my name is maddie walters and on behalf of harvard bookstore. >> they will turn it up a little bit. i'm very pleased to welcome you to the evening's event with robert ross bottom presenting his new book "sudden courage" we are pleased to have c-span book tv today here Ãbplease know you will be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you before asking a question. we have a great lineup over the next couple of months which includes national book award finalist alan lightman, pulitzer prize winner samantha power and new york times best-selling novelist alice hoffman. for more details and information on these and many upcoming events please visit the events calendar@harvard.com /events and sign up for weekly email newsletter. after tonight's q&a will have a book signing at this table. the client will form toward the left and book around the corner because there's a lot of you. we have a couple copies of his previous book for sale to register and a lot of copies of his new book which she will have to fight for the register as well. i like to take a moment to say t

my name is maddie walters and on behalf of harvard bookstore. >> they will turn it up a little