Book TV Schedule: December 23rd - 26th

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: December 23-26
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Enjoy 3 Days of Book TV This Weekend
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Join us for three days of Book TV programming this holiday weekend, beginning Saturday, December 23, at 8 AM ET and running through Tuesday, December 26, at 8 AM ET.

Book TV will also offer extended programming next weekend - beginning Saturday, December 30, at 8 AM ET and running through Tuesday, January 2, at 8 AM ET.


After Words
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 9 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM ET
In his book, The Few: The American Knights of the Air Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain, author Alex Kershaw explores the story of the American pilots who defied their own country's neutrality laws and risked their citizenship in order to support the British in their battles with the German Luftwaffe. Mr. Kershaw discusses the book with World War II reporter Jack Pulwers.


Weekend Highlights
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Hal Vaughan, FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa
The author tells the story of 12 men appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt to be vice consuls to North Africa in 1940. These men, who Vaughan describes as amatuers, worked inside the French Vichy government to encourage resistence to Vichy and German rule in North Africa.
(Saturday 9 AM, Monday 1 AM ET)

Alice Walker, We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness
Author Alice Walker discusses her latest collection of essays and speeches she has delivered over the years. Ms. Walker offers commentary on several themes, including simpler living, war resistance, meditation and feminism.
(Saturday 10 PM, Monday 7 PM ET)

Jim Bell, Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet
Jim Bell, an astronomy professor at Cornell University, is the lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover's Pancam color imaging system. He discusses the photographs of Mars featured in his book, taken by two exploration rovers named "Spirit" and "Opportunity".
(Sunday 1 AM, Monday 12:15 PM ET)

Walter Benn Michaels, The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
In his book, Walter Benn Michaels argues that diversity offers a false vision of social justice and that affirmative action, diversity training and new corporate codes of conduct contribute to the neglect of America's growing economic divide.
(Sunday 9:30 AM ET)

Art Buchwald, Too Soon to Say Goodbye
Art Buchwald describes his experiences as a hospice patient and explores how people deal with illness and death. On February 7, 2006, Mr. Buchwald checked into a Washington, DC, hospice, expecting to live only three weeks before his kidneys failed. Five months later, he left hospice for his home in Martha s Vineyard.
(Sunday 11 AM and 5:30 PM, Monday 6:30 PM and 9 PM ET)

John Allen, Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dateline NBC's John Hockenberry and the author discuss Archbishop Tutu's role in the South African apartheid resistance, including the effect of his controversial call for international disinvestment in the apartheid economy and the challenges he faced while leading peaceful demonstrations throughout the country.
(Monday 9 AM, 11:30 PM ET)


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BOOK TV Schedule

Note: Program start times are approximate and all times are Eastern.


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Saturday, December 23

8:00 am John Naisbitt, Mind Set!

9:00 Hal Vaughan, FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa

10:00 Eric Burns, Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism

11:15 Gary Gallagher, Antietam National Battlefield Tour

12:00 pm Gun Control Debate with Arnold Grossman, "One Nation Under Guns" and David Kopel, "Gun Control and Gun Rights"

1:00 Edward Ericson, Jr., Daniel Mahoney, Stephan Solzhenitsyn, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings 1947-2005

1:55 2006 NPC: John Shaw "The Ambassador"

2:00 Michael Scharf and Gregory McNeal, Saddam on Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal

3:30 Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson, Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights

4:45 2006 Miami Book Fair: Neal Gabler "Walt Disney"

5:00 Elizabeth Smith Brownstein, Lincoln's Other White House

5:50 2006 Great Read--Michelle Slatalla "The Town on Beaver Creek: The Story of a Lost Kentucy Community

6:00 Encore Booknotes: Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation

7:00 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Vietnam Writers

8:35 2006 Miami Book Fair: Lawrence Wright "The Looming Tower"

9:00 After Words: After Words: Alex Kershaw, author of "The Few: Battle of Britain" interviewed by Jack Pulwers

9:55 2006 NPC: Edwin Feulner "Getting America Right"

10:00 General Assignment: Alice Walker, We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness

11:00 Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

11:55 2006 NPC: Joshua Wolf Shenk "Lincoln's Melancholy"


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Sunday, December 24

12:00 am Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

1:00 Jim Bell, Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet

2:10 2006 Miami Book Fair: Charles Shields "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee"

2:30 Patrick O'Donnell, We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah

3:50 2006 NPC: W. Joseph Campbell "The Year that Defined American Journalism"

4:00 William Pelfrey, Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History

5:00 Elizabeth Grossman, High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health

5:50 2006 NPC: Llewellyn King "Washington and the World"

6:00 Jeff Broadwater, George Mason: Forgotten Founder

7:00 Virginians in the White House: John Tyler & James Monroe

8:05 2006 NPC: "Medal of Honor"

8:15 Daniel Mendelsohn, Kati Marton, Rosemary Sullivan, 2006 Miami Book Fair: Holocaust Panel

9:30 Walter Benn Michaels, The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality

10:50 2006 NPC: Edwin Black "Internal Combustion"

11:00 Public Lives: Art Buchwald, Too Soon to Say Goodbye

11:25 2006 NPC: Joseph Callo "John Paul Jones"

11:30 Henry Louis Gates, Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience

12:40 pm 2006 Miami Book Fair: Philip Gourevitch on The Paris Review

1:00 Thomas Cahill, Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe

2:05 2006 NPC: John Sayle Watterson "The Games Presidents Play"

2:15 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Vietnam Writers

3:50 2006 NPC: "Medal of Honor"

4:00 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Laura Kipnis & Harvey Mansfield

5:05 2006 Miami Book Fair: Hank Klibanoff "The Race Beat"

5:30 Public Lives: Art Buchwald, Too Soon to Say Goodbye

5:55 BTV Bus Vign: Macon Co.(GA) Public Libraries Used Book Sale

6:00 After Words: After Words: Alex Kershaw, author of "The Few: Battle of Britain" interviewed by Jack Pulwers

6:55 2006 NPC: Carole Coleman "Alleluia America"

7:00 General Assignment: Donald Jackson, Artistic Director & Illuminator, The Saint John's Bible

7:55 2006 NPC: John Dickerson "On Her Trail"

8:00 : 2006 Miami Book Fair: Jonathan Franzen "The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History"

8:45 2006 Miami Book Fair: Neal Gabler "Walt Disney"

9:00 After Words: After Words: Alex Kershaw, author of "The Few: Battle of Britain" interviewed by Jack Pulwers

9:50 2006 Great Read--David Kamp, "The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation"

10:00 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Laura Kipnis & Harvey Mansfield

11:10 2006 AUSA - Maj. Seth Folsom "The Highway War: A Marine Company Commander in Iraq "

11:30 Public Lives: John Wukovits, Eisenhower: A Biography


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Monday, December 25

12:40 am 2006 Texas Book Festival: Noah McCullough "The Essential Book of Presidential Trivia"

1:00 Hal Vaughan, FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa

2:00 John Naisbitt, Mind Set!

2:55 2006 NPC: Ann McFeaters "Sandra Day O'Connor"

3:00 Gordon Wood, Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different

3:50 2006 Great Read--Denise Grady, "Deadly Invaders: Virus Outbreaks Around the World, from Marburg Fever to Avian Flu"

4:00 Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

4:55 2006 NPC: Judge Janice Law "Yield"

5:00 2006 AUSA - Daniel Gerstein "Leading at the Speed of Light: New Strategies for U.S. Security in the Information Age"

5:25 2006 NPC: Hal Vaughan "FDR's 12 Apostles"

5:30 General Assignment: Stephen Shames, photographer, The Black Panthers

7:45 2006 NPC: John Gresham "Defcon-2"

7:55 2006 NPC: Lanny Davis "Scandal"

8:00 Richard Williams, Jr., Stonewall Jackson: The Black Man's Friend

8:45 2006 Miami Book Fair: Neal Gabler "Walt Disney"

9:00 John Allen, Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu

9:55 2006 NPC: Karyn McLaughlin Frist "Love You, Daddy Boy"

10:00 General Assignment: Donald Jackson, Artistic Director & Illuminator, The Saint John's Bible

10:55 2006 Great Read--Cornell West, Author and Religion Professor on his reading habits and his current book projects

11:00 Thomas Cahill, Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe

12:10 pm 2006 NPC: John Shaw "The Ambassador"

12:15 General Assignment: Jim Bell, Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet

1:30 Inside the New York Times Book Review--Editor Sam Tanenhaus and Staff

2:30 Patrick O'Donnell, We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah

3:50 2006 Miami Book Fair: Katheryn Russell-Brown "Protecting Our Own"

4:00 Anthony Feinstein, Journalists Under Fire: The Psychological Hazards of Covering War

5:00 Donald Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

6:30 Public Lives: Art Buchwald, Too Soon to Say Goodbye

7:00 General Assignment: Alice Walker, We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness

8:00 Michael Crichton, Next

9:00 Public Lives: Art Buchwald, Too Soon to Say Goodbye

9:30 Harlow Unger, The Unexpected George Washington: His Private Life

10:30 Elizabeth Smith Brownstein, Lincoln's Other White House

11:20 2006 Texas Book Festival: David Oshinsky "Polio: An American Story"

11:30 John Allen, Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu


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Tuesday, December 26

12:25 am 2006 Great Read--David Kamp, "The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation"

12:30 American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton

1:45 2006 NPC: Edwin Black "Internal Combustion"

1:50 Eric Burns, Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism

2:55 2006 NPC: Michael Isikoff and David Corn "Hubris"

3:00 William Pelfrey, Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History

4:00 Gary Gallagher, Antietam National Battlefield Tour

4:45 Edward Ericson, Jr., Daniel Mahoney, Stephan Solzhenitsyn, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings 1947-2005

5:35 2006 NPC: David Vise "The Google Story"

5:45 After Words: Larry Kahaner, author of "AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War," interviewed by Peter Singer

6:40 2006 NPC: Edwin Feulner "Getting America Right"

6:45 Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson, Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights


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

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1. Mind Set!

On Saturday, December 23 at 8:00 am and Monday, December 25 at 2:00 am
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Mind Set!
John Naisbitt

In an event at Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, John Naisbitt discusses his book "Mind Set!," in which he recommends eleven mind sets, including "focus on the score of the game," "understand how powerful it is not to have to be right," and "don't get so far ahead of the parade they don't know you are in it." During his remarks, he posits that the world is shifting from a collection of nation-states to a collection of economic domains, e.g. automotive and pharmaceutical domains. In the modern world entrepreneurs, companies, and cities are more important than nations. Mr. Naisbitt also shares his opinions on population patterns, fundamentalism, and climate change.

Futurist John Naisbitt is the author of "Megatrends," published in 1982. "Megatrends" was at the top of the New York Times bestseller list for more than two years and sold more than eight million copies. His other books include "Global Paradox" and "Megatrends 2000." Mr. Naisbitt served in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and was an executive at IBM and Eastman Kodak.

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2. FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa

On Saturday, December 23 at 9:00 am and Monday, December 25 at 1:00 am
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FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa
Hal Vaughan

The author tells the story of 12 men appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt to be vice consuls to North Africa in 1940. These men, who Vaughan describes as amateurs, worked inside the French Vichy government to encourage resistance to Vichy and German rule in North Africa. According to Vaughan, they helped prepare for the 1942 joint British-American invasion of Morocco and Algeria. Shortly after the invasion, the French joined the Allies in North Africa.

Hal W. Vaughan is a former U.S. Foreign Service officer, a documentary film producer, and a journalist who has worked for Voice of America, ABC News, and the New York Daily News. Mr. Vaughan is also the author of "Doctor to the Resistance." He lives in Paris.

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3. Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism

On Saturday, December 23 at 10:00 am and Tuesday, December 26 at 1:50 am
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Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism
Eric Burns

In "Infamous Scribblers" Eric Burns recounts the impact of colonial newspapers on early American culture. The author explains that since Boston's Publick Occurrences newspaper of the 1690's, the founding fathers continously made headlines and were subject to both character assassinations and outright fabrications. This event was hosted by Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC.

Eric Burns is a freelance writer whose literary work has ranged from non-fiction and short stories to poetry and reviews. He is the author of "The Smoke of the Gods: A Social History of Tobacco," "The Spirits Of America: A Social History of Alcohol" and "Broadcast Blues: Dispatches from the Twenty-Year War Between a Television Reporter and His Medium."

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[Redstone]

4. Book TV? There's a television channel about BOOKS? Damn, time for me to

turn on the tube again. That sounds interesting (though bad for my wallet, because I'm sure it'll make me head for the bookstore).

Redstone

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8. only on weekends hon...

weekdays it's known as CSPAN2. :)

:hi:

[Redstone]

19. I'll take weekends. Book TV? I'm there. Thanks for telling me about this.

Redstone

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24. lol!

damn near two years I've been posting this thread every Friday night.

DU is a big place. :)

[EFerrari]

103. Redstone! It's the best damn thing on teevee most weekends!

I think you'll enjoy it.

:)

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5. Antietam National Battlefield Tour

Antietam National Battlefield Tour
Gary Gallagher
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/1106/btv111106_1.ram

Civil War scholar and author Gary Gallagher takes a group of high school history teachers from Taos, New Mexico on a tour of Antietam National Battlefield Park in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Professor Gallagher discusses events leading up to the Battle of Antietam, the battle itself, and the political issues affected by Antietam. Fought on September 17th, 1862, the battle of Antietam is still the bloodiest day in American military history with over 23,000 killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of combat.

Gary Gallagher has written six books and edited dozens of others. His works include "The Confederate War" Harvard University Press, 1997, "Lee and His Generals in War and Memory" Louisiana State University Press, 1998, and "Lee and His Army in Confederate History" University of North Carolina Press, 2001. He has edited several military campaign series including a collection of essays called "The Antietam Campaign." For more information about Gary Gallagher, visit his University of Virginia webpage: http://www.virginia.edu/history/faculty/gallagher.html

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6. Gun Control Debate with Arnold Grossman and David Kopel

On Saturday, December 23 at 12:00 pm
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Gun Control Debate with Arnold Grossman, "One Nation Under Guns" and David Kopel, "Gun Control and Gun Rights"

The Denver Press Club hosts a debate on the issue of gun control. Arnold Grossman, author of "One Nation Under Guns - An Essay on An American Epidemic," argues the pro-gun control case while David Kopel, co-editor of "Gun Control and Gun Rights: A Reader and Guide" speaks for the opposing side. The debate is moderated by Cnythia Hessin, executive producer of Rocky Mountain PBS.

David Kopel is Research Director at the Independence Institute in Golden, Colorado. Arnold Grossman co-founded SAFE Colorado, a bipartisan anti-gun violence group, in 2000, following the Columbine school shootings. Mr. Grossman co-authored "1998" with former Colorado governor Richard Lamm.

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7. The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings 1947-2005

On Saturday, December 23 at 1:00 pm and Tuesday, December 26 at 4:45 am
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The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings 1947-2005
Edward Ericson, Jr., Daniel Mahoney, Stephan Solzhenitsyn, Ignat Solzhenitsyn

Editors of "The Solzhenitsyn Reader" and two of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's sons talk about Solzhenitsyn's work and his influence in the world over the past fifty years. They also talk about Solzhenitsyn's writings from the book, argue that Mr. Solzhenitsyn's work is largely misrepresented in the United States, and discuss what Russia is like today. This event was hosted by ISI Books which published "The Solzhenitsyn Reader."

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is the author of many books, including "The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956," "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch," "The First Circle," and "Cancer Ward." Mr. Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970.

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9. 2006 NPC: John Shaw "The Ambassador"

On Saturday, December 23 at 1:55 pm and Monday, December 25 at 12:10 pm
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2006 NPC: John Shaw "The Ambassador"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed John Shaw, author of "The Ambassador."

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10. Saddam on Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal

On Saturday, December 23 at 2:00 pm
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Saddam on Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal
Michael Scharf and Gregory McNeal
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/1206/btv121006_4.ram

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death in early November for crimes against humanity. In "Saddam on Trial" co-authors Michael Scharf and Gregory McNeal discuss the trial's legitimacy and describe the roles they played in preparing the Iraqi High Tribunal for the first of several planned court cases. This event was hosted at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, Ohio.

Michael Scharf is a law professor and director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Scharf served as a member of the international team of experts that provided training to the judges and prosecutors of the Iraqi High Tribunal. In 2005 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to help in the prosecution of war criminals. Gregory McNeal is senior fellow in Terrorism and Homeland Security and assistant director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Mr. McNeal has served as executive editor on the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and his editorials have appeared in the Washington Times, National Review Online and the New York Times. During the Saddam Hussein trial, Gregory McNeal served as part of the international academic consortium that provided legal memoranda to the Iraqi High Tribunal.

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11. Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights

On Saturday, December 23 at 3:30 pm and Tuesday, December 26 at 6:45 am
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Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights
Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson

Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson talk about the CIA's practice of sending suspected terrorists to countries where, the authors argue, they are kept in secret prisons and subjected to torture. They explain how the CIA uses front companies to hide the real purpose of these rendition flights and discuss how they investigated the story. This event was hosted by City Lights bookstore in San Francisco.

Trevor Paglen, who is working on his PhD (Dept. of Geography, UC-Berkeley), is the author of the two-volume "Secret Bases, Secret Wars" (www.paglen.com). A.C. Thompson is a staff writer at S.F. Weekly.

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89. kick!

Manet

[Joanne98]

90. This is realy interesting.

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12. 2006 Miami Book Fair: Neal Gabler "Walt Disney"

On Saturday, December 23 at 4:45 pm and Sunday, December 24 at 8:45 pm and Monday, December 25 at 8:45 am
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2006 Miami Book Fair: Neal Gabler "Walt Disney"

From the Miami Book Fair International, an interview with Neal Gabler, author of "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination."

Neal Gabler, who regularly appears on Fox News Watch, is also the author of "Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity" and "An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood."

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13. Lincoln's Other White House

On Saturday, December 23 at 5:00 pm and Monday, December 25 at 10:30 pm
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Lincoln's Other White House
Elizabeth Smith Brownstein

In this talk recorded at Stanley Chapel on the grounds of the Old Soldier's Home in Washington, DC. Elizabeth Smith Brownstein discusses the "Lincoln Cottage." Located three miles north of the White House, Lincoln and his famliy spent 13 months of his presidency at the 14 room "cottage" in order to escape the heat, disease, and crowds of the Executive Mansion. The cottage was declared a national monument in 2000 and is being restored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This program contains many photographs of the people and places mentioned.

Elizabeth Smith Brownstein is a writer and producer of cultural documentaries and public affairs programs. She is also the author of "If This House Could Talk: Historic Homes, Extraordinary Americans."

[Hidden Stillness]

114. This was Great

This was a really interesting talk, and probably a great book. It was not just about the building, but about the papers found there, too, many of which were reminiscences of staff, official guards, and others, about the Lincolns, the Civil War, and other events of the time. There is a lot of new research uncovered here, extending to a new appreciation of Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, who tends to still be considered a Lincoln enemy, even though it wasn't true. A lot of the planning of the Civil War, the writing of the Emancipation Proclamation, and other very important things, were actually done here at this Old Soldier's Home, and not at the White House, and a lot of time was apparently spent there. The author seems really well-informed and up on Lincoln scholarship, (she was actually once a researcher for Edward R. Murrow), and has added to the restoration of the reputation of Mary Lincoln as a human being, and of the Lincoln marriage as a good and happy one. One thing mentioned was the statement by Lincoln's third secretary, Stoddard I think it was, who mentioned that Mary Lincoln went to visit soldiers in hospitals, brought them things, and wrote letters to them, as much as anyone else, but that she didn't hire a press agent, and so she never got the credit she deserved. A lot of new stories like that have apparently been uncovered by the papers found in this "Lincoln Cottage," as it has been taken apart and restored over the past several years, and it is going to be re-opened as a tourist attraction next October, I think it was. There were many really good descriptions given of Lincoln's character and personality, and many quotes about it from others; this seems to be a really well-researched book. I really enjoyed this program.

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14. 2006 Great Read--Michelle Slatalla "The Town on Beaver Creek: The Story of a Lost Kentucky Community

On Saturday, December 23 at 5:50 pm
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2006 Great Read--Michelle Slatalla "The Town on Beaver Creek: The Story of a Lost Kentucky Community

The author was interviewed at Bryant Park in New York City during the New York Times Great Read in the Park. Michelle Slatalla describes how her hometown in Kentucky, plagued by flooding for decades, was relocated by the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers.

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15. Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation

On Saturday, December 23 at 6:00 pm
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Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation
Richard Norton Smith

The book "Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation" documents Washington’s years as president, between 1789 and 1796. Author Richard Norton Smith describes the first president of the fledgling US government as an incorruptible man and a powerful mediator between opposing political groups. During his term, he contends that Washington acted as a mediator between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton and skillfully dealt with foreign and domestic policy. The interview with the author was in 1993.

Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith was the director of the Hoover Presidential Library until 2001, after which he was selected as the first executive director of the Lincoln Presidential Library. He is the author of "Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880-1955" and "Harvard Century: The Making of a University to a Nation."

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16. 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Vietnam Writers

On Saturday, December 23 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, December 24 at 2:15 pm
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2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Vietnam Writers

From the 17th Annual Chicago Humanities Festival, a panel discussion on writing about the Vietnam War and its aftermath. Panelists are Philip Caputo, author of "A Rumor of War;" Jack Fuller, author of the novel "Fragments;" Larry Heinemann, author of "Paco’s Story;" and Robert Butler, author of "A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain."

Philip Caputo worked for nine years for the Chicago Tribune and was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for reporting on election fraud in Chicago. Jack Fuller is the author of "Convergence," "Mass," "Our Fathers’ Shadows," "Legends’ End" and "The Best of Jackson Payne." Larry Heinemann is the author of "Close Quarters," "Cooler by the Lake" and "Black Virgin Mountain." Robert Butler is the author of "Mr. Spaceman," "Tabloid Dreams: Stories," "Why Survive?: Being Old in America" and "Severance: Stories."

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17. 2006 Miami Book Fair: Lawrence Wright "The Looming Tower"

On Saturday, December 23 at 8:35 pm
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2006 Miami Book Fair: Lawrence Wright "The Looming Tower"

From the Miami Book Fair International, an interview with Lawrence Wright, author of "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11."

Lawrence Wright is a staff writer for the New Yorker. For more information on his work, visit www.lawrencewright.com.

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18. After Words: Alex Kershaw, author of "The Few: Battle of Britain" interviewed by Jack Pulwers

On Saturday, December 23 at 9:00 pm and Sunday, December 24 at 6:00 pm and at 9:00 pm
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After Words: Alex Kershaw, author of "The Few: Battle of Britain" interviewed by Jack Pulwers

In his book, The Few: The American Knights of the Air Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain, author Alex Kershaw tells the tale of Americans who joined Britain’s Royal Air Force prior to the US entry into World War II. The American pilots defied their own countries neutrality laws and risked their citizenship in order to support the British in their battles with the German Luftwaffe. Mr. Kershaw discusses the book with WW II reporter, Jack Pulwers, author of The Press of Battle: The GI Reporter and the American People. Mr. Pulwers serves as a guest interviewer and is not an employee of C-SPAN.

Alex Kershaw is the author of "The Bedford Boys" and "The Longest Winter." "The Few" has been named the first ever Military Book Club Editor’s Book of the Year.

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20. 2006 NPC: Edwin Feulner "Getting America Right"

On Saturday, December 23 at 9:55 pm and Tuesday, December 26 at 6:40 am
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2006 NPC: Edwin Feulner "Getting America Right"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Edwin Feulner, author of "Getting America Right."

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21. e Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness

On Saturday, December 23 at 10:00 pm and Monday, December 25 at 7:00 pm
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We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness
Alice Walker

Author Alice Walker discusses her latest collection of essays at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC. "We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For" is an anthology of essays and speeches she has delivered over the years to college students, Buddhists, midwives and black yoga instructors. Ms. Walker offers commentary on several themes, including simpler living, war resistance, meditation and feminism.

Alice Walker is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Color Purple," "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens," "The Temple of My Familiar," "Possessing the Secret of Joy," "By the Light of My Father's Smile" and "The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart."

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22. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

On Saturday, December 23 at 11:00 pm
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Nathaniel Philbrick

In "Mayflower" author Nathaniel Philbrick chronicles the history of Plymouth Colony, founded on the west of present-day Massachusetts in 1620. Mr. Philbrick details the complex relationship between the English settlers and the Wampanaog Indians. He details the first Thanksgiving celebration and describes the early years in New England as peaceful. Mr. Philbrick explains that over 50 years after the Pilgrims settled the Indians waged war against them beginning with the burning of Springfield and King Philip's War. This event was hosted by Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of the National Book Award-winning "In the Heart of the Sea" and "Sea of Glory: The Epic South Seas Expedition, 1838-1842."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. 2006 NPC: Joshua Wolf Shenk "Lincoln's Melancholy"

On Saturday, December 23 at 11:55 pm
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2006 NPC: Joshua Wolf Shenk "Lincoln's Melancholy"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of "Lincoln's Melancholy."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

25. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

On Sunday, December 24 at 12:00 am
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
Hampton Sides
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/1206/btv121606_1.ram

Hampton Sides discusses America's 19th-century expansion into the American Southwest and the military expeditions led by former fur trapper Kit Carson. He explains that Carson was not a self-promoter and did not enjoy his celebrity or the dime novels about his exploits. Hampton Sides addressed a group of students enrolled in a course on the American West at Columbia University in New York City.

Hampton Sides is editor-at-large for Outside Magazine. He won the 2002 PEN USA award for nonfiction and was nominated for a National Magazine Award in 2003. His other books include "Ghost Soldiers" and "Stomping Grounds."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

26. Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet

On Sunday, December 24 at 1:00 am and Monday, December 25 at 12:15 pm
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Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet
Jim Bell

Jim Bell talks about the photographs of Mars taken by two exploration rovers named "Spirit" and "Opportunity." So far the rovers have taken over 150,000 photos of the planet. Professor Bell, who has included over 150 of the photos in his new book, shows a sampling of them and discusses what NASA scientists have learned about the geography and geology of the planet since the rovers landed on Mars in early 2004.

Jim Bell, an astronomy professor at Cornell University, is the lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover's Pancam color imaging system. For more information, visit the book's website at www.postcardsfrommarsbook.com.

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27. 2006 Miami Book Fair: Charles Shields "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee"

On Sunday, December 24 at 2:10 am
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2006 Miami Book Fair: Charles Shields "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee"

From the Miami Book Fair International, an interview with author Charles Shields about his book "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee."

For more on Charles Shields and his work, visit www.charlesjshields.com.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

28. We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah

On Sunday, December 24 at 2:30 am and Monday, December 25 at 2:30 pm
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We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah
Patrick O'Donnell

The author is a military historian who was embedded with the 1st Platoon of Lima Company, 1st Marine Regiment in Iraq. During this talk at the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago, Mr. O'Donnell describes how he met Lima company and combat situations he witnessed iwhen the company was ambushed and were assigned to the battle of Fallujah. He discusses several Marines he met who were killed in action, and how the experience of fierce combat changed his view of war.

Patrick K. O'Donnell began recording oral histories of WWII veterans shortly after graduating from college. Mr. O'Donnell is a military historian whose books include "Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of the Men and Women of World War II's OSS", "Beyond Valor: World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat", and "Into the Rising Sun: In Their Own Words, World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

97. kick!

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29. 2006 NPC: W. Joseph Campbell "The Year that Defined American Journalism"

On Sunday, December 24 at 3:50 am
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2006 NPC: W. Joseph Campbell "The Year that Defined American Journalism"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed W. Joseph Campbell, author of "The Year that Defined American Journalism."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

30. Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a ...

On Sunday, December 24 at 4:00 am and Tuesday, December 26 at 3:00 am
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Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History
William Pelfrey

William Pelfrey chronicles the lives of General Motors founders Billy Durant and Alfred Sloan in "Billy, Alfred, and General Motors." The author also recounts the early days of the American auto industry and describes the contrasting leadership styles of Billy Durant and Alfred Sloan. This event was hosted by Borders Express at the General Motors Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan.

William Pelfrey is author of "The Big V," and wrote the novelization of the film "Hamburger Hill." He is a veteran U.S. Foreign Service Officer and former director of executive communications for General Motors Corporation. Mr. Pelfrey is also a former speechwriter and public relations counselor for the CEO and chairman of the board at General Motors.

Publisher: AMACOM 1601 Broadway New York, NY 10019

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31. High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health

On Sunday, December 24 at 5:00 am
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High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
Elizabeth Grossman

Elizabeth Grossman discusses the health hazards of electronic waste and examines how chemicals used to make electronics are showing up as toxics in food and in the human body. She argues for changes in electronic manufacturing and disposal. Book People in Austin, Texas, hosted this event.

Elizabeth Grossman is the author of "Watershed: The Undamming of America" and "Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark Trail." Her work has appeared in the Nation, Orion, the Seattle Times, and the Washington Post.

Publisher: ISLAND PRESS 1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20009

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32. 2006 NPC: Llewellyn King "Washington and the World"

On Sunday, December 24 at 5:50 am
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2006 NPC: Llewellyn King "Washington and the World"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Llewellyn King, author of "Washington and the World."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

33. George Mason: Forgotten Founder

On Sunday, December 24 at 6:00 am
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George Mason: Forgotten Founder
Jeff Broadwater

Historian Jeff Broadwater talks about the life and public career of Founding Father George Mason. The author argues that because of George Mason's service to America in the eighteenth-century, he is remembered as the "Father of the Bill of Rights." During the event, Mr. Broadwater chronicles Mason's role in the Stamp Act Crisis, the American Revolution, and the drafting of Virginia's first state constitution. This event is hosted by the Gunston Hall Plantation in Mason Neck, Virginia. Includes Q&A.

Jeff Broadwater is an history professor at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina. He is the author of "Eisenhower and the Anti-Communist Crusade" and "Adlai Stevenson and American Politics: The Odyssey of a Cold War Liberal."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

34. Virginians in the White House: John Tyler & James Monroe

On Sunday, December 24 at 7:00 am
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Virginians in the White House: John Tyler & James Monroe

At a conference entitled "Virginians in the White House: The Presidency from Washington to Wilson" hosted by the Virginia Historical Society, Edward Crapol and Daniel Preston discuss their books about John Tyler and James Monroe. Edward Crapol is the author of "John Tyler, the Accidental President" and Daniel Preston is the editor of "The Papers of James Monroe: A Documentary History of the Presidential Tours of James Monroe, 1817, 1818, 1819 Volume 1."

Daniel Preston is the editor of the Papers of James Monroe Project. Edward Crapol is William E. Pullen Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the College of William and Mary and the author of "James G. Blaine: Architect of Empire." He is also the editor of "Women and American Foreign Policy: Lobbyists, Critics, and Insiders."

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35. 2006 NPC: "Medal of Honor"

On Sunday, December 24 at 8:05 am and at 3:50 pm
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2006 NPC: "Medal of Honor"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Medal of Honor recipients, Col. Harvey C. "Barney" Barnum (Ret.), Captain Robert Foley (Ret.) and First Lt. Brian Thacker (Ret.).

[Viva_La_Revolution]

36. 2006 Miami Book Fair: Holocaust Panel

On Sunday, December 24 at 8:15 am
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2006 Miami Book Fair: Holocaust Panel
Daniel Mendelsohn, Kati Marton, Rosemary Sullivan

From the Miami Book Fair International, a panel on the Holocaust with Daniel Mendelsohn, author of "Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million"; Kati Marton, author of "The Great Escape: Nine Hungarians Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World"; Rosemary Sullivan, author of "Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille."

For more information about the annual Miami Book Fair International, visit www.miamibookfair.com.

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37. The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality

On Sunday, December 24 at 9:30 am
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The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
Walter Benn Michaels

Walter Benn Michaels argues that America's love of diversity is widening the gap between rich and poor. In "The Trouble with Diversity" the author argues that diversity offers a false vision of social justice and that affirmative action, diversity training and new corporate codes of conduct contribute to the neglect of America's growing economic divide. This event was hosted by the Cambridge Forum in Massachusetts.

Walter Benn Michaels is an English professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of "Our America" and "The Shape of the Signifier." Mr. Michaels has contributed to The New York Times Magazine and The Boston Globe.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

38. 2006 NPC: Edwin Black "Internal Combustion"

On Sunday, December 24 at 10:50 am and Tuesday, December 26 at 1:45 am
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2006 NPC: Edwin Black "Internal Combustion"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Edwin Black, author of "Internal Combustion."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

39. Too Soon to Say Goodbye

On Sunday, December 24 at 11:00 am and at 5:30 pm and Monday, December 25 at 6:30 pm and at 9:00 pm
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Too Soon to Say Goodbye
Art Buchwald

In an event hosted by Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, Art Buchwald describes his experiences as a hospice patient. On February 7, 2006, Mr. Buchwald checked into a Washington, DC hospice, expecting to live only three weeks. Five months later, he left hospice for his home in Martha's Vineyard. His book "Too Soon to Say Goodbye" -- published November 7, 2006 -- explores how people deal with illness and death. The book includes eulogies by Tom Brokaw, Ben Bradlee, and Mike Wallace.

Art Buchwald is the author of 33 books, including "Beating Around the Bush" and "I'll Always Have Paris: A Memoir." He became a syndicated columnist after serving in World War II and attending the University of Southern California. He received the Pulitzer Prize for outstanding commentary in 1982 and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986.

[Hidden Stillness]

113. This was Extremely Moving...

This was a speech given by Art Buchwald this month to the Wesley United Methodist Church, Washington, D.C., after writing a new memoir on a short time in a hospice. Apparently, recently, Buchwald suffered kidney failure (I don't know from what, maybe diabetes), and for some reason, refused dialysis. Buchwald went to a hospice for a few weeks, then did not die but regained some health, but lost at least one leg. I do not know what the status of the kidney failure is, and it was not mentioned here.

This program, almost a half-hour, began with the usual Buchwald wit and political references, a huge laugh at an anti-Bush remark, that turned to appaluse, about how one good thing about dying is not to have to look at George Bush's face again, and other typical Buchwald wit. Suddenly though, because of the grim seriousness of the actual topic--I think when Buchwald mentioned a few friends and how they did not want to say good-bye, thereabouts--Buchwald opened up something very deep inside, and started to cry. Things got so deep, so quick, so real and honest, that it was like a precious revelation, of the meaning of things. A few more times, during answers, Buchwald cried, even sobbed, talking about hospice care, the families who are so sad and devastated, the love of hospice workers, and what a terrible and hard job it is.

This was a wonderful audience of Buchwald-readers, who were not embarrassed, did not turn away, stayed with it, and returned a real compassion the whole time; it was very, very reassuring to behold--that sometimes, people will stay with you, and be there. At a scary, grim time like the end of life, sometimes all you can do is cry, and ask for comfort, and we will all be there someday. Anyone who has taken care of someone who was dying, knows this sad, stressed, scary state of mind, and it was conveyed honestly and clearly here. People may want to turn away and avoid the topic, which is very difficult to face, but a little bit of you has to be aware of what we are all heading for, even just a little bit, at the back of your mind.

My late Mom, whom I still miss, loved reading Art Buchwald, (also Calvin Trillin and especially Garrison Keillor), and so when I first caught this program yesterday, very late afternoon, I was surprised and unprepared for what the speech would become. It was the real, true face of the end of life--scary, sad, not wanting it to happen, comforted by others, and finally, experiencing it. The part where Buchwald asks what is going to happen to all of these people (who can't afford hospice care), what is going to happen to them, and starts crying, was a beautiful moment of redemption. I ended up feeling comforted by this program and its horrible topic, and I wish our society would address these things openly this way all the time. We would be a hell of a lot healthier for it.

This will re-air at 9 PM tonight.

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40. 2006 NPC: Joseph Callo "John Paul Jones"

On Sunday, December 24 at 11:25 am
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2006 NPC: Joseph Callo "John Paul Jones"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Joseph Callo, author of "John Paul Jones."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

41. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience

On Sunday, December 24 at 11:30 am
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Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience
Henry Louis Gates
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/1106/btv112306_1.ram

To celebrate the 175th anniversary of Auburn Cemetery and its African American history, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates talks about Africa and the African Diaspora. During the discussion, he describes the creation of the one-volume edition of the 5-volume "Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience," a guide to African American cultural, religious and political movements. Henry Louis Gates also reflects on the influences of W.E.B. Du Bois, Rosa Parks and Wole Soyinka on his life.

Henry Louis Gates is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Humanities and Humanities Chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of "Colored People, " coeditor with Kwame Anthony Appiah of "Encarta Africana," and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. He has received many honors, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the National Humanities Medal.

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42. 2006 Miami Book Fair: Philip Gourevitch on The Paris Review

On Sunday, December 24 at 12:40 pm
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2006 Miami Book Fair: Philip Gourevitch on The Paris Review

From the Miami Book Fair International, an interview with Philip Gourevitch, author of the introduction to "The Paris Review Interviews, Vol. 1."

Philip Gourevitch is currently the editor of the Paris Review. He succeeded George Plimpton, who passed away in 2003. Mr. Gourevitch is the author of "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

43. Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, & Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe

On Sunday, December 24 at 1:00 pm and Monday, December 25 at 11:00 am
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe
Thomas Cahill
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/1106/btv112306_1b.ram

In "Mysteries of the Middle Ages" author Thomas Cahill takes a look at the rebirth of culture in Europe that followed the period of time known as the Dark Ages. During an event hosted by the Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC, Mr. Cahill presents a slideshow of medieval Roman Catholic images. He explains that placing the image of the Virgin Mary at the center of their churches marked the first time men began treating women with dignity and a major turning point in what would become modern science was the belief that communion bread could be the body of Jesus.

Thomas Cahill is the author of "How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe," "The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels," "Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus," "Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter."

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44. 2006 NPC: John Sayle Watterson "The Games Presidents Play"

On Sunday, December 24 at 2:05 pm
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2006 NPC: John Sayle Watterson "The Games Presidents Play"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed John Sayle Watterson, author of "The Games Presidents Play."

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45. 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Laura Kipnis & Harvey Mansfield

On Sunday, December 24 at 4:00 pm and at 10:00 pm
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2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Laura Kipnis & Harvey Mansfield

From the 17th Annual Chicago Humanities Festival, authors Laura Kipnis and Harvey Mansfield discuss femininity, masculinity and the history of feminism. Laura Kipnis is the author of "The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability" and Harvey Mansfield's book is entitled "Manliness."

Laura Kipnis is a media studies professor at Northwestern University and the author of "Against Love: A Polemic." Harvey Mansfield is a government professor at Harvard University and the author of "Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction" and "Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy."

[EFerrari]

104. Too bad Laura can't speak English because what she's trying to say

could be interesting. :crazy:

And that's my moral corrective.

:rofl:

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46. 2006 Miami Book Fair: Hank Klibanoff "The Race Beat"

On Sunday, December 24 at 5:05 pm
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2006 Miami Book Fair: Hank Klibanoff "The Race Beat"

From the Miami Book Fair International, an interview with Hank Klibanoff about his new book, "The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation."

Hank Klibanoff is managing editor for news at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He co-wrote "The Race Beat" with University of Maryland journalism professor Gene Roberts.

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47. 2006 NPC: Carole Coleman "Alleluia America"

On Sunday, December 24 at 6:55 pm
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2006 NPC: Carole Coleman "Alleluia America"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Carole Coleman, author of "Alleluia Ameirca!"

[Viva_La_Revolution]

48. The Saint John's Bible

On Sunday, December 24 at 7:00 pm and Monday, December 25 at 10:00 am
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The Saint John's Bible
Donald Jackson, Artistic Director & Illuminator

In 1998 calligrapher Donald Jackson approached the Benedictine monks of Saint John’s University and Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, with his life-long dream: to create the first handwritten, illuminated bible since the invention of the printing press. The Saint John’s Bible uses ancient materials and techniques and the bible will be completed by 2007. In this program, Mr. Jackson demostrates calligraphy techniques, shows how a feather quill is cut and used, and explains how the project originated. During the program hand drawn text and illustrations are shown and described.

Donald Jackson is former scribe to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, where he created official state documents in calligraphy. He began a partnership with the Saint John's Benedictine Abbey in Minnesota in 1998, and has supervised the creation of the handwritten bible since then.

Publisher: Liturgical Press Saint John's Abbey PO Box 7500 Collegeville, MN 56321-7500

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49. 2006 NPC: John Dickerson "On Her Trail"

On Sunday, December 24 at 7:55 pm
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2006 NPC: John Dickerson "On Her Trail"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed John Dickerson, author of "On Her Trail."

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50. 2006 Miami Book Fair: Jonathan Franzen "The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History"

On Sunday, December 24 at 8:00 pm
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2006 Miami Book Fair: Jonathan Franzen "The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History"

From the Miami Book Fair International, a talk by author Jonathan Franzen about his memoir "The Discomfort Zone." During the event, Mr. Franzen reads a portion of the book describing his efforts to sell the house his mother lived in before she passed away. He also talks about writing novels and the reaction his brothers had to his writing a book about the family. Includes Q&A.

Jonathan Franzen is the author of the novel "The Corrections," which was awarded the 2001 National Book Award. For more on Mr. Franzen and his work, visit www.jonathanfranzen.com.

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51. 2006 Great Read--David Kamp, "The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation"

On Sunday, December 24 at 9:50 pm and Tuesday, December 26 at 12:25 am
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2006 Great Read--David Kamp, "The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation"

The author was interviewed at Bryant Park in New York City during the New York Times Great Read in the Park. Mr. Kamp argues that food choices now in the United States are more varied and interesting than they were in his childhood.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

52. 2006 AUSA - Maj. Seth Folsom "The Highway War: A Marine Company Commander in Iraq"

On Sunday, December 24 at 11:10 pm
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2006 AUSA - Maj. Seth Folsom "The Highway War: A Marine Company Commander in Iraq"

Seth Folsom recounts his experience as a commanding officer of Delta Company, a unit of 130 Marines and sailors who arrived in Iraq in 2003. During the discussion, he describes the fighting on the front lines from the Kuwaiti border to Baghdad and Tikrit. This presentation was part of the Association of the United States Army annual meeting in Washington, DC.

Seth Folsom was Delta Company's commanding officer for nearly two years and is currently close to the end of his tour as company commander. He has been based at Camp Pendleton and the Twentynine Palms Marine Base in San Bernardino County.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

53. Eisenhower: A Biography

On Sunday, December 24 at 11:30 pm
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Eisenhower: A Biography
John Wukovits

In remarks at Schuler Books & Music in Okemos, Michigan, John Wukovits discusses his book "Eisenhower: A Biography," the third short biography in Palgrave Macmillan's Great Generals Series. The book includes a foreword by series editor Wesley Clark. Its focus is Dwight Eisenhower's military career, particularly his service as Supreme Allied Commander during World War II.

Mr. Wukovits is also the author of "One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa," "Devotion to Duty" and "Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Island." He taught junior high history and language arts from 1968 to 2005.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

54. 2006 NPC: Ann McFeaters "Sandra Day O'Connor"

On Monday, December 25 at 2:55 am
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2006 NPC: Ann McFeaters "Sandra Day O'Connor"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Ann McFeaters, author of "Sandra Day O'Connor."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

55. Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different

On Monday, December 25 at 3:00 am
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Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different
Gordon Wood

Pulitzer-prize winner Gordon Wood speaks about his book, "Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different." Mr. Gordon describes achievements of the country's Founding Fathers. As a historian, he examines the Founding Fathers roles, ideals and values expressed in the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. The talk was hosted by Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC.

Gordon Wood is currently a professor of history at Brown University. He has been awarded numerous prizes for his writings including the Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize.

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

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56. 2006 Great Read--Denise Grady, "Deadly Invaders: Virus Outbreaks Around the World, from Marburg ...

On Monday, December 25 at 3:50 am
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2006 Great Read--Denise Grady, "Deadly Invaders: Virus Outbreaks Around the World, from Marburg Fever to Avian Flu"

The author was interviewed at Bryant Park in New York City during the New York Times Great Read in the Park. This book about powerful and problematic viruses around the world was written for young adults.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

57. Caesar: Life of a Colossus

On Monday, December 25 at 4:00 am
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Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Adrian Goldsworthy
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/publiclives/1206/btv121606_2.ram

In Adrian Goldsworthy's biography of Julius Caesar he chronicles the Ancient Rome ruler's life from birth to assassination. At an event hosted by the University of Virginia Bookstore in Charlottesville, the author details Caear's successes and failures as a politician and discusses his involvement with the wives of his two main political rivals.

Adrian Goldsworthy is the author of "The Roman Army at War" and "The Punic Wars."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

58. 2006 NPC: Judge Janice Law "Yield"

On Monday, December 25 at 4:55 am
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2006 NPC: Judge Janice Law "Yield"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Janice Law, author of "Yield."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

59. 2006 AUSA - Daniel Gerstein "Leading at the Speed of Light: New Strategies for U.S. Security in...

On Monday, December 25 at 5:00 am
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2006 AUSA - Daniel Gerstein "Leading at the Speed of Light: New Strategies for U.S. Security in the Information Age"

From the Association of the United States Army annual meeting in Washington, DC, Daniel Gerstein talks about U.S. national security strategy and how it evolved during the Information Age. The author argues that despite the recent changes in national security and intelligence policy, U.S. national security strategy continues to be based on the National Security Act of 1947. He proposes ideas that will advance national security policy into the 21st century.

Col. Daniel Gerstein is a Gulf War veteran and a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of "Securing America's Future: National Strategy in the Information Age."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

60. 2006 NPC: Hal Vaughan "FDR's 12 Apostles"

On Monday, December 25 at 5:25 am
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2006 NPC: Hal Vaughan "FDR's 12 Apostles"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Hal Vaughan, author of "FDR's 12 Apostles."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

61. The Black Panthers

On Monday, December 25 at 5:30 am
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The Black Panthers
Stephen Shames, photographer

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, photographer Stephen Shames delivers a power point presentation and discusses some of the images in his new book at Cooper Union in New York City. Mr. Shames is joined by Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, Leslie Johnson-Seale, wife of Bobby Seale and former member of the party, and Charles Jones, founding chair of the African American Studies Department at Georgia State University.

Stephen Shames created the photo essays "Outside the Dream" and "Pursuing the Dream." He founded the Outside the Dream Foundation to educate AIDS orphans, street kids, and vulnerable children in Uganda and India in 2002. Mr. Shames' photographs are in the permanent collections of the International Center of Photography, the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Photographic Arts, The University of California’s Bancroft Library, the San Jose Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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62. 2006 NPC: John Gresham "Defcon-2"

On Monday, December 25 at 7:45 am
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2006 NPC: John Gresham "Defcon-2"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed John Gresham, co-author of "Defcon-2."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

63. 2006 NPC: Lanny Davis "Scandal"

On Monday, December 25 at 7:55 am
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2006 NPC: Lanny Davis "Scandal"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Lanny Davis, author of "Scandal."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

64. Stonewall Jackson: The Black Man's Friend

On Monday, December 25 at 8:00 am
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Stonewall Jackson: The Black Man's Friend
Richard Williams, Jr.

Richard Williams, Jr. tells the story of Civil War general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's religious life. Jackson became a Christian during his childhood in Jackson's Mill, West Virginia, largely due to the influence of the family's slaves. As an adult he founded the "Colored Sabbath School" in Lexington, Virginia, while on the faculty of the Virginia Military Institute. He taught Sunday school classes at the Sabbath School to both slaves and free blacks, in defiance of local laws and social conventions.

Richard Williams, Jr. is the author of "The Maxims of Robert E. Lee for Young Gentlemen." He his a regular contributor to the Civil War column of the Washington Times.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

65. Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu

On Monday, December 25 at 9:00 am and at 11:30 pm
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Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu
John Allen

Dateline NBC's John Hockenberry interviews Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his biographer John Allen at Trinity Church in New York City. The men detail Archbishop Tutu's role in the South African apartheid resistance, including the effect of his controversial call for international disinvestment in the apartheid economy and the challenges he faced while leading peaceful demonstrations throughout the country.

John Allen is a South African journalist and former president of the South African Society of Journalists. He served as director of communications for South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and for Trinity Truth, Wall Street, in New York.

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66. 2006 NPC: Karyn McLaughlin Frist "Love You, Daddy Boy"

On Monday, December 25 at 9:55 am
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2006 NPC: Karyn McLaughlin Frist "Love You, Daddy Boy"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Karyn McLaughlin Frist, author of "Love You, Daddy Boy."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

67. 2006 Great Read--Cornell West, Author and Religion Professor on his reading habits and his current..

On Monday, December 25 at 10:55 am
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2006 Great Read--Cornell West, Author and Religion Professor on his reading habits and his current book projects

The author was interviewed at the Milleniam hotel in New York City during the New York Times Great Read in the Park. Professor West discusses the value of reading classic texts during a time of political turmoil and also describes two books he is writing.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

68. 2006 Miami Book Fair: Katheryn Russell-Brown "Protecting Our Own"

On Monday, December 25 at 3:50 pm
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2006 Miami Book Fair: Katheryn Russell-Brown "Protecting Our Own"

From the Miami Book Fair International, an interview with Katheryn Russell-Brown about her book "Protecting Our Own: Race, Crime, and African Americans."

Katheryn Russell-Brown is director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. For more information, visit www.law.ufl.edu/faculty/russellbrownk/.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

69. Journalists Under Fire: The Psychological Hazards of Covering War

On Monday, December 25 at 4:00 pm
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Journalists Under Fire: The Psychological Hazards of Covering War
Anthony Feinstein

Anthony Feinstein talks with journalist Andrew Maykuth of the Philadelphia Inquirer about the psychological stress experienced by journalists who cover violent conflicts. Dr. Feinstein says that while many journalists cover wars without experiencing trauma, there are also many who become damaged by the experience. He argues for creating more support systems to help journalists deal with trauma.

Anthony Feinstein is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press: www.press.jhu.edu

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70. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

On Monday, December 25 at 5:00 pm
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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
Donald Miller

Historian Donald Miller discusses the sacrifices of American airmen serving in Europe during WWII. In his talk, given at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Poole, Georgia, Mr. Miller notes that by D-Day in June of 1944, over 10,000 U.S. airmen had been killed during bombing missions. Donald Miller discusses the effectiveness of the bombing, the techniques used, the extremely harsh conditions inside the bombers, and the decisions regarding bombing targets. Much of the author's research was done at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum.

Donald Miller is the author of eight books including "D-Days in the Pacific", "The Story of World War II: Revised, (expanded, and updated from the original text by Henry Steele Commanger)", and "City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America." Donald L. Miller is MacCracken Professor of History at Lafeyette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

[Viva_La_Revolution]

71. Next

On Monday, December 25 at 8:00 pm
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Next
Michael Crichton
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/1206/btv120906_4c.ram

Michael Crichton warns that the future is closer than we think. In his novel "Next" Mr. Crichton describes the genetic world as "fast, furious, and out of control." During this event hosted by the National Press Club in Washington, DC, the author discusses recent scientific leaps on the study of genetics and talks about how gene manipulation can help cure drug addiction.

Michael Crichton is the author of "Jurassic Park" and "State of Fear" and is the creator of the television series ER. For more information, visit his website at www.michaelcrichton.net.

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72. The Unexpected George Washington: His Private Life

On Monday, December 25 at 9:30 pm
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The Unexpected George Washington: His Private Life
Harlow Unger

In this lecture, recorded at Tudor Place mansion in Washington, DC, the author argues that the private life of the first president reveals a warm, humorous, and caring man. George Washington had no children of his own but raised many at Mount Vernon over the years. Mr. Unger discusses Washington's reading and letter writing habits, his love for farming and for animals, and his decision to free his slaves upon his death.

Harlow Unger is the author of fifteen books including "Lafayette", "The French War Against America: How a Trusted Ally Betrayed Washington and the Founding Fathers", "Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot", and "John Hancock: Merchant King and American Patriot." Mr. Unger was a foreign corrspondent and editor at the New York Herald Tribune Overseas News Service in Paris and The Times and Sunday Times of London.

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73. American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War and Lincoln to Clinton

On Tuesday, December 26 at 12:30 am
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American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton

From St. Peter's Church in New York City, the Library of America and the Toward International Peace through the Arts (TIPA) Project present "Election Eve Oratory" to celebrate the publication of "American Speeches." Editor Ted Widmer is joined by several presenters to read some of the most notable speeches in American history, which are published together in the the two-volume compilation. "American Speeches" includes Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Address to the Woman's Rights Convention.

Ted Widmer is the Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University and the author of "Martin Van Buren" and "Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City." He was director of speechwriting at the National Security Council and a senior advisor to President Clinton from 1997 to 2001.

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74. 2006 NPC: Michael Isikoff and David Corn "Hubris"

On Tuesday, December 26 at 2:55 am
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2006 NPC: Michael Isikoff and David Corn "Hubris"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed Michael Isikoff and David Corn, co-authors of "Hubris."

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75. 2006 NPC: David Vise "The Google Story"

On Tuesday, December 26 at 5:35 am
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2006 NPC: David Vise "The Google Story"

At the National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, Book TV interviewed David Vise, co-author of "The Google Story."

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76. After Words: Larry Kahaner interviewed by Peter Singer

On Tuesday, December 26 at 5:45 am
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After Words: Larry Kahaner, author of "AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War," interviewed by Peter Singer
Watch now - http://www.booktv.org/ram/AfterWords/1206/arc_btv120906_4.ram

In his book, "AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War," author Larry Kahaner traces the rifle’s role in wars from Vietnam to Iraq. According to the author, no tool has spread so much raw power to so many people in so little time in the history of warfare. Mr. Kahaner discusses the book with Peter Singer, who directs a project on 21st Century warfare for the Brookings Institution. Mr. Singer serves as a guest interviewer and is not an employee of C-SPAN.

Larry Kahaner is the author of eight books, including "Competitive Intelligence," which has been translated into seven languages. He was Washington correspondent for BusinessWeek magazine and also a reporter for Knight-Ridder newspapers. His articles have appeared in the Washington Post, the International Herald Tribune, and the Christian Science Monitor.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

77. after my bedtime, shameless kick!

[Kurovski]

78. Kick! Christmas weekend,

and the Book TV thread goes begging. Oh won't some kindly soul drop a recommend into the basket on this cold December eve?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

86. Morning Sweets!

It's so good to have you back.

:loveya: You complete me Book Thread :loveya:



He could read me like a book...

[Kurovski]

91. I only have thighs for you...

or something.

[WyLoochka]

79. Thanks for all the work

on these book threads, Viva. I always bookmark and refer to your book thread throughout every weekend. Want you to know how much your work is appreciated.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

87. Thanks!

chime in more often, will ya? :hi:

[Kurovski]

80. Kickin' it!

[Kurovski]

81. Painting by James Skvarch. Did you ever do this here thing?

Prop an art book up on a chair so as to step back and take a look from a distance?

[Pithy Cherub]

82. Happy Holidays Viva!

Thank you so much, so very much! :yourock:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

98. Happy Holidays to you!

thanks for the thanks. :)

[Kurovski]

83. Kick...

Daniel Greene

[Catchawave]

84. Great line-up this weekend !

Thanks viva :toast:

[EFerrari]

85. Thanks, Viva! I'm so glad for that last kick because

I couldn't find this thread to save my save.

:kick:

[Bozita]

88. This thread is a real asset. Thanks, Viva!

It's truly appreciated.

[Kurovski]

92. Kick I say, KICK!

Gutenberg bible

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93. The Saint John's Bible

The first illuminated page of The Saint John's Bible.
The illustrated passage tells the story of the geneology of Jesus as told in the Gospel according to Mathew. The artist, Donald Jackson, depicts the family tree as a Jewish menorah surrounded by intertwined spirals suggestive of DNA chains, and names written in Hebrew, Arabic, and English.

[Kurovski]

94. I love it.

Very dramatic. Puts me in mind of blood pounding through arteries and veins.

[Kurovski]

95. Check out this thread on Shakespeare's affect on the brain...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x25935

"Shakespeare uses a linguistic technique known as functional shift that involves, for example using a noun to serve as a verb. Researchers found that this technique allows the brain to understand what a word means before it understands the function of the word within a sentence. This process causes a sudden peak in brain activity and forces the brain to work backwards in order to fully understand what Shakespeare is trying to say."

[Bozita]

96. very interesting

very

[EFerrari]

100. Wow. Now I understand why I became a Shakespearean.

That's how my brain works. No kidding. I used to drive my math teachers nuts because I'd intuit the result and had to work backwards to figure out why it was right.

Thanks, Kurovski! Amazing.

[Kurovski]

101. Me? I'm just backwards.

But that ain't quite the same thing.

My best to you and your family this season my dear and brilliant lady!:hug:

[EFerrari]

102. Well, thank you for this great year and for all your help

all over the board.

Cheers, my friend.

:hug:

[Kurovski]

99. Kick. (nt)

[Kurovski]

105. Dear Vivala

in case I shan't be returning to this thread today, allow me to wish you and your wee little darlings (heehee) a most joyous whatever-the-hell this season.

Thank you for sticking with the book thread for these many arduous decades. It is always a pleasure. :loveya:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

106. Merry Christmas Sweets!

to you and your's. :hug:

[EFerrari]

107. Hey, what about me?

I'm dying here.

lol

Serially, BookTv has been such a wonderful resource, escape, comfort. That makes you the Gatekeeper.

lol

:hug:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

109. lol! I'm the gatekeeper!

If only I could find my keymaster... :shrug: :(


Merry Christmas! :hi:

[EFerrari]

110. Merry Christmas, Viva

(And have you ever stopped to think what it would be like to live with the keymaster? "keymaster, what are all these long distance calls? I thought I filled up the tank?! Where is the cream cheese?")

All will be well, and all manner of thing will be well.

:hug:

[EFerrari]

108. kick

[EFerrari]

111. kickers

[Kurovski]

112. Hurried kick! (nt)

[Kurovski]

115. A merry kick!