Cathleen Schine discussed her book, The Three Weissmanns of Westport, a modern-day take on Sense and Sensibility when two sisters return home to live with their recently divorced mother in a small, run-down Westport, Connecticut, beach cottage, on Wednesday, February 24, 2010.
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What's happened to Wall Street, part II, was a lively discussion between two veterans of the financial world who returned to discuss the financial crisis and bailouts, their aftermaths and the implications, and was moderated by Dan Goodgame, financial journalist, editor, and media consultant. David Komansky, who serves on the Library’s Advisory Council, retired as Chairman of Merrill Lynch in April 2003 after spending 35 years at the firm. Marc Lasry, is CEO and co-founder of Avenue Capital Group. This Community Conversations was on Thursday, February 11, 2010.
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Community Conversations are sponsored by The Smilow Family.
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Susan Abulhawa discussed her debut novel, Mornings in Jenin, which is richly told and full of humanity, forcing a fresh look at the Arab-Israeli conflict, on Monday, February 8, 2010.
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Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, discussed this richly textured story of the hidden costs of scientific progress, on Friday, February 5, 2010.
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Parnell Hall discussed his newest entertaining and fun-filled mystery, The Puzzle Lady vs. the Sudoku Lady, on Thursday, February 4, 2010.
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Amy Bloom to discussed her new book, Where the God of Love Hangs Out, a short story collection where love, in its many forms and complexities, weaves through, on Tuesday, February 2, 2010.
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Katharine Weber, author of True Confections, discussed her newest book, the ingenious, witty, and affecting fictional story of Zip's Candies, a family-run candy factory trying to stay alive after 85 years in the business, on Monday, February 1, 2010.
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WestportTALKS: memories were recorded from interviews with Alison Freeland from NPR radio on January 30, 2010.
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Dr. Louise Resor, Director of Neurology at Stamford Hospital spoke about the brain and memory, on Thursday, January 21, 2010.
WestportREADS is funded by Jerry A. Tishman.
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Harry Sakamaki, President of the Japan Society in Greenwich, gave a brief history of Japanese baseball and discussed the differences and similarities to American baseball, on Wednesday, January 20, 2010.
WestportREADS is funded by Jerry A. Tishman.
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Bruce Bukiet, Phd, Associate Dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts and Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology, spoke about the application of mathematical modeling for sports and gambling and, in particular for understanding baseball, on Thursday, January 14, 2010.
WestportREADS is funded by Jerry A. Tishman.
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Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, psychologist and award-winning author, discussed her new book The Power of Women: Harness Your Unique Strengths at Home, at Work, and in Your Community, on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.
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Dr. Stephen Snyder, Associate Professor of Japanese at Middlebury College, translated the book The Housekeeper and the Professor. He discussed the book, the art of translation, and his experience in working with the author, Yoko Ogawa on January 11, 2010. 
Westporters Doug and Patti Brill know first hand about memory loss and shared the ups and downs of coping with it on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. 
David Bushman, Curator for the Paley Center for Media discussed the most important, entertaining, and influential ads from 1950 to 2007, on Monday, December 14, 2009.
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Sybil Steinberg, contributing editor and former book review section editor for Publishers Weekly, shared her list of the best new books, on Wednesday, December 9, 2010.
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Nancy Goldstone discussed her new book, The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily, the riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial—and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages, on Monday December 7, 2009.
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Sonny Fox, former host of Wonderama, TV executive, and producer, discussed and showed clips from a series on television programs from the 1950s, The Golden Age of Television, on Sunday, December 6, 2009.
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Paul Fishstein, a Research Fellow working on State Building and Human Rights in Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the JFK School of Government at Harvard, spoke on the many issues affecting this complicated area of the world, on Thursday, December 3, 2009.
Article by Paul Fishstein in Financial Times, "Afghans need to find model of democracy"
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Kristina Stevenson of the Connecticut Department of Labor presented a motivating session on developing coping strategies and stress busters during the job search, on Tuesday, December 1, 2009.
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John Ortved, a contributing editorial associate at Vanity Fair, discussed The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History, on how the show (celebrating its 20th year) grew from a controversial cult favorite to a mainstream hit, on Thursday, November 19, 2009.
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William Grimes, former New York Times restaurant critic, spoke about his book, Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York, which offers a fascinating tour and history of the city’s restaurants, on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
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Dr. Gay Pepper, former Associate Dean of Admissions at University of Pennsylvania and former counselor in secondary schools, discussed how colleges look beyond test scores and grades to determine admissions, on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.
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Nechama Tec, Westport author of Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, showed a clip from the 2008 film Defiance based on her book. She and her son Roland Tec, the co-producer of the film then discussed it on Sunday,November 15, 2009.
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David Pogue, New York Times personal technology columnist, discussed his new book The World According to Twitter, a fascinating collection of clever and often hilarious tweets, on Saturday, November 14, 2009.
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Mark Mathias, an information technology executive, taught the basics of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social networking site, including how to set up a profile, how to use LinkedIn as a tool for finding a job, and the etiquette of asking for and giving recommendations, on Saturday, November 7, 2009.
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Joanna Greenfield discussed her book The Lion's Eye: Seeing in the Wild, which describes her dream of traveling to East Africa to study one of the last known populations of wild chimpanzees, on Thursday, November 5, 2009.
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Author Harriet Reisen spoke about her book Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, which gives a fresh, modern take on this remarkable and prolific writer, on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
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Katherine Hall Page, an award-winning mystery author, discussed her new book The Body in the Sleigh, the latest in her popular Faith Fairchild mystery series, on Monday, November 2, 2009.
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Men of Mystery featured two accomplished mystery writers, Peter Lovesey and James Benn in a discussion with Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post on Sunday, October 25, 2009.
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Richard H. Frisch, founder of RHFtech, discussed Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, including what is new and exciting (and what is not) in Windows 7, on Saturday, October 24, 2009.
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Janis Abrahms Spring, Westport author and clinical psychologist, presented her honest portrayal of the daunting yet fulfilling task of caring for her aging father through his final years of life, chronicled in Life with Pop: Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent, on Wednesday, October 21.
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Ian Kennedy of The Schegg Group discussed how to develop networking skills on Wednesday, October 21.
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Louis P. Masur, author of Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Vision, discussed his book, on the making of the album that launched Springsteen and his E Street Band, on Monday, October 19.
Michael Franco, digital camera expert, explained how to download photos from a digital camera to a computer, as well as how to organize and store the photos, print, or email them on Saturday, October 17.
Poet Kevin Pilkington read selections from his poetry, including his just-released book In the Eyes of a Dog on Thursday, October 8, 2009.
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Wendy Walker discussed her gripping new novel, Social Lives, a tale of domestic intrigue and social aspirations in the super-wealthy suburbs of Connecticut on Wednesday, October 7, 2009.
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Ron Drew, an experienced presenter on jobseeker topics, discussed various targeted ways to communicate information about yourself and your experience in the job search process, on Thursday, October 1, 2009.
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