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Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary
Bertrand Patenaude
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd at 2am (ET)

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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy David Hoffman Last aired: November 14, 2009	Kennedy and the Berlin Wall W.R. Smyser Last aired: November 9, 2009
Interview with Geoffrey Megargee editor of "Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945" Geoffrey Megargee Last aired: November 8, 2009	Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War Romesh Ratnesar Last aired: November 8, 2009
Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America John Earl Haynes; Harvey Klehr Last aired: October 31, 2009	Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson Peter Mancall Last aired: October 31, 2009
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History Robert Edsel Last aired: October 18, 2009	Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould Last aired: October 17, 2009
A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest Hobson Woodward Last aired: September 28, 2009	Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East Rashid Khalidi Last aired: August 24, 2009
The Chief Culprit: Stalin's Grand Design to Start World War II Viktor Suvorov Last aired: August 23, 2009	We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence After the Holocaust, 1945-1962 Hasia Diner Last aired: July 25, 2009
Hitler's Man in Havana: Heinz Luning and Nazi Espionage in Latin America Thomas Schoonover Last aired: July 4, 2009	The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-De-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror John Merriman Last aired: June 28, 2009
11th Month, 11th Day 11th Hour: Armistice Day, 1918 Joseph Persico Last aired: May 26, 2009	Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Dire Warning - Churchill's First Speech as Prime Minister John Lukacs Last aired: May 24, 2009
Winston Churchill: The Flawed Genius of World War II Christopher Catherwood Last aired: May 10, 2009	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon David Grann Last aired: May 2, 2009
With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain Michael Korda Last aired: March 29, 2009	Who Will Write Our History?: Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto Samuel Kassow Last aired: March 28, 2009
Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba Tom Gjelten Last aired: February 9, 2009	Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East Shareen Blair Brysac; Karl Meyer Last aired: February 8, 2009
Reflections on Edmund Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France" Gertrude Himmelfarb Last aired: January 31, 2009	Worlds at War: The 2,500-year Struggle Between East and West Anthony Pagden Last aired: January 26, 2009
Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945 Carlo D'Este Last aired: January 25, 2009	A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World Tony Horwitz Last aired: January 1, 2009
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 Max Hastings Last aired: December 28, 2008	Book TV Bus - Deborah Rodriguez, "Kabul Beauty School" Deborah Rodriguez Last aired: December 1, 2008
Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Patrick Buchanan Last aired: November 23, 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.