Book TV Schedule: March 29th - 31st

[Viva_La_Revolution]

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: March 29-31
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM,
Monday 12 AM ET
In her new book, Washington Post reporter Robin Wright takes an in-depth look at countries in the Middle East that are going through major transformation today - both good and bad - to assess what a future Middle East might look like. She discusses her book with Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.


Weekend Highlights
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Drew Gilpin Faust, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Drew Gilpin Faust, president of Harvard University, examines the social and political role that death played during the Civil War. Approximately 620,000 soldiers died in the war, which is equivalent to 6 million today. Ms. Gilpin Faust discusses her book at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
(Saturday 8 AM, Monday 5 AM ET)

Trevor Paglen, I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me
Trevor Paglen takes a look at the secret world of American military patches. These patches, representing classified projects and operations, are worn by participants in a particular project or operation to signal colleagues. During this talk at Melville House in Brooklyn, Mr. Paglen shows a selection of these patches and talks about the projects they represent.
(Saturday 9:15 AM and 7 PM ET)

Anna Porter, Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
Anna Porter recounts the life of Rezso Kasztner, a Hungarian Jewish activist who negotiated with the invading Nazi forces in 1944 to secure the safety of 1,684 Jews who were sent on a train for Switzerland. Throughout the war he would be responsible for the safety of thousands of more Jews.
(Saturday 12 PM, Sunday 12:30 AM ET)

Janine Turner, Holding Her Head High: 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History
Actress Janine Turner talks about the contributions that single mothers have made to our society. This talk was co-hosted by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and the Heritage Foundation.
(Sunday 11 AM and 7 PM, Monday 6:15 AM ET)

Joshua Kendall, The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
Joshua Kendall recounts the life of Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), the creator of the thesaurus that was first published in 1852. Mr. Kendall describes Roget as obsessed with writing lists and contends that this practice saved him from suffering from the same severe depression that inflicted his mother, sister, and uncle. This event was hosted by the New Haven Museum and Historical Society in New Haven, Connecticut.
(Sunday 10 PM, Monday 4 AM ET)




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


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Saturday, March 29, 2008

8:00 AM 1 hr, 15 min History
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Author: Drew Gilpin Faust

9:15 AM 45 min I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me
Author: Trevor Paglen

10:00 AM 55 min Prince of Darkness: Richard Perle
Author: Alan Weisman

11:00 AM 58 min History
Boone: A Biography
Author: Robert Morgan

12:00 PM 2 hr, 2 min History
Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
Author: Anna Porter

2:15 PM 1 hr, 2 min American Power After the Berlin Wall
Author: Thomas Henriksen

3:30 PM 1 hr, 26 min Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul
Author: Michael Reid

5:00 PM 55 min The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang
Author: Binka Le Breton

6:00 PM 58 min Encore Booknotes: Why Read?
Author: Mark Edmundson

7:00 PM 45 min I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me
Author: Trevor Paglen

7:45 PM 1 hr, 26 min Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Marc Sageman

9:15 PM 41 min Politics
Where Does the Money Go
Authors: Scott Bittle; Jean Johnson

10:00 PM 55 min After Words: Robin Wright, "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" interviewed by Anthony Cordesman

11:00 PM 1 hr, 16 min Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
Author: Cynthia Cooper



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Sunday, March 30, 2008

12:30 AM 2 hr, 2 min History
Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
Author: Anna Porter

2:30 AM 35 min One Helluva Ride: How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Author: Liz Clarke

3:15 AM 50 min Politics
Aristotle and an Aardvark Go To Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes
Authors: Thomas Cathcart; Daniel Klein

4:00 AM 50 min Public Lives
America's First Dynasty: The Adamses 1735-1918
Author: Richard Brookhiser

5:00 AM 1 hr, 56 min The Power of Forgiveness
Authors: Kenneth Briggs; Martin Doblmeier; Thomas Moore; Sally Quinn

7:00 AM 1 hr, 30 min Politics
Book Party for Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States
Author: Deal Hudson

8:30 AM 58 min The Age of American Unreason
Author: Susan Jacoby

9:30 AM 21 min The Politics of Freedom: Taking on the Left, the Right, and Threats to Our Liberties
Author: David Boaz

10:00 AM 51 min Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal
Author: Randall Kennedy

11:00 AM 40 min Holding Her Head High: 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History
Author: Janine Turner

12:00 PM 57 min After Words: Carl Cannon co-author of "Reagan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy" interviewed by Bob Schieffer, chief Washington correspondent for CBS News

1:00 PM 1 hr, 56 min The Power of Forgiveness
Authors: Kenneth Briggs; Martin Doblmeier; Thomas Moore; Sally Quinn

3:00 PM 1 hr, 27 min History
Summits: Six Meetings That Shaped the Twentieth Century
Author: David Reynolds

4:30 PM 1 hr, 35 min Making Poor Nations Rich
Author: Benjamin Powell (ed.)

6:00 PM 55 min After Words: Robin Wright, "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" interviewed by Anthony Cordesman

7:00 PM 40 min Holding Her Head High: 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History
Author: Janine Turner

8:00 PM 58 min The Age of American Unreason
Author: Susan Jacoby

9:00 PM 55 min After Words: Robin Wright, "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" interviewed by Anthony Cordesman

10:00 PM 57 min History
The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
Author: Joshua Kendall

11:00 PM 57 min The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World
Author: Larry Diamond



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Monday, March 31, 2008

12:00 AM 55 min After Words: Robin Wright, "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" interviewed by Anthony Cordesman

1:00 AM 1 hr, 6 min Interventions
Author: Noam Chomsky

3:00 AM 58 min Politics
Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times
Author: Willie Brown

4:00 AM 57 min History
The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
Author: Joshua Kendall

5:00 AM 1 hr, 15 min History
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Author: Drew Gilpin Faust

6:15 AM 40 min Holding Her Head High: 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History
Author: Janine Turner

7:00 AM 58 min The Age of American Unreason
Author: Susan Jacoby

Click here for program details http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx




This is your brain on books.

[Bozita]

1. Thank you, Viva.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Hi Boz!

Happy Friday to ya. :)

[Kurovski]

3. K&R.

:hug: Is the weather where you are lousy? It's been like January here. It's doin' me in!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. Snow this morning! Hail and Rain/sleet mix this afternoon...

freakin crazy weather! :hi:

:loveya:

[Kurovski]

5. Same here. Me no like.

Big weather change do hurty me head. :-(

:loveya:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. Kick!

[Kurovski]

7. Kick. (nt)

[Mabus]

8. time for a kickurovski

;)

[Kurovski]

10. "Shake, shake, shake..."

:kick:

[Mabus]

13. I took precautions

I took a drink and swallowed. Then made sure my glass and other breakable/spillable items were out of my reach. Then and only then did I check your response.

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

16. "...shake your booty, shake your booty..."

You can, you can do it...very well"

:rofl: Good morning! :hi:

[Mabus]

21. *snort*

I don't know what I'd do without you. You make cruising DU fun.

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9. "Why Read?"

Lamb - "Why should you read?"
Edmundson - "short answer... because it will change your life."

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11. "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" on now KICK!

After Words: Robin Wright, "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" interviewed by Anthony Cordesman


In "Dreams and Shadows," Robin Wright takes an in-depth look at countries in the Middle East that are going through major transformation today - both good and bad - to assess what a future Middle East might look like. She discusses her book with Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Robin Wright, currently with the Washington Post, has reported for the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, and CBS News. She has covered more than 140 countries. Ms. Wright is the author of "The Last Great Revolution," "Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam," and "In the Name of God: The Khomeini Decade." Anthony Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, is a national security analyst for ABC News. Mr. Cordesman formerly served as national security assistant to Senator John McCain on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. Ack! Too late to rec!

Bad Salmon! :spank:

I give book make better k :hug:

[Kurovski]

17. You know this is a serious transgression, do you not?

Ms. Viva may be gracious, but I mean to put fear into you!

:D :hi:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

19. You ain't gonna make me dress myself, are you?

and like, go outside?

eeeeee yeeeeee

:hi: :hug:

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14. America's First Dynasty: The Adamses 1735-1918 kick!

Richard Brookhiser is the author of "America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918." At a lecture at Columbia University he gives a talk about the history of the Adams family dynasty beginning with founding father John Adams, and his son John Quincy Adams who followed his father into the oval office. The family lineage continues with Charles Francis Adams a politician and writer, and the scholar and journalist Henry Adams. In telling the story of the family, Mr. Brookhiser also describes the events and characters around them through American history from colonial days to World War I.

Richard Brookhiser is the author of "Alexander Hamilton, American," "Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington," and "The Way of the WASP." He is a senior editor at the National Review and a columnist at New York Observer.

[Bozita]

15. Sunday kick

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18. kick!

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20. The Age of American Unreason Discussion thread... hopefully...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3082015