coming up next, kendall coffey bleak as the "spinning the law". he is going to talk about spending public opinion. we will be right back. >> you are watching booktv on kendall coffey -- c-span2. thirty hours a nonfiction books every saturday. here's our prime-time lineup for tonight. starting at 7:00 p.m. the author of the high tide of american conservatism recounts the 1924 presidential election between john davis and calvin coolidge. last time according to the author that both parties fielded conservative candidates. at 8:00 p.m. the 60 first annual national book awards from new york city. booktv talks with nonfiction nominees and presents full coverage of the evening as awards are presented in the categories of nonfiction, fiction, poetry and young people's literature. that is followed at 10:00 with 2010 national book award nominee john dower discusses his book cultures of work on afterwards. in the conversation at the institute for policy studies, he examines for defense in u.s. history. the attack on pearl harbor. the bombing of hiroshima. th