. >> here is a look at the current best-selling nonfiction books at powell's book store in portland, oregon. topping the list -- >> our look at the best-selling nonfiction books continues with marie condo at the like changing magic of tidying up followed by "dark money: the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right" in which jane mayer talks about how big money has infiltrated the american political system. jane mayer was a recent guest on booktv's recent "in depth" program which you can watch online. wrapping up the list in the geography of genius. that is a look at some of the current nonfiction bestsellers according to powell's book store in portland, oregon. many of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our web site booktv.org. >> welcome to booktv's live coverage of the tucson festival of books. this festival is held annually on the campus of the university of arizona. we have several author panels and call ins for you today. topics range from fdr to education, women in washington, guantanamo bay and many in colleg

he's a veteran academic and critic and an acclaimed author of both fiction and nonfiction, whose latest book, "finale: a novel of the reagan years", has just been published. he's thomas mallon, this is "overheard". [applause]. >> evan: let's be honest. is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? and how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. no, you saw a problem and, over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you going to run for president? i think i just got an f from you, actually. this is "overheard." [applause]. >> evan: thomas mallon, welcome. >> thomas: thanks for having me. >> evan: congratulations on this -- >> thomas: thank you. >> evan: -- brand new book. why reagan? why the reagan administration as a setting for a novel? what propelled you to have the book be set there and then? >> thomas: i seem to be visiting republican presidents at their lowest points. >> evan: you have a thing.

>> that's a look at some the current nonfiction bestsellers according to politics and prose bookstore in washington, d.c. many of these authors have will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. spent and not join us on booktv the author of a book called "son of virginia." governors douglas wilder, the uniting 89 what happened? >> my life was changed considerably. the people of virginia decided that they would change the perception of virginia by electing me the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. >> what was historic about that? >> well, a person of color had never been elected to the governorship of any state in the history of this country. there were some who felt it might not happen. i think one of the things i like to stress is that people say we are surprised it would be in virginia. i said why would you be surprised? because virginia was where the nation was founded. virginia was where the nation's founded independence from great britain in yorktown. virginia was where generally lay down his arms to unify the nation, so why shouldn't virginia

. >> watching nonfiction others on booktv is the best television for serious readers. >> un c-span they can have a longer conversation. >> booktv weekends, they bring you author after author after author and spot like the work of fascinating people. >> i love booktv and diana c-span fan. >> canadian prime minister justin trudeau continued his state visit in washington d.c. at american university where he answered questions from students on canadian politics, trade relations, resettling refugees, and combating bigotry against muslims. this is about 45 minutes. [applause]

. >> watching the nonfiction authors on booktv does the best television for serious readers. >> they can have a longer conversation and dealt into their subject. >> ott weekends. they bring you author after author after author. >> i love booktv and i'm a c-span fan. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. >> look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> this weekend where in anaheim, california, with the help of our local cable partner time warner. next, lori cox han discusses the history of women in politics and the barriers she sees facing women seeking higher office's. >> the history of women in politics in the united states goes back a lot farther than i think a lot of people realize. particularly when you're talking about women running for president. we thought women would run in the 19 such. victory would all things -- do so before women got the right to vote. there is a long history if you look at all of the different ways of the women's rights movement, of women not only fighting for

award-winning books of fiction and nonfiction. the hummingbird's daughter in the doubles highway or two of them. he did live here for a time in the 1990s and we like to think of him as an honorary local literary hero. welcome back, luis. margaret, let's start with you. in your first book, you tell told a story that haunts me to this day about a 14-year-old choral looking out for her 10-year-old brother went across the border january 2008. she got sick. she was abandoned by the coyote bringing her group across. one of the things we often lose track of when we talk about the building of these beautiful walls on the border, these 50-foot wall of his the humanity of the people crossing. i would like you to talk a little bit about the story. >> okay, yeah.

. >> nonfiction authors on books. the best television for serious readers. >> have a longer conversation delve into the subject. >> "seen on tv" weekends bring you author after author after author. it is the work of fascinating people. >> people. >> i love "seen on tv" and i am a "sports central" fan. >> aa look at some of the current best-selling nonfiction books in portland , oregon. topping the list winner of last year's national book award, the current state of black america in between the world and me. next line national book award-winning author provides an account of the life of thomas francis mark, an irish immigrant to america who became a civil war general and governor of the montana territory in the immortal irishman. in all the single ladies writer at large for new york magazine details the contributions of unmarried women throughout american history. the best-selling nonfiction books of portland's powells bookstore continues with the life-changing magic of tidying up. followed by dark money, how big money

so mark twain once said the aversion of nonfiction is simple becausefict nonfiction doesn't have to makekeyosense.e [laughter] you tell the story that happened did it often does not make sense so i use those techniques of narrative theirirth speculative but i try to reach that obvious when that happens. a solid example is there wasway a guy who passed away. he had come north is a basic if you don't take me i will go by myself so they were trying to rebuild the damage house to have the son died from the heat in his father's arms and the others said he had a lot of money in threw it into the wind did took off hiso shirt and ran out in design until they killed him.il so maybe a couple years lower. r and that none of the family knew how he died intel ight read your book i told them and i thought, i was so bereft and apologized he said i want you to know i made that dirty away to college. and i will go back to the border to fix it..am it just was i want americans toat know what life can accomplish if given a chance. [applause] >>. >>. we >>. >> with the comparison withh the gulags. >>'' tunnel is

nonfiction is more than 70% of the books chosen and of those nonfiction most are memoirs. a lot of the subtitles are my journey, my struggle, my year in blank. very me focused. >> a fair amount of these are exposed as for odd. three cups of tea worked out to be a piece of fiction masquerading as memoir. >> a problem with student engagement, how do we know about engagement -- the issue is how many times have we heard publish or perish? forced to sneak out areas of research where none have gone before trying to find something new and different, and the scholarship you are encouraged to pursue in modern academia follows trends similar to the themes found in these books, trying to be different, resulting in scholarship and you find professors not engaged in student education. >> how much of a factor does training after originality to avoid the perishing part of publishing have on delegated the reading of material to the university and allow these themes of race, class, gender? >> i can speak for the humanities and softer areas of the campus. we have a bargain in place between

book tv, since 1998 all the top nonfiction authors and books available at booktv.org. >> afterwards is next. we discuss race and the obama presidency. >> you are ahead of the curve. you created this book. who is barack obama when it comes to race? >> guest: a complicated human being. one of the smartest mende occupy the oval office who thinks about the issues of race. he wrote one of the extraordinary memoirs. he used the n-word profusely , but in context. show the nitty-gritty of race, grappled with political consequences, talked about shifting between a father from kenya in the white mother from kansas, their heritage, and speaking as a biracial child trying to fit in. he brings all of that to bear on the oval office and is a man who has a brilliant understanding of the political consequences of race but has been reticent to discuss these issues for understandable reasons. the moment he begins to speak about race not only do his numbers tank, but there is quite a bit of grief, consternation, anxiety, and finger-pointing. we can say that's pretty much anything he does because the divi

the best-selling nonfiction books of portland's powells bookstore continues with the life-changing magic of tidying up. followed by dark money, how big money has altered the american political system. a recent guest on in-depth, which you can watch online. and wrapping up the list in the geography of genius, the history of various regions around the world to explore the relationship between natural features and innovative ideas. that is look at the current nonfiction bestsellers according to powell's bookstore in portland, oregon. you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> hello. hi. good evening, everyone. thank you. for joining us here at politics and prose for our monday evening event. before we get started, a few quick things. please take a moment now to silence your cell phones or pagers. after his talk mr. brady carlson has agreed to take questions. if you can lineup behind this question has be clearly in the microphone because we have c-span filming today. make sure the audience can here and they can be recorded for poster

and of those nonfiction, most are memoirs. so it's very much a lot of the subtitles are my journey, my struggle, my year in blank. so it's very me focused rather than -- >> there's dangers in this, too, in that a fair amount of these things get exposed after a year or two as fraud. three cups of tea turned out to be a week of fiction masquerading as a memoir. >> so we've spoken a lot about communication, this problem with communication. my question is, is what -- how do we know -- [inaudible] because i think really the root of the issue is how many times have we heard the phrase publish or perish? faculty who are forced to seek out, you know, areas of research where none have gone before and really actually driving, trying to find something new and different constantly. and i would argue the scholarships that you're being encouraged to pursue in modern academia is in large part following a trend very similar in many ways to the themes found in this book in is the sense that -- [inaudible] trying to be different, engaged with p

. ♪ >> when i tune in on the weekends usually it is authors sharing new releases >> nonfiction authorsn book tv is the best television for serious readers. >> book tv weekend, author after author after author. >> i love book tv, and i am a c-span fan. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2. this weekend we are in montgomery, alabama. next, we tour the archives and special collections unit at alabama state university to view books and manuscripts related to the civil rights movement. >> we are in the campus of alabama state university in montgomery, alabama. we are in the archives. the dean envisioned it as a cultural learning place. some people were confused. you are not sure if you are in a library or not. we wanted to bring the archives alive, the history of the institution and area alive. we have a timeline downstairs covering the totality of the alabama state experience from its origins all throughout the 150 year history through today. what these hallowed halls and made an impact on what is america today. we have two primary areas. we are in the primary, and we have a secondary. a

nonfiction is more than 70% of the the books chosen and most of those are memoirs. a lot of the titles are my journey, my struggle, my year and blank in blank. it's very me focused. >> of fairmont seem to get exposed after a year or two. it turned out to be a work of fiction masquerading into a memoir. >> so we've discussed that student engagement is a problem, my question is how do we know the problem is engagement. i think the issue is,. [inaudible] faculty are forced to research and go to areas where none have gone before and they're trying to find something new and different than. [inaudible] resulting in scholarship where students and faculty are engaged in their education. >> how much of a factor does faculty members in their effort to avoid publishing perish and have allowed the students have allowed students to be null and know of these books? >> i can speak for the humanities and the softer areas of the campus. we have a bargain in place between faculty and students. the bargain is on the faculty side i'm in a show up to class and give you a syllabus, i'm g

and it was really interesting to me auteur-driven directors handling nonfiction material in very personal ways. >> right. >> and that was like the ah-ha moment for me. it's like you can go after, you know, a documentary doesn't have to be some sort of dry powerpoint presentation. it's a movie. and it's a story. but it engages in real life nonfiction. >> yeah. >> and that, to me, was very exciting. >> made the difference for you. >> yeah. >> turned everything around. >> right. >> you have another film that's soon to come out about steve jobs. >> "steve jobs: the man in the machine." >> it's doing festival stuff now, but it will be visible to the world when? >> well, we're just in the process now of finalizing a deal with the distributor, which we hope to announce soon. >> yeah. theatrical or tv? >> theatrical. >> good. >> and, so, we expect it will be released in the fall. >> in the fall. what's with your sinatra thing? i know you've been associated with a sinatra project for sometime. >> for over three years. >> speaking of things that don't always end in a timely fashion. [laughter]. >>

. >> watching the nonfiction authors on book tv is the best television for serious readers, on c-span they can have a longer conversation and into the subject. >> book tv weekends, they bring you author after author that spotlight the work of fascinating people. >> i love book tv and i'm a c-span fan. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2. this week we are in anaheim california with the help of our local cable partner time warner, next gustavo arellano, author about ask a mexican, talked about stereotypes he witnessed as a latino american. >> the idea for ask a mexican actually came from my editor at the oc weekly at the time. he would always ask me questions about mexicans because i was the only latino on staff, i was the only person of color for that matter and i always answered them, silly stuff, what does this word mean in spanish, why do mexicans like burritos and tacos so much. there's a lot of ignorant people about mexicans and we should make fun of them, we should make a column about ask a mexican, people will send you questions about mexicans and you're able to answer them. i

. >> book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend and here are some programs to watch for. saturday 7: 15 eastern, george washington professor discusses her book lessons in censorship which examines free speech issues for college students and then at 10:00, mary francis berry examines illegal voting practices in the united states. n her book "$5 and a pork chop sandwich." the people who were in office and the people running for office and the same people over and over, very often, the state lurs and the families and so on, they are the ones who are corrupt and they are the ones who are corrupting democracy and the other people are not getting the benefits of it because they are not acting collectively to counteract it and haven't found a way to counteract it in all of these years. >> ond sunday in depth live with guest steve forbes. he will join us to talk about his life and his book "reviving america." other recent titles include "money," "freedom manifesto" "how capitalism will save us." join us in the conversation. we'll be taking your phone calls and . -- and

booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. now we kick off the weekend with rinker buck. he describes his covered wagon journey on the oregon trail. >> thank you for that introduction and i am glad to see so many people here. there would not be any booklovers left in savanna. i am especially happy to be here and i think the organizers because there is a rounding back in savanna, this lovely city. which is typical of my life and the kind of things that have happened. in 1970 while a freshman in college i came down to participate in a vista program for there were any houses out there, just the old gullett community is remnants of plantations that had been there. i was there for a combined work-study, things college students in the 60s and 70s did. there was a male boat that only ran once or twice a week. they said there is a schoolteacher and if you are down at the bluffton docs every morning at 6:30, quarter to 7 you can get a ride over to the island every day so i got down there and there was this skinny guy, mid-20s. had a be

mark twain once said a version of nonfiction is simply writing fiction because nonfiction doesn't actuallyare telling the story that happened and it doesn't often make sense. so you have to honor those things and those voices as best you can. though i cannot decide if fiction and poetry, so often i use techniques of narrative that are sometimes i killed it, but i try to make that obvious when that really happens. as an example, a solid example of what i'm talking about, a guy in the story who past away with his son. he had come north and his son insisted coming within 16 years old. if you don't take me in going go by myself. the father said we will go together because they are trying to rebuild the damaged house for mom. and the son died from the heat in his father's arms and the survivors, the other guys said he had a little bit of money and he threw it into the wind and then he took off his shirt and ran out into the sun until it killed him. so i wrote that in the book. you know, maybe a couple years later i got an e-mail from that man's nephew. this is something i'm sure all of us deal

visit ncicap.org] will tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some of the programs to watch for. on saturday night, -- >> the first sentence of the history of american conservatism is a story of the trail." >> he discusses the history of republican politics in his book "conservatism, from the tea party and beyond. in-depth on sunday, with jane mayer. her most recent book is "dark money: the hidden mystery of the billionaires." joined in the conversation. we will be taking your phone calls from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern. everybook tv all weekend weekend on c-span2. television for serious readers. c-span's student cam documentary contest needs your vote. we selected the top five and now you get to select the fan favorite. cast your vote online. the student whose documentary has the most votes will win $500. the winner along with the winners of the competition will be announced march 9, live on c-span. annual conservative political action conference began today. the event at national harbor maryland outside of washington, d.c. runs thro

. >> watching the nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. >> they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subjects. >> booktv weekend. they bring you author after author after author of fascinating people. >> i love booktv and i make c-span fan. >> on sunday march 6, booktv is live with author and journalist jane mayer on in depth, or live monthly call-in show. jane mayer is a staff writer for "the new yorker" which he reports on government secrecy, the role of money in politics and u.s. counterterrorism policy. in the most recent book dark money she reports on the political and economic underpinnings of the conservative movement with a focus on charles and david koch. or other titles include strange justice in which examines the sexual harassment allegations against justice clarence thomas during his confirmation hearings. and landslide which looks at internal dissension within the reagan administration during the last four years of his presidency. in 2008 jane mayer appeared on booktv's "after words" program to discuss her book the dark si

our look at the best-selling nonfiction books that washington d.c.'politics and prose bookstores continues with the late neurosurgeon memoir about basing his mortality when breath becomes air. in a a victory, matthew desmond, have a harvard sociologist explores the rising eviction for low-income families. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard angle reports is 20 years of reporting from the middle east, the major events he is covered during that time in "and then all hell broke loose". that is a look at some of the current nonfiction bestsellers according to politics and prose bookstore in washington dc, many of these authors have or will be appearing on book tv. you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> on sunday, april 3 book tv is live with author and publisher of forbes magazine steve forbes. on in-depth, are live monthly call in show. this forbes has authored many books which focus on politics and economics. in his most recent book, reviving america, he argues for a replacement of the current tax code and repeal of the affordable care

. >> watching the nonfiction authors to have a longer conversation the tv begins preview author after author it is the work a fascinating people stick we have been listening to you talk here on the panel. george w. bush used to talk about the low expectations as a form of soft bigotry. is that a fair statement? but it was the tour day force. in the face of bigotry to perpetuate wildly unequal funding. and has intensified here we have a system that is more segregated than wildly unequal in finances. and instead with the lower expectations and to have those highest expectations. overriding lesson plans. >> let's talk about the detroit public schools. going in tomorrow is a superintendent what are the two things that you do really? in instead of all the black children in detroit to have the total apartheid schools it creates in integrated school system within the central city. there are people that i know who are watching that say you are stuck in the age of martin luther king. id to integrate the public schools. but i still believe of segregated education is a guarantee we will never ha

the lower fraser talks about her nonfiction work on the relationship between george washington and his wife martha. that is followed by ph green, discussing how george washington's journey through all 13 states transformed through all 13 states transformed american political culture. and we will conclude with the first on trip and newer. how first washington fostered creativity. >> when i tune in on the weekends it is usually authors sharing new releases. >> watching nonfiction authors on book to be is the best television for serious readers. >> on c-span they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subject. >> a book to be weekend, they bring you author after author, they spotlight the work of fascinating people. >> i love book tv and i am a c-span fan. >> new jersey senator cory booker has a new book out about finding common ground on issues. he talked about the book in his own experience in public service with new york post editorial writer robert george on afterwards. this is one hour. >> united, here we are in the middle of one of the more divisive presidential years e

sat watching the nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. >> on c-span they could have a longer conversation delve into their subject. >> booktv weekend, they bring you author after author after author that spotlights the work of fascinating people. >> i love booktv and i'm a c-span fan. >> now edward larson on his book "the return of george washington" which examines the political career of our first president from the 15th annual national book festival in washington d.c.. this is just under an hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. my name is adam kushner on the editor of the "washington post" sunday outlook section which is our weekly section for analysis and essays and commentary and arguments in narrative storytelling and investigative journalism and most happily for this day and nonfiction books are rich. "washington post" is a charter sponsor for the national book festival which is in its 15th year, amazing and i'm extremely excited to introduce today eric larson. i can't believe i follow that. the endowed cha

i am happy to sign books for pro claim not too hard to find >> watching those nonfiction authors and on c-span they can have a long your conversation. >> it brings author after author. >> >> teddy roosevelt first was fairly subdued to come to a town called barstow so he enjoyed the welcome and then coming through to the pacific ocean in the end that really understands

booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. now we kick off the weekend with malcolm gay. he explores the signals from the brain that dictate motor skills. >> and now i am very thrilled to introduce malcolm gay to left bank books. malcolm gay is an arts reporter for "the boston globe" where he covers visual and performing arts. he previously worked as a contributing writer at the "new york times" and the critic at large for our very own riverfront times where he reviewed of visual and performing arts. his writing has appeared in wired, the olympic, and time, among other publications. in 2004 the society of professional journalists northern california chapter named him that you're supposed in the emerging journalist. at a 2005 he received the james beard award for nutrition or food related consumer issues. his work has since received other national accolades, including top honors in 2008 from the association of alternative news weeklies, and in 2009 from the national association of black journalis journalists. in 2010 he was awa

weekend, but tv takes over 448 hours beginning at 8:00 saturday morning. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors on a span to. we have a live call in this sunday as well with a new yorker writer, jane mayer. book is "darkt money" about the koch brothers. ,e will be taking your calls and then american history tv takes over c-span3 for 48 hours every weekend. you'll be in literacy all sorts of historical events. .o to www.c-span.org thanks for being with us, enjoy the rest of your day. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] into the weekend, live coverage of cpac. that gets underway in about a half hour. gathering today, presidential candidates john k sick ted cruz, also ben carson, who says he will talk about his political future. tonight, former presidential candidate carly fiorina gives the keynote address at 9:00 eastern. more on saturday as well. donald trump speaks at 10:

booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. thank you for coming out tonight. my name is candace, i work with some of the events here at the store, and on behalf of the owners and the rest of the staff, thanks for coming out, and welcome to politics and prose. right now i just have a few logistics to go over. if you could turn off your cell phones or put them on vibrate so that it doesn't disrupt our time here. we are recording this event this evening, and so any interruptions will be remembered. [laughter] the way it's going to work is this will be about an hourlong presentation with half the time given to our speaker and the other half given to your questions with. we have one microphone on the side here. if when you have a question you could go up to it, use the microphone so we can all hear and it can, again, be caught on the recording. afterwards if you wouldn't mind folding up your chair and setting them against the shelves, and then we'll have a signing immediately fol

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arguments in narrative storytelling and investigative journalism and most happily for this day and nonfiction books are rich. "washington post" is a charter sponsor for the national book festival which is in its 15th year, amazing and i'm extremely excited to introduce today eric larson. i can't believe i follow that. the endowed chair of law at pepperdine and a fault university professor. the professor has nine books and he won the pulitzer prize for his book summer of the gods which is about the scopes trial and error and less never-ending still disputed date and -- debate in america about science and its role in policy. i also noticed the seamlessly endless list of publications he has written for. the outlook session is not one of them so that's something we have decided to fix news latest book is "the return of george washington" and what's great about it is to take the figure we know very well for his role in fighting the brith and for being the first president and looks at the lesser-known part of his life which is his retirement between those events. after the war the nation faced a cr

book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some programs to watch for. saturday night at 8:15 p.m. eastern, book discussion with city university of new york professor douglas rushkoff, author of throwing rocks at the google bus. he talks about the google bus. he talks about how americans can build upon the digital economy by changing how they grow businesses to benefit employees and employers. then at ten p.m., afterwards with law professor john u, coeditor of liberty's nemesis, it examines the growth of the federal government and presidential power during the obama administration. he is interviewed by victoria, former deputy assistant attorney general. >> it seems obvious the government can't regulate the money that use to participate in a constitutional right, since on citizens unite says you have a right to free speech, in politics, when there they really want to protect speech, how do we say but you can't spend money on using your constitutional rights. >> on sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, former first lady la

has 48 hoursok tv of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some programs to watch for. tonight, a book discussion with city university of new york professor douglas rushkoff, author of "throwing rocks at the google bus." he talks about how americans can build on the digital economy, by growing how they businesses to benefit employees and employers. afterwards, law professor john yu. -- john by au is interviewed former deputy assistant attorney general. obvious that the government can't regulate the money that you use to participate in a constitutional right. since you have a right to free , and politics, during a campaign is when the framers wanted to protect the right of free speech, -- announcer: on sunday at 8:00 eastern, former first lady laura bush discusses her book "we are afghan women." ms. bush wrote the introduction to the book, which was put out by the george w. bush institute. go to book tv.org for the complete we can schedule. -- weekend schedule. >> the supreme court is vested outside the amount of power, and with that

so you have watched "the new yorker" as an entity evolve and you've watched long form narrative nonfiction evolve. you've watched political journalism evolve. do you think we're better off today, to go back to the question i asked you earlier, than we were 30 years ago? have we come to a good place with this craft? >> it's a tough question, evan because when you're asked that question and when you're my age, it's kind of embarrassing to say, you know it was a lot better in my day. >> well there are only old days, there are no good new days. >> years ago we didn't have these problems. >> yeah. >> no. i don't know if we're better off now. i know that when you're young. >> yeah. >> when you're young you're full of enthusiasm and you take things for what they are. >> yep. >> and you work with what's there. what was there 30 years ago, 35 years ago, for the most part isn't there. yeah, "the new yorker" is still there in a way that a lot of other institutions in journalism aren't. >> and true to itself in a lot of ways, right? >> true to itself. >> you would recognize this "the new yorker," if y

youn it is all the more and biography to serve as popular nonfiction and a lack of style with no variation it is all the same sort of thing somebody who founded a nonprofit organization to overcome adversity. there are different scenarios. it isn't just the same homogenous but the most popular book and then publishing the last year when you choose more recent books older the book there is a real narrowing.owing by but had to all of this is all skewed in the of progression of books. commission statements talk about diversity in cleanliness is civic the engagement. but there is that archipelago of jargon and those of the chusing thero books they tend to be progressive because you're trying to get consensus with a lot of books and the environment with though i'm sayingmon denominator. been saying all this the point is restricts universeprogi of those progressive limitations of very narrow n range. but the fact of the entirety it is a problem. so what can we hope for? to have a classic selection. you have the college of concordia about china. is a classic work in jonathan edwards editing of th

. >> , nonfiction side, this stuff is very near and dear to a lot of us she is the mother of one massacre, and she has told all and then she goes back and reads through his journals and watches his videosou she accesses her own journals with the medical health professional this is her detailing her experience the last 16 years without tragedy aberrant. he proceeds and i absolutely love are going to mental health research. she is not keeping a dime. >> trying to help others. >> trying to prevent it from f happening ever again. this is been a best seller aga. >> i have heard about this book. i've heard rave reviews.e >> on my gosh, oh my gosh, this gentleman was diagnosed with stage four terminal lung cancer 36 years old so he started i started writing a book from his journey to medical school to becoming a world-class surgeon to becoming a patient at a cancer at your neck, he, writing the book, and his wife ended up finishing it for him, which i think is great i. >> such a story detailing it it is heart wrenching and it will tear you apart moving on here this is kate hudson she is stunning

spent you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. .. >> guest: we created a digital free-for-all in that bill where every company could do anything. that telescoped the time frame that it took in order to deploy fiber all across our country to create the capacity so that all of these new companies could get created so that words like google and hulu and youtube are are part of the culture today. but they were impossible to be created before the act. so we got a lot right. nothing is perfect. but one thing we did do was we moved not only our own country, but the world from analog to digital. and if you're living in india or china, you're now using the words that were created, including twitter and facebook, that would not be possible without that bill. >> host: jack fields, same question. >> guest: you know, i think also what we got right is we worked together. i mean, we collaborated. fortunately, we had a very strong friendship prior to that as we did with other members of the committee. i thi

. >> watching the nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. >> on c-span they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subjects. >> booktv weekends, they bring you author after author after author that spotlight the work of fascinating people. >> i love booktv, and i'm a c-span fan. >> every day books are reviewed by publications throughout the country. here's a look at some recently-reviewed books. washington post columnist e.j. dionne's look at the state of the republican party was reviewed in the los angeles times by michael bonely january. he writes that mr. dionne identifies john boehner as the latest in a long series of republicans transformed from conservative hero to villain and notes that other than ronald reagan -- who has been spared this fate despite compromising with democrats on taxes and nearly tripling the national deficit -- almost every major republican figure has suffered boehner's fate since the 1960s. sonya shaw's history of pandemics over the past a 50 years was reviewed in scientific american. the monthly magazine writes t

. >> book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some programs to watch. this weekend, join us for the 22nd annual virginia festival of books in charlottesville. starting saturday at noon eastern. programs include author bruce hillman who discusses his book, the man who stalked einstein. how nancy scientist change the course of history. then saturday evening at 7:00 p.m., patricia bell scott, professor a matter of women's studies at the university of georgia, on her book, the firebrand firebrand in the first lady. portrait of a friendship. the book explores the relationship between civil rights activist polly murray, cofounder of the national organization of women and first lady eleanor roosevelt. patricia patricia bell scott speaks with author and historian at roosevelt house in new york city. on sunday beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern, more from the virginia festival a book. including kelly karlin, kelly carlin, george carlin's daughter who talks about her life growing up with a comedian come in her book a carlin home compa

. >> watching the nonfiction authors on book tv is the best television for serious readers. >> on c-span they can have a long conversation and delve into the subject. >> book tv weekends bring you author after author, and spotlight the work of fascinating people. >> i love the book tv, and diane a c-span fan. >> coming up next on c-span, the prime minister's questions of the british house of commons. bill clinton campaigns in arizona, on behalf of his wife. at 11:00, another chance to see "q&a with director gave brought." -- gave rock. week at the british house of commons, prime minister david cameron responded to questions on the u.k. energy policy and new employment numbers. he also spoke about education and crime reduction. >> order. questions to the prime minister. lovely. >> thank you, mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with military colleagues and others. i shall have other such meetings later today. >> crime has fallen over 60%, i am holding my third job fair in the next two weeks with 25 companies. agree,rable friends may we have made a good start. it's not get complacent.

. >> book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. saturday night, at 8:15 eastern, a book discussion with professor douglas rushkoff, author of "throwing rocks at the bgoogle bus." 10:00 p.m., afterwards with law professor john you, coeditor of "liberty's nemesis," which examines the growth of the federal government during the obama administration. he is interviewed by the former deputy assistant's attorney general. >> it seems obvious the federal government can regulate the money you use to participate in a constitutional right. you simply have a right to free speech. particularly, you said. the framers really wanted to protect the right of free speech. then how do we say, then you can't spend money on using your constitutional right? >> on sunday night at 8:00 eastern, laura bush chronicles the lives of afghan women since the u.s. invasion in the book "we are afghan woman." mrs. bush wrote the introduction to the book, which was put out by the george w. bush institute. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. sessionssen

book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some programs to watch for. tonight at eight teen p.m. eastern,- 8:15 p.m. the author of throwing rocks at the robust talks about how americans can build upon the digital economy by changing how they grow businesses to benefit employees and employers. then at 10:00 p.m., afterwards with the coeditor of liberties of nemesis, which examines the growth of the federal government .nd presidential power >> it seems that the government cannot regulate the money that you would use to participate in a constitutional right. citizens united says you have a right of free speech during politics. >> at :00 p.m. eastern on sunday

. >> that was afterwards, book book tv signature program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed. watch past afterward program online at tv.org. >> he reports at 555 feet 55 feet it's the tallest stone structure in the world. >> mr. gordon, it's nice to meet you and nice to see you here. i am the resident history enthusiasts, i suppose you might say, at the radio station. a couple of my colleagues are here. they are sitting in the front. they are producers for the radio show, especially when i'm on it. our station, we want to thank you for doing these events. we are doing them because we are readers at the station and we know our listeners are readers as well. the readers of newspapers and books and we do pride ourselves in having an informed and educated audience. let's get to our guest of honor. the author of washington monument. you have an interesting subtitle too. let me tell you, why did you want to write a book about washington monument. you're also interested in engineering. what looked to set out to write question and. >> always end up being different tha

. >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are programs to watch for. this weekend we have the 22nd annual virginia festival of the book and charlottesville. starting saturday at noon, 12:00 p.m. eastern. authors include bruce hellman including his book "the man that stopped einstein" and then saturday evening at 7:00 o'clock, patricia bell scott, professor of women's studies at the university of georgia, on the firebrand and the first lady, portrait of a friendship. exploring the relationship for the national organization of women and first lady eleanor roosevelt. trisha bell scott speaks with nell irvin painter at roseau house and new york city. more from the virginia testable of the book. including george carlin's daughter in her book a carlin home companion. and then author of breakthrough, the making of america's first president. looking at women political leaders and the advances that they are making in the political arena. she's interviewed by the chair and cofounder of cornell law school's avon global center for w

tonight on the special primetime edition of booktv nonfiction authors on international affairs next, julian borger on his book "the butcher's trail" about the international war hunt for balkan criminals. he recently spoke at a bookstore in washington. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] sydney okay we are ready to begin. good evening time bradley graham co-owner of politics and prose along with my wife on behalf of the entire staff thank you for coming. a few quick of ministry of notes now would be a good time to turn off your cell phones or anything that might go deep. when you get to the q&a part of the session if you have a question please make your way to this microphone here because as you can see we are filming both for our youtube channel and also for c-span booktv so we would like to be able to hear your questions and also if you use the microphone others in the store can hear the question as well. at the end before you come up to get your book signed our staff would appreciate it if you fold up chairs that you are sitting in and leaned them against something

. >> watching the nonfiction authors on book tv is the best television for serious readers. >> on c-span they could have a longer conversation delve into their subject. >> book tv weekends, they bring you author after author after author. the work of fascinating people. >> i love book tv and then a c-span fan. >> now discussion about psychiatry and the treatment of mental illness. jeffrey lieberman is the author of shrinks, and history of psychiatry. he spoke at the alexandria center for life science of new york. this is just over an hour. >> thank you so much, and i would like to welcome you to the alexandria center for life science. the alexandria ctr., new yorkcenter new york city is new york's 1st and only premier life science campus providing the city's leading pharmaceutical club i attack, and academic research institutes with state-of-the-art commercial lab space and unparalleled amenities. our urban campus is an integral part of the city's life science ecosystem that designed to foster innovative collaboration among new york's world renowned academic and medical institutions pree

watching the nonfiction authors on booktv is the best. >> booktv weekends they bring you author after author. [applause] [cheering] welcome to the culture area show of hands if this is your first time. thank you for finding us. 20 years ago was it was in the upper west side over the years and a year ago we took the plunge to open up a third location and we want to especially thank you for coming tonight the culture with the battles of industry 14. [applause] [cheering] joining us tonight, we do not charge tickets for events so pick up a copy or two or three of the book and we will have a signing up afterwards. so if you can wait just a moment to congratulate him personally to get him up to the front. he's dedicated his entire professional life to nonprofit causes predominantly educational institutions as a fundraiser and a communications expert piece and admissions officer at dale and princeton and he was in new york [inaudible] teaches at columbia university and "new york times," plays the guardian, the nation atlantic. she had a fulbright scholarship and was a judge for the national

nonfiction is more than 70% of the the books chosen and most of those are memoirs. a lot of the titles are my journey, my struggle, my year and blank in blank. it's very me focused. >> of fairmont seem to get exposed after a year or two. it turned out to be a work of fiction masquerading into a memoir. >> so we've discussed that student engagement is a problem, my question is how do we know the problem is engagement. i think the issue is,. [inaudible] faculty are forced to research and go to areas where none have gone before and they're trying to find something new and different than. [inaudible] resulting in scholarship where students and faculty are engaged in their education. >> how much of a factor does faculty members in their effort to avoid publishing perish and have allowed the students have allowed students to be null and know of these books? >> i can speak for the humanities and the softer areas of the campus. we have a bargain in place between faculty and students. the bargain is on the faculty side i'm in a show up to class and give you a syllabus, i'm g