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Atlanta History Center

Atlanta History Center, founded in 1926 as the Atlanta Historical Society, includes permanent and traveling exhibitions in the Atlanta History Museum, two historic houses (Tullie Smith Farm and Swan House mansion), archives/special libraries, and 33 acres of beautiful gardens and wooded trails. The Atlanta History Center offers historical experiences for all ages, integrating history, education and life enrichment programs.

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  • The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta

    Wed, Aug 19, 2009
    Reporter Marc Wortman depicts Atlanta's siege and fall in *The Bonfire*, a narrative history told through the eyes of Confederate and Union participants. The only American city to have been besieged and destroyed, Atlanta’s destruction during the Civil War is an iconic moment in American history.
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  • Taylor Branch: The Clinton Tapes

    Tue, Oct 13, 2009
    Taylor Branch talks about his book, *The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President*, an account of President Bill Clinton's confidential diary project, aimed at preserving the fullest record of his administration. The book is based on 78 diary sessions between 1993 and 2001.
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  • Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power

    Wed, Jun 20, 2007
    Robert Dallek discusses his new book *Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power*. This epic biography is about two unlikely leaders who came together to dominate American and world affairs. Tapping into recently disclosed documents and tapes, Robert Dallek uncovers fascinating details about Nixon and Kissinger's tumultuous personal relationship, their collaboration and rivalry, and the extent to which they struggled to outdo each other in the reach of foreign policy achievements. *Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power* gives us a new understanding of just how important and consequential these two men were in affecting world history.
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    Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America

    Tue, Oct 14, 2008
    Fredrick Douglas Opie, associate professor of history and director of the African Diaspora Studies Program at Marist College, discusses his book, *Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America*. Opie’s culinary history is a portrait of the social and religious relationship between African Americans and their cuisine. It begins with the Atlantic slave trade and concludes with the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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  • How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies

    Tue, Nov 11, 2008
    Peter W. Galbraith describes the storm our next president will inherit in his latest book, *Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies*. As former US ambassador to Croatia and one of Washington’s leading authorities on Iraq, Galbraith’s analysis carries much weight in DC and in the media. The Iraq war was intended to make the US more secure, bring democracy to the Middle East, intimidate Iran and Syria, help win the war on terror, consolidate American world leadership, and entrench the Republican party for decades.
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  • The Irregulars: Baker Street Spies in Wartime Washington

    Thu, Sep 11, 2008
    Jennet Conant discusses her new book, *The Irregulars: The Baker Street Spies in Wartime Washington*. It is an account of deceit, double dealing, and moral ambiguity; all in the name of victory. Conant's narrative is based on never-before-seen wartime letters, diaries, and interviews. **Jennet Conant** is the author of the 2002 *New York Times* bestseller *Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon* and *The Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II*. A former journalist, she has written for *Vanity Fair*, *Esquire*, *GQ*, and *Newsweek*. She lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, New York.
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  • The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

    Tue, Sep 9, 2008
    Jonathan Mahler describes his new book, *The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power*. It is the authorized account of a landmark court case on presidential power and the rule of law in the history of the Supreme Court. After confessing to being Osama bin Laden's driver, Salim Hamdan was transferred to Guantánamo Bay and he was designated by President Bush for trial before a special military tribunal. Mahler explores the stories of Hamdan's attorney Lt. Commander Charles Swift and his assistant Neal Katyal, a young constitutional law professor at Georgetown University. Mahler is a writer for *The New York Times Magazine* and the author of *Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning*.
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  • James Cothran: Gardens of Historic Charleston

    Wed, Oct 13, 2010
    Landscape architect and garden historian, James Cothran discusses his new book, *Gardens of Historic Charleston*. This volume provides a fascinating account of the life and career of renowned landscape architect Loutrel Briggs, the individual most directly responsible for the development of the distinctive Charleston garden style.
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  • John Stauffer: Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

    Thu, Sep 30, 2010
    John Stauffer, Harvard professor of English discusses his book, *Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln*. Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the self made men of their time. One man was a former slave and a radical reformer who became one of the nation’s most brilliant writers and speakers. The other was an outsider, born dirt-poor, who became one of America’s greatest presidents. While the Civil War raged, the two titans—Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln—formed an unlikely friendship that changed the nation’s course. Stauffer traces how each man used the other—and how their political game ultimately led to mutual admiration and respect.
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  • Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

    Tue, Jun 9, 2009
    Liaquat Ahamed discusses his book, *Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World*, and covers the 2009 financial crisis.
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