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Filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick are sure to provoke important questions and discussion when they talk about their recent joint project, "The Untold History of the United States." A thoroughly researched and rigorously analyzed look at the dark side of American history, it is a companion to the Showtime documentary series that challenges the prevailing orthodoxies of traditional history books. Stone and Kuznick construct an often shocking but meticulously documented "People's History of the American Empire," arguing that we must face our history forthrightly in order to set a new course for the 21st century. Stone and Kuznick are also eager to talk to and with librarians about what they see as the current sorry state of history books available to middle and high school students.

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Jerzy and Anne Drozd are the cartoonists behind Tiny Hamilton and Cap'n Cat: Former Shark Hunter. They help organize the Kids Read Comics Celebration, an annual comics event held at the Ann Arbor District Library. In this video, they talk about the "Kids Read Comics" program, which helps children participate with comic book artists instead of just reading comics.

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Temple Grandin-- diagnosed with autism at age 2 in 1949 and now one of the world's most influential, accomplished, and well known adults with autism -- will inspire and inform as you think about serving the wide range of your library's users. From the "aspies" in Silicon Valley to the five-year-old without language, Grandin understands the true meaning of the word spectrum. She is a bestselling author, doctor of animal science, and autism activist who believes that "We need different kinds of minds to work together. People who are interested in things and people who are interested in concepts complement each others' skills."

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Ann Patchett is a super-champion of books and reading, known not only for writing award-winning, compelling and thoughtful books, but also for eschewing the trend and opening Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore in Nashville, Tennessee, when all the other bookstores in town had closed. At the time she said she wondered if she was "opening an ice shop in the age of Frigidaire," but instead the store garnered reviews as glowing as her books, and headlines in national media like "The Bookstore Strikes back."

Patchett is the author of six novels and two books of nonfiction, and her titles frequently hit the New York Times bestseller list. Her books include "Bel Canto," which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize, the BookSense Book of the Year and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; "State of Wonder";"Run"; "Truth & Beauty";"The Magician's Assistant"; "The Patron Saint of Liars," a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; and "Taft," which won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her work has been translated into more than 30 languages.

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Jessica Hopper is a music and culture critic whose work regularly appears in Chicago Reader, LA Weekly, SPIN, ANP and Chicago Tribune. She is also the music consultant for the public radio show, "This American Life." Her widely-anthologized essay, "Emo: Where the Girls Aren't" was described as "influential" by the New York Times. Hopper has also done time as a tour manager, band publicist, DJ, touring bassist, Girls Rock Camp booster, and fanzine publisher. She lives in Chicago. In this video, she talks about bringing music to the library with her book.

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Congressman John Lewis is eager to reach a new generation of Americans with the story of his legendary role as one of the so-called "Big Six" leaders in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement who, despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks and serious injuries, remains a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He believes that the nonfiction comic book format of his autobiographical three-volume project March will effectively engage readers with the story of the Movement and help document the extreme violence faced by himself and other Civil Rights activists.

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Congressman John Lewis is eager to reach a new generation of Americans with the story of his legendary role as one of the so-called "Big Six" leaders in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement who, despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks and serious injuries, remains a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He believes that the nonfiction comic book format of his autobiographical three-volume project March will effectively engage readers with the story of the Movement and help document the extreme violence faced by himself and other Civil Rights activists.

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Everyone will be reading, recommending, and talking this season about Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed, his first new novel in more than six years. Take this outstanding chance to hear one of the world's most widely read and beloved novelists, so you can go back and share insights with patrons, students, and book clubs. The Afghan-born novelist and physician is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, with more than 38 million copies sold in more than 70 countries.

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Peggy Macnamara is adjunct associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; artist-in-residence and associate of the zoology program at the Field Museum; instructor at the Field Museum, Chicago Public Libraries Nature Connection, and Art Institute family programs; and author of Illinois Insects and Spiders, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Congressman John Lewis is eager to reach a new generation of Americans with the story of his legendary role as one of the so-called "Big Six" leaders in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement who, despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks and serious injuries, remains a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He believes that the nonfiction comic book format of his autobiographical three-volume project March will effectively engage readers with the story of the Movement and help document the extreme violence faced by himself and other Civil Rights activists.

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Ann Patchett is a super-champion of books and reading, known not only for writing award-winning, compelling and thoughtful books, but also for eschewing the trend and opening Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore in Nashville, Tennessee, when all the other bookstores in town had closed. At the time she said she wondered if she was "opening an ice shop in the age of Frigidaire," but instead the store garnered reviews as glowing as her books, and headlines in national media like "The Bookstore Strikes back."

Patchett is the author of six novels and two books of nonfiction, and her titles frequently hit the New York Times bestseller list. Her books include "Bel Canto," which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize, the BookSense Book of the Year and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; "State of Wonder";"Run"; "Truth & Beauty";"The Magician's Assistant"; "The Patron Saint of Liars," a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; and "Taft," which won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her work has been translated into more than 30 languages.

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Get inspired by Ping Fu's journey from her family's suffering during China's Cultural Revolution to becoming a top American innovator and tech entrepreneur who founded Geomagic, a 3D digital reality solution company. In this video, she talks about how libraries showed her how ideas, like books, need proper care and attention. She goes on to say how in libraries, she can explore the ideas of others and as a scientist, satisfy her need of facts. Fu talks about how libraries were a haven that allowed her to explore new places, ideas, and controversial opinions.

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