you can watch the full program at booktv.org. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2, a television for serious readers. here's a look at what is on prime time tonight. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the history of occultism and the desire of many to communicate with the dead following world war i. fox news's greg gut field talks about techniques to make conservatives more progressive. the escape from north korea at the age of 13 and tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on booktv's author interview program afterwards bill to prize-winning journalist reports on the big business of college football. and at 11:00, gloria steinem recalls her life and career. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> as 2015 comes to a close many publications are offering their recommendations for the best books of the year. here's a look at some of the book washington post suggests to its readers. the story of a russian whose spies for the americans during the cold war is recounted by david hoffman in the billion dollars by. lillian provides a history of gay-rights in the gay revolution. in isis:the state

you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> here's a look at some authors recently featured on booktv's "after words," our weekly interview program. gilbert gaul described the rise of big money in college football. roberta kaplan recalled her successful supreme court argument in favor of gay marriage. in coming weeks on "after words," michael marma will report on the factors contributing to america's health and wellness gap. darcy olson will make a critical look at the review period new medications must undergo to receive fda approval. also coming up, karl rove will discuss the importance of william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. and this weekend nurse and new york times columnist at least a brown -- teresa brown will talk about the challenges patients face in the health care system. >> i really wanted readers to get a sense of how important nurses are to patient care and to give them a very tactile, do detailed sense of that. and writing a book that was one shift seemed like a great way to do that. >> right. >> it also makes a great story, because you start, you meet these people at t

send an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org, tweet us at booktv or post a comment on our wall, facebook.com/booktv. >> host: john grisham, what you doing this city? >> guest: signing some books, hanging out, last year we had a lot of fun, we interviewed each other on stage for an hour here, and were gone for three hours. it is a lot of fun, really funny. four years ago i did the breakfast show with john stuart which was terrifying to be onstage with john stuart. one year in chicago many years ago, my first was in miami, 22 years ago. a couple locations. i love the energy and excitement of being around books and publishers. >> host: when you see this, what do you think of the future of the publishing world? >> guest: you will be here, don't know the shape it will be in. people will never stop buying books, e-books or hardback books so is in pretty good shape. to have been through in the last 15 years we lost 3,000 bookstores, a lot of book stores, i was in france doing a book festival and france has the same number of bookstores we do, we have five times the population, so many great bookstores, th

. >> this is booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. here's how prime time lineup -- here's our prime time lineup. tonight jerrold posener sits down to talk about the vatican bank. david mare their race who's live next weekend on our "in depth" program talks about his most recent book, once in a great city. then on "after words," darcy olson on the use of medical treatments deemed experimental or not available for terminally ill diseases. we wrap up booktv in prime time with sonya purr knell who profiles clementine churchill, wife of winston churchill, at 11:15 p.m. eastern. that happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. [inaudible conversations]

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wil haygood appeared on booktv from columbus, ohio, is home town and a longer segment if you like to see the full segment you can go to booktv.org. type in the author's name and you will be able to watch the whole thing. >> republican candidate for president mike huckabee discussed his book "god, guns, grits and gravy" earlier this year on booktv's author interview program "after words." >> host: is the point of the book. t

commt t a.com/booktv. next on booktv supreme court justice stephen breyer. his latest book the court in the world looks at how supreme court decisions affect u.s. foreign policy and international relations. from the national constitution center in philadelphia, this is one hour. [inaudible conversations] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national constitution center. on constitution day the most exciting day of the year. the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the constitution on a non-partisan basis. anand this really is a remarkabe day because we have first of all a tremendous honor of a visit by supreme court justice stephen breyer. [applause] justice breyer, among as many distinctions, the many books he's written in cleveland we are going to talk about today is a co member of the national constitution center's scholarly advisory board. he was central to the creation of this beautiful national treasure which was founded during the bicentennial to brint togethe

speed and next up on booktv comic program from this year's louisiana book festival. brian boyles talks about the days following the 2013 new orleans saints super bowl victory. >> we will have mr. brian boyles and he'll be reading from his work "new orleans boom & blackout: one hundred days in america's coolest hot spot" mr. boyles is the vice president for content at the louisiana endowment for the humanities. his work has been featured in oxford american, vice.com, the classical, offbeat magazine, lens, the brooklyn rail, slam, and louisiana culture business. is the author of ne track and co-author of new orleans, the underground guide. so without further ado, mr. brian boyles spewing thick as much and thank you all for coming out on this lovely day in baton rouge and thank you to the book festival. this really is one of the great events we have in laveen, arizona, -- in louisiana. this deliberate of louisiana deserves a great credit for what they put in for this festival. i want to talk today in overview of the book which was published in january and was named the

show and sent it out to you from booktv. that is marsha in illinois, send your address if you want to to booktv@c-span.org and we will get cokie roberts to sign it. richard in denver. >> caller: i was wondering just a couple things. and what your thought would be on the old adage is anybody can be president and apparently it doesn't apply too well to the current republican party. and the other thing is i was wondering what your opinion of states having the right to determine the abortion decision, two little quick comments. >> guest: the second one first because it is easier. states were in charge of abortions until the supreme court decision of roe versus wade in 1972. once the court said that abortion before a certain period was unconstitutional then it moves out of the realm of the states and the states can pass laws that limit abortions, require things like parental consent or minors having abortions, that kind of thing but they can't absolutely outlawed them under the constitution the way it now stands. unless another c

. >> host: good afternoon and welcome to booktv on c-span2, this is our in-depth program. once a month we invite an offer on to talk about his or her body of work. this month it is political journalist and commentator cokie roberts who has written several books, many history books, a couple of autobiographies, biographical books as well. if you would like to participate in our conversation there are several ways of doing it. we will put the phone numbers on screen, 202-202-748-8200 in the east and central time zones, 748-a 201 for those in the mountain and pacific time zone, you can also send cokie roberts a text message, this is only for text, please don't call this number but if you want to send a text 202-717-9684 is the number to call. if you can't get through on the phone lines and want to make a comment try social media, e-mail booktv@c-span.org, twitter@booktv is our twitter handle and finally you and leave a comment on facebook, facebook.com/booktv, you will see a promotion with cokie roberts speaking, just make a comment underneath that and we will find that comme

tweet us at the booktv. or post a comment on our wall, facebook.com/booktv. >> longtime white house reporter april ryan has written a book called "the presidency in black and white." how long have you been covering the white house and write about it? >> guest: i've been covering the white house for 18 years. i write about it because it's very important. people do need to know what's happening to the power. the leader of the free world, what is it doing on what's happening. it's beyond especially now with the first black president it is build the fact he used his been. if you want to give him, get a picture of him writing simple or sign a bill. it's about actual issues that affect america. look at the times we're in right now. he wanted no everything presidential. what makes up his thought process of maybe not sending boots on the ground to syria to fight isis. what is in his mind when he thinks about women's issues are what he feels are quick. so everyone needs to know what the president is thinking, and i h

[inaudible conversations] >> journalist ted koppel is next on booktv. in his book, "lights out," he reports that a cyber attack on one of the three grids that power america would be a major disaster, and he argues this is a threat for which the u.s. is unprepared. >> ted koppel, a 42-year veteran of abc news, was anchor and managing editor of nightline from 1980 to 2005. he has won every significant television award, including eight peabody awards, 11 overseas press club awards, 12 dupont columbia awards and 42 emmys. he has been a contributing columnist to "the new york times," the washington post and the wall street george and the author of the -- "wall street journal" and the author of "off camera." in his latest book, "lights out: cyberattack, a nation

you're on booktv. >> caller: ey, thank you so much. i just want to make a couple points. first, i don't mean in any way -- i'm not referring anything to your guest but in general, it's very difficult for -- when people try to explain things they don't understand. we see all the time the isis, al qaeda, all these people, working people in suit -- orange suits beheading them. where did that come from? these people, wherever they are, both -- boko haram, all these people, basic islamic tenets which exemplify what happened in saudi arabia everybody friday after friday prayer, after mosque, people come out in big cities and watch the government behead people in public squares, chop their hands, because of theft. whip people hope to streets the united states called for moderate arabs, to -- [inaudible] --up number two -- >> host: we have to leave it at number one, thank you. joby warrick, please answer. >> guest: it is true. this is a fundamental theology that motivates isis, the religious core. they're teaching and doctrines close to the would lab by, sunni sect out of saudi a

that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. .. in addition, the initiative offered in a number of bestsellers both politically and with christianity. must recent book is called healing america, what my experience with criminal gang taught me about obama, hillary, and the democratic party. this book is a result of his adventures with the obama administration, leading to a fourth assignment out of which he got new insight about american politics. here today to tell us about those experiences, ladies and gentlemen please help me welcome a great american, mr. dennis we was a. >> thank you very much christie and thank you for the park city republican club for inviting me to speak to you today. i was 17 years old when i first america. i came to this country as an exchange student from india and i still remember the plane landing at the jfk airport, i looked out of the window and i saw the skyline of new york city, i saw the statue of liberty. a very strange feeling came over me. i knew from that moment that i had moved from the margin o

. >> that was "after words" booktv signature program which offers the latest nonfiction books are interviewed. watch past programs online at booktv.org. >> your book lost decades the making of america's debt crisis and the long recovery, how big is the u.s. debt and who owns it and what do we mean by owns? >> guest: >> the u.s. debt is like $14 trillion into this may be in terms of publicly held debt about 7% of gdp. .. >> >> that is a lot but not as problematic as certain times with what the corporations owe each other but some households get into trouble and that ripples through the economy. and that washes out. with institutions and households had counted on in they cannot get it back. and they have borrowed money they cannot pay back results in a real debt crisis. >> talk about public that does that include future social security medicare payments? >> no. and in general losses between the u.s. federal government civic what is the treasury? rebecca security your liability of the federal government directly issued by u.s. treasury. by rabbi the federal government. >> if we in but invest in

we are listening, you are on booktv. >> i'm glad to be talking to both of you. i have been watching you almost all day. i have to scrap -- i was born and raised in jordan. i'm palestinian and iron christian and what i see right now disturbs me very much. my ancestors escaped from turkey for their religion. however, i feel christianity was hijacked in the 18s and now i see the same thing happening with islam. even king abdallah came out and said what is happening now with isis, here identified that isis is a huge problem, so we have to address that they are radicals. i think a lot of people identify the mass thugs who. and i feel that sometimes they wear kid gloves, they are afraid to say the same thing about race and i don't understand that. i thought in the u.s. you should be open, able to see things and speak out, that is what was so great about the u.s.. in the struggle between democrats and republicans i think we all wish for the same thing and it surprises me from 1968 to now it is i see we have -- i don't understand when religion is a product on so many oc

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[applause] >> booktv us on twitter.low was to get publishing news, schedule updates, author information to talk directly with authors during our live programs. twitter.com/booktv. >> harry lembeck is a retired attorney and a theodore roosevelt historic is also the author of new book called "taking on theodore roosevelt." what happened in brownsville, texas, in august 1906? >> there was a shooting in brownsville in august, between 12 and women shot up the topic of awful soldiers stationed nearby were suspected. account that pretty much hysterical. they asked theater roseville to remove the troops. he did, then had to do something about the troops. he felt they were guilty but he did not want to try them because he felt it would not be convicted. so as commander-in-chief he threw them out of the army. >> these are african-american soldier speak with yes. today we call the buffalo soldiers. >> was roosevelt wrong? >> i think he was wrong. i think most people think he was wrong. at 19 under six few people thought it was wro

tweet us at booktv or post a comment on our wall, facebook.com/booktv. >> welcome to monterey on booktv locate a longer central coast of california. this waterfront committee was founded in 1770 and has a population of about 28,000 it was the capital of all to california when the state was part of mexico and later would become famous for its abundant fishery serving as inspiration for john steinbeck's novel cannery row. for the next 90 minutes we will visit with the city's literary community beginning with the history and preservation of monterey bay. >> i'm a marine biologist. i go over the world docketed people about the danger the ocean gym right now, the threats from people of overfishing and climate change, habitat destruction, pollution. and then i would come back here, and this was so stunningly gorgeous. i feel guilty and the question was why is this place so special, how come amidst all those problems that almost every other place on the ocean has? and and as we put into it, me and the co-author, it turns out that monterey bay had all those problems. it didn't miss of them. it

on booktv, located along the central coast of california. this waterfront community was founded in 1770 and has a population of about 28,000. it was the capital of alta, california, when the state was part of mexico, and later it would become famous for its abundant fisheries serving as the inspiration for the novel "cannery row." for the next 90 minutes, we'll visit with the city's literary community beginning with the history and preservation of monterey bay. >> i'm a marine biologist. i go all over the world talking to people about the dangers the ocean is under right now, the threats from people, the overfishing and climate change, habitat destruction, pollution. and then i woulde

>> welcome to monterey on booktv, located along the central coast of california. this waterfront community was founded in 1770 and has a population of about 28,000. it was the capital of alta, california, when the state was part of mexico, and later it would become famous for its abundant fisheries serving as the inspiration for the novel "cannery row." for the next 90 minutes, we'll visit with the city's literary community beginning with the history and preservation of monterey bay. >> i'm a marine biologist. i go all over the world talking to people about the dangers the ocean is under right now, the threats from people, the overfishing and climate change, habitat destruction, pollution. and then i would come back here, and this bay was so stunningly gorgeous. and i'd feel a little guilty. and the question was, well, why is this place so special? how come it missed all those problems that almost every other place in the ocean has? and the answer as we dug into it, me and my co-author, it turns out that monterey bay had all those problems. it didn't miss them, it

[applause] ♪ ♪ >> booktv is on twitter.low us to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. twitter.com/booktv. >> we are so honored tonight to welcome susan cheever, or best-selling and highly esteemed

that happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> oh, that's much better. good evening, everyone, and what a great crowd. thank you all so much for coming out tonight. i'm lissa muscatine, one of the co-owners of politics and prose bookstore, and we are really delighted to be here at 14th and v and sponsoring this event. i don't know how many of you realize we also have a book operation here in the store as well as the busboys and poets in brookland and tacoma. and that all started about a year ago, the owner of busboys approached us and asked if we would help run his book sales in the restaurants. one of the reasons we were ec t static is because we have such a parallel, synergistic role in our communities with busboys, and we were very, very grateful for the opportunity to be here, to be able to bring books to many more parts of washington and also events like this one. so i wish andy were here. he was here a little while ago, he had to go off to another event, but this is very much the sort of event that busboys has become known for over the years and we

. >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend on c-span2. saturday afternoon at 2:00. the vegas valley book festival in las vegas. features author talks on race, free speech, and the american west. >> a fantastic word, tragic, invented by an australian anthropologi3'c" ñ and it is the unconsolable loss of a place that you know that has been pulled out from under your feet. you feel nostalgia for a place you have been, where you grew up. so where you're standing still and then watching the landscape out of the front of your windshield or your living room window go away. >> and at 10:00 p.m., gilbert gall examines the business culture of college football. >> i don't think the players in a few years are going to be satisfied with just a couple thousand dollars. some of them are quite smart and they're at least smart enough to see where the money and is how much there is and what the coaches are are being paid and ask why shouldn't they be getting more? >> joining the conversation is tom mcmillan, former u.s. representative from maryland and pre

on booktv, we will or the center whichnbeck by johnollectibles steinbeck. join the author of " death and life of monterey bay," as he shows us the bay and talks about its recovery to one that is healthy. >> 80 years ago, this is a place that you would not want to be .tanding doing anything the water was polluted, the air was foul. the otters were gone. .ishing was bad sardines were eventually all taken. all of that was happening 80 years ago. the difference is that monterey bay got better. tv, wemerican history will visit the customhouse, and learn about the importance that this historic ruling had on trading. next, we will go to the carmel mission, where we will hear about the history of the mission . the missions were designed primarily to bring the catholic faith to the native peoples. then, it is on to where the first constitutional convention was held. historian dennis copeland shares the significance of this hall, along with items related to the convention. >> we have some original documents in colton hall on display. this is one of them. this is the

/booktv. you'll see a promotion there with cokie roberts speaking. just make a comment underneath that, and we will find that comment. we'll begin taking those calls in just a minute. >> guest: who is steve rogau? >> guest: steve -- we -- his birth certificate said rogo. run reason they changed it. when he was two his father changed their name to roberts but steve and i met in the summer of 1962. he was at harvard, i was at wellesley, and we were at student -- national student association meeting at the university of ohio in columbus, and i had actually met his twin brother, mark, before that, in boston, and i kind of looked across the campus and i saw this guy who looked like mark roberts, but he didn't look exactly like mark roberts, and then i went -- we a all had name tags on so i went up and looked at his name tag, and i said, so, are you mark roberts' brother? and he looked at my name tag and said are you barbara boggs' sister? that's how we met and we started dating off and on then, and

that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> host: professor menzie chinn, your book, "lost decades: the making of america's debt crisis and the long recovery." how big is the u.s. debt, and who owns it x what do we mean by "own"? >> guest: well, the u.s. debt is, like, $14 trillion, and it's member in terms of publicly-held debt about 70% of gdp. so that's giving you some perspective. that tells you it's an unprecedented amount at least in postwar history. now, who is it owed to, i'd say most of it is owed to other americans. so in some sense you can think about it as we're borrowing from ourselves. a sizable chunk is owed to foreigners of which if you wanted, you know, a list of main candidates it'd be the chinese and various oil exporters. >> host: what -- how do you quantify debt? what is considered u.s. debt? >> guest: well, or that's a complicated question. i mean, there's -- most of the numbers you hear are debt that's owed by the u.s. government, so that's actually the number i threw out. but there's a lot of other debt including debt by households to banks, corporations to

give yourselves and he and. >> also giving a shout out to tusis spend and booktv as a quarter century journalist to cover many of the events over the years washy space daschle to me from "washington journal" always had incredible pride to get those calls from c-span listeners and a full a transparent discussion that they say that they support. and to as the right in the introduction. so i found when i've launched the book i would put on my hat the smiley face. they will put the against the be ted -- be headed their views on the on the fox show. but especially odd your college campuses the place of freedom and free market capitalism the best celandine it all depends on how you present yourself. that did say happy warrior. had with those berkeley children he knew how to return on. and across color lines. and gave a reason to aspire. pope pressed for the founding principle that is relegated to wind wrong glove the latter. so you did not build that. is still feels raw. can you believe this? with the builder's sand achievers. but then they did. merely saying that we have help along the way

you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> you are watching booktv, television for serious readers, watch any program you see on line at booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. this is where you say good evening back. that is good. i want to thank you for joining us this evening. i am the president of george washington mount vernon. it is my pleasure to welcome you for this installment, we are honored to have flora fraser with us this evening, she will discuss her book "the washingtons," george and martha joined by french yet, crowned by love. is a full-scale portraits of the marriage of the father and mother of our country and of the struggle for independence that he lead. already the book has been hailed as a major work on american history, an important contribution to understanding the julies, complexitie , comp, intricacies of the union, this bill is the anniversary of the lecture series. [applause] >> how about that? [applause] >> established in 2006, the eighteenth region of the mount vernon ladies' association. gay and her husband stanley are with us, many

[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on facebook are like us to get publishing news, schedule updates, behind the scenes pictures and videos. offer information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. facebook.com/booktv. >> and now from the 2015 roosevelt reading festival, molly guptil manning discusses her book "when books went to war: the stories that helped us win world war ii." >> and now it is my pleasure to introduce our author for this session, molly many. she will be discussing her new book "when books went to war: the stories that helped us win world war ii." molly manning grew up in new york, north of albany so welcome back to the hudson river valley. she graduated phi beta kappa from university of albany at all become uncertain which also earned a masters degree in american history. a graduate of the benjamin cardozo school of law in new york city she's an attorney for the united states court of appeals, second circuit in new york city. in 2012 she published her first book the myth, it tells the true story of one of

on c-span two on booktv, monday night, nonfiction books and authors on politics. tuesday night, books on presidential history, and wednesday night, authors talk about the books on the supreme court. thursday, events and people in history. friday night, several of our ords" programs throughout the year. monday,can history tv, senator mitch mcconnell. tuesday night, the end of the civil war. thursday, tom brokaw on the world war ii impacts. on christmas, we will travel to williamsburg of the 1770's, anding with historians curators about colonial life. that is just some of the programming this week on prime time on the c-span networks. all beacon, american history tv features western, massachusetts. robert goddard was born in worcester, and was a graduate of the western polytechnic school. hosted by our charter communications cable partners, the c-span cities tour staff visited the city. learn about worcester all weekend on american history tv. >> abby kelley foster was a soman's rights, humans bright and abolitionist. as a lecturerreer for the american antislavery s

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. >>> you're watching booktv. [applause] >> good evening, everybody. thank you all so much for coming out and braving the rainy evening here. i'm one of the co-owner oses've -- owners of politics and prose book store. we have a very treasured in our view and long wonderful partnership with our friends here at sixth and i. we host some of our favorite author events in this beautiful, beautiful space, and so i just want to thank esther and yackie and all of the -- jackie and all of the people here so please give them a hand. they're doing an incredible job with this wonderful space, and we share with them a real mission to strengthen and build our community here in d.c. it is such pleasure to host gloria steinem this evening. she has a new book "my life on the road out." we were can'ting up her previous books. the think this her seventh. she is very prolific, obviously. and once you read this i'm shover sure you'll find it as compelling compelling and engaging as he writing is. to do a proper introduction of gloria steinem would take an hour which i dope

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. >> this holiday weekend watch booktv on c-span2. gay [inaudible conversations] etna [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. and welcome to the mid manhattan branch of the public library, thank you for joining us this evening. tonight's program is jayhawk based on the author's recent book "1932: the rise of hitler and fdr--2 tales of politics, betrayal, and unlikely destiny". in 1932, two digression battered nations confronted their destiny, going to the polls to choose new leaders. america's presidential choices were gregarious aristocrat franklin roosevelt or tarnished wonder boy herbert hoover. germany suffered two rounds of bloody elections, and two presidential contests, not a reactionary hindenburg against rising radical hatemonger adolf hitler. as unstoppable politics and economic forces advanced on disoriented societies, merciless worldwide great depression bought opportunity for a transformation, perhaps hopeful, perhaps did the. through fd are's new deal and hit their's third reich, destiny and and revolted as it did. bu

♪ ♪ >> booktv is on twitter.low us to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. twitter.com/booktv. >> we are so honored tonight to welcome susan cheever, or best-selling and highly esteemed memoirist, biographer and novelist as she launches her newest book, "drinking in america: our secret history." you'll tell us the secrets. her distinguished bibliography includes the 2015 biography of e.e. cummings, "a life," which was chosen by "the economist" as one of the best books of that year. it is now considered the definitive biography about iconoclastic, shall we say, poet. and other biographical works include american bloomsbury, the leading figures of the transcendentalist movement, and my name is bill, bill wilson, his life and the creation of alcoholics anonymous. and "home before dark: the groundbreaking biography of her father," writer john cheever, and treetops, a memoir. she's also the author of five novels and a frequent contribut

on c-span2 booktv on c-span2. as as we can we visit worcester, massachusetts, talking with local authors and touring the city's literary sites with help of our local cable partner charter communications. next we visit the american antiquarian society one of the largest repositories in the country of materials relating to early american history and culture. >> the american antiquarian society is a great research library but it's more than that. it's a learned society. it's a community of scholars, librarians, curators, conservators. we have been recognized as the place to safeguard america's story. the american antiquarian society collections are fast. it's our intention to have everything printed in america from the time and thing began in 1642 the year 1876, the centennial of the united states. so on 25 miles of shelves we have hundreds of thousands of books and pamphlets, 2 million newspapers, innumerable images of things that were never necessary meant to be kept in a library but document the story of who we ar

[inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on instagram. follow us for publishing news, scheduling update and behind-the-scenes pictures and videos, instagram.com/book tb. booktv. >> here is a look at some authors recently featured on the tv's afterwards, a weekly interview program. .. >> two-time pulitzer prize-winning journalist gilbert gaul reports on the rise of big money in college football. >> what i worry about a little bit is that the pressure to pay the players even more significant sums of money or possibly even

/booktv. you'll see a promotion with cokie roberts speaking. make a comment after that and we will find the comment. we will begin taking your calls in just a moment. who is steve? >> guest: his birth certificate did have it wrong. one of the reasons they changed it. they changed it to roberts that we met in the summer of 1962. he was at harvard and i was a closely and we were at a national student association meeting at the university in ohio: this and i have actually met his twin brother for that in boston and i looked across the campus and i saw this guy that looked like mark roberts put but it didn't look exactly like him and then -- we all had name tags on so i went out and looked at his name tag and i said are you mark roberts brother and he looked at my name tag instead argue his sisters and that's how we met. and we started dating sort of off and on then and more seriously her and married 1966. >> host: and he was several years at "the new york times." >> guest: right after college he

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on booktv we will tour the national steinbeck center, which houses a collection of books and artifacts from the nobel prize-winning author john steinbeck. porter, author of howard's whirly birds, discusses howard hughes experimental helicopters and other aviation firsts. then we will join stephen columbia, author of "the death and life of monterey bay." he shows us the bay and talks about its recovery from a polluted body of water to one that is healthy and teeming with sea life today. >> 80 years ago today, this was not a place you would want to be standing, right on the speech, doing anything, because the water was polluted, the air was foul, the seals and whales were gone, the otters were gone, fishing was bad, the sardines eventually were all taken as well. all of that was happening 80 years ago. the difference is that monterey bay got better. >> on american history tv, we will visit the customhouse and learn about the importance this historic building had on trading to both california and mexico. next we will go to the carmel mission, where we will hear about the history of the mi

. ♪ ♪ >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend on c-span2.day afternoon at two, it's the 15th annual vegas valley book festival in las vegas featuring author talks on race, free speech and the american west. >> there's a fantastic word, and it's tragic it had to be invented, but it was invented by an australian anthropologist, and it is the unconsole bl loss of a place that you know that's been pull bed out from underneath your feet. so you feel nostalgia b for a place you've been or where you grew up, whatever. some nostalgia is when you're standing still, and you're watching the landscape out the front of your windshield or the front of your living room window go away. >> and at 10 p.m. eastern on "after words," gilbert gall examines the business culture of football. >> i don't think the players in a few years are going to be satisfied just with a couple of thousand dollars. i think they're going to look around. you know, some of them are quite smart, and they're at least smart enough to see where the money is and what the coaches are being

husk of this is booktv on c-span2. every weekend for eight hours of nonfiction books and authors. we are in location at princeton university in new jersey where we are interviewing a professor has written books. now on your screen a familiar face and name to those in economic circles alan blinder who is a professor of economics former vice chair of the federal reserve as well. his most recent book, "after the music stopped" the financial crisis, the response and the work ahead. professor blinder who caused the recession? >> guest: this is like one of those things, how long they offer an explanation? i think easter with a poco principle. it was thus and they ask mainly in this case people speculating on houses, people taking mortgages they knew her half fake couldn't afford and more sophisticated people. it that was the ordinary q. and then you have the allegedly more sophisticated people it turned out to the not so sophisticated who are at the other end of this food chain buying up the crazy securities that wall street builds on the crazy mortgages. the poco people, that's us, tho

thank you so much. >> this holiday weekend booktv brings you two days of nonfiction books and authors. saturday evening at seven, a panel discussion on national review founder william f. buckley jr.'s run for new york city mayor in 1965. and at 11 p.m., winston groom discusses his latest book, "the generals: patton, macarthur, marshall and the winning of world world war ii." >> one of the first questions i'm usually asked is why did you choose these three men from the second world war, and my answer is that they embodied, i believe, super characteristics of courage, character and patriot im. ..

jim, you're on booktv. we are listening. >> caller: hi, peggy. i was reading your column this afternoon, at cassidy's diner richfield springs and i had no idea i'd be talking to you this evening and i'm delighted. >> guest: hey. what a country. >> caller: yes. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: very interesting -- >> guest: very interesting what? >> caller: formulation that people consider reagan optimistic. you said that in fact he was confident and that allowed the rest of to us be optimistic. to take that a step further could you rethink the obama administration and how it would have been different if in fact that confidence had been there and what does that formulation mean for the next president? how should that be applied? thank you. >> guest: well, it's interesting -- thank you very much for that question. i wanted to talk about -- theirs two parts of the talking -- there's two parts about the talking about reagan is interesting. one is reagan nostalgia when happened in the 2000's one round started to think, my god, this isn't working. when i

tonight on booktv prime time, history books, starting with first ladies: presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women from the c-span first ladies' series. also historian david mccullough on his book, the wright brother, and eric larson, author of "dead wake: the last crossing of the lucetania." >> three days of featured programming this holiday weekend on c-span. friday evening at seven eastern, congressional republican leaders honoring former vice president dick cheney at the capitol with the unveiling of a marble bust in emancipation hall. >> when the vice president had his critics just going off the deep end, as they often did, he asked lynne, his wife, does it bug you when people refer to you as darth vadar? and she said, no, it humanizes you. [laughter] >> saturday night at 8:30 eastern, an in depth look at policing in minority communities. speakers include former st. louis police officer hudson, the atlantic's taan has city coats, and washington, d.c. police chief kathy lanier. >> most people get defensive if they feel you're being offensive. so being very res

it was am boston, major contributor to the industrial revolution and was .nown for its innovators booktv will learn about the life of henry george who published progress and poverty in 1879, and then we will visit one of the largest repositories in the country of books and articles related to the history of the united states. next, we will speak with jeanette greenwood about that of african-americans to worcester during the civil war. there are quite a few of friedman aid societies organized. it is this time that is very forward-looking, very progressive and a lot of ways. >> on american history tv, we will visit mechanics hall. the building is listed in the national registry of historic laces. it originally served as a learning center for its members, but also a platform for social and cultural activities, including women's rights rallies. >> the first convention happened before the holiday open -- hall opened. mechanics hall is where everything happens. , finally, we will go to the clark university special collections. about a scientist's discoveries and artifacts. >> he attributes his

[inaudible conversations] >> this holiday weekend booktv brings you three days of nonfiction books ands. spent the biggest mistake we make on the conservative side, the ones that trick people of the most is the one that should be the easiest just to get happy. >> martin understood that not just christian but for any human being who wants to reach a level of integrity, honesty and decency, as a long distance runner you've got to kill something in your self, fear. you've got to kill something in yourself. your obsession with position and status and wealth. >> followed by former server john danforth. >> religion does point us beyond ourselves, and for faithful people, then the, you know, what's in it for me. than the is not central. >> than senator claire mccaskill talks about her book plenty ladylike, and the more about her life experiences and local, state and federal government. >> i don't think we do anybody any favors by trying to dress of politicians as if we are not real human beings that have made major mistakes and have major problems in our lives. >> saturday, a panel discussion

that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. >> alyssa katz is next. her book "the influence machine" looks at the influence of the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> thank you everybody, and thank you so much for being here here and for that introduction as well. this is not going to be a late discussion by any stretch but you'll final it worthwhile. i'll speak for a while and then engage in questions and answers with you in the audience. this is a -- like i said headquartersy subject, crucially important for this nation as we head into the 2016 elects. and that is the mean by which business business bs have moved to steer the american political process their way, and by and large, by no means entirely but by and large, they're succeeding. in its entirety and complexity, this is a story far, far bigger than any one book can hold. it includes such forces as the koch brothers and their far-reaching networks that are as we speak raising enormous amounts of money to influence the presidential and congressional races and they have the a huge network of donors an