Books
Life Isn’t Everything: Mike Nichols, as Remembered by 150 of His Closest Friends
The Strand 828 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for a searching conversation all about the life and work of the prolific and influential filmmaker, theater director, and comedian Mike Nichols, with editors Sam Kashner and Ash Carter and Nichols' collaborator Candice Bergen. Ash Carter and Sam Kashner offer an intimate look behind the scenes of Nichols' life, as told by the […]
Talk with David W. Blight, Author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Queens Public Library at Flushing 41-17 Main Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us for a presentation with the historian David W. Blight about his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Blight, a history professor and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, will discuss what prompted him to pursue the story of the escaped […]
When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher!
Albertine Books 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesHow can Kant comfort you when you get ditched via text message? How can Aristotle cure your hangover? How can Heidegger make you feel better when your dog dies? Join Marie Robert as she explains how pearls of wisdom from the greatest Western philosophers can help us face and make light of some of the daily […]
Lateral Cooking: Niki Segnit with Hannah Goldfield
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesNiki Segnit used to follow recipes to the letter, even when she’d made a dish a dozen times. But as she tested the combinations that informed The Flavor Thesaurus, she detected the basic rubrics that underpinned most recipes. Join her as she shares these formulas, which are infinitely adaptable. The result is greater creativity in the […]
Passions: A Book Signing with Nicolas Sarkozy
Albertine Books 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesJoin Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France, as he signs his latest book, Passions, recently published in France with éditions de l’Observatoire. Free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary.