please join me in welcoming bob garfield and mark leibovich. [applause] >> a non-alcoholic. >> i'm not going to answer that question. hi, bob, hi, everyone. thanks for being here. should i start? i guess i will start. i'm the guy interviewing. >> i, thank you for being here. i have no idea how this is going to play. >> bob has written a book, actually a manifesto. it is called "american manifesto: saving democracy from villains, vandals, and ourselves". this is your thing. i want to start with something because it is the kind of thing that is usually a telltale sign the guy asking the question didn't read the book but i did read the book but the telltale sign, you ask about that but actually i am going to read it. in a vast american wasteland of homogenized regurgitated media there is alone heroic taco truck. bob garfield is that taco truck, very smart and very brave. alec baldwin. do you think he read this? >> how did you get him to read your book? >> a fully my mother were alive to hear me being compared to a food truck by end of the star. >>

in fact, his online biography give begins with this sentence, bob garfield is not exactly a media horror but he is extremely promiscuous. and his new work, "american manifesto", bob examines the dangerous anime to his age and of our nation into ever smaller interest groups, each with its own desires and grievances, coupled with the disintegration of much of our mass media. but, he follows this analysis of our national unraveling with six recommended natural steps to counter the divisiveness and pull our fractured country back together. i marks official title is chief national correspondent for the new york times magazine pray about what mark is especially known for our his incisive and often entertaining profiles of political and media figures. jeffrey goldberg of the atlantic once famously called mark the most important journalist in washington for his ability to make his profile subjects look like rock stars on one hand and to make others look like complete idiots. mark has been a journalist for 30 years and also has written several books including the best-selling, this town. a syrian

later radio host bob garfield addresses america's political divide.ournalist andrea bernstein chronicles trump and kushner families rise to prominence.

later radio host bob garfield addresses america's political divide. journalist andrea bernstein chronicles trump and kushner families rise to prominence. find more information on your program guide. now here is kathy chambers from the bookstore in louisville. : so, whati want to do tonight is i'm going to read some excerpts and talk a little i bit about why i wrote this book and what inspired me to write and give you an overview about how the book came to be into the world and after that i will have time d for questions so please, anything on your mind i would love to hear from you all for discussion or dialogue and i look forward to hearing your thoughts on the book and anything you have on your mind. the first part i want to read comes from the introduction. one of the poorest counties it is in the appellation a small county about 4500 people one of the highest poverty rates in america. it's hard for me to know which part i should show the rest of the world. it helps people understand the extent of the poverty and i do want them to know how it goes.

grandmother, aunt and mother who grew up in poverty in kentucky's operation mountain with your host bob garfieldddresses america's political divide, andrea bernstein chronicles the trump. book tv monthly program. you can find more information on your program die guide or by visiting our website booktv.org. >> here are some of the current best-selling books according to newsmax. topping the list, and 100 bible verses that made america, robert morgan argues that the bible played an important role in them are confounding. after that his npr host stephen, and perfect union, a dual biography of 19th century political power coupled jesse and john fremont. that is followed by scott mcewan and hoff williams novel the trigger mechanism. then pastor and former southern optus president james merritt offers his thoughts on the importance of character over reputation. in character still counts. in wrapping up our look at some of the best selling books according to newsmax is james book looking at the relationship of: cal and cheney in the great rift. some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can

radio host bob garfield offers his thoughts on how to address america's political divide. chambers looks back at her grandmother and mother who grew up in poverty and kentucky's mountain region. find more information on your program guide or online booktv.org. >> at a recent event held at the enterprise institute in washington d.c., national review editor offered his thoughts on nationalism. here's a portion of the program. >> the book was a case by trump. i hadn't really thought much about nationalism the lazy assumption that it was a lazy word. until trump's inaugural address got me thinking about it a little more. i think what's happened is democrats, although they haven't had that tradition in the not so distant past, totally turned their back on it and progressivism and republican party also lost touch with nationalism. i think under the influence of libertarianism. the conflict of business elite that's a little more transnational orientation, delete social scientist talked about how the 19th century, there's innovations and technological changes that created a nation