facebook.com/booktv. >> booktv asked, what are you reading this summer? >> well, i'm a pretty compulsive reader, don't watch much television, so i'll be reading a lot of i read both for work and for relaxation and, of course, daily reading. wall street journal, new york times, washington post, clips from the district, congress daily, you know, etc. that's the kind of compulsory. then you go from that to books that are on topics that are interesting and of concern to me. i mean, the biggest, heaviest read is probably going to be the piketty book which i

facebook.com/booktv. >> now on booktv, coverage from the annual roosevelt reading festival from the franklin roosevelt library and museum in hyde park, new york. over the next three hours five authors will present their books on the 32 president and the events that marked his tenure. we kick off coverage with david cross's visit to the presidential libraries. >> good morning, everyone. my name is bob clark and 9 executive director of the presidential library and museum and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the eleventh annual roosevelt reading festival. fdr established the first presidential library in hyde park. he envisioned it becoming the premier research center for the study of the roosevelt era, very consistently one of the busiest research rooms in the presidential library system. one of the reasons we love this day so much is we get to see the fruit of the labors of all the people who use our research room throughout the year. it is our pleasure to have you here. let me go over those formats of the day and a couple housekeeping matters. the first is would everyone please take out y

post on our wall at facebook.com/booktv. >> this is booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. here's our primetime lineup for tonight. booktv visits ucla to talk with a professor about gangs and gang violence at 7:30 p.m. at 8:00 p.m., the actions of american soldiers are recalled in at iraq and afghanistan. and eric lu looks at the history of chinese americans and recounts his own families experiences that 9:00 p.m. at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "after words", doctor ben carson is down with chuck todd of nbc news to spell out his plans to talk about what he argues is america's current decline. and our primetime programming concludes with a book on clare booth luce. that happens tonight on booktv. >> as booktv continues its tour of the new york public library, we are joined by isaac gewirtz. what do you do at the library? >> i am curator of the henry w. and albert a berg collection american literature. i worked in the library in the past in the rare book division. i worked as a curator at southern methodist university and downtown as well and i've had all of that led to my being h

send as an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org, tweet us at booktv, post on our wall facebook.com/booktv. now on booktv, katie pavlich argues that while republicans are constantly blamed for waging a war on women the real war on women is being conducted by democrats. she said liberal heroes like president clinton and president obama are some of the worst offenders. this is about 50 minutes. >> all right. good afternoon. thank you to everyone for taking time out of your friday in the summertime to come paying out with me. that is something i can't get over. thank you for being here. citizens in the back waving to you. i thank everyone for being here. thanks for the roundtable, we really appreciate it, she is a longtime supporter of young america's foundation and i wanted to let mr. rodriguez let you know that although a lot of people wear those t-shirts when i was in college my mother sent me an anti -- i read get the award to my african-american studies course. [applause] >> you can imagine how well that went over specifically i wore it particularly when they would start boosting -- the le

us to interact with booktv guests and viewers, watch videos and get up-to-date information, facebook.com/booktv. >>> now on booktv encore booknotes. irish chain was on in 1997 to talk about her book the rape of nanking the forgotten holocaust of world war ii. the book documents the atrocities upon the people by the japanese military during the early years of world war ii. this is about an hour.g >> cspan: author of the rape"te of nanking the forgotten holocaust of world war ii whentn did you first think about writing this for?think of >> guest: well, it goes back a long way. i mea n, i learned about thiss event when i was a little child but i didn't really think aboutk writing the book until i finished my first one ratherfinr thin and after i had attended a conference in california thatded was devoted to preserving the history of this event. >> cspan: what was the rape of nanking? >> guest: for the greatest atrocities. in december 1937, the japanese swept into china which was then nanking and was there for six to eight weeks they butchered, raped and tortured hundreds of thousands of chinese ci

facebook.com/booktv. >> here are some programs we're featuring on booktv on c-span2.t was 40 years ago this weekend that president nixon resigned, and on our "after words" program, you can watch bob woodward, who broke the watergate story, interview john dean, president nixon's white house counsel. also this weekend booktv visits the new york public library and sits down with its president and ceo, anthony marx, to talk about the library's past, its current operations and its future. and adele levine recalls her experiences as a physical therapist at walter reed army medical center. you'll also see todd aiken defend his controversial rape comment and books on dietrich bonhoeffer, john negroponte and the last days of the confederacy. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. booktv, television for serious readers. >>> up next, author, doctor and former texas congressman ron paul. the three-time presidential candidate talked about u.s. foreign and monetary policy and the rising popularity of libertarian ideals. the host of internet's ron paul channel is the a

updates all day long on twitter, twitter.com/booktv as well as posting on a facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. joining us here n our joining us here on our said outside the history and biography room at the convention center is jennifer gavin who is the project manager for the national book festival an employee of the library of congress. ms. gavin we are in a new location this year. why aren't we down at the mall? >> guest: peter the national park sue -- services are working on the grass down there because that's something they have been asked to make nicer and they have indeed been a nice job job with apportionment of arctic completed. the part that was luck that we have camped out on the past is under construction this year and we looked at trying to go on to their new grass with new rules last year late in the year and the cost of that at least an immediate estimates we had seemed prohibitive so we have to make some decisions around january but where would be heading this year's book that's why we decided moving indoors to see what fun we could have with that. >> host: tell us we are here

updates all day long on twitter, twitter.com/booktv as well as posting on a facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. joining us here on our staff outside the history and biography room at the conventions it is jennifer gavin who is the project manager for the national book festival, and the point of the library of congress. we are in a new location to why are we down on the mall? >> well, peter, the national park service which is the steward of the national mall is working on the grass down there because that's something they've been asked to make nice and they have indeed done a very nice job with the portion they have completed. the part left we camped out on in the past is under construction this year. we looked at tried to go on to the new grass, kind of late in the year, and the cost of the elites in immediate estimates we had seemed prohibitive. we had to make some decisions around january of the weather we would be having vicious book festival and we decided to move indoors and se so kind of fun we could have with that. >> tell us. we are here at the washington to consider downtown washingto

or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> here is a look at some books being published this week. professors linda gordon and astrid examine the history of feminism in america from 1920 to today, in feminism unfinished. against football, one fan's reluctant manifesto, steve all man considers ramifications of game's brutality, the national football league's economic privileges and role fans should play in changing the sport. an economist explains how the global economy works in economics, the user's guide. and in curious, the desire to know and why your future depend on it, ian leslie draws on research in the fields of education, business, economics and psychology to better understand the intangible properties of curiosity. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >>> next from the computer history museum in mountainview, california, doug menuez provides history of silicon valley, from the 1985 to 2000. he was given access to the biggest high-tech innovatetores of that period, including

facebook.com/booktv. >> book tv asks what are you reading this summer?>> i'm reading two books this summer. one is supreme city like donald miller it is a history of the jazz age in new york city. i may not be the smartest member of congress. competition in sf i love history. this is the history of the jazz age and how it evolved to invent modern america. it's sports, politics. the administration of them mayor jimmy walker in the media, verizon the and it's also about the concentration of wealth in america. this i think is lessons for us today. and i'm also making a final edit by reading a book which is coming out in january which is a parody of politics in washington so i am reading some history and also editing my own book that is coming out in january. >> is this your second book? >> this is my first novel i'm working on and it's a parody of politics in washington, which i have lived through. it's being published by simon & schuster and it comes out in january. to none going to the arduous task of final edits on the men's good and very much looking fo

finally, leave a comment on her face but page, facebook.com/ booktv., ocala, florida, you're on the air. >> gentlemen, first and foremost, thank you for having me on the question. i am constantly on a consistent basis. the self-proclaimed prophet and television minutes or is constantly say we should not listen to the educated academia scholars who are concerned with theology, that this is nothing but false and there's a whole premise around the good what are your thoughts about this? will take us out there. thank you so much, gentlemen. >> guest: they may have a point. this suspicion about academia and color should, which is why the red by the way is really our fault. it is the fault of academics and scholars. we spent so much of our time talking amongst ourselves, pontificating in our dusty office libraries and so little time trying to communicate our ideas to a popular general audience that it's no wonder we are seen with suspicion, particularly by religious people. this is something i faced all my life. i decided early in my career that i never want

facebook.com/booktv. >> both parties agree on the big issues. they don't have any disagreement.but they don't want to work together if they're looking for power. power's a real struggle. people want to have the power, and they want to take care of their friends. so that's a very real issue. so i think the problem in washington right now is that it's more difficult to continue to spend, you know? okay, conservatives like to spend on some military industrial project that is probably totally unnecessary. democrats want to spend on some welfare program conservatives don't like. well, when we were very wealthy and the debt wasn't outrageous and we didn't have the problems that we have where we see bankruptcies of cities and towns and states, it was endless. but that has ended, and they're not admitting that the country's bankrupt so, therefore, they're just fighting over a pie that keeps shrinking and shrinking, and this is the real problem. but on the big issues the parties come together. on going to war, let the presidents do can it. on nsa, they both like nsa. on irs, yes, they ar

the top facebook.com/booktv book expo america. and later at 10:30 p.m., the chicago tribune printer's row led faced. her book about vietnam. book tv in prime-time of this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2 pitbull. >> on that next washington journal foreign policy and the so-called obama doctrine the foreign-policy initiative. we will also be joined by luke was yeah, investigative reporter for the washington examine it to focus on a recent series of articles on congressional incumbency. washington journal as live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> here are some of the highlights for this weekend. he spoke about his broken "a time to attack: the looming iranian nuclera threat" at the world affairs council in washington d.c. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good evening. i am the international affairs program director for the world affairs council in washington d.c. on behalf of the council i will commute to this event 2013 an accord was signed in geneva switzerland between the members of the u.n. security council

you can send us a tweak and finally you can make a comment on the facebook page facebook.com/booktv. you are shia? >> guest: i do not accept a designation at all. again i think for me -- let me put it this way when you study the real legends of the world it becomes a very difficult to take any religion all that seriously because what you recognize and discovered very early on is that all of these religions are basically saying the same thing. they are expressing the same aspirations and desires and answers often using the same mythology to do so but really what you see are different symbols and metaphors expressing the same sentiment. now most of my colleagues would say well then why bother choosing one of those if they are all saying the same thing let's just ignore it all and indeed i think what would surprise wassurprising was the t the study of religion and the scholars of religion like myself is that we are all pretty much atheists but a few of us are not. i'm an exception. i'm one of these scholars of religion that takes faith very seriously. most of my colleagues viewed as a w

facebook.com/booktv. you're shia?uest: i do not accept any kind of sectarian designation at all. again, thick for me, -- well, let me put it this way. when you study the religions of the world it becomes very difficult to take any religion all that seriously. because what you recognize, what you discover very, very early on, is that all these religions are basically saying the exact same thing, they're expressing the same aspirations, the same desires, the same answers, often using the same mythology, to do so, but really what you see are different symbols and metaphors expressing the exact same sentiment. now, most of my colleagues would say, well, then, why bother choosing one of those? if they're all saying the same thing, let's just ignore it all. and indeed, i think what would surprise a lot of viewers about the study of religion, and scholars of religion like myself, is that we're all pretty much athiests. but a few of us are not. i am an exception. i am one of these scholars of religion who also takes faith ver

tweet us, twitter.com/booktv, or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> up next, attorney stephen halbrook argues that the nazi government in germany used gun control to disarm and repress its enemies and consolidate power. he spoke at the independent institute in oakland, california. it's about 90 minutes. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. my name is david thoreau, and i'm the founder and president of the independent institute. i'm delighted to welcome you this evening. this is another meeting of a program of ours called the independent policy forum, and in addition to our audience here and our conference center in oakland, california, i want to welcome our viewers on c-span and also those who are joining with us worldwide who are live streaming online. the independent policy forum is a series of lectures, seminars, debates and other discussions held here at the independent institute. we are delighted to have our old friend dr. steven halbrook with us who will be speaking on are there lessons for us today from nazi gun control. and that, of course, is based

comment you can do so at twitter, twitter.com/booktv or make a comment on our face book page, facebook.com/booktv, "the future of the mind: the scientific quest to understand, enhance, and empower the mind". we think of science fiction and some of the things they do in science fiction. i they possible today? >> yes. the internet could be a brain that for memories, sensations, feeling on the internet, not just to perfect a messages. these will go crazy. the memories on the brain that of the future. they can now do that with animals. we can record a memory. train a mouse to do a certain thing, record the impulses across the hippocampus, reinsert it back in and the mouse remembers. we have a brain peacemaker for alzheimer's patients. people with memory problems will push a brain pacemaker and remember and now the pentagon just last week announced a new initiative, brain injuries, we not only control mechanical arms and legs but also have memory enhancement for those people injured in iraq and afghanistan. >> host: what is the actual technology that can remember a memorial recording memories? >> gues

send us an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org, tweet us that booktv or post on our wall, facebook.com/booktv. >> while congress is in recess c-span's primetime programming continues at 8 p.m. eastern tonight with the western concerted summit in denver. >> todd miller's book, trenton, examines how he is border patrol operates. mr. miller talked about the book at a bookstore in tempe, arizona. this is one hour. >> good evening. it's great to be here. i remember it was, think was tha late 1990s, maybe even submitted 1990s when it wentt wa to changing and store on mill avenue. anging before my first trip to mexico. so i was looking for all kinds of books about mexico.. and i remember sitting in the chairs their reading and reading and reading i remember reading and reading because i always had a special part for changing hands. so a the border for chelation with homeland security this is my version became not a couple months ago but in my book looks like a kid not three years ago and it has traveled around so i have spent getting around for the last couple of months but it is still a new book so

you can tweet us and facebook.com/booktv. we will try to get to those comments as well.gressman, clyburn, age 12, what made you become an activist and what made it happen? >> guest: growing up my dad and mom were very active and around 1951-'52 is when things starting percolating in south carolina. my father was a minister and the man who was organized in all of the people was a minister delane. my dad at breakfast every morning we would be praying for the people and we started forming youth councils of the naacp throughout the south and i went to the meetings at the church back in just about two months before my 13 birthday. in some way, i guess i went to the rest room but when the meeting was over with i was the president of the sumpter youth council. and that just grew to the sit-ins in 1960 and the forming of snick in april at shaw university that year and then i met martin luther king, jr. in october down at moore house college and met john lewis at the same time. it came from my parents and associates in college and went through to today and here we are, june john

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you can make a comment on our face book page, facebook.com/booktv and finally an e-mail, booktv@c-span.org. we will begin taping those calls in a minute and those comments. here are some of dr. paul's books of the years. in 1987, "freedom under seige: the u.s. constitution after 200-plus years" came out. 1991, "the ron paul money book," "a foreign policy of freedom: peace, commerce, and honest friendship" came out in 2007, "pillars of prosperity" 2008, "the revolution: a manifesto" also came out in 2008. "end the fed" 2009, "liberty defined: 50 essential issues that affect our freedom" came out in 2011 and his most recent "the school revolution: a new answer for our broken education system". just came out last year. dr. paul, when do you and how do you right? from your home in texas? >> i don't know if i want to tell anybody, is pretty primitive. when i was in high school i could type very well but i got spoiled by my wife and others who did all my typing. i got sloppy so i am slow on the computer but i am speeding up. most of this was done writing out longhand, dictating and then correcti

facebook.com/booktv. >> up next, author, doctor, and former texas congressman, ron paul. the three-time presidential candidate talked about u.s. foreign and monetary policy and at the rising popularity of libertarian ideals them host of internet's ron powell channel is the author of several books including, the revolution, a machine face city, and the fed, and the school revolution. >> host: dr. ron paul in your book from 2011, liberty defined, 50 essential issues that affect our freedom, you write that so-called moderate politicians who compromise and seek bipartisanship are the most dangerous among the entire crew in washington. compromise is too often synonymous with selling out but it sounds better. >> guest: it sure does. moderation always sounds good and we all want to feel moderate can that we're reasonable people. so it does sell in politics. but there's a difference between moderation, where you sacrifice something you believe, and cooperating with somebody else who might have a disagreement but you come together and you build a coalition. for instance issue did

pacific time sewn zones and if you can't get through on the phone line you can tweet, @booktv, and facebook, facebook.com/book tv. and on e-mail, booktv@chance organize organize. we'll they can those in a minute here's doctor paul's books. 1987, freedom under siege. 1991, the ron paul money book. a foreign policy of freedom, peace, commerce, and honest friendship came out in '07. pillars of prosperity, '08. the revolution, a manifesto, also came out in '08. end the fed, 2009-liberty defined, 50 essential issues that affect our freedom came out in 2011, and his most recent, the school revolution, new answer for our broken education system. just came out last year. -- -- dr. paul, when do you and how do you write? from your home in texas? >> guest: it's pretty primitive. i don't know if i want to tell everybody. when i was in high school i could type very well. then i got spoiled by my wife and others who did all my typing and i got sloppy, so i'm very slow on a computer. but i'm speeding up. so, most of this was done writing out long hand, dictating, and then correcting it. but i'm much better with a comp

booktv? end us an e-mail. tweet us, or post on our wall, facebook.com/book tv. >> next up, an coulter, speaking about her book "never trust a liberal over 3, especially a republican "at the leadership summit here in washington, dc. this is 40 minutes. >> well, our next speaker is an cowl coulter and her new book is called "never trust a liberal over 3, especially a republican." ann coulter started out as a number city lawyer, then worked for the senate judiciary committee and a litigate were for the center for individual rights in washington, dc. now she is a sin did indicated columnis -- sin sin -- author on "new york times" best sellers and one of the most popular guests on fox, cnn, nbc, abc and hbo. it's a privilege and very special event to have her with us today. please welcome ann coulter. [applause] >> i'm so happy i finally get to meet you, ann. i'm not that welcome a guest on self of the stations you mentioned. things change. you really want to cement your career in tv, be sure to spoke only in cliches and make bad arguments when you're on liberal tv. you'll be invited back over and over again. i wa

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facebook.com/booktv. >> booktv asked, what are you reading this summer? >> well, i'm a pretty compulsive reader, don't watch much television, so i'll be reading a lot of i read both for work and for relaxation and, of course, daily reading. wall street journal, new york times, washington post, clips from the district, congress daily, you know, etc. that's the kind of compulsory. then you go from that to books that are on topics that are interesting and of concern to me. i mean, the biggest, heaviest read is probably going to be the piketty book which is the thing about "capital" and 21st century which seems to justify most of the concerns i've raised about income inequality and some of the reasons for the concentration of wealth. but having studied economics, i'm going to try and wade through that. someone just sent me a book which wasn't on my list but now is on my list called "predator paradox" because i've been leading a fight on saving the wolves and in contention with the obama administration and a lot of other folks on that. blithe -- elizabeth warr

facebook.com/booktv. >> now on booktv, coverage from the annual roosevelt reading festival from the franklin roosevelt library and museum in hyde park, new york. over the next three hours five authors will present their books on the 32 president and the events that marked his tenure. we kick off

send us an e-mail, tweet us, or post on our wall, facebook.com/booktv. >> the problems of ronald reagan is dealing with are different than today. if ronald reagan came today said you're using the same midst i used 40 years ago, what are you doing? why haven't you -- hasn't you looked at america and see a very different america than we had 40 years snag of course it was very different go my first mortgage in 1982 for a house. anybody know what i paid in interest rate in 1982? a first-time home buyer so i got a discounted rate. 17.5%. mortgages are 20% mortgages. that is -- stag nation. you had all sorts of problems in america. 70% tax rates. so he said cut taxes. well, 70% tax rate, cutting taxes is a big deal. but when it's a 38% rate, well, okay, cut 38 to 34? really? that's your platform? that's pretty minimalist. as opposed to 70 to 30. reagan had big ideas at the time because the problems that were in place when he was there so we need to learn from reagan. we don't need to be him. most of the folks, most volters, particularly your generation, don't even know who he is. so, we need