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    D-Day Girls

    Sarah Rose talked about her book, D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II, in which she reported on British female spies in World Wa…

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    The Secret History of Home Economics

    Journalist Danielle Dreilinger provided a history of home economics and how it led many young women to jobs in the fields of health, science, and economics. This was a virtual event hosted b…

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    Terror to the Wicked

    Tobey Pearl recounted the first murder trial in the Plymouth Colony for the fatal robbery of a Nipmuc tribesman in 1638. This was a virtual event hosted by Porter Square Bookstore in Cambrid…

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    Eleanor

    Biographer David Michaelis recalled the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. This was a virtual event hosted by Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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    The Sword and the Shield

    Historian Peniel Joseph examined the relationship between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. and how they defined the civil rights movement. This was a virtual event hosted by Porter Squar…

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    Think Like a Feminist

    Philosophy professor Carol Hay weighed in on what it means to be a feminist. This virtual event was hosted by Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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    War and Peace

    Historian Nigel Hamilton discussed the last of his three-volume biography of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, War and Peace: FDR’s Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943-194…

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    Rebooting AI

    Scientist and entrepreneur Gary Marcus talked about his book, Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust, in which he weighed in on the state of artificial intelligence and …

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    American Radicals

    University of Massachusetts, Boston Professor Holly Jackson talked about her book, American Radicals: How Nineteenth-Century Counterculture Shaped the Nation, in which she profiled leaders o…

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    The Collapse

    Mary Elise Sarotte talked about her book, The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall, about the collapse of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. In her book, the author reports …

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    America's Jewish Women

    Pamela Nadell, director of Jewish Studies at American University, talked about her book, America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today, in which she profiled Jewish women in…

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    Black Flags, Blue Waters

    Eric Jay Dolin provided a history of piracy in the America’s in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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    The Ends of the World

    Peter Brannen talked about his book The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions, in which he discusses the potential…

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    How May I Help You?

    Deepak Singh talked about his book, How May I Help You?: An Immigrant’s Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage, about his experiences working in the service sector in the United States.

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    Civilianized

    Michael Anthony talked about his book Civilianized: A Young Veteran’s Memoir, in which he chronicles his decline after returning home from the Iraq War. During this event, Mr. Anthony was in…

    812 views
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    Commander in Chief

    Nigel Hamilton talked about his book Commander in Chief: FDR’s Battle with Churchill, 1943, in which he examines the strained relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British…

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    The Mantle of Command

    Nigel Hamilton, talked about his book, The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942, in which he recalls President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s military command during World War II and his many d…

    974 views
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    Whitey

    Former Boston Globe correspondents Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill talked about their book, Whitey: The Life of America’s Most Notorious Mob Boss, in which they recount the life of Boston gangs…

    718 views
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    Sweet Heaven When I Die

    Jeff Sharlet talked about the depth and nature of religious belief in the United States. He also responded to questions from members of the audience at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass…

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    Constitution Cafe

    Christopher Phillips, using the example of the directive by Thomas Jefferson that the U.S. Constitution be revised on a frequent basis, traveled across the country and interviewed many group…

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