Book TV Schedule: April 26th - 28th

[Viva_La_Revolution]

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: April 26-28
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 9 PM,
Monday 7 AM ET

In The Age of American Unreason, author Susan Jacoby offers a critique on American society saying that the combination of anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism in American culture is becoming a serious problem. She focuses on issues such as society's addiction to mass media, ineffective educational systems, and religious fundamentalism. Ms. Jacoby discussed her book with Nick Gillespie, editor of Reason.tv and Reason.com.


Weekend Highlights
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2008 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, LIVE Saturday & Sunday Coverage
From the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Book TV will be covering live panel discusssions, and doing interviews and call-ins with authors attending the festival. For the full schedule please visit our website, BookTV.org.
(Saturday 2 PM and 11 PM, Sunday 1:30 PM and 10 PM ET)

Richard Thompson Ford, The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse
Author Richard Thompson Ford examines charges of racism and other forms of bias and whether they are being used too often in situations that are simply social conflicts. Mr. Ford spoke about his book at Hue-Man Bookstore in New York City.
(Saturday 9:45 AM, Sunday 6 AM ET)

Richard Florida, Who's Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Richard Florida contends that in the era of globalization it still matters where people call home and where you live is one of the most important decisions you will make. From your quality of life to the people you surrond yourself with, Mr. Florida determines which cities are suited for certain people. This event was hosted at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
(Saturday 9 PM, Monday 6 AM ET)

Barry Goldwater, Jr. and John Dean, Pure Goldwater
From the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, Barry Goldwater, Jr. and John Dean, co-editors of Pure Goldwater, talk about the life and views of the late senator from Arizona. Lee Edwards of the Heritage Foundation provides commentary.
(Sunday 11 AM and 8 PM ET)



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

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

8:00 AM 50 min Public Lives
America's First Dynasty: The Adamses 1735-1918
Author: Richard Brookhiser

9:00 AM 30 min History
The Eccentric Billionaire: John D. MacArthur - Empire Builder, Reluctant Philanthropist, Relentless Adversary
Author: Nancy Kriplen

9:45 AM 1 hr, 13 min The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse
Author: Richard Thompson Ford

11:00 AM 54 min The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster, and the Water We Drink
Author: Robert Morris

12:00 PM 1 hr, 29 min Politics
Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives
Author: Grover Norquist

1:30 PM 21 min The Politics of Freedom: Taking on the Left, the Right, and Threats to Our Liberties
Author: David Boaz

2:00 PM 6 hr 2008 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - LIVE Saturday Coverage
Author: 2008 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

8:00 PM 1 hr Politics
Party of One: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of the Independent Voter
Author: Daniel Weintraub

9:00 PM 59 min Who's Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Author: Richard Florida

10:00 PM 59 min After Words: Susan Jacoby, author of "The Age of American Unreason," interviewed by Nick Gillespie

11:00 PM 6 hr 2008 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - LIVE Saturday Coverage
Author: 2008 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books


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Sunday, April 27, 2008

5:00 AM 57 min Politics
The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History
Author: Donald Critchlow

6:00 AM 1 hr, 13 min The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse
Author: Richard Thompson Ford

7:30 AM 1 hr, 28 min Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror By Breaking Free of Oil
Author: Robert Zubrin

9:00 AM 1 hr, 3 min I Don't Believe in Atheists
Author: Chris Hedges

10:00 AM 49 min Politics
The Deniers: The World-Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and Fraud
Author: Lawrence Solomon

11:00 AM 58 min Politics
Pure Goldwater
Author: Barry Goldwater, Jr. and John Dean

12:00 PM 56 min After Words: Steve Coll, "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century" interviewed by Michael Scheuer

1:00 PM 30 min Read All About It!
Authors: Jenna Bush; Laura Bush

1:30 PM 6 hr, 30 min 2008 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - LIVE Sunday Coverage
Author: 2008 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

8:00 PM 58 min Politics
Pure Goldwater
Author: Barry Goldwater, Jr. and John Dean

9:00 PM 59 min After Words: Susan Jacoby, author of "The Age of American Unreason," interviewed by Nick Gillespie

10:00 PM 6 hr, 30 min 2008 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - LIVE Sunday Coverage
Author: 2008 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books


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Monday, April 28, 2008

5:00 AM 56 min Politics
The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House
Author: Garrett Graff

6:00 AM 59 min Who's Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Author: Richard Florida

7:00 AM 59 min After Words: Susan Jacoby, author of "The Age of American Unreason," interviewed by Nick Gillespie

Complete schedule and program details ---> http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx



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