here's the responses from craig shirley. ntures of tom sawyer, 1865, katherine drinker bolin tom wolf the bonfire of the vanities and larry mercury lonesome dove. currently mr. shirley is reading james swanson's end of days. napoleon hill's think and growd rich, f john beauchamp's franklin winston and michael dobbs one minute to midnight. a lot of history titles there, mr. shirley. one stood out to me that was napoleon hill's think and grow rich. what is thatat about? >> that book has been around for 100 years. my grandmother georgia turned me onto it as a young boy. it is kind of a different two, it is inspirational but how you achieve success with your spiritual means, your economic social means. just to re-energize my thinking every couple of years now. when i hire a new pr firm i gave them a copy of think and grow rich because he is so much useful information. >> another book you chose your rereading cs lewis' the screwtape letters, why? >> i love cs lewis. he proved that you can be spiritual and be a libertarian. and his

one hour left with craig shirley.referenced william f buckley but i wanted to ask about him and milton friedman. it can't be measured and billed buckley was also a friend of nancy reagan and and then to be underestimated in its role in the conservative movement beginning in the fifties and defining conservatism with the john burke society and other things like that as part of the american conservative movement. but also milton friedman and in economics. and as a national celebrity i remember pbs was economics and then to inspire reagan policies. and then to help restart the economy as a means of adding dollars to the workplace. host: the reverend robert hyde from syracuse new york word is nancy reagan's role in what you think of karen's new biography of her? >> i have not read the book yet. i am anxious to read it. i am sure it's a very good book. she is a good reporter. so what was nancy reagan's role? >> nancy reagan was invaluable. and wanted to be the best shoe salesman in the world she would have made sure he was

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tonight on book tv craig shirley author of the book reagan rising and other biographies of the 40th president will talk with former congresswoman gina harmon about her book arguing the united states is failing to confront different national secured problems. also in conversation the author of the book breaking the news exposing the established medias hidden deals in secret corruption. book tv, tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan2. >> the secret services found in the aftermath of the assassination of abraham lincoln. it is not till the death of john f. kennedy that the presidential protection service began to get closer attention from the american people. karol began reporting on the secret service for the "washington post" in 2012. in the prologue of her new book, zero fail she writes she started her coverage the scandal in which agents brought prostitutes to their hotel rooms while making arrangements for president obama to visit columbia. we talk about her index look in the new book subtitle the rise and fall of the secret service. >> karol on this episode of book notes plus plac

. >> tonight on booktv, craig shirley author of the book reagan rising and other biographies of the 40th president. we'll talk with former congresswoman jane harman about her book arguing that the united states is failing to confront difficult national security problems. also a conversation with the author of the book breaking the news, . booktv tonight starting at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> saturday on "the communicators" ." >> republicans and democrats have been attacking big dick from all sorts of ankles and at the trust is one of them. they have both coalesced on we need tougher antitrust laws, we need use more antitrust enforcement in order to go after tech companies but they have very different reasons for doing so even though they sort of coolness on the same solution. for democrats rooted in typical for democrats, animosity towards big business in general and corporations in general a need to shrink them down to size. and for republicans it's really tied to this sort of culture war against technology companies in general what they perceive them as being biased against conserva

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. >> tonight on booktv craig shirley, author of the book regularizing, and other biographies of the 40thresident. and we will talk with former congresswoman jane harman about her book arguing that the united states is failing to confront difficult national security problems. also a conversation with the author of the book breaking the news, exposing the establishment media hidden deals in secret corruption. booktv tonight starting at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> saturday on "the communicators." >> both republicans and democrats have been attacking big tech from all sorts of angles and antitrust is one of them. they have both call last on we need to toughen at the at the trough laws, in orthographic tech companies. they both go and have different race for doing so, even though they coalesce on the same solution. for democrats seems to be rid of any sort very typical for democrats, animosity toward big businesses yentl and skepticism about corporations in general and need to shrink them down to size. and for republicans it's really tied to the sort of culture war against technology compan