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Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is the only presidential library located in the Southeast. The facility features author lectures, educational programs, a full-size replica of the Oval Office and the Nobel Peace Prize. The presidential archives is a repository of approximately 27 million pages of Jimmy Carter's White House material, papers of administration associates, including documents, memoranda, correspondence, etc. There are also 1/2 million photographs, and hundreds of hours film, audio and video tape.

http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/

  • Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World

    Mon, Dec 4, 2006
    Marton offers a haunting tale of the wartime Hungarian diaspora, and the nine Hungarians who achieved world fame who are profiled in the book including: Nuclear scientists Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, Eugene Wigner, game theorist and computer pioneer John von Neuman, photojournalists Robert Capa and Andre Kertesz, filmmakers Alexander Korda and Michael Kurtiz and novelist Arthur Koestler. Question and answer period with the audience follows.
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  • Thomas Laird: Conversations with the Dalai Lama

    Wed, Jan 24, 2007
    Veteran journalist Thomas Laird discusses his new book *The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama*. In telling the story of Tibet, the Dalai Lama is quoted describing his early life and recalling his first meeting with Mao Zedong. He also reflects on his years in exile and his hopes for Tibet to be freed from occupation. In a tenderly crafted study that is equal parts love letter, traditional history, and oral history, Laird chronicles the development of Tibet from its mythic origins to its takeover by Communist China in 1950. Weaving historical research with interviews with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled leader, Laird offers insight into the triumphs and failures of the country.
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  • Peacemaking and North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions

    Tue, Oct 17, 2006
    Marion Creekmore presents insight into President Carter's intervention in the 1994 North Korea nuclear crisis, which averted a war and produced lessons for dealing with rogue regimes today. Dr. Creekmore is joined by former President Carter and former US Ambassador to South Korea James Laney in a revealing conversation about North Korea.
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  • Remembering Pat Tillman

    Tue, May 13, 2008
    Mary Tillman discusses her book, *Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman*, which is a memorial to her son and a report on what she underwent to discover the truth about his being killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. Pat Tillman walked away from a multi-million dollar NFL contract to fight with the US Army in Afghanistan. His mysterious death in action sent his family into a tumultuous search for the truth, ultimately turning up lies by Army and Pentagon officials, and a cover-up of gross, deadly incompetence. This event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book.
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  • Salman Rushdie: Enchantress of Florence

    Mon, Jul 7, 2008
    Salman Rushdie reads from and discusses his new novel, *The Enchantress of Florence*.
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  • Stories from the Heart of the Land

    Thu, Apr 17, 2008
    National Public Radio producer Jay Allison presents *Stories from the Heart of the Land*, a six-part radio series that ranges across the world—from Australia to Newfoundland, Mexico to Tibet—to capture the human connection to land and landscape. These are radio stories about the land in which we live.
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  • War Journal

    Thu, Jun 5, 2008
    Richard Engel, NBC News' Middle East bureau chief, discusses his book, *War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq*. The book offers an unvarnished account of his reporting efforts. This event was co-sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book.
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  • Rick Bragg: Prince of Frogtown

    Tue, May 27, 2008
    Rick Bragg irreverently discusses the latest mining of his east Alabama family history, this time focusing on the life of his alcoholic father, in *The Prince of Frogtown*. This book, much like his previous *All Over but the Shoutin'*, is lush with narratives about manhood, fathers and sons, families and the changing face of the rural south. This event was co-sponsored by A Cappella Books.
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  • Tibet's Troubles

    Tue, Jun 24, 2008
    Thomas Laird and Robert Thurman provide entertaining, outspoken and informative opinions on the Dalai Lama and the problems confronting Tibet vis-a-vis China. Laird is the author of *The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama*. Thurman is the author of *Why the Dalai Lama Matters*. Both authors are scholars on Tibet and the Dalai Lama. Their differing viewpoints offer keen insight into this regional conflict. This event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book.
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  • Bob Schieffer's America

    Mon, Sep 29, 2008
    CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer discusses his new book, *Bob Schieffer's America*, a collection of 168 essays on the hard issues of the day to the human stories that show who we are; from politics, presidents, and tragedy to the things that touch us, make us laugh, or reveal the small shifts in our culture.
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