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he and aunt helen, his wife helen, love their life. i thought that was the only place we could get eskimo pies because they we never got them otherwise. that was all he knew of him then and then when i started on this book project, i lived in washington for a few months until i found -- and we have had a lot of discussions, but it is not what it used to be. he was worried about that and he was worried about giving me that information. so he gave me access to over 70 interviews that he had done with a ghostwriter that he hired back in the '90s when he was trying to write his memoirs. and for the most part, they got written, but it was an unsuccessful project for many reasons, and one is that it's very hard to capture bob's voice. i would never try to undertake an autobiography or try to have ghostwritten his memoirs because he is very funny and it's difficult to capture that if you're not him. also, he had such a positive attitude all throughout his life. that is what helped him remain so successful. even when he was trade representativ
he and aunt helen, his wife helen, love their life. i thought that was the only place we could get eskimo pies because they we never got them otherwise. that was all he knew of him then and then when i started on this book project, i lived in washington for a few months until i found -- and we have had a lot of discussions, but it is not what it used to be. he was worried about that and he was worried about giving me that information. so he gave me access to over 70 interviews that he had done...
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and that is what is said to helen when he got home that night. amanda got a call from nancy reagan the same night. and she said, i do suppose there's any way you want to come help us over here in the white house, would you? and he declined. he said that would not be a good idea for anyone involved. several weeks later, don regan was fired and howard was brought in as chief of staff. and in his memoir, reagan said why bob strauss who had everything to gain from reagan falling out of grace should be called in. you know, i'll never know. and it's true that bob was the democrat in the party scene. anyone am washing and who knew bob knew that he was a straight shooter and that he was going to tout reagan the truth and give reagan the best advice that he could. he loved being called to serve by as president. he said he never turned down a president and that's how he ended up over 70 years of age and a communist country in moscow. he turned down ashgabat ambassadorship. and he decided you can't turn down a president. so we always try to do his best for
and that is what is said to helen when he got home that night. amanda got a call from nancy reagan the same night. and she said, i do suppose there's any way you want to come help us over here in the white house, would you? and he declined. he said that would not be a good idea for anyone involved. several weeks later, don regan was fired and howard was brought in as chief of staff. and in his memoir, reagan said why bob strauss who had everything to gain from reagan falling out of grace should...
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he and his wife helen would give me and my sister eskimo pie chocolate popsicle and i thought there was the only place you could get them. he was like the eskimo pie suppliers of that is all we knew of him then and then will i start on the project i lived in washington a few months and found quite frequently than we have a lot of discussions but he knew his memory was and what it used to be and he was worried about that and about getting that information so he gave me access to over 70 interviews he had done with a ghost writer back in the 90's when he was striking to write his memoirs and for the most part they were written but it was an unsuccessful project for many reasons and one is that it's very hard to capture his voice. i would never have tried to undertaken a biography or ghost write his memoirs because he is funny and it's difficult to capture that if you are not him yet he had such a positive attitude through his life and it's what helped him remain successful even when he trade representatives and was constantly being criticized she said he would make it in the morning and l
he and his wife helen would give me and my sister eskimo pie chocolate popsicle and i thought there was the only place you could get them. he was like the eskimo pie suppliers of that is all we knew of him then and then will i start on the project i lived in washington a few months and found quite frequently than we have a lot of discussions but he knew his memory was and what it used to be and he was worried about that and about getting that information so he gave me access to over 70...
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to smoke in his presence and he would take cigarettes from their lips and he did that to the wife of helen coal. snubbed out her cigarette in front of her. gorbachev when he was relaxing -- the soviet poet, linen will live forever. when he liked to drink, we know about that but also the spoons. if you was in the mood he would play the spoon on his head. yeltsin was partying -- [talking over each other] >> host: extraordinary dynamic. so many of these episodes including that long nine our meeting you describe two days before the day at the center of your book when you work out a plan for the transition is accompanied by large quantities of vodka for yeltsin and 20 for gorbachev to be point -- >> guest: that is one of the most fascinating aspect of the dying days of the soviet union. he and gorbachev retired which was very important. one of the fathers of perestroika was a witness to what went on and they started -- >> host: was tv umpire? >> guest: the umpire as well because folks respected him. yeltsin respected him because he spoke out on issues that yeltsin was passionate about, opening
to smoke in his presence and he would take cigarettes from their lips and he did that to the wife of helen coal. snubbed out her cigarette in front of her. gorbachev when he was relaxing -- the soviet poet, linen will live forever. when he liked to drink, we know about that but also the spoons. if you was in the mood he would play the spoon on his head. yeltsin was partying -- [talking over each other] >> host: extraordinary dynamic. so many of these episodes including that long nine our...
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laura helen brennan came in second. the immortal life of an rea. a 2010 title that was on the new york times best-seller list for 41 weeks. and then tsa when. be best-selling nonfiction the book. and you know, printless as well. do you have any idea how many copies of those books got so? >> it is funny you mention. i feel like, especially as the diesel market share keeps rising , find the statistics that one can rely on, it becomes increasingly more difficult. i'll give an example. neilson has a service call books and which checks anywhere from 70 to 75 percent of prince sales. now even as far back as three years ago when the kindle was still new in the book sales were barely into the single digits, one could look and at least get a pretty good snapshot of how a book was selling. it depended on what outlook there were reporting. they still don't report on certain ones, but again, it was at least a fairly good relative snapshot. but because it does not report dismal sales the promise that there will be, but so far that has not come to fruition. as a
laura helen brennan came in second. the immortal life of an rea. a 2010 title that was on the new york times best-seller list for 41 weeks. and then tsa when. be best-selling nonfiction the book. and you know, printless as well. do you have any idea how many copies of those books got so? >> it is funny you mention. i feel like, especially as the diesel market share keeps rising , find the statistics that one can rely on, it becomes increasingly more difficult. i'll give an example....
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and then there's been another attack by helen vendler of harvard on the grounds that this is simply not the way to--to talk about literature. and--and she--and she's applying that--a kind of standards that would be appropriate for a graduate seminar in poetry, say, to what i'm doing, which is to--it's just to discover how freshmen who have never read seriously before are reading. so i think she's apply -- misapplying a kind of very narrow and orthodox university way of studying literature, to what i'm do--talking about, which is a whole spectrum of reading. i'm not approving of everything that's said or every--every--every way that these books are taught here. i'm re--a reporter, and i am reporting on the life in front of me. c-span: how many of these books do you think you'll sell? >> guest: well, i don't know. there are about 70,000 in print at this point, and i'm told it's selling steadily. and it's not a best-seller, but it's selling steadily all over the country. and there have been four foreign sales. so it's--i mean, it--it has touched a nerve, i think. it's been widely written a
and then there's been another attack by helen vendler of harvard on the grounds that this is simply not the way to--to talk about literature. and--and she--and she's applying that--a kind of standards that would be appropriate for a graduate seminar in poetry, say, to what i'm doing, which is to--it's just to discover how freshmen who have never read seriously before are reading. so i think she's apply -- misapplying a kind of very narrow and orthodox university way of studying literature, to...
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the to envision the future and the second is to link across disciplines to give kids this test to see helen merrill countesses links with other subject areas. >> the second to last chapter of the book is called cluster makeover. the chapter for that is called retiring as the. we have to bury young generations to learn and distribute collaborative sessions and to share lawless to cut all its latterly and to begin engaging in knowledge report as a community experience the idea that knowledge is something one seeks as powers of taken advantage over others so what can be an autonomous agent is enlightenment thinking. that is not help people learn. we learn by sharing our experiences together and learning from each other. we used to call that cheating. that is actually how we learn. young kids on the internet-sharing knowledge. all sorts of ways. we have to ship the school from the authoritarian classroom teacher to centralized power. everyone stays in their stalino one shares information with each other. a distributed collaborative like classroom, learning walls of a lateral. we have to introdu
the to envision the future and the second is to link across disciplines to give kids this test to see helen merrill countesses links with other subject areas. >> the second to last chapter of the book is called cluster makeover. the chapter for that is called retiring as the. we have to bury young generations to learn and distribute collaborative sessions and to share lawless to cut all its latterly and to begin engaging in knowledge report as a community experience the idea that...
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the last 30 years he seen a half degree rise and i know that's only 30 years anything about helen mears spun around, but let's keep in mind on that trend. every year there seems to be more record highs then record lows. we are seeing a warming world. whether we've had anything to do i can't tell you. i focus on 10 days last. i focus on 300,000 euros for 30 days or 60 days. but i can tell you it is something that interests me because it's going to affect ella bessemer down the road. to argue with cleaner air, cleaner water and cleaner energy. obvious problems in durban when you talk about changing your whole economy for nice people not everybody wants to play. it's when the kids get together and i'll try to decide which game i want to play and nobody can decided pretty soon the hour playtime is gone. they're not really doing big things about it. but it's not like people aren't doing anything about it. it's certainly something we want to look at. and pay attention to the next 25 years because after 25 years is over but nowhere were heading. but a much better idea as models get better. and
the last 30 years he seen a half degree rise and i know that's only 30 years anything about helen mears spun around, but let's keep in mind on that trend. every year there seems to be more record highs then record lows. we are seeing a warming world. whether we've had anything to do i can't tell you. i focus on 10 days last. i focus on 300,000 euros for 30 days or 60 days. but i can tell you it is something that interests me because it's going to affect ella bessemer down the road. to argue...
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and you are -- >> i'm helen.llo, >> you're helen. and you've been already doing your shopping. >> linda has. is >> linda has. you well, you got your rc cola anyway, that's good. good for you. and is that herring? my mother loves herring. >> [inaudible] >> oh, really?r lo so you bought it for your mom? aren't you a good daughter?for >> [inaudible] >> oh, good to meet you. we were in storm lake last night. we were at the coffee shop. >> [inaudible] wer be. >> oh, really? okay. yes, we did. we were there last night. [inaudible conversations] looks like you had a good breakfast. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, good. [inaudible conversations] >> really? oh, my goodness. oh, good for you. well, you know -- [inaudible] the debate's going to be on again tonight, 8:00. [inaudible conversations] january 3rd, we're going to -- [inaudible] >> good luck there. >> bring 'em out. hey, what's your name? >> dennis. >> hi, dennis.name >> [inaudible] >> thank you. you tell everybody you know, will you? thank you, dennis. [inaudible conversations] >> good to see yo
and you are -- >> i'm helen.llo, >> you're helen. and you've been already doing your shopping. >> linda has. is >> linda has. you well, you got your rc cola anyway, that's good. good for you. and is that herring? my mother loves herring. >> [inaudible] >> oh, really?r lo so you bought it for your mom? aren't you a good daughter?for >> [inaudible] >> oh, good to meet you. we were in storm lake last night. we were at the coffee shop. >>...