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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/

  • 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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    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • 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.
    Partner:
    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • The former Democratic vice presidential candidate and US Senator from North Carolina visits to discuss *Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives*, the new book he has edited about homes, "the values they rest on, the dreams they are filled with, and the people they have shaped." He currently directs the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at UNC-Chapel Hill.
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    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • Coburn delivers a concise presentation on the book, on issues facing the Himalaya, and on the charitable activities of the American Himalayan Foundation. A question and answer period with the audience follows.
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    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • 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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    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • Former White House Correspondent Lynne Olson reads from her new, highly acclaimed book *Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England*.
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    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • Jay E. Hakes discusses his book-in-progress, *The Quest for Energy Independence: From Nixon to Reagan*.
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    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • 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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    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • Murray Lynn shares stories of his ordeal and survival through WWII Auschwitz concentration camp. Dr. Catherine Lewis, Kennesaw State University, moderates. This lecture is copresented by The Jimmy Carter Library and Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.
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    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • Curt Goering, senior deputy executive director of Amnesty International USA; and Karin Ryan, director of the Carter Center's Human Rights Program, examine prospects for reasserting US commitments on human rights. As part of an interactive audience discussion they address challenges for the Bush Administration, the new Congress, and the American people.
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    Jimmy Carter Library and Museum