coming up next, gregory walker, author of a "shades of memnon: the african hero of the trojan war and the keys to ancient world civilization" in the keys -- you are watching the tv coverage of the 11th annual harlem book fair. [inaudible conversations] this summer booktv is asking, where you reading? >> the founder of public affairs books, what are your planning on reading this summer? >> one of the first things i plan on rating is k of close top which is being published by public affairs but i can see that i have had a chance to read it. everybody tells me that is absolutely marvelous. peter carlson was a reporter for the washington post for many years and it tells the story of nikita khrushchev visited the united states in 1959i believe. when he came here and a time in the cold war at its peak and he was the quintessential russian and he came here and traveled the country and went out to iowa and then how the cornstalks war and when into hollywood and disneyland yen and he captured that moment in american history and told the story when i gather is enormous good humor and also histo

we have a ten-minute break before we listen to and get the chance to hear gregory walker. that will start at 12:45. actually, that is about four minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] live picture from the langston hughes auditorium as the dana canedy rats supper presentation. coming up next, gregory walker, the author of "a journal for jordan"-- "sahdes of memnon" the african hero of the trojan war and the keys to ancient world civilization. >> this summer booktv is asking, what are you reading? >> peter rosson us is the founder of public affairs books. mr. ross knows what you plan on reading this summer? >> one of the first books that plan on reading is by peter carlson which is being published by public affairs but i can see that i have been had a chance to really get. everybody tells me that is absolutely marvelous. peter was a reporter for "the washington post" for many years and he tells the story of nikita khrushchev's visit to the united states in 1959 i believe come up when he came here at a time of the cold war was