up next, booktv interviews lindsay apple.he explores the life and legacy of former secretary of state and speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, henry clay. [background sounds] >> henry clay was an early 19th century politician, statesman. he ran for president three times, tried to get the nomination two others, failed on all occasions. but he's probably the best known non-president of that period. >> why is that? >> well, daniel walker howell argues that clay had the most expansive vision for the country of any politician of that period. he's speaking, basically, of the american system which was an attempt to unify the country. we were a big country, in fact, most people thought we could not exist as a democracy as large as we were. but he believed through transportation, through commerce that we could tie the country together. howell says that he was a better visionary than he was a politician. he could not get other people to go with him. but if he could have stood out here on this front step and looked out to the w

booktv@c-span.org. >> every weekend booktv offers 48 hours of programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. watch it here on c-span2. >> next, booktv attended a book launch party for syndicated columnist armstrong williams for his latest title "reawakening virtues, restoring what makes america great." mr. williams greeted guests and signed his book at the party held in washington, d.c. .. >> just because you use bad judgment and accept responsibility for it, you still have a price to pay. you pay a price when you do things that goes into virtues and the values upon which you were reared. and so, um, from 2004 to about 2008 i was this valley -- [inaudible] and i was wondering if i would ever have my way of life back again, would there ever be media presses again. and then i realized there was one particular morning i was lying in bed, and a light just flickered. and after four years, i had reawakened. it was just as clear as i'm standing here talking to you. something said go back to the roots, go back to the beginning. so i had to reawaken the value of truth and honesty and integ

send us a tweet at booktv. >> you're watching booktv here on c-span2. here's a look at our prime time lineup for tonight. starting at 7 eastern, booktv attends a book launch party for radio host armstrong williams, author of the recently published "reawakening virtues: restoring what makes america great." then at 8 former u.s. senator bob graham talks about his novel "key toss the kingdom" in which he discusses the attacks on 9/11. then at 9 p.m. eastern former baltimore homicide detective kelvin sewell and stephen janis take an in-depth look at murders in baltimore. and we conclude tonight's prime time programming with our weekly "after words" program. this week steven brill, author of "class warfare," looks at the fight to fix america's schools. he's interviewed by diane ravitch. >> and booktv is at bookexpo america, the annual publishers' convention in new york city. looking at some of the fall 2011 books that are coming out, and we're pleased to be joined by george gibson who is the publisher of bloomsbury press. mr. gibson, tell us about some of yo

. >> this weekend we highlight frankfurt, kentucky on booktv and american history tv. look for the history and literary life of kentucky state capital. on booktv on c-span2, violence and corruption and urban renewal. douglas boyd on crawfish bottom. and on american history tv on c-span3 a visit to buffalo distillery. one of four distilleries in operation during prohibition for medicinal purposes. the first two state houses burned to the ground. stop by the third. the old state capital. booktv and american history tv in frankfurt, kentucky this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> the committee is reading testimony on the extent of radicalization of the american muslim community to investigate that committee's response. the chair wishes to remind all guests demonstrations from the audience including the use of signs and placards as well as verbal outbursts of violation of rules of the house and the chair wishes to thank our guests for their cooperation and maintain order and proper decorum. in the interest of time we have agreed three member witnesses testify on panel one. mr.

send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's our primetime lineup for tonight. >> what are you reading this summer, booktv wants to know. >> the first book on my reading list this spring and summer was transfixed by stacy schiff. what a great insight in recounting her life. is a book that was recommended to me, and so i decided to pick it up and read it and then continued with a strong woman fema, if you will, with "elizabeth i," by margaret george. that's on my ipad. i'm reading both of these as e-books. i have gone back, doing these, "cleopatra" and "elizabeth i," it got me onto the historical and older novels type approach. and with my bible study group i am rereading "pilgrim's progress," which is delightful, to get back into that. it

. >> booktv has over 100,000 twitter followers. be a part of the excitement, follow booktv on twitter to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information and talk directly with authors during our live programming. twitter.com/booktv. >> and now aaron pribble recounts his year playing baseball in the first and only season of the israel baseball league. the then-27-year-old former minor leaguer recalls his experiences in israel. this lasts about 45 minutes. [applause] [laughter] >> i think i got it, after a brief fumble. thank you, everybody, so much for coming out. thank you, c-span, thank you all the viewers at home. c-span, we love ya, thank you for being here. [laughter] i really cannot stop grinning because there is so much love here tonight, it's unbelievable. we have student here, a bunch of my students here, and that's a really, really neat thing. [applause] we have little league coaches are here, we have basketball coaches, baseball coaches, people i've known since i was 2 years old, my god parents are here. there

send us a tweet at booktv. >> from frankfurt, kentucky, booktv talks with connie crew, manager of the kentucky book fair. >> kentucky book fair was started 30 years ago by carl west and ellen heller, two of our founding members. they're still involved today. we're a nonprofit organization, and our purposes are to provide grants to public schools and libraries to bring readers together in a lit gaer, if you will, atmosphere -- literary, if you will, atmosphere, and to promote love of reading and literacy throughout the commonwealth. our last count we had about 4,000 people who attended our event. our focus is primarily on kentucky authors, but we do accept nationally-known authors. over the past 30 years, we've had just a wonderful array of authors; mickey mantle, erma bombeck, rosalynn carter, roger mud, you know, a lot of people to draw in the crowds, but we do focus on the kentucky authors as well. >> what role does this book festival play in the community? >> oh, i tend to think it's an institution. after 30 years we're one of the oldest in the country. we provide grants to public

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send us a tweet at booktv. >> and now i'm booktv, a book watch party for john merrow, author of "the influence of teachers." he examines the current issues facing american education and presents his thoughts on how the system can be reformed. this book party is held at the renaissance hotel in washington, d.c., and it runs about 30 minutes. 's. >> i am actually contained. >> how are you? >> i have the summer here i want in to. >> i heard about this. >> these are the student officers. >> how are you? >> they are here in d.c. >> how are you? nice to see you. tell me where you're from. >> i'm from new jersey. newark, new jersey. >> i was born in newark, new >> i'm from the state of ohio. about 70 miles from columbus. >> one of my kids went to kenya. i just came back from toledo not long ago. they're trying to work things out in terms of teacher evaluations. where are you from? >> i'm in little silver, new jersey. that's right on the shore. >> so you know, you're convinced you're going to be teachers and? >> yes. >> why? why? >> i had some important teachers in my life. i want to be an i

send us a tweet at booktv. >> up next on booktv, christine o'donnell, 2010 candidate for the senate in delaware recalls her campaign and her thoughts on political issues. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. i want to start first off by thanking catherine and ronnie for organizing this, and for inviting me here as i've said on many trips to manhattan, i've attended events here. it's an honor to be on this side of the podium. thank you for that. i also want to apologize for being so late. i know that's not respectful of your time. so please accept my apology. we started out at, you know, about 5:00 in the morning at fox and friends and we've literally gone nonstop up until the final stop at cnn a few minutes ago. when one interview goes late, it just kind of piles up and everything is is late. i sincerely apologize. what i want to do tonight is really address what's on your mind and answer your questions. not just about the book or about the 2010 campaign, but also about moving forward. i'm going to try to keep my remarks short to quickly get to the q & a. i want to start

certainly one that i hope everyone remembers and let us >> get the booktv schedule e-mailed to you. to sign up, use our web site and push the alert button. or text the word "book" to 99702. standard messaging and data rates apply. >> and now on booktv, amitabh pal looks at the history of nonviolence in muslim societies around the world and argues that while violent acts by muslims get covered widely by the media, nonviolent movements exist everywhere and deserve just as much recognition. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> hi. i'd like to welcome you all to rainbow. we're a cooperatively-owned and managed bookstore. we've been around a for over 20 years, and we're located on west gilman, 426, just off state street. so, please, come by. it is my great pleasure today to introduce amitabh pal. he is managing editor at the progressive magazine and co-editor of the progressive media project. he has interviewed several eminent personalities for the magazine including jimmy carter, mikhail gorbachev and the dalai lama. and today he'll be discussing his recent book, "islam means peace:

you can e-mail us booktv@ booktv@span.org. >> booktv is that book asko america, that convention in new york city, looking at some of the fall 2011 books coming out. we're pleased to be joined by george gibson, publisher of bloomsbury press. tell us about some of your books and let's start here with carl bogus this book on will buckley. >> this is the first full biography of bill buckley, an icon of the conservative arena. he was really the father of conservatism as it is known today but a remarkable man. very little has been written. >> at bester buggers have access to its library. >> bogus interestingly enough is a very interesting balance of biographies that will fascinate people understand sides of the aisle. >> some and not liberal is not the recovered often on booktv who is the eric davis hanson. now i see a novel coming out. >> this is his first novel and remarkable epic about at the monotonous and the extraordinary battles he thought. he brings alive were fire in the ancient world in a way that very few people can. this book is alive at that kind of detail. it's a fascinating th

and every weekend, the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules on our web site. and you can join in on social media sites. >> this weekend on booktv on c-span2. john farrell on the life and times of clarence, on afterwards, amanda foreman on the british citizens who fought for the union and the confederates. live sunday at noon eastern, three hours of your calls and questions. in depth with ann coulter. her datest is "demoniac." >> that figure that's removing the vail of ignorance from human understanding. that's an american invention. that's not a classical statute. but it's sort of classical for what it is all about. >> if you met c-span's latest document on the library of congress, there's a channel on youtube. become a subscribers, it's free. watch all of the latest videos and hundreds of other timely videos at youtube youtube.com/c-span. president obama has signed legislation to decrease the vertigo authority, he signed the bill into passage just hours after the bill passed the senate. it promi

. >> this weekend we highlight frankfurt, kentucky, on booktv and american history tv. throughout the weekend look for the history and literary life of kentucky's state capital. on booktv on c-span2, vice, violence, corruption and urban renewal, douglas boyd on kent masterson brown on american history tv on c-span3, a visit to buffalo trace distillery, one of only four in operation during prohibition. for medicinal purposes, of course. and the first two statehouses burned to the ground, stop by the third, the old state capitol. this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> and now on booktv, harold holzer, james mcpherson and stephen sears recount the battle of antietam which occurred in 1862 in sharpsburg, maryland. this is a little over an hour. [applause] >> good evening, everyone, and welcome. when the year 1862 began as stephen sears writes in our new book, "the best of battles and leaders of the civil war," abraham lincoln was as he told a council of generals that he convened at the white house greatly disturbed by the state of affairs. the treasury was nearly exhausted, publ

twitter.com/booktv or send an e-mail, booktv@cspan.org. and i've got so much paper, but -- and i think i've lost it, but you have a list on your web site of journalists who are allowed to interview ann coulter again for a second time. why do you -- >> guest: pretty short list, isn't it? >> host: it is about seven names, and i'll find it here in a minute. why do you have -- oh, here it is. you've got on that list: >> host: why are those chosen few allowed to interview you again? >> guest: well, there are originally only three, and i chose them specifically because they ran a tape recorder when i talked and then, apparently, played the tape recorder back before typing what i said. and i promise you that is shockingly rare. >> host: do you get misquoted a lot? [laughter] >> guest: somehow i say we need to reduce the capital gains rate, and it comes out as i support hitler and all his works. [laughter] no, it's insane the misquotes. and, i mean, often, you know, the maoist in my statement is there, but vim and vigor of the quote is completely

send us a tweet at booktv. steve early examines the current organizing strategies and structures of many labor unions in the united states. he also reports on internal conflicts of 2008-2010 that according to the author hurt union reputations and angered supporters. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> i want to thank everybody for coming out here tonight. i want to thank the bus boys teen. and it is great teen. in which tonight includes christine taylor from booktv and c-span. i want to thank her for doing the video were. it's going to make the proceedings a little more formal than when we're at the 14th and did an open number with a microphone floating around and many of question period. going to talk about 50 men so they get something, and then we will have to do the questions union convention style. you'll have to line up at the mic back and you're not going to get a chance to speak unless you see the green light go on. i have my figure -- finger on that control. but i hope that when we get to the quest

you can send a tweet at twitter.com/booktv or send an e-mail, booktv@c-span.org. i think -- you have a list on your web site of journalists who are allowed to interview ann coulter for a second time. it is about seven names. i will find it in a minute. here it is. you have got on that list john claude of time magazine, jonathan friedman of the guardian, jamie glass of front page magazine, taylor held, jonathan pets of the baltimore sun, charlotte allen of believe that.com and fishbowl d.c.. why are those chosen few allowed to interview you? >> guest: originally there were 3 but i chose them specifically because they ran a tape recorder when i talked and apparently played the tape recorder back before typing what i said. that is shockingly rare. >> host: you get misquoted a lot? >> guest: somehow i say we need to reduce the capital gains rate and it comes out as our support hitler and all his works. it is in sane the misquotes. the malice in my statement is there but the vigor of the quote is completely vacuumed out like the joke bomb squad. that is always gone. re

. >> tell us what you're reading this summer, send us is tweet at booktv. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us for regular updates on programming and news on nonfiction books and authors, twitter.com/booktv. >> next, a former baltimore homicide detective and an investigative crime reporter take an in-depth look at murders in baltimore, maryland, which average around 250 a year. this is about 45 minutes. .. >> it's not immediate. if this particular moment, let's try to understand. the reason we did that is fairly simple. baltimore is consistently one of the most violent cities in the country. no matter what. right now the mayor will tell you that crime is down. and that's true but if you look at a relative to other cities we are the most, one of the most violent, i think in the top five. the question is why. the question is why do we keep doing the same things. in baltimore city for the past 10 years, 20 years, the answer to that has been some form of law enforcement we have zero tolerance policy where we arrest 100,000 people a year. it's always been the question of law enforcement o

. >> booktv was in the frankfort, kentucky as part of the city tours. we virginia several southeastern cities to bring you a taste of their literary history and culture. it was local affiliate. for more information on this and events from other cities, visit c-span.org/localcontent. >> now on booktv, bill moyers talks about his latest book of interviews drawn from "bill moyer's journal." this is about an hour and a half. [applause] >> thank you very much. welcome to the fitzgerald theater. thank you for coming out on the gorgeous evening when you should have been outdoors. we will try to make this evening worth your while. welcome to the fitzgerald theater, named for st. paul author who was a boy that used to sit up in the second balcony and watched plays and went back to tell his family the whole story and thus developed his narrative skills. our guest, mr. bill moyers, is in town for an important event for his grandson's graduation last night. so that's how he happens to be here. he's not just out flogging a book. he's here on important business and w

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send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> hi, it's eric stack el beck from cbn, and what i'm reading this summer, number one s the road to fatima gate by international correspondent named michael. michael takes you on a wild, hellish, firsthand tour of the neighborhoods where the terror group hezbollah dwells in and around lebanon. from direct confrontations with members of hezbollah to being in the middle of israel's 2006 war against that group, this is a thrill ride of a book. i can't put it down. he's done just impeccable work, and he's a brave, brave on the ground journalist. another book i've been dying to get to for a while now, a large book that'll take up a lot of my beach time, "the legacy of islamic anti-semitism" by a friend of mine, dr. andrew boston, a

sign up for booktv alert, it's weekend schedule's in your inbox. >>> and up next on booktv, michael wallis recalls the life of frontiersman david "davy" correct. crockett. it's about an hour. >> thank you so much. it's great to be with you. and it's wonderful to come into a city where there's rain. [laughter] um, i live in, my wife susanne who's with me -- you'll meet her later -- we live and have lived for some years in tulsa, oklahoma, where there's plenty of water and wood, it's a very green place, but like the rest of this nation it's been stricken, and temperatures in triple digits for many, many days. and that's the way it's been for us most of the summer because we're now in the last leg of this national book tour, and we've been all over the country, deep into the eastern united states on the other side of the mississippi where i sometimes go and all over the southwest and the west where i prefer to be. being a native of missouri, i've always looked west down the santa fe trail, down the immigrant trails, down my beloved route 66. sos this is the part of the country -- so this is t

send us a tweet at booktv. >> there is a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktvsend us an e-mail. >> here at book expo america, the publishers' annual convention in new york city, we're going to preview some of the fall 2011 book title. we are joined be the publisher, margie ross. you just signed a deal today. what's the deal? >> guest: the big news for regnery is we just signed a big book with donald trump, and we're going to do a political book with him this fall, and we're really interested in doing this book because we feel that he touched a nerve with our marketplace and with a lot of people out there in america who said, gosh, he is saying lot of things i agree with. i agree what he has to say about oil and china and trade and the taxes and the economy, and isn't its refreshing to have someone who is able to say these things and not be afraid. >> speakingspeaking of me and bn franklin. >> shows up in the book store. >> so we're very excited about this book, how to put america back on top. how to make america number one, how to make america rich again. there

or twitter us at twitter/booktv. >> carl elliott, what is your book about? >> it's about the way that medicine has changed as it's been transformed from a profession to a business essentially. traditionally, medicine has been largely a self-policed honor-based profession. and over the past 30 years or so, it has taken over by a range of market-based forces, the pharmaceutical industry, clinical trials industry, the medical education industry. a whole range of profit-based businesses which because of the fact that medicine is traditionally self-regulated and now operate without a whole lot of oversight. >> okay. and what are the root causes of that? >> of the transformation? a lot of things. part of what i'm interested in the book is the emergence of the pharmaceutical industry as a huge force beginning largely in the 1990s. and that was the period in which the sort of age of blockbuster drugs began. so the drug companies started really hitting for the fences, looking for trugs that they could market as many people as possible. usually for mild chronic illnes

booktv wants to know. send us a tweet at booktv using hashtag summer reading to let us know what you plan on reading this summer. you can also e-mail us at booktv.c-span.org. up next booktv attended the book launch party for "muzzled" by juan williams. the political analyst signed books and interacted with guests at l to the private lounge in washington d.c.. >> juan williams, nice to meet you. this guy is my friend, ed rogers. thanks for coming. iyer really appreciate you coming. this is very nice of you. thank you, ed. your dad is helping me up big time. it is a tv camera. [laughter] >> we are on tv? >> it will eventually be on c-span. [laughter] should i read future president of the united states? >> you should write, nothing wrong with being a president. >> is that true? they have a bowling alley? that is pretty good. do i write rapport congressman? >> you can write congressman. [laughter] he is a big fan. >> i like him a lot. tell me mary, what should i say to make it special for the congressman? like

and with booktv to preview some of their fall 20 oh 11 bought titles we are joined by the publisher ofegnery, marji ross. i want to start with a book that you don't have out yet because you just signed a deal today. what is that you? >> you are right. thank you, peter. the big news for regnery is which assigned a big book with donald trump. we are going to be doing a political book within this fall. and we are really interested in doing this book because we feel he touch with a rok played with a lot of people out there in america who said gosh, he think a lot of things that i agree with. i kind of agree with what he has to say about china and trade and taxes and a convent and isn't it refreshing to have someone who is able to say these things and not be afraid. >> speaking of me? ben franklin? editor shows up at the bookstore. >> so we're very excited about this book. it's about how to put america back on topic how to make american abroad and had to make america which again. there's no one better than donald trump to talk about how to be competitive, how to have leadership, how to get

afterwards like ears every weekend on booktv at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 p.m. and 9 p.m.on sunday and 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch afterwards that online. goucher booktv.org and click on "after words" in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. >>> spoke with booktv on the recent trip to charnel sense of carolina about his books the jewish confederates. >> i wrote the jewish consider it's because i was really surprised that the jewish community was so hard and for the confederacy you don't associate the jews of the confederacy that in fact the truth is hundreds of thousands of jews, not hundreds of dolphins but 50 those in jews came to america in the 1840's and they were german, spoke german and mostly immigrant day at 25,000 came to the south, not a lot come small number of people they were mostly in charleston savanna, new orleans, richmond. they were marching, they were puzzlers committee work in saloons, they were not well-to-do people. they were i think surprised by the fact they were so accepted people allowed them to conduct b

up next on booktv, ted fishman. he appeared at the 2011 to talk about the book "shock of gray" of the aging of the worlds population, young against own, child against parent, worker against boss, and nation against nation. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> hi, everyone. i'm jerome mcdonald, i host wbez. it's on during the week. i've become friends with ted fishman. we can "china ink" and now this one "shades of gray." i'm delighted to be here. >> delighted to be here. worldview is one of my favorite shows. my friends listen to it on the web. >> that's great. the "shock of gray" is an outgrout of "china inc.." how did it get you into it? >> people tell me i'm a demographer. i'm just the guy that wants to read a book like this. when i wrote "china inc. "it is the benefit power house. it struck me how over and over how flush with youth. you'd come home in the american city and fly in to the place that was big and vibrant and it's the city on the make. it seems like a little older, a little slower, and

. >> booktv has over 100,000 followers. father booktv on twitter to get scheduling updates, author information and talked record with authors i like programming. twitter.com/booktv. >> book time out of my attempt to answer a question that i was asked very frequently when i was talking about climate change, particularly after i had written the widow makers in 2005. and then what are our chances really of surviving the shifting climates that slimming and we are causing. and the only way i could think of to answer that question was to really go back to the scientific fundamental comets go back to the process that created us and our planet. and of course look at the intersection between our species and we called planet earth as it is the same intersection that the issue of sustainability arises. i couldn't give a better way really is starting to look at the issue could go back to the work of batman there. that is charles darwin's tombstone westminster abbey, the great kind of secret house for the british women in the british pe

"after words" there's a free weekend of booktv and 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 p.m. and 9 p.m. on sunday and 12 yen on monday. you can also watch online. go to booktv.org and click on afterwards and the topic list on the upper right side of the page. >>> on our recent trip to charleston's of carolina, booktv along with local cable foley of comcast visited several prominent in use. one was the edmondson house. up next a brief interview on the significance of this location >> you are looking at the house built in 1826. it's a great town house and mansion of the austin mittal ten and edmondson family and it's owned by middleton place foundations. the house museum, and the significance is the general watched the bombardment of fort sumter most people call them fernandez or purchase the the to -- porches. robert e. lee was sent down to defend charleston staying at the mills house. fire broke and out, he had to leave and the family offered to put him out here so this is where robert e. lee stayed the short time he was here and the defenses of charleston most importantly i think is th

"after words" airs every weekend on booktv at 10 p.m. on saturday and 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch online. bo do to booktv.org and click on the topics list on the upper right side of the page. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals over the next few months. on september 2nd, decatur, georgia, hosts the "atlanta journal-constitution"'s decatur book festival. the brooklyn book festival begins on september 15th. the author lineup includes kurt anderson, paul berman and walter mosley. then the 16th annual baltimore book festival started september 23rd. also on the 23rd, st. augustine, florida, will host the florida heritage book festival. please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area, and we'll add them to our list. e-mail us at booktv@cspan.org. >>> would it be fair to say that there has been some level of more acceptance? when you look at recent scandals, um, and correct me if my thesis here is wrong, that it's the one set are attached not just with personal lives or sexual scandals, but then there's some other wrongdoing that e

"after words" airs every weekend on booktv. >> up next, jason berry looks into the financial practices of the catholic church which brings in billions of dollars annually through donations and various business deals. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. is the mic on? therefore i can move this so it's not in front of me. okay, everybody can hear? it's a pleasure to be at garden district books. i'm a client as well as a stand-up performer, and i also want to say how wonderful it is to be back in new orleans after three weeks out on the proverbial literary whistle stop in foreign countries like new york, boston, chicago, cleveland, st. louis, and elsewhere. this book is called "render untoe rome, the secret life of money in the catholic church," and it follows a line of transactions that largely deal with the closure of churches and the disposition of churches of property as assets, and i focus on four major parts of the country, new orleans, boston are the longest sections, cleveland, and los angeles, and there are intervening chapters in rome where much to my surprise i got

[applause] >> every sunday at 5:00 pm eastern booktv airs a program from our archives that coincides with a significant occasion that happened that week in history. for more history programming, check out american history television on c-span3 or visit c-span.org/history. they features 48 hours and tv that helped document the american story. >> from frankfort, kentucky, booktv talks with connie crew, manager of the kentucky book fair. >> the kentucky book fair started 30 years ago, they're still involved today. we're a nonprofit organization. and our purposes are to provide grants to public schools and libraries. to bring readers together in a literary, if you will, atmosphere. and to promote the love of reading and literacy throughout the commonwealth. our last count we had about 4,000 people who attended our event. our focus is primarily on kentucky authors but we do accept regional authors and nationally known authors. over the past 30 years we had just a wonderful array of authors, mickey mantle, erma bombeck, roslyn carter, roger mud but we do focuses on the kentucky writers as

booktv is in prime time all month here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to foreign policy at brookings. i'm the director of the foreign policy here. it's very good to see you all here in the dog days of august. but we thought that the topic of today's conversation was so compelling that it shouldn't until after labor day. we're here to talk about the foreign policy consequences of domestic political dysfunction in the united states. a subject that has been highlighted by the crisis of raising the debt ceiling and the impact that appears to have had on the brand america abroad, a brand that had already suffered some considerable tarnishing in the bush-era. something that president obama was determined that he would refurbish to enhance our influence abroad. but now things only seem to have gotten worse. and so we wanted to bring together some experts from brookings to talk about what's happening domestically and how that's impacting america's ability to promote and protect its inter

we'd like to have your questions by phone or send us a tweet at booktv. and our phone number is 202-585-3886. mountain and pacific 202-853-8883. what's the scope or sweep of history? >> we go from the founding fathers, and putting monica lewinsky in the grand sweep. we like to think it was recently with monica that the political parties throwing the dirt at each other, and revealing the sex scandals. that turns out not to be true. they were turning that at the beginning of the pub tick. >> -- public. >>>> host: to be included, it has to have affect of the history. >> that's right. we weren't out to dig up dirt about the presidents or first ladies. we were out to show the things that historians considered personal was important. we how the sexcapades had an impact. >> host: you have a message for today's society. can you tell me what you are trying to say to americans about the way they view the sex scandals of politicians? >> well, we -- other than the survival for the strongest single, we haven't jolt -- we haven't got it set. it has a huge effect. we us

[applause] >> you are watching booktv on c-span2. forty-eight hours of nonfiction authors of books every weekend. booktv traveled recently to frankfurt, kentucky to uncover the rich literary culture in that city. up next an interview with doug boyd. he recounts the 400 families displaced from their neighborhood in "crawfish bottom". 50 acres of land located near the kentucky river became the site of the capitol plaza in the 1960s. >> crawfish bottom was a neighborhood in north frankfurt, kentucky. initially it was the place nobody wanted to live. it was where 4 people lived -- poor people lived. it was attractive to recently freed slaves in the 1870s. it also was very attractive to the families of prison inmates in penitentiary's. they needed cheap housing because they were incarcerated. a lot of families were incarcerated prisoners. you had freed slaves and a great deal of poor immigrant families. this area of frankfort was flooded all the time. and so the housing was often considered dilapidated. a lot of people were calling for th

>> , booktv attended a book launch party for syndicated columnist armstrong williams for his latest title, "reawakening virtues," restoring what makes america great. mr. williams greeted guests and signed his book at a party held in washington d.c.. >> booktv is a washington d.c. home of marty and grace bender wary but party for author and columnist, armstrong williams is being held. mr. williams latest book, "reawakening virtues," restoring what takes america great. armstrong williams why did you write this book? >> you know, many people remember back in 2000, no child left behind, when i was almost left behind. .. i was wondering if i would never find my way of life backing in, and presence. in the realized this one particular morning i was lying in bed. in the light just flickered. after four years i had reawakened. something just said virtues, values. just as clear as i standing here talking to you. back to the ritz, the beginning. and i had to reawaken the value of truth and honesty and integrity. had to reawaken the values of the physiology of success. making sure i was in top physi

booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors.ooktv.org. >> next on booktv, philip terzian discusses his book "architects of power: roosevelt, eisenhower, and the american century." this is about 50 minutes.and gor >> thank you. and good morning, and i am be honored and delighted to be here. at the roosevelt reading festival. n't ge i don't live around here so i don't to visit the roosevelt d library very often. but everyme time i do, and every time i visit, i'm always reminded of henry morgan thaw who was fdr's neighbor here in duchess county and probably knew him as much as anyone and said that roosevelt had a thickly-forested interior which meant that roosevelt was a very rather enigmatic, um, distant, almost secretive man in many ways. but i've always felt that when you visit the house, especially, and walk around and look at it, you get as close as you'll ever get to appreciating franklin roosevelt as a human being and where he came from and what he was and how he became what he did become. and i'm delighted to be here, too,

booktv wants to know. up next on booktv john farrell recounts the life and career of clarence darrow. the author examines the defense attorneys many noted cases which includes his representation of tennessee teacher jobs coax. mr. daryl's personal life was marked by bouts of depression and his legal career was almost ruined by an indictment for the bribing of a los angeles jury. john farrell speaks at politics and prose bookstore here in washington d.c. for just under an hour. >> jack farrell gets underneath barrow and it is his second appearance at politics and prose. the first was for his marvelous biography of tip o'neill. anti-god underneath tip to matt. oatmeal is sorely missed today as his clarence darrow. jack you are an example or author for white politics and prose is about so we are really happy to have you here. i wanted to do this introduction very much because i was a great admirer of your book on o'neal. and i can tell you from having read jack farrell's look on clarence darrow, it is another

that'll be on booktv.inalists from are the 2011 explorer vision contest appeared before the house science committee recently for a hearing on science, technology, engineering and math education. explorer vision is a competition where teams of students research particular technology and predict uses for that technology in the future. this is about an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee on science, space and technology will come to order and say to you a very cheerful good morning. and you have the right to say good morning back if you want to. [laughter] i want to welcome you to today's hearing. it's entitled "stem education in action: learning today, leading tomorrow." and by gosh, we have a lot of leaders in front of us. every one of us from my right to my left and all of us here are very proud of all of you. i'll recognize myself first for five minutes for an opening statement, and then we'll recognize mrs. johnson who is the leader of the democratic participants here to my right.

eastern it's booktv prime time. tonight book parties, and we begin with ann coulter and her book, "demonic." then michael moore on his upcoming memoir. at 9:10 eastern, juan williams signing copies of his book, "muzzled," and at 9:25 eastern, armstrong williams at a book party for his book, "reawakening virtues." ♪ [background sounds] >> notice the color of the bourbon, that pretty amber color that you see is all coming from the char on the inside of the barrel. this char is where bourbon gets all of its color and a lot of its flavor. currently, they've discovered over 200 chemical flavors just >> this weekend we highlight frankfurt, kentucky, on booktv and american history tv. throughout the weekend look for the history and literary life of kentucky's state capital. on booktv on c-span2, vice, violence, corruption and urban renewal. douglas boyd or frankfurt's crawfish bottom. and kent masterson brown on the life of soldier john potter. of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition. for medicinal purpos

be booktv wants to know. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. send us a tweet at booktv. >>> here are the nonfiction bestsellers as of july 28th according to indiebound.org. ..

[applause] [applause] >> you are watching booktv. 48 hours of nondiction every weekend. >> we were looking for out of print narrative that is weren't largely known. also mare tins that might be known. and boston king is one the 16th century slave claves. niese known in english, but he was from south carolina and affected the british lines where he ended up writes the memoir. and as a south carolinian was a new way to conceive of the history. people like that, we had a collection of seven people that weren't well known or were known at other contacts. for the first time ever, we did bring them back into print and put them together to see the connections between the more coherent narrative of what the story of south carolina slavery was like. >> what were the major scenes and reflections? >> well, there were both small and big themes. small patterns. three of the seven people were child's jockey. two of the seven individuals actually were slaves to confederate sources in fort sum per. they were not confederates. there were odd little connections. the biggest connection was even the people th

it is live webcast and also filmed for booktv. so for those of you who don't know the open society foundations is a global grantmaking advocacy organization locus on good governance and human rights. the coalition which is just launched this week is the financial accountability and corporate transparency coalition. and it promotes greater accountability and transparency within financial institutions, corporations and governments. so the fact coalition focuses in the closing tax loopholes, requiring ownership information, strengthening anti-money-laundering laws, and making corporate tax contributions more transparent. so allow me to just briefly outline the problem that rebecca and nicholas are going to discuss today. the senate permanent subcommittee on investigations estimated in 2008 at the u.s. lost $100 billion in tax revenue due to offshore tax abuse. that's ever year. the citizens for tax justice estimates u.s. companies are housing 1.2 trillion of fund repatriated foreign profits offshore. and that means the u.s. lost $400

. >> the booktv series or and topics list on the upper right side of the phase. >> up next on booktv, rebecca tinsley talks about "when the stars fall to earth" about five children who survived the genocide in darfur. the novel is based on tinsley's experiences in sudan and interviews she conducted with survivors of the genocide. this runs about an hour. [applause] >> well, first of all, thank you very much to the american bar association for so kindly providing a venue today. i would also like to thank mike meyer and martha born nick from the darfur interface network for making this possible and beth grossman. i'm also going to ask your indulgence as an audience. i know that there are some sudan experts here and, please, bear with me if i start telling you things you already know, but those lovely people at c-span are here to broadcast this and, therefore, i think that it's our duty to use this opportunity to get across the message about the serial genocides that have been going on in sudan. so forgive me if i'm telling you things that you already know. i know there are people in thi

. >> up next on booktv, adam goodheart from the civil war columnist for "the new york times" recounts the worst year the civil war in 1861. he examines the revolutionary fervor that ran to the nation prior to the start of the war and the momentum that led to the early clashes. april 12, 2011 marked the 120th anniversary of the mark of the civil war. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. much, steve. i am a great love for this wonderful institution at the national constitution center. i also want to remind you we have an exhibit upstairs and prosperity hall between diners hall and the main exhibit area on link and then i hope you're okay to take a look at some time in the coming weeks. it is obligatory for persons again in this chair to praise the author and to praise his book. unethically, i think anyone who agrees to perform my role as intraocular hefty genuinely believe that on the other occasions in which i done that, i've done this. but this really is an occasion in which i want to go a little bit over the top because they do think adam is a very special is your hand

tweet us your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> hi, i'm monica crowley from fox news channel, and i am reading two books currently. i am reading "the storm of war" which is a new history of the second world war written by andrew roberts. it's a masterful work. and i'm also reading a week called "-- a book called "the fight of our lives" written by bill bennett which is laying out the real threat the united states faces from islamic fundamentalism. >> visit booktv.org to see this and other summer reading lists. >> well, one of the large displays here at bookexpo america 2011 is the perseus group book. several different imprints are under the perseus name, and one of them is publicaffairs. and the publisher of publicaffairs books is susan weinberg who's going to tell us about some of the new books coming out by publicaffairs and some of the future books coming out by public affairs. susan weinberg, where should we start? >> hi, peter, thank you. it's always so great to see you at bookexpo. and we can start wi

. >> every weekend booktv offers 48 hours of programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. watch it here on c-span2. >> the first book on my reading list is cleopatra by stacy chef. it was a book that was recommended to me so i decided to pick it up and read it and continued with the strong woman seen with elizabeth by margaret george. i am reading both of these as the books. a am doing these -- it got me unto the historical and older novel type approach and with my bible study group of am reading pilgrim's progress which is delightful to get back into that. it has been a while since i reread it and because there's a movie out, with my family, we are reading atlas shrugged which is very timely. >> tell us what you are reading. send us a tweet at booktv. >> the daily beast reported on the books president obama has read since he has been in office. the list which dates from may of 2008 to 2010 includes team of rivals. political genius of abraham lincoln. ghost wars. the secret history of the cia, afghanistan and bin laden from the soviet union to september 10th, 2001. >> part