and a special welcome to harold evans. we at the embassy are delighted to be participating in the the launch of harry's book "my paper chase: true stories of vanished times". the book covers a huge amount of ground from harry's childhood in the northern ireland and for a time, you want to know this, living a few hundred yards from where the jury the of later grew up. then on to his professional career as a journalist and editor, publisher, and author. but this isn't just another autobiography. this is also a biography of the newspaper industry over many, many significant decades. the book describes that almost industrial process of producing newspapers over really the best part of the last century. now, all of that to has vanished. but the book is decidedly not. mark twain said and not an editor of a newspaper. alistair to do right and be good. harold evans is 14 year tenure as the editor of the times and then for a year as the editor of the times of london produced work of really extraordinary defined standards. in 2001 j

host: that was harold evans. caller: it is an amazing book. it gives great insight into what happens in washington. it is interesting because this talks about all the corruption and has existed before with obama and all of the people he has brought with him. somebody remarked earlier about rahm emanuel. that is detailed in this book. but when you read this book, it makes you wonder how we can ever straighten and out the mess in washington. host: best book of 2009. paul on the independent line. caller: it is called "tree spiker." also a reason book of palmtop removal and west virginia. host: one way to find out is to go to our website and you can take look at that and searched by name. this is texas on the democratic line. your favor nonfiction book of the year. caller: it is a book that i wrote. is called "to find 9/11 intervention crocus is about 9/11. it is a true story. -- it is about 9/11. it all happens. it is a true story. is there is a god. god has gone involved income 9/11. host: 2009 marks the end of sarah palin's governorship. here i

one of the events we cover this year harold evans in this book, my paperchase. here are some of the books on his reading. >> tonight really should be a celebration, not as me frankly, but of reporting. that's what my book is about. it's about what newspapers can achieve, not what an editor can achieve, but what the reporters on the ground can achieve here it post go tucson, arizona, that was harold evans i believe that his book party tearing washington at the british embassy. you like the culture of corruption? >> caller: it's an amazing book because it gives great insight into what happens in washington. it's particularly interesting because this talks about all the corruption that has existed before with obama and all of the people he's brought with them. earlier somebody remarked about rama manuel. well, that is detailed in this book. when you read this book, it makes you wonder how we can ever, ever straighten up the mess in washington. >> host: paul is nextstep. best book of 2009, paul on our independent line. >> caller: i wonder if you guys have covered it

i'm actually reading harold evans. which is a remarkable story. harold cracked spy cases. he discovered medium mean. he had a remarkable career with the times of london. it's a great book. and i'm rereading a couple of other books. abslom,abslom. also seven ages of paris, which is a great history of paris. it is about as enjoyable of a history book as i've ever read. >> your book came out early this year, when's the next one? >> boy, i don't know. we got in the top ten for two or three weeks. that was great. but it's kind of tough riding political books in this environment. unless you want to write a polemic. that's not really my style. so i don't know. you know, we add -- actually the best part of writing the book was the book tour. because we would go out and we would actually have these great crowds. it would be republican and democratic and independent. we had a great pride. it was like having town haul meetings all over the country. what we were hearing back in june and july is what's showing up in the poles now. that was the fun part of it. i love writing too. but ju

host: that was harold evans. caller: it is an amazing book. it gives great insight into what happens in washington. it is interesting because this talks about all the corruption and has existed before with obama and all of the people he has brought with him. somebody remarked earlier about rahm emanuel. that is detailed in this book. but when you read this book, it makes you wonder how we can ever straighten and out the mess in washington. host: best book of 2009. paul on the independent line. caller: it is called "tree spiker." also a reason book of palmtop removal and west virginia. host: one way to find out is to go to our website and you can take look at that and searched by name. this is texas on the democratic line. your favor nonfiction book of the year. caller: it is a book that i wrote. is called "to find 9/11 intervention crocus is about 9/11. it is a true story. -- it is about 9/11. it all happens. it is a true story. is there is a god. god has gone involved income 9/11. host: 2009 marks the end of sarah palin's governorship. here i

one of the many vince we covered this year former publisher harold evans and his book might paper chase. to some of his comments from his book reading. >> to mike ridley it should be a celebration models we frankly but of reporting. that is what my book is about. it is about what newspapers can achieve and not what an editor can achieve but what of reporters on the ground can achieve. >> host: tucson arizona. by the way that was his book party at washington of the british embassy. this is dick. go ahead. you like the culture of corruption? >> caller: it is raising and gives great insight into what happens in washington. it is particularly interesting because this talks about all fought corruption that has existed before with obama and all of the people that he has brought with him. earlier somebody remarked about rahm emanuel. that is detailed in this book but when you read this book it makes you wonder how we can ever, ever straighten out the mess in washington. >> host: paul is next up. the best book of 2009. paul on the independent line will do you think? >> caller: i don't know if y

. >> have you ever reviewed harold evans' books? >> we extracted them, and i drove him down, i negotiated him down. [laughter] >> so much of your professional life has been involved with the written word and with books. why? finish. >> i'm a passionate reader myself. our house is just wall to wall books. i mean, wall to wall. you would not believe how many books in our house we need to keep doing kind of a purge. but my husband is a passionate reader and writer, i'm a passionate reader and writer, and we're just a family of bookworms. >> have you have you gotten a kindle or a sony player or any kind of electronic --? >> i have a kindle. i'm still a kind of tentative user. that's only because i'm actually a slow adopter. i mean, it was a long time before i took my blackberry to heart. now i live, can't live without any blackberry. but, of course, i do like the feel touch smell physicality of a book, and i always have. and, in fact, now we're, in fact with the daily beast have started our own little electron thetic book company which

tonight, books by ann coulter harold evans and others.ire list, visit our web site booktv.org. former secretary of state colin powell was honored earlier this month with a portrait. there were also remarks from current secretary of state hillary clinton. it is 25 minutes. [applause] >> welcome to the benjamin franklin room here at the state department for such a happy occasion. totally in keeping with the spirit of the times where we are about to have the unveiling of the official portrait of colin powell as the secretary of state. four years ago, hundreds of employees from across the state department gathered in the lobby downstairs to cheer for their boss as he said goodbye. today, i am delighted to join staff, family and friends in saying to my predecessor welcome back. id is good to see you here again. -- it is good to see you here again. [applause] colin powell served as secretary of state during a time of swift and far reaching change, both for our nation and world. his tenure began just a few weeks into the new millennium. nine mon

tonight, books by ann coulter, harold evans and others.ire list, visit our web site booktv.org. former secretary of state colin powell was honored earlier this month with a portrait. there were also remarks from current secretary of state hillary clinton. it is 25 minutes. [applause] >> welcome to the benjamin franklin room here at the state department for such a happy occasion. totally in keeping with the spirit of the times where we are about to have the unveiling of the official portrait of colin powell as the secretary of state. four years ago, hundreds of employees from across the state department gathered in the lobby downstairs to cheer for their boss as he said goodbye. today, i am delighted to join staff, family and friends in saying to my predecessor, welcome back. id is good to see you here again. -- it is good to see you here again. [applause] colin powell served as secretary of state during a time of swift and far reaching change, both for our nation and world. his tenure began just a few weeks into the new millennium. nine mo

tonight, books by ann coulter and sir harold evans, beginning at 8:00 p.m. on c-span2.isit our website, book tv.org. >> it really sinks in. you have lost it. you don't own it anymore. you are trespassing. and that hurts. my positions are now in a storage bin. what was able to get out -- but i was able to get out. >> on q&a -- american casino, award winning documentary on the impact of subprime mortgages on minorities. sunday night at 8:00. >> a new statue of former president ronald reagan was unveiled in the capitol rotunda earlier this year, five years after his death. nancy reagan, speaker of the house nancy pelosi, majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell spoke at this 50-minute ceremony. . [applause] [applause] >> today we are gathered to honor president reagan with the unveiling of his debt to. please stand and remain standing for the opening ceremonies. >> please remain standing for the presentation of colors, the singing of the national anthem, and remain standing as reverend black gives the indicatiovocati. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ o say, can you see by

tonight, books by ann coulter and sir harold evans, beginning at 8:00 p.m. on c-span2., book tv.org. >> it really sinks in. you have lost it. you don't own it anymore. you are trespassing. and that hurts. my positions are now in a storage bin. what was able to get out -- but i was able to get out. >> on q&a -- american casino, award winning documentary on the impact of subprime mortgages on minorities. sunday night at 8:00. >> a new statue of former president ronald reagan was unveiled in the capitol rotunda earlier this year, five years after his death. nancy reagan, speaker of the house nancy pelosi, majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell spoke at this 50-minute ceremony. . [applause] [applause] >> today we are gathered to honor president reagan with the unveiling of his debt to. please stand and remain standing for the opening ceremonies. >> please remain standing for the presentation of colors, the singing of the national anthem, and remain standing as reverend black gives the indicatiovocati. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early