t but they are not helpless. they are hopeful, but they want to be reengaged in the political process. >> carly fiorina, thank you very much. >> thank you so much. thank you for having me. [applause] thank you so much. thank you so much. god bless you to enjoy the rest ofof the conference. thanks for having me. thank you. >> one more thing. we're going to take we're going to take a break and now for 15 minutes. be back in 15 minutes. attendance will be taken. [laughter] [inaudible conversations]

>> booktv is on twitter and facebook. and we want you to me. tweet us twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebookitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> first, eric laursen. i read all of his works. this is a great book, sort of almost a minute by minute description of what happened to the lusitania. and it's very dramatic and goes back and forth between what's happening in europe what's happening in washington with president wilson and what's happening to the passengers on the ship. their stories. it's really a great read well well written and i think really brings that piece of history in

1915 back to life and really makes it very human. it's not cold history. these are real human beings we can relate to who lost their lives out on the lusitania. great story. this is all about how tight this actually really was response for destroying napoleon's army and an invasion of russia. a lot of people thought it was the cold or the russian army. all thoseall of those things that no, but the real killer was tie this. the sanitary conditions of the day so but didn't allow them to protect themselves against this bacterium. and it was devastating. really devastating. napoleon lost more than 90% of his army in the invasion of russia. and a lesson and by the way, that obviously a century later a century and a half later adolf

hitler did not tend to his regret. a friend of mine who grew up across the street from you said, she wrote a great book on mathematics and it's sort of a revisionist history and in my view, a correct one about what really the outcome of the matter, how robert e. lee and the south used and misused the agreement at appomattox to foster sort of resegregation recent russian of black americans after the union won the civil war and slavery was supposed to be over. they essentially and vote the free spirit of appomattox as meaning that none of them should be prosecuted for crimes. robert e. lee had been indicted actually after the war and he invoked appomattox and insisted that u.s. grand you know invoked the agreement they had to protect robert e. lee.

robert e. lee elizabeth can remain actually on the issue of the race of self. -- race in the south. this is a purdah penetrating and compelling we assessment of how appomattox and what the meaning of appomattox was interpreted by the south and ultimate by the north, really did damage for the next 90 years in terms of race in america. this book is a reappraisal of it very kind of historic figure and during the reign of henry viii. those who are fans of st. thomas moore to it than the chancellor of england under henry viii and was ultimately beheaded because he would not agree to the remarriage of henry viii and the length also lost her head the instrument of both say during

the divorce and arguing for the separation of church and even from the in rome, and ultimately for thomas moore's demise as well but ultimately, ironically thomas, lost his head as well. but it may be a more sympathetic portrayal of a very skilled statesman, a very skilled manager to manage the kingdom of england for henry viii, but who also was responsible for the destruction of the monasteries the breakup of church holdings and property and ultimately the seventh of the relationship between england and the church of rome. and some of the real depredations that occurred under the reign of henry viii. it's a great read and coincidentally comes out as people are watching -- also about thomas cromwell the this is the single best blog i've ever read and napoleon. it's called napoleon by andrew

roberts. in one volume is a stupendous read and very accessible read about the napoleon was and is triumphs and his failures. he won almost all of his battles but, unfortunately, the ones he lost were pretty dispositive. he was a brilliant statesman a brilliant manager a brilliant general but who kind of kind of toward the end i think maybe because of hubris, kind of lost sight of maybe his own techniques, his own lessons learned and ultimately they were turned against them. but this is a great read and a reappraisal, we assessment of the importance of napoleon even down to modern history are great read, must read. scottsburg wrote this wonderful biography, woodrow wilson also a bit of a reappraisal. wilson had this mix of

incredible progressive record in the white house, special in his first term statesman during world war i. but also certainly a retrograde towards race relations in america. but it's a great balanced read and ultimate one appreciates sort of the progress of moment that wilson most certainly took advantage of to the benefit of america and may be. great single volume biography of woodrow wilson. this book 13 days in september by lawrence wright, i love this book because it humanizes diplomacy. it talks about the campaign that the courts and 13 days at camp david and how the process worked out their personalities, history, fears, anxieties, stresses, mistrust the role of

interlocutor by the president jimmy carter. jimmy carter put a lot on the table, including his own reputation and it worked. and the camp david accord to this day remains the only lasting peace accord in the middle east or in jimmy carter deserves a lot of credit, as do the other two participants as well. if you want to see how at humor level diplomas actually works, great, great book ought to be read by every you know, graduate school that studies international studies. another biography, walter isaacson on benjamin franklin and american life, a wonderful biography. i mean benjamin franklin comes to these pages as a very contemporary men. we would relate to them easily based on the portrayal in this book. on balance this is a great man, great vision lived a long flight as many episodes through that life as a political figure in pennsylvania, as a political

figure on behalf of of the colonies in europe, as a political figure back with the declaration of independence, back to europe representing now the confederacy of america during the revolutionary war, then comes back and actually serves as a key figure in in the causative convention helping to save the day really for the constitutional convention and arguing for it. andin what was a very close thing in the approval of the convention in the 13 states. benjamin franklin him a bigger than life figure quintessential american, homespun shrewd smart, entrepreneurial represents so much of the american character. this is a wonderful biography. and, finally i happen to love world in history. this book is all about the roman poet who was sort of -- the

court of nero. in sort of the odd juxtaposition between this thoughtful man and his tirade, nero, and how we tried to survive and in that time period while being on the other hand, a very senior advisor to nero. and it was a very tricky business. so it's a great piece of roman history about a very kind of controversial and not easy relationship and a very very easy and great read if you like ancient roman history as i do. so that's my summer reading for now. and hope to be back next year with an equal number of recommendations. >> booktv wants to know which are reading this summer. we does your answer at booktv or you can post it on our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> we are a nation of laws and i believe in the rule of law. and i think in a post-post 9/11

world is very, very import we know who's in this country and why they are here. my perspective is that it the right immigration policy without the be good for border security but also the right for our economy, promote our economy. we talked about the possibility of importing 11 million undocumented when i was in the white house and we believed it was not possible. we couldn't do it. even if we could do it we believed it would have been devastating to certain industries. we believe the better approach an approach that is talked about in this book with my co-author david strange is defined as people that are qualified and put them into some kind of legal status so that they can stay here, work in america, produced in america. and i think that working here and being productive is going to has our economy back and actually create our economy and create additional jobs for american citizens. so i think this is something that's very, very important for our economy again a very

important for our national security. i think we needed some kind of temporary legal status i think is the way to go. and from the ipo problem problem with someone walking to a government office and saying i need a driver's license. once they are in some kind of legal status i think they should be entitled to most of the privileges that all of us enjoyed as american citizens that we can talk about whether or not does that mean at some point they become american citizens, an issue which becomes very politicized in my judgment but one that i think can be dealt with in every spiteful white and one that i think would be agreeable to most americans. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> next from last weekend in chicago lawrence wright on in depth. .. lawrence wright, thank

you for being here. let's start with 13 days in september. where did the idea for this peace process and this summit start? >> it was roseland carter's idea. jimmy carter went and got elected and had in his mind that he wanted to bring peace to the middle east which was a crazy dream. no body in his administration encouraged urged it but he began middle east leaders as they came in trying to sound them out and was really disappointed and held the net and was a dodge and fell in love. he said he loved him. the normal language of diplomacy he was very discourage