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    One Day in September: 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre

    Simon Reeve talked about his latest book, One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God". Mr. Reeve gathered i…

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    The Lion's Pride

    Author Edward Renehan talked about the relationship between President Theodore Roosevelt and his four sons. Following their father’s military values, all four sons fought in World War I. By …

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    No Way to Pick a President

    Jules Witcover talked about his book, No Way to Pick a President: How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux. He focused on the current sta…

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    The Monk in the Garden

    Author, Robin Henig, talked about her book "The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics". The book describes how Gregor Mendel’s experiments un…

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    The Works of Friedrich Nietzsche: Discussion

    Participating via a satellite connection from Boston, Professor Rosen discussed the life and works of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche for about 54 minutes. One of his books is The Mask of En…

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    Bodies in Motion and At Rest

    Thomas Lynch spoke about his book Bodies in Motion and At Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality, published by W.W. Norton. The book examines modern attitudes toward death, particularly the failur…

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    Rivonia's Children

    Author Glenn Frankel talked about his book Rivonia’s Children: Three Families and the Cost of Conscience in White South Africa, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He focused on three Je…

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    In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Survivor

    Irene Cut Opdyke talked about her book, "In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer". She focused her remarks on her life as a young Polish nursing student giving medical aid to Jewish fri…

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    Monday Morning Quarterback: Speech

    Jonathan Yardley spoke about his book Monday Morning Quarterback, published by Rowman & Littlefield. The book is a collection of Yardley’s essays on politics, literature, culture and sports.…

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    Political Books

    In this BOOKNOTES event Authors talked about what they are currently reading and writing and reflecting on writing as a profession. They also took questions from the audience. Brian Lamb,…

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