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SUMMARY:Celebrate the Holidays: The Nutcracker with Jan Brett
DESCRIPTION: \nPBS Books presents this Author Talk with best-selling and award-winning author and illustrator Jan Brett as she discusses her latest holiday book The Nutcracker. PBS will air The Nutcracker during December—check your local listing. \nAbout the Author\nJan Brett is the New York Times #1 bestselling artist/author of over 35 picture books which have sold over 42 million copies combined. Her books have been chosen as “Best Children’s Books of the Year” by The New Yorker\, Parents\, Redbook\, and others. Brett lives in Norwell\, MA \n  \nSponsored by:
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SUMMARY:MASTERPIECE Adaptation: Around the World in Eighty Days With Screenwriter Ashley Pharoah
DESCRIPTION:The Magic of Masterpiece \nPBS Books presents this VIRTUAL TALK with world-renowned Ashley Pharoah\, screenwriter of the new MASTERPIECE adaptation Around the World in Eighty Days.  \nAround the World in Eighty Days is the classic adventure novel by Jules Verne. A new\, 8-part adaptation of the novel airs on MASTERPIECE beginning January 2\, 2022. Our guest is its creator\, writer\, and executive producer—Ashley Pharoah. In Jules Verne’s story\, wealthy Victorian eccentric Phileas Fogg wagers he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. David Tennant stars as literature’s greatest explorer; he’s joined by Ibrahim Koma and Leonie Benesch\, who costar as his intrepid traveling companions. Don’t miss getting an inside-look at what writer Ashley Pharoah was thinking. Watch Around the World In 80 Days\, Sundays\, Jan. 2-Feb. 20\, 2022\, 8/7c only on MASTERPIECE on PBS. \nABOUT THE WRITER \nAshley Pharoh was educated at Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital School\, Bristol\, and the University Of Sussex\, where he read English. He studied screenwriting at The National Film And Television School\, where his graduation film Water’s Edge was nominated for a BAFTA. After cutting his teeth on Eastenders\, Ashley created Where The Heart Is for ITV\, a series that ran for over ten years. Other series that Ashley created and wrote during this time include Paradise Heights\, Down To Earth\, Life Support\, Bonekickers and Anchor Me. Classic adaptations include Tom Brown’s Schooldays (starring Stephen Fry and Alex Pettyfer)\, Under the Greenwood Tree (starring Keeley Hawes)\, and Moonfleet (starring Ray Winstone). Contemporary adaptations include Kate Atkinson’s Case Histories starring Jason Isaacs. Ashley co-created Life on Mars and its sequel\, Ashes To Ashes\, winning two International Emmys. There was a series about misbehaving angels for ITV – Eternal Law – and the long-running saga of a family trying to make a go of it on a South African game farm\, Wild At Heart. Wrote and produced The Living And The Dead\, set in rural Somerset in 1894\, about a man of science who starts to see ghosts. It starred Colin Morgan and Charlotte Spencer. \nHis reimagining of Around The World In Eighty Days\, starring David Tennant\, was filmed in Bucharest and Cape Town during very challenging COVID conditions and will be screened Christmas 2021. In 2011 Ashley was made an Honorary Fellow of The National Film And Television School “in recognition of outstanding contribution to the British film and television industry”. In a ceremony at Bath Abbey in 2016\, Ashley was made a Doctor of Letters by Bath Spa University for his contribution to screenwriting and television production. \nABOUT THE MODERATOR\nAmanda Mountain is the first female CEO in RMPBS history and is one of the youngest public media CEOs in the country. She has nearly 20 years of experience in media and has worked in leadership roles at Freedom Communications and Viacom in addition to her six year tenure at RMPBS before taking over at the helm.
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SUMMARY:The End-of-Year Financial Checklist
DESCRIPTION:Between the holiday parties and resolution setting – it’s important to take some time at the end of the year to check in on your finances. Review your investing strategies\, rebalance your portfolios\, and revamp your budget to set yourself up for the new year. Join us for the End-of-Year Financial Checklist. \nPanelists:\nCHRIS BROWNING\, Founder and Host of the ‘Popcorn Finance’ podcast \nMARGUERITA CHENG\, a Certified Financial Planner \nLAURA ADAMS\, a personal finance expert and award-winning author \nPAM KRUEGER\, creator of the MoneyTrack series seen on Public Television stations\, and a co-host of the Friends Talk Money Podcast
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/the-end-of_year-financial-checklist/
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: John U. Bacon of Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lesson In Leadership From America's Worst High School Hockey Team
DESCRIPTION:Join PBS Books in conversation with John U. Bacon\, author of Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons In Leadership From America’s Worst High School Hockey Team. \nAbout the Author\nAward-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author\, John U. Bacon\, has written a new book about his experience coaching one of the worst high school hockey teams in the U.S. to historic success. When many coaches\, school officials\, and fans had given up on the teens\, Bacon’s book Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America’s Worst High School Hockey Team details the strategies that led to the team’s turnaround — and the lessons learned then that still apply to today’s coaching and parenting.
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