REST IN PEACE: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF DEATH AND THE FUNERAL
HOME IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA,
Gary Laderman, professor of American Religious History and
Culture at Emory University
LETTER FROM AMERICA, Alistair Cooke
Tues
EMPIRES OF LIGHT: EDISON, TESLA, WESTINGHOUSE, AND THE
RACE TO
ELECTRIFY THE WORLD,
Jill Jonnes, writer and historian
BLEACHER BUMS, The Pop Up Players, Les Schulte, actor
Wed
TO CONQUER THE AIR: THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE GREAT
RACE FOR FLIGHT, James Tobin, award winning journalist;
archive from May 21, 2003
Interview, Dannie Otto, President of the Arthur Mennonite Relief Sale. Proceeds
of the annual sale are directed to relief and development projects around the
world. This year's auction will be held in Arthur, IL on 8/22 & 8/23
Thurs
COMPUTERS AND YOU,
Greg Kline, technology journalist at The News-Gazette
THE GANGSTER WE ARE ALL
LOOKING FOR: A NOVEL
Le Thi Diem Thuy, novelist and Radcliffe Fellow
Fri
BEYOND FEAR: THINKING SENSIBLY ABOUT SECURITY IN AN
UNCERTAIN
WORLD,
Bruce Schneier, security expert