or follow us on twit wither @booktv. you can also visit our web site, booktv.org, and click on news about books. >> are you interested in being a part of booktv's new online book club? each month we'll discuss a different book and author. this month we'll be discussing michelle alexander's "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of color blindness." pote your thoughts on twit -- post your thoughts on twitter and write on our facebook page. and then on tuesday at 9 p.m. eastern, join our live moderated discussion on twitter, hash tag btv book club. send your suggestions on which books you think we should include in our book club via twitter, on facebook or e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. the virginia festival of the book began on wednesday, march 20th and runs through sunday the 4th. 24th. this annual charlottesville event features douglas predictionly and congressman john lewis. also this weekend the 26th annual tennessee wi

booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> what it is is a memoir, first of all. it's a little bit of a memoir of my travels in russia. it's a memoir of the a number of the people who are in the book. we've gone through 20 years together, so it's a memoir of the last 20 years since the soviet union fell apart. it's a history. it's a history of the oil industry but also in parallel to history of russia these past 0 years -- 20 years, the initial collapse in the 1990s and then the gradual recovery the decade after. so we end up with the russia that we see today after this long cycle of the russian oil industry which has gone through the same cycle. it's a biography. it's a multiple biography of a number of people but in particular of the clan that emerged in the 1990s from the city of st. petersburg. and came to moscow with putin in the year 2000. and you could sum up the last 20 years of russian history by saying that this is the revenge of of st. pete

or e-mail us at booktv at c-span.org. >> next on booktv, les leopold talks about his hidden world of hedge funds. he argues that they are bad for our economy. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> thank you for having me here. thank you for having me on c-span. i appreciate c-span being here. your college dean commie so much about writing. the thing that he thought that was most important is that you have to put passion in your writing. you can't just be a boring person. he actually does that and i have to tell you that it is the one thing that blew my mind. if you think that i will put you to sleep, you should try reading hegel. this ended with a passionate love scene. it is something that scott hegel wrote about. if you can turn a philosopher's dry words into a love scene, well, you can write with passion. i have never forgotten, that, mike. okay, we are dealing with tonight -- let me see if i can get this going here. why write a book like this? well, what is trying to do i'm trying to raise fundamental questions about how economic values produce really. what what is it that the

post them to our wall at facebook.com/booktv, or e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> we have allowed a human rights nightmare to occur on our watch. in the years since dr. king's death, a vast new system of racial and social control has emerged from the ashes of slavery and jim crow. a system of mass incarceration that no doubt has dr. king turning in his grave today. the mass incarceration of poor people of color in the united states is tantamount to a new caste-like system, one that shuttles our young people from decrepit, underfunded schools to brand new, high-tech prisons. it is a system that locks poor people, overwhelmingly poor people of color, into a permanent second class status nearly as effectively as earlier systems of racial and social control once d

these programs and more all weekend long on booktv.for complete scheduled visit booktv.org. >> this system of mass incarceration is so deeply rooted in our social political and economic structure is not going to just fade away or downsize, we are on a major upheaval, fairly radical shift in public consciousness. there are many people today who will say there is no hope of ending mass incarceration in america. no. there is no hope. pick another issue. just as many people dying to jim crow in the south, that is a shame and that is the way it is. i find that so many people today view the millions cycling in and out of the prisons and jails today is an unfortunate but in alterable fact. i am quite certain that dr. king would not have been so resigned. if we are truly, truly to honor dr. king, if we are to ever stepped up with dr. king we have to be willing to continue his work. we have got to be willing to go back and pick up where he left off and do the hard work of movement building on behalf of poor people of all colors. in 1968 dr. kin

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or an e-mail booktv@c-span.org. let's start with this e-mail from wesleyan rock in south dakota. mr schweikart i enjoyed two of your latest book, patriot's history of the u.s. and seven events that made america america. in your research for these books, what one event or persons surprised you as underappreciate it or underreported in the course of american history? >> guest: that is easy. grover cleveland is one of the greatest american presidents who doesn't get any credit. i call him the last good democrat. he was very constitutional in terms of his approach to the office and famous for vetoing a seed corn bill. there was a drought in texas and the texas farmers wanted government assistance, general motors, to keep from going under and they wanted the government to provide them with seed corn. congress, always being willing to tax their money to passed the bill, cleveland issued a veto message and he says i can find no where in the constitution that empowers me to take taxpayer money from one group and given to an

send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. .. >> because we were friends of carla and david cohen, we feel we were here at the creation of politics & prose, the incredible job that they did, and the idea that there would be a second act would be so creative and so exciting under brad and lisa just means a lot to us. i'm very, very pleased that you would come out on valentines day -- [laughter] i love you all. [laughter] and, in fact, i brought, i brought pens that are red. i will sign all books with red pens and put in a heart and an xo, hugs and kisses, as well if you wish them. [laughter] the ancient history behind this book has been largely told by brad in his introduction. i did come to brookings in 1972 after being on the white house staff of two presidents. obviously, i was going to be the presidency man. in 1976 i wrote a book called "organizing the presidency" which, basically, said all i wanted to say at that time x so i had to look around for another subject. and i decided i would d

thank you. >> thank you. >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. >> this system of mass incarceration is now so deeply rooted in our social and economic structure that is not just going to fade away or downsize out of sight without a major upheaval, a fairly radical shift in our public consciousness. now, i know that there's many people today who will say, oh, you know, there's no hope of ending mass incarceration in america, no, no. there's no hope. pick another issue. just as many people resigned to jim crow in the south and the sake yeah, yeah. that's a shame, it's a shame but that's just the way it is. i find that so many people today view the million cycling in and out of our prisons and jails today is just an unfortunate but in alterable fact of american life. i'm quite certain that dr. king would not have been so resigned. so i believe that if we are truly, truly to honor dr. king, if we are to ever catch up with ki

[applause] >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information op events. -- on events. facebook.com/book tv. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's our prime time lineup for tonight. starting at 7 p.m. eastern, retired major general john borling talks about his time as prisoner of war followed by bob woodward who presents his most book, "the price of politics." at 9 p.m. eastern, maurice greenberg discusses the rise and fall of an insurance company, then our weekly "after words" program. this week ken stern discusses the future of charities with ken berger, ceo of charity navigator. we conclude at 11 p.m. eastern with sarah erdreich. visit booktv.org for more on this weekend's television schedule. >> original peoples, navy seals, the alamo, our environment and journalism, panels and discussions from this year's tucson festival of books live this weekend on booktv starting today at noon eastern with author timothy egan on the photography of edward curtis. at 4:30, katherine bower on what animals c

[applause] >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. >> here are the latest headlines surrounding the publishing industry this past week. publisher henry holt and company announced former secretary of state condoleezza rice is writing a new book on democracy. a news release from the publisher said she will recount, quote, stories from her career and personal life to shed light on the essential questions of contemporary democracy. the book is set to publish in late 2015 the senator elizabeth warren announced this week she is writing her tenth book, titled rig, about the freshman senator's experience following the american financial crisis and her fight for the middle-class. senator warren said she anticipates it will be published next year. the supreme court decided in a 6-3 warning that buyers of copyrighted material such as books and movies and resold those, and copyright holders, the major copyright decision stems from a case brought by publisher john wiley an

thanks to c-span booktv, check out booktv's schedule to find out when this event will be held, will be telecast. hugh howard will be offering some remarks and take some questions and will happily sign copies of his book. also copies of the hugh howard's book will be available on our web site, thebookwatch.com. i assume all cellphones are often defend when you do have questions please remember to wage the moment. evelyn and i and the entire staff are very pleased to welcome our friend and neighbor and fellow bookie, hugh howard. [applause] >> good evening. good evening. it is wonderful to be here. i thank eric for those kind words and mark and alec and all the other folks at the book loft, not least because independent stores are becoming more and more important in this world and for those of us who enjoy the process of browsing for books and reading and writing them i think bookstores, whatever the merits of the web, our special places. i thank them for being here to welcome us tonight and also to sell off their wares. to begin, a question comes to mind, why a book on the war of 1812?

, or followers on twitter at the booktv. you can also visit our website, booktv.org and click on news about books. >> up next on booktv, "after words" with lillian cunningham. this week, moises naim and his latest book, "the end of power." he argues that power no longer lives with leaders of strong stable governments over the heads of large corporations. the former venezuelan minister says the potential for widespread of people is greater today than ever before. the program is about one hour. >> host: it is my pleasure to introduce moises naim for this episode of "after words." you are a noted columnist on international economics and globalization. you are also i a scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace and formerly editor of "foreign policy" magazine. and former trade minister of venezuela. so all that said, you have also now written a new book called "the end of power" and that's a we're here to talk about today. so let's start at the beginning. which i think is how did you come to write this book and ho

. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here is our primetime lineup for tonight. up next, fiona deans hallora profiles thomas nast. the one associated with the donkey and elephant being associated with political parties. and john lewis and john carlos talk about their experiences during the civil rights movement. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, our weekly "after words" program. david bernstein sits down with a a special guest. he concludes nights programming at 11:00 p.m. eastern with sandra day o'connor in her book out of order. stories from the history of the supreme court. as a booktv.org for more information on this weekend television schedule. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2. coming up next, fiona deans hallora recounts the life of thomas nast. a regular contributor to harvard weekly, he made the donkey and the elephant the symbols of the the political parties in our country. this is about 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. welcome to the historical society. i want to thank you for joining us tonight. what i know will be a very interesting pr

. >> post a comment on facebook.com/booktv or send us a tweet tweet booktv. >> and now on booktv, peter andreas talks about the long history of smuggling in the u.s. which, prior to the revolutionary war, was driven by a desire to grow domestic industries and bypass paying import taxes to the british. it's about an hour and a half. >> good afternoon and welcome, everyone, to the watson institute for international studies for the discussion of peter andreas' new book, "smuggler nation." housekeeping, i have to mention some things. the way we're going to run this is as follows, peter is going to get up and talk briefly about the book because, obviously, if he doesn't say anything, this will become a stunningly one-way conversation. after this, i will invite katherine, richard and james to say their piece on the book, and hopefully we can get into a good discussion. at that point we will open up for q&a, and you will see there is one fixed microphone there, and there is another mobile microphone for this side of the house. if you wish to join the q&a, please, if you're on this styled, get

send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org.or tweak us at twitter.com/booktv. >> the simple fact is that we are all getting older together and we are not the same because her fertility rates have dropped dramatically and we are having an inverted term and that makes her challenges in relation to tiedemann and security even greater. slow-growing countries have had for decades lower fertility rates. japan and europe and russia. china is also starting to feel the impact of the one child policy. we are better off than the rest of the developed world, but her fertility rate has dropped to below breaking even, the lowest drop and we have a tried and true way to deal with this demographic time bomb. demography is if you change course. the path is to allow for a strategic reform of immigration laws so the

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i'm sorry. >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv gas and use. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. >> here's some of the latest headlines saronic the publishing industry this past week. >> follow was on twitter at booktv. you can also visit our website booktv.org. just click on news about books. >> next am booktv, images from a college cities. american university professor naomi baron sat down with us to talk about her book, always on. this interview was conducted at american university in washington, d.c. >> american universe repress or naomi, technology changing how we communicate? >> yes and no. there's this assumption that the technologies of computers and now mobile phones are changing the way that we write to each other. because the postal using all these abbreviations and acronyms and emoticons, you actually study we are not using all that many. if you're a young teenage girl you will be using a lot. there's many handful of these kind of motor comes early, leave but not nearly as many as the press la

one prosecutors crusade against crime and corruption is next on booktv. he sat down with us in virginia during our recent visit. >> you're sitting in the conference room of the arlington county sheriff. this is the shotgun that was used by the prosecutor in the early 20th century. a guy by the name of crandal mackey. the selected as the commonwealth attorney and he conducted a series of raids where he shut down brothels and saloons and all kinds of dangerous places. i've used this shotgun when he conducted those roots. crandal mackey was from south carolina. his father was a prominent judge and author in south carolina. he moved up here to be a lawyer. then he got involved in the politics in the northern virginia area. what is significant about this time is that he was part of a progressive wing of the democratic party at that time. which was still kind of between a more conservative faction and a more progressive faction. this is at the time when the only real politics had to do with which faction was sort of in charge. so the conservative wing of the pa

. >> a you interested in being part of booktv's online book club? each month we will discuss a different book and author. this month we will be discussing michelle ng alexander's the new jim crow:mass incarceration in the age of colorblind list. post your thoughts on twitter with the hash tag booktv book club and right on our facebook page, and on tuesday, march 26th that 9:00 p.m. eastern, join our live moderated discussion on twitter hash tag b t the book club. in your suggestions on book he would like to read as part of the book club on twitter, facebook or e-mail booktv@c-span.org. >> good morning,. i moved up my flight and i am going to go to the airport right after, literally right after i spent ten minutes reading. i am going to read something quite short on the fear that less is more which is what i try to tell my writing students, and speaking of them, one of the reasons i am hurtling back to philadelphia is because i have to hold office hours tomorrow with a lovely little ivy brats. best to get home and sleep well or try to sleep well alth

part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >>> up next on booktv physician and science writer talking about the influence of the pharmaceutical industry. he argues that pharmaceutical companies hide negative studies and use expensive lobbying to get what they want. the event from seattle's town hall lasts about ninety minutes. [applause] thank you. app fair dislow sure. i'm hoping it's aer in i did nerdy crowd -- [cheering and applause] you are my people. [laughter] there's no reader's health advice here. i'm not going tell you how to get the best out of the doctor. there are no idle conspiracy theories how drug companies are trying to kill us. it's a story about flaws in how we dwat gather evidence in medicine. i think the technical flaws in important technical process very well documented in the medical academic professional literature what i'm hope dog is share that more broadly with the public. in particular because there's several very well documented problems which we have failed as a profession to fix. and so i think we need the help more than anything else of the public. it's sort o

we can e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> for the next several hours, booktv is five from the 2013 tucsonestival of books on the campus of the university of arizona. we joined in progress a discussion with author timothy egan. on the life and career of edward curtis. >> in 1904, roosevelt invites him and other natives to come to his inauguration. they want to see these people parade around pennsylvania avenue. edward curtis is invited as well. and he talks to them over several days. his portrait is going to be taken and he asks how to dress. he has a single army blanket. well, that is what the u.s. government gave him when he surrendered. so he took this picture of geronimo. he has a great look of defiance and he was part of the sioux tribe. red cloud is probably the only native warrior leader who forced the u.s. government to surrender on his terms. he got a pretty good treaty. he is 90 in this picture, live to be 92 years old. he is best known for a quote where he said, wightman made many treaties with us over the years. all i remember is they broke them. he also became very close to ed

facebook.com/booktv or send us a tweet at booktv -- @booktv is our twitter handle.randall robinson what is transafrica? >> guest: transafrica is the organization that i began in 1976 to galvanize african-american opinion on foreign-policy issues, particularly issues that concern the black world, u.s. policy towards africa, the caribbean and latin america. so transafrica of course was the organization that used its incher mentalities to galvanize american opposition to apartheid and with the embassy arrests that we were able to organize the arrest of 5000 people and in the 1980s and 1984 and the next year, and with that working with members of congress. we won the support for the set of sanctions that president reagan vetoed and his veto was overridden by a republican-controlled senate excess of the work we did and the millions we organized to make a difference. that, coupled with the great work that was being done in south africa led to a new africa that we see today. but we have been doing that work over a period of time. i had been there 25 years when i stepped do

facebook.com/booktv. >> coming up next on booktv, tony kushner, author of the screenplay for the motion picture "lincoln" and lincoln scholar harold holzer, author of a companion book for young readers, discuss the research and the decisions made in the creation of the film's script. they're joined in conversation by daniel weinberg, owner of the abraham lincoln book shop in chicago. this is about an hour. >> welcome to virtual book signing. i'm daniel weinberg and, as always, we're here at the abraham lincoln book shop in chicago, and it's a gorgeous day. we actually have a few people here with us, and we're happy to have c-span join us. thank you very much to be here. and illinois channel has been a here and liz taylor from the tribune literary book section is with us, and we appreciate all of them being here, also voice of america is covering us today as well. just before we go on i should tell you all that while we're live, and this is not for c-span, unfortunately, but while we're live you can e-mail in questions. we hope you will. give us your first name and where you're from, and

or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> up next on booktv, "after words" with guest host this week, msnbc host s. e. cupp. this week david burstein and his book "fast future: how the millennial generation is shaping our world." in the county argued there are currently between 18 and 30 years of age are the largest generation in u.s. history. more ethnically diverse than digitally tuned in than others. mr. burstein says melinda's are increasing and more influential a fast-moving, more integrated world. this program lasts about an hour. >> host: so, david, your millennial writing about millennials sort of advising town elders about the issues of a generation. that takes some background. how old are you? >> guest: 24. >> host: where did you go to school? where did you go up and why he felt compelled to write this country i grew up in western connecticut, about an hour outside the city, and as a student in high school at the start a film festival for high school students, in which we saw these great films coming in a young people making the cells of issues about bullying and teen suicide. thi

. >> welcome to alexandria, virginia, on booktv. with help of our comcast cable partners, for the next one that we will take you to this down on the potomac river a couple miles south of washington, d.c. join us as we explore its rich and varied history. beginning with a look at some of cities hidden stories from the past. >> the book is "the hidden history of alexandria." the last part of that time is very important because it's not about alexandria, virginia. it's about a period in history when the district of columbia included parts of what's now virginia. what i wanted to do was look at a 50 year time period and give a sense of what alexandria became part of the district of columbia, what went wrong and why it left. one the things i wanted to do with the book is give people a sense of what life was like in this time period. firefighting was very differently in this time period. crime was very different. slavery played a crucial role in the business world of this time period. politics were very different. i've done lots of resear

or follow was on twitter at booktv. you can also visit our website and click on news about books. >> from new york city, shelby, former chancellor of the washington, d.c. public school system, recounts her career and present her thoughts on education reform. this event is about 45 minutes. thank you very much for joining us. i know you have a couple of busy days from last evening. jon stewart to this evening, cnn, piers morgan and would like to have our old friends here from c-span filming this event that many people across the united states can really benefit from a lot of what michelle has to say. just to kickstart it deceiving, how did you come up with a fascinating and interesting book, "radical," and where did this interesting income from? >> so i think the genesis of the name is an interesting one in that when it first got to d.c. it was the lowest performing and most dysfunctional school district and the entire nation. that was a pretty widely known truth. so i started doing things that were obvious for school di

and on booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's or prime time lineup for tonight beginning at 7:0 eastern. alec foege presents his book, "the tinkerers." then at 9 on "after words," kim goddess examines hillary clinton's role in u.s. diplomacy broad followed by jeffrey frank whose book "ike and dick." and we conclude tonight's prime time programming at 11:15 eastern with michelle rhee. the former d.c. public schools chancellor writes about education reform in her book, "radical: fighting to put students first." that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> bethty friedan's "the feminine mystique" was published in 1963. it would play an sweggal role in the second wave of federalism in the united states. a panel discusses the impact of the book 50 years after its publication. this is a little over an hour. >> um, well, first i want to thank the new america foundation for having us. um, i in particular am very honored to be a moderator, because up until now this late date in my career no one has ever found me moderate enough

crandal mackey would find that his great legacy. >> during a recent visit to alexandria, virginia, booktvtook a tour of several occasions that have strong but not necessarily well-known historical value with the help of comcast, our local cable partner. michael lee pope describes each location and discusses the importance of alexandria's history, next on booktv. >> this is hidden history of alexandria d.c. the last part of the title is very important because it's not about alexandria, virginia. it's about appearance and issued and the district of columbia included parts of what's now virginia. what i wanted to do was look at this 50 year time period and get a sense of why alexandria became part of the district of columbia. what went wrong and why it left. one of the things i wanted to do with the book is give people a sense of what life was like in this time period. firefighting for example, were very differently in this time period. crying worked very differently. slavery played a crucial role in the business world of this time period. politics were very different. lots of research on th

post them to our wall at facebook.com/booktv or e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> next, bob matteson author of "walking with washington," takes us on a tour of several alexandria, virginia, locations that were important to george washington. >> i retired about 15 years ago, i was looking for things to do, and the alexandria city archaeologist was looking for somebody to do, the to develop a walking tour of alexandria sites associated with george washington. so i agreed to undertake that project, and i researched, i spent about two years researching alexandria history, and i came up with 140 sites. and i think she was looking for a brochure, but i ended up writing a book. it's called "walking with washington," and it, of course, contains walking tours of alexandria sites associated with george washington. george washington enjoyed a long 50-year relationship with alexandria. from the time alexandria was founded in 1749 when he was 17 until he died in 1799 at the age of 67. he participated in the political life of the city, he was a trustee of alexandria, and he was a justice of the pe

at noon eastern on booktv. and sunday at 5:00 on american history tv on c-span2. >> now author sarah car explores result of the legislature's decision after hurricane katrina. to reassign control of the majority of new orleans public schools to the recovery school district administered by the state by following a student, teacher and principal as they traversed different segments of the educational system. this is half an hour. >> great to see people out tonight doing amazing work for kids in new orleans and thank you for coming. just going to talk for 10 or 15 minutes and take questions. some people here tonight in the book and willing to answer your questions during that session if you are interested in hearing about what it was like to be part of that process from their vantage point. the other day i was finishing reading journalist catherine booth's book called behind a beautiful forevers which tells the story of a group of families living in a slum and in her author's notes she tries to explain why she cho

. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's our primetime lineup for tonight. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. coming up next, fiona deans halloran recounts the life of political cartoonist thomas nast. a regular contributor to harper's weekly, mr. ness made popular the donkey and elephant as symbols of the democratic and republican parties. this is about 40 minutes. >> good evening. welcome to the filson historical society. i'm the director and i want to thank you for joining us tonight for what i know be a very interesting program, "thomas nast: the father of modern politcal cartoons" with fiona deans halloran. i want to thank you for being here. i was remarking this is the first time i can remember in a long while that we've had sunshine when we started an evening program. so i appreciate you coming in and being with us. our mission at the filson is to tell significance with of kentucky and ohio valley region history and culture. a part of that culture and political culture are cartoons. we have a really nice car

and booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's a look at the prime time lineup for tonight. .. now author sara carr explores the results of the state legislature's decision shortly after hurricane katrina to re-assign control over the majority of new orleans public schools to the recovery school district, administered by the state. by following a student, teacher, and a principal as they traverse different segments of the education until system. this is a half an hour. >> it's great to see so many people out tonight who do such amazing work for kids in new orleans, and thank you for coming. i'm just going to talk for about 10 or 15 minutes or so and then take questions, and there's some people here tonight who are in the book and they might be willing to answer your questions during that session as well if you're interested in hearing what it was like to be part of that process from their van -- vantage point. the other day is was reading a book called "behind the beautiful forever," which tells the story of a group of fami

send an e-mail to book tv@c-span.org, post a comment on facebook.com/booktv or send us a tweet @booktv. >> michelle alexander, the author of booktv's first online book club selection, "the new jim crow," recently spoke about her book at the university of tennessee. here's a look at that event. [applause] >> well, thank you. thank you so much for this warm welcome. it feels wonderful to be here. i am thrilled to see so many people eager to join if dialogue dialogue -- [audio difficulty] >> and it seems fitting that we would have this conversation the day after our nation's first black president was sworn in for his second term. now, i know much of the nation has already moved on, and president obama's soaring rhetoric about the promise of america -- life, liberty, justice, equality for all -- has already been forgotten by many, and i know that many, many people in america will not think of dr. king again until his holiday rolls around again next year. but i'd like for us to pause tonight and think more deeply about the meaning of dr. king's life and his legacy and what it has to teach u

and sunday at 5 on american history tv on c-span3. >> you're watching booktv. and now marguerite holloway recounts the life of john randall jr. he utilized tolls to plot the unwieldy terrain. this is about an hour and a half. [applause] >> thank you both very, very much. and i'm very excited that michael is here because at the end when there are questions, if there are any that i can't answer, we can direct them to him. so as has been suggested, john randall did a lot of very different things. he was involved with the grid, he was involved with an elevated elevator, he had a whole life outside of new york city that i'm going to talk about a little bit. but to give you some background because i think it's also relevant very much for some of the work i'm interested in today, he also had a legacy that extended beyond just the maps and sort of understanding property and the history of new york city. he's contributed data that has been very, very important for scientists who are working on projects today. and that actually is how i became interested in randel in the

this weekend op c-span2, look for more booktv on online. "like" us on facebook. >> you have understand all l founders' primary concern, number one, numero uno, was with national security. what would they say, for example, about a company such as lockheed? i'm of the opinion that based on thousand -- how they acted in other decisions they would have favored a becameout of lockheed because it supplied the united states at the time with the top fighter jets and top reconnaissance airplanesment i think you can argue that they would have supported, for example, the bailout of chrysler back in the 1980s, but not the bailout of the chrysler today. what's the difference? chrysler then made tanks, the m1, a1 tanks the only tank manufacturers. when chrysler comes out of debt and repays the government loan and come back to health, they semioff the tank division and plow that money back into the company. >> author and university of dayton professor takes calls, e maims, facebook posts, and tweets on the founding fathers and other key events in american

or follow less on to utter at booktv. you can also visit the web site, booktv.org and click on news about books. >>> of booktv interview american university professor jennifer lawless about her book "becoming a candidate." the interview was recorded at american university media production center in washington, d.c. as part of our college series. >> host: becoming a candidate is the name of the book "political ambition and the decision to run for office." the author american university professor jennifer lawless. professor lawless, why do people run for office in the u.s.? >> guest: lots of reasons. basically because they thought about it and they've seen something percolating in the back of their mind so somebody gets to wake up in the morning and decide this is interesting. i wasn't thinking about this, but it's a very long and engaged political process. >> host: is it because they are concerned about policy or because of their ego issue? >> guest: it depends on who you are talking about. one of the biggest finds in the

send an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org, post a comment on facebook or send us a tweet @booktv. >>> political judge has written a book unexpected lessons i learned as a single mom. tell us a little bit about it. >> the book is my story about being a single mom for 23 years. i became a single mom when i was pregnant with my third son. and there are rough days and good days, and what i did is throughout that time i never heard a positive message from the right or the left, encouraging words or instruction may be that help us get along because the odds are against kids that have only one mom or one parent in the home. so i wrote the book for a can-do book. look you can do it, it is a healthy positive message not only for single moms but for all parents. i think we can all relate to some extent. and inside those covers are my heart and soul, those are my best years. >> people who know your career know you as a republican. is this book free of ideology? >> this book is a political. i don't care how you can a single mom it makes no difference to me. this book is about helping you be successful pivo

. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to alexandria, virginia, and the many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/localcontent. >> booktv airs every weekend on c-span2 for 48 hours. next, phil lapsley presents a history of the phone system and a flaw in its operation that allowed hackers or phone freaks to make free long distance phone calls through the use of a blue box, a device that mimicked tones used by at&t, the use and distribution of blue boxes was heralded by phone freaks including steve wozniak and steve jobs who built and sold the device cans. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm always somewhat befuddled by readings because i know many of you, and i know that -- of those of you who i know, i know you're smart people. those of you i don't know i hope to know better after the end of tonight. and you're all capable, i imagine, of reading the book on your own. however, they took away my powerpoint projector, so reading is what your going to get -- you're going to get tonight. and in terms of the schedule,

. >> next on booktv, kay goss recounts the life and career of the late wilbur mills, democratic representative from arkansas and the longest continuously-serving chairman of the house ways and means committee. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. i hardly recognize myself. [laughter] i think i must be a hyperactive person. [laughter] thank you so much for that warm welcome, and thanks to everyone who's here. when i look out in the audience and i see so many of my favorite people here in one room, it feels like a family reunion more than it does an event here at the school. but i couldn't feel more at home anywhere than at the clinton school of public service, because when i was about 8 years old, i committed myself to public service and to politics in arkansas. and as angie mentioned, i was very, very proud of arkansas and all of our high-achieving people. and i've always believed in arkansas exceptionalism with an exclamation point. and you presented a lot of facts that we can prove that. so, you know, and i was thinking because many of you heard my discussion yesterday at politica

@booktv and finally sent an e-mail. booktv@c-span that work. here are eight of larry schweikart's book. columbus is great discovery to the war on terror in 2004. america's victories, where the u.s. wins wars and will win the war and terror, 2006. 48 liberal lies about american history probably learned in school came out in 2008. seven event that make america america and proof that the founding fathers were right all along. america much but never came out in 2010 as well. but what the founders say? featured answers to america's most pressing problems. 2011, teacher's history reader essential document for every american also came out in 2011. in his most recent, capacious history of the modern world from america's exceptional ascent to the atomic bombs 1898 to make 1945. is there a second volume? >> guest: yes, should be december. 1945 to 2012. >> host: seven event that made america america. why do you include martin van buren? >> guest: this is actually the most important event in the seven and the one least known. martin van buren was anti-slav

send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> a more private first lady, elizabeth monroe refused to continue the tradition of making social calls to washington's political society. she spoke french inside the white house and gained a reputation of being queenly by her critics. we'll explore her relationship with her husband, james monroe, and close friendship with her successor, louisa katherine adams who was the only first lady born outside the u.s. we'll see the important role she played in the 1824 campaign of her husband, john quincy adams, and her complex relationship with her mother-in-law, former first lady abigail adams. we'll include your questions and comments live monday night at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> this weekend booktv is in alexandria, virginia, with the help of our local cable partner, comcast. all weekend long watch tours of the city, hear from local authors and learn about some of the important historic, literary and cultural sites in the area. next, we bring you the story of the sit-in

. >> host: sharon in denver, booktv on c-span2 with the randall robinson. >> how are you doing? >> caller: it has been an and lightning couple of hours. i appreciate it. i want to point out, a little bit ago, made the comment about to paraphrase, still whining about it. a couple years ago. and the nature of the question tying in to the issue. if you look at what has happened under the auspices of foreclosure. and done the analysis of the impact of foreclosure in the black and hispanic community. and $360 billion, and a few years later talk about pretty close to 400. and not only is reparation, to put on the table, at the very same time. and the hispanic community. and prospect of quite a few years, even further back than tulsa, in the 20s. >> guest: it has been devastating. what it means to a family's financing, and that is the safest place to put it. i can't agree with you more. and to be reassured that something will happen there should be some recourse to make these people whole, to be on the horizon. and ims concerned about as you are. >> host: this e-mail from brooklyn. exc

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our entitlement programs, everyone recognizes there as a center by @booktv stable and grow and magnitude without change. our regulations are outdated, complex, costly, and they are certainly creating way too much uncertainty. presentation does not help and a few people gain the power of knowledge. our debt levels are way too high and rising rather than declining. protect policy has gone way too complicated and punishes saving is a success. our social and economic ability, something they used to define america, something that we have been proud of for legitimate reasons irrespective restart if you work hard and play by the rules you can achieve great things, that has diminished. we, in fact, much the developed countries of the world are least -- we are the least economically mobile dial. our country has changed, and our political system, which is so important for us to begin to break through is not capable quite yet at p.o. to solve these problems.

visit booktv of.org and click podcast on the upper left side of the page. select which podcast you'd like to download and listen to "of after words" while you travel. >> the best day to be a planner in america was july 9, 2004, when dick jackson, howie frumpkin and lawrence frank came out with a book called "urban sprawl and public health." and what that book finally did was put some it -- technical, epidemiological meat on the sociological bones that we planners have been arguing about and said the suburbs are killing us, and here's why, and cities can save us, and here's why. by far is greatest aspect of that epidemic, or i should say of our health challenges in america is the obesity epidemic. it's not that obesity itself is the problem, of course, but all the illsts that obesity leads to, principal among them diabetes. diabetes now consumes 2% of our gross national product. a child born after 2000 has a 1 in 3 chance in measuring of becoming a diabetic. we are now looking at the first generation of americans who are going to live shorter lives than thei

you're watching booktv on c-span 2. >> we have to take back the media.independent and you will save us. the most powerful institutions on earth. more powerful than any bomb. more power than any missile is an idea that explodes onto the scene. but it doesn't happen but it contained by that box, the tv screen that we allocate that are so many hours a week. we need to be able to hear people speaking for themselves outside the box. we can't afford the status quo and a more from global warring to global warming. >> other generations data we adapt, how to remove, how do we go forward in this fast-paced world? the millennial speak at all in stride because that's the reality of how we grew up and it's also private use and adapt ability. the ability to be resilient, the economic crisis which has led to incredible youth unemployment and incredible data for you people. young people are optimistic about their future because they see in one year it could be totally different because we saw how quickly it started and how quickly a microwave. there is a sense the grass