>> have time for books and signing, etc.. we are wrapping up the questions now. thank you all very much for coming and look forward to seeing you next time. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors, every weekend. booktv television for serious readers. >> here are some programs to watch on this 3 day holiday weekend of booktv. afterwards pulitzer prize-winning columnist brad stevens weighs in on u.s. foreign policy.

for complete television schedule go to booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. >> two reasons the bike is so popular in afghanistan, you are straddling a bike seat. motorcycles, horses, bikes fight on the back but more importantly, that controversy, more importantly it is independent travel. from a country ranked the most oppressive place in the world to be a woman the last thing to do are going to allow independent

mobility so the bike literally is a symbol of freedom. it literally means freedom for women. >> you have written afghanistan is not the first one to address the women and vikings issue. >> it is fascinating. i started to dive into this and really trying to understand why. what is the taboo, how deep does that go? a foreign woman starting to ride cannot ripple out and time and time again when you look at this country and say these women are being in salted, rocks are thrown, slingshot it, why is it so controversial? when i look at the women's suffrage movement in the u.s. women who started riding bikes by the turn of the century, late 1800'ss, had a coat buttoned under their neck. table labeled promiscuous and immoral. and this has been replicated in

britain, france basically everywhere women have started to ride bikes we turned over the apple cart. it shakes things up. it scares the men that women are going to be able to go wherever they want however they want and so it is fascinating to me this parallel is there. whenever women started to ride bikes it has rocked the world. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here is a look at books being published this week. former arkansas governor mike huckabee shares stories from his 2008 run for president and why he is optimistic for the future of the united states in god, guns, grease and gravy. in guantanamo diary, a current one, the detainee shares his record of the events that led to his imprisonment in 2002. and the rest treatment he received in the u.s. detainment

center. look for these titles in bookstores this coming weekend watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on

booktv.org. >> karina korostelina looks it cases where minor insults between ethnic groups have escalated to violence and political conflict. this hour and 20 minute program is next on booktv. >> i think we can get started. good afternoon, everyone. i am deputy director at i can institute. i would like to welcome you to our second to last event before the holidays. a quick reminder that this coming friday at 9:00 we have had the deputy chairman of the parliament of georgia here and he will be talking about george's foreign policy priorities and that will be the last event before the holiday break. it is our great pleasure today