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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

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    Jane Green: Promises to Keep

    Fri, Jun 25, 2010
    Jane Green, the bestselling author of 11 popular novels discusses a compelling new novel just right for summer reading, *Promises to Keep*. It’s the story of one remarkable summer in Maine when the lives of several families intersect, and what happens when you have to be your parent’s child long after you’ve grown up. The novel focuses on enduring love, building relationships and making tough decisions, the challenges we all have to face. Green has won acclaim for her novels which include such favorites as *The Beach House, Babyville, Dune Road* and* Second Chance*
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    Tom Harbin: Waking Up Blind

    Wed, Jul 7, 2010
    Dr. Tom Harbin has been practicing ophthalmology with a specialty in glaucoma in Atlanta for more than 30 years and is a Clinical Professor Emeritus at Emory University. His new book, *Waking Up Blind: Lawsuits Over Eye Surgery*, is an eye-opening (pun intended) look at a highly respected surgeon’s terrible mistake and how it was covered up by the leadership of a major academic medical center: Emory University. Through the use of court documents, transcripts of tape-recorded conversations, interviews and personal observations, Dr. Harbin examines the case in detail, uncovering all levels of wrongdoing and secrecy that will surprise you.
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    Helena Andrews: Bitch is the New Black

    Thu, Jul 15, 2010
    Helena Andrews is young, smart, successful and black. She's an Ivy League graduate with great jobs who finds herself asking, ”Can a strong, successful and single black woman ever find love?” The answer comes in her hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is new book, *Bitch is the New Black*, whose title comes from a now-famous Saturday Night Live sketch and writer-comedienne Tina Fey. Already optioned as a feature film, the book deftly captures the author’s lively spirit as she describes growing up with her pot-smoking mother, navigating a mostly white workplace and getting a date with one of President Obama’s body guards, Reggie Love.
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    Rafe Esquith: Lighting Their Fires

    Mon, Aug 2, 2010
    Rafe Esquith is the only teacher to have been awarded the President’s Medal of the Arts and is the author of the bestseller, *Teach Like Your Hair’s On Fire*. Rafe Esquith teaches in Los Angeles, and his super-successful, inspirational teaching methods have helped thousands of children maximize their potential. His new book is *Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children*, a book that enlarges on his themes and shows us how to make our kids not just great students but thoughtful and honorable citizens.
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    Mark Kurlansky: The Eastern Stars

    Mon, Apr 26, 2010
    Mark Kurlansky discusses his new book, *The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris*. This is an intriguing and inspiring history of one small, impoverished area in the Dominican Republic that has produced a staggering number of Major League Baseball talent, from an award-winning, bestselling author.
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  • Edward Glaeser: Triumph of the City

    Tue, Feb 22, 2011
    Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser discusses his new book, *Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier*. It’s a book that faces up to the bad rap America’s cities get: they’re dirty, poor, crime-ridden, expensive, environmentally unfriendly. Glaeser shatters these myths and demonstrates that cuities are actually the healthies, greenest and richest -- in cultural and economic terms -- places to live. Glaeser is the Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard who studies the economics of cities, segregation, crime and innovation. He also serves as director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston.
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  • William Starr: Whiskey, Kilts, and the Lochness Monster

    Mon, Dec 6, 2010
    William Starr, executive director of Georgia Center for the Book, discusses his book, *Whiskey, Kilts and the Lochness Monster: Traveling Through Scotland with Boswell and Johnson.* It’s an account of the author’s re-tracing of the amazing 1773 journey through the Scottish Highlands by James Boswell and Samuel Johnson. Part travelogue, part literary journal, it’s a ”celebration of Scottish life and a spirited endorsement of the unexpected discoveries to be made through good travel and good literature.”
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  • Wayne Greenhaw: Fighting the Devil in Dixie

    Tue, Feb 8, 2011
    Wayne Greenhaw, distinguished writer and former newspaper reporter, discusses his book, *Fighting the Devil in Dixie: How Civil Rights Activists Took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama*. He tells how the Klan, empowered by Governor George Wallace’s defiance of civil rights laws, grew more violent until confronted by a courageous, determined coalition of blacks and whites. Greenhaw tells the full story, from the Klan’s bombings and murders in the 1950s to Wallace’s run for a fourth term as governor in the early 1980s, when he asked for forgiveness and won re-election with the black vote.
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  • Daniel K. Williams: God's Own Party

    Wed, Nov 3, 2010
    Daniel K. Williams, Assistant Professor of History at the University of West Georgia, discuss his book *God's Own Party: The Making of the Christian Right.* It's a sweeping history of how the Republican Party has become the party of the Christian Right movement. He traces the Christian Right all the way back to the 1920s and argues that the movement is likely to remain a potent force in American politics for years to come. Based on archival research, Williams’ book shows how difficult it has become for any Republican to win without its support, and examines the growing connections between American religion, culture and politics.
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  • Patricia Sprinkle: Friday’s Daughter

    Tue, Mar 8, 2011
    Atlanta’s popular author of many delightful novels, Patricia Sprinkle, talks about her latest: *Friday’s Daughter*. It’s a contemporary tale of sisterhood, the South, and matters of the heart centering on the youngest of three sisters who is determined to claim a life of her own in the wake of the death of her father and an unusual bequest. Sprinkle is the author of more than a dozen books including such well-regarded mysteries as *Death on the Family Tree* and *What Are You Wearing to Die?* Her most recent book was *Hold Up the Sky*, which fellow Atlanta author Patti Callahan Henry called ”a beautiful and thoroughly Southern story.”
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