[bksvol-discuss] Re: CSPAN 2 Saturdays: Book TV
- From: "k4zq" <k4zq@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:38:53 -0400
Amy,
Billy Jeff is a brilliant man. If you have read his book, you will have gotten
to know him, short-comings and all.
Next U.N. sec general? Who knows.
Peace,
The happy hobbler,
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Goldring Tajalli
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:37 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: CSPAN 2 Saturdays: Book TV
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Goldring Tajalli
To: BookshareVolunteer-Discussion
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 8:12 PM
Subject: CSPAN 2 Saturdays: Book TV
Every Saturday CSPAN 2 becomes BOOK TV and sooner or later I remember
that and find myself listening to someone talk about a book whose title I
missed and the name of the Author, usually but not always the speaker, talking
about a book with numerous quotations from it and wanting to read more. Today
was no exceptions. Today the book was Conversations with and about William
Jefferson Clinton. The speech was at the Clinton Library and Study Center [or
whatever it is called] and as the author spoke President Clinton was sitting to
her right in a listening attitude as though he had not already read the book,
which he had. Not all the conversations were with well known people, not all
were with people who were admirers of his. The comments quoted where not all
flattering but they all were fascinating and by people who had given thought to
what they were saying, knowing that they would be quoted carefully. I only
heard a little over 20 minutes and could not keep my eyes from watching his
reactions to what was being read or stated and his ability to laugh at himself
and at some surprising insights of the person quoted. I Found myself wondering
where I could get the book and how soon. It took me a moment to remember that I
often felt that way and frequently forgot to write down the name and/or author
of the book so I rushed to write down what I remembered while I remembered it
and to share it with you.
Any time you find yourself free with nothing particular to do on a
Saturday and near a TV with cable or direct TV turn to CSPAN 2. I assure you
you will not be disappointed. Even it the book does not appeal to you, you
will find it is being discussed by an interesting person in an interesting, and
often surprising. The book after this one was by John Pomfret on the new
Chinese Capitalism in a book called Chinese Lessons discussed in, of all
places, The Milken Institute. Some of all those millions he went to jail for
have gone into this institute and is used to study all sorts of economic
problems and situations. Ironies, upon ironies.
I know very little about economcs but the numbers Pomfret was
citing about the future demographics of China and the economic problems that
will develop were horrific. Those of you with interests there should find
this book fascinating and maybe one of you will want to scan it. Even if you
find nothing you want to scan, listening occasionally will, I promise, get you
hooked on checking in there at leaset once every Saturday. And if you catch
something of interest and want more information, it may well be on again later
and information will undoubted be available on line. I hope some of you have
even half as much fascination as Book TV has afforded me and you will be
hooked for life. We are all book lovers, afterall, or we would not be members
of Bookshare.
Amy
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