si hard that mukherjee looks into how medicine and scientific research intersect in "the laws of medicine." former georgetown university professor dennis ross are' "doomed to succeed" traces the development of policy towards israel and the middle east as a whole. david talbot warns against the growth of what he considers america's national security state in "the devil's chessboard." and in empire of self, middlebury college professor of english jay parini recalls the life of gore vidal. look for titles in in the bookstores this week and watch for the authors in the future on c-span2. >> host: glenn beck, in your newest book why do you open with thomas jefferson and the library of congress? >> guest: because jefferson changed hi life. he wrote -- my life. he wrote a letter to his nephew, peter carr. peter was 15, 14, somewhere in that a area. his mother had died, his father was about to the to die, and his father said to thomas, thomas l you oversee the education of my son when i pass on? smartest man i know. is he said, sure. so when peter comes of age, he writes him this beautiful letter

si hard that mukherjee looks into how medicine and scientific research intersect in "the laws of medicine." former georgetown university professor dennis ross are' "doomed to succeed" traces the development of policy towards israel and the middle east as a whole. david talbot warns against the growth of what he consi