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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.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • June Hall McCash: Almost to Eden

    Mon, Aug 16, 2010
    June Hall McCash, the author of three very popular and informative coastal histories *The Jekyll Island Club*, *The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony* and *Jekyll Island’s Early Years*, discusses her new historical novel, *Almost to Eden*. The setting is Jekyll Island and nearby Brunswick, and it is a story about an Irish immigrant, Maggie O’Brien, who comes to the Georgia coast hoping for freedom and a new life and who finds herself caught up in the lives of coastal residents. McCash has taught at Emory University and is the 1996 Outstanding Alumna Award winner from Agnes Scott College in Decatur.
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  • Susan Spain and Elizabeth Dulemba: 12 Days of Christmas in Georgia

    Sat, Dec 11, 2010
    Susan Spain, the delightful children’s book author, and Elizabeth Dulemba, the wonderful illustrator, combine for a program featuring their colorfully appealing new book, *The Twelve Days of Christmas in Georgia*. The book is a cheery romp by two cousins through the Peach State based on the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas". It includes fun visits to some of Georgia’s best-known sites, among them the King Center in Atlanta and a jaunt along the Appalachian Trail. []
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  • James C. Cobb: The South and America Since World War II

    Mon, Nov 15, 2010
    Jim Cobb from UGA, the premier historian of the contemporary South, discusses his new book, *The South and America Since World War II*. This book, published by Oxford University Press, is the first major comprehensive history of the South, capturing an era of dramatic change within the region and in its relationship with the rest of America. Cobb perceptively and entertainingly examines the region’s colorful past from the post-Roosevelt, Jim Crow era to the rise of Republicanism and its economic, political and cultural growth. Cobb is one of the country’s most honored historians, currently the Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at UGA.
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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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  • Bill Briggs: The Third Miracle

    Thu, Feb 3, 2011
    Bill Briggs, a veteran journalist and writer for MSNBC.com discusses his fascinating new book, *”The third Miracle: An Ordinary Man, a Medical Mystery, and a Trial of Faith.”* Part detective story and part courtroom drama, the book exposes for the first time ”the secret rituals and investigations the Catholic Church today undertakes in order to determine sainthood.” Briggs gives us a rare insider’s look at one of the very foundations of the church and one of its most closely held secrets. It is a book that examines the clash between faith and science.
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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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