BOOK TV Schedule July 9-11

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BOOK TV Schedule July 9-11



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all times are eastern

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Saturday, July 9
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8:00 am Steve Weinberg, David Hendin, Jennifer Josephy, Jamie Beckman, Deciding What You Read: How Editors, Agents, Publicists, and Reviewers Choose the Books That Reach the Shelves

9:15 Linda Fasulo, An Insider's Guide to the UN

10:00 Katherine Eban, Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters Are Contaminating America's Drug Supply

11:00 Michael Collins, Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years

12:00 pm Walter Borneman, 1812: The War That Forged a Nation

1:00 Denis Boyles, 2005 Arkansas Lit. Fest: Denis Boyles "Vile France"

2:00 Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn, 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

3:00 Jordan Miller, Anita Miller, Sigalit Zetouni, Sharon: Israel's Warrior-Politican

4:15 World History Textbooks discussion

6:00 Zsa Zsa Gershick, Secret Service: Untold Stories of Lesbians in the Military

7:00 Encore Booknotes: Geoffrey Perret, Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President

8:00 Michael Gazzaniga, The Ethical Brain

9:10 Public Lives: Myrlie Evers Williams, Manning Marable, The Autobiography of Medgar Evers

10:25 Steven Malanga, The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today

11:15 2005 Printers Row Book Fair: John Harris, 2005 Printers Row Book Fair: John Harris


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Sunday, July 10
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12:00 am After Words: Robert Merry interviewed by Harlan Ullman

1:00 Brian Anderson, South Park Conservatives: The Revolt against Liberal Media Bias

1:45 2005 Annapolis Book Festival: David Shipler "The Working Poor"

3:00 R.W. Apple, Jr., Apple's America: The Discriminating Traveler's Guide to 40 Great Cities in the United States and Canada

4:00 2005 BEA: The Broken Standard of Embargoed Reviews: Who Benefits?

5:00 2005 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Civil Society

6:00 Chad Post, Michael Orthofer, Margarita Shalina, Dennis Loy Johnson, Discussion on Publishing and Selling Books in Translation

7:30 Larry Diamond, Thomas Donnelly, Will Marshall, Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq

9:00 Michael Hiltzik, The Plot Against Social Security: How the Bush Plan is Endangering Our Financial Future

10:00 James Brady, The Scariest Place in the World: A Marine Returns to North Korea

11:00 Michael Gazzaniga, The Ethical Brain

12:10 pm Jordan Miller, Anita Miller, Sigalit Zetouni, Sharon: Israel's Warrior-Politican

1:15 Herman Cain, They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It

2:00 Larry Heinemann, Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam

3:30 Candice Jackson, Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine

4:30 Myrlie Evers Williams, Manning Marable, The Autobiography of Medgar Evers

6:00 After Words: After Words: Bob Woodward interviewed by James Mann

7:00 Jack Cashill, Hoodwinked: How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture

8:00 History on Book TV: Melanie Randolph Miller, Envoy to the Terror: Governeur Morris & the French Revolution

9:00 After Words: After Words: Bob Woodward interviewed by James Mann

10:00 2005 BEA: Dale Peck on Book Reviewing

10:20 2005 BEA: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), "A Time to Run"

10:35 2005 BEA: Thomas Hamill "Escape in Iraq"

10:50 Jordan Miller, Anita Miller, Sigalit Zetouni, Sharon: Israel's Warrior-Politican

11:50 Pat Choate, Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization

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Monday, July 11
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1:00 am Pratap Chatterjee, Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation

2:45 Herman Cain, They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It

3:30 David Anderson, Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire

4:30 Paul Dickson and Thomas Allen, The Bonus Army: An American Epic

5:30 Ravi Batra, Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy

7:00 Zsa Zsa Gershick, Secret Service: Untold Stories of Lesbians in the Military


complete schedule - http://www.booktv.org/schedule/


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This week's thread is dedicated to ANDY - RIP - We'll continue the fight in your name.
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1. An Insider's Guide to the UN - Linda Fasulo

On Saturday, July 9 at 9:15 am
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An Insider's Guide to the UN
Linda Fasulo

Linda Fasulo talks about the current state of the United Nations, some of the problems facing the institution (including the recent oil-for-food scandal), and the structural changes being proposed by the U.S. and other member governments. She also talks about President Bush's nomination of John Bolton to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and the reaction the nomination has had inside the UN. This talk was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Author Bio: Linda Fasulo is a UN correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. She is also reports regularly for MSNBC online, and U.S. News & World Report, and NPR. Ms. Fasulo is the author of "Representing America: Experiences of the U.S. Diplomats at the UN."

Publisher: Yale University Press P.O. Box 209040 New Haven, CT 06520

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2. Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters R Contaminating America's Drug Supply

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Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters Are Contaminating America's Drug Supply
Katherine Eban

Medical Reporter Katherine Eban warns that many prescription drugs are counterfeit. In "Dangerous Doses," the author examines the recent increase in domestic drug counterfeiting, and tells the stories of some of the people who have been exposed to these drugs. Ms. Eban reviewed drug cases, studied state health department and court records, and conducted interviews with twenty-five investigators and industry experts. This event was hosted by Barnes & Noble Bookstore in New York City.

Author Bio: Katherine Eban is an investigative medical reporter and has worked for the New York Times, New York Observer, and ABC News. Her articles have appeared in several magazines, including the Nation, the New Republic, and Playboy.

Publisher: Harcourt 15 E. 26th Street New York, NY 10010

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3. 1812: The War That Forged a Nation - Walter Borneman

History on Book TV
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1812: The War That Forged a Nation
Walter Borneman
link to video - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/1104/btv111304_1.ram

Walter Borneman discusses his book titled, "1812: The War that Forged a Nation." It's the historical account of the first time the United States was attacked on its own soil. The War of 1812 pitted the newly-formed nation against the British Empire and saw Washington, DC set aflame, Andrew Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, and the battle on Lake Champlain.

Author Bio: Walter Borneman has written several books including "Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land" and "A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners," which he co-authored. He currently serves as president of the Berry Foundation, an organization set up to fund post-doctoral fellowships in children's health at Stanford University.

Publisher: HarperCollins 10 East 543rd Street New York, NY 10022

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4. 102 Minutes:The Untold Story of the Fight 2 Survive Inside the Twin Towers

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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn

New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn write about the final minutes in the World Trade Center in their new book, "102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers." It draws on interviews the two authors conducted with survivors, rescuers, and family members of victims who made last-minute contact with their friends and relatives. The authors detail the events and obstacles faced by those in the towers that morning, such as assisting a wheelchair-bound colleague down more than fifty flights of stairs or attempting to open a jammed elevator.

Author Bio: Jim Dwyer is the author of "Subway Lives" and the co-author of "Two Seconds Under the World" and "Actual Innocence." Kevin Flynn is a special projects editor with the New York Times and previously worked as the newspaper's police bureau chief.

Publisher: Times Books 115 W. 18th Street New York, NY 10011

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5. Sharon: Israel's Warrior-Politican

Public Lives
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Sharon: Israel's Warrior-Politican
Jordan Miller, Anita Miller, Sigalit Zetouni

Anita Miller, Jordan Miller, and Sigalit Zetouni are the co-authors of a new biography of Israeli leader Ariel Sharon. "Sharon: Israel's Warrior-Politician," traces his life from the emigration of his parents from Russia, his birth and early life spent on a rural farm, his rise through the military, and his emergence as Israel's Prime Minister, all set against the background of Israel's fifty-six year history of war in the Middle East. The book looks at Mr. Sharon's relationship with current political leaders within Israel as well as abroad. This event took place at West Suburban Temple Har Zion in River Forest, Illinois.

Author Bio: Anita Miller is the author or co-author of several books in addition to "Sharon" including "The Fair Women: The Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893." Jordan Miller is the author of "Poets, Martyrs & Satyrs: New and Selected Poems 1959-2001" and the play "Letters From Prague." Sigalit Zetouni is a contributing editor to Chicago Life magazine and a director of Olive Production.

Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers 363 West Erie Street Chicago, IL 60610

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6. World History Textbooks discussion "agents of geopolitical misinformation"

The Business of Books

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World History Textbooks discussion

This is a panel discussion based on the 2004 American Textbook Council report, "World History Textbooks: A Review". The report claims that recent American textbooks are "agents of geopolitical misinformation". Gilbert Sewall, director of the Textbook Council outlines the report. Commenting on the report are John Fonte, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute who discusses recent debates over curriculum guidelines and John Tierney, International Relations Professor at the Institute of World Politics who discusses feminism & peace studies textbooks. This event was hosted by the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC and moderated by Adam Keiper, Managing Editor of EPPC's "The New Atlantis" a journal concerned with the moral implications of technology.

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7. Secret Service: Untold Stories of Lesbians in the Military

On Saturday, July 9 at 6:00 pm and Monday, July 11 at 7:00 am
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Secret Service: Untold Stories of Lesbians in the Military
Zsa Zsa Gershick

Zsa Zsa Gershick discusses the U.S. military and the discharge of gay and lesbian troops in her new book, "Secret Service." The author describes the military's "Don’t Ask, Don't Tell" policy concerning sexuality as misleading and details military life through the eyes of lesbian service members. This event was hosted by Women and Children First Bookstore in Chicago, Illinois.

Author Bio: Zsa Zsa Gershick served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1978 to 1983. She is the author of "Gay Old Girls," and her work has appeared in several publications, including the Advocate and the Texas Observer.

Publisher: Alyson Books P.O. Box 4371 Los Angeles, CA 90078

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8. The Ethical Brain - Very COOL! how our brains make ethical decisions

On Saturday, July 9 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, July 10 at 11:00 am
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The Ethical Brain
Michael Gazzaniga

Michael Gazzaniga discusses his book, "The Ethical Brain," with novelist Tom Wolfe. Tom Wolfe made references to Michael Gazzaniga and Gazzaniga's previous book, "The Social Brain," in his novel "I am Charlotte Simmons." The two men talk about the ethical implications of stem cell research, early term abortion, and the removal of life support for brain-dead patients. Prof. Gazzaniga also gives an overview of his research on the parts of the brain that, he says, determine our ethical decisions. The talk was held at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City. Includes Q&A.

Author Bio: Michael Gazzaniga, director of the Center of Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth and president-elect of the American Psychological Society, has served on President's Council on Bioethics since 2001. He is the author of several books, including "The Social Brain," "Mind Matters" and "Nature's Mind."

Publisher: Dana Press 900 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005

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9. The Autobiography of Medgar Evers

Public Lives
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The Autobiography of Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers Williams, Manning Marable

Myrlie Evers-Williams and Manning Marable recount the civil rights movement through the eyes of Medgar Evers. "The Autobiography Of Medgar Evers" details the life of the civil rights leader, including his involvement with voting rights for African Americans. During the event, both Mr. Marable and Ms. Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers, stress the importance of being active in politics and becoming familiar with current political figures. This event was hosted by Karibu Bookstore in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Author Bio: Myrlie Evers-Williams is the widow of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, and was integral in helping Medgar open the first NAACP Mississippi State Office. She was named chairman of the National Board of Directors of the NAACP in 1995. Mrs. Evers-Williams established the Medgar Evers Institute in 1998, which links together business, government, and communitites to further human rights and equality. Manning Marable has written and/or edited over twenty books and scholarly anthologies, including "The Great Wells of Democracy." He is a professor of public affairs, political science, history, and African-American Studies at Columbia University. His syndicated political affairs column, "Along the Color Line," appears in more than four hundred black-owned and black-oriented mass publications throughout the world.

Publisher: Basic Civitas 387 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016

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10. The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today

On Saturday, July 9 at 10:25 pm
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The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today
Steven Malanga

Manhattan Institute fellow Steven Malanga says that the newest movement in liberal politics has rolled back reforms in major cities like New York, loses money at an alarming rate, and hurts the people it attempts to help. It does so through unions petitioning for living-wage laws (which he says drive businesses elsewhere) and instituting government reforms established by those who stand to gain the most from those reforms. In "The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today" Mr. Malanga outlines the ways in which the New Left has strayed from the visions of the New Left of the 1960s and how it continues to gain strength within the national Democratic Party.

Author Bio: Steven Malanga was executive editor of Crain's New York Business and was a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism. He is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor to the City Journal where he specializes in urban economies, business communities, and public policy.

Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher 1332 N. Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60622

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11. After Words: Robert Merry interviewed by Harlan Ullman

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After Words: Robert Merry interviewed by Harlan Ullman
video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/afterwords/0705/arc_btv070305_3.ram

This week on After Words, Robert Merry, President & Publisher of Congressional Quarterly, discusses his critique of U.S. foreign policy titled "Sands of Empire: Missionary Zeal, American Foreign Policy, and the Hazards of Global Ambition." He is interviewed by Harlan Ullman, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic Studies and the author of "Finishing Business: Ten Steps to Defeat Global Terror."

Author Bio: Robert Merry is president and Publisher of Congressional Quarterly. He is a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, where he covered national politics, Congress, and the White House. Mr. Merry is also the author of "Taking On the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop -- Guardians of the American Century." Harlan Ullman is a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, and a fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Mr. Ullman completed over 150 combat missions and patrols in Vietnam and later commanded a destroyer in the Persian Gulf. He is also principal author of the doctrine of "shock and awe," since adopted by the Pentagon. Mr. Ullman is a columnist for the Washington Times, and his books include "Unfinished Business: Afghanistan, the Middle East and Beyond" & "Finishing Business: Ten Steps to Defeat Global Terror."

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12. David Shipler "The Working Poor"

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2005 Annapolis Book Festival: David Shipler "The Working Poor"

(from http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375408908 )

"Most of the people I write about in this book do not have the luxury of rage. They are caught in exhausting struggles. Their wages do not lift them far enough from poverty to improve their lives, and their lives, in turn, hold them back. The term by which they are usually described, ‘working poor,’ should be an oxymoron. Nobody who works hard should be poor in America.” —from the Introduction

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Arab and Jew, a new book that presents a searing, intimate portrait of working American families struggling against insurmountable odds to escape poverty.

As David K. Shipler makes clear in this powerful, humane study, the invisible poor are engaged in the activity most respected in American ideology—hard, honest work. But their version of the American Dream is a nightmare: low-paying, dead-end jobs; the profound failure of government to improve upon decaying housing, health care, and education; the failure of families to break the patterns of child abuse and substance abuse. Shipler exposes the interlocking problems by taking us into the sorrowful, infuriating, courageous lives of the poor—white and black, Asian and Latino, citizens and immigrants. We encounter them every day, for they do jobs essential to the American economy.

We meet drifting farmworkers in North Carolina, exploited garment workers in New Hampshire, illegal immigrants trapped in the steaming kitchens of Los Angeles restaurants, addicts who struggle into productive work from the cruel streets of the nation’s capital—each life another aspect of a confounding, far-reaching urgent national crisis. And unlike most works on poverty, this one delves into the calculations of some employers as well—their razor-thin profits, their anxieties about competition from abroad, their frustrations in finding qualified workers.

This impassioned book not only dissects the problems, but makes pointed, informed recommendations for change. It is a book that stands to make a difference.

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13. The Discriminating Traveler's Guide to 40 Great Cities - US and Canada

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Apple's America: The Discriminating Traveler's Guide to 40 Great Cities in the United States and Canada
R.W. Apple, Jr.

Politics and Prose hosts New York Times Associate Editor R.W. Apple, Jr. for a discussion of his book "Apple's America." In it, Mr. Apple chronicles the landmarks, architecture, culture, businesses, and cuisine of his 40 favorite cities across the United States and Canada. In each city description, Mr. Apple recommends where to stay, where to eat, and which landmarks and museums to visit.

Author Bio: R.W. Apple, Jr. has worked at the New York Times since 1963. He is the author of "Apple's Europe" in addition to "Apple's America." He currently serves as an associate editor at the New York Times.

Publisher: North Point Press 19 Union Square West New York, NY 10003

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14. 2005 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Civil Society

General Assignment

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2005 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Civil Society

Authors Tom Hayden, Tamar Jacoby, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Matthew Miller, and Kay Mills address the question "What are the components of a civil society?" with moderator Michael Kinsley. They discuss the roles of government, interest groups, individuals, and the media in creating a civil society, and they discuss a variety of social issues, including immigration, social security, corruption, minority & workers rights.

Author Bio: Tom Hayden is the author of "Street Wars: Gangs and the Future of Violence." He is a former California state senator. Tamar Jacoby is the editor of "Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means to Be American." She is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Kay Mills is the author of "Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case That Transformed Television." Her other books include "A Place in the News: From the Women's Pages to the Front Page" and "This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer." Katrina Vanden Heuvel is the co-editor (with Robert Borosage) of "Taking Back America and Taking Down the Radical Right." Se is the editor of The Nation. Matthew Miller is the author of "The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love." Matthew Miller co-hosts "Left, Right & Center" on KCRW Public Radio in Southern California. Michael Kinsley is the author of "Big Babies: On Presidents, Politics, and National Crazes." He is the editorial and opintion editor at the Los Angeles Times and a former host of CNN's "Crossfire."

Publisher: L.A. TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS 202 W. 1st Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

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15. The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq

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Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq

Larry Diamond, Thomas Donnelly, Will Marshall

Larry Diamond discusses what he believes went wrong in the U.S. occupation of Iraq in his new book, "Squandered Victory." In 2003, the author was asked by then-National Secutiry Advisor Condoleezza Rice to serve in Baghdad as a senior advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority. Mr. Diamond argues that the chaos and rising Iraqi doubt about U.S. motives is due to a series of mistakes and missed opportunities during the occupation. Commentary is provided by Thomas Donnelly of the American Enterprise Institute. Both panelists answer questions from the audience following the discussion. This event was hosted by the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington, DC.

Author Bio: Larry Diamond is a professor of political science and sociology at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Democracy.

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010

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16. The Plot Against Social Security: How the Bush Plan is Endangering ...

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The Plot Against Social Security: How the Bush Plan is Endangering Our Financial Future
Michael Hiltzik

The social security plan proposed by the Bush Administration is ineffective and its reliance on privatization is dangerous. This is what Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik writes in his new book, "The Plot Against Social Security: How the Bush Plan is Endangering Our Financial Future." The author writes that the present social security system is not danger of running out of money any time in the next 75 years and that by changing the system, the retirement income for individuals would diminish significantly. Mr. Hiltzik writes that the social security issue has been highly politicized and needs to be re-evaluated with a more objective, economic approach.

Author Bio: Michael Hiltzik is the author of "A Death in Kenya" and "Dealers of Lightening." He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and has spent more than twenty years covering politics and finance for the Los Angeles Times, where he now writes a regular column.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers 10 E. 53rd Street New York, NY 10022

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17. Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam

Public Lives
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Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam
Larry Heinemann

Vietnam veteran Larry Heinemann recounts his 1967 tour of duty and his trip back in 1992 in the new memoir: "Black Virgin Mountain." The author contrasts the harrowing experience of war with the warm and generous people he encountering upon returning to Vietnam. This event is hosted by the National Vietnam Veterans' Art Museum in Chicago.

Author Bio: Larry Heinemann is the author of three novels: "Close Quarters"; "Cooler by the Lake"; and "Paco's Story," winner of the 1987 National Book Award.

Publisher: Doubleday 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019

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18. After Words: Bob Woodward interviewed by James Mann

After Words
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After Words: Bob Woodward interviewed by James Mann

This week on After Words Bob Woodward discusses his new book, "The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat." He explains how W. Mark Felt, former Assistant Director of the FBI, became his unnamed source during the Washington Post's coverage of the 1972 Watergate break-in. In 1992, James Mann cited Mr. Felt as a possible suspect in an article about the identity of Deep Throat for the Atlantic Monthly.

Author Bio: Bob Woodward is an Assistant Managing Editor for the Washington Post. He shared a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for the Washington Post's coverage of the Watergate case. He is the author of several books including "Bush at War," "Plan of Attack," "The Choice," "The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House" and "All the President's Men." James Mann is currently senior writer-in-residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. His books include "Beijing Jeep," " About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship With China From Nixon to Clinton" and "Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet." He is a former Diplomatic Correspondent and Foreign Affairs Columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

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19. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), "A Time to Run"

General Assignment

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2005 BEA: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), "A Time to Run"
Description: From BookExpo America in New York City, an interview with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) who is also the author of the new book, "A Time to Run."

Editorial Reviews

Book Description
Written with a true insider's perspective, A Time to Run is the remarkable literary debut of United States Senator Barbara Boxer, one of the most admired and respected figures on the political scene. Senator Boxer, writing with Mary-Rose Hayes, tells an exciting tale of friendship and betrayal, idealism and pragmatism, in-fighting and public spin. The novel follows Ellen Fines from her days as a college student through romantic entanglements and a difficult marriage to a rising political star. When her husband is killed in a car accident during his campaign for the Senate, Ellen assumes his candidacy and achieves an upset victory over a political machine. On the eve of a crucial vote, past and public worlds collide when Ellen's former lover, now a journalist with strong right-wing connections, gives her sensitive documents that could either make or break her career. From hideaways deep under the U.S. Capitol to wealthy southern California ranches to the political unrest on the streets of Berkeley, lA Time to Run is a great read, and a fascinating, up-close story of power and trust.

About the Author
Barbara Boxer has served as Democratic senator for California since 1993. Re-elected to her third term in 2004, she received the third highest number of votes in the nation, exceeded only by the two presidential candidates. This is her first novel. Mary-Rose Hayes is the author of six previous novels. She lives in San Francisco.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811850439/ref=pd_sxp_f/002-6814585-0184832

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20. Thomas Hamill "Escape in Iraq"

General Assignment

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2005 BEA: Thomas Hamill "Escape in Iraq"

From BookExpo America 2005 in New York City, an interview with Thomas Hamill, author of "Escape in Iraq: The Thomas Hamill Story."


Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Faced with mounting farm debt at home, Mississippi truck driver Hamill was lured to Iraq by a $75,000 tax-free contract from KBR to run supplies. He was abducted on April 9, 2004, and his escape 24 days later made worldwide news. Hamill's first-person account (written with True Exposures publishing president Brown) shows the attack on his convoy that strands him with a bone-shattering gunshot wound in the arm; the three-plus weeks in which Hamill was shuttled around by various guards (whose attitudes ranged from curious or sympathetic to hardened and hostile); the able care and treatment Hamill received for his serious wound; his captivity within frustrating reach of passing U.S. soldiers. When U.S. troops assigned to guard an oil pipeline came within yards of his position, Hamill dramatically forced his way out of his remote holding cell and made a barefoot dash across a rock-strewn plain to safety. Throughout, Hamill attributes his physical and psychological survival to his faith in God, portraying his captivity as a Jonah-like experience in the belly of the whale. He keeps the narrative's focus on the mechanics of getting through each day (including some fascinating interactions with guards) and waiting for the right moment to make his move. The result is a remarkable story that, regardless of one's opinion of the war, stands as a true profile in courage.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/088317314X/ref=pd_sxp_f/002-6814585-0184832

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21. Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization

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Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization
Pat Choate

Economic commentator Pat Choate claims that America loses more than $200 billion annually to the piracy of intellectual property. This includes bootleg CDs and DVDs, counterfeit watches, and knock-offs of designer clothes, often manufactured by people in other countries. "Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization" covers piracy today as well as delving into the history of I.P. piracy as far back as the 1800s, when it took the form of fierce competition and sabotage amongst inventors.

Author Bio: Pat Choate is the co-author of "The High-Flex Society" and "Save Your Job, Save Our Country" which he co-wrote with Ross Perot. In 1996 he was Ross Perot's running mate during Mr. Perot's campaign for President.

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf 1745 Broadway, 21st floor New York, NY 10019

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22. Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation

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Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation
Pratap Chatterjee

Journalist Pratap Chatterjee contends in his new book, "Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation," that private contractors stood to benefit the most, and have benefited the most, from the war in Iraq. Mr. Chatterjee documents what government contractors such as Bechtel, Blackwater, DynCorp, and Halliburton have done thus far in Iraq and what they have yet to do. He drew on interviews with Iraqi citizens and politicians as well as with American whistleblowers from within the contracting firms. The book also chronicles how a lack of proper military training for the civilian contractors has resulted in managerial and logistical problems between those contractors and the military. Includes Q&A.

Author Bio: Pratap Chatterjee has written for the Financial Times, the Guardian, and the Independent. He is a former global environment editor at Inter Press Service where he reported on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. He currently serves as program director and managing editor of CorpWatch, an organization established to counter corporate-led globalization through education, network-building, and activism.

Publisher: Seven Stories Press 140 Watts Street New York, NY 10013

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23. Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire

History on Book TV
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Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
David Anderson

David Anderson's new book "Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire" was the subject of his recent talk at the Seattle School of Law. It deals with the country's Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s which ultimately led to the end of British colonial rule in Kenya. Mr. Anderson documents the economic and cultural discrimination that led to the Kikuyu people rebelling against the British.

Author Bio: David Anderson is an African Studies lecturer at Oxford University. He previously served as the director of the Center for African Studies at the University of London.

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company 500 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10110

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24. The Bonus Army: An American Epic

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The Bonus Army: An American Epic
Paul Dickson and Thomas Allen
video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/0305/btv031205_1.ram

Paul Dickson and Thomas Allen discuss their book, "The Bonus Army: An American Epic." In the summer of 1932, at the height of the Depression, some forty-five thousand veterans of World War I descended on Washington, D.C., from all over the country to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. Blacks and Whites lived together in shanytowns while protesting and rallying for their cause. The authors answer questions from the audience following the presentation.

Author Bio: Paul Dickson is the author of "Sputnik: The Shock of the Century." Thomas Allen is the author of "The Blue and the Gray," "War Games," "George Washington," and "Spymaster."

Publisher: Walker & Company 104 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 1011

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25. Greenspan's Fraud: How 2 Decades of His Policies Have Undermined ....

Public Lives
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Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy
Ravi Batra

Ravi Batra argues that policies of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan have damanged the middle class. In "Greenspan's Fraud," the author critiques Mr. Greenspan's views on social security, minimum wage, and taxes. Mr. Batra asserts that the chairman's economic policies shift with presidential leadership with no regard for the American public. This event was hosted by Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Author Bio: Ravi Batra is Professor of Economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. He is the author of six books, including "The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism: Can Capitalism Be Saved?" and "The Myth of Free Trade: The Pooring of America."

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010

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26. Friday evening Kick!

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27. pity kick

:P

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28. morning kick nt

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29. thump!

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30. last lonely kick

:-(

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31. schedule change.. on now Hoodwinked - intellectual fraud

:( ragin on Churchill - Why does he hate America?

Hoodwinked

How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture



Jack Cashill could not believe his good luck when pseudo-Indian and fabricator par excellence, Ward Churchill, first made the news. Cashill had been looking for a handy way to personify intellectual fraud in all its subversive, self-loathing glory, and there stood Colorado University’s Professor Churchill. Churchill, alas, is the iceberg’s proverbial tip.

For a century, “progressive” writers and filmmakers—multiculturalists like Churchill and Alex Haley, sexual revolutionaries like Kinsey and Margaret Mead, quasi-Marxists like Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore, and radical naturalists like Paul Ehrlich and Rachel Carson—have been using falsehood and fraud as primary weapons in their assault on traditional American culture.


For years, an unconnected squad of literary detectives, anthropologists, scientists, and historians has been picking off the frauds and their enablers one by one. Taken together, the work of these critics is devastating. Jack Cashill’s Hoodwinked synthesizes their dogged research and reveals the depth and breadth of the corruption at the very foundation of contemporary intellectual culture.

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32. The Ethical Brain sounds like something I'd be interested in.

Looks like I missed it. :(

Oh, well. At least now I know that it exists. (The book, that is) :)

[MelissaB]

33. It's not too late to catch this one.

General Assignment

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2005 BEA: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), "A Time to Run"
Description: From BookExpo America in New York City, an interview with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) who is also the author of the new book, "A Time to Run."

Editorial Reviews

Book Description
Written with a true insider's perspective, A Time to Run is the remarkable literary debut of United States Senator Barbara Boxer, one of the most admired and respected figures on the political scene. Senator Boxer, writing with Mary-Rose Hayes, tells an exciting tale of friendship and betrayal, idealism and pragmatism, in-fighting and public spin. The novel follows Ellen Fines from her days as a college student through romantic entanglements and a difficult marriage to a rising political star. When her husband is killed in a car accident during his campaign for the Senate, Ellen assumes his candidacy and achieves an upset victory over a political machine. On the eve of a crucial vote, past and public worlds collide when Ellen's former lover, now a journalist with strong right-wing connections, gives her sensitive documents that could either make or break her career. From hideaways deep under the U.S. Capitol to wealthy southern California ranches to the political unrest on the streets of Berkeley, lA Time to Run is a great read, and a fascinating, up-close story of power and trust.

About the Author
Barbara Boxer has served as Democratic senator for California since 1993. Re-elected to her third term in 2004, she received the third highest number of votes in the nation, exceeded only by the two presidential candidates. This is her first novel. Mary-Rose Hayes is the author of six previous novels. She lives in San Francisco.


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