now it is truly an honor for me to introduce this month speaker, marji ross who is here to discuss "seven surprising secrets of best-selling female authors" a best-selling -- marji is a leader among leaders in the conservative movement and one of the most respected and quoted publishers in the book business. her advice and counsel are valued by many of the most celebrated, powerful and recognizable names in america. marji serves as the president of the conservative book publishing house, regnery, and she is the only person outside of the regnery family ever to hold that title. under her strong leadership over the past 12 years, the company has placed 48 of its books on "the new york times" bestsellers list and an enviable feat in the competitive world of publishing. recent bestsellers have included courting disaster by mark season and cultural corruption by michelle malkin. read very by far the highest batting average of "new york times" bestseller publishers -- published per title published by any publisher. marji graduated from dartmouth college with a b.a. in english and she earned her

please, join me in welcoming marji ross. [applause] >> thank you. well, it's delightful to be here with all of you today. thank you very much. thank you, michelle and bridget, for hosting, um, and as michelle said, a wonderful thing for this partnership between clare boothe luce and the heritage foundation to be bringing together conservative women every month. it's a terrific opportunity for all of us to get together. and i'm delighted to be here. um, and i'm so happy to see so many smart, young, confident, conservative women in the audience today, it gives me hope for the future of the country, and, in fact, that's part of what i want to talk to you about today, the future of the country. and, um, the important role that i think all of us, and i mean everyone here in the auditorium today, the important role we have to play in that, and along the way i'm going to, hopefully, share with you some food for thought on how to navigate the world of politics and publishing and business and family successfully. and we'll talk a little bit about that word,

now it is truly an honor for me to introduce this month speaker, marji ross who is here to discuss "seven surprising secrets of best-selling female authors" a best-selling -- marji is a leader among leaders in the conservative movement and one of the most respected and quoted publishers in the book business. her advice and counsel are valued by many of the most celebrated, powerful and recognizable names in america. marji serves as the president of the conservative book publishing house, regnery, and she is the only person outside of the regnery family ever to hold that

during the lunch outside, and i hope you all can stay and join us and continue the conversation with marji ross. so thank you very much for coming today. >> thank you. >> and for co-hosting today. thank you so much. police departments. [inaudible conversations] .. >> trips i took as a child -- [inaudible] starting out in their careers when i was a young child, and took me to england and to africa, and to a number of different towns where they were starting in their first jobs. and then the many trips we took after my parents got divorced, when my brother and i went with our mother, had to move back and across the country. we were in los angeles when they split up, into the east coast. and traveled to many new homes, often new places where i didn't know anybody. as she struggled to get her life back on track, after my parents broke up. but it's also a reference, sort of a metaphorical reference to the trip that i took in reporting and writing this book, where after an entire adult lifetime, establishing my own career, having my own family, thinking all the time that i was doing everything that m

and marji ross on what it takes to be a successful female publisher and author sunday at 11:15 p.m. booktv, every weekend on c-span2. >> up next, tony horwitz recounts john brown's raid on a federal armory in harper's ferry in west virginia. mr. horwitz reports on john brown's early exploits to abolish slavery pronounced by acts of violence in kansas. his court trial following his capture and how his acts of defiance contribute today the national discussion of secession. this is about an hour. >> good evening. thank you all for coming. our thanks go to the historical museum for hosting us, to booktv for recording this presentation and especially to maggie richards at henry holt publishing for arranging this return visit by tony horwitz. midnight rising: john brown and the raid that sparked the civil war, invoked a familiar image for kansans, the larger than life abolitionist that adorns the walls of our state capitol in topeka. brown waged a bloody war that started in the kansas territory and ended when brown was captured after his famous raid on harper's ferry. relying on his self-

i hope you can all stay in join us and continue the conversation with marji ross. thank you so much. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. [applause] >> every weekend book tv offers 48 hours of programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. watch it here on c-span2. >> i do believe that the west for all of its historical shortcomings, and then skating in my book assessing these shortcomings because they have to be admitted, for all of the shortcomings the west still today represents the most of acceptable and workable universally workable political culture. >> in 1991 the united states was the only global superpower. today how to restore its status in the world from former national security advisers on his strategic vision tonight at ten east and. also this weekend on book tv the fd argues world war ii as a cover to create a more powerful executive branch. and said then that a ten, lori andrews and hutterites are being eroded by social networks. book tv every weekend. >> next, paul baer reports and the creation and ubiquitous use of a glock pistol no

and marji ross about what it takes to be a female publisher. >> now to concorde, new hampshire, fromuntsman participated in a town hall meeting. he was endorsed by "the boston globe," a paper published in the state of mitt romney. the new hampshire presidential primary is this tuesday. this is about 50 minutes. >> thank you for being here. it is my pleasure to introduce ron begin jerry, who will have the pleasure of introducing our next presidential candidate, jon huntsman. >> good morning. john hunts -- jon hundredthman has served his country in various ways throughout his life. it is because of his deeply held conviction of service to country he's risen -- risen above washington politics. he reduced spending and taxes and in a spirit of unparalleled courage he stepped across the political divide and accepted a role as am bsdor to china where his business accruemen was used in the face of china's human rights railroad. he favors energy independence, tax and regulatory reform and an approach to national security that emphasizes his keen grasp of post cold war realities. please join m

during the lunch outside and i hope you all can stay and join us and continue the conversation with marji ross. thank you so much for coming today. thanks for claire boothe luce foundation today. >> thank you. [applause]