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PEGGY NOONAN

PEGGY NOONAN is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the bestselling author of seven books on American politics, history and ...

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JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR

JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States. She is considered the ...

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DR. NANCY SNYDERMAN

DR. NANCY SNYDERMAN has never been afraid to re-invent herself when she thought the time was right. From working with individual ...

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RIDLEY PEARSON

RIDLEY PEARSON spends his mornings writing suspense novels for adult readers and his afternoons co-writing with Pulitzer Prize winning humorist, Dave ...

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GENE WOJCIECHOWSKI

GENE WOJCIECHOWSKI is the author of 10 books, including the New York Times bestseller, “The Bus: My Life In and ...

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TINA SEELIG

TINA SEELIG is a national leader in engineering education. She also received the 2008 National Olympus Innovation Award and the 2005 ...

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ARTHUR BENJAMIN

ARTHUR BENJAMIN is a mathematician and a professor of mathematics. In his entertaining and fast-paced talk, he demonstrates and explains how ...

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RAMON RESA MD

RAMON RESA MD never imagined he could become a doctor. Abandoned by his single mother, who had 5 kids before she was ...

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JEFF GREENFIELD

JEFF GREENFIELD, a veteran political, media and culture reporter, contributes to the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, The Early Show, ...

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ERIN McKEAN

ERIN McKEAN is the founder of Wordnik.com. She was the editor in chief of the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2e, and ...

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SCOTT JAMES

SCOTT JAMES writes a weekly column about the San Francisco Bay Area that's published in The New York Times. In the ...

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MICHAEL KRASNY

MICHAEL KRASNY is host of KQED's award-winning Forum, a news and public affairs program that concentrates on the arts, culture, health, ...

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DR. W. DOUGLAS BOYD

DR. W. DOUGLAS BOYD is recognized for his pioneering work in cardiothoracic surgery and for his use of robotic-assisted surgical systems. ...

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STEPHEN R. PALUMBI

STEPHEN R. PALUMBI’S new book, “The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival”, is a good-news story about ...

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BRIAN FAGAN

British-born BRIAN FAGAN is widely regarded as the world’s leading archaeological writer. He spent his early career in Central Africa, where he ...

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ELAINE PETROCELLI

Book Passage founder and president, ELAINE PETROCELLI, had the goal of creating the best possible bookstore for the people of Marin County ...

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TAELEN THOMAS

TAELEN THOMAS, known for his resonant delivery and powerful stage presence, portrays, in his own one-man plays, many well-known historical and literary figures, ...

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SEAN SENECHAL

SEAN SENECHAL, 'The AnimalSigner', author of Dogs Can Sign, Too. A breakthrough method for teaching your dog to communicate to you, teaches ...

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