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A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our Future (1989)

by Bill Moyers

Other authors: Chinua Achebe (Interviewee), Isaac Asimov (Interviewee), Mary Catherine Bateson (Interviewee), Robert Bellah (Interviewee), Peter Berger (Interviewee)37 more, Sissela Bok (Interviewee), T. Berry Brazelton (Interviewee), James MacGregor Burns (Interviewee), Noam Chomsky (Interviewee), F. Forrester Church (Interviewee), Henry Steele Commager (Interviewee), E. L. Doctorow (Interviewee), Michael Dorris (Interviewee), Peter Drucker (Interviewee), Louise Erdrich (Interviewee), Northrop Frye (Interviewee), Carlos Fuentes (Interviewee), Willard Gaylin (Interviewee), Mary Ann Glendon (Interviewee), Vartan Gregorian (Interviewee), Joseph Heller (Interviewee), Michael Josephson (Interviewee), Leon R. Kass (Interviewee), Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (Interviewee), John Lukacs (Interviewee), Arturo Madrid (Interviewee), Jessica Tuchman Mathews (Interviewee), Forrest McDonald (Interviewee), Martha Nussbaum (Interviewee), Elaine Pagels (Interviewee), David Puttnam (Interviewee), John Searle (Interviewee), Maxine Singer (Interviewee), Barbara Tuchman (Interviewee), Derek Walcott (Interviewee), Steven Weinberg (Interviewee), August Wilson (Interviewee), William Julius Wilson (Interviewee), Tom Wolfe (Interviewee), Sheldon Wolin (Interviewee), Anne Wortham (Interviewee), Chen Ning Yang (Interviewee)

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Interviews with Chinua Achebe, Isaac Asimov, Mary Catherine Bateson, Robert Bellah, Peter Berger, Sissela Bok, T. Berry Brazelton, James MacGregor Burns, Noam Chomsky, F. Forrester Church, Henry Steele Commager, E.L. Doctorow, Peter F. Drucker, Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris, Northrop Frye, Carlos Fuentes, Willard Gaylin, Mary Ann Glendon, Vartan Gregorian, Joseph Heller, Michael Josephson, Leon R. Kass, Sara Lightfoot, John Lukacs, Forrest McDonald, Arturo Madrid, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Martha Nussbaum, Elaine Pagels, David Puttnam, John Searle, Maxine Singer, Barbara Tuchman, Derek Walcott, Steven Weinberg, August Wilson, William Julius Wilson, Tom Wolfe, Sheldon Wolin, Anne Wortham, C.N. Yang.… (more)
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Achebe, ChinuaIntervieweesecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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For my parents, Ruby and Henry Moyers, and their friends in Marshall, Texas
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Introduction: As I traveled the country to tape "A World of Ideas" for public television, I thought occasionally of a letter I received several years ago from an inmate at the federal prison in Marion, Ohio.
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Interviews with Chinua Achebe, Isaac Asimov, Mary Catherine Bateson, Robert Bellah, Peter Berger, Sissela Bok, T. Berry Brazelton, James MacGregor Burns, Noam Chomsky, F. Forrester Church, Henry Steele Commager, E.L. Doctorow, Peter F. Drucker, Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris, Northrop Frye, Carlos Fuentes, Willard Gaylin, Mary Ann Glendon, Vartan Gregorian, Joseph Heller, Michael Josephson, Leon R. Kass, Sara Lightfoot, John Lukacs, Forrest McDonald, Arturo Madrid, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Martha Nussbaum, Elaine Pagels, David Puttnam, John Searle, Maxine Singer, Barbara Tuchman, Derek Walcott, Steven Weinberg, August Wilson, William Julius Wilson, Tom Wolfe, Sheldon Wolin, Anne Wortham, C.N. Yang.

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