send us a tweet at booktv. >> jason ryan sat down with booktv when we visited charleston to check out the city's rich literary culture. up next an overview of mr. ryan's book. >> a major federal drug investigation in the 1980s that caught -- these were unique smugglers. they were non-violent and college-educated. they dropped out of college in the 60s and 70s 2 pursues muddling through is traveling to florida and back of the coast of south carolina when law enforcement got too heavy. they found a smuggler's paradise. there was mile after mile of march for them to bring boats packed full of pot. they rarely got caught and not until the 1980s one of federal investigation was launched to find these men. there were not sure who was smuggling but someone was making a lot of money. they started a financial investigation called operation jackpot tracking down real-estate purchases to find out who they were. eventually they caught and convicted hundred marijuana smugglers tracking some of them down in man hunts from australia to calif.. i spend a lot of time talking about two kingpins who mov

send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> more of booktv's live coverage of the 2011 harlem book fair now. up next, a group of authors present their recent biographies and studies of african-american history. .. i am the author of dye free, a heroic family tale. let me tell you a little bit about myself. i have been here for 20 years. can you believe new york one is celebrating 20 years next year? [applause] antonette today's panel discussion is triumph against the grain, and my book strongly identifies with that. believe it or not, two years ago ancestry.com had found an amazing story of triumph against the grain. i learned from a web site, not family law, but from a web site that my great great great grandfather was owned by a slave trader. hence my name cheryl wills and then he bonded with five boys on a slave plantation and escaped in 1863 divide in the civil war from 1863 to 1865, so i was calling that the original triumph against the grain. we have distinguished panelists who are also going to talk about their amazing books and i am going to ask you

on c-span2. >> booktv is in charleston, south carolina. up next, a look at the u.s. customs house with author jason ryan. [inaudible conversations] >> we're standing in front of the u.s. customs house in downtown charleston n. the early 1980s, it served as headquarters for operation jackpot, one of the largest and first federal drug investigations in ronald reagan's war on drugs. ultimately, it accused and convicted more than 100 of south carolina's gentlemen marijuana smuggers, unique for their nonviolent methods and decisions to smuggle only hashish and marijuana. operation jackpot was unique for two things. one, it was a federal investigation that combined agents from many different agencies, the dea, the fbi, irs, u.s. customs, the atf and more. also operation jackpot was unique for using something called civil forfeiture laws to seize drug smugglers' access before they were even accused of the crimes they were convicted of. luxury properties before filing charges against them in court. the gentlemen marijuana smugglers had a long, suc

send an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or you can send us a tweet at booktv is our handle, twitter.com/booktv. let's go back to for giving us the horse we could almost forgive the alcohol. let's go to the second part. we can almost forgive the alcohol. >> guest: alcohol is very destructive to the tribes. it was supposed to be. it was manipulation. we had many manipulations. we had to deal with. for us, they started early. in the sixteenth century, we were having to deal with the slave trade which indian people on the other side of the mississippi never had to think about. we were being sold into the caribbean for sugar plantation slavery. so were other tribes. we had to figure out how to get weapons. also alcohol was destroying people. and so we have laws against bringing in alcohol but of course the laws were violated. we did not want it because of the destruction of people. but also, part of post-traumatic stress syndrome that people still have, indian people still at if. the use of alcohol is still prevalent in some regions because the people are in the process of de colonizing themselves

you can send us is tweet at booktv is our twitter handle. twitter.com/booktv. linda hogan, let's go back to the for giving us the horse we can almost forgive the alcohol before we get to our callers. let's go to the second part of that. we can almost forgive the alcohol, almost. >> guest: well, you know, alcohol is a very destructive -- was very destructive to the tribes and it was supposed to be. it was a manipulation. we had many manipulations that we had to deal with. and for us, they started early so in the 16th century, we were having to deal with the slave trade which indian people on the other side of the mississippi never had to think about. but we were being sold into the caribbean for sugar plantation slavery. and so were other tribes and we had to figure out how to get weapons. but also alcohol was brought in and it was destroying people. and so we actually had laws against bringing in alcohol, but, of course, the laws were violated. you know, we did not want it because of the destruction of the people. it also part of post-traumatic stress people st

e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org.p next booktv attended a book party for the book "demonic" ann coulter. she spoke briefly to chat with guests. this is about half an hour. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> i don't get that reaction before -- i am mike gonzalez at heritage. welcome. it is my pleasure to welcome ann coulter. she is the author of the new york times bestsellers and a new one out bright now called "demonic". it is very funny. my colleagues know when i am reading one of her colleagues because i am laughing out loud. she is we and clever and courageous. she tackles issues that many will not. she stands up for her beliefs where others will waffle. that is because she has deep convictions. she understands -- there are many of us here but in the audience somewhere -- i will recognize two people. general and niece who is ronald reagan distinguished fellow of eagle study that the heritage foundation, vice president. [applause] >> and one more, stand, are you here? he hasn't made it in yet. he told me he was

you can e-mail us, booktv@c-span.org. next martin marty appear

you can also send us an e-mail, booktv@cspan.org or a tweet it's at booktv is our handle.end in a tweeted question to author and poet linda hogan. as we continue to take your calls, stillwater, oklahoma, trevor. you're on the line with linda hogan from stillwater. go ahead. >> caller: good afternoon, ms. hogan. i apologize, i'm excited and really nervous to be speaking with you today. my question -- >> host: hi, trevor. that's all right. >> caller: hi. [laughter] i'm quite giddy. your novel, "power," it changed the trajectory of what i was studying in university, and that's actually why i'm in stillwater now. and my question was about, it's a twofold question. i wanted you to go in depth a little bit if you would or could about the end by gram to that novel, mystery as a form of power, and maybe also to tell me because this is a curiosity i have a bit more of what happens to amah. >> host: trevor, before we get the answer, could you tell us how it changed the directory of what you're studying? where are you studying now? >> caller: sure, absolutely. i was an undergraduate

send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twetter.com -- twitter.com/booktv. >>> now, on booktv david sirota examines the political and cultural landscape of the 1980s. he argues that the social and political mores of that time set the stage for what he calls a narcissistic america. it's about an hour and a half. [applause] >> thank you. okay. can everyone hear me? so here's how it's going to work tonight. um, first of all, thank you, everybody, for being here. i'll just tell you how it's going to work. i'm going to give a ab presentation about my new book, "back to our future, "which you can see right there, and then may than and i are going to -- nathan and i are going to sort of go back and forth on some questions, and i asked nathan to be here because some of his work is an inspiration for some of my work. so i really appreciate you being here. um, and then we're going to take questions from the audience. um, before we begin i just want to do some of my own thank yous. i want to, obviously, thank in these times for organizing this event. i want to thank the university of chi

where booktv is on location. thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. ♪ coming up next, booktv presents "after words" an hour-long program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. tonight hoover institution research author charles hills discusses his latest book. in it mr. hill provides a historical perspective on islam analyzes what he calls the long war against the international state system. he identifies several areas in which he claims islamists are at wore with the rest of the world including their belief in the role of state law and the role of women. he discusses his analyses with david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist for the "washington post." ♪ >> host: i'm david ignatius, a columnist for the "washington post" and author of a new novel. i'm here today to interview charles hill who is the author of a nonfiction book called "trial of a thousand years: world order and islamism." it's a very interesting book. and we're going to try to broaden some of the themes and let me begin, charles, by

. >> for more information on booktv's recent trip to charleston, south carolina, visit c-span.org/mobile content. >> what are you reading this summer booktv wants to know. .. >> [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you so much. a quick explanation of what exercise. creativity of the lyric as well as a war of conflict. and it so happens -- i was wrong by the way. someone talked about the seven-word bio i had a request for a 50-word bio so i tried to make it easily. and it can for the simple reason i was talking about mythology tonight. and one of the greatest myths. i happened to be a disciple of ogmf. i never wholeheartedly embraced mentors. humpy dumpy sat on the wall. it sound audience relation or begin to a sad note and then move to euphoric. i am as many of you aware a compulsive mythologists and nothing would have been more fulfilling than to stand here and affirm if deletingful piece of mythology. it concerns the name where we're all gathered today and myself of a miller. it's something to bring myself to the debu

. >> for more information on booktv's recent trip to charleston, south carolina, visit c-span.org/local content. >> next on booktv jon miller recounts president theodore roosevelt involvement in the reimagining of football which save the sport from being banned and ultimately to the creation of the national collegiate athletic association, the ncaa. this is about 40 minutes. >> if you're wondering what kind of knucklehead puts on a book about football at the start of baseball season, the answer is the same 10 of knucklehead who is a lifelong fan of the detroit lions here the good thing about being a lifelong fan of the detroit lions is that the experience teaches important life lessons. for example, how to deal with severe and ongoing disappointment. i've learned that humor helps. who knows the difference between the detroit lions and a dollar bill? it turns out that from a dollar bill you can still get four quarters. [laughter] thank you. i'll be performing all week at aei. let's talk about football and theodore roosevelt. i'd like to start with a statistic. in 1905, 18 people died pla

send us a tweet at booktv. >> you can find out about upcoming booktv weekend programs like "in depth" by using your mobile phone. simply text the word book to 997 zero two to receive a weekly e-mail about our schedule and sign-up now for a chance received a signed copy of linda hogan's book, the people of the whale. standard message rates apply. the next three hours is your chance to speak with chickasaw author and poet linda hogan. ..

. >> booktv is live at the thirteenth annual harlem book fair from the langston hughes auditorium at the new york public library center for research in black culture. we will bring you seven hours of coverage from this year's book fair. our schedule begins with a talk on the state of african-american literacy brought to you by michael lomax, president of the united negro college fund. the first panel focusing on the late manning parable's biography of malcolm x. a panel on african-american economic history. our coverage will continue three hours from now with a panel discussion on african-american humor. that will be followed by a panel on african-american history and finally about six hours from now we will wrap up with a discussion on the first years of the obama administration. that is coming up in the 2011 harlem book fair. right now united negro college fund president michael lomax on the state of african-american literacy. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the thirteenth annual harlem book fair. i am max rodriguez, founder of the event. [applause] >> thank you. i would like

i am not familiar with your work and that is why we watch booktv. where would be the best place for someone like me to jump into your writing? >> host: linda hogan? >> guest: any place. you are not familiar with the work you might not read a lot of poetry. you might start with "dwellings: a spiritual history of the living world" or one of the novel's. on everything you said that sounds wonderful. >> host: ann vtols can you talk more about your next book, what you are working on next? >> guest: indois is a performance piece. it is a 1-woman show. i am not a performer so i don't know if i will do it but i might try to see how badly it goes. for 30 years i thought about this story of media and i have done research on that story and to me she is and indigenous woman who was taken away. her father was the source -- she had -- she came from another world into her husband's world. and then he betrayed her. and so what i have done is taken that story. i thought about it for so long. power could i work with it? what would i do to make this the story of a nat

more now from booktv's all-day coverage of the harlem book fair. up next a panel on the history of african-american humor from the langston hughes auditorium and the schomburg center for research in black culture. >> good afternoon. let me say good afternoon to all of you and i want to welcome you to this afternoon's session called "on the real side," a history of african-american humor. i am carlton brown, the president of atlantic university, obviously in atlanta, georgia. we are very pleased to be a part of this session today. we are at convert -- research with a number of disciplines and holdings that connect us directly to the harlem book fair in that we have degree programs up to the doctor degree in african-american studies and the africana women's studies and a significant program in english and language arts. we have a number of people with us today and i want to get right down to our business here. so i want you to join me in welcoming our colleagues here. i am going to begin with broadcast personality and social commentator, sabrina lamb

[applause] >> historian andrew roberts on booktv.d to find out more visit the author's web site, andrew-roberts.net. ♪ >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week, author eric stakelbeck asserting the obama administration is concealing the true magnitude of terrorist attack on u.s. soil. he makes his case using interviews with covert operatives and people he says are terrorists with link to al-qaeda. he discusses his findings with former u.s. house representative and radio host fred grandy. >> after i read this book, i came across a few facts that i want to run by you because i think it sets up the discussion pretty well. according to some data i've just seen, there are over 1200 government organizations across the country involve inside intelligence -- involved in intelligence, counterterrorism and homeland security. we've got about 850,000 people with top security clearances, and the intelligence budget since september 10, 2001, is now

send us a tweet at booktv. >> booktv is at book expo america.l convention in new york city looking at some of the fall 2011 books. pleased to be joined by george gibson, the publisher of bloomsbury press. let's start with carl bogus' book on bill buckley. >> this is a first autobiography of bill buckley. he was an icon and the father of conservatism has it is known today. but a remarkable man. and very little has been written about him. this is the first full scale bioing a if i. >> did he have access to his library? >> he had access to every available resource. interestingly enough, he's more liberal in the political persuasion. it's very interesting balance. i think it's going to fascinate people on both sides of the aisle. >> somebody who is not liberal is an author that we've covered often on booktv who is victor davis hanson. now i see a novel. >> this is his first novel. remarkable, it is. the novel about the great greek and the extraordinary battles he fought. had brings alive warfare in the ancient world in a way that very few people can

he talked about his book on booktv. you can watch this program on line at booktv.org.coming in surge is bossypants followed by david mccollum's the greater journey:americans in paris at number 4. the miracle of freedom by chris stewart claims the no. 5 spot this week. and ann coulter with the monarch --demon --demonic. she will on our call on program. number 7 on the list, the 2008 financial collapse is dissected in reckless endangerment. you can watch ms. morgan's and online at booktv.org. number 8 on the nonfiction best-seller list is seal team 6. at number 9, the tale of a dangerous rescue mission during world war ii in lost in shangri-la. completing the list is through my eyes by nathan whitaker which examines the lives of nfl quarterback tim tivo. for more information go to amazon.com. >> your book is titled "randhurst: suburban chicago's grandest shopping center". what inspired you to write this book? >> when i started writing for the historical society was one of the topics that i got the most interesting and questions about and tell what it meant to people and

"after words" airs every weekend on booktv. you can also watched "after words" online.go to booktv.org and click on afterwards in the booktv series and topics list in the upper right side of the page. >> his book, "the idea of america" is a fabulous book. you'll be doing a book signing afterwards if i'm not mistaken. it really is one of the books that if you love history, not just revolutionary period, but history in general, this is something that you really should have on your bookshelf. so having said that, i'm hoping for 10% afterwards. [laughter] but what i felt we would you start out, i would like to produce and general questions about history and then talk about you a little bit and then we will use her way into the book as well. to start, since we're at the national archives, the first thing that i want to get your thoughts on was the following. many of us within the historical field have lamented the lack of historical knowledge among young people. and can you take a second to tell us why is it important that we study history? >> well, history is to society wha

. >> send us a tweet at booktv to let us know what you plan on reading this summer. you can also e-mail us, booktv at c-span.org. >> susana ashton, how did you select the narrative you included in your edited work? >> we were looking, um, my research team and i were looking for out of print narratives, narratives which weren't largely known, and also narratives which might be known but weren't known in south carolina. boston kings is one of the 18th century slaves, he's known in british abolitionist circles, he's been identified with transatlantic connections, but he actually was from south carolina and defected to british lines during the american revolution, then went to canada and nova scotia and then to africa where he ended up writing his memoir. so including him as a south carolinian was a new way to conceive of his history. so people like that. we had a collection of seven people that weren't well known or known in other contexts and for the first time ever we could bring them back into print and put them together and see the connections between the more coher

"after words" airs every weekend on booktv at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9 p.m. on sunday and 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" online. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the booktv series on the upper right side of the page. >> up next on booktv, investigative reporter annie jacobsen presents the history of the military base, area 51, which is located in the nevada desert. the author use of recently declassified documents, on site reporting and interviews numerous people who worked and lived at the base. this is about an hour. >> good evening, everyone. i wanted to thank the commonwealth club for having me, and everyone for being here. it's a real office dream to have a full house for a book speaking if it. and thank you for having me on your show, and also for moderating tonight. and we'll get to some questions because i know people love to ask questions. i certainly do. i wouldn't be here if i didn't have that sense of curiosity, so what i'm going to start with, i'm going to actually read you two paragraphs from my book. but i'm g

booktv wants to know. >> coming up next, booktv presents "afterwords." an hour-long program where we invite hosts to interview authors. >> host: george, thank you so much for joining us today. i'm thrilled to have the chance to talk to you in some depth about your new book yours truly -- new book "the next decade." it narrows the ambitious on your last book. "the next 100 years." you've taken on the more manageable, the next ten years. or maybe slightly more unmanageable. we can talk about that. some of your views about what direction you see the world headed and in particular the u.s. encounters with that world. where it's on israel or china and your view of its rise or russia. i think you have some interesting things to say that are not exactly what you are going to pick up from reading the papers every day. so let's go ahead and jump right in to that conversation. the next ten years, what ares three most surprising takeaways that you are offering people in this book. >> guest: well, i think the first is the war on terror has been over down. not in the

booktv wallets to know.wants to know. >> well, i just finished reading "decision points" by president bush, and it was really good. i enjoyed the conversational tone that he took in describing his presidency and the events, the big events like 9/11 and some of the other events that were a part of his eight-year presidency. i'm in the process of getting to karl rove's new book as well as hank paulson's book. i don't know that anything has had more of lasting impact on what we're talking about today than what happened a couple of years ago with regard to the economic meltdown. and i think reading secretary paulson's new autobiography will be enlightening. i had gotten pretty frustrated by the end of his time as secretary, but i wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and see his side of the story since he was there in front and center in all of the discussions. i'm also reading a new book that andy andrews who's a local alabama

you can e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. we are back live at the langston hughes auditorium at the schomburg center for research and black culture. this is live coverage of the thirteenth annual harlem book fair. up next panel discussion of the late manning parable's recent biography of malcolm x. >> good afternoon. welcome to the 2011 harlem book fair. i am yohura williams from fairfield university and chief historian at the jackie robinson museum. i want to welcome you to this forum. we are here to discuss manning parable's recent book malcolm x a life of reinvention and its impact on our appreciation of the life and legacy of this african-american icon. manning parable began his study as a corrective to the influential autobiography of malcolm x which for five decades stood as one of the most important works of african-american literature ever produced. despite its widespread influence and a claim there have always been questions concerning its authenticity. publish nine months after his death the autobiography presents a

[inaudible conversations] >> welcome to c-span's booktv. every weekend we bring you 48 hours of books on history, biography and public affairs by nonfiction authors. this weekend on booktv on c-span2 is everything you know about the ok corral wrong? with newly available documents jeff quinn to all the different story about wyatt earp, doc holliday and the clinton gang. and the lost war against the international state system. for mexican foreign minister george jorge castaneta talks about mexico. find out about booktv alert on weekend schedule in your in box. .. >> not just on cnn, but also through this book. steve, i want to get right to the action. this is a provocatively-titled book. not push come to shove, it's push has come to shove: getting our kids the education they deserve. what do you mean? >> enough is enough. there's no more room for our children to be failed by the system. we finally have an opportunity to transform education as we know it. we have an opportunity now like we've never had before because 20 years ago, 20 years ago

[applause] >> get the booktv schedule at e-mail to you. to sign-up on the user website, look tv.org and push the alert at or use your mobile phone, text the word book 299702. standard message and data rates applied. .. founder and chair of the congressional caucus on the women in the military. >> host: so, major jane blair, you're the first woman to write a book about your experience with respect to iraq. why? why would you want to write a book? >> guest: thanks for the question. i had a lot of reluctance about writing the book. being a marine i think there is a natural tendency to want to not highlight my experience, it just be a marine and not kind of get involved in writing and all that, but i kept a journal during my time in iraq and after i had come to the cup i realized i had incredible stories about marines that no one knows about so i felt there was an allegation for me to paint this portrait of my time in iraq but also highlight the stories of other marines i served with five felt hat done such incredible things and no one was tal

thanks for being with us, here's more booktv. >> you can find out about upcoming booktv weekend programs like "in depth "by using your mobile phone. simply text the word "book" to 99702 to receive a weekly e-mail about our schedule. and sign up now for a chance to receive a signed copy of linda hogan's book, "people of the whale." standard message and data rates apply. .. >> before we begin, i want to just say that this is the momentous time for politics and prose. as you know, i'm david cohen, who is carla cohen's husband. she and barbara meade, together with the stellar star here at politics and prose, you the very enbeiged and articulate lovers of books and ideas and the community of writers, publishers, editors, agents have made politics and prose into more than a bricks and motar bookstore. it is a thriving community institution, it's a setting for the discussion of and dissemination of ideas and howard public space where people meet, talk, discuss, and do it in a civil way. and it will continue that way under the leadership of the new owners brad graham and alyssa muscatine. i just

"after words" airs every weekend on booktv at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9 p.m.n sunday and 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" online. go to booktv.org and click on after words in the book series and topic list on the upper right side of the page. >>> spend next weekend in charleston, south carolina, with booktv and american history tv and get a behind the scenes look at the history and literary life of one of america's oldest

[inaudible conversations] >> welcome to c-span2's booktv. every weekend we bring you 48 hours of books on history, biographies and public affairs by nonfiction authors. .. look for the entire three day schedule at booktv.org and sign up for booktv alert. weekend schedule in your in box. >> 1 booktv a panel discussion on the life and work of african-american history scholar manning marable who died on april 1st, 2011. this is just under two hours. >> welcome to the central library. i am lucy eco of the library of baltimore. we are pleased to have you here for this special evening. and a special hello to c-span's viewers. when we originally booked manning marable several months ago we are very excited to have him here to discuss his landmark book malcolm x:a life of reinvention. we were heartbroken when we heard he became ill and passed away just days before that monumental book was released. we still wanted to honor him and his work and definitely is life. so thanks to a lifelong library supporter and our board member, mark steiner the aggres

"after words" airs every weekend on booktv at 10:00 p.m. on saturday, 12:09 p.m. on sunday and 12:00 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" on line. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the booktv series and the topics listed on the upper right side of the page. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. speak to books that are "the storms of war" by andrew roberts and a book

. >> now on booktv, rick baker, former mayor of st. petersburg, florida, presents his thoughts on the revitalization of american cities. this is just under an hour. >> so good morning and welcome to this breakfast forum by the manhattan institute's center for state and local leadership. my name is michael, and i am the newly-appointed director of the center, and it's truly an honor to be with you. one week on to the job, and what a great event to kick things off. it's an honor to be here with everyone. as you know, for over 30 years the manhattan institute has been a national leader in advancing the ideas of greater economic independence and choice and individual responsibility. we have our roots, as you all know, in cities having led the movements from welfare to work and from broken windows to safer cities. and during the coming weeks you'll be hearing a lot about our new center for state and local leadership. whether it's examining public employees and their relationships with the public, the governments for which they work, their p

send an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweet at twitter.com/booktv. >> what are you reading? book tv wants to

. >> that was "after words," booktv's signature program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policymakers, legislators and others familiar with their material, "after words" airs at 10:00 on saturday, 12:00 and 9:00 pm on saturday and 12:00 am on monday. you could also watch "after words" online. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right-hand side of the page. on the go, "after words" is available via podcast through itunes and xlm. select which past you would like to download and listen to "after words" while you travel. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> hi, i'm jane blair and i'm the author of hesitation kills, a female marine officer's combat experience in iraq and this summer i'm reading verniece arm breakthrough and i'm reading jame gleek the inspiration and i'm reading outliers by malcolm gladwell and the cosmic war. >> visit booktv.org to see this and other summer reading lists. ♪ >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words" an hour-long prog

. >> host: and booktv will continue to cover. sarah weinman, news editor of "publishers marketplace." publishersmarketplace.com is the web site. thank you. >> we asked what are you reading this summer? here's what you had to say. >> we're back live now at the langston hughes auditorium. this is booktv live coverage of the 13th annual harlem book fair. up next, a panel discussion of the late manning marables recent biography of "malcolm x." >> good afternoon. welcome to the 2011 harlem book fair. my name is mr. williams, i'm associate professor at fairfield university and chief his touron at the jackie robinson museum. i want to welcome you to this forum. we are here to discuss manny marable's recent book "malcolm x" and the recent impact on the life and legacy of the african-american icon. manny marable first began the study as a corrective to the autobiography of malcolm x which stood as one the most important works of african-american literature produced. dispute the widespread influence and claim, there has been questions conc

. ♪ >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," and hour long program where we invite guest hostso interview authors. this week charles hill discusses his latest book, "trial of a thousand years," and in it he provides a perspective on islam analyzing what he calls its long war against the international state system. he identifies several areas claiming islamists are at odds with the rest of the world including their belief of the role of state law and the role of women. he discusses his analysis with david, foreign affairs columnist with the "washington post." >> host: i'm david, the columnist for the "washington post." i'm here today to interview charles hill author of "trial of a thousand years, world order and islamism." very interesting book, and we're going to try to draw out some of the themes, and let me begin, charles, by asking you, this is an unusual book. it's like an old-fashioned essay than some of the monographs coming out of the academy, and perhaps you could just state simply what you see as the subject of this book? what is the issue that you're seeking to unlock

months on booktv, ann coulter, michael moore, david brooks. thanks for being with us, here's more booktv. >> are new but, the best of battles and leaders of the civil war. abraham lincoln was, as he told the council of generals that he convened at the white house, greatly disturbed by the state of affairs. the treasury was nearly exhausted. public credit was operating. congress was full of jack depends, as he said. foreign relations were perilous. spending more time fighting each other than the confederates in missouri and these. the general was sick in bed with typhoid fever, incommunicado. the army still make is inspiring his famous comment. if general mcclellan did not want to use the army may be can bar for a while. if something was not done send he confided the bottom would be out of the whole affair. 1862 may have been in no way the most dizzying year of the war. before it was over the in that better than worse than better than worse. within its roller-coaster of triumph and disaster abraham lincoln did nothing less then transformed the

send us a tweet at booktv. >> it takes a behind the stack looks. >> no webster at the wage of 25 has the seller. he's always brash. he thinks he knows everything. sometimes he does. in 1785, he decided what's wrong with america. he was spot on. the problem is under the articles of confederation, the federal government didn't have enough power. we writes the pamphlet called sketches of american history. he take it is to mt. vernon to george washington. and washington was not a college guy. now webster was a yale man, madison was a princeton man, john adams was a harvard man. washington wasn't a college guy. he's very increased by webster. he said that's a very interesting idea. he's a great delegator. he says i'll give it to mr. madison as soon as possible. he give it is to madison and the pamphlet becomes instrumental. these are mover and shaker moments. 1787, he's at the convention, first thing he does is knock on washington's door. he's not a delegate. he's there as a journalist. they realized his talents. right after, they ask him to draft a pamphlet. they have compared that to th

send us a tweet at booktv. spent today on booktv's "in depth," actor, activist linda hogan. >> up next gretchen morgenson and joshua rosner talk about the 2008 u.s. financial collapse and the role played by lenny and mortgages companies fannie mae and freddie mac. this lasts about an hour. [applause] >> thank you so much, david. we are really thrilled to be here tonight at politics and prose, as you note, an iic

. >> what are you reading this summer booktv wants to know. >> a book by john kenneth called the good society, it's a small book, tremendous wisdom for today. i am reading an encyclopedia of conservatism and edited by jeffrey nelson. reading a book called viral spiral on the digital commons bide david, and a recent bestseller which i haven't got around to fully reading, the black swan. >> visit booktv.org to see this and other summer reading lists. >> up next on the 2011 los angeles times festival of books, gayle lemmon, author of a "the dressmaker of khair khan" discusses her book and takessiob booktv viewer phone calls for about half an hour. >> it's my final guest this we afternoon and we're going to move from american history to f foreign policy and talk aboutut her new next best selling book andbe this is the first book for was you.w what's it like to be on the bestseller lists with your first book? >> guest: it's nice to hear people react and people are connecting to it and i'm so incredibly grateful. >> it's a story about afghanistan but it's about one woman and one family in a

booktv spoke with mr. williams and mr.as when we went to south carolina on our recent cities tour. >> august 31st, 1886 was the largest earthquake ever to hit the east coast of the united states. there were three epicenters. they were all within 10 or 15 miles of charleston, south carolina. but the earthquake was felt all over the east coast. there was panic in new york city. in chicago, in detroit. richmond had a riot because all the prisoners at the state penitentiary demanded to be released and the story went out that there was a riot that had gone on. and there was guns trying to put down what they thought was an uprising all through the southeast and even down to cuba they were seeing flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the shelves. so it was huge. >> and, in fact, it caused a lot of havoc in the area around charleston that was not known outside of charleston at night. it's an interesting time for the earthquake to hit because the city and the world is sort of on the cusp of

watch booktv programming.r a number of reasons, not only because of what it does but because of what it prevents, a first-ever default on the full faith and credit of the united states. sometimes it seems our two sides disagree on almost everything, but in the end, reasonable people were able to agree on this. the united states could not take the chance of defaulting on our debt, risking united states financial collapse and worldwide depression. america and the world have been watching our democracy expectantly and my message to the world tonight is that this nation and this congress are moving forward and we're moving forward together. reaching a long-term accord that would give our economy the certainty it needs was not easy but our work is not done. leaders from both parties and both chambers will present this agreement to our caucuses tomorrow. senate democrats will meet at 11:00 a.m. to pass this settlement, we'll need the support of democrats and republicans in both the house and the senate. there is no

twitter.com/booktv. >> i'm a doctor, and that's what obstetrics is.ou sit around, hang around, and the word means to stand by. that's what it means, to stand by. many hours standing by, waiting for patients to deliver, and it's interrupted by five or six minutes of chaos, and that's obstetrics. i became the doctor my father and mothermented me to be. i have the ring, i am dr. thorton, but the title of this book, "something to prove" is another reason while i thought the playing field was level, i looked after i got the ring and found there was another rock wall that i had to climb, and that consisted of racism and sexism and male chauvinism. you can whine or do what you know how to do. a nurse yelled, doctor thorton, you need to come in. it's in the my patient, i don't know what's going on in the delivery rook, but what was happening there's another obstetrician in trouble. now, the baby's head was down, but not coming out and the heart rate was going down. get somebody, i need help, go outside, get anybody, i need help. the nurse came out, dragged me

that is just enough. >> you can watch this and other programs online at "booktv".org.s a tweet at "booktv" using hashtag, summer reading. e-mail us at@book tv.org. >> up this is just under an hour. >> good morning. it is my honor and privilege this morning to introduce our distinguished authors. the american indian resource center and the county libraries done a fantastic job bringing this panel to us today. i know everyone here is looking to here what they have to say. i like to start with a question, deriving from our first distinguished guest's book you how america is miss american. for susan super gnaw, this question wasn't part of trivial pursuit in any way shape or fashion. growing up in a home deeply affected by poverty, alcoholism and domestic violence, she sought refuge in school, dance and native-american church. she was a cheerleader with a straight-a average. became a presidential scholar. was awarded internship with the little giant, house majority leader carl albert, also from oklahoma as many know. she won a national merit scholarship to college and crow

booktv wants to know. >> let me mention one book that i just finished.t's an autobiography entitled infidel. a somalian born woman who was brought up in the war-torn area better, lived in several african and middle eastern countries. finally, escaped to holland, got political asylum there and became actually a member of parliament. she was involved in a real controversy based on a movie that she and another man produced about the harshness of islam and the way that is being swept under the rug by western countries. this resulted in demanding assassinated in holland. and she was put under protective custody for some several weeks. the basic premise of the book is that, number one, the countries that she observed in africa and amenities are being held back by the religion of islam, particularly because of its harsh treatment of women and not allowing 50% of the population to reach their full potential. and also, that western countries such as holland, by accepting an extreme version of multiculturalism, are actually encouraging radical islam to take old an

. ♪ >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong program where we invite guest hostso interview authors. this week eli pariser exposes internet secrets in his new book, "the filter bubble: what the internet is hiding from you." in it the president of moveon.org argues that social media and online companies are all manipulating content to fit users, personalizing information in a potentially detrimental way. mr. parisser discusses his concerns and solutions for a loss of privacy with author and professor clay shirk key. >> host: eli, great to be here with you. >> guest: thank you. >> host: i'm going to start by asking, i think, the most basic question about the thesis. your book is titled: "filter bubble: what the internet is hiding from you." who is it that's doing this hide, and what is it that we're missing when things are being hidden from us? >> guest: well, right. this is a shortcut, but, you know, certainly, increasingly a number of the top web sites and web services, and, you know, even other applications are editing our experience of the web in a personalized

. >> booktv has over 1,000 twitter followers. be a part of the excitement. follow booktv on twitter to get news, scheduling updates, author information, and talk directly with authors during our live programming. twitter.com/booktv. >> ralph nader discussing his novel, only the superrich can save us with two billionaires in his book, businessman and philanthropist ted turner and in his book he imagines placing 17 billionaires in a room to solve the country's problems. this conversation at the public new york library is about an hour and a half. >> tonight, tonight we have the honor of welcoming, as i told you, ralph nader who will be in conversation with peter louis. they will instigate. this program is entitled billionaires against bull. the title was going to be longer, but i decided to leave it at that to be able to keep my job. the subtitle of the event is from charity to justice. nader will speak about the difference between charity, philanthropy, and justice. libraries, as you know, great -- depend greatly on philanthropy, but i think their greatest mi