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  Pramila Jayapal On Her Path To...

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  Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, was elected to Congress in 2016. She is the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has become a leader in pushing the party on issues such as Medicare for All. Now Jayapal has a new book out, titled “Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman’s Guide to Politics and Political Change.” She joins Judy Woodruff to discuss her story.

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  Atlanta Architecture - Art Deco...

  Robert M. Craig

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  An in-depth look at the commercial, professional, and government building styles and contemporary designs that emerged in late-1920s Atlanta.   Having been one the most successful boomtowns of the early twentieth century, Atlanta saw a transition from a town known for its Southern charm and history to a business hub. The result is a colorful mix of antebellum restorations and modern styles.   Dr. Robert M. Craig analyzes two distinct styles emerging out of the city’s twentieth-century development between the 1920s and the 1960s—Art Deco and Modern Classic. Art Deco brought in cosmetic and theatrical elements to facades and interiors with examples like the Southern Bell Telephone Company Building, the Atlanta City Hall, and the W. W. Orr Doctors Building. Meanwhile, the Modern Classic was born out of the Public Works Administration projects of the Great Depression. Emphasizing a minimized classicism and trading artistic ornamentals for a more bureaucratic look, these buildings exemplify the style of the New Deal era as seen in the Federal Post Office, the Masonic Temple, and the public housing project of Techwood Homes.   Craig also gives past-due credit to the designers themselves like Pringle & Smith, G. Lloyd Preacher, and A. Ten Eyck Brown, who deserve to be remembered among the century’s noteworthy architects. From government offices to houses to movie theatres to retail stores, their history and features are covered in detail in this work, which adds to the resources available for historians, architects, and architectural aficionados.

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  Author Lawrence Wright On ‘Eerie...

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  Amid a global pandemic comes a novel about a global pandemic. Lawrence Wright wrote “The End of October” before the new coronavirus was discovered in China, but some of its chapters feel ripped from today’s headlines. Wright joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss returning to fiction after years in journalism and what inspired his prescient story. It's part of our arts and culture series, Canvas.

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  Making Love Season

  Raymond Sturgis

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  THE HITS KEEP COMING! THE HITS KEEP COMING!  Is there anything else we can ask of this AUTHOR? His books are sold everywhere, every day, mixing music with his words, make us feel good, and love is always in the air when RAYMOND STURGIS is on. PARTY UP, THE RAYMOND STURGIS HAS PUT MUSIC WITH HIS WORDS!

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  Fibber McGee & Molly - Volume 6...

  Don Quinn

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  When a programme runs for years, and sometimes decades, it is a proven mark of quality and popularity that would be hard to dispel. 
  The situation comedy ‘Fibber McGee and Molly’ ran from 1935 to 1959 on the NBC Red network and was often the most popular and eagerly awaited show of the week.  
  Fibber was a story-teller prone to mad-cap schemes who was gently eased back into reality by his ever-loving wife Molly.  
  The comic duo, played by the real-life married couple of Jim & Marion Jordan, lived in the working-class community of Wistful Vista.  Here, they played out their adventures amongst neighbours, friends and acquaintances.  Comedy and life came together in an almost perfect blend of American life.  
  79 Wistful Vista was their home visited weekly by an audience that sought refuge from a long line of exhausting real-life events that stretched from the Great Depression, World War 2, Korea and even Rock N Roll.  Here they could find cheer and comfort in the middle of their struggles.  
  With it’s lovable cast, it’s recurring characters, appealing storylines and interludes of music, it was a world that the airwaves and audiences loved.

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  Mr and Mrs North - Bet On Death

  Original Radio Broadcasts

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  Join radio's most popular crime solving couple, Mr. & Mrs. North, in twelve episodes of mayhem and murder - with a light touch. The Norths aren't your standard detectives: husband Jerry is a book publisher by day, and wife Pam is his stay-at-home better half and most often the catalyst for their exploits when death falls in their laps! 
   
  Starring as Mr. & Mrs. North in these shows are Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin, who originated the roles on radio, and Barbara Britton and Richard Denning, who later took the roles to the television series of the same name. 
   
  This collection contains digitally remastered and restored episodes from the surviving Armed Forces Radio Services broadcast transcriptions which aired in the early to middle 1950's. 
  Episodes Include: Starring Alice Frost & Joseph Curtin: Dead Giveaway 02-19-52, The Death Trap 02-26-52, Death in the Dark 03-25-52, The Last Escape 04-01-52; Starring Barbara Britton & Richard Denning: Coat of Arms 06-30-53, The Comic 07-07-53, Bet on Murder 07-14-53, The Saint of George Street 07-21-53, The Man with the Rifle 12-08-53, Death Comes in Cans 11-10-53, Dance of Death 11-17-53, Checkmate

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