discussion about the end of the Vietnam War a half-century ago featured former war correspondents Jim Sterba and Elizabeth Becker, and author David Maraniss. This George Washington Univ…
482 viewsJournalist and publishing executive Peter Osnos, founder of PublicAffairs Books, reflected on publishing three presidents and reporting on the Vietnam War. This was a virtual event hosted by…
202 viewsPeter Osnos, a longtime reporter, editor, and publisher and the author of An Especially Good View: Watching History Happen, talked about his family’s escape from Poland in 1939, working for …
1,139 viewsNatan Sharansky, a leading figure of the Soviet dissident movement of the 1970s and later an Israeli politician, spoke about his life and career with PublicAffairs Founder Peter Osnos. Mr. S…
545 viewsA party was held to celebrate the posthumous publication of Meg Greenfield’s book Washington, published by PublicAffairs. The book is an inside view of the U.S. federal capital from a journa…
566 viewsAuthors discussed the role that social entrepreneurs play, or could play, in improving social and economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally. Peter Osnos moderated. Topics included …
265 viewsA memorial service was held for Eli J. Segal, who died in February. Mr.. Segal headed President Clinton’s national service program after serving as his 1992 campaign chief of staff. After wo…
679 viewsPeter Osnos compared the wars in Iraq and Vietnam. Mr. Osnos covered the Vietnam war as a reporter from 1970-1973. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mails.
196 viewsA panel discussion titled “The Mission and Romance of Journalism” was held on print journalism as a profession. Following their discussion, the panelists responded to questions and comments …
114 viewsMr. Osnos talked about his company’s upcoming titles.
56 viewsPeter Osnos, Publisher and Chief Executive at Public Affairs, spoke by telephone from Jerusalem about the Natan Sharanksy book, The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyra…
96 viewsBookTV toured the Strand Book Store and talked with authors Richard Brookhiser, Harold Evans, Amy Goodman, John Fund and publishers Peter Osnos and Adam Bellow. The Strand also held an autho…
1,613 viewsKate Darnton talked about editing Booknotes on American Character: People, Politics, and Conflict in American History by Brian Lamb. PublicAffairs publisher Mr. Osnos participated by telepho…
231 viewsPublic Affairs Publisher, Peter Osnos, talked about Lou Cannon’s book on Ronald Reagan as California Governor and other books published by Public Affairs Books.
38 viewsThis program takes a look at instant books -- timely books that are published quickly -- and the steps involved in publishing such a book. One such instant book is Deadlock: The Inside Story…
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