September 2010

Piracy and the Maritime Commons

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Thu, Sep 30 2010 - 6:00pm

Piracy and the Maritime Commons
Captain Jeff Kline, USN (ret.); Director, Maritime Defense and Security Programs, Naval Postgraduate School
Despite the international response in supplying war ships to patrol the Gulf of Aden and eastern Somali approaches, pirate attacks have increased. Ungoverned spaces in the maritime commons invite threats to free use of the seas in Nigeria, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. Read more »

Q. What are the California Book Awards?

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A. This book contest began in 1931 at The Commonwealth Club of California to honor literary excellence among legal California-resident authors, academics, and writers at large. The Club grants Gold and Silver Medals in the categories of: Fiction, First Work of Fiction (novels and short story collections), Nonfiction, Poetry, Californiana (a California-themed work), Juvenile Literature (up to age 10), Young Adult Literature (Age 11-16), and Notable Contribution to Publishing (books with either a special design/presentation or layout). Read more »

Submission Guidelines

Authors and publishers are invited to submit an entry or entries to the 82nd Annual California Book Awards of The Commonwealth Club. Awards are presented to those books with exceptional literary merit. Read more »

About the Awards

The selection process

Each year, The Commonwealth Club receives hundreds of books from California authors for award consideration. Our dedicated jury spends several months assessing each entry, narrowing down the many submitted works to a group of finalists and finally the medalists themselves.

Types of Awards

The California Book Awards began in 1931 with two gold medals – one for a work of fiction and one for nonfiction. Through the years several more categories have been added, bringing the total number of awards given each year to eleven. Read more »

California Book Awards

If you are an author or publisher interested in submitting a book for the 2013 California Book Awards, please check back in July to make the submission or receive a submission form.  Read more »

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A. Yes, recordings of many past programs may be purchased on CD. To order a CD online, call (415) 597-6705.

Q. Why don't you stream in other formats or make recordings available for download?

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A. For many years, due to resource constraints, the Club only streamed in the RealAudio format. With the launch of our redesigned web site in April 2011, we began posting all new audio (and much of the old audio) in the MP3 standard format.

Q. Why can't I find the transcript or audio recording I'm looking for?

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A. The Club endeavors to record and distribute as much of its programming as possible. However, due to resource constraints, not all programs are recorded; and among those, not all are made available for streaming over the internet or transcribed.

We do, however, attempt to post all audio from programs which will or have been broadcast on radio and as much audio as possible from programs referenced in our monthly magazine The Commonwealth. All archival program materials may be accessed in the archives section of the Web site.

NEW: Sec. of State Hillary Clinton at Commonwealth Club October 15

Sep 29, 2010 @ 3:42 PM by Anonymous with [0] comments

The Commonwealth Club of California announced today that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will appear at The Club on Friday evening, October 15, in San Francisco.
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Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein-Authors, The Broken Branch

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How to Get a Failing Congress Back on Track

With the executive branch accumulating power, we need strong, lucid congressional leadership, say Beltway watchdogs Mann and Ornstein. This may appear elusive in a Congress many criticize for its bickering, partisanship and red tape. Hear two judicial and political scholars attempt to unravel this complex issue of checks and balances.

This program was recorded live on October 23, 2006