Laurie Garrett, the only writer ever to have been awarded all three of the Big "Ps" of journalism: The Peabody, The Polk and The Pulitzer, shares her report on the SARS epidemic in China. Mark Handelman, CEO and President of the New York Association for New Americans, discusses the challenges parents within the immigrant community face when dealing with autism and other special education needs. Theresa Carpenter discusses Miss Stone, a missionary and the first American captured for ransom on foreign soil. And Alan Furst with a collection of spy fiction, The Book Of Spies.
Laurie Garrett
Laurie Garrett, the only writer ever to have been awarded all three of the Big "Ps" of journalism: The Peabody, The Polk and The Pulitzer, shares her report on the SARS epidemic in China.
Visit Laurie Garrett's website.
Visit Laurie Garrett's website.
Mark Handelman
Mark Handelman, CEO and President of the New York Association for New Americans, discusses the challenges parents within the immigrant community face when dealing with autism and other special education needs.
Theresa Carpenter
Theresa Carpenter discusses Miss Stone, a missionary and the first American captured for ransom on foreign soil, The Miss Stone Affair: America's First Modern Hostage Crisis.
Teresa Carpenter is reading and signing books on:
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Barnes & Noble (Astor Place)
7:30 pm
Alan Furst
Alan Furst with a collection of spy fiction, The Book Of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage.
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