Encore Booknotes

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Encore Booknotes are hour-long interviews from the archives of one of the network's long-running programs, Booknotes. Encore Booknotes airs each weekend on Saturday at 6pm (ET).

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Encore Booknotes: "My American Journey"
Colin Powell
Last aired: May 11, 2013
Encore Booknotes: "My American Journey"
Encore Booknotes: Dorothy Rabinowitz, "No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witness, and Other Terrors of Our Times"
Dorothy Rabinowitz
Last aired: May 4, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Dorothy Rabinowitz, "No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witness, and Other Terrors of Our Times"
Encore Booknotes: Suzanne Garment, "Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics"
Suzanne Garment
Last aired: April 27, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Suzanne Garment, "Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics"
Encore Booknotes: Margaret Thatcher, "The Downing Street Years"
Margaret Thatcher
Last aired: April 13, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Margaret Thatcher, "The Downing Street Years"
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents
Bonnie Angelo
Last aired: April 6, 2013
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents
Encore Booknotes: Walter Mosley, "Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History"
Walter Mosley
Last aired: March 30, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Walter Mosley, "Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History"
Encore Booknotes: Cal Thomas, "The Things That Matter Most"
Cal Thomas
Last aired: March 23, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Cal Thomas, "The Things That Matter Most"
Encore Booknotes: Susan Moeller, "Shooting War: Photography and the American Experience of Combat"
Susan Moeller
Last aired: March 16, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Susan Moeller, "Shooting War: Photography and the American Experience of Combat"
Encore Booknotes: Denis Brian, "Einstein: A Life"
Denis Brian
Last aired: March 2, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Denis Brian, "Einstein: A Life"
Encore Booknotes: Floyd Flake, "The Way of the Bootstrapper: Nine Action Steps For Achieving Your Dreams"
Floyd Flake
Last aired: February 23, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Floyd Flake, "The Way of the Bootstrapper: Nine Action Steps For Achieving Your Dreams"
Encore Booknotes: Tom Philpott, "Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest Held Prisoner of War"
Tom Philpott
Last aired: February 16, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Tom Philpott, "Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest Held Prisoner of War"
Encore Booknotes: Elizabeth Norman "We Band of Angels"
Elizabeth Norman
Last aired: February 9, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Elizabeth Norman "We Band of Angels"
Encore Booknotes: Linda Greenlaw, "The Lobster Chronicles: Life On a Very Small Island"
Linda Greenlaw
Last aired: February 2, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Linda Greenlaw, "The Lobster Chronicles: Life On a Very Small Island"
Encore Booknotes: Felix Rodriguez, "Shadow Warrior: The CIA Hero of a Hundred Unknown Battles"
Felix Rodriguez
Last aired: January 26, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Felix Rodriguez, "Shadow Warrior: The CIA Hero of a Hundred Unknown Battles"
Encore Booknotes: "Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65"
Taylor Branch
Last aired: January 22, 2013
Encore Booknotes: "Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65"
Encore Booknotes: Liz Trotta, "Fighting for Air: In the Trenches with Television News"
Liz Trotta
Last aired: January 19, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Liz Trotta, "Fighting for Air: In the Trenches with Television News"
Encore Booknotes: Richard Ben Cramer, "What It Takes: The Way to the White House"
Richard Ben Cramer (1950-2013)
Last aired: January 12, 2013
Encore Booknotes: Richard Ben Cramer, "What It Takes: The Way to the White House"
Encore Booknotes: "Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century"
Randall Kenan
Last aired: January 5, 2013
Encore Booknotes: "Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century"
Encore Booknotes: Reagan In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America
Kiron Skinner
Last aired: December 29, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Reagan In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America
Encore Booknotes: Sandra Day O'Connor, "Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest"
Sandra Day O'Connor
Last aired: December 22, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Sandra Day O'Connor, "Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest"
Encore Booknotes: Jean Strouse, "Morgan: American Financier"
Jean Strouse
Last aired: December 15, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Jean Strouse, "Morgan: American Financier"
Encore Booknotes: Michael Oren, "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East"
Michael Oren
Last aired: December 8, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Michael Oren, "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East"
Encore Booknotes: Louise Barnett, author of "Touched By Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer"
Louise Barnett
Last aired: December 1, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Louise Barnett, author of "Touched By Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer"
Encore Booknotes: "Nixon Off The Record"
Monica Crowley
Last aired: November 24, 2012
Encore Booknotes: "Nixon Off The Record"
Encore Booknotes: Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
Chris Wallace
Last aired: November 17, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
Encore Booknotes: Thomas West "Vindicating the Founders:Race, Sex, Class and Justice in the Origins of America"
Thomas West
Last aired: November 10, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Thomas West "Vindicating the Founders:Race, Sex, Class and Justice in the Origins of America"
"Choose Me: Portraits of a Presidential Race"
Arthur Grace
Last aired: November 3, 2012
"Choose Me: Portraits of a Presidential Race"
Encore Booknotes: Irving Kristol, "Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea, Selected Essays 1949-1995"
Irving Kristol
Last aired: October 27, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Irving Kristol, "Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea, Selected Essays 1949-1995"
Encore Booknotes: "Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It"
Gina Kolata
Last aired: October 20, 2012
Encore Booknotes: "Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It"
Encore Booknotes: "Divided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of Three Accomplished Women"
Elsa Walsh
Last aired: October 13, 2012
Encore Booknotes: "Divided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of Three Accomplished Women"
Encore Booknotes: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years
Molly Ivins
Last aired: October 6, 2012
Encore Booknotes: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years
Encore Booknotes: "Buddha's Child: My Fight to Save Vietnam"
Nguyen Cao Ky
Last aired: September 29, 2012
Encore Booknotes: "Buddha's Child: My Fight to Save Vietnam"
Encore Booknotes: Jean Baker, "The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family"
Jean Baker
Last aired: September 15, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Jean Baker, "The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family"
Encore Booknotes: Douglas Davis, "The Five Myths of Television Power"
Douglas Davis
Last aired: September 8, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Douglas Davis, "The Five Myths of Television Power"
Encore Booknotes: Diane Ravitch, "Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms"
Diane Ravitch
Last aired: September 1, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Diane Ravitch, "Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms"
Encore Booknotes: Conor Cruise O'Brien, "The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800"
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Last aired: August 25, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Conor Cruise O'Brien, "The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800"
Encore Booknotes: Jimmy Breslin, "Damon Runyon: A Life"
Jimmy Breslin
Last aired: August 18, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Jimmy Breslin, "Damon Runyon: A Life"
Encore Booknotes: Pauline Maier, "American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence"
Pauline Maier
Last aired: August 11, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Pauline Maier, "American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence"
Encore Booknotes: "Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children"
Dorie McCullough Lawson
Last aired: August 4, 2012
Encore Booknotes: "Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children"
Encore Booknotes: M. Stanton Evans, "The Theme Is Freedom: Religion, Politics, and the American Tradition"
M. Stanton Evans
Last aired: July 28, 2012
Encore Booknotes: M. Stanton Evans, "The Theme Is Freedom: Religion, Politics, and the American Tradition"
Encore Booknotes: Terry Eastland, "Energy in the Executive: The Case for a Strong Presidency"
Terry Eastland
Last aired: July 21, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Terry Eastland, "Energy in the Executive: The Case for a Strong Presidency"
Encore Booknotes: "Preferential Policies: An International Perspective"
Thomas Sowell
Last aired: July 14, 2012
Encore Booknotes: "Preferential Policies: An International Perspective"
Encore Booknotes: Denny Hastert, "Speaker: Lessons from Forty Years in Coaching and Politics"
Denny Hastert
Last aired: June 23, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Denny Hastert, "Speaker: Lessons from Forty Years in Coaching and Politics"
Encore Booknotes: "The Senate, 1789-1989"
Sen. Robert C. Byrd
Last aired: June 16, 2012
Encore Booknotes: "The Senate, 1789-1989"
Encore Booknotes: Dan Baum, "Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty"
Dan Baum
Last aired: June 9, 2012
Encore Booknotes: The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress
Virginia Postrel
Last aired: June 2, 2012
Encore Booknotes: The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress

Book TV Schedule

Highlights
LIVE 2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Mutiple Authors
Next air time: Saturday, May 18th, at 10am (ET)
Approx. 8 hr.
BookTV in Columbia, South Carolina
BookTV Visits Columbia, South Carolina
Next air time: Saturday, May 18th, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
Next air time: Saturday, May 18th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Deborah Rhode, "The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law"
Deborah Rhode
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
"Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
Next air time: Saturday, May 18th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler
Next air time: Saturday, May 18th, at 8:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II"
John Geoghegan
Next air time: Saturday, May 18th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"
Neil Gross
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Luis J. Rodriguez, author of "It Calls You Back"
Luis J. Rodriguez
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book Party for Lanny Davis, author of "Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
Next air time: Saturday, May 18th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, May 18th
8am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood"
Donovan Campbell
8:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum"
Temple Grandin
LIVE 10am (ET)
Approx. 8 hr.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Mutiple Authors
6pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BookTV in Columbia, South Carolina
BookTV Visits Columbia, South Carolina
7pm (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
8pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
Book Party for Lanny Davis, author of "Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
8:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler
10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
11pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II"
John Geoghegan

Sunday, May 19th
12am (ET)
Approx. 8 hr.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Mutiple Authors
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir"
Marina von Neumann Whitman
9:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
"Payback: The Case for Revenge"
Thane Rosenbaum
11am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BookTV in Columbia, South Carolina
BookTV Visits Columbia, South Carolina
12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Christian Caryl, "Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century," hosted by Susan Glasser, Foreign Policy Magazine
1pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Deborah Rhode, "The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law"
Deborah Rhode
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down"
Dave Zirin
3:15pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Larry Elder, author of "Dear Father, Dear Son"
Larry Elder
4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism"
Theda Skocpol; Vanessa Williamson
5:15pm (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Interview with Elizabeth Price Foley, "The Tea Party: Three Principles"
Elizabeth Price Foley
6pm (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
7pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
"Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"
Neil Gross
9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Luis J. Rodriguez, author of "It Calls You Back"
Luis J. Rodriguez

Monday, May 20th
12am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
1am (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Deborah Rhode, "The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law"
Deborah Rhode
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
2am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
2:30am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
3am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"Light Without Fire: The Making of America's First Muslim College"
Scott Korb
5:15am (ET)
Approx. 37 min.
Book Party for David Stockman, Author of "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America"
David Stockman
6am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"The Good Rich and What They Cost Us"
Robert Dalzell
7am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Lone Wolf Terror and the Rise of Leaderless Resistance"
George Michael

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