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Gen Buy: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail
Jayne O'Donnell; Kit Yarrow
Last aired: November 1, 2009
Gen Buy: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
Ellen Ruppel Shell
Last aired: October 25, 2009
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
Robert Samuelson, author of "The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath" and Liaquat Ahamed, author of "Lords of Finance"
Liaquat Ahamed; Paul Samuelson
Last aired: October 19, 2009
Robert Samuelson, author of "The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath" and Liaquat Ahamed, author of "Lords of Finance"
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
David Wessel
Last aired: October 11, 2009
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
The Mom & Pop Store: How the Unsung Heroes of the American Economy Are Surviving and Thriving
Robert Spector
Last aired: October 11, 2009
The Mom & Pop Store: How the Unsung Heroes of the American Economy Are Surviving and Thriving
Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation with Home Ownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis
Johan Norberg
Last aired: October 11, 2009
Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation with Home Ownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis
Economics Does Not Lie: A Defense of the Free Market in a Time of Crisis
Guy Sorman
Last aired: October 10, 2009
Economics Does Not Lie: A Defense of the Free Market in a Time of Crisis
End the Fed
Ron Paul
Last aired: October 4, 2009
End the Fed
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Lawrence McDonald; Patrick Robinson
Last aired: October 3, 2009
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees
David Faber
Last aired: September 27, 2009
And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees
The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street
Justin Fox
Last aired: September 27, 2009
The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street
Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
Daniel Goleman
Last aired: September 21, 2009
Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown
Edmund Andrews
Last aired: September 7, 2009
Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times
Robert H. Frank
Last aired: September 6, 2009
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times
Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover
Katrina Vanden Heuvel
Last aired: August 29, 2009
Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover
Right on the Money: Financial Advice for Tough Times
Pat Robertson
Last aired: August 17, 2009
Right on the Money: Financial Advice for Tough Times
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Lawrence Lessig
Last aired: August 8, 2009
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Foreclosure Nation: Mortgaging the American Dream
Shari Olefson
Last aired: August 2, 2009
Foreclosure Nation: Mortgaging the American Dream
Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe
Gillian Tett
Last aired: August 1, 2009
Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe
The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street
John Talbott
Last aired: July 19, 2009
The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street
Nice Work if You Can Get It
Andrew Ross
Last aired: July 13, 2009
Nice Work if You Can Get It
How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street: Golden Rules Any Investor Can Learn
Allan Roth
Last aired: July 13, 2009
The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy
David Smick
Last aired: July 12, 2009
The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It
Bill Bradley et al.
Last aired: July 12, 2009
The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
Matt Mason
Last aired: July 6, 2009
The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
Barry Ritholtz
Last aired: June 29, 2009
Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
Money, Greed and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem
Jay W. Richards
Last aired: June 22, 2009
Money, Greed and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem
The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy - If We Let it Happen
Arthur Laffer; Stephen Moore; Peter Tanous
Last aired: June 15, 2009
The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy - If We Let it Happen
Why GM Matters
William Holstein
Last aired: May 31, 2009
Why GM Matters
The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
Robert Samuelson
Last aired: May 26, 2009
The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Van Jones
Last aired: May 25, 2009
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
The 21st Century Economy: A Beginner's Guide
Randy Charles Epping
Last aired: May 24, 2009
The 21st Century Economy: A Beginner's Guide
What Would Google Do?
Jeff Jarvis
Last aired: May 18, 2009
What Would Google Do?
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse
Thomas Woods
Last aired: May 17, 2009
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse
Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
David Korten
Last aired: May 16, 2009
Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era
Michael Panzner
Last aired: April 12, 2009
When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era
The Battle for Wall Street: Behind the Lines in the Struggle that Pushed An Industry into Turmoil
Richard Goldberg
Last aired: March 29, 2009
The Battle for Wall Street: Behind the Lines in the Struggle that Pushed An Industry into Turmoil
Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back
Gar Alperovitz; Lew Daly
Last aired: March 15, 2009
Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back
New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy has Damaged America
Burton Folsom
Last aired: March 8, 2009
New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy has Damaged America
Plunder and Blunder:The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy
Dean Baker
Last aired: February 23, 2009
Plunder and Blunder:The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy
The First Billion Is the Hardest: How Believing It's Still Early in the Game Can Lead to Life's Greatest Comebacks
T. Boone Pickens
Last aired: February 22, 2009
The First Billion Is the Hardest: How Believing It's Still Early in the Game Can Lead to Life's Greatest Comebacks
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
Muhammad Yunus
Last aired: February 15, 2009
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Bryan Burrough; John Helyar
Last aired: January 17, 2009
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families
Peter Gosselin
Last aired: January 12, 2009
High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families
Panel Discussion on the Economy with Thomas Friedman, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Michelle Singletary
Barbara Ehrenreich; Thomas Friedman; Michelle Singletary
Last aired: December 21, 2008
Panel Discussion on the Economy with Thomas Friedman, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Michelle Singletary
A Journey Through Economic Time
John Kenneth Galbraith
Last aired: December 6, 2008

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 2pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, November 7th
8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 57 min.
In Depth: Temple Grandin
12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War
James David Robenalt
1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
4pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Listen Up, Mr. President
Craig Crawford; Helen Thomas
4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
A Moveable Feast
Adam Gopnik; Ernest Hemingway; Sean Hemingway; Diane Johnson
6pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Encore Booknotes: Susan Eisenhower, "Breaking Free"
Susan Eisenhower
7pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Jean Sasson
8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
9pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler

Sunday, November 8th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
1:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Brother West: Living and Loving Outloud, A Memoir
Cornel West
2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
3:30am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
5am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Jean Sasson
6am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South
W. Ralph Eubanks
7am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
8am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming of the Dark Age
Maggie Jackson
9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
10:30am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Listen Up, Mr. President
Craig Crawford; Helen Thomas
11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger
12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
After Words: John Fleming, "The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War" interviewed by Amity Shlaes
1pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler
2pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin
4pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
5pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
6pm (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2009 Texas Book Festival: Frank Luntz, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth about Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears"
Frank Luntz
6:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
8pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Brother West: Living and Loving Outloud, A Memoir
Cornel West
9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
10pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
11pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger

Monday, November 9th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
1:15am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2009 Texas Book Festival: Frank Luntz, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth about Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears"
Frank Luntz
2am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
4am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming of the Dark Age
Maggie Jackson
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin

Upcoming Programs

MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL

Book TV will be live at the 26th annual Miami Book Fair International, November 14th and 15th.  The week-long event includes evenings with award-winning authors of all genres and a three-day street festival. 
Book TV will feature former Vice President Al Gore, presidential confidante and historian Taylor Branch,  and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder on Saturday.  Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader and editor-at-large of Commentary magazine Norman Podhoretz (Pod-HOR-etz) will headline Sunday's coverage, with call-in programs scheduled for both.  A politics and culture panel Sunday will include Editor of the New York Times Book Review Sam Tanenhaus, Chris Hedges and George Packer. 
Join us live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday on C-SPAN2.  For more information, www.booktv.org

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

Book TV will be taping the National Book Awards on Wednesday, November 18, and airing the program the following weekend.  Sponsored by the National Book Foundation, awards are given in many categories, including best nonfiction and fiction books of the year.  Two of the nonfiction finalists have been covered by Book TV, and you can watch those programs online under our "Featured Video" section.  www.nationalbook.org

IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's long form LIVE interview call-in program with one author discussing his or her body of work.  It airs on the first Sunday of every month, beginning at Noon ET.  Here's a look at some upcoming guests...

December--Joy Hakim
Joy Hakim, former teacher and former editor and editorial writer at the Virginian-Pilot newspaper (Norfolk, Virginia), is the author of several books including the "A History of US" series (10 volumes). The series received the James A. Michener Prize awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies. Her book, “Freedom: A History of US” was the inspiration for the PBS series which premiered in 2003. For more on Ms. Hakim and her work, visit joyhakim.com.