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A Heart to Serve: The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing Bill Frist Last aired: November 15, 2009	Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler Last aired: November 8, 2009
Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly James McWilliams Last aired: November 1, 2009	Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything Gordon Bell; Jim Gemmell Last aired: November 1, 2009
Howard Dean's Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform: How We Can Achieve Affordable Medical Care for Every American and Make Our Jobs Safer Howard Dean Last aired: October 25, 2009	Free: The Future of a Radical Price Chris Anderson Last aired: October 12, 2009
No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process Colin Beavan Last aired: October 11, 2009	Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future Chris Mooney Last aired: October 4, 2009
The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America Steven Johnson Last aired: September 20, 2009	And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture Bill Wasik Last aired: September 20, 2009
Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters Scott Rosenberg Last aired: September 20, 2009	When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors Sally Satel Last aired: September 14, 2009
Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It Robert Glennon Last aired: September 13, 2009	The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being Nena Baker Last aired: September 8, 2009
Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design Stephen Meyer Last aired: September 8, 2009	Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon Craig Nelson Last aired: September 8, 2009
Book TV Bus - Andrew Chaikin, "A Passion for Mars" Andrew Chaikin Last aired: August 30, 2009	William Noel, Co-author, "The Archimedes Codex" Reviel Netz; William Noel Last aired: August 23, 2009
The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning James Lovelock Last aired: August 16, 2009	How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neurocientist Andrew Newberg Last aired: August 9, 2009
Burning the Ships: Intellectual Property and the Transformation of Microsoft David Kline; Marshall Phelps Last aired: August 8, 2009	The Numerati Stephen Baker Last aired: August 3, 2009
Animal Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species Laurel Neme Last aired: August 3, 2009	Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences Andrew Chaikin Last aired: July 19, 2009
Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley Stephan Faris Last aired: July 11, 2009	The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet Neil deGrasse Tyson Last aired: July 5, 2009
Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America Julia Angwin Last aired: July 5, 2009	Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health David Michaels Last aired: June 28, 2009
Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Didn't Want You to Know Robert Balling; Patrick Michaels Last aired: June 28, 2009	Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives John Palfrey Last aired: May 25, 2009
Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own David Bollier Last aired: May 25, 2009	The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia Andrew Lih Last aired: May 25, 2009
Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honeybee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis Rowan Jacobsen Last aired: May 24, 2009	Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America Lee Allen Peterson; Roger Tory Peterson Last aired: May 23, 2009
Harold Varmus, The Art and Politics of Science LIVE CALL-IN Harold Varmus Last aired: May 10, 2009	Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique Michael Gazzaniga Last aired: April 27, 2009
Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World Tom Zoellner Last aired: April 26, 2009	Book TV Civics Bus - Dan Linehan, "SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History" Dan Linehan Last aired: April 19, 2009
How We Decide Jonah Lehrer Last aired: March 22, 2009	A Passion for Mars: Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet Andrew Chaikin Last aired: February 16, 2009
Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children Alice Shabecoff; Philip Shabecoff Last aired: January 31, 2009	Titanic's Last Secrets John Chatterton; Richie Kohler; Brad Matsen Last aired: January 10, 2009
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics Leonard Susskind Last aired: December 14, 2008	Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend Barbara Oakley Last aired: November 30, 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.