on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> actually, the film comes from the spanish cimarron, and at the beginning -- [inaudible] which has wandered off the farms and by with extension it was used for runaway slaves. so it was cimarron in spanish, marom in french, and it became maroon in english. now, what is interesting also is that even though maron is used and cimarron as any kind of runaway, then it became really used for people who settled in the woods, the swamps, the mountains. but in the united states maron was actually reserved for large -- [inaudible] communities of suriname and jamaica. and in the united states maroons were actually calls runaways simply or outliers. >> but these, normally when we think of runaway slaves, we think of people coming up to the north, getting to canada. but you're talking about people who established communities in the south. >> yes. so communities, also individuals, families who remained in the south, and the

follow us on twitter at booktv and like us on facebook, facebook.com/booktv for more news about the world of publishing and what is happening on booktv. >> one of the fascinating things, he is a fascinating character with the rich history. some of the main know him as one of the fbi's ten most wanted for years. son the 10 most wanted list next to osama bin laden until he was captured in santa monica, california a couple years ago. living just a couple blocks from the beach, living at this -- retired guy telling people he was charlie-gasco go from new york. he was a bank robber who committed bank robberies and was convicted in 1956 and sent to federal prison and because he was involved in some escape attempts he ended up that alcatraz which was the first maximum security federal security prison and was the worst of the worst as much to our delight as reporters anyone who was ever done, and alcatraz their entire prison file is open for the public to see. you can go to the archives in san bruno california and read all of these files, letters he wrote his brother in prison, what his record wa

that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> now joining us on booktv is author richard minister. richard miniter. what do you write about? >> guest: i write about things that interest me. this latest book is about the navy seals, but it's a little bit different. it's about the culture of the navy seals, what makes them different, you peek people. i mean, the united states navy has spent millions of dollars trying to discover how a navy be seal is made, you know, what makes some people go through basic training, and what makes 70% of people fail? they looked at demographics, ethnicity, family backgrounds, they looked at religion, and they found that fun of that matters. some of the most successful navy seals grew up in wealthy suburban homes, some grew up on food stamps in public housing. some were white, some of the most distinguished were black, jeh johnson, some are hispanic, some are asian, some are native born with. many are foreign born, and in this book i have a story about a man born in prison in communist poland and grew up in that struggle. so they come from all walks of

. >> 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. >> booktv covers hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events we'll be attending this week. look for these programs to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. on tuesday we're in princeton, new jersey, at labyrinth bookstore for kwame appiah's account of w.e.b. dubois' time at the university of berlin. he'll speak with cornell west, author and professor emeritus at princeton university. that same day we're at book passage book store in california as steven pressman recalls the efforts of gilbert and eleanor krause to rescue 50 jewish children from nazi-controlled vienna in 1939. then on wednesday ralph nader speaks at politics & prose bookstore in washington d.c. he argues an alliance is emerging between progressives, conservatives and libertarians to fight against the power of corporations. that's

like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> we should have finished al-qaeda in 2001. our general who was there -- but more than just a general, i i think all of us. think back. we were attacked on 9/11. 3,000 americans died. more americans than died at pearl harbor. and we had al-qaeda, and we had osama bin laden trapped in some mountains called tora bora. we didn't finish 'em off. and then we let 'em escape over the other side of the mountain because we said that's pakistani territory. oh, wait. think for a moment. can you imagine during world war ii when we had admiral -- [inaudible] stennis win the battle of midway, he sailed across the international kitline in the pacific -- dateline in the pacific and attacked the japanese. destroyed their fleet. 1942. he went across the international dateline. supposing he'd turned back and said, well, that's the international dateline, and japan has said if we don't cross the international dateline, we'll take

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[inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv. for more information, visit the author's web site. >> next, from booktv's recent trip to fort myers, florida, take a behind-the-scenes look at the southwest florida reading festival with festival coordinator margie byers. >> now in its 15th year, the southwest florida reading festival is an annual reading event sponsored by the lee county library system in fort myers, florida. the festival draws an average of 18,000 visitors from around the country for readings, lectures and book signings from dozens of genre-spanning authors. >> you know, getting the authors used to be a big challenge, but now we've got a great reputation. we recruit folks that have their books out that are on tour that year. and we've reached the level where we do entice and bring in the best-selling authors. and so we never, we don't always get who we ask for. we get who's available, who's on tour. basically, it boils down to the calendar. we've got a great reputation. we try to treat our authors really well so tha

[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. >> next on booktv, michio kaku talks about the latest advances in brain science. he says that our understanding of the to brain and technological advancements make it possible to now record our memories and dreams, communicate telepathically and control robots with our minds. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> well, after such a great introduction, i can't wait to hear this speaker myself. [laughter] sometimes all these introductions can backfire. recently, new york magazine voted me as one of the 100 smartest people in new york city. [laughter] i thought, wow, what an honor. but this all fairness, in all fairness i have to admit that madonna also made that same list. [laughter] and i understand that next year lady gaga is going to push me off the list entirely. [laughter] now, today i'm going to talk about the future, the future of the mind.

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[applause] [inaudible conversations] ♪ >> fort myers, florida on booktv.he city of palms, fort myers is noted for its beaches including. >> the river itself first became a boundary back in the 1830s and at that time we had the second seminole war going on. president martin van buren has become very concerned about the cost of the war so he sent general alexander make room, who was the commanding officer of the entire united states army at that point down to florida with the orders to stop in his seminal work. >> attorney general robert kennedy spoke at length on lott institute about the impact of gideon v. wainwright. this is what he said. if an obscure and clarence earl gideon had not sat down jail with a pencil and paper to write his letter to supreme court and of the supreme court had not taken the trouble to look for mary and not one crude petition among all the bundles of mail at best receive every day, the vast machinery of american mob would've gone on functionally undisturbed. the gideon did write that letter in the whole course of american maker o

that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> booktv of covers hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events we'llattending this week. look for these -- we'll be attending this week. look for these programs in the near future on booktv on c-span2. on tuesday we're in princeton, new jersey, for the recount of w.e.b. dubois' time as a student at the university of berlin. he'll speak with koh knell west -- cornell west of princeton university. that same day we're at book passage bookstore in california as steven pressman recalls the efforts of gilbert and eleanor krause to rescue 50 jewish children from nazi-controlled vienna in 1939. then on wednesday ralph nader speaks at politics & prose bookstore in washington d.c. he argues an alliance is emerging between progressives, conservatives and libertarians to fight against the power of corporations. that's a look at some of the author programs booktv will be covering this upcoming week. for more, go to our web site, booktv.org and visit "upcoming programs." >> you're watching booktv.

facebook.com/booktv. >> booktv continues now with sylviane diouf. she represents a history of people who escape this labor and created self-sufficiency mayors and desolate regions of the south. this is about 50 minutes. >> thank you very much for the introduction, and i'm delighted to be here to play the role of questioner of sylviane diouf the marvelous new book "slavery's exiles." and at the end we will have a little time for questions from the audience. there's a microphone over there for them. so keep it in mind that would when we finish our conversation. just remind you what was said, you can purchase for book outside and it's well worth doing. i think to begin sylviane wanted to read a little passage from the book. would you like to start that way? >> actually at the end. >> okay. so we will plunge writing. actually let me just ask you since the term around is maybe not totally widely known, what exactly is a maroon? >> yes. the term comes from the spanish. used for castle which wandered off the farms -- cattle. and by extension it was used fo

wallace on twitter i papeete like us on facebook.com -- booktv. for more news about the world of publishing and what is happening on booktv. >> why is it that abigail is the one name that we are now? and it really is because she married john adams. and i must say being here today, i feel sort of like i've come home because i've come to john and abigail's home and also honed that all three sisters spent a lot of time in. but the other two sisters that i think we know less about, i argue in my book, even though they didn't marry presidents, they are equally orton and remarkable women. mary is the oldest sister. she was sort of the uncrowned queen of the family because hierarchy and church and family was important she was born first. such was the firstborn. she was very important. and especially after her brother was disinherited by her father, she was really the one who inherited the sun's role because there was no brother. and when she grew up, she felt she had to be a wonderful administrator. so she was the de facto mayor of quincy. and her husban

find booktv every weekend on c-span2. leers a look at books established this week. >> these pictures provide qualities and variety of stages mobs claimed for the victims dangle not just from trees, but light posts, telephone poles, and bridges. when we elevate the photographs above other artifacts of the same time period, our focus on strange fruit amounts to an acceptance of a very specific representation of the violence. after all, these gruesome images were created and preserved because they fell in line with the discourses that supported racial violence. the black corporation is surrounded by a mob of righteous whites, no grieving loved ones in sight. thus, mainstream lynching photography depighted victims with isolated brutes with no connection to family or community or to institutions like marriage. to similar effect, the images today encourage an acknowledgement of bodies and black bodily pain, but the interest in them has not naturally led to appreciation of the community as more enduring losses incoming psych log

during the break you can join booktv for a call-in program with michael lewis. he's the author of "flash boys: a wall street revolt," and we'll be back with more from annapolis after that. [inaudible conversations] >> and now booktv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend, and here are some of the programs to look out for this saturday and sunday. today we're live from the key school in maryland for the annapolis book festival. watch authors discuss gun control, politics, fracking and the civil rights movement. check online for a complete schedule. at 11 a.m. eastern, we'll take a break from our annapolis coverage to bring you michael lewis live. the author argues that high frequency traders and big wall street banks have rigged the system to gain an advantage over regular investors. he'll answer your questions for about an hour. you can e-mail, tweet, post on facebook or call in to take part. throughout the weekend, watch for interviews from booktv's recent visit to bend, oregon. we sat down with several local authors and took a tour

find booktv every weekend on c-span 2. coming up next on booktv, we talk about "dispatches from the eastern front" and he argues young people should learn from those that work said in congress when it was more con >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you so much for coming in. i am harry harding. i am the dean of public policy at the university of virginia. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the celebration of the p publication of the new book called "dispatches from the front" jerry is the assistance affairs at the university and he is an example of my professional schools, including professional schools of public policy need practitioner faculty with knowledge of the academy just as they need first rate academic scholars that are engaged in the profession they are teaching. jerry brings extensive experience in the world of public policy. he has served as a tax member on the senate for many years. he was a senior leader in one of the most prominent lobbying firms in washington. he knows what he teaches to his stude

booktv covers hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here is a look at some of events we will attend this week: look for the programs to air in the near future. we are in princeton, new jersey on tuesday for the count of of "lines of descent" he talks with cornel west at princeton university. and then we go to book passage bookstore in california we recall the rescue of 50 jewish children in viena in 1939. and then ralph nader speaks in washington, d.c. and he says people are gathering together to fight against the corporations. that is a look at the programs we will be covering this week. for more go to our website and visit upcoming programs >> kevin freeman, what do you do for a living? >> i am an investment manager. >> host: and what is the the thesis of this book? >> guest: enemies of the united states, radical islam and elements in russia noticed how vulnerable we were and they started targeting aig, citi bank and using techniques with the intent of crashing our stalk market. sounds like a conspiracy theory but it isn't. the forme

booktv.[background sounds] >> welcome to bend, oregon, weekend on booktv. located in the high desert of central oregon, bend is known for its outdoor recreation and independent craft breweries. >> book art is handmade books creating and books that are made that are not just the traditional book, and so it's more than just the words that are in the book, it is also the structure of the book is also the art, part of the art; the paper that's used, how the, whether there is text or no text. so it's, it's all of that, and it's an unending world to discover and to create in. so it's pretty amazing. >> people talk about racism and it's so big and it permeates so much of what happens in daily life everywhere in this country whether people understand or acknowledge it or not. the challenges of race. what if two people tried to understand better issues of race from the perspective of the other? >> the help of our bend broadband cable partners, over the next hour, we'll visit with some of bend's local

booktv from duke university. would you teach your? >> guest: i teach tax related courses federal income tax are pre-tax. >> host: at the duke law school? >> guest: yes. >> host: you have britain and and -- written in recent book in the title is "learning to love form 1040" two cheers for the return-based mass income tax. a lot of people will look at the cover of this book and go why? >> guest: i'm sure they will. if it was easy to love form 1040 wouldn't need a book about learning how to love it. the basic argument of the book is that although there is a lot of reasons to be frustrated with the 1040 and the fact that the vast majority of the population of the united states has to file income tax returns every year, there is also some under appreciation for the virtues of it. >> host: first of all where did the 1040 come from and why did we call it the 1040? >> guest: that's a great question. i don't actually know the answer. i think the irs has always had an elaborate numbering system for all of its forms but how

. >> you're watching booktv, nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> booktv covers hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events we'll be attending this week. look for these programs to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. on monday, we're at housing works bookstore cafÉ in new york city as michael malice reports on north korean propaganda and the life of its late leader, kim jung-il. the next day booktv is in los angeles at the rand corporation for economist william easterly's talk on his recently-published book on global poverty, "the tyranny of experts." we stay on the west coast on wednesday for the biography for the activist of upton sinclair in san francisco. then on thursday we're in kentucky as investigative journalist and author matt taibi reports on the intersection of financial inequality from the louisville public library. that's a look at some of the author programs booktv will be covering this upcoming week. for more go to booktv.org and visit "upcoming programs." ♪ ♪ >> clerking each year

this hour long program starts now on booktv. >>> thank you, everybody for coming. i am timothy carney. i am a visiting fellow and a senior columnist at the examiner. i am involved in the culture of competition where we talk about competition and subsidies in crony capitalism and the other thing i work on is called the program on human flourishing where we talk about happiness

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facebook.com/booktv. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2. on c-span2. here's our primetime lineup for tonight. >> battle happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> and the on booktv robert klara becomes the physical improvements made to the white house in 1948. the author reports on the decampment of president harry truman and his family to blair house during the reconstruction which consisted of a gutting of the entire interior of the building and the addition of a steel frame and an underground shelter. >> thank you very much, and thank you for inviting me. and thank you all for turning out. it's nice to be here. this is, as you can surmise, something that's taken up the last three years of my life. in researching and writing this book, which by the way and encompasses the time period of eight years, is no small challenge to figure out to present this to you all and still having to be conscious when i'm finished. i did some math the other night and determine if i were to really do this thoroughly, for an eight year story i would have to cover roughly one

historian simon schama presents a 3000 or history of the jewish people next on booktv. this is a little under an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thanks. settle down class. [laughter] there will as usual be an exam later on so pay attention. i don't want to hear any snoring. thank you so much to the library and thank you to pbs as well for allowing us to give a wonderful production of the bbc. it's wonderful to come back to philadelphia. it reminds me that actually the dates are right that in 1790 it must be the case that washington was still living in philadelphia american historians, is that right? gas? and when he goes on tour with thomas jefferson to promote the bill of rights the constitutional amendments as well as becoming more acquainted with the country as he charmingly put it the to famously founding fathers didn't get along very well. they visited newport rhode island as you know. this sounds to me like, it sounded to myself like the kind of cross between a stuffy professor and keith richards. [laughter] they go to newport rhode island in the blazing august of

joining us on booktv is marji ross publisher of regnery. marji ross who owns regnery? >> guest: we have a new owner. it's very exciting we are owned by salem communications and as you may know salem is a very big and powerful media company mostly in radio. so they syndicate some of the biggest conservative talkshow hosts including michael medvedev and dennis kregor and hugh hewitt and mike gallagher and bill bennett and they also own over 100 radio stations across the country. of course that's one of the key drivers or book sales especially in the conservative market is to get onto talk radio. so now we have this wonderful synergy where we are going to be working with all of our salem family to try to get the message out about our books. >> host: has your job change since the new ownership? >> guest: well it's become more busy and more exciting. luckily, the nice thing to read grocery is salem doesn't own art art -- regnery didn't own any. publishing operation at all so this is new to them and so they liked what they saw with regnery and kept all of us on board to try

what is happening in booktv. >>> you're watching booktv. next, carolina glick argues the two state solution to the conflict has failed miserably and is based on palestinian claims that are unfounded. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> we live in a surreal times by privilege and pleasure today to introduce a remarkable woman who has written an extraordinary book in which it is argued the only viable way to resolve the middle east conflict is a one state solution. i am going to let caroline explain why that should be so. ..

at booktv is the clear handle. you can leave the convent there or send an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org or make a comment on our face book page facebook.com/booktv. one of the themes in your iraq and afghanistan books is how the enemy, hide in plain sight by not wearing a uniform. >> guest: i don't think we is in the end of this. seems to me if you put uniform on and come against the american military you are finished within two weeks. we are that good. our overhead systems, you can have jets that are at 10,000 feet and they can pick out people because i have seen this, that are on the ground, you are on the ground and have a little telescope like this and picture shows opinions say that is the right guy, hit him. if you are wearing a uniform you are finished. in iraq and afghanistan, no one wore a uniform. how do you know who he is? you don't. we have to also try to figure out if we're ever going to do this again, how to identify people's fingerprints or something. we just didn't do it. but if i were any enemy of th

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look for the program to air soon on booktv. follow us on twitter at booktv. like us on facebook, facebook.com/booktv to get more news about the world of publishing and what is happening on booktv. >> marie breaux talks about the history of authors write and argues copyright law will need to be revisited in the future. this event was part of the tennessee williams new orleans literary festival held annually in the city. it is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. i have some power point slide so hopefully you will have something useful to look at. i find when we talk about law we don't give some people reprieve the audience starts hurting themselves. i am a practitioner. i am not a scholar. i am not a law professor. basically a good candidate for holding a workshop. because i do things. just like anybody, the person who tinkers in a workshop to build things we have to draw on the knowledge of structural engineers, we have to draw on the knowledge of architects. when it comes time to put something together to build the building, build the wha

historian simon schama presents a 3000 or history of the jewish people next on booktv.this is a little under an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thanks. settle down class. [laughter] there will as usual be an exam later on so pay attention. i don't want to hear any snoring. thank you so much to the library and thank you to pbs as well for allowing us to give a wonderful production of the bbc. it's wonderful to come back to philadelphia. it reminds me that actually the dates are right that in 1790 it must be the case that washington was still living in

booktv@cspan.org, or leave a comment on our facebook beige, facebook.com/booktv. one of the themes in your iraq and your afghanistan books is how the enemy can hide in plain sight by not wearing uniforms. >> guest: and i don't think we've seen the end of this. it seems to me that if you put a uniform on and come against the american military, you're finished within two weeks. we are that good. and our overhead systems, you can have jets that are at 10,000 feet, and they can pick out people -- because i've seen this -- that are on the ground, and then you're on the ground, and you have a little telescope like this, and the picture shows up, and you can say, yeah, that's the right guy, hit him. so if you're wearing a uniform, you're finished. in iraq and afghanistan, no one wore a uniform. how do you know who he is? you don't. we have to, i think, also try to figure out if we're going to ever do this again how to identify people. fingerprints or something. we just didn't do it. but if i were any enemy of united states, i would hide among the population, and i would

. >> watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> 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. >> ann scott tyson tells a story of special force toes major jim gant who in 2009 gained the support of general david petraeus to embed special forces soldiers in afghan villages and to have those soldiers fight alongside afghan soldiers against al-qaeda and the taliban. the strategy worked so well that osama bin laden punt a bounty on major gant's head. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'd like to thank third place books for this wonderful opportunity and for your interest in my new book, "american spartan." i'm grateful for the support of family and friends here today. let me open with a quote from the beginning of the book by british army officer t.e. lawrence whose deep understanding of the arab tribes who he fought with in world worr i was an important inspiration for this project. it is their war, lawrence wrote, and you ar

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> up next on booktv, "after words" with guest host heidi boghosian. cc executive director of the national lawyers guild. this week deputy editor of the futurist magazine patrick tucker and his new book "the naked future" what happens in a world that anticipates your every move mr. tuckers the communicacommunica tions director for the world future society. he argues that the greater availability of data has created smarter prediction models of individual behavior. he discusses the implications of such accurate models with surprising conclusions. this program is about an hour. >> host: patrick your book has been given worldwide attention to the use of surveillance, data how government and corporations are really keeping track of a lot of what we do. i think your book as an important dimension to the discussion that many civil libertarians are having about how this impacts our privacy. i wanted to mention something you wrote early on in the book, that we instinctively trust local government as the provider of information during an emerge

look for these programs to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. this wednesday we are at norwich university in vermont for the annual writers symposium where mark johnson will interview among all other military writers. george washington and the forging of the presidency is the book. that same day i greenlight bookstore in brooklyn, we are taking a program with clay risen. he discusses the civil rights act of 1964. on thursday, booktv is in denver as an investigative journalist, doug fine, discusses hemp and how it may affect the u.s. economy. we will also be in los angeles on thursday evening at the outfitter to cover michael lewis, a best-selling author discussing his latest book, flashpoints come about high-frequency traders in the stock market. he will best his book with malcolm gladwell. that is a look at some of the other programs coming up this week. for more information visit upcoming programs that booktv.org. >> we are back with the final panel from the annapolis book festival. robert ehrlich and al from talk about american politics. [ina

[applause] >> booktv will continue prime time next week when congress is in recess. it deals with slavery and the emancipation. craig grand and author of empire of necessity, freedom and deception in the new world conlan and slavery's exiles the story of the american maroons and later, david byron davis talks about the problem of slavery in the age of the emancipation. booktv in prime time all next week on c-span2. >> the museum of history, the exhibit we are in is the agriculture exhibit and we highlight the three cs of florida agriculture, citrus cattle and came. they made for the what it is today. they were originally brought over by the spanish, the first inhabitants of florida. the cattle in the first place was brought over as a food source for the settlement of loren and citrus and came were brought over as cash crops. the catalyst that. itself as almost a native breed in florida. the early american settlers who came down here to herd the cattle were free roaming. the florida cowboys, what we call the florida cracker would herd the cattle once a year during sea

the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> host: you're watching booktv on c-span2, and now joins us live is the author of "flash boys." michael lewis, what is a flash boy? >> guest: the heroes of the book are the flash boys, and they're people that discover the stock market's got something funny going on and seek to find out what it is and then build a mechanism to prevent predators in the stock market from getting to prey. it's called "flash boys" for a couple of reasons, actually. one is that the solution that the main characters come up with requires them to be faster than the high-speed traders who are the predators in the stock market. so they've got to be, i wanted speed in the title, but i also wanted kind of superhero in the title because they were these, i mean, these characters presented the story, i felt. they're not doing anything unnatural, but they do have these weird powers in the financial markets right now, and the powers are powers to explain complicated things to people, the power to kind of engender trust in others. but the last reason it's call

. >> this month booktv's book club selection is bing west's "the wrong war." read the book and join in the discussion at booktv.org. and live sunday, may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez. his work includes the award-winning "always running" and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the president for americans for tax reform,

all this week while congresses operate we will have a booktv in prime time. that tonight on booktv during prime time. >> if you start with the basics which is everybody acknowledges consumers have the right, everybody acknowledges consumer has the right to make it according of free to air content themselves. everybody acknowledges there's nothing wrong with the combination of an antenna impact than a vcr, now a dvr. the debate seems to be about one that equipment is located because nobody has appealed the finding of facts which was the each individual consumer controls their own antenna. the antenna actually is dead, and tell the consumer and strokes the antenna to tune into a certain frequency but each individual consumer makes their own copy, unique, distinct, never mingles with anyone else's and watches, transmits it for them so. none of those facts have been appealed or disputed ever. so it comes down to we as a country and as a system, can we permit this idea of private conduct which the courts have consistently found yes, we do. and congress has been en

twitter.com/booktv. >> you are watching booktv. next, warlords, strongman governors, and the state in afghanista we have the "takeove the 100-year war for the soul of the gop and how conservatives can finally win it" and this program is just over 45 minutes. &% thank you for the tear foundation for this. the senator was my choice of president in 2008 and 2012. i know he was going to be president, just didn't know it was president of the heritage foundation. america is lucky to have jim as the president. jim has been the de facto. as that leader, jim has understood something most conservatives haven't understood and i think that is to our detriment and that is why i wrote "takeover: the 100-year war for the soul of the gop and how conservatives can finally win it" and i should say that i jokingly refer to myself as ooo 3. and that means i have been active at the national level of the conservative movement longer than any other minus two others. the first lady of the conservative movement is 00 and your 02 is edwards who is here. i h

.. >> booktv attends a book party for mr. thomas at the heritage foundation in washington d.c. also former president jimmy carter talks about human rights abuses against women around the world. he discusses his book "a call to action" with "the washington post"'s sally flynn and david ignatius. for a full schedule of authors and books in this weekend, visit us at booktv.org. >> next on booktv, bernard schwartz, who grew up in depression-era brooklyn and later became ceo of a defense electronics firm talks about his life and what the u.s. needs to do to regain its economic footing. s this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> okay. >> good evening. it's an honor for me to be here. bernie schwartz is somebody i would like to be. [laughter] he's had a remarkable life to where he is today in this room with people who are friends of his and admirerrers of -- admirers of his. he's written a book, a lovely title -- just say yes -- i love the idea of just say yes and a sense of mission and a sense of this will be fun and you'll get a lot of out of this. i should say from the get go that h

. >> host: professor bonilla-silva most recent book "racism without racists" you are watching booktv on c-span2 from duke university. spin next church with the basics everybody has the right to a and antenna to have content for them so so there is nothing wrong with the combination of the antenna and the pcr the debate is where that equipment is located me coz the finding of fact the individual consumer controls the antenna. that is dead and tell the consumer log sid and instructs it to return -- june to the frequency they make their own copy unique and distinctive so none of those facts have been appealed for disputed never it comes down to do we as a country and as the system do we permit the idea of private conduct that the courts have found a yes. congress has been encouraging the idea of consumption of local broadcast television. to show the new -- the new way she and period and it was devastating to innovation and then to move these technologies away from the consumer's phone.

and every weekend, booktv. now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week: >> look for these titles in booksts coming this week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> we'll be back with more live coverage from the annapolis book festival in maryland in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> it really gets to me because i get to know these young men and women when i'm out there, and i keep seeing some of them killed or amputated, and i want out of there as fast as anybody else. and let the afghans fight their own fight. i just think we have to do it in a prudent way. but what i try to say to the ghost -- gold star mothers when i'm talking with them is we can't get too hung up on th

so i had the privilege of writing a book, which i was on booktv for. a true hero that died for what he believed. i had the alleged of writing about him. so many said this and i will write a 20 page version i started there. and i thought that, what is it that makes anyone great. in and the way it has to do with self-sacrifice. so it's not about strength but using your strength for those that don't have strength and we can leave it there for now. there's much more. i just got about this noise with which i was familiar with. great man from history. i know that many people don't know some of these stories. so if you know the second half of what happened. younger people don't always know either. so he is one of the seven men in there. and of course george washington, i have to talk about him. very few people know the whole story of jackie robinson. what an amazing story. if it's a piece of the story and most people don't know that. obviously i am not a catholic but i'm a very pro-catholic non-catholic. and someone i had the privilege of knowing personally.

[applause] >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv's guests and viewers to watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. >> marie breaux talk about the history of authors' rights and argues that copyright law will likely need to be revisited in the future. this isn't was part of the tennessee williams/new orleans literary festival held annually in the city. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. >> well, good morning, everyone. i have some powerpoint slides so hopefully we will have an exciting, you have something visually to look at. i find that when we talk about law, we don't give people some sort of reprieve, the audience starts hurting themselves. i am a practitioner so i'm not a scholar. i'm not a law professor, and i think that makes a good candidate for holding something called a workshop. because i do things come just like anybody come you know, the person who tinkers in a workshop to build things. we have to draw on the knowledge of structural engineers. you have to d

[applause] >> tonight booktv focusing on navy seals. at 8:00 p.m. like woodland on his book training k-9 warriors looking at the dogs to serve with navy seals. johnny walker and jim defelice talks about the iraqi who risked everything to fight with the navy seals. the author of ice on target, inside stories from the brotherhood of the u.s. navy seals. booktv in prime time all this week on c-span2 starting at 8:00 p.m.. coming up on c-span2 this morning a discussion on the future of internet governance followed by former reagan adviser susanna massey on the history of u.s./russia relations. from the fifth annual women in the world summit firsthand stories of bombing and chemical attacks in syria. here is a look. >> we were placed, bringing activities to the kids, working with them. we heard on the internet -- after an hour we here at a similar attack hit my count. we were hitting the missiles, the bombing organized and organized the bombings this night, different from any other night before gathering so after half an hour we start feeling dizzy. our

. >> and all this week while congress is on break we'll have booktv in prime time on c-span2. tonight a look at shavery and emancipation, starting at 8:30 eastern with greg grandon the author of empire, and necessity, slavery, freedom and redemption in the new world. the story of the american maroons and david brion davis, the problem of savory in the age of emancipation. in booktv in prime time. >>> president and ceo of northrop grumman, wes bush, says he is in favor of immigration reform so his company can hire overseas talent. he was featured speaker at the economic club of washington, d.c. where he spoke for about 40 minutes. >> may have your attention, please? thank you. we're very pleased to have today as our special guest wes bush, who is the chairman, ceo and president of northrop grumman. northrop grumman as many of you may know is based in fall's church, virginia, and it's a company that is the fourth largest aerospace defense contractor in the united states. it's a company with about $26 billion market cap, and revenues approaching about 25 billiondollars and more t

you can watch more from the conference tomorrow on booktv. >> you're watching booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan administration or the brac commission, the base realignment and closing commission during, i think, the clinton administration. an outside group with integrity, former members of congress -- no current elected politicians -- to come in and do a complete audit of government from top to bottom. every agency of government, juan, has a piece of legislation or a charter that created it. it has a purpose. be it's not fulfilling that purpose or not doing it within reasonable budget, it should be cut or eliminated. let's just take head start. i mean, this came in with the highest motivation. do you know, and i didn't until i researched it, there are now three head starts. there's early head starlet, there's enhanced head starlet, and there's regular head start. why do we have the other go?

then booktv features books on human intelligence. elizabeth colbert off her book the sixth extinction and then james barrett on our final invention. and then the future of the mind by michio kaku. wednesday, a conversation with with hillary clinton from the fifth annual women of the world summit. here is a l fifth annual women of the world summit. here is a look. >> we need to produce conclusive prosperity. i am grateful for everything that i was given as a child to prepare me to have a fascinating life, obviously. but i don't want to see other children denied that opportunity and it is an economic issue and a moral issue and political issue and i want to get back to evidence-based decision-making. there's too much that has gone on. [applause] too much has gone on in our politics that is just pure ideology and partisanship in the disguise of commercial interest behind the political faÇade and the result is that we are kind of marching backwards instead of forward. so from my perspective we often reach these points in american history