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Senate Health Care Debate Coverage U.S. Senate Next air time: Saturday, November 21st at 10am (ET)	The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd at 3am (ET)
Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a Perfect Union David Swanson Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd at 7:45am (ET)	Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family and Religion Ended the Reagan Era John Kenneth White Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd at 1pm (ET)
The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star Matthew Continetti Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd at 6:30pm (ET)	Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd at 7:15pm (ET)
Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold Theresa Amato; James Bennett Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd at 10pm (ET)

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Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove Max Cleland Last aired: November 8, 2009	Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe Last aired: November 8, 2009
Essays Wallace Shawn Last aired: November 2, 2009	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
Ron Paul Book Tour for "End the Fed" Ron Paul Last aired: November 1, 2009	We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism John Derbyshire Last aired: October 31, 2009
Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party Max Blumenthal Last aired: October 25, 2009	2009 Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Book Award: Philip Hamburger, author of "Law and Judicial Duty" Philip Hamburger Last aired: October 25, 2009
Whores: How and Why I Came to Fight the Establishment Larry Klayman Last aired: October 25, 2009	Why Are Jews Liberals? Norman Podhoretz Last aired: October 24, 2009
Michael Barone, Co-author, The Almanac of American Politics 2010 Michael Barone Last aired: October 17, 2009	Tahoe Boy: A Journey Back Home Pat Hickey Last aired: October 11, 2009
The Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs Robert Spencer Last aired: October 11, 2009	The Death of Conservatism Sam Tanenhaus Last aired: October 11, 2009
The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting Last aired: October 5, 2009	The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Jeffrey Toobin Last aired: October 4, 2009
The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege and How We Can Be Safe Again Tom Ridge Last aired: September 28, 2009	Safire's Political Dictionary William Safire Last aired: September 27, 2009
The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) Last aired: September 27, 2009	71 Days: The Media Assault on Obama Michael Jason Overstreet Last aired: September 8, 2009
Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies Michelle Malkin Last aired: September 7, 2009	2009 Book Expo America: Alex Jones, "Losing the News" Alex Jones Last aired: September 6, 2009
Transforming America's Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change Dan Fleshler Last aired: August 22, 2009	The Death of Why: The Decline of Questioning and the Future of Democracy Andrea Batista Schlesinger Last aired: August 17, 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 Eileen McGann; Dick Morris Last aired: August 16, 2009	Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple Secure Solution for America Ezekiel Emanuel Last aired: August 9, 2009
The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election Dan Balz; Haynes Johnson Last aired: August 9, 2009	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 Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom Robert Levy; William Mellor Last aired: July 12, 2009	Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them Steve Milloy Last aired: July 5, 2009
The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty Helen Knowles Last aired: July 3, 2009	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
Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey William Least Heat-Moon Last aired: June 27, 2009	Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections Abigail Thernstrom Last aired: June 21, 2009
Life Equity: Realize Your True Value and Pursue Your Passions at Any Stage in Life Marsha Blackburn Last aired: June 7, 2009	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	The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens E. Fuller Torrey Last aired: May 2, 2009
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
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
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	In An Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington Robert Rubin Last aired: March 15, 2009
Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics John Talbott Last aired: March 8, 2009	So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government Robert Kaiser Last aired: March 2, 2009
This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation Barbara Ehrenreich Last aired: March 1, 2009	The Conservative's Handbook: Defining the Right Position on Issues from A to Z Phil Valentine Last aired: March 1, 2009
The Millennials: The Dumbest Generation or the Next Great Generation? Mark Bauerlein; Neil Howe Last aired: March 1, 2009	Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life Kathleen Dalton Last aired: February 28, 2009
Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty Ivan Eland Last aired: February 28, 2009	How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America Moustafa Bayoumi Last aired: February 23, 2009
The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch Michael Wolff Last aired: February 23, 2009	Rebels All!: A Short History of the Conservative Mind in Postwar America Kevin Mattson Last aired: February 16, 2009
Latinos and the Nation's Future Henry Cisneros Last aired: February 16, 2009	A Return to Common Sense: 7 Bold Ways to Revitalize Our Democracy Michael Waldman Last aired: February 9, 2009
The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization Fekkak Mamdouh; Rinku Sen Last aired: February 8, 2009	Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine Marion Nestle Last aired: January 25, 2009
Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Riki Ott Last aired: January 25, 2009	Born Liberal, Raised Right Reb Bradley Last aired: January 25, 2009
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) Last aired: January 19, 2009	Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents Gil Troy Last aired: January 19, 2009
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Barack Obama Last aired: January 18, 2009	The Leaders We Deserved (And a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game Alvin Felzenberg Last aired: January 11, 2009
The Plan: How to Rescue Society When the Oil Stops - or the Day Before Edwin Black Last aired: January 4, 2009	The Price of Racial Reconciliation Ronald Walters Last aired: January 1, 2009
Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America Andrew Gumbel Last aired: December 28, 2008	Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence" Robert Bryce Last aired: December 28, 2008
No Room for Democracy: The Triumph of Ego over Common Sense Richard Rosenbaum Last aired: December 22, 2008	The Opinion Makers: An Insider Exposes the Truth Behind the Polls David Moore Last aired: December 7, 2008
No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers Michael Novak Last aired: November 30, 2008	The New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal Mark Krikorian Last aired: November 23, 2008
Race: A History Beyond Black and White Marc Aronson Last aired: November 22, 2008

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

Senate Health Care Debate Coverage
U.S. Senate
Next air time: Saturday, November 21st, at 10am (ET)
Approx. 11 hr.

2009 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors
Next air time: Saturday, November 21st, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.

2009 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NONFICTION WINNER - The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
T.J. Stiles
Next air time: Saturday, November 21st, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.

After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.

The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 9am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.

Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold
Theresa Amato; James Bennett
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.

Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 5:45pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.

The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star
Matthew Continetti
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.

Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 7:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.

Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America
Craig Shirley
Next air time: Monday, November 23rd, at 2am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, November 21st

8am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Rehnquist: A Personal Portrait of the Distinguished Chief Justice of the United States
Herman Obermayer

8:45am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
Carlotta Walls LaNier, "A Mighty Long Way" and Terrence Roberts, "Lessons from Little Rock"
Carlotta Walls LaNier; Terrence Roberts

10am (ET)
Approx. 11 hr.
Senate Health Care Debate Coverage
U.S. Senate

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
2009 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
2009 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NONFICTION WINNER - The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
T.J. Stiles

Sunday, November 22nd

12am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders

2am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary
Bertrand Patenaude

3am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

4am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Rehnquist: A Personal Portrait of the Distinguished Chief Justice of the United States
Herman Obermayer

4:45am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
Carlotta Walls LaNier, "A Mighty Long Way" and Terrence Roberts, "Lessons from Little Rock"
Carlotta Walls LaNier; Terrence Roberts

5:30am (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Google Book Search Settlement: Interview with Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, Washington Post
Cecilia Kang

6am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
The Future of Faith
Harvey Cox

7am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2009 Southern Festival of Books: Shaun Casey, "The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960"
Shaun Casey

7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a Perfect Union
David Swanson

9am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon

10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
2009 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors

12pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Peter Schweizer, author of "Architects of Ruin" interviewed by Rep. Michele Bachmann

1pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
John Kenneth White

2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Lawrence McDonald; Patrick Robinson

3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America
Patrick J. Carr

4pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

5pm (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Google Book Search Settlement: Interview with Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, Washington Post
Cecilia Kang

5:45pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin

6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star
Matthew Continetti

7:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe

8pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon

9pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold
Theresa Amato; James Bennett

Monday, November 23rd

12am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders

1am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
Harlow Unger

2am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America
Craig Shirley

3am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders

4am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon

5am (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Google Book Search Settlement: Interview with Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, Washington Post
Cecilia Kang

5:30am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star
Matthew Continetti

6:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe

7:30am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin

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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.