malcolm gladwell's examination of how we misread strangers words and actions. after that fox news's greg jarrett talks about the mueller investigation in witchhunts followed by the united states of trump, bill o'reilly's look at the life and career of donald trump. looking at the best-selling nonfiction books according to the new york times, the book of gutsy women, hillary and chelsea clinton's thoughts on the women who inspired them. some of these authors have appeared on booktv and you are watching them online, booktv.org. here is a look at some authors who appeared recently on booktv's "after words" which includes best-selling nonfiction books and guest interviewers. greg jarrett argued against the validity if the investigation into russian interference of the presidential election. coming up, david shelton will recount his time as secretary of veterans affairs. "after words," senator rand paul of kentucky provides the history of socialism and content there is a new threat of socialist thinking on the rise in america. >> if i'm going to be a successful capi

democracies around the world in blowout, next it's talking to strangers, new yorker staff writer malcolm gladwell's examination, fox news greg jaret offers thoughts in mueller investigation in witch hunt, followed by the united states of trump bill o'reilly's look of life and career of president trump. and wrapping up a look at some of the best selling nonfiction books is the books of gutsy women, some of the authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch them online at booktv.org. >> here is a look at some of the events book tv already covering this week. harvard university professor elizabeth cohen will look at policy and post world war ii through the work of urban planner edward and tuesday bookstore in austin, texas, settling of the american west. on thursday at barnes & noble in new york city journalist pamela will argue that workplace diversity initiatives have largely failed and then on friday we will be on the west coast at roman bookstore in pasadena, california, debate of baldwin and buckley over the civil rights movement. all of these events are open to the pun lick, if you're in att

next it's talking to strangers, new yorker staff writer malcolm gladwell's examination of how we misread strangers words and actions . after that, fox news greg offers his thoughts on the molar investigation in which followed by the united states of trump, bill o'reilly's look at the life and career of president from and wrapping up outlook at some of the best-selling nonfiction books according to the new york times is the book of betsy women, hillary and chelsea clinton's thoughts on the women who've inspired them. these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch them online at booktv.org. >> here's a look at the events book tv will be covering this week. on monday we are at the marriott books in jackson mississippi for historian sc wins study of the final year ofthe civil war . and on tuesday look for us at the schonberg center in new york city for eric k washington start on james williams, chief order of the grand central terminal red caps in the early 1900s was the face of his african-american workforce and champion of their upward mobility. on wednesday in new haven connecti

you've seen malcolm gladwell. that no one asked for-- "master class trump." >> i know more about drones than anybody. i know about every form of safety that you can have. nobody knows much more about technology, this type of technology, certainly, than i do. i know more about isis than the generals do. believe me. if a windmill is within two miles of your house, your house is practically worthless. ( laughter ) i know more about steelworkers than anybody that's ever run for office.

in conversation with david brooks i want to tell you of other exciting events so on seph with malcolm gladwell that is part of a live recording and on septembe september 12th we have samantha power with james comey and on september 24 for the year the year of the monkey we hope to see you this month secretary mattis is a native who has served more than four decades as marine infantry officer. following two years as secretary of defense returned to the northwestan and is a distinguished fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university the storied career from wide ranging leadership role to commanding a quarter of a million troops across the middle east along the way we count is foundationall experiences with the nation nature of war fighting the importance of allies and the strategic dilemma facing the nation. he makes it clear why america must return to a strategic foodie one - - footing but fighting wars he divides the book into three parts of direct leadership in executive leadership and strategic leadership record the first part is early experience when he knew his troops as well and

washington university also jim madison conversation and a few other exciting events and with malcolm gladwell. with the podcast on npr. we have samantha power and james comey on september 16. and then talk about the year of the monkey tickets are on sale now i hope to see you. and those who served more than four decades as an infantry officer. and then to return to the northwest a distinguished fellow at the hoover institution at stanford. from wide-ranging leadership roles should command a quarter of a million troops across the middle east along the way he recounts his foundational experience as a leader was acting the lessons he has learned and the importance of allies and the strategic dilemmas facing the nation. he makes it clear why america must return to strategic footing to fight wars so tonight with direct leadership and executive leadership and strategic leadership. in the first part to recall his early experience leading marines into battle and in the second part to explore what it means to adapt leadership style to ensure intent by the most junior troops and then those challenges a

you've seen malcolm gladwell. and now, a master class that no one asked for-- "master class trump." >> i know more about drones than anybody. i know about every form of safety that you can have. nobody knows much more about technology, this type of technology, certainly, than i do. i know more about isis than the generals do. believe me. if a windmill is within two miles of your house, your house is practically worthless. ( laughter ) i know more about steelworkers than anybody that's ever run for office. i know the h1-b. i know the h2-b. nobody knows it better than me. a lot of people don't realize abraham lincoln, the great abraham lincoln, was a republican. ( laughter ) i love the poorly educated! ( laughter ) >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, not so sharpie! plus, stephen welcomes vice president joe biden. and musical guest pixies. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> step

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crowd when you already have trump having trump and pence at a rally is like having the rock and malcolm gladwellu move i think the rock can handle it at a campaign rally in north carolina, yesterday, president trump said the democrats are, quote, not big believers in religion. before adding, "unlike me, who loves -- what's his name you know, the boy who was born on christmas, in a trash can or whatever [ laughter and applause what was it? you know who i'm talking about [ cheers and applause jeekus." [ laughter ] according to a new survey, 34% of parents say their pet is their favorite child [ light laughter ] and the survey wasn't anonymous. [ laughter ] it's the 25th anniversary of the tv show "friends." and in response -- [ cheers and applause yeah yeah, a thing got old. and in response, the "new york times" ran an article this weekend titled why "friends" won't get rebooted but we think they should reboot and it and they should update it for 2019 here are a few episodes we think they might want to consider. ♪ the one where everyone finds out joey voted for trump [ laughter and applause the on

so next week on september 11t september 11th, we have an if it with malcolm gladwell at listener for his new book talking with strangers. it will be part of the live reporting of san podcast on npr. is of number 12 right here, we have samantha power as well is josh campbell with james comey on september 16th, and on september 24th, patty smith will get listener for dark memoir of the year. tickets for all of those events are on sale now. i hope to see you guys some of them this month. now onto the if it you guys are all here for secretary his northwest native native who surf more than four decades is marine infantry officer. following two years is a secretary of defense, he returned to the northwest and is now the families distinguished fellow at the uber institution at stanford university. chaos is the account of madison's story career. from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars, to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the middle east. along the way, he recounts his foundational experiences is a leader, exacting the lessons he has learned about the nature

david and goliath by malcolm gladwell i read the power of home alive. in the little things by andy enders. i think there is another one. or nine of them. i will think of it in a minute. >> had deselected the books that you read. >> i'm big on biographies in history. smart people learn from their mistakes but brilliant people learn from other people's mistakes. that's why he should read history and biography. the facts and experience. in my opinion it's just as important may be more important to learn what went wrong if you learn from other people's mistakes. >> where do you like to read? wherever i can. on vacation i'm not much of a beach guy so i take a bag full of books and i go through them pretty quick i read on the plane. anytime i can get a quiet place and have a cup of hot tea. i take notes. and keep a little journal to take notes on the books that i am reading the other book that i didn't mention. a dr. in the house by michael burgess. one of my colleagues. what i'm trying to do is draw from other people's experiences and their insight which hel