Book TV Schedule: June 21st - 23rd

[Viva_La_Revolution]

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: June 21-23
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM, Monday 12 AM ET
Andrew McCarthy, the lead prosecutor against Sheik Omar Abdel Rahmen and the other men responsible for the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993, recounts the case in Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad. Mr. McCarthy presents his thoughts on the trial and the current state of the war on terror. The author discusses his book with Hugh Hewitt, host of the nationally syndicated radio program, "The Hugh Hewitt Show," and executive editor of Townhall.com.


Weekend Highlights
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Timothy Colton, Yeltsin: A Life
Timothy Colton, director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, recounts the life of Boris Yeltsin, the first publicly elected leader in Russian history (1991-1999). This event was hosted by the Harvard Coop in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(Saturday 5 PM, Sunday 8 AM and 11 PM ET)

Jim Noles, A Pocketful of History: Four Hundred Years of America - One State Quarter at a Time
Jim Noles examines the history of each of the images on the state quarters and the process each state went through in choosing their design. This event was hosted by The Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, Alabama.
(Saturday 12:45 PM and 7 PM ET)

Andrei Cherny, The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
Andrei Cherny discusses the Berlin Airlift that began on June 24, 1948, when the Soviet Union decided to deny access to West Berlin and planned to starve the city unless the Americans left. Although outnumbered, the American and British forces responded by airlifting supplies to West Berlin until the blockade ended in May 1949. Mr. Cherny explores how this incident shaped the Cold War. This event was hosted by Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona.
(Saturday 2:30 PM, Sunday 8 PM ET)



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


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Saturday, June 21, 2008

8:00 AM 38 min History
The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country
Author: Laton McCartney

8:35 AM 5 min Summer Reading 2008: Mitchell Kaplan
Author: Mitchell Kaplan

8:45 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

10:10 AM 13 min William Noel, Co-author, "The Archimedes Codex" (Short Version)
Authors: Reviel Netz; William Noel

10:30 AM 1 hr, 15 min Politics
The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America
Authors: Victor Chen; Katherine Newman

11:40 AM 12 min Lincoln's White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O.Stoddard
Authors: Harold Holzer (Editor); Eleanor Stoddard (Contributor)

12:00 PM 39 min History
Speaking Out for America's Poor: A Millionaire Socialist in the Progressive Era
Author: Edward Allan Brawley

12:35 PM 5 min Book TV Bus - Martin Dugard "The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Discovery"
Author: Martin Dugard

12:45 PM 36 min A Pocketful of History: Four Hundred Years of America - One State Quarter at a Time
Author: Jim Noles

1:20 PM 7 min Politics
On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For
Author: Rick Perry

1:30 PM 51 min History
If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy - from the Revolution to the War of 1812
Author: George Daughan

2:20 PM 6 min 2008 CPAC: Mary Beth Brown, "Condi: The Life of a Steel Magnolia"
Author: Mary Beth Brown

2:30 PM 55 min History
The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
Author: Andrei Cherny

3:20 PM 2 min Summer Reading 2008: Susan Weinberg
Author: Susan Weinberg

3:30 PM 3 min Summer Reading 2008: Sen. Mitch McConnell
Author: Sen. Mitch McConnell

3:30 PM 1 hr, 13 min History
Troublesome Young Men
Author: Lynne Olson

5:00 PM 44 min History
Yeltsin: A Life
Author: Timothy Colton

6:00 PM 58 min Encore Booknotes: John Brady, "Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater"
Author: John Brady

7:00 PM 36 min A Pocketful of History: Four Hundred Years of America - One State Quarter at a Time
Author: Jim Noles

7:45 PM 1 hr, 16 min Politics
Spies For Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing
Author: Tim Shorrock

9:00 PM 58 min History
Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness
Author: John Jackson, Jr.

10:00 PM 55 min After Words: Andrew McCarthy author of "Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad" interviewed by Hugh Hewitt, host of The Hugh Hewitt Show

11:00 PM 1 hr, 42 min History
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
Author: Nicholson Baker


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Sunday, June 22, 2008

12:40 AM 17 min In Depth Vignette - Francis Fukuyama

1:00 AM 57 min History
The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
Author: Joshua Kendall

2:00 AM 1 hr, 16 min Politics
Spies For Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing
Author: Tim Shorrock

3:30 AM 1 hr, 35 min 2008 Virginia Festival of the Book - Self-Publishing Panel
Authors: Carolyn Bruce; Charles Bruce; Robert Fanney; Jeff Winner

5:00 AM 54 min Heritage Foundation Lecture: In Defense of Liberty
Author: Victor Davis Hanson

6:00 AM 53 min Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq
Author: Michael Scheuer

6:50 AM 6 min Book TV Bus - Timothy Weston (Co-editor), "China's Transformations: The Stories beyond the Headlines"
Author: Timothy Weston

7:00 AM 51 min History
If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy - from the Revolution to the War of 1812
Author: George Daughan

7:50 AM 7 min In Depth Vignette: Shelby Steele

8:00 AM 44 min History
Yeltsin: A Life
Author: Timothy Colton

9:00 AM 55 min Politics
Last Rights: Thirteen Fatal Encounters with the State's Justice
Author: Rev. Joseph Ingle

10:00 AM 1 hr, 39 min History
The Age of Impeachment: American Constitutional Culture since 1960
Author: David Kyvig

11:35 AM 20 min Read All About It!
Authors: Jenna Bush; Laura Bush

12:00 PM 59 min After Words: Ted Sorensen author of "Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History" interviewed by Robert Schlesinger, author of "White House Ghosts"

1:00 PM 1 hr, 28 min Politics
Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence"
Author: Robert Bryce

2:30 PM 59 min Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy
Author: Michael Klare

3:30 PM 58 min History
Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness
Author: John Jackson, Jr.

4:30 PM 1 hr, 25 min Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East
Author: Quil Lawrence

5:50 PM 2 min Summer Reading 2008: Richard Brookhiser
Author: Richard Brookhiser

6:00 PM 55 min After Words: Andrew McCarthy author of "Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad" interviewed by Hugh Hewitt, host of The Hugh Hewitt Show

7:00 PM 59 min Politics
The Black Panther Party: Service to the People Programs
Author: David Hilliard

8:00 PM 55 min History
The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
Author: Andrei Cherny

8:50 PM 2 min Summer Reading 2008: Veronique de Turenne
Author: Veronique de Turenne

9:00 PM 55 min After Words: Andrew McCarthy author of "Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad" interviewed by Hugh Hewitt, host of The Hugh Hewitt Show

10:00 PM 55 min Politics
Last Rights: Thirteen Fatal Encounters with the State's Justice
Author: Rev. Joseph Ingle

11:00 PM 44 min History
Yeltsin: A Life
Author: Timothy Colton


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Monday, June 23, 2008

12:00 AM 55 min After Words: Andrew McCarthy author of "Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad" interviewed by Hugh Hewitt, host of The Hugh Hewitt Show

1:00 AM 1 hr, 39 min History
The Age of Impeachment: American Constitutional Culture since 1960
Author: David Kyvig

2:35 AM 2 min Summer Reading 2008: Rachel Shea
Author: Rachel Shea

2:45 AM 1 hr, 13 min The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse
Author: Richard Thompson Ford

4:00 AM 51 min History
If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy - from the Revolution to the War of 1812
Author: George Daughan

5:00 AM 1 hr, 14 min History
The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder and the Search for Justice in the American South
Author: Gilbert King

6:10 AM 8 min 2008 BookExpo America: Interview with Marjory Ross of Regnery Publishing
Author: Marjory Ross

6:20 AM 7 min Book TV Bus - Ellen Bravo, Author, "Taking on the Big Boys: Or Why Feminism is Good for Families, Business, and the Nation"
Author: Ellen Bravo

6:30 AM 1 hr, 19 min Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
Author: Jim Sheeler

7:45 AM 9 min Book TV Bus - Marc Leepson, Author, "Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History"
Author: Marc Leepson


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Burgess

[SalmonChantedEvening]

1. Big K&R for Viva!!

:kick:

:hi: :loveya: :pals: :hug:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. ...

[Bozita]

2. Thank you, Viva.

K&R

[Gabi Hayes]

4. at what point is EVERY Single segment going to be given over to right wing maniacs?

I give it less than a year

the regression is accelerating

this may be the last time I even bother checking

can we have Victor Davis Hanson reruns pencilled in forEVER, or what?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. Kick!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

6. Kick more :)

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