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we are at berlin's jewish look at the tour bookstore books from our yellow publishing house germany's 1st jewish publisher of children's books are on sale here. founded 11 years ago these days she's also releasing books for adults like the kosher comics. who feel more. jewish humor takes a difficult or a sad situation or what have you. and exaggerates it or adopts a new perspective on it. and that creates a sense of relief. come on in russian jewish novelist by the mere camino has lived in berlin for 30 years his humorous works about everyday life of one of millions of fans he contributed a satirical text hypers times and says humor is perfect for countering anti semitic conspiracy theories in the form of throwing a force that it's a nice fantasy imagining our planet is not simply circle the sun that someone is actually directing communicating and controlling everything. but i don't think it's the jews. at least not those i know. the bestselling author says the humor in his novels stems from the train tragic scene it's. not really is that of course remaining detached is key. i've alwa

bookstore. thank you so much. and to everyone who is watching, and i thank you so much for coming in and supporting any bookselling and the harvard bookstore publishers authors in the incredible staff. they are working everyday to bring events to you. i really am sorry if we do not get to your questions and partially there's just so any wonderful questions tonight. but luckily is a beautiful book that is called "the truth at the heart of the lie: how the catholic church lost it's soul" and there's a link in the chat if you would like to purchase it. and from all of us have harvard bookstores, continue to shop and shop local and thank you so much. james and mike any final word. james: i would love to say thank you to you andre and to jeff the best of my regards give that to him. and my last word has to say thanks you might as well. what a privilege to be with you this evening. your thoughtful reading of my book is a great gift and do not take it for granted. mike: that is really wonderful book. thank you audrey. >> thank you and take care. >> book tv on "c-span2", every weekend at the latest nonfiction books and authors. t

the link below. thank you for supporting your local bookstore and tuning in. had a good night. >> here's a look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books according to harvard bookstore in cambridge, massachusetts. >> some of these authors have appeared on booktv and you can watch the programs anytime at booktv.org. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight on booktv in prime time history professor looks at the history of a race in travel in america. financial analyst explains why he believes corporate america has been changed in recent years by progressive ideology. >> that all starts at 7 p.m. eastern. consult your program guide or visit booktv.org for complete schedule information. >> good morning, everyone. my name is tom duesterberg,, senior fellow at the hudson institute. we are pleased today to have with us roya hakakian on the date of publication of her new book on the immigrant experience in america. let me give you a little

>> here is a look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books according to harvard bookstore in cambridge, massachusetts, topping the is pulitzer-prize winning officer isabel, hidden cast system in the united states. after that is empire of pain, new yorker staff writer patrick keith's report on the family's wealth that was built on pharmaceuticals which included valium and oxycotin and next fulfillment followed by philip and wrapping up some of the best-selling books according to harvard bookstore, the university of virginia professor with thoughts of subtraction, some have appeared on book tv and you can watch their programs any time at booktv.org. >> good afternoon and welcome to this month's young leader circle event. i'm reihan salam, president of manhattan institute and i'm happy to be with ross douthat, one of his five published books. we are here to discuss ross' most recent book newly released in paperback, decaden society america before and after the pandemic. those of you who own the hard cover edition will know the subtitle. the decadent society how we became victim of success

the law. he actually proposed to me on abraham lincoln's birthday, in a bookstore in the nonfiction aisle, of course. so there's romance in this book too. >> and you also -- my affections. so there you go. >> klobuchar, thank you very much for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it and love the book. just love it. >> thank you. >> thank you. well, on wednesday night, president biden will describe the tax increases he wants to use to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure package, but there's another way to pay for it. without raising any taxes just stop cheaters. the irs estimates that tax cheaters owe the treasury $1 trillion a year in tax payments that they never pay because republicans have made sure that the irs does not have the personnel or the resources to fully enforce tax law. that's a deliberate choice by republicans. that is why our next guest has introduced the stop cheaters act. the formal name of the bill is the stop corporations and higher earners from avoiding taxes and enforce rules strictly act stop cheaters joining us now is democratic congressman ro khanna of californ

the law. he actually proposed to me on abraham lincoln's birthday, in a bookstore, in the nonfiction aisle, oftoo. >> and he also -- my affection. so, there you go. >> senator klobuchar, thank you very much for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it and love the book. just love it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> well, on wednesday night, president biden will describe the tax increases he wants to use to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure package. but there's another way to pay for it, without raising any taxes. just stop cheaters. the irs estimates that tax cheaters owe the treasury $1 trillion, a year, in tax payments that they never pay because republicans have made sure that the irs does not have the personnel or the resources to fully enforce tax law. that's a deliberate choice, by republicans. that is why our next guest has introduced the stop cheaters act. the formal name of the bill is the stop corporations and higher earners from avoiding taxes and enforce rules strictly act. stop cheaters. joining us now is democratic congressman, ro khanna of california. he is the author of

philip roth purred and wrapping up our look at some of the best-selling books according to the harvard bookstore is university of virginia professor lauded without use of subtraction to solve many of our personal and societal problems. some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch them on booktv.org. [inaudible] the agenda republican supreme court is shapingng america. senior correspondent where he focuses on the supreme court, the constitution and the decline of liberal democracy in the united states. he is the author of injustices the supreme court's history of comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. his writings have appeared in "new york times", nation american prospects and gain a lot in policy review. he received from duke university and clerked for judge eric of the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit. he lived in arlington, virginia. joining ian in conversation isor arend carbone preaches a senior correspondent and co-author of notorious rpg the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg. and so without further due please join men in welcom

the community. if you would like to support us, consider making a purchase tonight, donation, or volunteering your time as a bookstore or literary tutor. we have the pleasure of hosting dr. andrew stoner who will be discussing his book, "the journalist of castro street: the life of andrew shilts." dr. stoner is at california state university at sacramento. his works include "notorious '92: tonight his book can be purchased at the front register, and proceeds will benefit both indy reads books as well as the author. and please join me in welcoming dr. andrew stoner to the stage. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i appreciate the opportunity to be back in indianapolis among familiar faces and to talk about a subject i've spent about nine or ten years working on. the topic i'm going to talk about was originally my dissertation. we got it into a readable fashion for i think a broader audience. and it's so far been well received. and i'm excited for the potential to what i call reconsider randy shilts, who is ultimately america's aids chronicler and a very important figure in journalism and also in the movement for gay

asian-american reckoning i'd like to share history about the strand for the strand does bounded in 1957 stretching from union square to 40 bookstores. the strand has been the sole survivor. now it's run by a her generation on her. and want to thank all of you for your support. if it weren't for authors like th us cathy park hong with the paper book -- paperback release of her book "minor feelings." her minor feeling was published in 2020 and final for the nbc autobiographynn award and poet's prize andns recipient of the national endowment for the art fellowship. the pros in poetry published in new york teams paris review, poetry and elsewhere. poetry fed tore of the new republic, and it is a full professor at rutgers university. joining kathy in conversation is casey lema the professor of english and creative writing at the university of mississippi and as author of the novel longi division and collection of essays how to slowly kill yourself and others in america. also the author of the memoir heavy. heavy short listed for the andrew carnegie medal and the prize named one of the best books of 2018 by the undefeated "new york times

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by the time they were done with it, that bill looked like a science textbook you got for $6 at an off-campus bookstore one where the last paragraph says, "as of this publishing, jonas salk is getting some promising results. and i have to say, watching a harvard professor try to make heads or tails of nonsensical writing gave me chilling flashbacks to college. "so that's why pacino and de niro make convincing, if unlikely, adversaries in the movie 'heat.'" "now mr. meyers, you do know this is a chemistry class, right? "hey, you're not going to find better chemistry than de niro and pacino in their prime! that is a much more explosive combo than hydrogen peroxide and sodium iodide. they should do a remake of that movie now, and instead of a diner, they'd meet virtually." "thanks for meeting me in the zoom room. i'm ready to zoom tonight, baby." "i can't hear you. did somebody mute you? somebody muted you?" "what? i'm on mute? nobody mutes alfredo james pacino my mic is always hot, baby and i'm feeling sky high!" [ light laughter ] it's very nice when there are no people here -- [ light laughter ] becaus

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the community. if you'd like to support us, please consider making a purchase tonight a donation or volunteering your time as a bookstore volunteer or literacy tutor. tonight we have the pleasure of hosting dr. andrew stoner who will be discussing his latest book the journalist of castro street the life of randy shilts. dr. stoner is an indiana native and an associate professor of communication studies at california state university, sacramento. his books include campaign crossroads presidential politics and indiana from lincoln to obama and notorious 92 indiana's most heinous murders in all 92 counties among other titles. tonight his book can be purchased at the front register and proceeds will benefit both indy reads books as well as the author and please join me in welcoming dr. andrew stoner to the stage. thank you very much. i appreciate the opportunity to be back in indianapolis among familiar faces and to talk about a subject. i've spent about nine or ten years working on the topic. i'm going to talk about randy shields tonight was the originally my doctoral dissertation at colorado state university and through t