Q&A: Simon Winchester
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This week on Q&A, bestselling author Simon Winchester discusses the paperback release of his latest historical narrative, "Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories." He explains his mission for writing this sweeping history of one of the world's great oceans.
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- -: Q&A: Simon Winchester
November 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)This week on Q&A, bestselling author Simon Winchester discusses the paperback release of his latest historical narrative, "Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories." He explains his mission for writing this sweeping history of one of t...
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- -: Roz Savage: Why I'm rowing across the Pacific
April 28, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Five years ago, Roz Savage quit her high-powered London job to become an ocean rower. She's crossed the Atlantic solo, and just started the third leg of a Pacific solo row, the first for a woman. Why does she do it? Hear her reasons, both deeply personal and urgently activist. ...
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- -: Authors@Google: James Fallows
February 10, 2009 (about 15 years ago)James Fallows visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China." This event took place on February 9, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series. Since December 2006, The Atlantic Magazine's James Fallows has been writing some...
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- -: Rupert Murdoch: Australia Should Join NATO
January 13, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/02/Rupert_Murdoch_Australia_in_the_Century_of_Opportunity News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch says NATO should be reformed to include Australia because of its strategic position near Asia. Murdoch argues that world threats have expanded beyond the...
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- -: Racial Profiling After 9/11
May 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/03/Racial_Profiling_in_a_Post-Racial_America Legal scholar Paul Butler examines four primary attitudes on racial profiling in post-9/11 America. Butler argues that proponents of racial profiling underestimate the costs of the practice, while overestimati...
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Roz Savage: Why I'm Rowing Across the Pacific
April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Roz Savage creates environmental awareness through her passion for rowing across large bodies of water.
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