BOOK TV Schedule October 15-17

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I wasn't planning on posting the schedule this weekend, due to the low # of responses lately, but as I was going over the schedule I realized that I really do want to share with you guys. :hug:

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Saturday, October 15

8:00 am Thomas Grooms, The Majesty of Capitol Hill

9:05 Lee Gutkind, Creative Non-Fiction: It's a Movement--Not a Moment

10:40 Donald Davis, Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor

12:00 pm History on Book TV: Bonnie Angelo, First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives

1:00 Tram Nguyen, We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11

1:50 General Assignment: Robert Kaplan, Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground

3:00 General Assignment: Book Club: Gay Men's Reading Group Discussion of Gore Vidal's "Palimpsest: A Memoir"

4:00 Rose Guilbault, Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America

5:00 George McGovern, Bob Dole, Donald Messer, Ending Hunger Now: A Challenge to Persons of Faith

5:50 John Ehrman, The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan

7:00 Encore Booknotes: Frank Wu, Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White

8:00 After Words: After Words: Bing West interviewed by Mark Mazzetti

9:00 General Assignment: Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

10:15 William Kristol, Fred Barnes, Martha Bayles, P.J. O'Rourke, Jeanne Shaheen, The Weekly Standard: A Reader: 1995-2005

11:30 Bob Woodward, The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat

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Sunday, October 16

12:30 am 2005 National Book Festival: David Brooks, 2005 National Book Festival: David Brooks

1:00 Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Krassner, Barry Crimmins, Art Buchwald, Lewis Lapham, Sarah Jones, Political Satire in America

2:20 2005 National Book Festival: Andrew Carroll, 2005 National Book Festival: Andrew Carroll

3:00 General Assignment: Book Club: Gay Men's Reading Group Discussion of Gore Vidal's "Palimpsest: A Memoir"

4:00 Hal Elliott Wert, Hoover The Fishing President: Portrait of the Private Man and His Life Outdoors

5:00 2005 National Book Festival: David McCullough, 2005 National Book Festival: David McCullough

5:30 Paul Sperry, Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives Have Penetrated Washington

7:00 Andrew Gumbel, Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America

8:00 George Galloway and Christopher Hitchens, Debate on the War in Iraq

10:00 Jay Greene, Education Myths: What Special-Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools -- and Why It Isn't So

11:00 Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Krassner, Barry Crimmins, Art Buchwald, Lewis Lapham, Sarah Jones, Political Satire in America

12:20 pm General Assignment: Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

1:45 Michael Goldfarb, Anthony Shadid, Kayla Williams, Steve Mumford, What We Saw: Americans in Iraq

3:00 After Words: Chris Whittle interviewed by Jay Mathews

4:00 Martin Gilbert, Churchill and America

5:00 Bob Woodward, The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat

6:00 After Words: After Words: Bing West interviewed by Mark Mazzetti

7:00 Jonathon Kozol, The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

8:00 John Kelly, The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

9:00 After Words: After Words: Bing West interviewed by Mark Mazzetti

10:00 Suzanne Finstad, Warren Beatty: A Private Man

11:00 Winston Groom, 1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls

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Monday, October 17

12:00 am General Assignment: Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

1:15 General Assignment: Robert Kaplan, Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground

2:30 Jacques Leslie, Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment

3:30 Jesse Helms, Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir

5:30 John Hope Franklin & Loren Schweninger, In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South

6:50 Betsy Hart, It Takes a Parent: How the Culture of Pushover Parenting is Hurting Our Kids

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1. We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11

On Saturday, October 15 at 1:00 pm
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We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11

Tram Nguyen

Tram Nguyen argues that since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, immigrants in the United States are living in fear. In "We Are All Suspects Now," the author explains that several communities, including Midwood, Brooklyn, have suffered due to the new policies implemented by the government, causing thousands of residents to leave their homes. This event was hosted by Busboys & Poets bookstore in Washington, DC.

Tram Nguyen is executive editor of ColorLines magazine. "We Are All Suspects Now" is her first book.

Publisher: Beacon Press 25 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108

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2. Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto & Avenge...

On Saturday, October 15 at 10:40 am
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Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor

Donald Davis

To retaliate for the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, an attack was planned by the U.S. military to take out the Japanese commander who orchestrated the Pearl Harbor attack. Author Donald Davis writes about the events that led to this secret mission in his new book, "Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor." The book also tells the story of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a Harvard-educated leader of the Japanese military and the mastermind behind the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Donald Davis is the author fourteen books, including the upcoming "Sniper."

Publisher: St. Martin's Press 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010

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3. Gay Men's Reading Group Discussion of Gore Vidal's "Palimpsest: A Memoir"

On Saturday, October 15 at 3:00 pm and Sunday, October 16 at 3:00 am
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Book Club: Gay Men's Reading Group Discussion of Gore Vidal's "Palimpsest: A Memoir"

From Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Missouri, the Gay Men's Reading Group discusses Gore Vidal's memoir, "Palimpsest." In the memoir, Mr. Vidal writes about the first forty years of his life, discussing his friendships with Robert Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jack Kerouac, and Tennessee Williams. The book group comments on Mr. Vidal's candor about his friends and other figures of the day, including Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Alfred Kinsey, and others.

Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014

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4. Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America

On Saturday, October 15 at 4:00 pm
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Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America

Rose Guilbault

Rose Guilbault recounts her childhood growing up as a Mexican immigrant in California in her memoir, "Farmworker's Daughter." The author explains that she became a farmworker's daughter shortly after her mother divorced her biological father in Sonora Mexico and eventually remarried and moved to California's Salinas Valley. Ms. Guilbault details her struggles to learn English and to eat the same foods and play with the same toys as her American schoolmates. This event was hosted by Book Passage in Corte Madera, California.

Rose Guilbault is vice president of corporate affairs at AAA of Northern California, Nevada, and Utah. She is also the chairwoman of the Board of Governors for the Commonwealth Club of California. Ms. Guilbault was editorial director for KGO-TV (ABC San Francisco) and the creator of the television series "Profiles of Excellence." "Farmworker's Daughter" is her first book.

Publisher: Heyday Books P.O. Box 9145 Berkeley, CA 94709

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5. Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White

On Saturday, October 15 at 7:00 pm
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Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White

Frank Wu

Frank Wu raises the issue of racial identity in "Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White." During this interview from 2002, Mr. Wu explains that race matters because it shapes every aspect of his life as well as everyone else's. He voices his belief in the need to cross racial barriers, drawing upon academic studies, legal issues, current events, and personal experience.

Frank Wu is the first Asian Law Professor at Howard University. Mr. Wu has written over 200 articles and published a textbook entitled "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internmen." He has hosted over two dozen episodes of the "Asian America" PBS-syndicated television show, and he has also appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Lehrer News Hour.

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

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6. After Words: Bing West interviewed by Mark Mazzetti

On Saturday, October 15 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, October 16 at 6:00 pm and at 9:00 pm
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After Words: Bing West interviewed by Mark Mazzetti

This week on After Words Bing West, former Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Reagan discusses the combat between the U.S. Military and Iraqi insurgents over the control of the city of Fallujah from November 7 through November 13, 2004. It's titled "No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah." He is interviewed by Mark Mazzetti, defense correspondent for the Los Angeles Times.

Bing West is a former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Reagan administration. He served in the Marine infantry during the Vietnam War. He is the author of several books including: "The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the U.S. Marines." Mark Mazzetti is a defense correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. He is a former correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, the Economist, and has written for the Washington Monthly, Slate, and the Texas Monthly.

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7. The Things They Carried (Vietnam memoir)

On Saturday, October 15 at 9:00 pm and Monday, October 17 at 12:00 am
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The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

In his book, "The Things They Carried," author Tim O'Brien combines part novel and part personal memoir to relate his experiences during the Vietnam War. During his discussion, Mr. O'Brien explains that while many of the events he chronicles in the book never really happened, the book truthfully reflects his attitudes towards the war and gives an accurate picture of what life was like for him and other soldiers in Vietnam. This event was part of the Fall for the Book Festival held annually at the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Includes Q&A.

Tim O'Brien is the author of several books, including "Going After Cacciato" and "In the Lake of the Woods." The first edition of "The Things They Carried" was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Mr. O'Brien's short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines including Esquire, Harper's, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker. He currently holds a chair in creative writing at Southwest Texas State University.

Publisher: Random House 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019

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34. Notes -

Recommended. His books and this speech.


Drafted and served in Vietnam 1969-70

Writer for the Washington Post after Vietnam (74-75)

He gave great tips on writing, including “Watch your grammar, or you could wind up as President”

After reading a chapter “Ambush”, he said this chapter reminds him of the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan (“the one we’ve almost forgotten”)

“Art is a lie that makes you realize the truth”

“as students and as human beings, look out for the word Truth, especially if it’s capitalized”

Q & A

Knowing what you know now, would you have gone to Canada instead of going to Vietnam? “Yea”

Relative to soldiers and how they see war, what similarities do you see between Vietnam and Iraq?
“Both are Gorilla wars – you don’t know who you are shooting at, citizen or enemy? When you can’t tell you get frustrated, watching your friends die around you. You’d get sniped at from some village – step back and call in the gun ships. Everyone in the village would die. The citizen deaths in both wars are huge, and the double standard is beyond belief. They tell you about each soldier that dies, friendly’s deaths are never counted. The ignorance. They couldn’t spell Hanoi, they can’t spell Fallujah. How many people can find Afghanistan on a map? Colossal ignorance about the other country causes so many to die. The false claims leading to both wars. Tonkin bombing might never have happened at all, they say now. You don’t go to war with one reason, then change the reason in the middle of the war. The idea that we can decide who the bad guys are and attack them first, doesn’t that give them the right to do the same to us? double standards are eerily reminiscent of Vietnam."
(paraphrased)

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8. The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat

On Saturday, October 15 at 11:30 pm and Sunday, October 16 at 5:00 pm
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The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat

Bob Woodward

Former assistant director of the FBI Mark Felt recently revealed that he was Deep Throat, Bob Woodward and Car Bernstein's anonymous source for information on the Watergate break-in. Bob Woodward chronicles the relationship between himself and Mr. Felt in his new book, "The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat." In it, the author writes about the motivations Mr. Felt had for coming forth with the insider's information as well as his years spent in the FBI with then-director J. Edgar Hoover.

Bob Woodward has been an editor and investigative reporter at the Washington Post since 1971. His work with fellow Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein uncovered the Watergate scandal during the presidency of Richard Nixon. Mr. Woodward is also written twelve best-selling non-fiction books and has been the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019

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9. 2005 National Book Festival: David Brooks

On Sunday, October 16 at 12:30 am
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2005 National Book Festival: David Brooks

David Brooks discusses his book "On Paradise Drive" at the 2005 National Book Festival in Washington, DC. The author discusses the phenomenon of suburbanization in America. The author pokes fun at stereotypes and mass culture while analyzing what it means to be an American today.

David Brooks is an Op-ed page columnist with the New York Times, a commentator on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and a frequent analyst on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and The Dianne Rehm Show. He is the author of "Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There." Mr. Brooks has served as a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard, Newsweek, and the Atlantic Monthly and his articles have also appeared in the New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Public Interest, and Forbes.

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10. Political Satire in America (Vonnegut, Krassner, Crimmins, more)

On Sunday, October 16 at 1:00 am and at 11:00 am
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Political Satire in America
Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Krassner, Barry Crimmins, Art Buchwald, Lewis Lapham, Sarah Jones

From New York City, a panel discussion on political satire in America. The panelists share samples of their work and collectively answer audience questions. Taking part are: Kurt Vonnegut, author of "A Man Without a Country"; Paul Krassner, author of "One Hand Jerking"; Barry Crimmins, author of "Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal"; and Art Buchwald, author of "Beating Around the Bush." Harper's magazine editor Lewis Lapham reads an essay on subject of satire. The discussion is moderated by playwright and poet Sarah Jones.

Kurt Vonnegut is the author of many books, including "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian." Paul Krassner, who worked with Lenny Bruce and Abbie Hoffman and founded The Realist magazine, is the author of "Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut" and "Impolite Interviews." Barry Crimmins, a former writer for Dennis Miller and currently working with Air America Radio, is the founder of The Ding Ho and Stitches, two well-known comedy clubs in Boston. Art Buchwald, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982, is the author of over thirty books, including "We'll Laugh Again" and "Leaving Home." Lewis Lapham's latest book is "Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and Stifling of Democracy." For more information on these authors, visit www.sevenstories.com.

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11. 2005 National Book Festival: Andrew Carroll (War Letters)

On Sunday, October 16 at 2:20 am
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2005 National Book Festival: Andrew Carroll

From the 2005 National Book Festival in Washington DC, Andrew Carroll talks about his book "Behind the Lines." Mr. Carroll spent three years traveling through the U.S. and thirty-five other countries in search of war correspondence. The author presents in this collection 200 previously unpublished letters from every major war in American history.

Andrew Carroll is the Director of the Legacy Project, a national volunteer effort launched in 1998 that aims at preserving worldwide war correspondence. He is the editor of three New York Times bestsellers including "War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars."

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12. 2005 National Book Festival: David McCullough "1776"

On Sunday, October 16 at 5:00 am
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2005 National Book Festival: David McCullough

David McCullough discusses his book "1776" at the 2005 National Book Festival in Washington, DC. He tells the story of the year of independence as it was experienced by the American Soldiers, their wives, the King’s men, and by George Washington himself. He describes how President Washington, who had never led an army before, launched the "brilliant stroke" that changed the fate of the war and the course of history.

David McCullough is a historian and Pulitzer Prize winning biographer for his books "Truman" and "John Adams." Mr. McCullough has narrated documentaries on the Civil War and Napolean, served as a past president of the Society of American Historians, and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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13. Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections & the Rotten History of Democracy in Amer

On Sunday, October 16 at 7:00 am
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Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America

Andrew Gumbel

Andrew Gumbel covered the 2000 election as U.S. correspondent for the London-based Independent. The election process and its history is the topic of Mr. Gumbel's new book, "Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America." In it, the author faults what he believes to be a corrupt political environment as being responsible for ongoing election difficulties on the national, state, and local levels. Mr. Gumbel also explores the history of election influencing from New York City at the turn of the century to Florida in 2000.

Andrew Gumbel is a U.S. correspondent for London's Independent and the author of several other books including "Berlin."

Publisher: Nation Books 245 West 17th Street 11th Floor New York, NY 10011

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14. George Galloway and Christopher Hitchens

On Sunday, October 16 at 8:00 am
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Debate on the War in Iraq

George Galloway and Christopher Hitchens
video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/0905/btv091705_4b.ram

From the City University of New York, authors George Galloway and Christopher Hitchens debate the war in Iraq. George Galloway, opposed to the Iraq War, is a member of the British Parliment and the author of "Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington: The Brit Who Set Congress Straight About Iraq." The book tells the story of his recent appearance before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, where he verbally attacked U.S. Senators while responding to charges related to Iraq's oil-for-food program. Christopher Hitchens, in favor of the Iraq War, is the author of "Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays" and "Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship." "Democracy Now!" radio host Amy Goodman moderates. She is the author of "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them."

George Galloway is the Respect Party's Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow in London. He won the seat after his expulsion from the Labour Party for his opposition to the Iraq War. Christopher Hitchens is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School in New York.

Publisher: New Press 38 Greene Street, 4th floor New York, NY 10013 Nation Books 33 Irving Place, 8th Floor New York, NY 10003

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15. The Kite Runner (growing up in Afghanistan)

On Sunday, October 16 at 12:20 pm
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The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Author Khaled Hosseini writes about the lives of two boys growing up together in Afghanistan in "The Kite Runner." Set in Kabul, it tells the stories of two very different young men; one the privileged son of a wealthy businessman, the other the son of that businessman's servant. The book explores the cultural and religious differences that divided the country and explains how the political and cultural landscape of the country has changed since then.

Khaled Hosseini is a physician living in Northern California. As the son of a diplomat, his family was granted political asylum and emigrated to the United States in 1980.

Publisher: Riverhead Books 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014

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16. What We Saw: Americans in Iraq

On Sunday, October 16 at 1:45 pm
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What We Saw: Americans in Iraq

Michael Goldfarb, Anthony Shadid, Kayla Williams, Steve Mumford

video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/1005/btv100905_4a.ram

Panelists talk about their experiences in Iraq and discuss what still needs to be done in that country. Taking part in the conversation are: Anthony Shadid, author of "Night Draws Near," whose coverage of the war in Iraq for the Washington Post earned him the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting; Kayla Williams, author of "Love My Rifle More Than You," who served in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division; and Steve Mumford, author and illustrator of "Baghdad Journal," whose paintings describing daily life in occupied Iraq were drawn from four different visits to the country. Moderating the panel is journalist Michael Goldfarb, author of "Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace," who covered the war and its aftermath for WBUR in Boston. This event was held at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Includes Q&A.

Anthony Shadid previously worked for the Associated Press and Boston Globe. He is the author of "Legacy of the Prophet." Kayla Williams, a former sergeant, served as a translator with the military intelligence company of the 101st Airborne Division while in Iraq. Steve Mumford, who exhibits his work at Postmasters Gallery in New York City, has taught at Cooper Union and Montclair State University. Michael Goldfarb is senior correspondent for WBUR's "Inside Out" (www.insideout.org).

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17. After Words: Chris Whittle interviewed by Jay Mathews (education)

On Sunday, October 16 at 3:00 pm
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After Words: Chris Whittle interviewed by Jay Mathews

video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/afterwords/1005/arc_btv100905_4.ram

This week on After Words: Chris Whittle. He is founder and CEO of Edison Schools, the country's largest partner of public schools. His new book is "Crash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education." Our guest interviewer is Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews .

Chris Whittle is former co-owner of Esquire magazine, as well as founder of Whittle Communications, and Channel One. In 1991, he founded Edison Schools, which serves more than 270,000 students in 20 states and two countries. Jay Mathews is an education reporter and online columnist, who has been with the Washington Post for 34 years. He has reported from China and California, and covered the stock market in New York. He has written books about China, disability rights, and Los Angeles math teacher Jaime Escalante.

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18. The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

Sunday, Oct. 16 7pm
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The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

Jonathon Kozol

Jonathon Kozol is listed as #9 on conservative pot-stirrer Bernard Goldberg’s 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. :)

In his book, Kozol delivers an indictment of public education and the public policies that preserve inequities along race and class lines. In his lecture, he will examine the nation’s long history of disenfranchising minority students and slotting them into some of the worst schools.

Kozol has tackled topics dealing with literacy challenges in urban areas, the resilience of urban children, and school equity. His first book, Death at an Early Age, is a description of his first year as a teacher. Published in 1967, it received the 1968 National Book Award in Science, Philosophy and Religion. Now regarded as a classic by educators, it has sold more than two million copies in the United States and Europe.

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19. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death...

History on Book TV

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On Sunday, October 16 at 8:00 pm
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The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

John Kelly

John Kelly recounts the Black Death plague of the 14th Century in his book "The Great Mortality." The author explains that the infectious disease wiped out one-third of the population of Europe. Mr. Kelly warns that AIDS, Ebola, SARS, and bio-terrorism are current threats for a new pandemic. This event was hosted by Albion College in Michigan.

John Kelly is author or co-author of several books, including "Three on the Edge" and "The Secret Life of the Unborn Child."

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

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48. Notes -

“Omeeden“ (phonetic – Google couldn’t find the correct spelling) American Indian for “walking sickness”

also referred to as Y pestis

The Black Death rivals a nuclear event (# of casualties)

1/3 of Europe died (25 million) in the 5 years it took to sweep the continent

Plague is a disease of rodents – humans are just collateral damage

possible theory – rodent population explosion after the ice age ended.

Originated somewhere between the Mongolian plain and Siberia.

extremely adaptive – like AIDS

transmitted by 37 different species of fleas

Pneumonic 95-100% death rate – transferred from human to human

Bubonic – 60% death rate

Merchant strangers had never experienced plague – they took it from Central Asia to Japan and Europe.

Ecological upheavals also cause the spread – famine etc. Displaced rodent migrations.

Tree ring study shows droughts correlate with outbreaks of plague in 540 AD and 1345 AD.

14th century medieval cities were filthy – even streets were named after human filth, or slaughter houses. Rats love filth.

Last major outbreak of plague was during the Vietnam War. War creates dead bodies, which attract rats.


Bummer – they cut it off before the Q&A because the previous show ran long. :(

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20. 1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls

History on Book TV
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On Sunday, October 16 at 11:00 pm
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1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls

Winston Groom

video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/0805/btv082705_1.ram

Winston Groom recounts the year following America's entry into World War II in his latest book, "1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls." The author describes the first half of the year as a disaster with more than 2,500 killed but explains that by the end of the year the marines had destroyed the Japanese paving the way for eventual triumph. This event was hosted by the Atlanta History Center in Georgia.

Winston Groom served in the Vietnam War as a lieutenant with the Fourth Infantry Division. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated "Conversations with the Enemy," "A Storm in Flanders," "Shrouds of Glory," and "Forrest Gump."

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press 841 Broadway New York, NY 0003

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21. Deep Water: Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, & the Environment

On Monday, October 17 at 2:30 am
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Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment

Jacques Leslie

In the 1990s, the World Commission on Dams was formed to examine the effects of large dams on their surrounding environments. Three of these commission members are the subject of Jacques Leslie's new book, "Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment." In it, the author tells the story of commission members in Australia, Africa, and India, where large dams displace hundreds of thousands of people while generating massive amounts of energy at the same time. The author also addresses the political and social effects of dams, including globalization, environmental deterioration, and the risks associated with tampering with nature on a large scale.

Jacques Leslie is the author of The Mark: A War Correspondent's Memoir of Vietnam and Cambodia" and has written for New York Times Magazine, Washington Monthly, and Atlantic Monthly.

Publisher: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux 19 Union Square West New York, NY 10003

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22. In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South

History on Book TV
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On Monday, October 17 at 5:30 am
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In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South

John Hope Franklin & Loren Schweninger

"In Search of the Promised Land" tells the story of three generations of slaves in the 1800s and their respective experiences in the Antebellum United States. Authors John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger examine documents, maps, articles, and photographs in order to recreate the journeys taken by both newly-freed and runaway slaves in their quest to settle in lands without slavery. The authors also explore the ways in which these former slaves settled in northern California, Canada, and New England.

John Hope Franklin is the author of many books including "Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation." He has served as president of American Historical Association, Society for Historical Archaeology, and Phi Beta Kappa. He is currently a history professor Emeritus at Duke University. Loren Schweninger is a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the co-author of "Runaway Slaves."

Publisher: Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016

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23. It Takes a Parent: How the Culture of Pushover Parenting is Hurting Kids

On Monday, October 17 at 6:50 am
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It Takes a Parent: How the Culture of Pushover Parenting is Hurting Our Kids

Betsy Hart

Betsy Hart argues that today's "parenting culture" is harmful to children. In her book, "It Takes a Parent," she explains that by listening to the advice of family experts, parents have stopped disciplining unacceptable behavior and have passed the responsibility of decision-making off to their children. Ms. Hart, a single mother of four children, asserts that this type of parenting encourages children to be selfish and prohibits them from growing into healthy adults. This event was hosted by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and took place in Washington, DC.

Betsy Hart is the nationally syndicated columnist of "From the Hart," which is distributed by the Scripps Howard News Service. "It Takes a Parent" is her first book.

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014


I checked out a few of her columns, and I tend to agree with a lot of what she says. I'm so tired of dealing with young adults who have not been taught they are not more important than anyone else.

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NRO: How do we wind up with "joyless children"?

Hart: A dear friend told my husband Ben and me, before we had kids, to “decide early who will control your home — it will be you or your children — but it will surely be one or the other.” How right he was.

This doesn’t mean parents have to run a boot camp. Our homes should be havens of love, laughter, and mercy.

But we have too many “joyless children” — angry, snarly, disrespectful, roll-your-eyes-kids — because too many children control their homes and intimidate their parents, making everyone miserable. In these situations there may still be love — but forget laughter and mercy!

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more of the interview here - http://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/hart200509210806.asp

[napi21]

24. Thanks for posting! I've made my own list of the ones to watch!

You might not think many pay any attention to this when you post, but I know I always do. I just don't usually reply.

Thanks for taking the time to post this info!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

25. You're welcome

...and thank you for the reply. :)

[prairierose]

26. Thanks for posting this....

I heard Sen McGovern speak about this book and program at our book festival last month. I will be taping this show.

There are so many that look very interesting.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

28. glad to be of service.

:)

[housewolf]

27. Thanks for posting

Unfortuntaly, the DU system only gives feedback on replies, no you never get to know how many people actually read the post but don't need to add any comment to it. It leaves you wondering if there is any value to the post, frustrating with one like this that takes time and effort to produce.

I am one of those who always appreciates seeing the BookTV schedule here, even though I am often not gracious enough to express my appreciation. Nonetheless, I DO appreciate it and offer my thanks now for your posts from today and for those in the past.

:loveya: :yourock:


:kick:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

29. DU really needs a view ticker...

thanks for your support. :)

:loveya: back atcha hon

[Kurovski]

30. Gore Vidal book discusion coming up NOW.

Thanks for posting this, viva!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

32. a pleasure to see you again Kurovski.

:)

[Kurovski]

33. Likewise!

If you're around tomorrow, you might want to post a heads up about the Satire in America round table.

Vonnegut is very well loved here at DU, and the panel is terrific.

I think it may be the most exciting of all the events for the weekend. And we can all use a few more laughs these days.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

31. Kick! "The Things They Carried" coming up now...

Tim O'Brien creates an intentional paradox for his readers when he writes a wrenching, violent, but gripping story about Rat Kiley and then at the end of the story, tells the reader that the characters and events of the story did not happen as he has just described them, but rather they happened in an entirely different way to other people. But he insists that the story is true. Thus O'Brien challenges the reader to discover what the truth of the story really is. O'Brien asks the reader to discover what the nature of fiction is.

http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/things.html#General%20Notes%20on%20the

[Viva_La_Revolution]

35. Sarah Jones kicks off...

Political Satire in America (Vonnegut, Krassner, Crimmins, more)

so far... very funny!

[KT2000]

36. Thanks for posting this

it really helps to plan the day!
much appreciated.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

37. good morning!

:donut:

[MelissaB]

38. kicking to the top

:kick:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

39. Morning Mel! Did you catch Andrew Gumbel this morning?

I missed it :( 4am pac. time is tooooo early on a Sunday morn.

Andrew Gumbel, Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America

[MelissaB]

46. I missed it, too.

I was getting ready for a trip, darn it!

[Kurovski]

40. Paul Krassner "One hand Jerking: Reports from an Investigative

Satirist" Just fonished.

Kurt Vonnegut up now.

[lectrobyte]

45. Fire Rummy!

He may be 82, but he's not lost the edge.

[Wind Dancer]

41. Thanks for posting, Viva. n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

44. ty for the kick!

:)

[Kurovski]

42. " It's everyone's patriotic duty to startle Dick Cheney."

Says Barry Crimmins.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

43. On Now - Panel discussion - What We Saw: Americans in Iraq

Michael Goldfarb, Anthony Shadid, Kayla Williams, Steve Mumford

[Viva_La_Revolution]

47. In 10 minutes - History lesson on the Black Plague

John Kelly, The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time