a blind intelligence, true, but out of such persistence arose turtles, rivers, mitochondria, figs, all this resinous, unretractable, earth. the next reader is summer brenner. . >> i'm going it read today an excerpt from anana, queen of heaven and earth. i wanted to say a few words about anana. this is the oldest literary work that we have. these are the cuniform tablets that were excavated in the late 1880's and early 1890's by the university of pennsylvania. tens of thousands of fragments of cuniform fragments. the story of anana starts in her adolescence. it travels through her journey as a queen and a goddess, and much of her story is devoted to the love, a very passionate love, for dimusi, who is a shepherd who she takes as her husband, lover and king. and this is called the return. a lament was raised in the city. my lady weeps bitterly for her young husband. anana weeps bitterly for her young husband. woe for her husband, woe for her young love, woe for her house, woe for her city. dimusi was taken captive in aruk. he will no longer bathe in aradu. he will no longer treat the mot

this slide shows mitochondria that exist in all the cells and the power packs for the cells and it has been realized in the last 30 years these mitochondria have nothing to do with us in terms of the origin. they originated dashes free living bacteria billions of years ago in a motion came to an hebetate as algae gravitates with coral polyps on a coral reef but over the years they have become so closely tied with the cells and of the symbiosis is so intricate they cannot exist for a millisecond without the cells within our body in our body cells could not survive without them. that is the beginning of the complexity of the theme that we call a human being >> i have a long list of books. some are finished and some are new but a book by robert kaplan of the whole issue of central asia where most politics of the next 25 years will occur and i have read chapters but i have traveled to indonesia a note i want to read the whole book and i have not finished shipper cry started in february. another book that was given to me buy a fellow in my office who worked with me on the question of water.

this slide shows mitochondria that exist in all of our souls. they are the power pack for ourselves. it was realized in the last 30 years that these mitochondria have nothing to do with this in terms of their origin. they or originated as free bacteria a billion years ago in an ancient ocean and came to cohabit the cells of our bodies the way out the cohabit with coral polyps but over a billion years they have become so closely tied with ourselves that they can't exist for a millisecond without the cells they live in and our bodily cells cannot survive without them. that is just the beginning of the complexity of the human being. >> you watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> up next rory stewart examines t#yod hineí ugh w wrym mrgecauinigairwf1 o thopee chattimei bei hough >> i'm hoping for more of a conversation than a lecture. someone has just written a book about working in afghanistan. i look to the an end of the rim and see someone in the canadian embassy in afghanistan's around and on every side by experts who are able to c

this site just shows mitochondria, the power packs of the sells. it's been recognized for years they have nothing to do with us. they existed millions of years ago and came to inhabit the cells of bodies like algae co-habit on the coral reef, but over the years, they have become so closely tied in with our cells and it's to intracat now, they cannot exist without our bodies, and our bodily cells cannot survive without them. that's just the beginning really of the complexity of what we call a human being. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> i'll mention one book i just finished. it's an autobiography entitled " infidel" about a somalia born woman who was brought up in the war-torn area that that several african and middle eastern countries firmly escapeed to holland and got political there and got involved in parliament there. she was involved in a real controversy based on a movie that she and a man produced about the harshness of islam and the way that it's be

and just want to run through a few examples of that corporation this light just shows mitochondria. small organelles. packing for ourselves. realized in the last 30 years that they had nothing to do with us in terms of origin. free living bacteria into the engine the ocean, and they came to tell the heavens munched away elegy cohabit with the coal reef but i have become so close in with that sell. so intricate that they tied the existence without the cells of their body. and now they cannot survive without. that is just the beginning of the complexity of the thing we call a human being. >> you can watch this and other programs on line at book tv. next, marc stein examines the many people who shape state boundaries. the authors profile range from brigham young to jeremiah dixon and charles manson. the british surveyor's noted for lines that separated maryland, pennsylvania, and delaware. about an hour and ten minutes. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. when i wrote how the states cut their shapes i was dealing. during that i encountered people who were involved in . the book was