The Big Steal 
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 
Time: 6:00 PM-7:00 PM 
Place: Lecture Hall,  FREE EVENT 

Popular Virginia author and antiques appraiser Emyl Jenkins will launch
The Big Steal, the second in her Sterling Glass Mystery series featuring
intrepid appraiser and amateur sleuth Sterling Glass. In addition to
being a delightful mystery, The Big Steal includes much information on
antiques and an easy guide to identifying most styles and periods in an
illustrated appendix. Set in Virginia, The Big Steal is a cozy mystery
full of antiques and charm. A book signing and reception follow the
talk. 
 
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In the Graveyard of Empires 
Friday, July 24, 2009 
Time: Noon-1:00 PM 
Place: Conference Rooms,  FREE EVENT 

Seth G. Jones, RAND Corporation political scientist and Georgetown
University professor, discusses and signs his definitive account of the
American experience in Afghanistan. Using new historical research on
insurgencies and integrating thousands of declassified government
documents, Jones shows how the siphoning of resources to Iraq left U.S.
and NATO forces in Afghanistan ineffectual and without support. Through
interviews with prominent figures, Jones explains how a growing
sanctuary for insurgents in Pakistan and a collapsing government in
Kabul catalyzed the Taliban resurgence. Jones argues that we must take a
radically new approach to the war if the United States is to avoid the
disastrous fate that has befallen every world power to enter the region,
from Alexander the Great to the Soviet Union. 
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Copies of these books are available in the Virginia Shop at the Library
of Virginia: 

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwedo/shop.htm .

 

The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street in downtown
Richmond.  A limited amount of free parking is available underneath the
building.

 

www.lva.virginia.gov <outbind://109/www.lva.virginia.gov> 

804.692.3500

 

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Program & Education Coordinator

Education and Outreach Division

The Library of Virginia

800 East Broad Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000

804.371.2126 - office

804.692.3814 - fax 

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