you have it in fiction as well as non fiction. some where along the line we were taught that non fiction is simply facts. it is not truth. facts wrapped around a story. facts put in a story. let's go back to that porch again, this time my mother in that soft tone of hers. she would tell hair raising ghost stories. she would start at the hour of the dark:30. that is 30 minutes before it gets all the way dark and the monsters come out. and i can hear her say, you used to be a woman who appeared under that street light over there and our heads would all go as one with the street light. it was though we were looking for the lady who walked in front of our house and didn't have a head. when she got to this street light she vanished. then in the same breath she would say, now would you go into the house and get me a drink of water? i would have to go into that creeky old house all by myself. it wasn't so bad in the living room because the lights from the front porch, but she had a table that had claw feet and i knew it was going to snat

they won silver medals for non-fiction, and it was an important story by an american writer. a member of the core faculty pom desert creative writing program. the next book, which will be published in july, is "day of reckoning," based on an award winning article. quoting from de anne's work, "with all do respect for official icon, the eagle, he of the broad wingspan and the ability to see across great distances of patience born of the ages and of majestic flight, it's really the wild horse, the 4-legged with the flying mane and tail, the beautiful big-hearted steed who loves freedom so much that when captured he dies of a broken heart. the ever die find mustang that is our true representative, forcing through our blood who carrying the internal message of america." bleez welcome deanne stillman. >> thank you so much for that lovely introduction. >> daniel arnold is the author of "early days in the range of light: encounters of legendary mountneers," and upcoming book, and he's innative of portland climbing the mountains in adolescence and has climbed high peaks. he's now liv

and intense conversation about issues that are real that could have well been addressed through a non-fiction text appeared quiet and novel? >> i am a storyteller. i feel that the issue of discourse -- there's a lot of political and ideological discourse and we relate to that on an intellectual level. it is important to strip away the idea sometimes and give people a felt human experience, an emotional experience of the issue. people are living and dying not just for ideas, but for the way they experience and live the meaning of those ideas. and the way the expense of the meaning of those ideas is through the stories in their lives, the stories they tell about themselves, the stories that they tell, the stories that their lives become. i am a story teller. i am deeply right. i am a filmmaker. i am a -- i am a playwright. i am a filmmaker. i'm a novelist. if you can tell a related story -- the chinese say that the truth that is sweet to hear is often the truth that is heard. as a storyteller, the extent to which i can really draw a reader in, drawn in an audience, it makes them available and o

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you: the struggle for money, credit, and independence in the republic of texas," a non-fiction work on the history of texas from the colonial text to the united states." it was named the best specialized book on the u.s. paper money by the numismatic literary guild at the ana world's fair on money in boston. jim lives in houston with his wife, jody. his presentation is entitled "behind the battle: financing the texas revolution." please welcome jim bevill. [ applause ] >> all right. thank you. it's my pleasure to be here today. i love speaking at a seminar sponsored by the land office because so much of what happened during the texas revolution had to do with land. and why is history relevant? it's relevant because, number one, it repeats itself. i was on yahoo the other day. actually it was about a month ago. and i was checking e-mail. you know how you get these little news headlines that pull up. and it said libyan rebels await continual funding before continuing struggle." so some of this stuff really hasn't changed. my book goes into that. and behind the battles -- we've all heard

we'll again be covering non-fiction books and have call-in programs with the authors. today's book program is reaired tonight on booktv gipping -- beginning at midnight. [applause] >> well, thank you, author, it's a real privilege to be here. i voted at about this time, yesterday, you were on "the view" being interviewed, and i hope we can elevate things a little bit, that was a low bar. >> quite the experience. >> it's good to be here in part because this is a wonderful book, and author touched on your personal story. i brought with me two of my daughters today because i think it's so important for alls us to be able to spend time with strong, confident leaders, and because i think that your experience really puts the lie in many ways to the notion that there's a republican war on women somehow, but i want to start with a story you tell in the book about your runoff and regime election while -- general election while running for governor. you talk about one of your opponents to the extent of which when your battle was over with him, you called him up saying you admire

he's established himself as a well-respected writer of non-fiction. his best known work in this genera, "looking for trouble: adventures in an unbroken world," establishes his vision of world affairs. he contributes to "usa today," the washington post," newsweek,," and the "wall street journal". as well as his given name, colonel peters has written under the name able jones. the able jones series of novels under the pseudonym of owen perry. his long experience celebrated graphs and assessed difficult situations established ralph peters as a leading voice on america's war on terror. we welcome colonel peters to norwich. [applause] >> i thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, i only have to make one correction, i did not graduate from penn state. i started unregulated and timely in the army, i did get something of an education. i'm going to be talking to you on the subject of myth of gettysburg, and it's the myths arise or that are addressed in the novel of "cain of gettysburg," but this is the [background background for this. i like that this is the

also, got it in my head that i would like to, a work of non-fiction. newspaper style, feature writing in journalism. the links that are allowed for the format. so i was kind of on the lookout for ideas that might be worthy of a book. you can see where i'm headed. when i got out of the daily newspaper business, restructure the family, i basically went to the library with my idea. deep diving, commercial diving, which stuff that goes on under water. starting to do search is on these things. the name sealab stars popping up while. what's that? that sounds pretty fascinating in interesting. and must be at least several books about this. the first thing as a do is find what has been written so far. the answer was really nothing. this was sort of mind blowing. u.s. navy project, the 1960's pioneering underwater, science exploration. what i found mainly, a couple of memoirs that had been written by key participants who we will meet in just a moment here. those were great background, but nobody had put all the pieces together here of what sealab was awarded ma

jeremiah sullivan, pulphead, essays to read and this year, the non-fiction award at the nbcc goes toya jasanoff. [applause] for the war that gave birth to a nation and continues to fuel but don't tread on the imagery of political life today, most readers saw the canadian border next to nothing of the state of first colonial party and the losing side of the american revolution. part of the brilliance of harvard historian maya jasanoff's liberties exiles is to portray the story as a vanquished game changer that created a diaspora of 60,000 refugees and searches of safe havens throughout the british atlantic enquirer. in britain itself, along the in hospitable shores of western africa, and even in india and cost australia. >> of the history of empire. with outstanding clarity, she makes a compelling case that in losing their colonial battles, the loyalists of america achieved their own versions of success. not the least of which would be to reshape the picture of british rule. [applause] >> well, when you write a book about losers -- [laughter] you don't really expect to get up and give

>> there's no better non-fiction writer than evan thomas. >> how are you enjoying it, professor?the students are great. it's fun. mike is in my class. >> i love it. >> smart. >> all the stars. >> we have all asked for refunds. a lot of calls for that. >> the e-book is "inside the circus." thank you very much. >> thank you, guys. >>> coming up -- good to have you in the studio. coming up, crowds spill into the streets of lexington as university of kentucky celebrates their championship win. highlights next in sports. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said, "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? ha ha. ♪ not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our family's goals and some ways to help us get there. they helped me fix my economy, t

we'll again be covering non-fiction books >> if you started in late 1857. pierce was gone. buchanan was the president. so davis was no longer in control of the project. but he was his great friend in congress because he had gone back to the senate. he was again the senator from mississippi.