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Bob Geldof Big Hit With Houston Audience
Presented With the Lyndon
B. Johnson Moral Courage Award
A large audience was on hand to hear Bob Geldof speak in
Houston recently. Geldof was in town to receive the Lyndon
Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award from the Holocaust Museum
of Houston. The evening was a huge success, with Geldof's
dynamic and enthralling presentation being a big part of
it. To get more information about Bob Geldof, please click
on the link below.
Click
here to read more about Bob Geldof
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New York Times Science Reporter Gina Kolata Joins
Lavin Roster
A Great Speaker on The Big Questions
in Science
We're thrilled to announce that
New York Times science writer Gina Kolata has joined
the Lavin Agency. One of America's most insightful commentators
on science and its social and cultural impacts, she is an
outstanding choice for lecture programs that want to bring
major scientific issues to a non-specialist audience.
For more information, call your Lavin Agent, or click on
the link below:
More
about Gina Kolata
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Trailer for Mira Nair's New Film Now Available
Adaptation of The Namesake
To Be Released in November
Mira Nair is one of the most influential
and acclaimed independent filmmakers of her generation.
This fall sees the release of one of her most ambitious
projects to date— the adaptation of the best-selling
book The Namesake.
A trailer for The Namesake has just been released—
to see it, click on the link below.
View
The Trailer for The Namesake
More
about Mira Nair
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James Fallows' New Book in Stores This August
National Book Award Winner
to Release Blind into Baghdad
James Fallows' latest book, Blind Into
Baghdad, will hit bookstore shelves this August. Based
on Fallows' extensive, on-the-ground investigation of the
U.S. invasion of Iraq, the book promises to be the seminal
work on this divisive topic.
For more information on James Fallows, click on the link
below:
More
about James Fallows
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Eyes
on The Prize to Be Re-released This October
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Eyes on The
Prize CO-Producer Judy Richardson
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Eyes on The Prize is the most
comprehensive television documentary ever produced on
the American Civil Rights movement. It focuses on the
events, issues, triumphs and tragedies of ordinary people
as they tested their power to effect change in America
during a period termed "the Second American Revolution."
Now, after an absence of more than twenty years from the
nation's airwaves due to copyright issues, a deal has
been reached to bring the acclaimed film back on the air.
A whole new generation will be introduced to this majestic
and groundbreaking work, and now is the time to bring
CO-producerJudy Richardson to your campus. For
more information about Judy's fee and availability, please
call your Lavin agent, or click on the link below
More
information on Judy Richardson for Speaking Engagements
Tim
Flannery To Tour US in Spring 2007
Author of The Weather Makers
Will Bring His Timely Message on Climate Change to US
Audiences
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Tim Flannery
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The issue of climate change has become
one of the defining debates of our time. And one of the
scientists who is shaping the discourse is Tim Flannery,
author of the best-selling book The Weather Makers.
An acclaimed explorer and author prior to the release
of The Weather Makers, Dr. Flannery is currently
Director of The South Australia Museum and the National
Geographic Society's Australasian representative. The
Lavin Agency is now planning a US lecture tour beginning
in March, 2007. For information on fees and available
dates, please contact your Lavin agent. For more information
on Tim Flannery, click on the link below:
More
information on Tim Flannery
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