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Silent Cal's Almanack: The Homespun Wit and Wisdom of Vermont's Calvin Coolidge
David Pietrusza
Silent Cal's Almanack: The Homespun Wit and Wisdom of Vermont's Calvin Coolidge
Summer Reading 2010: Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer
Summer Reading 2010: Wolf Blitzer
Bill Bennett Vignette
William Bennett
Bill Bennett Vignette
Wolf: The Lives of Jack London
James Haley
Wolf: The Lives of Jack London
Summer Reading 2010: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Summer Reading 2010: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Killer Politics: How Big Money and Bad Politics Are Destroying the Great American Middle Class
Ed Schultz
Killer Politics: How Big Money and Bad Politics Are Destroying the Great American Middle Class
2010 Summer Reading: Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks
2010 Summer Reading: Arthur Brooks
Control Freaks: 7 Ways Liberals Plan to Ruin Your Life
Terence Jeffrey
Control Freaks: 7 Ways Liberals Plan to Ruin Your Life
2010 Summer Reading: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Rep. Gerry Connolly
2010 Summer Reading: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
2010 Book Expo America: Julie Ruggiero, Office of Public Affairs, Hoover Institution Press
Julie Ruggiero
2010 Book Expo America: Julie Ruggiero, Office of Public Affairs, Hoover Institution Press
The Politics of Disaster: Katrina, Big Government, and a New Strategy for Future Crises
Marvin Olasky
The Politics of Disaster: Katrina, Big Government, and a New Strategy for Future Crises
My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times (portion)
Harold Evans
My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times (portion)
2010 Summer Reading: Richard Norton Smith
Richard Norton Smith
2010 Summer Reading: Richard Norton Smith
Organization of American Historians 2010: John Hench, Books as Weapons
John Hench
Organization of American Historians 2010: John Hench, Books as Weapons
Organization of American Historians 2010: Jonathan Zimmerman, Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory
Jonathan Zimmerman
Organization of American Historians 2010: Jonathan Zimmerman, Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory
2010 American Library Association Annual Meeting: Mary McDonagh Murphy, author of "Scout, Atticus & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'"
Mary McDonagh Murphy
2010 American Library Association Annual Meeting: Mary McDonagh Murphy, author of "Scout, Atticus & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'"
Organization of American Historians 2010: Lauren Sklaroff, Black Culture and the New Deal: The Quest for Civil Rights in the Roosevelt Era
Lauren Sklaroff
Organization of American Historians 2010: Lauren Sklaroff, Black Culture and the New Deal: The Quest for Civil Rights in the Roosevelt Era
Organization of American Historians 2010: Richard John, Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications
Richard John
Organization of American Historians 2010: Richard John, Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications
2010 Book Expo America: Tom Turvey, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Google
Tom Turvey
2010 Book Expo America: Tom Turvey, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Google
Will War Ever End?: A Soldier's Vision of Peace for the 21st Century
Capt. Paul Chappell
Will War Ever End?: A Soldier's Vision of Peace for the 21st Century
Summer Reading 2010: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Summer Reading 2010: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
Clay Shirky
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
Lynn Sherr
Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
Summer Reading 2010: Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
Steve King
Summer Reading 2010: Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance
Alexander Zaitchik
Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance
Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto
Dick Armey
Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto
2010 PEN World Voices Festival: Ariel Dorfman in Conversation with Gabriel Sanders
Ariel Dorfman
2010 PEN World Voices Festival: Ariel Dorfman in Conversation with Gabriel Sanders
After Words: Sebastian Mallaby, "More Money than God," interviewed by Gillian Tett, FT
After Words: Sebastian Mallaby, "More Money than God," interviewed by Gillian Tett, FT
Morning Miracle - Inside the Washington Post: A Great Newspaper Fights for Its Life
Dave Kindred
Morning Miracle - Inside the Washington Post: A Great Newspaper Fights for Its Life
2010 Virginia Festival of the Book - Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, "Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers"
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
2010 Virginia Festival of the Book - Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, "Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers"
2010 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, authors of "Enough"
Scott Kilman; Roger Thurow
2010 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, authors of "Enough"
Summer Reading 2010: Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens
Summer Reading 2010: Christopher Hitchens
2010 Book Expo America: John Sherer, Publisher, Basic Books
John Sherer
2010 Book Expo America: John Sherer, Publisher, Basic Books
American Library Association Conference: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Donald Delauter
American Library Association Conference: Institute of Museum and Library Services
2010 Virginia Festival of the Book - Laura Browder, "When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans"
Laura Browder
2010 Virginia Festival of the Book - Laura Browder, "When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans"
2010 Summer Reading Tammy Bruce
Tammy Bruce
2010 Summer Reading Tammy Bruce
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn
Nathaniel Philbrick
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn
Neoconservatism: Biography of a Movement
Justin Vaisse
Neoconservatism: Biography of a Movement
Summer Reading 2010: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Susan Collins
Summer Reading 2010: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
American Library Association Conference: Island Press
Angela Osborn
American Library Association Conference: Island Press
2010 Harlem Book Fair - African-American History Panel
Howard Dodson; Frank Guridy; Stephen Gillroy Hall; Monica Miller
2010 Harlem Book Fair - African-American History Panel
OAH 2010: Susan Ferber-Oxford University Press
Susan Ferber
OAH 2010: Susan Ferber-Oxford University Press
After Words: Michael Belfiore, "The Department of Mad Scientists," interviewed by Joanne Carney
After Words: Michael Belfiore, "The Department of Mad Scientists," interviewed by Joanne Carney
FreedomFest 2010: Panel on Ayn Rand with Nathaniel Branden, Barbara Branden, John Mackey and Orson Scott Card
Barbara Branden; Nathaniel Branden
FreedomFest 2010: Panel on Ayn Rand with Nathaniel Branden, Barbara Branden, John Mackey and Orson Scott Card
FreedomFest 2010: Debate on Religion with Dinesh D'Souza, Steven Landsburg, Stephen Moore, Charles Murray, Michael Shermer et al.
Dinesh D'Souza; Steven Landsburg
FreedomFest 2010: Debate on Religion with Dinesh D'Souza, Steven Landsburg, Stephen Moore, Charles Murray, Michael Shermer et al.
FreedomFest 2010: Steve Forbes, author of "How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy"
Steve Forbes
FreedomFest 2010: Steve Forbes, author of "How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy"
2010 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Liam T. Ford, author of "Soldier Field"
Liam Ford
2010 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Liam T. Ford, author of "Soldier Field"
"Eyes of the Storm: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: The Photographic Story"
Michael, Buford, Melanie, Fox, Tom Ainsworth
"Eyes of the Storm: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: The Photographic Story"
Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly
Michael Gordin
Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly
2010 Book Expo America: Author Interview with Pat Conroy, "My Reading Life"
Pat Conroy
2010 Book Expo America: Author Interview with Pat Conroy, "My Reading Life"
Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks
Kyle Ward
Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Douglas Brinkley
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Journey Into America: The Challenge of Islam
Akbar Ahmed
Journey Into America: The Challenge of Islam

News About Books

C-SPAN's Video Library

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights
LIVE In Depth: Gordon Wood
Next air time: Sunday, September 5th, at 12pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
E-mail Book TV Send questions for the author to Book TV
After Words: David Kilcullen, "Counterinsurgency," hosted by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
Next air time: Saturday, September 4th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love
Dave Zirin
Next air time: Saturday, September 4th, at 9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
The Treatment Trap: How the Overuse of Medical Care Is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do About It
Rosemary Gibson
Next air time: Sunday, September 5th, at 10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats
Gwynne Dyer
Next air time: Sunday, September 5th, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations - A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus
Linda Bridges; Roger Kimball
Next air time: Sunday, September 5th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Drawing the Map of Life: Inside the Human Genome Project
Victor McElheny
Next air time: Sunday, September 5th, at 7am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience
Kirstin Downey
Next air time: Monday, September 6th, at 9am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
Young America's Foundation: Conservative Books to Read in College
John Miller; Marji Ross; Benjamin Wiker
Next air time: Saturday, September 4th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Profile of Busboys and Poets with Owner Andy Shallal
Annie Leonard; Andy Shallal
Next air time: Saturday, September 4th, at 12pm (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
Writer's Life: Eva Brann
Eva Brann
Next air time: Monday, September 6th, at 2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 32 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, September 4th
8am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison
Joseph Wheelan
9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love
Dave Zirin
10:15am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks
Kyle Ward
11am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2010 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Nick Reding, author of "Methland" and Jim Frederick, author of "Black Hearts"
Jim Frederick; Nick Reding
12pm (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
Profile of Busboys and Poets with Owner Andy Shallal
Annie Leonard; Andy Shallal
1pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
A Tour of Pat Buchanan's Library
Patrick Buchanan
2pm (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
Bill Ayers In Depth Vignette (Long Version)
Bill Ayers
2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
2010 Eagle Forum Collegians Summit: Tom Pauken, "Bringing America Home: How America Lost Her Way and How We Can Find Our Way Back"
Tom Pauken
3pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
Eric Jay Dolin
4pm (ET)
Approx. 36 min.
2010 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Andrew Roberts, "Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West 1941-1945"
Andrew Roberts
4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
2010 Harlem Book Fair - Biography and Memoir Panel
Karen Chilton; Leonard Miller; Wes Moore; Max Siegel; Thomas Chatterton Williams; Cheryl Wills
6pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
Melba Pattillo Beals
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Young America's Foundation: Conservative Books to Read in College
John Miller; Marji Ross; Benjamin Wiker
8pm (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
Profile of Busboys and Poets with Owner Andy Shallal
Annie Leonard; Andy Shallal
9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love
Dave Zirin
10pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: David Kilcullen, "Counterinsurgency," hosted by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
11pm (ET)
Approx. 36 min.
2010 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Andrew Roberts, "Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West 1941-1945"
Andrew Roberts

Sunday, September 5th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
Debate: A 21st Century Government - What Should It Be? with John Samples and Eugene Steuerle
John Samples; Eugene Steuerle
1:15am (ET)
Approx. 38 min.
Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto
Dick Armey
2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
Bottled & Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water
Peter Gleick
3:15am (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
Gail Dines
3:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Young America's Foundation: Conservative Books to Read in College
John Miller; Marji Ross; Benjamin Wiker
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 17 min.
2010 Harlem Book Fair - Biography and Memoir Panel
Karen Chilton; Leonard Miller; Wes Moore; Max Siegel; Thomas Chatterton Williams; Cheryl Wills
6:15am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2010 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Nick Reding, author of "Methland" and Jim Frederick, author of "Black Hearts"
Jim Frederick; Nick Reding
7am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
Drawing the Map of Life: Inside the Human Genome Project
Victor McElheny
8am (ET)
Approx. 36 min.
2010 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Andrew Roberts, "Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West 1941-1945"
Andrew Roberts
8:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
Bottled & Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water
Peter Gleick
10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
The Treatment Trap: How the Overuse of Medical Care Is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do About It
Rosemary Gibson
11am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Sebastian Mallaby, "More Money than God," interviewed by Gillian Tett, FT
LIVE 12pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Gordon Wood
E-mail Book TV Send questions for the author to Book TV
3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
Debate: A 21st Century Government - What Should It Be? with John Samples and Eugene Steuerle
John Samples; Eugene Steuerle
4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks
Kyle Ward
5pm (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2010 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Nick Reding, author of "Methland" and Jim Frederick, author of "Black Hearts"
Jim Frederick; Nick Reding
6pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats
Gwynne Dyer
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love
Dave Zirin
8pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations - A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus
Linda Bridges; Roger Kimball
9pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: David Kilcullen, "Counterinsurgency," hosted by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
10pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
Drawing the Map of Life: Inside the Human Genome Project
Victor McElheny
11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
The Treatment Trap: How the Overuse of Medical Care Is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do About It
Rosemary Gibson

Monday, September 6th
12am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Gordon Wood
3am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: David Kilcullen, "Counterinsurgency," hosted by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
4am (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
Gail Dines
4:30am (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2010 Eagle Forum Collegians Summit: Larry Schweikart, "7 Events That Made America America - And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along"
Larry Schweikart
5am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations - A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus
Linda Bridges; Roger Kimball
6am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks
Kyle Ward
7am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats
Gwynne Dyer
9am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience
Kirstin Downey
10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Young America's Foundation: Conservative Books to Read in College
John Miller; Marji Ross; Benjamin Wiker
11:15am (ET)
Approx. 27 min.
2010 Fall Book Preview: Interview with Jenn Risko, Publisher of Shelf Awareness
Jenn Risko
11:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
2010 Harlem Book Fair - Religion Panel
Malaika Adero; Obery Hendricks; Marta Moreno Vega; Bishop Carlton Pearson; Sarah Sayeed
1pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
A Tour of Pat Buchanan's Library
Patrick Buchanan
1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
Profile of Busboys and Poets with Owner Andy Shallal
Annie Leonard; Andy Shallal
2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Writer's Life: Eva Brann
Eva Brann
3pm (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
Bill Ayers In Depth Vignette (Long Version)
Bill Ayers
3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations - A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus
Linda Bridges; Roger Kimball
4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Gary Rivlin, "Broke USA," interviewed by Heather MacDonald, Manhattan Institute
5:30pm (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2010 Eagle Forum Collegians Summit: Larry Schweikart, "7 Events That Made America America - And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along"
Larry Schweikart
6pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison
Joseph Wheelan
7pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
Eric Jay Dolin
9pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience
Kirstin Downey
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Young America's Foundation: Conservative Books to Read in College
John Miller; Marji Ross; Benjamin Wiker
11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 27 min.
2010 Fall Book Preview: Interview with Jenn Risko, Publisher of Shelf Awareness
Jenn Risko
11:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
2010 Harlem Book Fair - Religion Panel
Malaika Adero; Obery Hendricks; Marta Moreno Vega; Bishop Carlton Pearson; Sarah Sayeed

Tuesday, September 7th
1am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
A Tour of Pat Buchanan's Library
Patrick Buchanan
1:45am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
Profile of Busboys and Poets with Owner Andy Shallal
Annie Leonard; Andy Shallal
2:30am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Writer's Life: Eva Brann
Eva Brann
3am (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
Bill Ayers In Depth Vignette (Long Version)
Bill Ayers
3:30am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations - A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus
Linda Bridges; Roger Kimball
4:30am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Gary Rivlin, "Broke USA," interviewed by Heather MacDonald, Manhattan Institute
5:30am (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2010 Eagle Forum Collegians Summit: Larry Schweikart, "7 Events That Made America America - And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along"
Larry Schweikart
6am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison
Joseph Wheelan
7am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
Eric Jay Dolin

Upcoming Programs

Book TV in Primetime, August 30 - September 3, Science & Technology Week

Book TV will air in primetime on C-SPAN2 weekday evenings for the next two weeks, beginning at 8pm each night.  Each week will have its own theme.  For the week of August 30 - September 3, Book TV will feature books on the following topics:       

MONDAY:  Technology

Tuesday: Famous Scientists

Wednesday:  Social Networking

Thursday:  Climate Change

 Friday:  Astronomy

 For details about the line-up for each evening, visit:  www.c-span.org.