[applause] >> hector tobar is another national book critics circle award nominee. he tells the story of a 33 chilean miners in his book "deep down dark." the ceremony will be on march 122015 -- march 12, 2015,behin in new york city.ly y >> i don't know if you can see the wind blowing but because offwid the wind we moved from outdoor set and we're on the c-span bus. hector tobar is our guest. here is the book, kind of hardou to see the title but it is "deepkind k down dark" " title, but it is deep down dark. what is your book about? >> the famous chilean miners who were trapped underground for 60 days in 2010. >> when in 2010 did 2010 did that happen? >> october of 2,010 trapped at the bottom of this copper and gold mine between 700 meters of direct down. the first two weeks they were slowly starving to death and then they were miraculously found but had to spend another ten weeks waiting to be rescued. >> the mine is located in northern chile town that is 500 miles north of the driest desert on earth operating for 120 years. they worked at the bottom of a spiral hig

finalist for the national book critics circle award at noon david brian davis on his third and final volume on the history of slavery, focusing on emancipation, and at 1:30 they argue that we are undergoing another extinction that is the result of human action and will be the most devastating. at 3:00, a french economist along with elizabeth moran talk about wealth and economic inequality on "american history tv." patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential caricatures as david mccullough discusses the presidents and some of the most memorable qualities. at 7 p.m. eastern a 1960 interview with herbert hoover discussing his life beyond the presidency. at 9:30 our conversation with james still and mary bacon about the ford theater production of "the widow lincoln." find out complete television schedule at c-span.org, let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us or e-mail us at c-span.org, or send us a tweet at c-span hashtag comments. follow us on facebook. like us on twitter. keep track of the republican-led congress and follow its new members through its first s

[applause] >> the final nominee for the national book critics circle award in nonfiction is capital in 21st century. he presents his book on the economic equal that he would senator elizabeth warren, the author of a fighting chance. >> welcome to the special edition of the huffingtonpost live in boston at the south meeting house, which is the birthplace of the actual tea party. [laughter] the real one. [applause] so, i will be your host. iam ryan grim from the huffingtonpost. we have "the new york times" and amazon bestsellers list the first one n. the 21st century by professor thomas piketty. [applause] >> the second one, senator elizabeth warren, "a fighting chance." [applause] senator warren's book makes the case to the system is that the system is rigged on behalf of the rich and against the middle class. >> [inaudible] >> fortunately i won't be doing much of the talking. these two will be doing most of it. professor piketty's book makes the same case as elizabeth warren except he makes the empirical point that this has been happening for 250 or more years. senator warren, i actual

on book tv on c-span2, finalists for the national book critics circle award starting at noon eastern. dated brianne davis on his third and final volume on the history of slavery, focusing on emancipation. at 1:30, elizabeth colbert argues we are undergoing a sixth mass extinction. at 3:00, french economist tom pikkety and elizabeth warren talk about wealth and inequality. cartoonist patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential characters, as historian david mccullough discusses the president and some of their most memorable qualities. at 7:00 p.m., a 1960 nbc interview with former president herbert hoover discussing his life beyond the presidency. then our conversation with playwright james still and actor married they can about the production of the widow lincoln. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org, and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. e-mail us at comments@c -span.org, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only are there

. >> we continue with more nominees for the national book critics circle award in nonfiction on booktv. next up elizabeth colbert argues we are currently undergoing a sixth mass extinction and it is likely that this one the result of human action, will be the most devastating. >> thank you very much. i, too, am very impressed that such a large number of people are here on a friday night and i really, really appreciate it. so thanks very much for being here. i want to start by introducing you to this follow up on the screen whose a hawaiian crow, otherwise known as -- and i know that he looks a lot like an ordinary crow that you might find around here, but there are actually significant differences. his beak is thicker for example and his legs are thicker. and the hawaiian island choose to have actually some species of crows, which probably at least six species that we don't and they probably diverged from the cross that we find on the mainland u.s. at least several hundred thousand years ago. so this is in a lot of ways a lot like the sort of darwin's finches were an animal arrived on

on booktv, finalists for the national book critics circle award. david brion davis on his third and final volume on the history of slavery focusing on emancipation. elizabeth colbert argues that we are currently owned are going -- undergoing a sixth mass extinction. at 3:00, a french economist along with solicitor -- senator elizabeth war and economic inequality on american history tv on c-span3. patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential caricatures as historian david mccullough discusses the president said some of their most memorable qualities. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, eight 1960 nbc interview with former president herbert hoover discussing life beyond the presidency. our conversation with playwright james still an actor mary bacon about the fords theatre production of the widow lincoln to mark the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org, and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us. e-mail us. or send us a tweet. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> eac

. >> for the next few hours on booktv we bring you the five nominees for the national book critics circle award in nonfiction. first pulitzer prize-winning historian david brion davis talks about the final volume of his history of slavery in the west. published 38 years after the second installment, the third focuses on anticipation. >> welcome. on the africa center i would like to welcome you all here for what is a momentous and landmark event for us for the launch of the new book. a couple of acknowledgments and brief introductions and then we will start to turn the program over to the speakers out there. but i thought we would begin by thanking the person that arranged this event and brought the center together. so the ocean a great deal and also michelle from the publishers of the book as well as the letterman institute for their help and co-optation and arranging this this evening. i also would very much like to welcome and recognize the board members of the board of trustees have taken the time to come here this evening as well. thank you for that. a few brief words of introduction for my

booktv continues on monday with all five of the nominees for the national book critics circle award in nonfiction. all this and more on booktv, television for serious readers. for a complete schedule for today and for this coming weekend, booktv.org. >>> next, from the first bill of rights day book festival, yuval eleven discusses his book "the great debate: edmund burke, thomas paine and the birth of the right and left." [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen welcome to the second installment of our thrilling, first-ever national constitution center bill of rights book fair. for those of you who are joining us for the first time on c-span let me introduce this great event briefly one more time. i'm jeffrey rosen the president and ceo of the national constitution center which, as our audience knows, is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. and this book festival is part of a daylong celebration today december 15th bill of rights day, which is the 225th anniversary of the

finalist for the national book critics circle award starting at noon eastern. david brian davis on his third and final volume on the history of slavery focusing on emancipation. at 1:30, arguing that we're undergoing a sixth mass six extinction. french economists along with senator elizabeth warren talk about wealth and economic and wallaby. -- economic inequality. and 10 presidential caricatures as david mcculloch discusses presidents. and a 1960 nbc interview with herbert hoover discussing his life beyond the presidency. our conversation with james steele and mary bacon about the ford theater production of the widow lincoln. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. e-mail us at comments at c-span.org. send us a tweet at c-span #comments. join the conversation. like us on facebook. >> former governor rick perry spoke to a meeting of the seacoast republican women in new hampshire on wednesday. he discussed a range of issues including energy immigration and the economy. governor perry ra

on book tv on c-span 2, finalists for the national book critic circle award. david brion davis on his third and final volume on the history of slavery. at 1:30, elizabeth kolbert argues that we are undergoing a zings mass extinction and this is the result of human action and will be the most devastating. then at 3:00 french economies thomas piketty and along with senator elizabeth warren. then cartoonist patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential caricatures as historians discuss the president and memorable qualities. then a 1960 nbc interview with former president herbert hoover discussing his life beyond the presidency. and at 9:30, our conversation with playwright james still and actor mary bacon about the ford's theater production of "the widow lincoln" to mark the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. find our complete television schedule at cspan.org. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments at cspan.org or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation like us on facebook,

finalists for the national book critics circle award starting at noon eastern the pulitzer prize winnerion davis on his third and final volume in the history of slavery focusing on emancipation. at one time go 30 elizabeth argues we are currently undergoing a mass extinction and this one is the result of human action and will be the most devastating. then at three french economists along with senator elizabeth warren talk about wealth and economic inequality on american history tv on c-span three at eight eastern cartoonist patrick draws ten presidential caricatures as the history and david discusses the presidency and to some of the most memorable qualities. then at 7 p.m. in 1960 nbc interview with former president herbert hoover discussing his life beyond the presidency presidency and the nine time go 30 hour conversation with playwright james stokes and after dairy bacon about the ford theater production of the widow and into mark the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. find our complete double vision schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about th