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Friday, July 4, 2008
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Program
Author(s)
8:00 AM1 hr, 43 minSarah Johnson's Mount Vernon: The Forgotten History of an American Shrine
Author: Scott Casper
9:45 AM54 minHeritage Foundation Lecture: In Defense of Liberty
Author: Victor Davis Hanson
10:35 AM3 minSummer Reading 2008: O. Vernon Burton
Author: O. Vernon Burton
10:40 AM4 minBook TV Digital Short - In Depth Authors on Writing - Painter, O'Rourke, McWhorter
10:45 AM1 hr, 14 minHistory
The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder and the Search for Justice in the American South
Author: Gilbert King
11:55 AM2 minPublishing News: July 5-6, 2008
Author: Publishing News
12:00 PM1 hr, 18 minHistory
America: The Last Best Hope
Author: William Bennett
1:15 PM9 min2008 Organization of American Historians: Ivan R. Dee
Author: Ivan R. Dee
1:25 PM3 minSummer Reading 2008: Chicago Printer's Row Book Fair Pt. 2
Author: Chicago Printer's Row Book Fair
1:30 PM1 hr, 4 minHistory
2008 Virginia Festival of the Book - African American Revolutionaries Panel
Authors: Paul Alkebulan; Wesley Hogan; Patrick McGilligan
2:30 PM46 minHistory
Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World
Author: Michael Meyerson
3:15 PM9 minPolitics
2008 BookExpo America: Interview with Rev. Cindi Love author of "Would Jesus Discriminate?: The 21st Century Question"
Author: Rev. Cindi Love
3:20 PM6 min2008 CPAC: Jed Babbin, "In the Words of Our Enemies"
Author: Jed Babbin
3:25 PM9 min2008 Organization of American Historians: David Blight
Author: David Blight
3:45 PM1 hrHistory
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
Author: Elizabeth Fenn
4:45 PM1 hr, 14 minThey Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War
Author: DeAnne Blanton
6:00 PM52 minThe Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II
Author: Jeff Shaara
6:50 PM3 minSummer Reading 2008: Chicago Printer's Row Book Fair Pt. 2
Author: Chicago Printer's Row Book Fair
6:50 PM3 minNational Press Club Book & Author Night, Bob Deans, "The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the James"
Author: Bob Deans
6:55 PM3 minSummer Reading 2008: Brian Williams
Author: Brian Williams
7:00 PM54 minHistory
Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
Author: Walter Borneman
7:55 PM5 minBook TV Bus - Pat Duggins "Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program"
Author: Pat Duggins
7:55 PM2 minSummer Reading 2008: Ron Charles
Author: Ron Charles
8:00 PM1 hr, 9 minHistory
Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
Author: William Link
9:15 PM1 hr, 11 minPolitics
A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win
Author: Shelby Steele
10:15 PM6 min2008 Organization of American Historians: John Quist
Author: John Quist
10:25 PM3 minSummer Reading 2008: Stephen Budiansky
Author: Stephen Budiansky
10:30 PM1 hr, 26 minLeaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Marc Sageman
11:55 PM5 minBook TV Bus - Dan Schiller, "How to Think About Information"
Author: Dan Schiller


Saturday, July 5, 2008
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Program
Author(s)
12:00 AM58 minAfter Words: "Ladies of Liberty" by Cokie Roberts, interviewed by Pat Schroeder
1:00 AM52 minThe Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II
Author: Jeff Shaara
1:50 AM2 minSummer Reading 2008: New York Times
Author: New York Times Book World
1:50 AM6 minBUS - James Kirby Martin "Forgotten Allies"
Author: James Kirby Martin
2:00 AM1 hr, 14 minThey Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War
Author: DeAnne Blanton
3:15 AM1 hrHistory
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
Author: Elizabeth Fenn
4:10 AM13 min2008 CPAC: Paul Kengor, "The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand"
Author: Paul Kengor
4:30 AM1 hr, 21 minHistory
American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese Americans Disloyalty in World War II
Author: Eric Muller
6:00 AM1 hr, 33 minHistory
Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877
Author: Walter McDougall
7:30 AM42 minHistory
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America
Authors: Jill Tietjen; Charlotte Waisman
8:15 AM37 minUntil Death Do Us Part: My Struggle to Reclaim Colombia
Author: Ingrid Betancourt
8:50 AM2 minSummer Reading 2008: James Davison Jr.
Author: James Davison, Jr.
8:50 AM8 minBook TV Bus - Michael Barnett, "Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda"
Author: Michael Barnett
9:00 AM1 hr, 12 min2008 National Black Writers Conference: Historical Representations of Resistance and Transformation in Literature by Black Writers
Authors: Lawrence Jackson; Valerie Kinloch; Nancy Rawles
10:10 AM2 minSummer Reading 2008: Richard Brookhiser
Author: Richard Brookhiser
10:10 AM15 min2008 Virginia Festival of the Book - A.J. Jacobs, "The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible"
Author: A.J. Jacobs
10:30 AM1 hr, 16 min2008 National Black Writers Conference: The Impact of Katrina and 911 on Literature by Black Writers
Authors: Thulani Davis; Brenda Marie Osbey; Kevin Powell; Jerry Ward
11:45 AM12 minLincoln's White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O.Stoddard
Authors: Harold Holzer (Editor); Eleanor Stoddard (Contributor)
11:55 AM2 minSummer Reading 2008: Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)
Author: Rep. Sue Myrick
12:00 PM1 hr, 15 minHistory
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Author: Drew Gilpin Faust
1:15 PM35 minHistory
The Bloody Shirt: Terror After Appomattox
Author: Stephen Budiansky
1:45 PM8 minIn Depth Vignette: David Horowitz
2:00 PM59 minHistory
Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Author: Arthur Herman
2:55 PM3 minSummer Reading 2008: Brian Williams
Author: Brian Williams
3:00 PM54 minHistory
Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
Author: Walter Borneman
3:50 PM5 min2008 Organization of American Historians: David Patterson
Author: David Patterson
4:00 PM1 hr, 9 minHistory
Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
Author: William Link
5:05 PM2 minSummer Reading 2008: David Mendell
Author: David Mendell
5:05 PM5 minSummer Reading 2008: Michelle Easton
Author: Michelle Easton
5:15 PM42 minHistory
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America
Authors: Jill Tietjen; Charlotte Waisman
5:55 PM3 min2007 National Press Club Book and Author Night, Peter Schmidt, "Color and Money"
Author: Peter Schmidt
6:00 PM1 hrEncore Booknotes: M. Stanton Evans, "The Theme is Freedom: Religion, Politics, and the American Tradition"
Author: M. Stanton Evans
7:00 PM1 hr, 36 minHistory
African American National Biography
Authors: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
8:35 PM7 min2008 CPAC: Richard Viguerie, "Conservatives Betrayed: : How George W. Bush and Other Big Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause"
Author: Richard Viguerie
8:40 PM2 minSummer Reading 2008: Susan Weinberg
Author: Susan Weinberg
8:45 PM56 minDefending Identity: Its Indispensible Role in Protecting Democracy
Author: Natan Sharansky
9:45 PM9 minPolitics
2008 BookExpo America: Interview with Rev. Cindi Love author of "Would Jesus Discriminate?: The 21st Century Question"
Author: Rev. Cindi Love
10:00 PM59 minAfter Words: J. Phillip London, co-author of "Our Good Name: A Company's Fight to Defend Its Honor and Get the Truth Told About Abu Ghraib" interviewed by Rowan Scarborough
11:00 PM1 hr, 7 minBad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
Author: Kevin Phillips


Sunday, July 6, 2008
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Program
Author(s)
12:05 AM2 minSummer Reading 2008: Brian Bouldrey & Seth Lerer
Author: Brian Bouldrey & Seth Lerer
12:05 AM7 min2008 Organization of American Historians: Janet Francendese
Author: Janet Francendese
12:15 AM59 minHistory
Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Author: Arthur Herman
1:15 AM42 minHistory
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America
Authors: Jill Tietjen; Charlotte Waisman
1:55 AM3 minSummer Reading 2008: Brian Williams
Author: Brian Williams
2:00 AM54 minHistory
Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
Author: Walter Borneman
2:50 AM4 minSummer Reading 2008: Chicago Printer's Row Book Fair Pt. 1
Author: Chicago's Printers Row Book Fair
3:00 AM1 hr, 16 minPolitics
Spies For Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing
Author: Tim Shorrock
4:15 AM1 hr, 37 minPolitics
Party of Defeat: How Democrats and Radicals Undermined America's War on Terror Before and After 9-11
Author: David Horowitz
5:50 AM7 minBook TV Bus - Hank Klibanoff, Co-author "The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation"
Author: Hank Klibanoff
6:00 AM57 minPolitics
Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight!: How Progressives Can Win
Author: Robert Creamer
7:00 AM37 minPolitics
FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics
Authors: Neal Boortz; Rep. John Linder
7:30 AM1 hr, 7 minBad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
Author: Kevin Phillips
8:45 AM1 hr, 6 minPolitics
Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents
Author: Gil Troy
10:00 AM1 hr, 7 minLiberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
Author: Jonah Goldberg
11:00 AM58 minAfter Words: Tom Hayden, "Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader" interviewed by Jon Wiener
12:00 PM3 hrIn Depth: Katha Pollitt
3:00 PM56 minDefending Identity: Its Indispensible Role in Protecting Democracy
Author: Natan Sharansky
4:00 PM1 hr, 12 min2008 National Black Writers Conference: Historical Representations of Resistance and Transformation in Literature by Black Writers
Authors: Lawrence Jackson; Valerie Kinloch; Nancy Rawles
5:15 PM42 minPolitics
2008 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Rick Perlstein
Author: 2008 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair
6:00 PM59 minAfter Words: J. Phillip London, co-author of "Our Good Name: A Company's Fight to Defend Its Honor and Get the Truth Told About Abu Ghraib" interviewed by Rowan Scarborough
7:00 PM46 minHistory
Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World
Author: Michael Meyerson
7:45 PM2 minSummer Reading 2008: James Warren
Author: James Warren
7:45 PM4 minBook TV Digital Short - In Depth Authors on Writing - Painter, O'Rourke, McWhorter
7:50 PM8 minBook TV Bus - Patricia Gozemba, Co-author, "Courting Equality: A Documentary History of America's First Legal Same-Sex Marriages"
Author: Patricia Gozemba
8:00 PM59 minHistory
Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Author: Arthur Herman
9:00 PM59 minAfter Words: J. Phillip London, co-author of "Our Good Name: A Company's Fight to Defend Its Honor and Get the Truth Told About Abu Ghraib" interviewed by Rowan Scarborough
10:00 PM58 minEncore Booknotes
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
11:00 PM56 minDefending Identity: Its Indispensible Role in Protecting Democracy
Author: Natan Sharansky


Monday, July 7, 2008
Time
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Duration
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Program
Author(s)
12:00 AM3 hrIn Depth: Katha Pollitt
3:00 AM59 minAfter Words: J. Phillip London, co-author of "Our Good Name: A Company's Fight to Defend Its Honor and Get the Truth Told About Abu Ghraib" interviewed by Rowan Scarborough
4:00 AM1 hr, 12 min2008 National Black Writers Conference: Historical Representations of Resistance and Transformation in Literature by Black Writers
Authors: Lawrence Jackson; Valerie Kinloch; Nancy Rawles
5:15 AM1 hr, 16 min2008 National Black Writers Conference: The Impact of Katrina and 911 on Literature by Black Writers
Authors: Thulani Davis; Brenda Marie Osbey; Kevin Powell; Jerry Ward
6:30 AM28 min"The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor & Privacy on the Internet"
Author: Daniel Solove
7:00 AM59 minAfter Words: J. Phillip London, co-author of "Our Good Name: A Company's Fight to Defend Its Honor and Get the Truth Told About Abu Ghraib" interviewed by Rowan Scarborough
     
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