www.pbs.org Watch interview outtakes from leading Louisa May Alcott scholars, including Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Geraldine Brooks (March) and John Matteson (Edens Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father). Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women' premieres Monday, ...
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This lecture on Books Seven and Eight of Paradise Lost focuses on Milton’s account of the Creation. The poet's persistent interest in the imagery of digestion is explored with help from the proto-scientific theories of the seventeenth-century philosopher Paracelsus. The moment at which Milton nam...
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walked through the rotunda of the Capitol to be sworn in for his second term. Pitch details the murder plots that were unsuccessful as well as the successful one by referencing hundred of sources. Most of his research was conducted at the Library of Congress. Speaker Biography: Historian Anthony ...
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was also the most important book of American nature writing since John Muir’s The Mountains of California in 1890, a pioneering work in the brief history of the American Buddhist sensibility, and a set of poems that combined freedom and elegance in a way that opened up new pathways in modern poe...
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Kagad Karey, programme is aimed at profiling the writers/ poets of Hindi/ Hindustani/ Urdu for the listeners of radio. The programme Kagad Karey presents the works of a writer/ poet to be profiled in each episode.
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Otis Chandler is the founder of Goodreads.com, a social networking site for book lovers. Chandler talks about the benefits of his site above others that feature similar content and his own personal experiences with Goodreads.com.
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Jon Scieszka made his first official appearance at the Library of Congress since being named National Ambassador. The Librarian of Congress James H. Billington presented Scieszka with the National Ambassador’s Medal. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer session with 50 schoolchi...
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ruin him? This is one theme in the new biography of Ellison by Arnold Rampersad, the first scholar given complete access to Ellison’s papers at the Library of Congress. Rampersad discussed and signed his book, "Ralph Ellison: A Biography," as part of the Books & Beyond author series organized by...
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Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential and highly paid women on television, has announced that she is ending her hugely popular daytime talk show after its 25th season concludes in 2011.
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Kagad Karey, programme is aimed at profiling the writers/ poets of Hindi/ Hindustani/ Urdu for the listeners of radio. The programme Kagad Karey presents the works of a writer/ poet to be profiled in each episode. The programme also has a brief interaction with the writer/ poet. ... literature "...
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