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Georgia Center for the Book

Founded in 1920, the Georgia Center for the Book, based at the DeKalb County Public Library, is the statewide affiliate of the Library of Congress with a mission of serving libraries, literacy and literature. We sponsor two popular literary competitions for students, develop and encourage programming for and other literary-related organizations and sponsor some 90 literary programs each year, bringing more than 125 authors to metro Atlanta and the state for free public events.

http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org

  • Grace Under Fire: Letters of Faith in Times of War

    Tue, Apr 17, 2007
    Andrew Carroll reads from his new book, *Grace Under Fire: Letters of Faith in Times of War*, a moving record of the importance of religion and spirituality to troops and their families from the American Revolution to the fighting in Iraq. The letters capture the spirit, the humor, and the courage of the men and women on the front line.
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  • Hitler's Filmmaker: A Biography of Leni Riefenstahl

    Wed, Apr 25, 2007
    Steven Bach, author of *Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend*, offers a stunning new biography of one of the 20th century's most fascinating and controversial figures, known as "Hitler's filmmaker", Leni Riefenstahl. In his superbly written *Leni: The Life And Work of Leni Riefenstahl*, Bach debates the moral intricacies of this artist working under the Nazi regime, and presents evidence that Riefenstahl was herself, part Jewish.
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  • Kabul Beauty School

    Fri, Apr 13, 2007
    Deborah Rodriguez tells the story of how she gave up her job in Detroit to open a salon and cosmetology school in Kabul, Afghanistan. In *Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil*, Rodriguez explains why she opened the salon and school and how she and many brave women of Kabul continue to resist the resurgent, oppressive Taliban.
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  • An Evening with Judson Mitcham

    Thu, Mar 29, 2007
    Georgia poet and novelist Judson Mitcham, the state's only two-time winner of the prestigious Townsend Prize, makes a special appearance to talk about his work and to answer questions.
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  • Jeffrey Deaver: The Sleeping Doll

    Wed, Jun 6, 2007
    Jeffrey Deaver talks about his latest novel, *The Sleeping Doll*, in which California investigator Kathryn Dance confronts a dangerous Manson-like cult murderer who escapes from prison and his life sentence. **Jeffery Deaver** is a *New York Times* bestselling author of 23 suspense novels including *The Cold Moon*, *The Bone Collector*, and *The Stone Monkey*.
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  • General Sherman and the Georgia Belles

    Wed, Apr 18, 2007
    Cathy Kaemmerlen discusses and performs her book *General Sherman and the Georgia Belles*. The book shares the stories of a collection of dignified, defiant women and their reactions when General Sherman marched his troops through their homeland in 1864. *General Sherman and the Georgia Belles* includes the tales of Mary Ann Harris Gay of Decatur and Minerva McClatchey of Marietta.
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  • Jim Grimsley: Forgiveness and The Last Green Tree

    Mon, May 7, 2007
    Jim Grimsley discusses two of his works, Forgiveness and The Last Green Tree. Forgiveness is a black, comedic tale of a bankrupt accounting executive who dreams of achieving stardom by murdering his wife. Forgiveness is a morality tale that questions modern preoccupations with fame, the media, and luxury goods. The Last Green Tree is Grimsley's sequel to the award winning The Ordinary, and is a science fiction chronicle of the rise of a war between epic forces.
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  • Road to Disunion: Why the South Left

    Wed, May 16, 2007
    William Freehling discusses his new book, *The Road to Disunion: Volume 2*. Georgia Center for the Book presents historian and writer William Freehling. His second book examines one of the fundamental questions in American history: Why did the southern states leave the union and precipitate the Civil War? His new book, *The Road to Disunion: Volume 2, Secessionists Triumphant 1854-1861*, follows his Bancroft Prize-winning study of the Old South, *The Road to Disunion: Volume 1, Secessionists at Bay*.
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  • In the Ruins of Empire: Battle for Postwar Asia

    Mon, Jul 30, 2007
    Ronald Spector reads from his new book, *In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia*. It is a sequel to the Prize-winning military historian's earlier book, *Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan*, hailed as the "definitive" one-volume account of World War II in the Pacific. Spector, who has been a historian at the US Army Center for Military History, also is the author of *After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam* and *At War at Sea: Sailors and Naval Conflict in the 20th Century*.
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  • Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom

    Thu, Nov 15, 2007
    David Blight discusses his latest work *Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom*. His new book includes previously unpublished narratives from two former slaves, offering readers a poignant, painful story of lives at once heroic and inspiring.
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