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A Moveable Feast
Adam Gopnik; Ernest Hemingway; Sean Hemingway; Diane Johnson
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th at 4:30pm (ET)

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James McPherson on His Writing Habits (Program Portion) James McPherson Last aired: November 1, 2009	2009 Leon Levy Biography Lecture delivered by Robert Caro Robert Caro Last aired: November 1, 2009
Alexander Cockburn In Depth Vignette (short version) Alexander Cockburn Last aired: November 1, 2009	Alexander Cockburn In Depth Vignette Alexander Cockburn Last aired: October 25, 2009
Kevin Phillips In Depth Vignette Kevin Phillips Last aired: October 24, 2009	2009 National Book Festival - Judy Blume Judy Blume Last aired: October 19, 2009
Authors on Writing, Ralph Peters, Bill Gertz, and Steven Pinker Bill Gertz; Ralph Peters; Steven Pinker Last aired: October 17, 2009	In Depth Vignette: Jonathan Kozol Jonathan Kozol Last aired: October 17, 2009
Panel Discussion on the Future of Feature Writing Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Last aired: September 19, 2009	Writer's Life: Eva Brann Eva Brann Last aired: September 13, 2009
In Depth Vignette: Stanley Crouch Stanley Crouch Last aired: September 7, 2009	In Depth Vignette: John McWhorter John McWhorter Last aired: September 6, 2009
In Depth Vignette: Michael Eric Dyson Michael Eric Dyson Last aired: September 6, 2009	George Weigel In Depth Vignette George Weigel Last aired: September 6, 2009
In Depth Vignette: Christopher Hitchens Christopher Hitchens Last aired: August 30, 2009	In Depth Vignette: Ralph Peters Ralph Peters Last aired: August 23, 2009
In Depth Vignette: Taylor Branch Taylor Branch Last aired: August 22, 2009	In Depth Vignette: Steven Pinker Steven Pinker Last aired: August 22, 2009
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans Dan Baum Last aired: August 22, 2009	In Depth Vignette: Nell Irvin Painter Nell Irvin Painter Last aired: August 16, 2009
Nicholas Basbanes: Home Library Tour & Writing Habits Nicholas Basbanes Last aired: August 8, 2009	James McPherson on his Writing Habits James McPherson Last aired: April 26, 2009
In Depth Vignette - John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin Last aired: March 30, 2009	In Depth Vignette: John Hope Franklin with Greenhouse Tour John Hope Franklin Last aired: March 29, 2009
In Depth Vignette: P.J. O'Rourke P.J. O'Rourke Last aired: February 21, 2009	In Depth Vignette: Ray Kurzweil Kurzweil Ray Last aired: December 26, 2008
In Depth Vignette: Charles Murray Charles Murray Last aired: December 1, 2008	In Depth Vignette: George Weigel & Michael Eric Dyson on Writing Michael Eric Dyson; George Weigel Last aired: December 1, 2008
In Depth Vignette: David Horowitz David Horowitz Last aired: November 22, 2008	In Depth Vignette: George Weigel and Michael Eric Dyson on Writing Michael Eric Dyson; George Weigel Last aired: November 22, 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.