#OzWatch: Venom in the nursery. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

#OzWatch: Only the Grampian Fire for now. Barbecue on Christmas Day. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

HAS THE IRON CURTAIN RETURNED? 4/4: The Picnic:A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain by Matthew Longo (Author)

HAS THE IRON CURTAIN RETURNED? 3/4: The Picnic:A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain by Matthew Longo (Author)

HAS THE IRON CURTAIN RETURNED? 2/4: The Picnic:A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain by Matthew Longo (Author)

HAS THE IRON CURTAIN RETURNED? 1/4: The Picnic:A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain by Matthew Longo (Author)

PERHAPS GLIMPSES OF AN FBI OPERATION IN PUTIN'S RUSSIA: 4/4 Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars by Brett Forrest (Author)

PERHAPS GLIMPSES OF AN FBI OPERATION IN PUTIN'S RUSSIA: 3/4 Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars by Brett Forrest (Author)

PERHAPS GLIMPSES OF AN FBI OPERATION IN PUTIN'S RUSSIA: 2/4 Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars by Brett Forrest (Author)

PERHAPS GLIMPSES OF AN FBI OPERATION IN PUTIN'S RUSSIA: 1/4 Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars by Brett Forrest (Author)

ISLAMIC REPUBLE OF IRAN FALSE FROM THE START: 4/4: Iran is More Than Persia: Ethnic Politics in Iran Hardcover – by Brenda Shaffer

ISLAMIC REPUBLE OF IRAN FALSE FROM THE START: 3/4: Iran is More Than Persia: Ethnic Politics in Iran Hardcover – by Brenda Shaffer

ISLAMIC REPUBLE OF IRAN FALSE FROM THE START: 2/4: Iran is More Than Persia: Ethnic Politics in Iran Hardcover – by Brenda Shaffer

ISLAMIC REPUBLE OF IRAN FALSE FROM THE START: 1/4: Iran is More Than Persia: Ethnic Politics in Iran Hardcover – by Brenda Shaffer

PREVIEW: Author Scott Eyman presents the genius of Charlie Chaplin on stage in Britain before he plunged into dominating Hollywood - and how his understudy Stan Laurel (also a genius) both admired and was irritated by Chaplin's talent. More in the new wee

PREVIEW: Author Brenda Shaffer, "Iran is More Than Persia," explains the falsehoods used by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 to convince the numerous ethnic minorities to join the revolution - that became despotism.

PREVIEW: CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR MATTHEW LONGO, "THE PICNIC": Of the moment in 1989 when the young people behind the Iron Curtain dreamed of being free and young and celebratory wnile still in the Soviet Empire. More later.

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Civil War-era Manhattan with the happy marriage of two young, promising children of moneyed society.

#PacificWatch: : Sizable swells over ten meters from Oregon to Southern California. #VegasReport: Super sizing Harry Reid International Airport Also Janet Aiirline to Area 51, @JCBliss

8/8: The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hardcover – by Hampton Sides (Author)