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Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
Karl Rove
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th at 10am (ET)

Archived Programs

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short: High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's "Postracial" America
Jon Jeter; Robert Pierre
Last aired: February 28, 2010
A Day Late and a Dollar Short: High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's "Postracial" America
Definining Conservatism: The Principles that Will Bring Our Country Back
Jonathan Krohn
Last aired: February 22, 2010
Definining Conservatism: The Principles that Will Bring Our Country Back
You've Come a Long Way, Maybe
Leslie Sanchez
Last aired: February 21, 2010
You've Come a Long Way, Maybe
The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050
Joel Kotkin
Last aired: February 21, 2010
The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050
Author Interview: Gerald Pops "Ethical Leadership in Turbulent Times"
Gerald Pop
Last aired: February 16, 2010
Author Interview: Gerald Pops "Ethical Leadership in Turbulent Times"
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Mark Halperin; John Heilemann
Last aired: February 16, 2010
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda
Michael Steele
Last aired: February 15, 2010
Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda
Reappraising the Right: The Past & Future of American Conservatism
George Nash
Last aired: February 14, 2010
Reappraising the Right: The Past & Future of American Conservatism
Clean Energy Common Sense (Program Portion)
Frances Beinecke
Last aired: February 7, 2010
Clean Energy Common Sense (Program Portion)
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
Howard Zinn
Last aired: January 31, 2010
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
Essays
Wallace Shawn
Last aired: January 24, 2010
Essays
Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What it Will Take for a Woman to Win
Anne Kornblut
Last aired: January 23, 2010
Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What it Will Take for a Woman to Win
Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a Perfect Union
David Swanson
Last aired: January 10, 2010
Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a Perfect Union
Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future
Barbara Berg
Last aired: January 3, 2010
Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future
Obamanos: The Birth of a New Political Era
Hendrik Hertzberg
Last aired: December 27, 2009
Obamanos: The Birth of a New Political Era
Watch Online: Oliver North "American Heroes"
Oliver North
Last aired: December 21, 2009
Watch Online: Oliver North "American Heroes"
The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Last aired: December 20, 2009
The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Author and Journalist Panel on Health Care
Multiple Authors
Last aired: December 20, 2009
Author and Journalist Panel on Health Care
Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
John Kenneth White
Last aired: December 13, 2009
Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
Whores: How and Why I Came to Fight the Establishment
Larry Klayman
Last aired: December 5, 2009
Whores: How and Why I Came to Fight the Establishment
71 Days: The Media Assault on Obama
Michael Jason Overstreet
Last aired: November 29, 2009
71 Days: The Media Assault on Obama
Commonwealth
Michael Hardt
Last aired: November 29, 2009
Commonwealth
Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold
Theresa Amato; James Bennett
Last aired: November 29, 2009
Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
Last aired: November 29, 2009
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star
Matthew Continetti
Last aired: November 23, 2009
The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
Last aired: November 8, 2009
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea and To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face
Robert Churchill; Joshua Horwitz
Last aired: November 1, 2009
Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea and To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face
Ron Paul Book Tour for "End the Fed"
Ron Paul
Last aired: November 1, 2009
Ron Paul Book Tour for "End the Fed"
We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism
John Derbyshire
Last aired: October 31, 2009
We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism
Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party
Max Blumenthal
Last aired: October 25, 2009
Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party
2009 Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Book Award: Philip Hamburger, author of "Law and Judicial Duty"
Philip Hamburger
Last aired: October 25, 2009
2009 Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Book Award: Philip Hamburger, author of "Law and Judicial Duty"
Why Are Jews Liberals?
Norman Podhoretz
Last aired: October 24, 2009
Why Are Jews Liberals?
Michael Barone, Co-author, The Almanac of American Politics 2010
Michael Barone
Last aired: October 17, 2009
Michael Barone, Co-author, The Almanac of American Politics 2010
Tahoe Boy: A Journey Back Home
Pat Hickey
Last aired: October 11, 2009
Tahoe Boy: A Journey Back Home
The Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs
Robert Spencer
Last aired: October 11, 2009
The Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs
The Death of Conservatism
Sam Tanenhaus
Last aired: October 11, 2009
The Death of Conservatism
The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union"
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Last aired: October 5, 2009
The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union"
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Toobin
Last aired: October 4, 2009
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege and How We Can Be Safe Again
Tom Ridge
Last aired: September 28, 2009
The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege and How We Can Be Safe Again
Safire's Political Dictionary
William Safire
Last aired: September 27, 2009
Safire's Political Dictionary
The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Last aired: September 27, 2009
The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works
Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies
Michelle Malkin
Last aired: September 7, 2009
Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies
2009 Book Expo America: Alex Jones, "Losing the News"
Alex Jones
Last aired: September 6, 2009
2009 Book Expo America: Alex Jones, "Losing the News"
Transforming America's Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change
Dan Fleshler
Last aired: August 22, 2009
Transforming America's Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change
The Death of Why: The Decline of Questioning and the Future of Democracy
Andrea Batista Schlesinger
Last aired: August 17, 2009
The Death of Why: The Decline of Questioning and the Future of Democracy
Catastrophe: How Obama, Congress and the Special Interests are Transforming a Slump Into a Crash, Freedom into Socialism, and a Disaster into a Catastrophe
Eileen McGann; Dick Morris
Last aired: August 16, 2009
Catastrophe: How Obama, Congress and the Special Interests are Transforming a Slump Into a Crash, Freedom into Socialism, and a Disaster into a Catastrophe
Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple Secure Solution for America
Ezekiel Emanuel
Last aired: August 9, 2009
Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple Secure Solution for America
The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election
Dan Balz; Haynes Johnson
Last aired: August 9, 2009
The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election
The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity
Matt Miller
Last aired: July 27, 2009
The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity
Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them
Steve Milloy
Last aired: July 5, 2009
Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them
The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty
Helen Knowles
Last aired: July 3, 2009
The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty
And Justice for All: The United States Commission on Civil Rights and the Continuing Struggle for Freedom in America
Mary Frances Berry
Last aired: June 28, 2009
And Justice for All: The United States Commission on Civil Rights and the Continuing Struggle for Freedom in America
Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey
William Least Heat-Moon
Last aired: June 27, 2009
Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey
Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections
Abigail Thernstrom
Last aired: June 21, 2009
Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections
Life Equity: Realize Your True Value and Pursue Your Passions at Any Stage in Life
Marsha Blackburn
Last aired: June 7, 2009
Life Equity: Realize Your True Value and Pursue Your Passions at Any Stage in Life
Renegade: The Making of a President
Richard Wolffe
Last aired: June 7, 2009
Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, The Powerful Forces that Put it in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America
Russ Baker
Last aired: May 11, 2009
Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, The Powerful Forces that Put it in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America
The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens
E. Fuller Torrey
Last aired: May 2, 2009
The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens
Book TV Civics Bus - Walter Benn Michaels, "The Trouble with Diversity"
Walter Benn Michaels
Last aired: April 19, 2009
Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders
Jason Riley
Last aired: April 5, 2009
Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders
The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream
John Zogby
Last aired: April 5, 2009
United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror
Jamie Glazov
Last aired: March 29, 2009
United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror
Slavoj Zizek, "Violence" and Bernard-Henri Levy, "Left In Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism"
Bernard-Henri Levy; Slavoj Zizek
Last aired: March 28, 2009
Slavoj Zizek, "Violence" and Bernard-Henri Levy, "Left In Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism"
In An Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
Robert Rubin
Last aired: March 15, 2009
In An Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights
LIVE Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
Karl Rove
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
E-mail Book TV Send questions for the author to Book TV
LIVE 2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE Coverage
LIVE Coverage
Next air time: Saturday, March 13th, at 3pm (ET)
Approx. 4 hr.
LIVE 2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE Coverage
LIVE Coverage
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 4 hr.
LIVE 2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE - Lynne Olson, "Citizens of London"
Lynne Olson
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis
Next air time: Saturday, March 13th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
Rawn James
Next air time: Saturday, March 13th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again
Robert McChesney; John Nichols
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 50 min.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Panel on Writing History
James Donovan; Jeff Guinn; Hampton Sides
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

Also Airing...

Saturday, March 13th
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
Discussion: Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring"
Paul Driessen; Linda Lear
9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 56 min.
In Depth: T.R. Reid
12pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Dirty Rotten Strategies: How We Trick Ourselves and Others into Solving the Wrong Problems Precisely
Ian Mitroff; Abraham Silvers
1pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
Rawn James
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Discussion on the Current Ecomonic Situation
Dean Baker; Amity Shlaes
LIVE 3pm (ET)
Approx. 4 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE Coverage
LIVE Coverage
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C.
Jesse Holland
8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 42 min.
The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
Lee Smith
10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis
11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - The U.S. and Mexico Border
Philip Caputo; David Danelo; Margaret Regan

Sunday, March 14th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Dan Balz
Dan Balz
1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War
Mark Danner
3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
Discussion: Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring"
Paul Driessen; Linda Lear
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Discussion on the Current Ecomonic Situation
Dean Baker; Amity Shlaes
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - The U.S. and Mexico Border
Philip Caputo; David Danelo; Margaret Regan
6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Dan Balz
Dan Balz
7am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
Sean Carroll
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 50 min.
The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again
Robert McChesney; John Nichols
LIVE 10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
Karl Rove
E-mail Book TV Send questions for the author to Book TV
11am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
Rawn James
12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Mitt Romney, "No Apology," interviewed by Juan Williams
LIVE 1pm (ET)
Approx. 4 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE Coverage
LIVE Coverage
5pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
Panel Discussion with Book Editors on the Future of Publishing
Multiple Panelists
6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 28 min.
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains one of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
Molly Caldwell Crosby
LIVE 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE - Lynne Olson, "Citizens of London"
Lynne Olson
8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
Karl Rove
9pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Panel on Writing History
James Donovan; Jeff Guinn; Hampton Sides
11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Gen. Anthony Zinni
Anthony Zinni

Monday, March 15th
12am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis
1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 50 min.
The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again
Robert McChesney; John Nichols
3am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
Karl Rove
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Panel on Writing History
James Donovan; Jeff Guinn; Hampton Sides
6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Doug Stanton
Doug Stanton
7am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Gen. Anthony Zinni
Anthony Zinni

Upcoming Programs

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.   You can watch previous episodes of In Depth online.  In 2010 so far, Michelle Malkin, Paul Johnson, and T.R. Reid have been our guests.  You can watch those online.

April--John Dean

 

Book Festivals

Book TV will be covering several book festivals this spring, including LIVE coverage of the Tucson Book Festival March 13-14, and the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville later in March.  In April, plans for coverage include the Annapolis Book Festival as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Fair.