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FREE LIBRARY of Philadelphia VIDEO – Author LAWRENCE WRIGHT, His New Book, THE PLAGUE YEAR : America in the Time of Covid

Author Lawrence Wright was recently in conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6ABC Action News morning edition, about his brand-new book, “THE PLAGUE YEAR: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF COVID” (Knopf). Acclaimed for bringing “a clear-eyed, investigative fearlessness” (The Washington Post) to a diverse range of topics, Lawrence Wright is a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Looming Tower, an in-depth history of the rise of violent extremism and the intelligence failures […]

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OCT 13th – Join the WASHINGTON POST Virtual Book Event with Anderson Cooper,”Vanderbilt:The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty”

Come join the Washington Post Live on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 5:00 p.m. ET. to hear from CNN anchor and author Anderson Cooper when he discusses his new book, “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty,”(Harper Collins). This book chronicles the lives of some of the most remarkable members of the Vanderbilt family. Cooper, the great-great-great-grandson of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the richest man in 19th century America, sits down with Washington Post deputy editorial page editor Karen Tumulty […]

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2021 SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS – Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness with Kristen Radtke (Pantheon Graphic Novel)

Come join us LIVE at YouTube on October 10th (2021) at 3:30pm when the SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS interviews Kristen Radtke about her brand-new Graphic Novel, “SEEK YOU: A Journey Through American Loneliness” (Pantheon). It’s sure to be a good time & hey, it’s FREE!! You can CLICK HERE now for the EVENT PAGE & when it becomes available you can kick back & enjoy it….. remember, October 10th at 3:30pm!! This one is for admirers of […]

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SEPT 22 (7pm) ANDERSON COOPER IN-PERSON BOOK EVENT for “VANDERBILT” at SIXTH & I (WITH VIRTUAL OPTION)

Anderson Cooper at Sixth & I About this event: Tickets are available online, just CLICK HERE for more information! From the CNN anchor and New York Times bestselling author comes Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty (Harper Collins Publishing), an epic American story of achievement and excess, of a staggering fortune built and squandered, and of public fame and private pain experienced by his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts. Cooper will be in conversation with Jamie Gangel, an award-winning CNN […]

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LA TIMES BOOK CLUB Video: BILLIE JEAN KING on ALL IN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY #Knopf

On August 24th, 2021, Tennis icon Billie Jean King talked with the LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK CLUB about her new memoir, “All In:An Autobiography,” (Knopf, Cover Design by Chip Kidd) with Times Executive Sports Editor Christian Stone. Here it is, please be sure to check it out!!

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SEPT 20th – B&N Virtually Presents: ANDERSON COOPER Talks About VANDERBILT, THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DYNASTY

Barnes & Noble welcomes author and journalist Anderson Cooper to virtually discuss “VANDERBILT: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty” (Knopf). About this Event: Join Barnes & Noble on Monday, September 20th, 2021 at 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm as they welcome New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist, , for a live, virtual event as he discusses . In Cooper’s new book, the author chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts. […]

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Book Tour Video – THE PLAGUE YEAR: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF COVID by Lawrence Wright

Join LAWRENCE WRIGHT, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower (9/11), for an unprecedented, momentous account of COVID-19—its origins, its wide-ranging repercussions, and the ongoing global fight to contain it. From the fateful first moments of the outbreak in China to the extraordinary vaccine rollout, Wright will share the story of COVID-19 in authoritative, galvanizing detail and with the full drama of events on both a global and intimate scale, illuminating the medical, economic, political, and social ramifications of […]

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SEEK YOU: A JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN LONELINESS Graphic Novel Book Tour 2021!

Listed here is a schedule for the month of July where you can join Kristen Radtke on her 2021 virtual book tour. Of course this is for her latest book, just recently published by Pantheon, SEEK YOU: A JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN LONELINESS: 7/6 – 6pm EST – The Center for Fiction in conversation with Leslie Jamison 7/8 – 5pm PST – Writer’s Block and Black Mountain Institute in conversation with José Orduña 7/12 – 7pm CST – Women […]

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On April 7th, 2021, Author Tony Hiss Will Virtually Present “Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth”, a Book about Wilderness Conservation.

Virtual Author Event! On Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 at 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT, Tony Hiss will visit Gibson’s Bookstore virtually to present Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth, a book about wilderness conservation to save our planet and ourselves. CLICK HERE to read about how to get tickets to the event (which is FREE!) RESCUING THE PLANET (Knopf) is an urgent argument in support of protecting 50% of the earth’s land by 2050 – thereby saving […]

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OCT 20th ~ Join Chip Kidd & Patrick McDonnell for a Virtual-Online Book Event: Only What’s Necessary, Charles Schulz and the Art of Peanuts (70th Anniversary)

On October 2nd, 2020 at 6:00 PM Eastern Time, please join us for a virtual event online “Book Tour” at Crowdcast with award winning graphic designer Chip Kidd and comic author/ illustrator Patrick McDonnell to celebrate the release of the 70th anniversary edition of “Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts (Abrams). This event will also be live-streamed on The Strand’s Facebook Page. For more info just CLICK HERE! This virtual event is free to attend. […]

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