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2009 Texas Book Festival: Howard Campbell, author of "Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez" Howard Campbell Next air time: Saturday, March 20th at 11am (ET)	2009 Miami Book Fair: Tracy Kidder, "Strength in What Remains" Tracy Kidder Next air time: Sunday, March 21st at 9:30am (ET)
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Timothy Egan Timothy Egan Next air time: Sunday, March 21st at 6pm (ET)

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2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Doug Stanton Doug Stanton Last aired: March 15, 2010	2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Panel on Writing History James Donovan; Jeff Guinn; Hampton Sides Last aired: March 15, 2010
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Gen. Anthony Zinni Anthony Zinni Last aired: March 15, 2010	2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - The U.S. and Mexico Border Philip Caputo; David Danelo; Margaret Regan Last aired: March 14, 2010
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Dan Balz Dan Balz Last aired: March 14, 2010	2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE - Lynne Olson, "Citizens of London" Lynne Olson Last aired: March 14, 2010
My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times (portion) Harold Evans Last aired: March 13, 2010	2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Timothy Egan Timothy Egan Last aired: March 13, 2010
2009 National Book Awards - Interview with Robert Caro Robert Caro Last aired: March 8, 2010	In Confidence: When to Protect Secrecy and When to Require Disclosure Ronald Goldfarb Last aired: March 7, 2010
2009 NPC Book Fair: Gwen Ifill Gwen Ifill Last aired: March 7, 2010	2009 NPC Book Fair: Richard Wolffe Richard Wolffe Last aired: March 7, 2010
Barney Frank Stuart Weisberg Last aired: March 6, 2010	Joan Biskupic, "American Original" and Barry Friedman, "The Will of the People" Joan Biskupic; Barry Friedman Last aired: March 6, 2010
2009 NPC Book Fair: Steve Levine Steve Levine Last aired: February 28, 2010	2009 NPC Book Fair: Steven Roberts Steven Roberts Last aired: February 22, 2010
2009 NPC Book Fair: Christina Asquith Christina Asquith Last aired: February 22, 2010	2009 NPC Book Fair: Neil Sheehan Neil Sheehan Last aired: February 22, 2010
2009 National Book Awards - Interview with Joe Scarborough Joe Scarborough Last aired: February 21, 2010	2009 NPC Book Fair: Pamela Newkirk Pamela Newkirk Last aired: February 21, 2010
2009 NPC Book Fair: Jason Killian Meath Frank Killian Meath Last aired: February 21, 2010	2009 NPC Book Fair: Quinn Bradlee Quinn Bradlee Last aired: February 21, 2010
2009 NPC Book Fair: Frank Aukofer Frank Aukofer Last aired: February 20, 2010	2009 Miami Book Fair: Norman Podhoretz, "Why Are Jews Liberals?" Norman Podhoretz Last aired: February 14, 2010
2009 Miami Book Fair: Gwen Ifill, "The Break-Through" Gwen Ifill Last aired: February 14, 2010	2009 National Book Awards - Interview with Mika Brzezinski Mika Brzezinski Last aired: February 1, 2010
2009 NPC Book Fair: James Reston Jr. James Reston, Jr Last aired: January 31, 2010	2009 Miami Book Fair: Israel Panel Rich Cohen; Joel Schalit; Dan Senor Last aired: January 30, 2010
2009 Texas Book Festival: Howard Campbell, author of "Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez" Howard Campbell Last aired: January 24, 2010	Watch Online: John Grisham from NBF Gala John Grisham Last aired: January 18, 2010
2009 Texas Book Festival: James Boylston and Allen Wiener, co-authors of "David Crockett in Congress" James Boylston; Allen Wiener Last aired: January 17, 2010	2009 NPC Book Fair: Ilaria Dagnini Brey Ilaria Dagnini Brey Last aired: January 16, 2010
2009 NPC Book Fair: Anthony Pitch Anthony Pitch Last aired: January 16, 2010	2009 NPC Book Fair: Patrick O'Donnell Patrick O'Donnell Last aired: January 11, 2010
2009 Miami Book Fair: Tom Hayden, "The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama" Tom Hayden Last aired: January 10, 2010	2009 NPC Book Fair: Vali Nasr Vali Nasr Last aired: January 10, 2010
FreedomFest 2009: Thomas Woods, author of "Meltdown" Thomas Woods Last aired: January 4, 2010	FreedomFest 2009: Panel on Abolishing the Federal Reserve Warren Coats; Gene Epstein; John Fund; Thomas Woods Last aired: January 3, 2010
2009 National Book Awards Multiple Authors Last aired: January 3, 2010	2009 NPC Book Fair: Garrett Peck Garrett Peck Last aired: January 1, 2010
2009 Miami Book Fair: Tracy Kidder, "Strength in What Remains" Tracy Kidder Last aired: December 28, 2009	2009 Southern Festival of Books: Henry Arnold and Ben Pearson, "Kabul 24: The Story of a Taliban Kidnapping and Unwavering Faith in the Face of True Terror" Henry Arnold; Ben Pearson Last aired: December 27, 2009
My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times Harold Evans Last aired: December 27, 2009	2009 Southern Festival of Books: Eric Etheridge, "Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders" Eric Etheridge Last aired: December 25, 2009
2009 Miami Book Fair: Max Frankel & Joyce Purnick, "Mike Bloomberg" Max Frankel; Joyce Purnick Last aired: December 21, 2009	Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change Frances Beinecke Last aired: December 21, 2009
2009 Miami Book Fair: Al Gore, "Our Choice" Al Gore Last aired: December 14, 2009	2009 Texas Book Festival - Lucas Powe, Jr., author of "The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2008" Lucas Powe, Jr. Last aired: December 14, 2009
2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Interview with Evan Wright, author of "Hella Nation" Evan Wright Last aired: November 30, 2009	2009 Southern Festival of Books: Kira Gale, "The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic Crime Scene Investigation" Kira Gale Last aired: November 29, 2009
2009 Miami Book Fair: Senator Bob Graham, "America The Owner's Manual: Making Government Work for You" Sen. Bob Graham Last aired: November 29, 2009	2009 Texas Book Festival: William Eggers and John O'Leary, authors of "If We Can Put a Man on the Moon" Williams Eggers; John O'Leary Last aired: November 29, 2009
2009 Miami Book Fair: Politics & Culture Panel Chris Hedges; George Packer; Sam Tanenhaus Last aired: November 28, 2009	2009 Southern Festival of Books: James Lee McDonough, "The Wars of Myron King" and Rosemary Mariner, "The Atomic Bomb and American Society" Rosemary Mariner; James Lee McDonough Last aired: November 28, 2009
2009 Southern Festival of Books: Shaun Casey, "The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960" Shaun Casey Last aired: November 26, 2009	2009 Texas Book Festival: Frank Luntz, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth about Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears" Frank Luntz Last aired: November 26, 2009
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Michael Dirda, "Classics for Pleasure" Michael Dirda Last aired: November 22, 2009	Watch Online: David Baldacci from the NBF Gala David Baldacci Last aired: November 22, 2009
2009 National Book Awards Ceremony Multiple Authors Last aired: November 22, 2009	2009 National Book Awards - Interview with Gore Vidal Gore Vidal Last aired: November 21, 2009
2009 National Book Awards - Interview with David Carroll author of "Following the Water," finalist for the 2009 National Book Awards for Nonfiction David Carroll Last aired: November 21, 2009	2009 National Book Awards - Interview with Sean Carroll author of "Remarkable Creatures," finalist for the 2009 National Book Awards for Nonfiction Sean Carroll Last aired: November 21, 2009
2009 National Book Awards - Interview with Adrienne Mayor author of "The Poison King," finalist for the 2009 National Book Awards for Nonfiction Adrienne Mayor Last aired: November 21, 2009	2009 National Book Awards - Interview with T.J. Stiles author of "The First Tycoon" winner of the 2009 National Book Awards for Nonfiction T.J. Stiles Last aired: November 21, 2009
2009 National Book Awards - Interview with Harold Augenbraum, executive director of the National Book Foundation Harold Augenbraum Last aired: November 21, 2009	Listen Up, Mr. President Craig Crawford; Helen Thomas Last aired: November 9, 2009
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Jessica Feldman and Robert Stilling, ""What Should I Read Next?: 70 University of Virginia Professors Recommend Readings in History, Politics, Literature, Math, Science, Technology, the Arts, and More" Jessica Feldman; Robert Stilling Last aired: November 8, 2009	2009 American Book Awards Various Authors Last aired: October 26, 2009
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Michael Signer, "Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies" Michael Signer Last aired: October 24, 2009	2009 Brooklyn Book Festival: The Great Recession Justin Fox; Naomi Klein; Kai Wright Last aired: October 11, 2009
2009 Brooklyn Book Festival: Literature in a Digital Age John Freeman; Dwight Garner; Sarah Schmelling Last aired: October 11, 2009	2009 Brooklyn Book Festival: Movin’ On Up Gloria Browne-Marshall; Lewis Lapham; Katherine S. Newman Last aired: October 11, 2009
2009 Brooklyn Book Festival: Independent Media Voices Amy Goodman; Pamela Newkirk Last aired: October 11, 2009	Clarence Thomas "My Grandfather's Son" Clarence Thomas Last aired: October 4, 2009
2009 National Book Festival - Patricia Sullivan Patricia Sullivan Last aired: October 4, 2009	2009 National Book Festival - Simon Schama Simon Schama Last aired: September 28, 2009
2009 National Book Festival - Kirsten Downey Kirstin Downey Last aired: September 26, 2009	2009 National Book Festival - Brinkley & Taylor Douglas Brinkley; David Taylor Last aired: September 26, 2009
2009 National Book Festival - Annette Gordon Reed Annette Gordon-Reed Last aired: September 26, 2009	2009 National Book Festival - Jon Meacham Jon Meacham Last aired: September 26, 2009
2009 National Book Festival - Gwen Ifill Gwen Ifill Last aired: September 26, 2009	2009 National Book Festival - Balz & Johnson Dan Balz; Haynes Johnson Last aired: September 26, 2009
2009 National Book Festival - Burns & Duncan Ken Burns; Dayton Duncan Last aired: September 26, 2009	2009 National Book Festival - Annette Gordon Reed, CALL-IN Annette Gordon-Reed Last aired: September 26, 2009
2009 National Book Festival - Brinkley & Taylor, CALL-IN Douglas Brinkley Last aired: September 26, 2009	2009 National Book Festival - Patricia Sullivan, CALL-IN Patricia Sullivan Last aired: September 26, 2009
2009 National Book Festival - Jon Meacham, CALL-IN Jon Meacham Last aired: September 26, 2009	2009 National Book Festival - Burns & Duncan, CALL-IN Ken Burns; Dayton Duncan Last aired: September 26, 2009
2009 National Book Festival -Opening Gala Julia Alvarez; David Baldacci; Judy Blume; Annette Gordon-Reed; John Grisham Last aired: September 26, 2009	2009 National Book Festival - Laura Bush Interview various various Last aired: September 26, 2009
2009 National Book Festival - DVE Students Interview various various Last aired: September 26, 2009	FreedomFest 2009: Peter Schiff Peter Schiff Last aired: September 19, 2009
Pay to Play: How Rod Blagojevich Turned Political Corruption Into a National Sideshow Elizabeth Brackett Last aired: September 12, 2009	FreedomFest 2009: The Future of Conservatism Panel Thomas Fuentes; Thomas Phillips; Jon Utley; Richard Viguerie Last aired: September 8, 2009
Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle, "Studs Terkel’s 'Working': A Graphic Adaptation" Paul Buhle; Harvey Pekar Last aired: September 7, 2009	2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Interview with Dave Cullen, "Columbine" Dave Cullen Last aired: September 5, 2009
FreedomFest 2009: Steve Mariotti on Entrepreneurship Steve Mariotti Last aired: September 5, 2009	2009 Harlem Book Fair - Catherine Acholonu Catherine Acholonu Last aired: August 31, 2009
2009 Harlem Book Fair - Dana Canedy Dana Canedy Last aired: August 31, 2009	2009 Harlem Book Fair - Gregory Walker Gregory Walker Last aired: August 31, 2009
2009 Harlem Book Fair - Biography Panel Selwyn Cudjoe; Haki Madhubuti; Karen Quinones Miller; Marie Umeh Last aired: August 31, 2009	2009 Harlem Book Fair- African American Language and Culture Judy Andrews; Howard Dodson; Wade Hudson; Carol Lee; Carla Ranger; Rodney Reynolds Last aired: August 31, 2009
2009 Tucson Festival of the Book: Barry Goldwater, Jr. Book Signing Barry Goldwater, Jr. Last aired: August 30, 2009	2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - Beryl Satter Beryl Satter Last aired: August 30, 2009
2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - Elliott Gorn and John Hallwas Elliott Gorn; John Hallwas Last aired: August 30, 2009	2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - Theresa Amato and Rick Perlstein Theresa Amato; Rick Perlstein Last aired: August 30, 2009
2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - Adam Cohen Adam Cohen Last aired: August 30, 2009	FreedomFest 2009: David Boaz, author of "The Politics of Freedom" David Boaz Last aired: August 30, 2009
FreedomFest 2009: Alexander Green, author of "The Secret of Shelter Island" Alexander Green Last aired: August 30, 2009	FreedomFest 2009: Debate on Randian v. Conscious Capitalism Robert Bradley; Edward Hudgins; John Mackey; Michael Strong Last aired: August 24, 2009
FreedomFest 2009: Free Market Capitalism on Trial Oscar Goodman; Jeff Madrick; Stephen Moore Last aired: August 24, 2009	2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: CALL-IN with Larry Wilmore Larry Wilmore Last aired: August 23, 2009
2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: PANEL "At the Gates of the 21st Century" Paula J. Giddings; Jim Newton; Richard Reeves; Robert Roper Last aired: August 23, 2009	2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: PANEL "About Reading" Laura Miller; Sara Nelson; Lizzie Skurnick; Jane Smiley; Louise Steinman Last aired: August 23, 2009
Junior League of Richmond 64th Annual Book and Author Dinner Tania James; Pam Jenoff; Jean Hanff Korelitz; David Sanger Last aired: August 23, 2009	Michael Smerconish, Morning Drive: Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Talking Michael Smerconish Last aired: August 22, 2009
2009 BookExpo America: Johnny Temple, Akashic Books Johnny Temple Last aired: August 22, 2009	2009 BookExpo America: Author panel with Mary Karr, Lorrie Moore, Daniel Pink, and Ken Auletta Ken Auletta; Mary Karr; Lorrie Moore; Daniel Pink Last aired: August 17, 2009
2009 BookExpo America: Author panel with Richard Russo, Gail Collins, Pete Dexter, and Joe Scarborough Gail Collins; Pete Dexter; Richard Russo; Joe Scarborough Last aired: August 17, 2009	2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Dan Ariely, "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions" Dan Ariely Last aired: August 16, 2009
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Civil War Panel Peter Cozzens; David Lowe Last aired: August 16, 2009	Organization of American Historians 2009: Donald Critchlow "The Conservative Ascendancy" Donald Critchlow Last aired: August 16, 2009
Organization of American Historians 2009: Ray Smock and Rick Perlstein, What Are You Reading? Rick Perlstein; Raymond Smock Last aired: August 16, 2009	2009 Annapolis Book Festival: American Politics and Law Panel Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA); Charlie Savage; Benjamin Wittes Last aired: August 10, 2009
2009 Annapolis Book Festival: Immigration Panel Edward Alden; Jacqueline Hagan Last aired: August 10, 2009	2009 Annapolis Book Festival: Abraham Lincoln Panel Jean Baker; Joe Glatthar; Craig Symonds Last aired: August 10, 2009
2009 Key West Literary Seminar: Panel Discussion, "How Can We Know (and Tell) What Happened in the Past?" Eric Foner; Jill Lepore; David Levering Lewis; Megan Marshall; Patricia O'Toole Last aired: August 9, 2009	2009 Key West Literary Seminar: Barry Unsworth Barry Unsworth Last aired: August 9, 2009
2009 Key West Literary Seminar: Ivy Meeropol and Michael Merropol David Levering Lewis; Ivy Meeropol; Michael Meeropol Last aired: August 9, 2009	2007 VA Festival of the Book: Charles Bowden "Inferno" Charles Bowden Last aired: August 3, 2009
2009 Harlem Book Fair - LIVE 2009 Harlem Book Fair Last aired: July 19, 2009	Bernanke's Test: Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and the Drama of the Central Banker Johan Van Overtveldt Last aired: July 13, 2009
2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - Orville Vernon Burton, Tom Campbell, David O. Stewart Orville Vernon Burton; Tom Campbell; David O. Stewart Last aired: July 12, 2009	2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - Paul Butler Paul Butler Last aired: July 12, 2009
2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - Joe Starita Joe Starita Last aired: July 12, 2009	PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: Nawal El Saadawi and Kwame Anthony Appiah Nawal El Saadawi Last aired: June 15, 2009
2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Ayn Rand Institute Interview Jeff Britting Last aired: June 6, 2009	2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - LIVE Saturday Coverage 2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest Last aired: June 6, 2009
2009 Tucson Festival of Books: Guy McPherson "Living with Fire" Guy McPherson Last aired: May 31, 2009	2009 BookExpo America: Author panel with Tracy Kidder, Jeannette Walls, Ben Mezrich, and Craig Ferguson Craig Ferguson; Tracy Kidder; Ben Mezrich; Jeannette Walls Last aired: May 31, 2009
2009 BookExpo America: Publishing CEO Roundtable Tina Brown; Brian Murray; Carolyn Reidy; John Sargent; David Steinberger Last aired: May 31, 2009	2009 BookExpo America: Discussion on the State of the Publishing Industry Chris Anderson; Lev Grossman; Steven Johnson; Tom Standage Last aired: May 31, 2009
2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: CALL-IN with Joshua Cooper Ramo Joshua Cooper Ramo Last aired: May 18, 2009	2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: CALL-IN with Hugh Hewitt Hugh Hewitt Last aired: May 10, 2009
2008 National Press Club Book Fair: Joseph Langford "Mother Teresa's Secret Fire" Joseph Langford Last aired: May 3, 2009	Organization of American Historians 2009: Catherine Clinton "Mrs. Lincoln" Catherine Clinton Last aired: May 3, 2009
2009 Tucson Festival of the Book: Temple Grandin Book Signing Temple Grandin Last aired: May 2, 2009	2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: LIVE Sunday Coverage 2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Last aired: April 27, 2009
2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: LIVE Saturday Coverage 2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Last aired: April 25, 2009	2008 Miami Book Fair: Calls with Hooman Majd, "The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran" Hooman Majd Last aired: April 18, 2009
2009 Annapolis Book Festival LIVE Author Panels Last aired: April 18, 2009	2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Sunday 2009 Virginia Festival of the Book Last aired: April 13, 2009
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Automobile Panel Deborah Gordon; Peter Norton Last aired: April 12, 2009	2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - China Panel Susan Brownell; Kate Merkel-Hess Last aired: April 12, 2009
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Middle East Panel Robert Earle; Michael Fischbach; Steven Ward Last aired: April 12, 2009	2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Iraq Panel Robert Earle; Charles Jones; Rufus Phillips Last aired: April 12, 2009
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Saturday 2009 Virginia Festival of the Book Last aired: April 12, 2009	2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Empires, Colonies, and the Colonized Panel David Buisseret; Joe Jackson; Philip Levy; Fernando Opere Last aired: April 11, 2009
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Civil Rights Movement Panel Richard Bonnie; Derek Catsam; Peter Wallenstein; Mildred Wigfall Robinson Last aired: April 11, 2009	2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Philip Schrag and David Ngaruri Kenney, "Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America" David Ngaruri Kenney; Philip Schrag Last aired: April 11, 2009
2009 Key West Literary Seminar: Panel Discussion, "The Boundaries of History, Historical Fiction and the Limits of Invention" Peter Ho Davies; Sena Jeter Naslund; Megan Marshall; Michael Meeropol; Patricia O'Toole; Barry Unsworth Last aired: April 6, 2009	2009 Key West Literary Seminar: Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore Jane Kamensky; Jill Lepore Last aired: April 5, 2009
2009 Key West Literary Seminar: Gore Vidal Gore Vidal Last aired: April 5, 2009

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer
Anousheh Ansari
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 9:15am (ET)
Approx. 46 min.

The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
Andrew Lewis
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.

A Day Late and a Dollar Short: High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's "Postracial" America
Jon Jeter; Robert Pierre
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.

How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy
Steve Forbes
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.

The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism
Howard Bloom
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st, at 6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.

The Idea of Justice
Amartya Sen
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st, at 2:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.

The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves - And Why It Matters
B.R. Myers
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.

The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st, at 2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, March 20th

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Working in the Shadows
Gabriel Thompson

9:15am (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer
Anousheh Ansari

10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
James McGrath Morris, "Pulitzer: A Life in Politics. Print, and Power" and Michael Wolff, "The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch"
James McGrath Morris; Michael Wolff

11am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
2009 Texas Book Festival: Howard Campbell, author of "Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez"
Howard Campbell

11:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Discussion of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
Samuel Fleischacker; Russell Roberts

1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War
Scott Christianson

2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
Andrew Lewis

4pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda
Gretchen Peters

4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
Three Days Before the Shooting...
Adam Bradley; John Callahan

6pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Encore Booknotes: Midge Decter "An Old Wife's Tale"
Midge Decter

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
A Day Late and a Dollar Short: High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's "Postracial" America
Jon Jeter; Robert Pierre

8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer
Anousheh Ansari

9pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy
Steve Forbes

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
Andrew Lewis

Sunday, March 21st

12:30am (ET)
Approx. 26 min.
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains one of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
Molly Caldwell Crosby

1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Working in the Shadows
Gabriel Thompson

2:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
The Idea of Justice
Amartya Sen

3:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Discussion of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
Samuel Fleischacker; Russell Roberts

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War
Scott Christianson

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism
Howard Bloom

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
Andrew Lewis

9:30am (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
2009 Miami Book Fair: Tracy Kidder, "Strength in What Remains"
Tracy Kidder

10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Kate Pickett; Richard Wilkinson

11am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy
Steve Forbes

12pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis

1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
The Idea of Justice
Amartya Sen

2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman

3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism
Howard Bloom

5pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State
Shane Harris

6pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves - And Why It Matters
B.R. Myers

8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
Rawn James

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post

10pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis: The Role of International Law and the State Department Legal Adviser
Michael Scharf; Paul Williams

Monday, March 22nd

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post

1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 42 min.
The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
Lee Smith

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves - And Why It Matters
B.R. Myers

5:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
Discussion on the Afghanistan War
Seth Jones; Mark Moyar

6:15am (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer
Anousheh Ansari

7am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman

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