one book called 1861 i think by jeffrey goldberg and it is about the beginning of the civil war those are the two books is. >> everybody sits down. good. let me say a few words in 1977, when i joined the harvard economics department it is safe to say it was not a congenial place with the kingdoms of king said you did not feel very well come but those few people who deferred from an asset and one of them was when we match. and took me under his wing and made life much easier and nicer for me. you have to realize that the time i was a lowly assistant professor and he was already got or close to that. [laughter] he had done breakthrough work and had major results and for those of you who have worked on forms they can get very messy very quickly and the duty is that mike's work was incredibly beautiful there was content, but i think we were and not him and that is when we became friends ever since. then mike decided it was too easy and moving on as a dean at harvard than stanford then double in high-tech and learning a lot about the world and then we he met the dead in china in 2007 we we

i think by jeffrey goldberg. anyway, it's about the beginning of the civil war. those are the two books i have been reading mostly. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. send us a tweet at book tv. >> booktv is in new york city at the annual publishers convention held every year here in new york city. we're reviewing some of the fall 2011 books and we're at the chicago review press stand with the publisher of the chicago review press. tell us what your organization is. >> we're a publisher, mostly nonfiction books. we have been in binssons 1973 and publish on a variety of topics, african-american interests, we have several different interests, and one of them does african-american interests, middle east politics, feminism. and chicago review press does an eclectic mix of nonfiction, popular science, travel, history. >> are you private of associated with a university? no we're independently owned, independently minded. >> let's look at some of these coming up books. let's start here. >> andrew tadler is one of the only western journalists in syria and worked

. >> two books, the storms of war by andrew roberts and a book called 1861, by jeffrey goldberg. anyway it is about the beginning of the civil war. those are the two books i've been reading most recently. >> tell us what you are reading this summer. send us a tweet at oak tv. .. >> he's in conversation with simon johnson, co-author of "13 bankers". this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. thanks for your patience as we get started, and thank you, all, for coming out today for government place. i'm the marketing director of boston review. it's an independent, non-profit magazine of ideas. we cover a wide range from global politics and economics to contemporary fiction, poetry, and film. please pick up a copy on your way out at the door or at the table in the lobby. today's event is the final installment of the academic year of the ideas matter lecture series. it's a joint project of boston review and the finance department. the goal of the series is to encourage serious debate, reasonable and phak-based on key issues of public policy. over the course of the year, we

. >> a book called 1861, jeffrey goldberg, it is about the beginning of the civil war. those of the books i have been reading most recently. >> tell us what you are reading this summer. send us a tweet at booktv. >> that is one of the most interesting aspects of this society, the women of hezbollah are the cornerstone of the movement and what has turned it into something that has such an enduring and resilient bedrock. each time there is a war, 1993-1996, 2006, there are massive amount of destruction. homes are destroyed every time. people's kids get killed. for it to happen once, anything can happen once. for people to be willing with good cheer and high energy to volunteer again and again for this requires something hezbollah managed to do which is to buy in the level of households at home that women in the household worked hard to reach and teach, these women become the bedrock of the ideas and willingness to fight for them. i right about this a fair amount in the book. these murders have a very different flavor or psychological profile than those in gaza or the west

two books right now, "the storms of war" by andrew roberts, and a book called "1861 ," i think jeffrey goldberg. anyway, it's about the beginning of the civil war. those are the two books i've been reading more recently. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. send us a tweet at booktv. you can find out about upcoming booktv weekend programs by using your mobile phone. simply text the word book to 99702 to receive a weekly e-mail about our schedule and sign up now for a chance to receive a signed copy of henry kissinger's new book "on china." standard data rates and messaging apply. >> massachusetts governor deval patrick discusses his live at the national press club here in washington. this program originally aired live online at booktv.org. it's about 45 minutes. >> in january 2007 deval patrick became the first african-american governor of the commonwealth of massachusetts. and one of only two african-american governors elected in american history. that was just, that was just one triumphant step in a long and probable journey that began on the south side of chicago. from a chaotic child