you see a biography of cleopatra; right? nobody knows anything about cleopatra. you see a biography of abraham lincoln, and obama's biography has invented characters. it's a process. you know, you have to take the facts, and then write it in a certain way. i choose to write it in a very cinematic way. for instance, i'll interview thad roberts, i'll interview the other kid that was there, this gordon, i'll interview max immerman, i know there was a conversation that took place ten years ago. i know what was said. i don't know the exact words. one journalist might say they talked about moon rocks. to me that's a boring way. i know they talked about moon rocks. i know what they did. i describe what they did. there are some journalist who love it, and some journalist who don't. you know, it'll be a controversy forever in terms of certain journalist will never like it. with the social network and accidental billionaires, mark zuckerberg came out and said it's not true. it's not true. he called me the jacky collins of silicon valley. i love that. it's great. he never p

is a biography of cleopatra, right? i mean, come on. nobody knows anything about cleopatra. and you see a biography of abraham lincoln and you see, you know, obama's biography has invented characters. it's a process, you have to take the facts and ride in a certain way. i choose right in a very cinematic way. so for instance, i will interview that roberts but i will interview the other kid was there, this guy gordon, i will interview axel emmermann. i know the conversation that took place 10 years ago and i know what was said. but i don't know the exact words. someone journalism -- journalist might say they talk about moon rock but to rock but to me that a very boring and weak way of telling that scene. i know they talk about moon rocks. i know they did with moon rocks i described what they did with the moon rocks. there's some journalist who love it and some journalists who don't. it will be a controversy for ever in terms of certain journalists will never like it. with "the social network" and ask it of billionaires, mark zuckerberg came out and said it's not true, it's no

you see a biography of cleopatra. come on. nobody knows anything about cleopatra. and you see a biography of abraham lincoln and, you know, obama's biography has invented characters. it's a process, you know, you have to take the facts and then write in a certain way. i choose to write it in a very cinematically. for instance i will interview thad roberts and the other kid there today, this guy gordon in the book. so i know there was a conversation that took place ten years ago between these people and i don't know the exact words so one journalist might say they talked about noon rocks, but to me that is a very boring and week way of telling the scene. so i describe what they did with the moon rocks and there was some journalists who don't and there would be a controversy forever that certain journalists will never like it with the social networks and accidental billionaires' marked the zucker byrd said not true. and he called me the jackie collins of silicon valley which i loved. but, you know, he never pointed out anything that wasn't true. she never said this i

antony was living with cleopatra at the time. and augustus took over. >> he called himself august us ieasar. a lot of people after that use the name ceasar. >> it became a title lp. in fact it came down to our day. in latin, his name is kaiser. that was a term used by the german nobility. so they picked up on it. maybe it's a holdover from the holy roman empire, i don't know exactly. >> after julius ceasar was assassinated, augustus ceasar was in power for how long? >> his name by the way originally was octavius. then the senate decided to give him the title of augustus. he also took that and he also took the title of ceasar with him. he ruled for something like 47 years or so. quite a bit. because he came in rather young. i mean there were a number of years of civil war and then when he, until he emerged sou suprem. he died in 14 or 17a.d. >> back to the actual assassination, julius ceasar had no idea that this was going to happen? >> oh, he had his suspicions. he knew there had been conspiracies around. but he said you cannot l

french polynesia is proud to be part of what france will become meek that is to say imagine you cleopatra. but to me that is disgusting and. then moment was imposed on us don't you move about in fact she makes us guilty to begin yeah for we are victims but we're also responsible for what's happening to us and for what might happen if france were to use its nuclear weapons. and i find that on forgivable and bad. behind this image of paradise lies the secret that surrounds the testing and rips apart the people of french polynesia here the economy is dependent on friends and the subject of nuclear testing remains taboo but this doesn't stop maria. bristow mood right now. that i'm thinking of my children's future. not so much to put. a tiny territory a tiny country before but we have a high percentage of people suffering from thyroid long and bladder cancer levy see me and it's frightening to know all that. with the help of her husband the teacher and mother of two uses the internet to broadcast an image of her country one that is rather different from those in the travel agency brochures. de

. >> the first book on my reading list was cleopatra. what a great insight in recounting her life. it was a book that was recommended to me. and so i decided to pick it up and read it and then continued with the strong woman theme, if you will, with elizabeth the first by margaret george. that is an e book. going back, doing these two, cleopatra and elizabeth the first got me on to the historical and older novel type of approach. with my bible i am reading programs progress. it is just a lifeful to get back into. it's been awhile since i read it. it is because of the movie coming out, with my family, we are reading a very timely but. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. sent as a tweet etch book tv. >> next on book tv, jackie gingrich, former of house speaker newt gingrich, discusses her book, the essential american on the most significant document since beaches. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. also, thank you very much and thank you to everyone here. i appreciate your time and i appreciate your taking the time this afternoon and coming. i hope

. >> the first book on my reading list, this spring and summer was by cleopatra. what a great insight into accounting her life. it was a book that was recommended to me. and so i decided to pick it up and read it and then continued with a strong woman theme, if you will, with elizabeth i by margaret george. that some ipad. i am reading both of these as e-books. i have gone back doing these, cleopatra and elizabeth i, a caveat to the historical and older novel type approach. and with my bible study group i am rereading pilgrims progress. which is a delightful, to get back into that. it's been a while since i have reread it. and then because the movie out with shrek coming out, i, with my family, we are rereading "atlas shrugged" which is very time that i have to say. for those of us who are here in d.c. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. send us a tweet at booktv. >> next on booktv jackie gingrich cushman, daughter of former house speaker newt gingrich discusses her book "the essential american" on the most significant document the speeches in the history

. >> first book on my reading list this spring and summer was cleopatra by stacy schiff. what a great insight in the recounting her life. it was a book that was recommended to me, and so i decided to pick it up and read it and then continued with the strong woman theme, if you will, with elizabeth i, that's by margaret george. and that's on my ipad. i'm reading both of these as e-books. i have, going back doing these two, cleopatra and be elizabeth i, it got me on to the historical and older novel type approach, and with my bible study group i'm rereading pilgrims' progress which is delightful to get back into that. it's been a while since i reread it, and be then because of the movie out with schleck coming out -- shrek coming out with my my family we're rereading atlas shrugged which is very timely for those of us here in d.c.. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. send us a tweet at booktv. >> well, it was on july 18th of this year that borders announced that it would be liquidating the rest of it stores. joining us by phone now from new york is sarah weinman, ne

-- cleopatra. >> and apologize one more time to concern national wes. >> it was a good joke. >> that was not an apology. i apologize for >>> tonight on huckabee, her poll numbers keep rising. michelle bachmann can handle the headache, but can she ham the mainstream media? >> the republican presidential candidate goes one on one with the governor. and our closest ally and under constant threat from hostile neighbors. >> this is a country the size of new jersey. can you imagine 12,000 rockets pounding new jersey cities 1234*. >> do israelis feel we have their back? netanyahu in an exclusive. plus -- they may be small in stature, but they are big on talent. back by popular demand, the sleepy band banjo boys. ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. >> thank you. thank you very much. great audience. welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. some nut group called freedom from religion has their antenna up because the governor of texas is calling for a day of prayer. now, even though taxpayers aren't paying for any of it, this group is suing to stop it. look, it

i have gone back to cleopatra and elizabeth and it got me on to the historical land of the older model type approach and with my bible study group i'm reading pilgrims which is delightful to get back and then because of the movie coming out with my family we are reading atlas shrugged which is very timely i have to say for those of us that are here in d.c.. >> .. lying is most effective when you don't do it very often and therefore you are in a position to catch people off guard. you put some examples in your book why politicians, white leaders lyne about american presidents and some specific examples about when they lie. >> guest: i have this whole slew of examples. my favorite example of what i call a noble lie was the lie president kennedy told in the cuban missile crisis. kennedy had hoped in the cuban missile crisis by getting khrushchev to simply withdraw the soviet missiles from cuba but at the end, of the crisis khrushchev told him that he would only remove the soviet missiles from cuba. if kennedy would remove the equivalent missiles that we had in turkey, those were the jupit

through history, eleanor roosevelt, queen isabelle of spain, june carter cash, johnny cash's wife, cleopatra. a new book out by the way. she didn't write it. sarah palin at five, ellen degeneres and portia de rossi, michelle obama, the rani of jhan. >>> sifrnlths. melinda gates at nine. tiger woods' ex-is on the ex. the list was compiled after rupert murdoch's wife wendi leapt to his defense when a protester threw shaving foam at him while he was testifying before a british parliamentary committee. >>> superheroes, fans and stars are converging on san diego this weekend. it is comic-con 2011. i know there are some of you out there. you can tweet me if you're involved in comic books. the annual trade show that shines the spotlight on what's next, what's new in popular culture, sold out this year, by the way, more than 100,000 ticket holders rubbing elbows with celebrities and getting a sneak peek on what's what. for the city of san diego, it's an economic bonanza. >> the economic impact over the next three years will be over $50 million. we're going to be expanding our convention center. one

. >> did you know cleopatra used to put honeybees in a box and used that?they used to put mice on a wheel. >> they used to sell the case paintings. >> they were written with vibrate you ares. >> they were. the earth is actually built on a vibrator. do you have a comment on the show? e-mail us. red eye at fox news .com. and to leave a voicemail on my direct line 212-462-5050. still to come, the half time report from andy levy. he is vibrating. >> tonight's half time report is sponsored by swamp soccer. it is exactly like regular soccer except watchable. thanks swamp soccer. >>> let's find out if we have anything wrong so far. for that we go to andy levy. >> hi, greg. >> hi, how are you? >> is this my segment? >> yeah. >> cool. >> what are you new here? >> what is that? >> what are you new here? >> i didn't know if things had changinged since yesterday. >> some things have changed, but for the better. >> bill is still there. >> unnecessary. >> what's that buzzing? >> environmental literacy requirement. did you say maryland, go tar heels? that's north carolina

. >> first book on my reading list this summer was cleopatra relationship. but a great insight in recounting her life. it was a book that was recommended to me. and so i decided to pick it up and then continue with the strong woman and if you will, with elizabeth the first by margaret george. and i am reading both of these as e-books. i had -- going back, cleopatra and elizabeth first, copy onto the historical and older novel type approach. with a bible study group every reading pilgrim's progress, which is just delightful to get back into that. it's been a while since i read that it. and there's a movie wishart coming out. with my family, we every reading at least rights, which very timely for those of us who are here in d.c. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. and it's a treat at the tv. >> well, this is booktv on c-span 2 and we are the university of chicago and joined by professor mark philip bradley, whose rows recent book is "vietnam at war." professor bradley, what are you looking out in this book? >> guest: the idea of the book was to think a

second thing you noticed her look, the chaotic beehive hairdo, the arms crawling with tattoos, the cleopatraongue. on her records and in her interviews she said what was on her mind. >> well, i write about things that i'm torn about that conflict me. and i always write what's right b biographically, as always. ♪ his eyes were like yours >> r rorter: amy winehouse burst on to the british scene pre-beehive with an album of jazz inflected songs but it was her 2006 record "back to black" that made her an international phenomenon. ironically her first global hit was called "rehab." ♪ they tried to make me go to rehab i said no no no ♪ >> reporter: not long after she became a star she became near constant tabloid fodder for her arrests, her apparently abusive relationship with her husband and her very hard partying. >> i guess what interests meme lot is the relationship two people can have with each other and how -- how badly that can get messed up sometimes when you -- when other things get involved. >> reporter: musically amy winehouse was an original, but in her downfall, she was anything but.

i have, going back doing these two, cleopatra and be elizabeth i, it got me on to the historical and older novel type approach, and with my bible study group i'm rereading pilgrims' progress which is delightful to get back into that. it's been a while since i reread it, and be then because of the movie out with schleck coming out -- shrek coming out with my my family we're rereading atlas shrugged which is very timely for those of us here in d.c.. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. send us a tweet at booktv. >> well, it was on july 18th of this year that borders announced that it would be liquidating the rest of it stores. joining us by phone now from new york is sarah weinman, news editor of publishers' marketplace. ms. weinman, what happened in the weeks leading up to july 18th? it seemed that borders was going to be resurrected or saved. >> it did seem as if borders was going to be saved. what happened is that nadaffi companies which was a private be equity company based out of, i believe, arizona which owns direct brands, which had also owned what used to be known as boo