Book TV Schedule: August 11th - 13th

[Viva_La_Revolution]

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: August 11-13
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 9 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM ET
Alastair Campbell served as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's press secretary and director of communications and strategy from 1994 to 2003. In his new book, The Blair Years, Mr. Campbell shares selections from a diary he kept during that period. He discusses his book with Gerald Seib, Washington Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal.


Weekend Highlights
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John Lott, Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
Economist John Lott talks about his pro-free market book, Freedomnomics, a conservative rebuttal to the 2005 NY Times Bestseller Freakonomics.
(Sunday 11 AM, Monday 12 AM ET)

Michael Eric Dyson, Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop
In Know What I Mean?, Michael Eric Dyson discusses the controversies surrounding the music and the stars of hip hop. Mr. Dyson also examines how hip hop has survived in a mainstream culture that has not always supported it.
(Sunday 1:30 AM, Monday 6:30 AM ET)

Humberto Fontova, Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him
From the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, Humberto Fontova argues that the popular image of Che Guevara as a righteous freedom fighter is in reality far off the mark.
(Sunday 3 PM ET)

Robert Frank, Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich
Richistan describes the personal and professional lifestyles of today's newly wealthy class. Robert Frank discusses their spending habits, political and social interests and journeys to wealth.
(Sunday 5:15 PM ET)

Lee Gutkind, Almost Human: Making Robots Think
Author Lee Gutkind spent seven years observing the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University to learn about the cutting edge of robot technology. His research took him from Pittsburgh to NASA to the most barren, driest desert on earth. Mr. Gutkind is one of the originators of the creative nonfiction genre, which uses the techniques of narrative storytelling to explain or explore nonfiction topics.
(Sunday 8 PM ET)




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

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Saturday, August 11, 2007

8:00 AM 56 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution and The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
Authors: Kevin Gutzman; Thomas Woods

9:00 AM 3 hr In Depth: Edward O. Wilson

12:00 PM 1 hr, 9 min The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business
Author: Johan Van Overtveldt

1:15 PM 1 hr, 8 min History
In the Shadow of the Civil War: Passmore Williamson and the Rescue of Jane Johnson
Author: Nat, Yanna Brandt, Nat and Brandt, Yanna Kroyt

2:25 PM 5 min 2007 Washington Post Author Meet & Greet: Pamela Constable: "Fragments of Grace"
Author: Pamela Constable

2:30 PM 1 hr, 13 min With God on Our Side: Evangelicals and the Military
Author: Michael Weinstein

3:45 PM 15 min 2007 LA Times Festival of Books: Nick Schou "Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb" (14:41)
Author: Nick Schou

4:00 PM 42 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Erik Larson: "Thunderstruck"
Author: Erik Larson

4:45 PM 47 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Douglas Brinkley "The Reagan Diaries"
Author: Douglas Brinkley

5:30 PM 27 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design
Author: Jonathan Wells

6:00 PM 1 hr Encore Booknotes
Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting from the Coming Rise in the Stock Market
Author: James Glassman

7:00 PM 1 hr, 22 min The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won
Author: Peter Navarro

8:20 PM 35 min Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots is Boldly Privatizing Space
Author: Michael Belfiore

9:00 PM 59 min After Words: Alastair Campbell, "The Blair Years" interviewed by Gerald Seib

10:00 PM 57 min History
The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews
Author: James Reston, Jr.

11:00 PM 51 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Walter Isaacson "Einstein"
Author: Walter Isaacson

11:50 PM 7 min 2007 BookExpo America: Yale University Press
Author: John Donatich


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Sunday, August 12, 2007

12:00 AM 1 hr, 33 min The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism
Author: Michael Behe

1:30 AM 1 hr, 21 min Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop
Author: Michael Eric Dyson

2:55 AM 4 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) (3:02)
Author: Rep. Virginia Foxx

3:00 AM 1 hr, 28 min Subprime Mortgages: America's Latest Boom and Bust
Author: Edward Gramlich

4:30 AM 1 hr, 32 min Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose
Author: Kenneth Pyle

6:00 AM 57 min History
2007 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Geoffrey Ward: "First Class Temperament"
Author: Geoffrey Ward

7:00 AM 51 min History
2007 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Jean Edward Smith: "FDR"
Author: Jean Edward Smith

7:50 AM 7 min 2007 BookExpo America: Harcourt
Author: Michelle Blakenship

8:00 AM 49 min In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror
Author: Anthony Romero

8:50 AM 9 min 2007 BookExpo America: Wordsmiths Project
Author: Sally Wiener Grotta

9:00 AM 40 min In the Words of Our Enemies
Author: Jed Babbin

9:40 AM 10 min 2007 American Library Association Annual Conference: AK Press Interview
Author: Craig O'Hara

9:50 AM 8 min Authors on Writing: David McCullough (7:57)
Author: David McCullough

10:00 AM 1 hr, 4 min Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports
Author: Dave Zirin

11:00 AM 58 min Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
Author: John Lott

12:00 PM 1 hr, 22 min History
No Cause for Indictment: The Explosive Story of the Newark Riots
Author: Ronald Porambo

1:20 PM 5 min 2007 BookExpo America: David Maraniss
Author: David Maraniss

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

2:50 PM 6 min 2007 BookExpo America: Beacon Press
Author: Tom Hallock

3:00 PM 1 hr, 7 min Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him
Author: Humberto Fontova

4:05 PM 20 min 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Mark Moyar "Triumph Forsaken"
Author: Mark Moyar

4:25 PM 2 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Author: Rep. Gene Green

4:30 PM 42 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Dan Walker
Author: Dan Walker

5:10 PM 2 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) (1:03)
Author: Rep. Howard Coble

5:15 PM 38 min Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich
Author: Robert Frank

5:50 PM 6 min 2007 BookExpo America: Palgrave Macmillan
Author: Airie Stuart

6:00 PM 59 min After Words: Alastair Campbell, "The Blair Years" interviewed by Gerald Seib

7:00 PM 56 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution and The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
Authors: Kevin Gutzman; Thomas Woods

8:00 PM 54 min Almost Human: Making Robots Think
Author: Lee Gutkind

8:55 PM 4 min 2007 BookExpo America: Encounter Books
Author: Lauren Powers

9:00 PM 59 min After Words: Alastair Campbell, "The Blair Years" interviewed by Gerald Seib

10:00 PM 1 hr, 7 min Sammy's House
Author: Kristin Gore

11:05 PM 7 min 2007 BookExpo America: Wiley
Author: Larry Olson

11:15 PM 35 min Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots is Boldly Privatizing Space
Author: Michael Belfiore

11:50 PM 9 min 2007 American Library Association Annual Conference: Google Book Search Interview
Author: Ben Bunnell


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Monday, August 13, 2007

12:00 AM 58 min Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
Author: John Lott

1:00 AM 1 hr Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush V. Gore
Author: James Patterson

2:00 AM 1 hr, 16 min The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture
Author: Brink Lindsey

3:15 AM 42 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Erik Larson: "Thunderstruck"
Author: Erik Larson

4:00 AM 1 hr, 24 min History
Panel Discussion - The Conservatism and Liberalism of the 1960's: Then and Now - Barry Goldwater's "The Conscience of a Conservative" and John Kenneth Galbraith's "The New Industrial State"
Authors: John Diggins; James Galbraith; CC Goldwater; Hendrik Hertzberg; Robert Kennedy Jr.; Jeff Madrick; Sam Tanenhaus; Sean Wiltenz

5:20 AM 6 min 2007 BookExpo America: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Author: Sarita Varma

5:30 AM 58 min 2007 BookExpo America: Bestselling Books and American Culture (58:00)
Author: Heath, John and Lisa Adams

6:30 AM 1 hr, 21 min Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop
Author: Michael Eric Dyson

7:50 AM 8 min 2007 BookExpo America: John Baldwin and Ron Powers
Author: John Baldwin

Details on each program here: http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx

[Bozita]

1. Thanks, Viva.

[EFerrari]

2. Thank you, Viva!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. hey... did ya notice?

Boz beat you both! :evilgrin:



:rofl:

[EFerrari]

10. Yes and I was trying to be nice about it!

lol
:hi:

[Kurovski]

3. K&R. I hope all is well for you, Vivala.

Or at least, you know, well enough. :loveya:

Thanks.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. Well enough my friend!

[Kurovski]

6. ...

:hug:

[FreedRadical]

7. good morning

:hi:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. Morning.

:D

[Kurovski]

12. Good morning!

:hi:

[JitterbugPerfume]

9. Thank you Viva

I don't often tell you , but this is one of the posts I look forward to every week end.

Thanks

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. thanks!

:blush:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

13. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design

this should be good. :popcorn:

Reading is Sexy

[Viva_La_Revolution]

14. The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews

James Reston, Jr. recounts the televised interview between David Frost and Richard Nixon that took place in 1977, three years after President Nixon's resignation. Conducted over 12 days and including 28 hours of taped materials, the author contends that President Nixon believed that the interview would clear his name. However, the outcome was a further indictment of the former President after being viewed by 50 million people worldwide. James Reston, Jr. was David Frost's Watergate advisor for the interview.

James Reston Jr. is the author of several books, including "Warriors of God" and "Dogs of God."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. kick!

[FreedRadical]

16. Hey Viva.

Looks like a slow tread day.

I'll give you a call later.