Kansas City Star's Top Books of the Year
A list of the Kansas City Star's top books of 2013 was shown.
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120 viewsPeter Lance talked about his book, Deal with the Devil: The FBI’s Secret Thirty-Year Relationship with a Mafia Killer, in which he discusses gangster Gregory Scarpa, a high-level member of t…
1,397 viewsJill Lepore talked about her book, Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, in which she recalls the life of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister, Jane Franklin. The author said …
2,345 viewsJesmyn Ward talked about her book, Men We Reaped, a memoir about growing up poor in Mississippi and the deaths of five men from her hometown that she was close to, including her younger brot…
1,001 viewsMalala Yousafzai and her father spoke about her book, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. In October 2012, Malala Yousafzai, who lived in the Swat V…
2,726 viewsCathy Lanier, the chief of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, talked about the department’s growth in the twenty-three years she has been a police officer. She talked a…
1,955 viewsAuthor Ben Urwand talked about his book, The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler, in which he uncovers the relationship between studio executives and the German propaganda ministry. …
1,138 viewsPaul Chappell, a West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran, talked about his book, The Art of Waging Peace: A Strategic Approach to Improving Our Lives and the World, in which he discusses wh…
806 viewsTwo former directors of presidential libraries overseen by the National Archives talked about the creation of the 13-library system and the challenges facing the stewards of presidential pap…
271 viewsLisa Mascaro talked about the government shutdown and the debate over the federal budget in 2013, as well as the impact of these issues in 2014. This program featured portions of C-SPAN prog…
346 viewsPresident Obama and other senior government and South Korean officials spoke at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice ending the Korean War July 27, 1953. Com…
960 viewsStaff Sergeant Reckless, a highly decorated war horse who served with the U.S. Marines during the Korean War, was honored with a monument dedication ceremony at the Marine Corps Museum in Tr…
2,761 viewsHistorians and authors talked about the events and circumstances around Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication ceremony of Soldiers' National Cemetery. They…
2,514 viewsSimeon Booker talked about his book, Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter’s Account of the Civil Rights Movement. He was interviewed at the 2013 National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Nig…
218 viewsFormer Secret Service agent Clint Hill who was present during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, talked about his book, Five Days in November, in which he r…
904 viewsMirta Ojito talked about her book, Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town, in which she looks at hate crimes against Latinos in the U.S., which she argues have been i…
435 viewsPanelists talked about the impact of the 1960s Cultural Revolution on American society. They argued that the 1960s brought a decline of confidence in institutions and authority, the growth o…
1,704 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question, “What is your pick for news story of the year?”
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