george gilder is a great example. another one is mark stein, much more entertaining and snap you like a stand-up comic but his books are really big think books too, they are very serious at the same time and those are actually really rewarding books to do because it's one thing to have a book where you can have lots of nice stories to tell scandalist stories, whatever they are, those are great, but it's really great to publish a book that alters your perception of what's actually happening. it helps you to see it more precisely i should say. you start putting pieces together and say, oh, now i get it. now i understand, that's why the country is going this way, politics is going this way and people are behaving this way. those are important books that can really last. >> marji ross, have you published biographies of donald trump? >> we have many that relate to donald trump including a book by donald trump itself. we published a book back in 2011 called time to get tough. it was fun and a book that allowed him to talk a

george gilder is a great example of that. another one? stein was much more entertaining and witty and will snap you like a comic but his books are big pink books to and very serious at the same time. those are rewarding books to do because it's one thing to have a book we can have nice stories to tell and scandalous stories and those are great but it's great to publish that alters your perception of what actually happening helps you see it more precisely, i should say. you start pizza together and think oh, now i get it now understand and that is why the country is going this way or people are behaving this way. those are important books that last one marty ross, have you published an explanation of donald trump? >> we published a number of books that relate in many different ways to donald trump including publishing a book by donald trump itself. we pushed the book back in 2011 called time to get tough which was by donald trump so that was fun and important book and it was a book that allowed him to talk about his vision for america and

george gilder is a great example of that. another one on our list's marc stein who's is more entertaining, witty and snappy like a standup comic, but his books are really big sink books, very serious at the same time and those actually are rewarding books to do because it's one thing to have a book where you have lots of nice stories to tell, scandalous stories whatever, those are great, but it's really great to publish a book that alters your perception of what actually is happening. helps you to see it more precisely, i should say. you put pieces together think oh, now i get it. now i understand that's why the country is going this way her politics are going this way or people are behaving this way. of those are important books that can last. >> marji ross, have you published biography or an explanation of sorts of donald trump of president trump? >> we published a number of books that relate in many different ways to donald trump including publishing a book by donald trump himself. we published a book in 2011 called time t

. >> host: george gilder is written about virtual coinage and you can learn a lot a reading one of these. >> guest: guilders not bad newsy model. these are books that you actually do enjoy but you enjoy them on a different level in a different way because they help you understand the world. george will is a great example of that and mark stein. he's much more entertaining and witty. his books are really big thing books. they are very serious and those are rewarding books to do because it's one thing to have a book where you have scandalous stories to tell. it's really great that it's really great to publish a book that alters your perception of what actually happened. it helps you see it more precisely i should say. you start to put the pieces together and you think oh now i get it. that's why the country is going this way or politics are going this where people are behaving this way. those are important books that last. >> host: you published a biography on an explanation of sorts of donald trump, president trump. >> guest: we have books that relate in many ways to donald trump. we publ

. >> little esoteric, but george gilder has written about virtual coinage and you can learn a lot by reading. >> it's an interesting case because it's not that new z model. that is what we call a sort of paradigm set of books. these are book you do enjoy, but you enjoy them on a different level, a different way because they help you understand the world. another one on our list is mark stein, is much more entertaining and witty, but his books are really big thing looks, too. very serious at the same time. those are actually really rewarding books to do. it's one thing to have a book for you can have lots nice stories to tell, scandalous stories wherever they are. those are great, but it's great to publish a book that alters your perception of what's actually happening. it helps you to see it more precisely they should say. putting pieces together to say now i get it. now i understand. that is that the country's going this way or politics this way. those are important books. >> marji ross, have you published biography for an explanation of donald trump? >> we published a number of boo

george w. bush. he is the author or editor of over 50 books of lincoln and the civil war era, including winner of the gilder lammon lincoln prize. i ask if you have a cell phone or beeper, please turn off your cell phone and any other electronic devices. now, please join me in welcoming our guests. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. delighted to see you again as we go back in time, a century and a half, to look at another aspect of the civil war we've yet to cover in our many sessions with you. tonight we're going to go right to the top. we're going to explore the personalities, achievements and maybe some failures of the two commanding generals whose rivalry, competition, may be even a little contempt for each other, marked the final battles of the war and the surrender that all but ended it and they are, of course, ulysses s. grant and robert e. lee. and, boy, have these two characters ever been in the news lately. perfect timing, we could not have chosen a better moment, as we know lee has been all but knocked off his pedestal, literally, in some parts of the country, in this roiling national controv