with the crew of the space shuttle "endeavour." 9/11 compensation fund town hall meeting is held in melville at 6:00 eastern. >>> a deadly night for anti-government protesters in syria. syrian human rights group says 24 people were killed and dozens more were injured by government security forces. our zain verjee is in london following the action. >> reporter: the international pressure is growing amid this brutal crackdown. the syrian government is saying they needed to get in there because of what they are calling armed terrorist groups. let's take a look at the international headlines to see what their analysis and response is. this is the national from the united emirates. they say ramadan could alter the course of arab uprising. they say that forces loyal to mr. al assad is an indication that the regime recognizes this will be its most testing four weeks. then take a look at "the guardian." it's headline is "under the hammer," saying the overwhelming truth after four months of protest that assad has lost even the bare minute to govern. there is no way back. the u.s. president barack oba

it's the bible of, the bible of herman melville's "moby dick."t's the bible of the speeches of martin luther king. it's the basis of cultural identity in the united states more than any other book. >> reporter: sweeney's book is one of many being released for the kjv's 400th anniversary. all year long, groups around the world are organizing celebrations, from symposia and exhibitions to special projects online. based in nashville, tennessee, thomas nelson publishers is the leading commercial publisher of king james bibles. and they're still rolling off the presses. in this factory, workers add thumb indexes to help readers more easily find the various books of the bibl for the 400th anniversary, thomas nelson has released a special limited edition king jam bible. >> reporter: today, more copies of contemporary translations may be sold such as the new international version or niv. but the king james version is still near the top of the list. in just the last 12 months, thomas nelson sold more than a million copies of the kjv. the bible is the best

whitman, the author of beneat the america renne sops, the imagination in the age of the emerson and melville and that "s" word submersive came up in oping l tom's cabin and its impact. there's the issue of faith and fiction. when you see the list of books, you begin to understand how much he -- how often he may have run into stowe and uncle tom's cabin in the others. this book tonight is mightier than the sword, uncle tom's cabin, and the battle for america which will be released by norton on june 14 #th, stowe's 200th birthday. also released by oxford press will be a new modern version, a splendid edition of uncle tom's cabin, a gorgeous document that you have to wait until then to get. please join me in welcoming david reynolds. david? [applause] >> thank you very much, katharine. what i'm going to do is comment for 15-20 minutes introducing my book, and then katharine and i will have a friendly dialogue and open it up for q&a for the audience. it's great to be here at the historic stowe center. she spent the last two decades of her life -- i've done research here and truly appreciate ever

" and he's the author of beneath the american renaissance, imagination in the age of emerson and melville, and i certainly found that "s" word submersive came up quite a bit in uncle tom's cabin. the faith friction, when you see these lists of books, you begin to understand how much he -- how much he may have run into stowe and uncle tom's cabin in other other books. his latest book is mightier than the sward, uncle tom's cabin and the battle for america which i mentioned is released by norton on june 14th, stowe's 200th birthday. also released that day is a new modern version of the splendid edition of uncle tom's cabin, and absolutely gorgeous document that you have to wait until then to get, so please join me in welcoming david to the harriet beecher stowe center. [applause] david? >> thanks very much, katharine. i'll comment for 15-20 minutes introducing my book, and then we'll have a friendly dialogue, and hopefully open it up for q&a from the add yuns. it's -- audience. it's great to be here at the historic stowe center, the home where she spent the last few decades of her life righ

going to be an english major and i was lucky enough to have some great teachers, too who would teach melville would go to the home of the professor which was on the rocks overlooking the atlantic and he would talk about ahab and the whale and was all very real to me. so after college, more hitchhiking, and now i am trying to become a great american novelist, and i am not making much headway. i am having a great time. but i am finding it very difficult to sit down and actually write something in the short stories. so, eventually i just had to come to the realization i wasn't going to be the great american writer. maybe i was going to explore something else in the publishing scene like the next best thing. so, 36 years ago we started our little company here in maryland. that was after i counted on new york city to find a job in publishing a that was in 1975 there were for a few jobs available. anyway, i never regretted the choice. publishing is a wonderful business and also today when i meet people for the first time the kind of look at me like i have a terminal illness

point on the 900 levels of the dewey decimal system looking for an interesting book, created by melville dewey, who is a rabid anti-semite. in fact, i love libraries so much combat if he were to give me a choice between a night with kate blanchet or a night walk to loud in the library of congress, i would take the night with kate lynn checked in a heart beat, but i too love libraries. so i thought her attack tonight about this new book of mine, except for in how it came out by you. i'm a little knowing that in the publishing company, crown publishing company, within the company who were apparently lazy, they call the book now exclusively by its acronym, which is it god, which sounds a little bit by something your cat coughed up. but i've realized is if you say itgob law corralling companies on chase lake girl and the the exorcist movie. take it home with you. [laughter] at first glance, this may may not seem like my kind of book necessarily. this book is sent in 1933, 34, nazi chamonix, hitler, the whole deal. this is exactly my type of thing because it is about a period that people thin

i was lucky enough to have some great teachers bear, to, who would teach herman melville and we wouldgo out to the home of the professor, which was situated on the rocks overlooking the atlantic and he was talking about a half and whale, it was all very real to me. so after college, more hitchhiking. and now i am trying to become a great american novelist and i am not making much headway. i'm having a great time, but i'm finding it very difficult to sit down and actually write something that's longer than a short story. so eventually i just have to come to the realization that it wasn't going to be the great american writer. maybe i would explore something else and publishing sand lake the next big thing. so if dirty six years ago, we started our little company here in maryland. that was after i pounded on doors in new york city for trying to find a job in publishing in late 1975, where they were very few jobs available. anyway, i've never regretted the choice. publishing is a wonderful business and although today when i meet people for the first time in siam in the book pushing busin

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