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Vicente FoxRevolution of Hope
Mexico's Vicente Fox reflects on his remarkable presidency. Then Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo discusses his new novel set in Upstate New York. Also, an ivory expert fills us in on how DNA technology can help catch elephant poachers. And two historians share their latest books, one comparing the American and French Revolutions and the other illuminating the turbulent first decades of our nation's history.
Revolution of Hope
When Vicente Fox swept into office in 2000, he broke the dictatorial one-party rule that had strangled Mexico for over seventy years. As president, he steered the country's fragile young democracy through tough times, fighting corruption and ushering in six years of economic stability and reform in health care, education, and housing. In Revolution of Hope, President Fox reveals how he did it, and speaks for the first time on his close but rocky relationships with world leaders from George W. Bush and Tony Blair to Fidel Castro, Vladimir Putin, and Hugo Chávez.
Vicente Fox says he reveals info about his personal finances at centrofox.org.mx
Purchase Revolution of Hope: The Life, Faith, and Dreams of a Mexican President at amazon.com.
Vicente Fox will be speaking and signing copies of his book
Tuesday, October 9th at 7:30 pm
Union Square Barnes & Noble
Bridge of Sighs
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo is famous for crafting detailed portraits of small town life in America. Bridge of Sighs follows the fortunes of three struggling families in a fading industrial town in Upstate New York as their lives intertwine, for better or worse.
Purchase Bridge of Sighs at amazon.com.
Events: Richard Russo will be speaking with Claire Messud
Monday, October 8 at 8 pm
The 92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue, at 92nd Street
For tickets, visit the 92nd Street Y website or call 212-415-5500.
Richard Russo will be speaking and signing books
Friday, October 12 at 7 pm
Union Square Barnes & Noble
DNA and Elephant Poaching
Ivory poaching is on the rise again in Africa, and black-market sales of elephant tusks are at an all-time high. Now the fight against poachers has extended to the science lab. Dr. Samuel Wasser, an ivory expert at the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, will explain how DNA technology can be used to track down and arrest poachers.
For Liberty and Glory
Thirteen years after the American Revolution, rebels in France began to fight their own war for freedom. James R. Gaines's For Liberty and Glory illuminates the connections between the two Revolutions, emphasizing the strong influence their leaders had on one another.
Purchase For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions at amazon.com.
James R. Gaines will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, October 9th at 8:00 p.m.
National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South.
The event is free and open to the public.
The Great Upheaval
The Revolution won, America's Founding Fathers did not get to spend the 1790s simply setting up their new republic. Jay Winik's The Great Upheaval describes how extraordinary events at home and across the world in Russia, France, and Egypt tested the young nation and shaped our history for centuries to come.
Event:
Jay Winik will be giving a talk, Q&A, and signing books
Tonight, Mon. 10/8
7:00 pm
Chelsea Barnes & Noble
675 6th Ave
NY NY
Purchase The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 at amazon.com.
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