Book TV Schedule: July 14th - 16th

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: July 14-16
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 9 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM ET
Tim Weiner chronicles the history of the Central Intelligence Agency in his book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. His research included the use of over 50,000 documents and interviews with ten directors of central intelligence. Mr. Weiner analyzes the inherent difficulties in maintaining classified information in an open democracy, and argues that the CIA has consistently struggled in the field of espionage. He discusses his book with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius.


Weekend Highlights
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Garrison Keillor at the 2007 American Library Association Conference
Garrison Keillor discusses the importance of public libraries at the 2007 ALA Conference in Washington, DC. Mr. Keillor is the host of the radio program A Prairie Home Companion, and the author of several books, including his most recent Home Grown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America.
(Saturday 10 PM ET)

Robert Novak, The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington
Book TV visited the home of columnist and author Robert Novak to discuss his newly published memoir and his writing life. Mr. Novak describes his writing habits and discusses books that have been influential in his life.
(Sunday 10 PM, Monday 12 AM ET)

Andrew Keen, The Cult of the Amateur: How the Democratization of the Digital World Is Assaulting Our Economy, Our Culture, and Our Values
Author Andrew Keen debates with Lev Grossman of Time magazine the value of the "democratization" of digital media, in which anyone with an opinion and an Internet connection can start a blog or post a video on YouTube. Jeff Howe, contributing editor of Wired magazine, moderates their discussion on the impact of consumer-created content. (Saturday 11:55 AM, Monday 5 AM ET)

Matthew Chapman, 40 Days and 40 Nights
Matthew Chapman talks about the Kitzmiller v. Dover Board of Education case, which dealt with the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. Mr. Chapman, who is the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, attended the case in full and spoke to people on all sides of the issue.
(Sunday 7 PM ET)




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Program times are approximate. All times are Eastern Time (ET).


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Saturday, July 14, 2007

8:00 AM 50 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Erin Gruwell "Teach With Your Heart"
Author: Erin Gruwell

8:50 AM 7 min 2007 BookExpo America: Yale University Press
Author: John Donatich

9:00 AM 56 min A Thousand Splendid Suns
Author: Khaled Hosseini

9:55 AM 5 min 2007 BookExpo America: David Maraniss
Author: David Maraniss

10:00 AM 1 hr, 3 min History
The Original Knickerbocker: The Life Of Washington Irving
Author: Andrew Burstein

11:00 AM 43 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Ann Hagedorn "Savage Peace"
Author: Ann Hagedorn

11:45 AM 10 min 2007 LA Times Festival of Books: M.G. Lord "Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science" (9:12)
Author: M.G. Lord

12:00 PM 1 hr, 28 min The Cult of the Amateur: How the Democratization of the Digital World Is Assaulting Our Economy, Our Culture, and Our Values
Author: Andrew Keen

1:30 PM 1 hr, 10 min The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself
Author: Lawrence Harrison

2:40 PM 18 min 2007 LA Times Festival of Books: Taylor Branch on his upcoming book about Bill Clinton's presidency
Author: Taylor Branch

3:00 PM 1 hr, 17 min A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
Author: Alistair Horne

4:15 PM 41 min History
Very Stange Bedfellows: The Short And Unhappy Marriage Of Richard Nixon And Spiro Agnew
Author: Jules Witcover

5:00 PM 49 min Southern Festival of Books: Doug Marlette, author of The Bridge
Author: Doug Marlette

5:50 PM 8 min 2007 BookExpo America: John Baldwin and Ron Powers
Author: John Baldwin

6:00 PM 1 hr, 3 min Encore Booknotes
Beijing Jeep: American Business in China
Author: Jim Mann

7:00 PM 1 hr, 22 min The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?
Author: Leslie Bennetts

8:25 PM 23 min 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Pauline Chen "Final Exam"
Author: Pauline Chen

8:45 PM 6 min 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Lonnae O'Neal Parker "I'm Every Woman"
Author: Lonnae O'Neal Parker

8:50 PM 7 min 2007 BookExpo America: Walker & Company
Author: George Gibson

9:00 PM 58 min After Words: Tim Weiner author of "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" interviewed by David Ignatius

10:00 PM 55 min Garrison Keillor on His Life in Libraries
Author: Garrison Keillor

10:55 PM 3 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI)
Author: Rep. Tom Petri

11:00 PM 31 min Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement
Author: Linda Bridges

11:30 PM 1 hr, 23 min Public Lives
Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters
Author: Elizabeth Brown Pryor


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Sunday, July 15, 2007

12:50 AM 6 min 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Wil Haygood "King of the Cats"
Author: Wil Haygood

1:00 AM 1 hr, 1 min Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America
Author: Sherry Boschert

2:00 AM 11 min 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Kermit Roosevelt, III "In the Shadow of the Law"
Author: Kermit Roosevelt

2:15 AM 1 hr, 17 min A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
Author: Alistair Horne

3:30 AM 58 min History
The Origins Of FBI Counter-Intelligence
Author: Raymond Batvinis

4:30 AM 44 min History
I've Got A Home In Glory Land: A Lost Tale of The Underground Railroad
Author: Karolyn Smardz Frost

5:15 AM 1 hr, 24 min Russia's Revolution: Essays, 1989-2006 (1:23:38)
Author: Leon Aron

6:35 AM 5 min 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Karen DeYoung "Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell"
Author: Karen DeYoung

6:45 AM 1 hr, 8 min The Secret History of the American Empire (1:07:55)
Author: John Perkins

7:50 AM 6 min 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Jay Mathews "Supertest" (5:59)
Author: Jay Mathews

8:00 AM 52 min A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney
Author: Hugh Hewitt

8:50 AM 7 min BTV BUS: Robert Watson, "The Presidential Companion"

9:00 AM 1 hr, 2 min The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy, and Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision Making, Degrade Our Democracy, and Put Our Country and Our World in Peril
Author: Al Gore

10:00 AM 1 hr, 16 min Off the Record: The Press, the Government, and the War over Anonymous Sources
Author: Norman Pearlstine

11:15 AM 10 min 2007 CPAC: David Horowitz "Indocrination U"
Author: David Horowitz

11:30 AM 30 min Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic
Author: Ilan Berman

12:00 PM 1 hr, 58 min Public Lives
Gunter Grass and Norman Mailer interviewed and in conversation with Andrew O'Hagan
Authors: Gunter Grass; Norman Mailer; Andrew O'Hagan

2:00 PM 49 min Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America (48:01)
Author: Brigitte Gabriel

2:50 PM 6 min 2007 BookExpo America: Larry Sabato
Author: Larry Sabato

3:00 PM 1 hr, 5 min Public Lives
Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
Author: Rebecca Goldstein

4:00 PM 46 min History
2007 Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium Panel Discussion

4:45 PM 1 hr, 12 min History
Richard M. Nixon
Author: Elizabeth Drew

6:00 PM 58 min After Words: Tim Weiner author of "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" interviewed by David Ignatius

7:00 PM 1 hr, 5 min 40 Days and 40 Nights
Author: Matthew Chapman

8:00 PM 54 min The Next 25 Years: The New Supreme Court and What It Means for Americans (53:01)
Author: Martin Garbus

8:50 PM 5 min 2007 CPAC: Kevin McCullough "MuscleHead Revolution"
Author: Kevin McCullough

9:00 PM 58 min After Words: Tim Weiner author of "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" interviewed by David Ignatius

10:00 PM 35 min Writing Life: Robert Novak
Author: Robert Novak

10:35 PM 4 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Author: Rep. Rush Holt

10:40 PM 49 min In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror
Author: Anthony Romero

11:30 PM 31 min 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Garrett Epps "Democracy Reborn"
Author: Garrett Epps


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Monday, July 16, 2007

12:00 AM 35 min Writing Life: Robert Novak
Author: Robert Novak

12:35 AM 23 min 2007 LA Times Festival of Books: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1:00 AM 49 min Southern Festival of Books: Doug Marlette, author of The Bridge
Author: Doug Marlette

1:50 AM 7 min BTV Bus: Roy Peter Clark "Writing Tools"
Author: Roy Peter Clark

2:00 AM 1 hr, 1 min The Arrogance of American Power: What U.S. Leaders Are Doing Wrong and Why It's Our Duty to Dissent
Author: Nancy Snow
3:00 AM 41 min Foundations of Betrayal: How the Liberal Super-Rich Undermine America
Author: Phil Kent

3:00 AM 3 min 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Juliet Eilperin "Fight Club Congress"
Author: Juliet Eilperin

3:45 AM 1 hr, 14 min Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas
Author: Merida, Kevin & Michael Fletcher

5:00 AM 1 hr, 28 min The Cult of the Amateur: How the Democratization of the Digital World Is Assaulting Our Economy, Our Culture, and Our Values
Author: Andrew Keen

6:30 AM 1 hr, 12 min History
Richard M. Nixon
Author: Elizabeth Drew

7:40 AM 18 min 2007 Virginia Festival of the Book: Andrew Helfer "Malcolm X" (17:22)
Author: Andrew Helfer


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

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1. Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Erin Gruwell "Teach With Your Heart"

2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Erin Gruwell "Teach With Your Heart"
Erin Gruwell

Saturday, July 14, at 8:00 AM

Erin Gruwell taught at a racially divided Southern California high school after the 1992 Los Angeles riots. She encouraged her students to keep journals and wrote "Freedom Writers Diary" about her teaching experience. "Teach with Your Heart" is a follow-up to her last book.

Erin Gruwell is the president of the Freedom Writers Foundation, a group that works to improve the academic achievement of students at low-performing schools.

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2. A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Watch now! http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8210&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No
Author: Khaled Hosseini

Saturday, July 14, at 9:00 AM

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" is the story of two Afghan women who live through monarchy, Communism and the Taliban in a society where women are often mistreated. The novel covers a range of social issues, including religion, sex, class, education and motherhood.

The son of an Afghan diplomat, Khaled Hosseini moved to the United States in 1980 after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. While a practicing medical doctor, Mr. Hosseini wrote "The Kite Runner," an international bestseller. He quit practicing medicine in 2004 and in 2006 was named a goodwill ambassador of the U.N. High Commission on Refugees.

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3. The Original Knickerbocker: The Life Of Washington Irving

The Original Knickerbocker: The Life Of Washington Irving

Author: Andrew Burstein

Saturday, July 14, at 10:00 AM

Andrew Burstein examines the life of Washington Irving the first American author to claim the craft as his profession. Irving was best known for his fictional work, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" but as Mr. Burstein relays he was also the first English-language biographer of Christopher Columbus and wrote a multi-volume biography of George Washington. Outside of his writing Washington Irving served as the ambassador to Spain in the 1830's and traveled throughout the American west. Mr. Burstein delivers his talk at Washington Irving's home, Sunnyside, in Tarrytown, New York.

Andrew Burstein is a professor of 19th-century U.S. history at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of six books including, "The Passions of Andrew Jackson" and "Jefferson's Secrets."

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4. 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Ann Hagedorn "Savage Peace"

2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Ann Hagedorn "Savage Peace"

Author: Ann Hagedorn

Saturday, July 14, at 11:00 AM

Ann Hagedorn details the condition of the United States in 1919. During that time, America saw the end of a war, the effects of Bolshevism, the start of the FBI, an increase in race and labor riots, and a heightened level of terrorism.

Ann Hagedorn has written for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Ms. Hagedorn has also authored "Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad."

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5. The Cult of the Amateur: How the Democratization of the Digital World Is Assaulting Our Economy...

The Cult of the Amateur: How the Democratization of the Digital World Is Assaulting Our Economy, Our Culture, and Our Values

Author: Andrew Keen

Saturday, July 14, at 12:00 PM
Monday, July 16, at 5:00 AM

Author Andrew Keen debates with Lev Grossman of Time magazine the value of the "democratization" of digital media, in which anyone with an opinion and an Internet connection can start a blog or post a video on YouTube. Jeff Howe, contributing editor of Wired magazine, moderates their discussion on the impact of consumer-created content.

Andrew Keen is an Internet critic and has worked in Silicon Valley since the 1990s. He is currently the CEO of afterTV, which produces Internet television shows.

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44. Andrew Keen has things exactly backward. I wonder if he's

one of those paid psych ops people?

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46. I found this rebuttal to Keen, and also, a debate/interview.

http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/02/27/blameTheBloggers.html


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/15/BUG4KLP3CL1.DTL&type=tech

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6. The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself

The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself

Author: Lawrence Harrison

Saturday, July 14, at 1:30 PM

In "The Central Liberal Truth," Lawrence Harrison presents his ideas on how to use cultural forces -- such as religion, politics and education -- to help poor nations and poor people in rich countries make progress. After a three-year research project exploring the cultures and values of dozens of different countries, Mr. Harrison offers his take on how each country's culture has helped or hurt its development.

Lawrence Harrison is a research fellow and lecturer at Tufts University. In the early 1980s, he worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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7. A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962

A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962

Author: Alistair Horne

Saturday, July 14, at 3:00 PM
Sunday, July 15, at 2:15 AM

Alistair Horne talks about "A Savage War of Peace," his study of the French-Algerian War. After the invasion of Iraq, Henry Kissinger recommended Mr. Horne's book to President Bush, arguing that there were many parallels between the French occupation of Algeria and the U.S. occupation of Iraq. This event took place at the Hillside Club in Berkeley, CA.

Alistair Horne, a fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford, is the author of 18 books including "The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916" and "How Far from Austerlitz?: Napoleon 1805-1815." He is currently working on an authorized biography of Henry Kissinger.

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8. Very Stange Bedfellows: The Short And Unhappy Marriage Of Richard Nixon And Spiro Agnew

Very Stange Bedfellows: The Short And Unhappy Marriage Of Richard Nixon And Spiro Agnew

Watch now! http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8348&SectionName=History&PlayMedia=No
Author: Jules Witcover

Saturday, July 14, at 4:19 PM

Jules Witcover explores the relationship between President Richard Nixon and his Vice President Spiro Agnew. The author contends that President Nixon kept Vice President Agnew outside of his close group of political advisers and wished to replace the Vice President upon his reelection in 1972. However, this directive was never necessary as Spiro Agnew was relieved of his duties in October 1973 due to a series of illegal payoffs. Jules Witcover discusses his book at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.

Jules Witcover is the author of several books including, "White Knight: The Rise of Spiro Agnew" and "The Resurrection of Richard Nixon." He was formely a columnist for the Washington Star and Baltimore Sun as well as a political reporter for the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

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9. Southern Festival of Books: Doug Marlette, author of The Bridge

Southern Festival of Books: Doug Marlette, author of The Bridge

Author: Doug Marlette

Saturday, July 14, at 5:00 PM
Monday, July 16, at 1:00 AM

Doug Marlette presented slides of his political cartoons and discussed his book "The Bridge," a semi-autobiographical novel about a newpaper cartoonist living in North Carolina. This event originally aired in 2001. Mr. Marlette was killed in a car accident in Mississippi on July 10, 2007.

Doug Marlette's Kudzu strip and editorial cartoons appeared in over 300 newspapers. He won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning and was the only cartoonist to have ever received a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. He was also the author of "Magic Time." Mr. Marlette was killed in a car accident in Mississippi on July 10, 2007.

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10. Beijing Jeep: American Business in China

Beijing Jeep: American Business in China

Author: Jim Mann

Saturday, July 14, at 6:00 PM

Jim Mann sat down for a Booknotes interview in 1990 for his book "Beijing Jeep: The Short, Unhappy Romance of American Business in China." Mr. Mann details the differences in business goals between the United States and China during a joint venture, which began in 1979, to produce the Jeep.

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11. After Words: Tim Weiner interviewed by David Ignatius

After Words: Tim Weiner author of "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" interviewed by David Ignatius

Saturday, July 14, at 9:00 PM
Sunday, July 15, at 6:00 PM
Sunday, July 15, at 9:00 PM

Tim Weiner chronicles the history of the Central Intelligence Agency in his book “Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA.” Mr. Weiner’s research included the use of over 50,000 documents and interviews with ten directors of central intelligence. He analyses the inherent difficulties in maintaining classified information in an open democracy and argues that the CIA has consistently struggled in the field of espionage. Tim Weiner discusses his book with Washington Post columnist, David Ignatius.

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12. Garrison Keillor on His Life in Libraries

Garrison Keillor on His Life in Libraries

Author: Garrison Keillor

Saturday, July 14, at 10:00 PM

Garrison Keillor discusses the importance of public libraries at the 2007 American Library Association Conference in Washington, DC.

Garrison Keillor is the host of the radio program, "A Prairie Home Companion" which is broadcast each week on over 580 public radio stations. He is the author of several books, including his most recent "Home Grown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America."

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13. Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement

Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement

Watch now! http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8185&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No
Author: Linda Bridges

Saturday, July 14, at 11:00 PM

"Strictly Right" is an account of William F. Buckley Jr.'s influence in the modern conservative movement. In the book, co-authors Linda Bridges and John Coyne describe the importance of Mr. Buckley's first book, "God and Man at Yale," and detail how he gained the political and financial support necessary to launch the National Review in 1955.

Linda Bridges was managing editor of National Review for ten years and is now an editor at large at National Review. She co-authored "The Art of Persuasion: A National Review Rhetoric for Writers" with William Rickenbacker. "Strictly Right" was co-authored by John Coyne, a former associate editor, feature writer, and Washington correspondent for National Review. Mr. Coyne was a White House speechwriter, writing speeches for Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon.

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14. Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

Author: Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Saturday, July 14, at 11:30 PM

Historian and diplomat Elizabeth Brown Pryor has uncovered many letters written by Robert E. Lee that she says have never prioviously been examined or used by historians and biographers. In her new book she uses these letters to explore the private life and intimate writings of Confederate Civil War general Robert E. Lee.

Elizabeth Brown Pryor is a historian and former Foreign Service officer. She was most recently senior advisor to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. In 1987, she wrote "Clara Barton: Professional Angel," a biography of the founder of the American Red Cross.

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15. Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America

Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America

Author: Sherry Boschert

Sunday, July 15, at 1:00 AM

Sherry Boschert talks about the benefits of hybrid electric cars, which developers say will get more than 100 miles per gallon. Ms. Boschert spoke at an event hosted by the Sierra Club in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Sherry Boschert is co-founder of the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association and is a member of the executive committee of Plug In America. She is also a senior reporter for the International Medical News Group. For more, visit sherryboschert.com.

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16. The Origins Of FBI Counter-Intelligence

The Origins Of FBI Counter-Intelligence

Author: Raymond Batvinis

Sunday, July 15, at 3:30 AM

Former FBI agent Raymond Batvinis studies the origins of the FBI's counter-intelligence department from the 1930's to the lead-up to World War II. The author contends that the United States faced the threat of losing military and industrial secrets to foreign spies and the result was the birth of the counter-intelligence unit.

Raymond Batvinis was a special agent of the FBI from 1972 to 1997.

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17. I've Got A Home In Glory Land: A Lost Tale of The Underground Railroad

I've Got A Home In Glory Land: A Lost Tale of The Underground Railroad

Author: Karolyn Smardz Frost

Sunday, July 15, at 4:30 AM

Archeologist and historian Karolyn Smardz Frost unearths the story of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn, a married couple who escaped slaveholding Kentucky destined for Canada in 1831. Their journey would result in their attempted extradition by the Governor of Michigan who wished to make an example of the pair and order them back to the United States and their slave holders. The Canadian government did not agree, setting precedent for future U.S. and Canadian relations in regards to the protection of fugitive slaves. Ms. Frost recounts the excavation of the Blackburn's home in Toronto and retraces the path the pair traveled.

Karolyn Smardz Frost is the executive director of the Ontario Historical Society.

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18. Russia's Revolution: Essays, 1989-2006

Russia's Revolution: Essays, 1989-2006 (1:23:38)

Author: Leon Aron

Sunday, July 15, at 5:15 AM

In a collection of essays, Leon Aron paints a picture of the new Russia and its political, economic and cultural transformation since the waning days of Communism. Mr. Aron reviews recent Russian history: Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika; the fall of the Soviet Union and new economic and political systems under Boris Yeltsin; and the current day's increasing government control under Vladimir Putin.

Leon Aron is a resident scholar and director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He was born in Moscow and immigrated to the United States in 1978.

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19. The Secret History of the American Empire

The Secret History of the American Empire (1:07:55)

Watch now! http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8345&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No
Author: John Perkins

Sunday, July 15, at 6:45 AM

John Perkins talks about his follow-up to his 2005 book, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman," at Barnes & Noble in New York City. In his new book, Mr. Perkins argues that the United States uses its foreign policy to further U.S. business interests around the globe, often to the detriment of poor countries.

John Perkins is the founder and chairman of Dream Change, a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable development. He is a former international business consultant.

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20. A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney

A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney

Author: Hugh Hewitt

Sunday, July 15, at 8:00 AM

Radio show host Hugh Hewitt argues that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's Mormon faith presents a challenge to his bid for the White House, but not an insurmountable one. In "A Mormon in the White House?", Mr. Hewitt makes the case for a Romney presidency.

Hugh Hewitt is a radio talk show host, blogger and law professor at Chapman University. He previously worked for the Reagan administration in an assortment of positions and was executive director of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace.

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21. The Assault on Reason Goremania!

I think I can manage to get myself up at 6am Sunday for this. :bounce:

The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy, and Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision Making, Degrade Our Democracy, and Put Our Country and Our World in Peril

Author: Al Gore

Sunday, July 15, at 9:00 AM

From an event at the Wilshire Theater in Beverly Hills, California, former Vice President Al Gore discusses his new book, "The Assault on Reason," with actor and author Harry Shearer. The book argues in favor of rational public debate, saying the Bush administration is part of a larger trend in which spin prevails over reason. He sites as an example the statistic that at the time the U.S. went to war with Iraq 70% of Americans thought Saddam Hussein was responsible for the September 11 attacks, and between a third and a half of Americans still believe that. Mr. Gore says it is impossible to make informed public policy decisions in a climate that is hostile to reason.

Former Vice President Al Gore is chairman of Current TV, a television network for young people based on viewer-created content. He is also chairman of Generation Investment Management, which focuses on sustainable investing. Mr. Gore served in the U.S. House 1977-1985 and the U.S. Senate 1985-1990. He was Vice President 1993-2001. He is the author of "Earth in the Balance" and"An Inconvenient Truth."

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22. Off the Record: The Press, the Government, and the War over Anonymous Sources

Off the Record: The Press, the Government, and the War over Anonymous Sources

Watch now! http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8381&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No
Author: Norman Pearlstine

Sunday, July 15, at 10:00 AM

Norman Pearlstine was editor-in-chief of Time Inc. when special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald investigated the leak of CIA official Valerie Plame's identity. In that role, Mr. Pearlstine turned over information from confidential sources who had talked to Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper. In "Off the Record," Mr. Pearlstine explains his decision.

Norman Pearlstine is the former editor-in-chief of Time Inc. Before that, he worked for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine. He is currently a senior advisor at the Carlyle Group , a Washington-based prviate equity firm.

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23. Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic

Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic

Author: Ilan Berman

Sunday, July 15, at 11:30 AM

Ilan Berman, editor of "Taking on Tehran," and former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, who wrote the foreward to the book, talk about the options available to the U.S. government in its dealings with Iran. Mr Berman and Mr. Ridge addressed an audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Ilan Berman is vice president for policy at the American Foreign Policy Council. He is the author of "Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States." Tom Ridge served as the head of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. He also served as governor of Pennsylvania for two terms

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24. Gunter Grass and Norman Mailer interviewed and in conversation with Andrew O'Hagan

Gunter Grass and Norman Mailer interviewed and in conversation with Andrew O'Hagan

Watch Now! http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8403&SectionName=Public%20Lives&PlayMedia=No
Authors: Gunter Grass; Norman Mailer; Andrew O'Hagan


Sunday, July 15, at 12:00 PM

In a program entitled "The 20th Century on Trial" Nobel Prize winning novelist, Gunter Grass and Pulitzer Prize winning author Norman Mailer discuss their life and work with novelist Andrew O'Hagan. Gunter Grass has recently published his memoir, "Peeling the Onion" in which he divulges his participation in the Waffen SS at the age of seventeen. Norman Mailer recently penned his first novel in almost ten years, The Castle in the Forest" which focuses on the childhood of Adolf Hitler. Gunter Grass and Norman Mailer are in discussion at the The New York Public Library in New York City.


Gunter Grass
Gunter Grass recieved the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999 for his cannon of work that comprises over thirty years of writing. He is best know for the Danzig Trilogy, a collection of novels that include "The Tin Drum," "Cat and Mouse," and "Dog Years." Peeling the Onion

Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer has authored over thirty-five books, including "The Armies of Night" which won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize in 1968. Mr. Mailer is the co-founder of the Village Voice and his journalistic work includes coverage of national political conventions in 1960,1964,1968,1972,1992, and 1996. The Castle in the Forest

Andrew O'Hagan
Andrew O'Hagan is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books and Granta magazine. He is the author of numerous books including the novel "Personality" which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 2003

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25. Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America

NutCase Alert! :eyes:

Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America (48:01)

Watch now! http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8379&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No
Author: Brigitte Gabriel

Sunday, July 15, at 2:00 PM

Brigitte Gabriel speaks at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. In her book, Ms. Gabriel argues that the U.S. is facing total destruction at the hands of Muslims. The author, a Christian survivor of the civil war between Lebanese Christians and Muslims in the 1970s, draws on her own experiences to support both the profiling of Muslims and the ban on what she calls "hate education" in Islamic institutions. Includes Q&A with the JFSC audience.

Brigitte Gabriel is a journalist, producer and founder of American Congress for Truth, a non-profit organization (www.americancongressfortruth.com).

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26. Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity

Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity

Author: Rebecca Goldstein

Sunday, July 15, at 3:00 PM

In "Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity" author Rebecca Goldstein writes about 17th-century Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza who was excommunicated for heresy at the age of twenty-three. Ms. Goldstein explores the conflict between his identity as a Jew and his belief in a secular, rationalist philosophy. She argues that his secular attitude was a response to a crisis of Jewish identity that he witnessed among the exiles of the Spanish Inquisition living in his community. The event was held at the Jewish Community Center in Washington, DC.

Rebecca Goldstein is the author of "The Mind-Body Problem" and a philosophy professor at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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27. 2007 Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium Panel Discussion

2007 Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium Panel Discussion

Sunday, July 15, at 4:00 PM

The five authors participanting in this discussion of Abraham Lincoln are James Swanson, "Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer," Mark Steiner, "An Honest Calling: Lincoln’s Law Practice," Jennifer Weber, "Copperheads - The Rise and Fall of Lincoln’s Opponents," Ron Soodalter, "Hanging Captain Gordon," and Douglas Wilson, "Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words."

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28. Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon

Author: Elizabeth Drew

Sunday, July 15, at 4:45 PM
Monday, July 16, at 6:30 AM

Elizabeth Drew recounts the life of the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon. Ms. Drew contends that President Nixon was a man of contradictions; indifferent to domestic policy while expanding the role of government during his tenure and active in thawing relations with China and the Soviet Union but adverse to ending the war in Vietnam. The author also focuses on Richard Nixon's personal traits that were marked by fits of paranoia. Elizabeth Drew presents her book at the Los Angeles Public Library in coversation with Tim Naftali, Director of the Nixon Presidential Materials Project.

Elizabeth Drew is the author of many books including "The Corruption of American Politics" and "On the Edge: The Clinton Presidency." She contributes to The New York Review of Books and is the former Washington correspondent for The New Yorker.

[Hidden Stillness]

61. This Elizabeth Drew was Fabulous, Very Wise About What Nixon/the Era Was

This program was really great, and answers the question, Why write another Nixon biography? Because this writer got it right. The author has been a newspaper reporter--a real one--for decades, and was there during the Nixon/Watergate/Viet Nam era; she described things, and their context and meaning, very well. She did not do this thing that a lot of people do nowadays, where the memory fades, and "oh, well, Nixon wasn't really all that bad, no worse than others, they all did it," "Nixon did a lot of good and was actually a kind of a liberal, kinda"--there is none of that fantasy shit here. Things are remembered accurately, from Nixon's viciousness and deep, pathological hate, going back to the slanders of the earliest campaigns, against Jerry Voorheis and Helen Gahagan Douglass (slandering her as a "pinko," a Communist sympathizer, which she could never overcome)--my parents hated Nixon all of their lives for what was done to Helen Gahagan Douglass, the same things Pat Buchanan, G. Gordon Liddy and others would do for Nixon years later, as the "Dirty Tricks Committee," against Ed Muskie, etc., etc.

The whole 1972 break-in was described very well, bringing back a flood of memories about things, also Nixon's "enemies list," illegal bombings of Cambodia and Laos during the Viet Nam war, etc. Nixon's unearned credit for environmental and anti-poverty legislation was also explained, echoing what John Dean has also said, that these things were done with the most cynical, duplicitous motives, supporting legislation that was overwhelmingly popular and going to pass anyway, or on the other hand, as happened, "supporting" it publicly, then twisting arms and threatening privately, so it would be killed. It is all told here, and the author has a great, long-term perspective on things, even mentioning Rachel Carson, the great early environmentalist, during the talk, back when the main issues were DDT, litter, and air and water pollution.

The books of this Presidential series are designed to be short, but really good and informative--this one is. It sounds really wise, and "not fooled." This is someone who really understands why Nixon was so horrible, as people used to just come right out and say, before the "new group" took over. This has been a very haunted last several days, with the passing of Lady Bird Johnson and her long, long overdue tributes, new talk of unpopular wars and possible impeachment, and now this book. Like reliving the past again lately. It is so cool, because much of it was fought off and solved.

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29. 40 Days and 40 Nights

40 Days and 40 Nights

Author: Matthew Chapman

Sunday, July 15, at 7:00 PM

Matthew Chapman talks about the Kitzmiller v. Dover Board of Education case, which dealt with the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. Mr. Chapman, who is the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, attended the case in full and spoke to people on all sides of the issue.

Matthew Chapman is a film director and screenwriter based in New York City. He is the author of "Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental Memoir."

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60. kick!

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30. The Next 25 Years: The New Supreme Court and What It Means for Americans

The Next 25 Years: The New Supreme Court and What It Means for Americans (53:01)

Author: Martin Garbus

Sunday, July 15, at 8:00 PM

Trial lawer and legal commentator Martin Garbus talks with the ACLU about the direction of the Supreme Court since the confirmation of Justices John Roberts and Sam Alito. Mr. Garbus says that Justices Roberts and Alito are threats to civil rights and environmental law.

Martin Garbus is a trial lawyer and partner in the law firm of Davis & Gilbert. He is the author of six books and has taught at the law schools of Yale and Columbia.

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31. Writing Life: Robert Novak

what.ever. :eyes:

Writing Life: Robert Novak

Author: Robert Novak

Sunday, July 15, at 10:00 PM
Monday, July 16, at 12:00 AM

Book TV visited the home of columnist and author Robert Novak to discuss his newly published memoir and his writing life. Mr. Novak lives on Pennsylvania avenue across the street from the National Archives. He describes his writing habits and discusses books that have been influential in his life.

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32. In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror

In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror

Author: Anthony Romero

Sunday, July 15, at 10:40 PM

Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU argues that American civil liberties are being violated in his new book "In Defense of America." The author highlights cases that range from the Defense Department's domestic spy program to the rights of detainee's labeled "terrorists." Mr. Romero co-wrote the book with Dina Temple-Raston. Anthony Romero discusses his book at a Barnes and Noble in Baltimore, Maryland.

Anthony Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He previously served as the Program Officer for civil rights and racial justice for the Ford Foundation. In 2005 he was recognized as Time Magazine's 25 Most Influencial Hispanics.

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33. 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Garrett Epps "Democracy Reborn"

2007 VA Festival of the Book: Garrett Epps "Democracy Reborn"

Author: Garrett Epps

Sunday, July 15, at 11:30 PM

At the 2007 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Book TV interviewed Garrett Epps, author of "Democracy Reborn."

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34. 2007 LA Times Festival of Books: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey ...

2007 LA Times Festival of Books: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance

Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


Monday, July 16, at 12:35 AM

Kareem Abdul-Jabar is interviewed on the campus of UCLA inside the Book TV bus. He discusses his book and his experiences growing up in Harlem.

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35. The Arrogance of American Power: What U.S. Leaders Are Doing Wrong and Why It's Our Duty to Dissent

The Arrogance of American Power: What U.S. Leaders Are Doing Wrong and Why It's Our Duty to Dissent

Author: Nancy Snow

Monday, July 16, at 2:00 AM

Nancy Snow gives an overview of the efforts by the U.S. government to improve the image of the country around the world and argues that these efforts are not working. Ms. Snow spoke about this, the subject of her latest book, at a talk hosted by the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy.

Nancy Snow is a tenured associate professor of communications at California State University, Fullerton and an adjunct professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication. She is the author of "Information War: American Propaganda, Free Speech and Opinion Control Since 9/11" and "Propaganda, Inc.: Selling America's Culture to the World." For more, visit: nancysnow.com.

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36. Foundations of Betrayal: How the Liberal Super-Rich Undermine America

Foundations of Betrayal: How the Liberal Super-Rich Undermine America

Watch now! http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8233&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No
Author: Phil Kent

Monday, July 16, at 3:00 AM

Phil Kent talks about the influence of liberal foundations in changing the culture of America. Mr. Kent argues that while many of these foundations started off with admirable goals, some of the biggest have since been hijacked by anti-capitalist, anti-American radicals who use these foundations to further their own political agendas.

Phil Kent is a former editorial writer, editorial page editor, and political columnist for The Augusta Chronicle and in the early 1980s served as press secretary to Sen. Strom Thurmond. Mr. Kent is the author of "The Dark Side of Liberalism: Unchaining the Truth."

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37. Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas

Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas

Author: Merida, Kevin & Michael Fletcher

Monday, July 16, at 3:45 AM

"Supreme Discomfort" is a portrait of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, describing his childhood in rural Georgia, his education at Holy Cross and Yale, his contentious Supreme Court appointment, and his subsequent service on the Court. The authors describe Justice Thomas as a man who is uncomfortable in white society and not accepted by many African-Americans because of his political views.

Kevin Merida is an associate editor at the Washington Post. During his tenure at the Post, he has been a national political reporter, a feature writer, and a columnist for the paper's Sunday magazine. He was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists in 2000. Michael Fletcher covers the White House for the Washington Post. He has also reported on education and race relations for the paper.

[EFerrari]

38. Somebody beat me!

Argh!

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39. You waz Slackin...

for shame! :evilgrin:


:hug:

[EFerrari]

40. So guilty!

:hi:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

47. don't just plead guilty...

plea-bargain!

or...

PROTEST!!!

[EFerrari]

41. Kick

[Jeffersons Ghost]

45. K&R

did you get my last PM?

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48. I did.

'twas a pleasant surprise. :)

hurry up and finish that business so you can get up here. :)

[Kurovski]

50. K&R #5

Sorry for the lateness if my reply.

:hi:

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51. sweets!

[EFerrari]

52. Are we watching anything tonight or should I just go shine the silver?

lol

:kick:

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53. let's see...

10pm (my time) Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America
Author: Sherry Boschert

and then off to bed, up at 6am for Gore :D

[EFerrari]

54. Gore needs to stop generating so much heat. We're melting already.

lol

[Kurovski]

57. It's the ambassador to Haiti!

:hi: :loveya:

[Bozita]

56. "K"

too late for my "R."

[EFerrari]

58. Kick

[Kurovski]

59. Kick. (nt)

[EFerrari]

62. Kick for my very favorite thread.

Thank you so much, Viva. :loveya: