Book TV Schedule: August 25th - 27th

[Viva_La_Revolution]

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: August 25-27
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 9 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM ET

*This is a DU Must-See!*

Attorney Scott Gant argues that in this Internet age Americans need to rethink how we define journalism and how we decide who qualifies as a "journalist." Mr. Gant asserts that bloggers and others who he terms "citizen journalists" follow in the tradition of early pamphleteers such as Thomas Paine, and that they should be afforded the same legal rights and privileges as traditional journalists. He is interviewed about his book by Peter Prichard, president of the Newseum and former editor of USA Today.


Weekend Highlights
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Yuri Felshtinsky, Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror
Yuri Felshtinsky argues that Russian president Vladimir Putin is using the Russian secret service to preserve his power and transform Russia back into an authoritarian state. Mr. Felshtinsky says that the secret service planned bombings and other attacks, which were then blamed on Putin's enemies, including Chechen separatists. He also says that his co-author, former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, was poisoned to death in London in 2006 for collaborating on the book.
(Saturday 8 PM, Sunday 11 AM ET)

Elizabeth Borgwardt, A New Deal for the World
From the 2007 Roosevelt Reading Festival, Elizabeth Borgwardt discusses the thought process behind New Deal organizers. She argues that for the first time, the interests of the people were placed before the interests of national governments.
(Sunday 6:30 AM ET)

Karen Abbott, Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Karen Abbott recounts the history of Chicago's Everleigh Club, a brothel operated by sisters who paid their employees well and tutored them in fine arts. The clientele included Theodore Dreiser, Prussian Prince Henry, and John Barrymore. The author discusses her book with Rick Kogan of the Chicago Tribune.
(Sunday 12 PM ET)

Elizabeth Kantor, The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature
In her book, Elizabeth Kantor contends that teachers and professors have limited their teaching material to subjects supported by mainstream culture instead of providing students with the means to formulate their own opinions. According to the author, professors neglect to present students with evidence of strong female characters in literature.
(Sunday 3 PM ET)

Ron Paul, Dinesh D'Souza, Larry Abraham, Doug Casey, FreedomFest 2007 Foreign Policy Panel
A panel including Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), Dinesh D'Souza, Larry Abraham, and Doug Casey debated United States Foreign Policy at FreedomFest 2007 in Las Vegas.
(Monday 2 AM ET)




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


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Saturday, August 25, 2007

8:00 AM 59 min Brothers: The Hidden History Of The Kennedy Years
Author: David Talbot

9:00 AM 52 min FreedomFest 2007 - Alex Green, Michael Shermer, Clive Wynne, Michael Denton
Authors: Michael Denton; Alex Green; Michael Shermer; Clive Wynne

9:55 AM 4 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Del. Donna Christensen (D-VI)
Author: Del. Donna Christensen

10:00 AM 30 min Ask & Tell: Gay & Lesbian Veterans Speak Out
Author: Steve Estes

10:45 AM 35 min Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots is Boldly Privatizing Space
Author: Michael Belfiore

10:55 AM 8 min 2007 BookExpo America: Basic Books
Author: John Sherer

11:30 AM 1 hr, 12 min True Believer: Inside the Investigation and Capture of Ana Montes, Cuba's Master Spy
Author: Scott Carmichael

12:45 PM 56 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution and The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
Authors: Kevin Gutzman; Thomas Woods

1:40 PM 3 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM)
Author: Rep. Tom Udall

1:45 PM 1 hr, 7 min Sammy's House
Author: Kristin Gore

2:50 PM 6 min 2007 BookExpo America: Palgrave Macmillan
Author: Airie Stuart

3:00 PM 1 hr, 17 min 2007 Harlem Book Fair: Politics of African American Identity
Authors: Gloria Browne-Marshall; Carol Lee; Paul Robeson, Jr.; Anthony Samad; W.D. Wright

4:15 PM 11 min 2007 BookExpo America: Melville House
Author: Dennis Loy Johnson

4:30 PM 1 hr, 20 min History
A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII
Author: Dan Kurzman

5:50 PM 9 min 2007 BookExpo America: Union Square Press
Author: Philip Turner

6:00 PM 58 min Encore Booknotes
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Author: Frank McCourt

7:00 PM 37 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism
Author: Robert Murphy

7:35 PM 13 min 2007 BookExpo America: Haymarket Books
Author: Anthony Arnove

7:50 PM 10 min 2007 American Library Association Annual Conference: AK Press Interview
Author: Craig O'Hara

8:00 PM 54 min Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror
Author: Yuri Felshtinsky

9:00 PM 58 min After Words
We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age

10:00 PM 1 hr, 26 min Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Author: Barbara Kingsolver

11:25 PM 4 min 2007 BookExpo America: Da Capo
Author: Lissa Warren

11:30 PM 35 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science
Author: Tom Bethell


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Sunday, August 26, 2007

12:05 AM 10 min 2007 BookExpo America: The New Press
Author: Ellen Adler

12:15 AM 41 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Lucinda Franks "My Father's Secret War"
Author: Lucinda Franks

12:55 AM 4 min 2007 BookExpo America: Encounter Books
Author: Lauren Powers

1:00 AM 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

3:00 AM 40 min In the Words of Our Enemies
Author: Jed Babbin

3:40 AM 17 min Mellon: An American Life
Author: David Cannadine

4:00 AM 1 hr, 35 min History
Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President
Author: Jill Norgren

5:35 AM 9 min 2007 American Library Association Annual Conference: CQ Press Interview
Author: Ben Krasney

5:45 AM 45 min History
Stealing Lincoln's Body
Author: Thomas Craughwell

6:30 AM 39 min History
2007 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Elizabeth Borgwardt: "A New Deal for the World"
Author: Elizabeth Borgwardt

7:10 AM 38 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)
Author: Robert Spencer

7:50 AM 9 min 2007 BookExpo America: WW Norton
Author: W. Drake McFeely

8:00 AM 1 hr, 22 min The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won
Author: Peter Navarro

9:20 AM 6 min 2007 BookExpo America: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Author: Sarita Varma

9:30 AM 1 hr, 24 min A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency
Author: Glenn Greenwald

10:55 AM 6 min 2007 BookExpo America: Beacon Press
Author: Tom Hallock

11:00 AM 54 min Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror
Author: Yuri Felshtinsky

12:00 PM 53 min History
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Author: Karen Abbott

12:55 PM 5 min 2007 BookExpo America: David Maraniss
Author: David Maraniss

1:00 PM 47 min FreedomFest 2007 - Richard Viguerie "Conservatives Betrayed"
Author: Richard Viguerie

1:50 PM 1 hr, 10 min Thinking Like a Terrorist: Insights of a Former FBI Undercover Agent
Author: Mike German

3:00 PM 26 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature
Author: Elizabeth Kantor

3:25 PM 4 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Author: Rep. Rush Holt

3:30 PM 1 hr, 10 min Public Lives
Leni: The Life And Work Of Leni Riefenstahl
Author: Steven Bach

4:40 PM 3 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL) (2:41)
Author: Rep. Don Manzullo

4:45 PM 1 hr, 4 min 2007 Best of the Best From the University Presses
5:45 PM 11 min 2007 BookExpo America: Rick Atkinson
Author: Rick Atkinson

6:00 PM 58 min After Words
We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age

7:00 PM 58 min Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq
Author: Kirsten Holmstedt

8:00 PM 48 min Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible
Authors: Stephen Braun; Douglas Farah

8:50 PM 10 min 2007 BookExpo America: The New Press
Author: Ellen Adler

9:00 PM 58 min After Words
We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age

10:00 PM 35 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Andrew Ferguson "Land of Lincoln"
Author: Andrew Ferguson

10:35 PM 47 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Robert Dallek "Nixon and Kissinger"
Author: Robert Dallek

11:25 PM 3 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Author: Rep. John Shimkus

11:30 PM 1 hr, 6 min Henry Kissinger and the American Century
Author: Jeremi Suri


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Monday, August 27, 2007

12:35 AM 20 min 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Mark Moyar "Triumph Forsaken"
Author: Mark Moyar

12:55 AM 3 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Author: Rep. Betty McCollum

1:00 AM 1 hr, 2 min History
The Price of Liberty: Paying For America's Wars (01:01:29)
Author: Robert Hormats

2:00 AM 1 hr, 10 min FreedomFest 2007 - Ron Paul, Dinesh D'Souza, Larry Abraham, Doug Casey
Authors: Larry Abraham; Doug Casey; Dinesh D'Souza; Ron Paul

3:10 AM 15 min 2007 BookExpo America: Ed Koch
Author: Ed Koch

3:30 AM 1 hr, 50 min Discussion of Hip-Hop & Women with Bakari Kitwana, Tracy Sharpley Whiting, Mark Anthony Neal, Joan Morgan, David Ikard, T.J. Crawford and Amina Norman-Hawkins (01:49:25)

5:20 AM 9 min 2007 BookExpo America: Wordsmiths Project
Author: Sally Wiener Grotta

5:30 AM 54 min History
Ten Tortured Words: How the Founding Fathers Tried to Protect Religion in America...and What's Happened Since
Author: Stephen Mansfield

6:20 AM 6 min 2007 BookExpo America: Beacon Press
Author: Tom Hallock

6:30 AM 1 hr, 24 min A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency
Author: Glenn Greenwald

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

[TacticalPeek]

1. K & R

Sunday, August 26, 2007
Monday, August 27, at 6:30 AM
Saturday, September 1, at 4:30 PM

9:30 AM 1 hr, 24 min A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency
Author: Glenn Greenwald

http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8557&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No

:kick:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Hey you!

:hi: How's your summer going?

[EFerrari]

3. Curse you, early voters!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. now, now...

you can't ALWAYS be first!

:P


:hug:

[EFerrari]

5. grumblemumble.

Do you know, Viva, what's up with that broken link thingy? I keep posting graphics like I always have but lately, there's that broken link thing. :shrug:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. I noticed that...

I only know Photobucket, what do you use?

[EFerrari]

7. I use that. But, in general, if you "copy image location"

with a right click or, go right to the location where the image is, and paste that addy, it's always been fine. But I noticed that about a month ago, it's not fine.

Maybe I'll ask Elad what the heck is going on because that broken link thing is uggg lee.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. they changed the format...

It pissed me off too...

try the second link down instead of the first.

[EFerrari]

9. PB changed but something also changed at DU and I have no clue

what that was. I used to paste smilies from that site all the time and there was never any broken link deal.

[EFerrari]

10. OMG, I figured it out.

You have to dump the img tag.

This is what happens when you post an image that is bookended with < img > and < /img >



but if I delete the tags at either end, I get this:



:think:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

14. you are brilliant.

:)

[EFerrari]

17. Maybe Elad will give me a job.

lol

[Kurovski]

11. Even sweeter than the first vote...

is the 5th vote!

:D

[EFerrari]

12. Well done!

:loveya:

[Kurovski]

13. Good evening, young lady.

:loveya:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. Good Morning!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

16. Today's picks...

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution and The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
Authors: Kevin Gutzman; Thomas Woods

In "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution," Kevin Gutzman argues there are major differences between the Constitution as it was ratified and the Constitution as it is enforced today. Mr. Gutzman contends states are more limited in their power than originally intended. He also argues that it is wrong for appointed judges, instead of elected officials, to be making publicly enforced policies.

Thomas Woods, author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History," dissects common interpretations of American history and argues the authenticity of previous historical arguments. Mr. Woods presents alternative interpretations of controversial historical moments, like the reasoning behind the Civil War and the side effects of New Deal programs.



Sammy's House
Author: Kristin Gore

In this event from the Commonwealth Club, Kristin Gore, daughter of Al and Tipper Gore, discusses her upbringing as the daughter of a Vice President, including how she coped with secret service protection and her father's unsuccessful 2000 campaign for president. Kristin Gore drew on her experiences in Washington in writing her new novel, "Sammy's House," about a White House health care adviser.



Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror
Author: Yuri Felshtinsky

Yuri Felshtinsky argues that Russian president Vladimir Putin is using the Russian secret service to preserve his power and transform Russia back into an authoritarian state. Mr. Felshtinsky says that the secret service planned bombings and other attacks which were then blamed on Putin's enemies, including Chechen separatists. He also says that his co-author, former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, was poisoned to death in London in 2006 for collaborating on the book.



We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age
Author: Scott Gant

Attorney Scott Gant argues that in this Internet age Americans need to rethink how we define journalism and how we decide who qualifies as a "journalist." Mr. Gant asserts that bloggers and others who he terms "citizen journalists" follow in the tradition of early pamphleteers such as Thomas Paine and that they should be afforded the same legal rights and privileges as traditional journalists. He is interviewed about his book, "We're All Journalists Now," by Peter Prichard, President of the Newseum.



Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Author: Barbara Kingsolver

In her book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," Barbara Kingsolver chronicles her family's year-long attempt to eat only food they grew themselves or purchased locally. Ms. Kingsolver encourages readers to follow her example and provides tips on how to support sustainable agriculture.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

18. kick!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

20. Kick for Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

[Bozita]

19. K&R

[EFerrari]

21. You're LATE!

:rofl:

:hi:

[Bozita]

25. Maybe it's just me, but I hate electric power failures.

My power utility reminds me and my neighbors of their importance to our lives by conducting their quarterly outages.

Friday was one of those days. It went over so well with us that they stretched the outage well into Saturday.

[EFerrari]

26. We had an outage here, too.

On, off, several times. I was sitting here like a deer in headlights -- only without the headlights.

Next time, forget the candles, I'm going out to my car and switching everything on!

:hug:

[Bozita]

29. Three cheers for infrastructure preventive maintenance programs.

This outage occurred between the same two power poles as an interruption of service two years ago.

In that case, one of the three wires on the pole fell to the ground. They replaced the fallen wire. And everything worked.

Yesterday, the other two wires (running between the same two poles) fell to the ground. And nothing worked. Except for my land line phone.

America, ... more and more like Baghdad every day.

[EFerrari]

30. We're screwing up over here so we don't have to screw up over there.

oops.

[Bozita]

31. Yup, democracy is a two-way street.

And the streetlights were out on mine.

[EFerrari]

22. Dear wonderful Barbara Kingsolver on now.

:kick:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. I'm watching. My 16yr old and I had a discussion today about sustainable living...

He's all for my plan of starting a commune in the NW when the economy crashes. Ya wanna come? :hug:

[EFerrari]

24. I'm there, baby. AND I have a green thumb that I just found about

ten years ago. And it was right there, the whole time!

:woohoo:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

27. "small changes, added up, are HUGE"...

if everyone ate just one locally organic-grown meal per week...

[EFerrari]

28. After (knock on formica) I get my degree, I'm moving my zoo out

to rural California. I love our farmers' market but I'd really like to be the farmer. :)

[TacticalPeek]

32. Greenwald on.

:kick:

[EFerrari]

37. He was excellent, wasn't he? I recorded it to watch again.

His Bushbot respondent was very inept in comparison.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

33. Today's picks...

Thinking Like a Terrorist: Insights of a Former FBI Undercover Agent
Author: Mike German

Mike German, a former undercover counterterrorism agent for the FBI, describes the mindset of the terrorists he has encountered and suggests ways for the U.S. government to fight them more effectively. Mr. German spoke at the ACLU's Washington, DC Legislative Office.

Mike German, a sixteen-year veteran of the FBI, has taught at the FBI National Academy and is currently a senior fellow at GlobalSecurity.org. Mr. German also serves as an advisor to the ACLU.



We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age
Author: Scott Gant

Attorney Scott Gant argues that in this Internet age Americans need to rethink how we define journalism and how we decide who qualifies as a "journalist." Mr. Gant asserts that bloggers and others who he terms "citizen journalists" follow in the tradition of early pamphleteers such as Thomas Paine and that they should be afforded the same legal rights and privileges as traditional journalists. He is interviewed about his book, "We're All Journalists Now," by Peter Prichard, President of the Newseum.

Scott Gant is an attorney practicing in Washington, DC. His practice includes constitutional and media law. He is a former counsel for the New Republic.



Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq
Author: Kirsten Holmstedt

Kirsten Holmstedt chronicles the lives of women serving in combat positions in Iraq. The author interviewed women from all branches of service and focused on the lives of 12 different women for her book.

Kirsten Holmstedt is a member of the Military Writer's Society of America. She has written for many publications and blogs at her website, bandofsistersbook.com/blog.

[Kurovski]

34. G00d morning!

I'm on the lamb, er, I mean RUN!! Run.

Busy day check in. :loveya:

[EFerrari]

35. Thanks, Viva!

:applause:

[EFerrari]

36. I HAVE to read Blowing Up Russia and also, Greenwald's

Tragic Legacy.

They both look great. Thank God I like beans and rice. lol