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The tapes trace the experiences of Juan and Maria Perez, fictional
immigrants who have recently come to the United States.5 billion in assets, Winston-Salem-based BB+T Corporation
(NYSE: BBT) is the nation's ninth largest financial holding company.

PRESS RELEASE Swedish Novelist Liza Marklund Featured at Pen USA 'Beyond Blond' Event With Local Authors

as an
official program of "Beyond Blond" Swedish Lifestyle Month (March 15-April
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Rabbi Steven Greenberg (University Professor of Judaic Studies,
of Wisconsin Press) Fairfield University

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BiBi, portrayed as a respected member of the Hispanic
community and longtime U.S. More
information is available at http://www. has
co-hosted similar events with the Swedish Consulate over the past 5 years.

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Inspiration for Suspense and Thriller Novels," is organized and hosted by
the Consulate General of Sweden in Los Angeles and Pen U. Marklund, who writes mostly crime thriller novels, will be joined on
the panel by distinguished local authors writing in similar genre,
including Kate Gale, Stephen Cooper, Scott Timberg and Marcos Villatoro, as
well as David Kipen, book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle and
biographer/author Eric Lax, who will moderate. Marklund's books , mostly based on
contemporary social issues, crimes against women and feminist themes, have
been translated into 25 languages and more than 5 million copies have been
sold. "We are also
delighted to have this collaboration again with Pen U.
Halkin, an Israeli, is a distinguished translator and a frequent
contributor to Commentary and The New Republic.

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resident, is also a BB+T "employee" on the tape.

"We are especially proud to bring Liza Marklund to this event as she is one
of Sweden 's most popular authors and is among the world's best-selling
novelists," said Tomas Rosander, Consul General of Sweden.

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BB+T unveils seventh in a series of educational audiotapes for Hispanics

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at a faster rate than the segment's booming population growth. She serves as both their trusted counsel as
well as BB+T's conduit to Hispanic clients.com .S." Pen U.

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One of the people they
meet is a Mexican woman named Beatriz Bienvenido Torres, or "BiBi," as she
likes to be called.
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Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee , Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Indiana and Washington, D.
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Her most recent novel , "Asylum Granted," is a sequel to "On the
Run," one of the most popular and widely read books in Sweden.
For credentials, please contact Susan Wolfe, Director of
Communications at Koret Foundation Funds, 415-882-7740 or
swolfe@koretfoundation.) Professor of Jewish History
University of California, Davis
Children's Literature

The Cats in Krasinski Square, Karen Hesse Roni Schotter, jury chair
Illustrated by Wendy Watson (Scholastic ) Author, children's books

Fiction

The Persistence of Memory, Tony Eprile Daphne Merkin, judge
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The lessons are taught through BiBi's interaction with Juan and Maria and
other Latin American immigrants.

ADVISORY/Press Credentials Available for Koret Jewish Book Awards Ceremony

Presentation of the awards will follow the program, with
presenters and recipients offering brief remarks.

KORET JEWISH BOOK AWARDS -- PROGRAM SCHEDULE
APRIL 11, 2005, 7 P. Norton + Company) Novelist and essayist

History

Mothers and Children: Jewish Family
Life in Medieval Europe, Elisheva Carlebach, jury chair
Elisheva Baumgarten (Princeton Professor of History, Queens College
University Press) and the Graduate Center, CUNY

Philosophy and Thought

Wrestling with God and Men: Ellen M.

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S.S. at the
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, featuring a presentation by
two leading intellectuals on one of the most contentious and
perplexing issues in contemporary culture: Faith, Politics, and the
Jews: An Exchange Between Hillel Halkin and Anne Roiphe.W.

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The panelists will discuss their inspiration and experiences in writing
suspense, crime and science fiction, how Scandinavian thrillers differ and
compare to those written in California.A.m. He is the author of
Letters to an American Jewish Friend, and Across the Sabbath River.
Roiphe, a well-known American novelist, wrote Secrets of the City and
the widely discussed, fictional exploration of American Jewish
Orthodoxy, Lovingkindness .M.
KANBAR HALL, JCCSF

PROGRAM

Faith, Politics, and the Jews: An Exchange Between Hillel Halkin and
Anne Roiphe

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

Biography , Autobiography, and Literary Studies

A Tale of Love and Darkness, Amos Oz David Biale , jury chair
Translated from the Hebrew by Nicolas Emmanuel Ringelblum
de Lange (Harcourt, Inc.

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Swedish fiction writer Liza
tall and blond with a commanding presence that makes one stop for a second
look --- will be a featured speaker at a literature seminar on Monday,
April 11 from 4-5:30 PM in Santa Monica.

----Press credentials are now available for the
Koret Jewish Book Awards ceremony Monday, April 11, 7 p.

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Unlike traditional American educational audiotapes , where narrators
generally offer information in a tutorial teacher-to-student style, the BiBi
tapes follow the "novella style" storytelling approach popular on Spanish TV.W. Koshland Professor of
Jewish Culture and History
Co-Director, Taube Center for Jewish
Studies, Stanford University

Young Writer on Jewish Themes

Tim Bradford Alana Newhouse, jury chair
Arts + Culture Editor, Forward

CLOSING REMARKS

Tad Taube, President
Koret Foundation Funds