in one easy to browse c-span website visit c-span.org/presence to begin exploring this rich catalog of c-span resources today. here's a look at books being published this week former attorney general william barr reflects on his time in the trump administration in his memoir one -- thing after another in sandy hook, new york times features writer elizabeth williamson reports on the years following the 2012 sandy hook school shooting as parents of the victims defended themselves against conspiracy theorists. and university of california irvine professor richard hasson offers his thoughts on how to combat disinformation while preserving the first amendment in cheap speech also being published this week in i never thought of it that way monica guzman provides her thoughts on how to bridge the partisan divide and promote productive political conversations and

jeffrey frank looks at the full tenure of america's 33rd president in the trials of harry s truman. find these titles is coming week wherever books are sold and watch for many of the authors to appear in the near future on book tv. with sam quinones, who will take your calls and questions via email, text, and social media. his books include "true tales from another mexico", dreamland, and "the least of us." it is about the neuroscience of addiction and the deadly impact of synthetic drugs. >> for those of you who are tuning in to see sam quinones and call in and talk to him

about his books including his most recent, "the least of us" and "dreamland" about the opioid epidemic, we are having a few transmission problems from his studio in nashville. as soon as we get him connected, we will be back live. give us a few minutes and we will be right back. >> former california prosecutor maggie krell discussed her book which discusses prosecuting the authors of backstage.com. >> i wanted to show that the defendants were creating content

which would part them and the communications decency act. because there were criminal charges and civil charges they should not be eligible for the decency act defense. i could go through all of the arguments that are lost. to summarize, none of these arguments compelled the court. it was not a barrier, i hit a major roadblock, my case got dismissed within weeks of that. a month later, all of that felt like it was for nothing, my whole case got dismissed. i was back to square one, it was disappointing and i knew that i had felt awful for all of the people who were excited about the case and believed in the case. the survivors who came for to support the case that it was such a letdown for everyone. >> as disappointing as that was,

it was a brief moment in time because you came back quickly and filed a new case against backpage and the backpage principles. how was it different from the first case? >> we were able to regroup, we were collecting financial records from the backpage defendants, we had done a search warrants for the financial institutions they were dealing with at the same time. we were looking at that, we were able to look at that data and i was able to refile and this time we were filing money laundering charges which took the defendants outside of the communications decency act. i was not relying on the ads themselves. >> you can watch the whole program on booktv.org. >> here is a look at current

best-selling nonfiction books according to portland, oregon. topping the list is mountains beyond mountains. a profile of the other apologists dr. paul farmer who treated the world's for. he died last month at the age of 62. the next is brady's we cross -- braiding sweetgrass. that it is spell hook's all about -- bell hook's all about love. and then the sirens on mars. and wrapping up is the pulitzer prize winning graphic novel maus which was banned from the eighth-grade curriculum of a tennessee school district. some of these authors have

appeared on book tv and you can watch their programs at bookt v.org. here is a look at books being published this week, william barr reflects on his time in the prep administration in his memoir. in sandy hook, elizabeth williamson reports on the years following the sandy hook school shooting as parents of the victims defended themselves against conspiracy theorists. and the university of irvine professor offers his advice on combating disinformation in cheap speech. also being published, monica guzman provides her thoughts on how to bridge the partisan divide and productive -- and provide political conversations. jeffrey frank looks at harry truman in his book.

watch for the authors to appear in the near future on book tv. here is a look at publishing industry news. william barr's memoir about his time in the trump administration will be released next week. several sources have cited passages from the book. mr. barr asserts that the republican party should support another candidate in the 2024 presidential election saying that donald trump has shown he has neither the temperament or persuasive powers to provide the positive leadership that is needed. in regards to the contested election, he writes that the election was not stolen, trump lost it. the los angeles time has announced the winners for the annual book prizes. the lifetime achievement award be presented to luis rodriguez who the editor cited wrote his

way out of pain. he has used his craft to advocate for youth loss to gain life to promote peace in our communities -- lost to gang life and promote pcr community. the new york historical society book price has been given to american republics. mr. taylor was a history professor at the university of virginia and a two time recipient of the pulitzer prize for history. according to npd books, print book sales rose for a second consecutive week. sales are still down 4% for the year. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. you can watch all of our past programs anytime at book tv.org.

>> emily ratajkowski discusses her book called my body. >> that essay is called transactions. i was really interested in investigating my own judgment of women and how they navigate systems of power in regards to men. specifically in my -- i could write a whole book about that. >> like a victoria's secret girl. >> she is a real-life person. i was interested and i think people do that in their marriage sometimes. i have a friends who marry somebody wealthy and there are

kinds of negotiations. in the industry it is specific because as an unknown model you are -- and there are women who are sent out to castings to recruit other young models to essentially go out with richman and -- rich men. they are hoping to have sex with you but they want you to stand next to them and make them look cool. it is funny but it is pretty dark. it is a step away from the jeffrey epstein kind of world to be totally honest. as now living in new york city, i do not go to nightclubs but there has been a few different moments were have watched -- where i have watched young women walk in with one guy who is the party promoter and the wealthy guys join in. it is related, there are celebrity men, this whole kind

of market around this. as an unknown model you do not get paid but they host a dinner so if you are a working model i dla you are not making that much money, you are hungry -- in l.a. you are not making that much but you are hungry. the whole vibe is eat whatever you want and bring whatever you want. of models go because they distort a free meal -- a lot of models go because they want a free meal and that is when they go to the club and the wealthy men come into play. i felt extremely uncomfortable as someone who was always very biking clear transactions and those were not very clear. the other part of the essay is to experience i had with a fugitive, a malaysian fugitive who produced and financed the willful street -- wolf of wall

street and he was stealing money from the malaysian malaysian people and government. there is a book called billion-dollar whale or something, it is really crazy. my manager got a call, i had just moved into an apartment in new york that had bedbugs and i was totally not -- i was living in the east village. i was new to the world. >> $25,000 is a lot on money. >> he just wants you to come to the super bowl. i said what do you mean go to the super bowl? >> my manager was electricity it is cool, jamie foxx will be there and leonardo dicaprio, other celebrities. . >> how much do you think that they got paid? >> i would love to know. >> it is public record but there

were things that were seized from these actors' homes who were gifts from this man. >> it is worth it to show up at the super bowl. >> i did not care about football. >> i had no idea what was going on. i wasn't even pretending and with that was the other bizarre thing about these interactions, who do not actually have to do that. i was not being told to cheer or anything. what was interesting in both of these experiences was watching how other women saw opportunities and capitalized on them. this guy obviously wants to have beautiful women around, how can i parlay this into something larger? i think at a certain point in my life i was like i would never do that me while i am doing paid posts for toothpaste that are owned by the same type of men?

the transaction is a little bit more clear but that is another instance of my own internalized misogyny. realizing how we all exist on a spectrum of compromise. >> you can watch the full program on c-span.org/booktv. >> here is a look at current best-selling nonfiction books according to powell's books in portland, oregon. topping the list is a mountains beyond mountains, a profile of the light physician dr. paul farmer who treated the world -- of the physician dr. paul farmer who treated the world's poor. then there is braiding sweetgrass. then all about love, first

published in 1999. that is followed by the sirens of mars. a study of the search for life on mars. wrapping up our look on the best-selling nonfiction books is the pulitzer prize-winning graphic novel maus which was banned from the eighth-grade curriculum of a tennessee school district. some of these authors have appeared of book tv and you can want their programs anytime at booktv.org. >> was the trump residency a threat to democracy? adam schiff reflected on that question on our author interview program afterwards. >> if mccarthy was to ever become speaker, donald trump would be speaker. he would not disagree with him

ever. he would have an outside party running the house of representatives and an unethical one to boot. the story i told in the book is so characteristic, mccarthy and i was flying back to washington in 2010. the midterms were about six months away and we were having an idle conversation about who was going to win. i said the democrats would win and he said the were republicans would win and the movie started and i was ready to escape to the movie. we landed and i thought nothing of the conversation and we went our separate ways and that night, a briefing in the press he told that everybody knew he was going to republicans going to win. i was just aghast. i was astounded. i saw him on the house floor and

i said kevin, we were having a private conversation, but if it wasn't, you know i said the exact opposite of what you told the press. he says yeah, i know. but you know how it goes. i was like kevin know i do not know how it goes. just make stuff up and that is how you operate? that is how he operates. you cannot have someone who has such little regard for the truth serving as the speaker of the house. >> use booktv.org to see more. afterwards is available as a podcast. here is a look at books being published this week. william barr reflects on his time in the trump administration in his memoir. in sandy hook, elizabeth

williamson reports on the years following the 2012 sandy hook school shooting as parents of the victims defended themselves against conspiracy theorists. professor richard hasen combats disinformation in cheap speech. in i never thought of it that way, monica provides her thoughts on how to bridge the partisan divide and promote productive political conversations. jeffrey frank looks at the full tenure of the 33rd president in the trials of harry truman. find these wherever books are sold and watch for the authors to appear in the near future. on our weekly author interview program afterwards, andrew yang argues that america's current economic and political systems are outdated and offers recommendations on how to

transform both to address the challenges of the 21st century. here is a portion of the discussion. >> i love the democratic party because i think i can do more good. to bring the country together by making it so that our legislators answer to us and not the extremes on either side. as someone who has been a democrat for 26 years, i want to help the country. if i thought i could do more good destruction which i did, it felt like the right thing to do. i have many friends who are democrats who are looking a republicans. being an american is bigger than which party you belong to. >> to watch the rest of this program visit booktv.org. visit the afterwards tap to find his interview and previous interviews. afterwards is also available as

a podcast. here is a look at publishing industry news. william barr's memoir about his time in the top administration will be released next week. -- trump administration will be released next week. he asserts that the republican party should support another candidate. saying that donald trump has shown he has neither the temperament or persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed. in regards to the latest contests of election, -- contested election, he said that the election was not stolen, trump lost it. the 42nd annual los angeles times book prices will be given on april 22. to lifetime achievement award will be given to luis rodriguez who was said to write his way out of poverty and pain.

he has used his craft to advocate for youth lost to gang life to promote peace in our communities and bring people together in this chaotic world. in more words news, the new york has oracle society it will book prizes been given to alan taylor for american republics -- new york historical society book price has been given to alan taylor for american republics. according to npd books, print book sales rose, up more than 4% for the week. sales are still down 4% for the year. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. you can watch all of our past programs anytime at booktv.org. here is a look at books being

published this week. william barr reflects on his time in the top administration in his memoir. in sandy hook, elizabeth williamson reports on the years following the 2012 school shooting as peers defend themselves against conspiracy theorists -- parents defend themselves against conspiracy theorists. richard hasan defends facts in cheap speech. monica guzman discusses how to have political conversation. and jeffrey frank looks at the 33rd president. find these title theists -- titles this coming week.

here are the best-selling nonfiction books. topping the list is mountains beyond mountains, a profile of dr. paul farmer who treated the world's poor. he died last month at the age of 62. after that is braiding sweetgrass. then it is all about love, first published in 1999. that is followed by the sirens of mars. a study of the search for life on mars. wrapping up our look at the best-selling nonfiction books is maus. it was recently banned from the eighth-grade curriculum of a tennessee school district.

some of these authors have appeared on book tv and don't want their programs anytime at booktv.org. -- and you can watch their program anytime at booktv.org. john fund discussed his book where he argues that our election system has flaws the need to be addressed before the next election. >> in 2000, the issue of election integrity stop being so much a local and state issue -- stopped being a local and state issue with the bush versus gore race. it could impact national policy because a presidential race was decided in one state, florida, by 537 votes. there was a coming together by both parties that we had to improve our elections systems. that resulted in the help

america vote act. it was completely bipartisan, passed by a democratic senate, signed into law by a republican president. the cosponsor said it was to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we are americans, we can do both at the same time. the first few years after that, election integrity was still a bipartisan issue. in 2008 the spring court -- supreme court upheld the voter id law. the opinion was written by the court's most liberal member at the time who recounted our long history of voter fraud and regularities -- irregularities. he said the integrity of our elections were as state, he cited several poles which showed rising cynicism about the

accuracy and completeness of our vote counts, he said to the extent that public cynicism growth about our elections, ec voter turnout go down. -- you will see voter turnout go down and less legitimacy in our government. >> you can watch the full program at booktv.org. just search the author's names or the titles of their books. >> you are watching book tv on the sand -- c-span two. we are having technical issues from his connection in nashville, we apologize to you. we were looking for to this conversation and this call in, sam quinones writes about immigration and migration to the u.s. at about the opioid and drug academic -- epidemic in the united states. his most recent book is called

the "the least of us: hope in a time of fentanyl and math." we will get him back on as soon as possible. it will not be today, we apologize for that. in the meantime, who want to show you this program, this is mark clifford, this book is called hong kong today, tomorrow the world. it is about china's expansionist policies. >> welcome everyone to the book night with mark clifford to discuss his new book today hong kong, tomorrow the world what china's crackdown since about its attempt to end freedom everywhere. i am delighted to welcome mark

tonight and our moderator jody snyder. jody was based in bloomberg's hong kong euro and served -- bureau and served in the correspondence club of hong kong. as soon as he returned from hong kong to new york, she joined the opc and was elected to the board. she is the political news director at bloomberg news in new york. i handed over to jodi. >> thank you. i am happy to welcome everyone to this book night. i wish it was in person but i am pleased to introduce mark clifford who i overlapped with in hong kong and i am pleased to call a friend and excited to discuss this new book with him. we welcome questions, please send them along in the chat, if you want to -- if you do not

want me to username, tell me or dme in the chat. -- dm me in the chat. a brief bio, marcus living in the u.s. and is president of the committee for freedom in hong kong. in hong kong he was executive director of the asia business council and a former member of digital, the company that published apple daily. we will talk about that tonight. mark is editorial tier of the asian review books and had the distinction, i do not know if he was the only one serving as editor in chief of both english language papers in hong kong, the standard in the south china morning post. he has a phd in hong kong history.

i was president of hong kong in 2019 and 2020, i had a front row seat when the antigovernment protest began in hong kong. the imposition by the chinese communist party of the national security law upon hong kong. i would like to start there by talking to you about that crackdown, as it is central to the theme in your book. you say that never in more in history have we seen a free democratic society destroyed in a matter of months. please tell us about that and how that happened and how you say what occurred because of the idea that a city example fine copper dualism on steroids -- a exemplifying

capitalism on steroids was targeted. >> thank you, really nice to be doing this discussion with you. last time i saw you was in hong kong, around the time that the national security law came into being. i think most of you watching this know that hong kong was promised 50 years with a high degree of autonomy after the chinese resumed sovereignty in 1997. we all wanted to not just hope for the best but work for the best and take china and its word that the promises of universal suffrage among other things would be implemented at this high degree of autonomy, it would be accepted by the chinese. these are promises made in an

international treaty, the british joint declaration of 1984, a treaty filed at the united nations and then in the form of the basic law, the mini constitution that china propagated before the handover. i think china really did not and does not understand what makes hong kong to. -- tick. these are elections for the mayor and the city council, we are not talking about an independent hong kong. it was china that put that idea in people's heads because it was so overbearing. i want to give the floor back to you. after 20 something years, the struggles of the 2003 protests of half a million people against the national security law.

then the umbrella movement, the occupy central movement of 2014 when the central district was occupied for 79 days by protesters. the summer of 2019, the sum of democracy, the frustration among hong kong people asked beijing tightened the screws more and more. beijing had no intentions of allowing free elections unless china knew who was going to win. let me kick it over to you because i do not want it to be a monologue. >> let us talk about that out of the protests which you do a lot with in your book and most people are familiar with in how it started as protests in a protest city. hong kong likes to protest and they are good at it. it started against the extradition law that carrie lam was going to impose.