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From the book Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Ashley GilbertsonThe Toll of the Iraq War
Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest person; Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim now has that title. Find out how who Mr. Slim is, and how he made his billions. Also: we hear about an AP photographer who's being detained in an US Army prison in Iraq without charges. Then a look at the toll the Iraq war has taken on soldiers, both on the frontlines and here at home. Plus, the manuscripts of two former slaves who wrote about their escapes to freedom.
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The World’s Richest Man, Carlos Slim
Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest person: Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is. He’s worth $59 billion and climbing! We’ll find out how Carlos Slim made his money, and what the rise of Slim tells us about the global economy today. Brian Winter has written an article in the Nov./Dec. issue of Foreign Policy magazine called "How Slim Got Huge."
Bilal Hussein, AP Photographer Detained in Iraq
Bilal Hussein is an AP photographer who has been detained in a US Army prison in Baghdad without charges since April 2006. He says he's not sure why he's there, and neither are his colleagues. Santiago Lyon, AP Director of Photography, tells us more about Hussein, and what could happen in his upcoming trial.
The Toll of the Iraq War
Four and a half years after the war in Iraq began, we discuss the toll the war is taking on American soldiers, both on the frontlines and here at home. Ashley Gilbertson’s new book of photographs of the US-led invasion of Iraq is called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Nina Berman has gathered images and stories of injured American soldiers in her book, Purple Hearts: Back from Iraq.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is available for purchase at amazon.com
Purple Hearts is available for purchase at amazon.com
Literary Success in the Family
Leslie Garis has literary success in her family: her grandfather created the Uncle Wiggily stories and her grandmother wrote the early Bobbsey Twins books. But that success became a burden to the family. Her new memoir is House of Happy Endings.
Event: Leslie Garris will be part of a panel discussion sponsored by the Women’s National Book Association
Tuesday, November 27 at 6 pm
Center for Independent Publishing
20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Admission at the door
House of Happy Endings is available for purchase at amazon.com
Ex-Slaves Tell Their Stories
Only a handful of first-person accounts by American slaves who ran away and freed themselves are known to exist. Two of those accounts, by former slaves Wallace Turnage (1846–1916) and John Washington (1838–1918), have now been published in a new book by historian David Blight, called A Slave No More.
A Slave No More is available for purchase at amazon.com
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Listen to President-Elect Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.
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