and carlo rovelli with his overview of modern physics in seven brief lessons on physics. that's a look at some of the current nonfiction bestseller ors according to politics and prose bookstore in washington d.c. many of these authors have appeared or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our web site, booktv.org. >> you know, one of the tenets both for military thinking and also even in the business world is you have to know your competitor or know your enemy, right? know your enemy, know your enemy, know your enemy. i mean, that has been engrained in me and, i'll deyou, lots of us that have served this country, it doesn't make any difference whether you're an intelligence officer or not, you must know your enemy. now, as i sit up here today and i dabble in the business world, know your competitor. it's the same concept, but know your enemy. if you don't know your enemy, then you cannot figure out a way to defeat them, period. i mean, it's that simple. and so we have in this book described that notion, this idea about clearly defining this idea, this ideolog

and carlo rovelli in "seven brief lessons on physics." that's a look at some of the current nonfiction bestsellers according to politics & prose bookstore in washingto

and carlo rovelli in "seven brief lessons on physics." that's a look at some of the current nonfiction bestsellers according to politics & prose bookstore in washington d.c. many of these authors have appeared or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our web site, booktv.org. >> host: and now on booktv, we want to introduce you to bill thomas, editor-in-chief and publisher of doubleday books. mr. thomas, what kind of books does doubleday publish? >> guest: ing doubleday publishes approximately 50 books a year, about half nonfiction and half fiction. we publish a lot of literary novelists, and on the nonfiction side we publish a lot of narrative nonfiction, politics, history and science. >> host: how long has doubleday been in business? >> guest: 1897. >> host: founded by? >> guest: someone named mr. doubleday. [laughter] >> host: okay. well, we're here to talk to you about previewing some of the fall books. who do you have coming up? >> guest: well, i think we have three books that are of particular mote to your viewers. in a