this a better and stronger country. that to me is more inviting than making a bunch of money in trying to trade on my profiler connections. >> host: you are a writer and a newspaper man and it's your work and nobody else's. will there be another book? what is next? >> guest: david you are right or too so you know you write a book and it's a little like my wife describes childbirth to me. it's very painful when you go through it and you can imagine doing it again that when you are happy with the product and over time the memory of the pain recedes so i'm not making any predictions about what i might do next in terms of writing i'm pleased to have had the opportunity to reflect on my life in my career and share those reflections in this book. >> host: and it is very personal.

i think people will find it illuminating and you cover a lot of ground over a lot of time. thank you for your generosity with your time today. >> guest: all right, thanks david. >> host: . >> that was "after words" booktv's signature program and with authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by a journalist public policymakers and others familiar with their material. "after words" airs every weekend on booktv at 10:00 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9:00 p.m. on sunday and 12:00 a.m. on monday. and you can also watch "after words" on line. go to booktv.org and click on on "after words" in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. booktv continues now with john peters author of "from marshall to moussaoui" a history of the judicial system of the eastern district of virginia. it's about an hour.

[inaudible conversations] >> i would like to start by thanking paul and in particular thinking the virginia historical society for allowing us to be here today. i saw on a historical society's web site that its mission connecting people to america's past the unparalleled story of virginia and collecting and preserving and interpreting the commonwealth history is the core mission of the historical society in many ways it's the same mission for the united states district court or the historical society for the united states district court for virginia. our society and i'm going to tell you a bit about it as part of the intro was formed in 2006 at the request of the court.