speak journalist and author nicholas basbanes has written seven books about book culture, book people and book places. his first work, a gentle madness, bubba's in 1995, has said 20 printings. his most recent books are every book, it's reader and a world of letters, yale university press, 1908 to 2008. booktv visited the north grafton massachusetts home of mr. brass bane's khator his best collection of books and to learn about his writing habits. he is currently writing a book on the history of paper. >> hi. >> how are you doing? >> good, come on in. welcome to the abyss. >> thanks for allowing us into your home. >> thank you for having the courage and fortitude to come and take a look at some of our books here. >> so, i understand you have books and almost every room in the house. >> no, we have books and every room of the house. we are surrounded by books. we are engulfed by them and surrounded by them and they are very much a part of our life. >> where should we start? >> well, we just came in. i guess we could start with the books over the fireplace here, because my very first boo

in either spring of 2010 or certainly no later than the fall of 2010 and that is my goal. >> nicholas basbanesthank you. >> thank you. pleasure. >> to contact nicolas basbanes and learn more about his books and journalism, visit his web site at nicholasbasanes.com. >>> former investment banker john talbott analyzes the current financial crisis in his newest book, "the 86 biggest lies on wall street." he calls the global banking system insolvent and blames the recession on a lack of financial regulations. this is about an hour. >> thank you for coming. it's a rainy night out there as i found out the hard way. i am going to give you some short opening remarks and leave plenty of time for questions. i would like to thank the folks from c-span for being here today. and for filming us. i just returned from an economics conference in italy. one of the sessions was a mock trial in which the economists of the world were put on trial accused of completely missing the warning signs of the current crisis. not predicting it, doing nothing to prevent it and thus far, doing little to help enact smart reform