in depth at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. now on booktv nancy gibbs and michael duffy report on the relationships between sitting american presidents and predecessors. and shifting allegiancess, one week's supporter and next week's critic. this

and booktv on c-span2 is on location. try to learn some of the new upcoming titles. we're joined by will who is the associate publishers of the tent tell me >> is part of the penguin group. >> that's right. we have a conservative political enprint and we have exciting stuff coming up with marco rubio of florida. his book is coming up on june 19. a memoir called "american son." everybody who watches c-span knows he's one of the most interest and talked about politicians in america right now. a lot of speculation about the future. what's amazing is his family story. he's the son of two immigrants from cuba who came here working class family and for them to produce a senate who is only 41 and kind of the talk of the whole country. it's amazing story how he got point. >> by the time this airs, that book will c

you're watching booktv on c-span2. we are on location in las vegas nevada at bali hotel for freedom fest chp is an annual event. it's organized by this author mark. tell us first of all, what is freedom fest and how did it come about? >> it is a little bit about everything. a renaissance gathering. we talk politics, philosophy, sentence and technology, religion, healthy living. we have raibility of everything for everybody. we get a wide group of -- we have an investment conference. our focus on political, economic, an financial freedom. it's growing. we are bigger every year. we have over 2,000 people here at the event. we're growing. by next year we move to caesar palace. and our theme next year will be are we rome? i think it will be a controversial topic. >> is it response ored by the libertarian party by libertarian groups and are you a libertarian? >> well, i hate labels. in fact, when i get up and give my talk, i always tell them, let's treat everyone as an individual. everybody has different kinds of view. we d

this is booktv on c-span2. >> recently at freedom fest in las vegas booktv interviewed john goodman author of priceless. in the book the author argues we need to open up the health-care system to market forces and remove the incentives that are driving up costs and making the system less efficient. >> this is the cover of john goodman's newest book called priceless:during the health care crisis. booktv is on location at freedom fest in las vegas. dr. john goodman joins us now to talk about priceless. let's talk about the recent supreme court decision on the health care bill. what is your view? >> i was sorry to see that decision. i wish we could start over and have a more rational health care reform. now we have to deal with the law as it is. i think even the supporters of the law are going to want to make major changes in the next year and a half. >> what do you want to see? what do you see as rational health care? >> guest: what we have in the obamacare what is a requirement that you and i buy an insurance plan at twice the rate of growth of our income. you don't have to be an accountant

on booktv on c-span2, browse the rare books collection at ohio state university. ulysses was originally published between 1918 and a similar 1920, in an american periodical called the little review. and we have copies of all of those as well. the reason i brought this out today is not so much to show you this first edition, ulysses, but to show you a later addition of ulysses that is extremely rare. 1921 the american government declared it obscene and pornographic. and the book was banned. people still wanted to read it, however, and we actually have a copy of one of the pirated editions. if you notice the spine, alice in wonderland, and the little minister. >> throughout the weekend and saturday at noon eastern, literary life in columbus, ohio, with booktv and c-span's local content vehicles on c-span2. every weekend on c-span2's booktv, our afterwards programs feature authors of the latest nonfiction books interviewed by their peers of journalism, public policy, legislative and other fields. this weekend, juan williams on how the foundation of america's middle c

on booktv on c-span2, ohio state university. >> ulysses was published between march 1918 and december 1920, and an american periodical called the little review, and we have copies of all those out today. i wanted not so much to show you this first edition, but to show you a later edition of ulysses that is extremely well. in 1921 the american government declared ulysses obscene and pornographic, and the book was banned. people still wanted to read it, however, and we actually have a copy of one of the pirate editions. and if you notice the spines, we have "alice in wonderland" and "the little minister." >> throughout the weekend and saturday at noon eastern, literary life in columbus, ohio, with booktv and c-span's local don't vehicles on c-span2. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> it's not so much -- [inaudible] because there's more of a nonfiction focus, but i like to read thrillers. and i think the one thriller that anyone will pick up and be blown away by is "gone girl." it just came out from crown on -- yesterday, i believe. and the reviews that have al

booktv wants to know. >> i have five books in my queue. i read 60% of the time on my ipad and 40% of the time actual hard copies. let me start with my nonfiction this summer. during the winter break i read a book on fdr and the election of 1944 by david jordan. another one just came out called final victory about the same campaign. for a number of reasons, why it may be interesting to political junkies in today's times period. you read about thomas dooley you see a lot of mitt romney. the good, the bad, all the issues, popped up when you get these books about thomas dewey. forget the campaign of 48. the campaign in 44 as well. the new one, and what i have been meaning to read from some time about a friend of mine who wrote a book called pinched and it was about the great recession and chronicleing how it is culturally changing us and what kind of long-term change is taking place in many places around the country. talking about a white male under class is one of his thesises and it is a good way and thinking about making it required reading

send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> i wanted to read what i thought was one of the more moving passages, um, as you describe, actually, what's happening before the camera is rolling. >> uh-huh. >> so this is what you describe. you said, but that was not their intent, and that was made brutally clear to me when one of the officers suddenly kicked me with his boot in the side of my face, smashing my jaw. it felt like someone had taken a baseball bat to my head. before i could even register that unbearable pain, one of the other officers slammed me in the lower leg with his baton. i heard a crack and was so damn surprised when that happened that i immediately pleaded with melanie who was one of the arresting officers but who at that point had become your guardian angel, at least in your mind, someone who was different from the rest. i know this is going to sound kind of strange, but up until that point, i had felt safe with her there at the scene, sort of a maternal presence that would not allow things to get too out of control. i shouted out to her, the

. >> we have been talking here on booktv with george gilder, author of several books, including a new addition of "wealth and poverty" which came out originally in the early '80s. this is booktv on c-span2. >> up next from this years freedomfest, the annual lived in conference held in las vegas, booktv speaks with steve forbes, former republican candidate for president and chair and editor-in-chief of forbes me. he discusses his latest book, "freedom manifesto," a follow-up to his book "how capitalism will save us." this is half an hour. >> now joining us on booktv is magazine publisher, politician, and frequent author, steve forbes his newest book is coming out in august of 2012 and it's called "freedom manifesto: why free markets are moral and big government isn't." we are at freedomfest in las vegas where mr. forbes is speaking. mr. forbes, why is it that free markets are moral but government isn't? what's an example of how that is? >> we've make the emphasis is big government. there are functions of government going back to what james madison defined but in terms of big government

this is booktv. >> 2012 libertarian party gary johnson enjoying gary johnson enjoying the booktv at freedom fest in las vegas to talk about his new book seven principles of good government. this is about 15 minutes. >> on your screen now is the cover of a new book coming out in august 2012, "seven principles of good government" liberty people in politics, written by gary johnson and he is also the libertarian party nominee for president in 2012. governor johnson, when and why did she leave the republican party and become libertarian? >> guest: i cannot libertarian my entire life. this is kind of coming out of the closet and i don't think i'm unlike most americans. there's a lot more americans in this country that declare themselves libertarian as opposed to voting libertarian. so the pitch i'm trying to make right now is both libertarians would meet just this one time. give me a shout at changing things benefit doesn't work out, you can always return to tierney and argue that is what we have right now. >> host: what are the seven principles of good government you write about? >> guest: one

. >> we have been talking here on booktv with george gilder, author of several books, including a new edition of the "wealth and poverty", which came out originally in the early '80s. this is booktv on c-span2. >> up next from this year's freedomfest, the annual libertarian conference held in las vegs, booktv speaks with steve forbes, former republican candidate for president and editor of forbes media. he discussed his latest book, "freedom manifesto", a follow-up to his book "how capitalism will save us." this is half an hour. >> joining us on booktv is a magazine publisher, politician, and frequent author, steve forbes, whose newest book is coming out in august of 2012. it is called "freedom manifesto." why free markets are moral and big government isn't. we are at freedomfest in las vegas. we are speaking with mr. forbes. why is it that free markets are moral, the governor isn't. >> we make the emphasis that it is big government. in terms of big government not being moral, it does the opposite of what it reports to do. it ends up creating an environment that we have less ability t

you can see that interview now on booktv. >> host: joining us is donald less than. "i am john galt". first of all, who is john galt? >> the slogan from atlas shrugged. and amazing book written 55 years ago that could have been written yesterday. it perfectly describes our world of declining economy and declining wealth and declining moral standards and the reason it is so perfectly prophetic

. >> all this and more as c-span and time warner cable bring you to louisville on booktv. >> the internet is revolutionizing the way people obtain and process information, and as a result, changing the fundamental ways that we interact with government. and as a result, you know, i think altering to the very core the way we think about politics, the way we elect official, the way we interact with government overall. until just a handful of years ago, i mean, we thought we knew what the internet -- how people were going to use it, we thought we had some sense of it. facebook hits, twitter hits. not enough can be said about how much that has altered the way people gather information. there's political science theory out there that suggests people, that participation particularly in the united states has dissipated tremendously over the last 50 years or so just gradually declining and declining. and one of the theories asserted out there as to why is that social capital is on decline. and social capital can be, you know, in the simplest terms can be thought of an interconnectedness between pe

you can also send her a tweet at twitter.com/booktv and e-mail, booktv@cspan.org. back to your calls. arthur in albany, georgia. please, go ahead with your committee or comment. >> caller: dr. malveaux, congratulations on all of your books and all of the books that you've authored and those that you've read. my concern is that america assisted england and the area under the marshall plan. my concern is why does america disinvest in itself and talk about democracy all over the world, but when it comes to the very people that have defended this country, that have done everything, you and i were delegates with jesse jackson in '84. i was a commissioner from ballny, georgia -- albany, georgia, and i applaud you for doing what you're doing. i don't think america is really listening or wants to listen. i think it's disparity and the gutless elected officials in washington that comes to represent us are not representing us. they are representing a party. and when it comes to vietnam, i'm a vietnam veteran, i have paid the dues. and, peter, i wish that you would have more

booktv. neil? >> caller: yeah.ed to say that i don't really think you should be using the word nonfiction for his books. i think they're non-nonfiction -- >> host: what does that mean, neil? >> caller: it means that the research isn't very careful, and there's lots of mistakes, and why doesn't he just call them fiction? i mean, you know, he can write thrillers and not make a claim that he can't really substantiate. >> host: could you give an example of what you think is not accurate? >> caller: you say that when zuckerberg started face match he crashed all the computers at harvard. it's just not true. >> host: well -- >> guest: he crashed his own computer. >> guest: okay. >> host: now, i mean, neil, where do you get your research? >> guest: my son was at harvard at the time. he started a web site that zuckerberg was aware of -- >> host: your son did? >> guest: r. >> caller: yes. that had numerous features of use to undergraduate students start inside august of 2003 months before face mash or facebook. he met with z

part of booktv weekend on the c- span2. >> which is more important, wealth or honor? >> honor. >> it is not, as set by the victors four years ago, the economy, stupid. it is the kind of nation we are, whether we possess the will and determination to deal with questions, including economic questions but certainly not limited to them. all things to not flow from wealth or poverty. i know this firsthand, and so do you. all things flow from doing what is right. [applause] >> look at what has happened. we have the lowest rates of unemployment, inflation, and home mortgages in 28 years. [applause]

booktv wants to know. we met i am wrapping up citizens of london which came out a couple of years ago in august. history during the war, three very prominent people. edward armour all, he was reporting back to the united states with rather strongly held views that we should get into the war. and an individual that was sent by president roosevelt who is dealing with the land lease program, coordinating the program for england. and the ambassador. a fellow named winer, who had replaced joseph kennedy, president kennedy's father, joseph kennedy was partial to the germans, of course. and i suspect that is the reason that roosevelt brought him home. it is a marvelous book about the three of them and their interaction with churchill. and their advocacy their aggressive advocacy of the united states breaking out of this isolationist mode and getting into the war the author had previously written a wonderful book, which i highly recommend called troublesome young men. it is about the members of parliament to rally

booktv, "wall street journal" reporter kirsten grind talks about her book, "the last bank," detailing the collapse of washington mutual in 2008, the largest bank failure in u.s. history. >> so the crisis, they say it happened slowly and then quickly, right? and that was absolutely the case at wamu. it began to get very bad. all of their issues, um, internally, their internal controls had just fallen apart. at one point they were making mortgages on 12 different systems. they had grown so fast that there was just no be -- no control internally. their mortgage division had ballooned out of control, they had this massive trading desk. they had turned into not a mortgage lender as they were only 15 years earlier when lou was there, but almost a mortgage middleman in which they were sucking up mortgages and spitting them out and making a lot of money in between. so all of this -- they had turned into this just as housing prices, which had been going up astronomically every year, began

history, the collapse of washington mutual, part of our booktv weekend on c-span2. >> a discussion, now, on education and how to improve american students' competitiveness in a global environment. panelists include governors jack markell of delaware and brian sandoval of nevada who talk about issues including class size, spending, curriculum and the role of the federal government. this forum, held in atlanta, was part of a conference hosted by the education commission of the states. it's just over an hour. [applause] >> thanks, roger. my name's denise, and i am the superintendent of public instruction for the great state of montana. it's my pleasure to introduce the moderator and the panelists for this next session, how can america regain its competitive edge. john merrow is the education

. >> tonight on booktv, we recount the life of naval architect william gibbs and his creation of the ss united states, the fastest ocean liner to cross the atlantic and the largest constructed entirely this the u.s. >> did dobbs was a very shy child, spent most of his time ting oring in his -- tipgerring in his father's house. his father wanted him to be a lawyer. his senior year at harvard, calamity happens when the family has a severe economic reversal. they lose their mansion, and gibbs is forced to drop out. and he basically said if it wasn't for the fact my father had -- if my father had not gone bankrupt, i would not have had the drive that i have today to remake myself. so he ended up working his way through columbia to get his ba, and then he got his law degree. practiced law for one year, hated it, and eventually apprenticed himself to a famous admiral who saw this kid had talent, an admiral called david taylor. and taylor taught him what he needed to learn. and dwibs eventually -- gibbs eventually moved to new york and started a very successful practice not just designing p

booktv. c-span2. >> i am with nbc news. as i read the 60% of the time on the ipad and 40% hard copy. starting with nonfiction over winter break i read a book on fdr there is another one the just came out called final victory. i am obsess with this but why maybe interesting in today's time period, you read thomas to rebut seidman romney. you will see pop-up particularly the campaign of 44. forget 48. i am working on that one and also getting through the book i have been meeting to read called pinched. is about to the great recession chronicling in is culturally changing us with what kind of long-term change takes place around the country with the white male underclass. it is said good way i am thinking of making it required reading but every politician should read this because it explains the chronic pessimism. why are we so pessimistic about the future? we don't have optimism and a more. there is a pall of pessimism umbro

[applause] >> tonight in primetime on booktv, journalist lindsey aeld him talks about her coverage of the favorite 2011 uprising in libya and the eventual overthrow of libyan leader moammar gadhafi.ld leaved suppose one of the people's story that i tell and bodies what i think. what this is a man, i met him in tripoli. he's the guy who makes a halfntn months, copper half months. he thanks them out. he told me how in 1969 he loved moammar gadhafi. he thought yes, we've arrived as a country. we're going to be like egypt because the pen arab leader was in egypt at the time and he went running out to demonstrate his support.ing and felt that this was libya's chance to end the modern world but that is exactly what happened.. i said and what made you changeb your mind?the mode he said well, in the '70s i would go home from work and people woueld say no go down tht street because they've erected 7 caliber and someone is hanging. so he said then i saw how he picked up his enemies. and then one day men inone was g plainclothes surrounded and they grabbed mohammed and he spent the next 11 years

[applause] >> recently booktv was that the books of shaped america at exhibit. we also want to issue an invitation to participate with the on-line discussion. what books you think should be included. we will show you what the library of congress came up with. if you are interested in participating comic e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> in new exhibit at the library of congress called the books that shaped america. we're taking a speeeleven and roberta schaefer is the associate librarian. why isn't books that shaped america? >> first this change america because we think they slowly have an impact and shaped seem to be the better word. >> host: so what book comes to mind? >> that is a fabulous part. no one book is shaping america. and the essence of what america is. it would be impossible and improper to pick one book out of 88. >> host: it starts with common-sense. >> the earliest is ben franklin's book on duchess city. we have to books on common sense. one is from dr. spock raising your child and a common-sense way and thomas paine who changed the american rev

thanks to c-span, booktv who are here this evening recording the remarks be sure to check out the schedule to find out when this event will be held and telecast. he will be offering some remarks after which will take some questions and of course we will happily sign copies of this book. also copies of the book will be available on the web site, books aloft.com. i assume all cell phones are off, and if and when you have questions, please, just remember to read a moment and someone will be bringing in microphone to you if you do. evelyn and by and the entire store of the bookloft are pleased to welcome our friend and neighbor and fellow bookie, hugh howard. hugh? [applause] >> good evening. i'm pleased to have marked and alec and all the other folks here the book loft because independent stores are becoming more and more important to think and for those of us who enjoy the process as well as reading and writing them for whatever the merits our lead in special places to welcome us tonight. why a book of the war of 1812 partly the answer is because i can read a calendar. this is 2012, and it's

. >> booktv has over 150,000 twitter followers. all the booktv on twitter to get publishing news, scheduled updates. author information and talk directly with authors doing our live programming. twitter.com/booktv. >> the official seal of the city of louisville, kentucky, reflects its history and heritage. it represents french aid given to the revolutionary war and the 13 stars signify the original colony. booktv brings you john david -- john david dyche up next. this book "republican leader" takes a look at the political career of senator mitch mcconnell who served as senator of kentucky since 1985. >> the senior senator for kentucky. is the longest-serving senator from kentucky. he is the republican leader in the united states senate, and some would contend he is the foremost a bug in kentucky political history. he was born in alabama, came to kentucky as a young person, got involved in republican politics, serve as a county judge executive here in jefferson county, which is where legal, the largest city in kentucky, is located.

this is booktv on c-span2. low-up to his book "how capitalism will save us." this is half an hour. >> joining us on booktv is a magazine publisher, politician, and frequent author, steve out who newess >> host: we have magazine ar publisher, politician and frequent author steve forbes whose newest book is called freedom manifesto why free-market our moral and big government is sent to. we are at freedomfest where mr. forbes is speaking.stat what it is an example? >> we make the emphasis is big government as defined by james madison but does the b opposite of what it purportse to do we have possibility tondsc get ahead and crony capitalism herds entreprenuership of theale thin things the government says it does to take the rough edges to major they go on the right direction does the opposite their short-term oriented. they have their own agenda with special interest groups. the bigger they get them more harm say do and the less chance toh prove youre youe lot in life. >> host: morality is a part of capitalism? >> hold basis of capitalism based on values and nee

here on c-span2 with booktv all day every day throughout the conventions with highlights of nonfictionauthors and books from this past year. and on c-span3 also throughout the conventions, 24 hours american history tv lectures, oral histories and a look at historical american sites and artifacts. >> tonight in prime time on booktv, "wall street journal" reporter talks about her book. detailing the collapse of washington mutual in 2008, the largest bank failure in u.s. history. >> so the crisis, they say it happens slowly and then quickly, right, and i was actually the case at wamu. it began to get very bad. all other issues internally, their internal controls had just fallen apart. at one point of remaking 12 different system. they grow so fast that there was just no control internally. they are mortgage division had ballooned out of control. they had this massive trading desk. they had turned into not a mortgage lender as they were only 15 years earlier, but almost a mortgage middleman in which they were sucking up mortgages and spitting them out and making a lot of money in between.

tweet us your feedback at twitter.com/booktv. >> recently booktv toward a new library of congress exhibit called books that shaped america. we are going to show you that exhibit here in just a minute that we also want to issue an invitation to you to participate in an on line discussion about books that shaped america. what books do you think may be included or should be included? we are going to show you what library of congress looks -- looked at and if you're interested in an on line discussion with his e-mail us at booktv at c-span.org. now here is the tour. >> well there is a new exhibit at the library of congress and it's called, books that shaped america. booktv is taking a tour that exhibit and joining us is roberta schaefer who is associate librarian for the library of congress. ms. shaffer, why do you call it looks that shaped america? >> well we actually call it looks that shaped america as opposed to some of the other words we considered like changed america because we think that books slowly have an impact on american society and shape seemed to be the better word to imply th

and booktv on the span to was on location learning some of the new out coming titles.we are joined by will weisser come associate publisher of signal imprint, part of the penguin group. is that correct? fema conservative political imprint and a very exciting stuff coming up, starting with senator marco rubio florida. his book coming out in june 19, memoir called american son and everyone who watches c-span as he is one of the most interest team and talked about politicians in america right now. a lot of speculation about his future. what is amazing this is the son of two immigrants from cuba who came here as a working-class family and for them to produce a senator who is 41 of the top of the whole country is an amazing story of how we got to that point. >> by the taxpayers, that vote was just becoming out or perhaps come out. >> is this an embargoed a quick >> when you politicians who often want to keep the book under wraps because the media is so hungry to get a hold of a book. so yes, you have to keep a book under wraps. >> a well-known author who has been on booktv

. >> host: this is booktv on c-span2, and we are talking with senator rand paul, the author of "the tea party goes to washington." he has a new book coming out, and it is called -- >> guest: "government bullies." >> host: this is c-span2. >> 2012 libertarian party presidential nominee gary johnson joined booktv at freedom fest in las vegas to talk about his new book, "seven principles of good government." this is about 15 minutes. >> host: and on your screen now is the cover of a new book that's coming out in august 2012, "seven principles of good government: liberty, people and politics." it's written by former new mexico governor gary johnson. and he is also the libertarian party nominee for president in 2012. governor johnson, when and why did can you leave the republican party and become libertarian? >> guest: well, you know, i've probably been a libertarian my entire life. [laughter] so this is kind of coming out of the closet. and i don't think i'm unlike most americans. i think there are a lot more americans in this country that declare themselves libertarian as opposed to voting

send us an e-mail ab booktv at c pan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> do any work have gone over to my personal reading so i'm reading a number of weaks about islam terrorism. american response 9/11 and what we're doing as far as afghanistan and iraq. main book i read was -- by jose rodriguez. it was head of the team that put together the interrogation method. it was effective and did a job. the art of intelligence by hank. he's cia but he was actually organize straiting managing director the war in afghanistan after 9/11 and -- [inaudible] this go to the obama administration policy as far as what they're doing in iraq and afghanistan, how they're policies are being pursuit and show a side of the president which indicates that his policies are not that different in many cases from president bushes. also peter the "hunt for bin laden" i'm starting that now. it details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden. which of course, ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and then has been witnes

booktv one to now. >> this summer i want to read do not ask what good review by robert draper, an inside look about the managing of tea party freshman. there's some great lines i've heard and read an article is about the book that show just how crazy it can get in there but the freshman put in by the tea party who arguably are controlling the white house is running, even though their freshman. there's one line right here. apparently in a meeting boehner told people, get your asinine. i think this congress has been so polarizing and sell unprotected it looks like there could be great to back and figure out where the dramas are actually going on behind the scenes as you watch nothing happened. another book i'd like to read is called love is a mix tape. it's a story written by "rolling stone," but about how he fell in love with someone am also fell in love with him. they were a very unlikely pair and from what i understand, she died and he's devastated, but then he makes a come which is something i did for years and years, what should now he sends tapes to her in her honor because he loved

. >>> here on c-span duo, it's booktv all day every day throughout. conventions with highlight from the past year of non-fiction authors and books. >>> on c-span 3 also throughout the convention, 24 hours of of american history tv. be lectures, oral history and a look at historical americansighteds and art artifacts. >> i would say that i'm working from 9:00 to 3:00. most writers who say they write for seven or eight hours a day are exaggerating. you just can't. you sort of lose it after awhile. you essential lose it when you're working on a novel. because the edges of your imagination start to blur after i would say best case about three hours. but even when you're writing a non-fiction book, you know, you may be putting three good hours of pounding away and the rest of it is research, looking the e-mail, making another cup of coffee, that sort of thing. finks usually begins with a theme for me. you know, identity, redemption, art, fame, things like that. but the whole process really picks up steam when i start to ground some some of my thoughts in a

thank you for doing this for booktv and i thank all of you. so grateful you are here. so many things going on in los angeles. you could be in a million places and you are here and i find that personally fulfilling and also fulfiling finally because these are important matters so thanks for all that. [applause] >> a couple personal notes about the book and how it can about. i have been engaged in questions about my own heritage. two grandfather's, victims of the survivors. it always baffled me why a government and all the people that it could recruit would target everyday people. my family were not elite. lebron not really educated. they were farmers. why would they be targeted for annihilation? so it started to lead to questions about why they were treated so badly. that was coupled with other questions that when i put them together led me down the path of mass media. that is one other incident where remember in the 1990s when there was an emergence of a new kind of talk radio that we haven't really heard until the 1990s? mostly really straight ahead public affairs on

throughout the weekend and noon eastern literary life in columbus, ohio with booktv and c-span local content vehicles on c-span2. >>> coming up next trt 2012 in libya and the eventall overthrow. it's about 40 minutes. t pleasuro introduce our moderator for this conversation, from the "chicago tribune", marda dunsky. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you, john. let me just clarify that i am no longer working for the "chicago tribune." but it is in my history and thank you for mentioning it. good afternoon and welcome. my name is marda dunsky. qadhafi presided over libya from 1969 until 2011. the longest period approval of any postcolonial arab leader. during his 43 years, qadhafi bestowed upon himself the title of guide, and the brother leader. he steered a ship of state that deprived citizens of basic civil and human rights, while at the same time, he asserted that his people were in control of their own country and destiny. beyond the borders of libya, gaddafi sponsored acts of terrorism. the most notorious was the bombing of pan am flight 103 in december 1988, which claimed

part of our booktv weekend on c-span2. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> the inventor of information theory and also recent books about claude shannon by james black called the information by george dyson on caring and shannon and claude shannon is a great figure from mit and bell labs who are have been falling for decades in my guys as a technology do. i studied telephone and internet and this required me to master information theory and i discovered that information theory is perfectly aligned to capitalist economics and gives a better way of explaining capitalism than the existing models -- capitalism is not a material system. it is an information system. just as the key measure of information under claude shannon's theory is news for unexpected bits or surprise. in capitalism the key factor is profit which is the surprising up side of entrepreneurial activity. these books by james black and george dyson are good preparations for my book, knowledge and power. >> for more information on this and other summer reading lists visit b

in the meantime, it's booktv here all day every day throughout the convention. it's highlights highlights with non-fiction authors and books from the past year. on c-span 3 also throughout the convention, 4 hours of american history tv with lectures, oral history, and look at historical american sites and art -- arty facts. >>> coming up today on booktv journalist lindsey hilsum on the libyan revolution. and then several authors illustrate the advancement of the civil right movement through education and more. later a bookstore owner, a publisher and a literary agent give their perspective on the future of books and bookstores. coming up next from the 2012 print error lit fest, lindsey hilsum talks about the coverage of the february 2011 uprising in libya and the overthrow of mohammed gaffe d.a. if i.sureo this is about 30 minutes.or >> thank you, john.on, om let me clarify i'm no longera dy working for the "chicago tribune." that was many years ago. it is in my bio. thank you for mentioning it.c gooda afternoon, and welcome. my name is mar that dunn sei. gadhaf

recently booktv toured a new library of congress exhibit called books that shape america. we're going show you the exhibit here in a minute. but we also want to issue an invitation to you to participate in an online discussion about books that shaped america. what book use think may be included or should be included or we're going show you the library of congress came up with. if you're interested in participating in an online discussion with us, e-mail us at booktv at c-span.org. now here is the tour. there's a new exhibit at the library of congress called the book has shaped america. booktv is taking tour of that exhibit. and joining us is associate library began for the library of congress. mrs. safer, why do you call it booked that shaped america? >> we actually call it bookssha happied america as opposed to some of the other words that we considered like changed america. we think that bookings slowly have an impact on american society and shaped seemed to be the better word to imply that kind of connotation. >> when you think of shape, what book comes to mind? >> that

and profiles the people who advise him now on booktv. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thanks to brad and lissa and everyone at politics & prose. this is, actually, the sixth book i've talked about at politics & prose, six out of six, going back to a book called -- my first book, "beijing jeep," in 1989 when politics & prose had just opened, and i had brown hair, and newspapers were thriving, and barack obama was a second-year law student. so, i mean, really people ask me how do you write a book, and i say -- and this is all true -- i mean, you spend a couple years on research, you stay up at night figuring out how to do the research, you spend a couple years writing, and then you spend some time thinking about what you're going to say about it at politics & prose. [laughter] as brad mentioned, this book grew naturally out of my previous book, "rise of the vulcans," about george w. bush's foreign policy team. and lots of people think now, um understandably but not quite accurately, that theville -- vulcans book was about neoconservat

twitter.com/booktv. >> booktv is on location here at the annual book publishers convention in new yorkcity. joining us here on our booktv said is michael cader who is the founder of publishers marketplace and he is going to be talking about some of the upcoming books in the fall of 2012. first of all mr. cader what his publishers marketplace and publishers lunch? >> they are the research of certainty from the professional book trade so publishers lunch is a daily newsletter that more or less everyone will read. it has databases that people in the book business used to find each other reggae to report their deals, to get business done with each other. >> are they subscriptions? >> they are subscriptions, there is a pay subscription option in a free subscription options so the door is open to all but their heaviest users or those who pay. >> would assure but background about publishing industry? >> i spent my entire koran but publishing. for many as i have my own company called the book packager which is the book world equivalent of an independent producer so i would create and produce b

join us live this sunday at noon eastern with michael beschloss on c-span2's booktv. >> up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong program where e invite guest hosts to interview authors. liez sa mundy discusses her book, "the richer success." more men are looking at marriage as a means of economic stability or staying home with the children, choices previously reserved for women. the former washington post reporter discusses the long-term implications of this and other economy-related role reversals with april ryan, american urban radio white house correspondent. >> host: liza mundy, you have written a very fascinating book. it's a read, i think, that needs to be put on the book shelves of stores as well as homes for men and women. we're talking about breadwinners, the socioeconomic shift that's happened. and just in reading this book i saw something that said that in the 1970s the single digits for women to run the household, to be the breadwinner. and now it's over 40%, i believe? >> guest: right. >> host: of women in this nation who are running households. talk to me about

spent coming up today on booktv in just a few moments, hiv to the late author and journalist christopher hitchens. then brad meltzer present a collection of men and women to inspire and guide his daughter on her journey to adulthood. a little later, the authors of all in discuss the life and for a general david petraeus. >> spend a weekend in ohio's state capitol columbus, as booktv, american history tv and c-span local content vehicles look behind the scenes at the history and literary life of ohio's largest city on booktv on c-span2 rows the rare book collections at ohio state university. >> published between 1918 and december 1920 in an american periodical called the little review. we have copies of all those as well. the reason i brought this out today is not too sure this first edition, but they showed a later addition that is extremely rare. 1921 the american government declared ulysses obscene and pornographic. and the book was banned. people still wanted to read it, however, and we actually have a copy of one of the pirated issues. if you notice the spine, alice in wonderland, an

after words airs every weekend on booktv at 10:00 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9:00 p.m. on sunday at 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 in the topics list on the upper right side of the page. >> what i found again and again and again throughout this book is not only was garfield's life and nomination and brief presidency full of incredible stories, but the people who surrounded him more also unbelievable. you just could not make them up. first of course garfield's would-be assassin. vittatoe was a deeply dangerous with his usual snowman but he was very intelligent and highly articulate. if you read nearly any other count of garfield assassination bechtel is described as a disgruntled -- but that doesn't cover the smallest part of it. he was a uniquely american character. he was the product of this country at that time, time when there was a lot of -- and no one to really understand what he was up to and told him to account for it. bechtel was a self-made madman. he was smart and scr

edward griffin is our guest on booktv on c-span2. >> host: we continue our coverage of freedomfest 2012 from las vegas the libertarian gathering held annually in this city. talking with authors introducing new right now wendy mcelroy with her book the art of being free. tell us about herself. >> i am active in the birch areas of sense -- about 40 years and this is my reaction to 9/11. when it have been dae started to rethink everything about my a belief system. i wondered had i wasted my life working freedom for the decades i had? but we gave up our freedom all of that moment. i thought about my relationship to the state, how important it was, and that responsibility of life is what used to be called the business of living. i wrote a book that gave the theory, history, psychology behind my response to the whole system of thinking after 9/11. i am tired to be seen as a distraction. i am not disrespecting anyone who wants to debate liberty. i want to be free of my own lifetime especially of what i consider the police state. >> host: what did you change in your thinking after 9/11? what di

with the on-line discussion e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> host: a new exhibit at the library of congress called books that shaped america. we are taking a speeeleven. roberta shaver is the associate librarian. why are they books that shaped america? >> as opposed to change america because with the american society it is a better word to imply that connotation. but the fabulous part is no one book in shaping america. that had been impact on culture and society and the essence of what america it is. it is improper to pick one book out of 88. >> host: it starts with common-sense. >> guest: the earliest was ben franklin's on electricity. one was dr. spock's book praising your child in a common-sense way and of course, common-sense that sparked the american course, common-sense that sparked the american revolution. they're not all first editions or very rare but many would be. if not one of the kind. those descriptions by the authors what i a door is part of those not but now there send books to read on the ipod button in the olden days. one is tarzan. i cannot think of the other one

send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org, or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> and now from louisville, kentucky, we hear from local author dewey clayton. his book is "the presidential campaign of barack obama." >> host: clayton, how historic was the campaign of barack obama? >> guest: oh, it was truly historic. it was a transformative election. we had had 43 previous presidents in this country. they had all been white, and they had all been male. and so here comes a young senator, okay, who has a bold and innovative strategy as to how to win the white house. many people felt that it wasn't his time, many people felt it wasn't time for an african-american. he was running against in the democratic primary, he was running against hillary clinton who had the name clinton being, you know, the biggest, largest brand in the democratic party. she had a considerable war chest advantage as well as name recognition, and the fact that he was actually able to defeat her and then go up against war hero and a maverick in the general election -- and america as such -- was truly incredible, truly histo

the future state of energy issues by maggie koerth-baker on booktv. the of the reports there's no one answer to the problem of energy infrastructure and the more energy efficient world will not be a utopia but will be better than if no action is taken. it is about half an hour. [applause] >> thank you for coming out here. i wanted to start this evening by talking a bit about a name you of not heard of before. h j rodgers. he is not very well-known but turns out he is one of the major forces in the history of electricity for some good reasons. h j rodgers in 1882 was one of the richest people in appleton, wisconsin. he owned a paper mill and was building a mansion on the hill. the next summer he made a fateful decision. he went on a fishing trip with a salesman from the edison electric lighting co.. at the time he had never seen an electric light bulb. bagasse sliding utility so electricity was an up and coming competitor for him but he came back from that fishing trip the proud owner of the rights to license and use edison technology in appleton and i