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(David Sedaris)
The situation in Iraq is looking troublesome, but for Walter Russell Mead, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, hope is not lost. He thinks that eventually the U.S. will spread democracy and economic and political freedom to the Middle East, and in fact to the rest of the world. Then historian Gordon Wood traces Benjamin Franklin’s path from loyal British subject to radical American. Plus, David Sedaris is back with his latest essay collection – this one is called Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. And a discussion about Byzantine art and civilization, from 1261 to 1557.
Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead looks closely at U.S. foreign policy in his new book, Power, Terror, Peace, and War: America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk.
» See Walter Russell Mead’s bio from the Council on Foreign Relations
Events: Walter Russel Mead will ...
» See Walter Russell Mead’s bio from the Council on Foreign Relations
Events: Walter Russel Mead will ...
Gordon Wood
Gordon Wood’s new biography is The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin. Wood won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for The Radicalism of the American Revolution.
Events: Gordon Wood will be reading from his book Thursday, June 3rd at 6 pm at Coliseum Books (11 W 42nd St) between 5th ...
Events: Gordon Wood will be reading from his book Thursday, June 3rd at 6 pm at Coliseum Books (11 W 42nd St) between 5th ...
David Sedaris
David Sedaris recounts strange and funny stories from his family history in his latest, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. His earlier books include Me Talk Pretty One Day and Holidays on Ice.
» Read an excerpt of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim ...
» Read an excerpt of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim ...
Helen Evans
The art of Constantinople and the Eastern Orthodox church had an important influence on the Islamic world and the Latin-speaking West, and especially on the development of the Renaissance. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently showing works from the Byzantine civilization in an exhibit called "Byzantium: Faith and Power ...
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