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Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Jean Sasson
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th at 7pm (ET)

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)

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Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran Azadeh Moaveni Last aired: November 2, 2009	Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Nicholas Kristof; Sheryl WuDunn Last aired: November 2, 2009
The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable David Cole Last aired: November 1, 2009	Marked for Death: Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places Terry Gould Last aired: October 31, 2009
Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History John Limbert Last aired: October 26, 2009	The Next Front: Southeast Asia and the Road to Global Peace with Islam Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond Last aired: October 26, 2009
Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia Ahmed Rashid Last aired: October 18, 2009	The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday Neil MacFarquhar Last aired: October 18, 2009
Dragon Fighter: One Woman's Epic Struggle for Peace with China Rebiya Kadeer Last aired: October 18, 2009	My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran Haleh Esfandiari Last aired: October 17, 2009
The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget Andrew Rice Last aired: October 4, 2009	In the Graveyard of Empires Seth Jones Last aired: September 28, 2009
Massoud: An Intimate Portrait of the Legendary Afghan Leader Marcela Grad Last aired: September 28, 2009	The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies the West Dore Gold Last aired: September 27, 2009
Homeland Security: Assessing the First Five Years Michael Chertoff Last aired: September 26, 2009	Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia David Vine Last aired: September 21, 2009
The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days Karen Greenberg Last aired: September 19, 2009	Triple Cross: How Bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI Peter Lance Last aired: September 6, 2009
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream Patrick Radden Keefe Last aired: August 30, 2009	Freeing Tibet: 50 Years of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope Elizabeth Roberts; John Roberts Last aired: August 23, 2009
The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage Alexandra Harney Last aired: August 9, 2009	The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East Joshua Muravchik Last aired: August 9, 2009
Gay Travels in The Muslim World Michael Luongo (ed.) Last aired: August 2, 2009	Lake with No Name: A True Story of Love and Conflict in Modern China Diane Wei Liang Last aired: August 2, 2009
One Second After William Forstchen Last aired: August 2, 2009	American Power and the New Mandarins - 40th Anniversary Talk Noam Chomsky Last aired: August 1, 2009
Iran: Another Intelligence Failure in the Making Robert Baer; Keith Crane; Ali Nader Last aired: July 12, 2009	Dateline Havana: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba Reese Erlich Last aired: July 12, 2009
Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed and How to Stop It Rachel Ehrenfeld Last aired: July 12, 2009	The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed Michael Meyer Last aired: June 28, 2009
How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida Seth Jones; Martin Libicki Last aired: June 22, 2009	Travel as a Political Act Rick Steves Last aired: June 21, 2009
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work Jimmy Carter Last aired: June 20, 2009	Inside the Revolution: How the Followers of Jihad, Jefferson & Jesus are Battling to Dominate the Middle East and Transform the World Joel Rosenberg Last aired: June 14, 2009
The Next Hundred Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century George Friedman Last aired: June 13, 2009	The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chávez and the War Against America Michael Rowan Last aired: June 7, 2009
The Lassa Ward: One Man's Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest Diseases Ross Donaldson Last aired: June 7, 2009	Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine Jonathan Schanzer Last aired: June 7, 2009
The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib Karen Greenberg and Joshua Dratel Last aired: May 4, 2009	Great Powers:America and the World After Bush Thomas P.M. Barnett Last aired: May 3, 2009
Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law Nonie Darwish Last aired: April 19, 2009	Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror Mahmood Mamdani Last aired: April 19, 2009
Engaging the Muslim World Juan Cole Last aired: April 19, 2009	The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation Marwan Muasher Last aired: March 16, 2009
Securing the City: Inside America's Best Counterterror Force - The NYPD Christopher Dickey Last aired: March 7, 2009	The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution Daniel Erikson Last aired: March 1, 2009
Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World Alexandra Avakian Last aired: February 22, 2009	The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry - And What We Must Do to Stop It Antonia Juhasz Last aired: February 1, 2009
Palestine Inside and Out: An Everyday Occupation Saree Makdisi Last aired: January 25, 2009	Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons Sidney Drell; Jim Goodby Last aired: January 25, 2009
In Defense of the Bush Doctrine Robert Kaufman Last aired: January 18, 2009	The Mind of Jihad Laurent Murawiec Last aired: December 14, 2008
Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda Robert Wallace and Keith Melton Last aired: December 7, 2008	Ending Slavery: How to Free Today's Slaves Kevin Bales Last aired: November 30, 2008
The Fight Against AIDS in Africa: Two Perspectives on an Epidemic Helen Epstein; Jonny Steinberg Last aired: November 10, 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

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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.