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i know a couple of people on the panel she be memories the odyssey to manhood. that is next. [inaudible conversations] -- adulthood. [laughter]
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>> publicity manager for the university of illinois. what is coming down this fall? >> we have a lot of great'' -- titles one is a look at the history of the atlantic slave trade called slavery at sea. and it is one of the first looking at mechanics that the slavery of cn the making of the slaves as they were transported in bondage from one continent to north america and it shows how the
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dehumanizing process goes step-by-step and explains the process of slavery transformed the spirits of people to be put in that position and that is coming out in november. >> we also have the of book that looks at the 1936 olympics often called the not the olympics called six minutes in berlin. you may be familiar with the american rowing team that won the gold medal that year. that was the first time that the worldwide sports media business class started in the six minutes in berlin are the six minutes that race took broadcast live around the world from the
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favored nazi rowers. >> host: what books to publish? >> we are entering a 100 year of publishing representing all three campuses based in champagne but also the springfield campus and we have been publishing in a variety of subjects as you may have thought history is as strong subjects than the music and our big subjects as well as labor history and african-american history and other titles. >> host: one more title for the fall. >> one more is a little bit of an expansion from mormon studies called bearing witness it is up book put together that is a firsthand
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story of the 36 mormon women representing different stories have the feel of marriage and love and sex to marry outside of the mormon religion and the pressures that come to have a very traditional mormon relationship it is a very interesting book event goes the other feminist media studies books. >> that is coming on in september. >> publicity manager for the university of illinois press
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>> host: wanted his son your summer reading list? send us your choice is and you can post on our facebook page, or send an e-mail to booktv at c-span.org. >> this will not just be about confronting blacks but also the revolutionary life of paul robeson with this guy, ed gerald horne is amazing as a scholar and historian please give a round of applause to welcome him. [applause]

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