>> i think fiction affords something that non-fiction doesn't. think that the stories you can tell and for me fiction doesn't mean it's a lie but i think fiction can be truer than non-fiction. if i wrote non-fiction about the war, i would have to protect people's identity and think about the ethics of telling certain stories and so i think for me fiction just seems much more, i don't know, much more powerful way of getting to certain stories that are difficult. >> what for you then is the blessing, the joy of being a /i writer? i hear your point you're surprised people pay to read your stuff, indeed they do and pay well to read your stuff and this being in paper back, if they weren't buying it it wouldn't go to paper back. what's the blessing and joy for you in being a writer? >> i think it's that people read what i wrote and it mean something and not just entertainment, which i think is important but that women read it and they say to me, you make me feel stronger. i feel validated or somebody said to me once that half of a yellow son was part o

it is strictly non-fiction. and i respect that. but still, i didn't want this book to be just a painful, gruesome duty or an important scary book. i wanted it to be a pleasurable reading experience with a page turner and moments of of suspense and heroism from the people studying them and yes, even moments of humor. it isn't a very funny book but i hope if might be the funniest book about ebola you ever read. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us to get publishing news, schedule updates, author information and to talk directly with authors during live programs. twitter.com/booktv. >> booktv asked bookstores and libraries throughout the countries about the non-fiction books they are most anticipating being published this fall. this is a look at the harvard bookstore. starting off the list we examine the role feminism played in the creation of a super hero in the history of wonder woman. and charles blow recalls growing up in louisiana in the 1970s. lawrence wrights "13 days

that google was scanning books and i remember loving the idea because i'm a reader and i write non-fictionooks and i do research and i wanted access to those books. then we heard that they were scanning our books, they were scanning copyrighted books and they hadn't asked anyone's permission, the libraries had just handed them over. well...that was obviously a violation of our copyright and a little bit of a surprise to put it mildly. >> i remember being very curious about what they were doing and i popped my name in google and saw that it came up with snippets of my books. so what i did was searched for terms that i knew were common in my book like "star, galaxy" and there were lots and lots of hits and it would display several snippets. and then i would search for other common words and it was clear that if you were clever with your searches you could see quite a bit of the text if not all of it. >> google claimed that it's use of these millions of copyrighted books that it digitized was an example of fair use. why i'm not sure. i still don't understand how that can be justified that poi

and of course that's how she writes, including her non-fiction work. in fact, it wasn't her gifts as a novelist that first caught my attention. it was her essays, in such collections as "the death of adam," "absence of mind" and "when i was a child i read books." those drew me to the way she writes and thinks, and to her strong belief in the power of grace and faith, and her devotion to democracy, which she fears "we are gravely in danger of losing." marilynne robinson, welcome. >> thank you. it's wonderful to be here. >> and congratulations for those reviews. >> well, thank you. >> i was particularly struck with one from "the new york times" praising you for frankness about a "truly shocking subject: the damage to the human personality done by poverty, neglect and abandonment." and i wondered, why should anyone be shocked to discover today what can happen to a young girl like lila? >> i was also struck by that. it seems, you know, when you, you know, read dickens or something, i mean, the great subject really of the democratization of western culture

several of his books were non-fiction best sellers including, among others "i pledge allegiance, theamerican spy family" that was turned into a great mini series on cbs, perhaps some of you watched it in the past. "gang land" how the fbi broke the mob in 1993. "the eve of destruction." the untold story of the yam kiper war in 2003. "american lightning" terror of mystery and the birth of hollywood and the crime of the centuryó' 2008. "a floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the uconn gold rush in 2011." i should also mention that warner brothers is preparing ax film of "dark invasion" starring bradley cooper as tom, the hero of the book. please welcome, howard blum. [ applause ]. >>> pick up a newspaper and just glance at the headline. check out the internet and read almost any post. there's news about terrorism anywhere and it's all very frightening. it will keep you up at night. one day they're saying new york city is a target. the next day is chicago. then las vegas, even the air force academy. the president tells us that we don't have to worry. isis is not going to

his first book, "the end of faith," won the 2005 pen award of non-fiction. sam, i want to give you the rules of discussion on this show. when i shout over you, you must immediately stop and agree with me, okay, in order to continue the discussion. >> i will do my best. you're even harder than ben affleck. >> it is, it's going to be a tough one. you know, i've been reading what nick christoph has written about this today and what other critics of you have written about this today, and there's something fascinating in every one of those articles. and that is how much they agree with you. i want to read you a passage from nick christoph's column today, and this is something that i swear if it had no author's name on it, i would expect to see the name sam harris somewhere near it. he says, today the islamic world includes a strain that truly is disproportionately in tolerant and oppressive. barbarians in the islamic state cite their faith as the reason for their mon truss behavior -- most recently beheading a british aid worker devoted to saving muslim lives and

. >> every week booktv has shows focused on non-fiction authors and books. keep watching here or go online and watch our past shows. booktv asked bookstores about the books they are excited about being published this fall. former secretary of state henry kissenger's thoughts on international affair. and in this changings everything, a report on how climate change affects the economyi economy. and examining how humans transformed the human age and we reecount the director from tinseltown. visit the store in pasadena, california or online at romansbookstore.com. >> three different women in term of age and who they had voted for. michele voted for nadir and then bush and debby does want vote because she doesn't think politici politicians are any good and they deploy together and once they are in afghanistan the differences between them don't seem as important anymore and what becomes important is what are their personalities like. debby takes michele under her wing and mothers here. she is a very maternal figure and mothers every. but she is trying to affirm mi

several of his books were non-fiction best sellers including, among others "i pledge allegiance, theamerican spy family" that was turned into a great mini series on cbs, perhaps some of you watched it in the past. "gang land" how the fbi broke the mob in 1993. "the eve of destruction." the untold story of the yam kiper war in 2003. "american lightning" terror of mystery and the birth of hollywood and the crime of the centuryó' 2008. "a floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the uconn gold rush in 2011." i should also mention that warner brothers is preparing ax film of "dark invasion" starring bradley cooper as tom, the hero of the book. please welcome, howard blum. [ applause ]. >>> pick up a newspaper and just glance at the headline. check out the internet and read almost any post. there's news about terrorism anywhere and it's all very frightening. it will keep you up at night. one day they're saying new york city is a target. the next day is chicago. then las vegas, even the air force academy. the president tells us that we don't have to worry. isis is not going to

. >> because of your background as a journalist do you work on a lot of non-fiction political books? >> yes i do. i work only on nonfiction and some of the books really are more not so much political as they are journalism. book on afghanistan. book on veterans. a book on the meat bracket, the industry of meat that has become an oligarchy. a lot of books that involved journalists spending many years of their lives digging into some of the issues we face and trying to make the readable. something someone would want to pay in hard cover $25 for and spend a lot of time with. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here is some of the latest news about the publishing industry. the book review journal turkish reviews announced nominees for the first-ever turkish prizes in fiction, nonfiction and young readers literature. the winners to will receive a $50,000 award will be announced oct. 20 third in austin, texas. authors united, a group formed to protest amazon's detente over e-book pricing has seen an increase in its membership. the new york times report several

the national book foundation announced his non-fiction finalists which include a generation, no good man among the living, and the meaning of human existence by edward wilson. look for our live coverage of the awards on november november 19th. amazon is opening kiosks in san francisco and sacramento and according to the "washington post," the chinese government ordered the removal books by authors perceived to be sympathetic to protest and on,. stay up-to-date on news about the publishing world by liking us on facebook or follow us on twitter. you can also visit our website. >> one of the things about my day job is why you get to meet extraordinary people from extraordinary places. a week ago before i came here i was talking to a friend of mine who is a plus member. he is my age. he came into politics, as i did, and his late 20's. to liberals the same age as mine, but he could have grown up on a different planet. he could have grown up under the dictatorship. his father had defected to canada. they only been able to meet once, the only place the two of them could get visas. the fathe

introspective look at the craft itself in a way that was part gonzo and part long form literary non-fiction. it was just a fabulous book. it is so meaningful, this book in large measure inspired me to want to be a political reporter. so it's really a great honor to introduce curtis, in large measure while timothy crouse largely pillories the pack mentality of reporters who are on the bus in 1972 covering the presidential campaign, this man emerges as a journalistic hero. crouse rights, about sitting down next to a 30ish dark-haired reporter wearing a palm beach suit and drooping mustache who looked too hung over to object to my presence. after a long silence he spoke up in a twang southern accent and introduced himself as curtis wilkie. he was from mississippi and senior at old miss in 1964 when general walker led his famous charge on the administration building. he then goes on to mention his career beginning as a reporter in clarkeville, mississippi, at the register. at the time he was working for a daily in wilmington, delaware, owned by a conservative republican paper. he says about wil

i'm curious about the transition of the non-fiction book.you are a veteran reporter come a report all over the world and in texas. this is a different type of nonfiction writing. so i'm curious at a writers conference if you can talk about the process of making that transition. maria first and then chris. it actually was the transition. >> i don't think it was a transition. i think for me because what i did go back and reconnect with my father, he started sharing stories about his own upbringing and just his own childhood and it was these experiences that i had never been aware of that he had been through. so the book itself started. and no, i started taking notes and started trying to flesh out the stories my father was sharing with me. so it kind of started off with this collection of short stories. i remember i had a meeting with my added her and he kind of looked at me and said you know, maria, you need to be a part of the book because an american reader is probably not going to really tear father, but they will relate to you being a dau

. >> that was after words of booktv signature program which authors of the lead is non-fiction book interviewed by journalists public policy makers and others familiar with the arterial. after words airs every weekend on booktv 10:00 p.m. saturday, 12:00 in anacostia on sunday into:00 a.m. on monday and also watch after words of mine. go to booktv.org from your in university about their book. joining us