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Lynne Olson talked about her book, Freedom’s Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970. The book contains the untold story of the extraordinary women, bot…

Former Army Major McGowan talks about his book Major Conflict: One Gay Man’s Life in the Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Military, published by Broadway. In his book he recounts his service in the U.S…

Ms. Dickerson talked about her book, The End of Blackness: Returning the Souls of Black Folk to Their Rightful Owners, published by Pantheon Books. In the book, the author explores the conc…

Author Edward Said talked about his book, "Out of Place: A Memoir", published by Knopf. He described his personal development as a critic and thinker and his books about both the East and th…

Author Robert D. Manning talked about his book Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America’s Addiction to Credit, published by Basic Books. This book is an examination of how the credit …

Noelle Hanrahan talked about the book she edited by convicted felon Mumia Abu-Jamal, All Things Censored, published by Seven Stories. The book contains essays written by Mr. Abu-Jamal, cover…

Author Erin Gruwell and her students talked about their book The Freedom Writers Diary. The book is a collection of diary entries from their freshmen English class. They focused on how the b…