>> first of all, i wanted to depart from the memoirs and nonfiction. second, the issues i read about in the new book, "radiance of tomorrow," it's about a lot of people. experiences going home after war another people six euros, so it is composite of the tanks. i want to have the freedom to play around with words and images. >> what kind of freedom is writing a novel gave you rather than nonfiction? >> with the novel, for me particularly there's room to play with language more than to actually maybe extend the recurrence is. you know, expand them more and traumatize them a little more. they were also in the same time. the runaway coming to us whatever they wanted they wanted to do was this novel i talk about things that existed before the war. after work, and the existed again. so i try to put them together in a way that allows me to do that. >> what is in the novel? >> it was like that semifictional way in the remote part of the country, where people don't really care to hear about it. these are places that were devastated and people go back home and

i'm a strong believer in the richness and versatility of nonfiction. it seems weird in a way to me we just put the one label on it notary public fiction when it can be so many things. you have so many colors in the lenses through which you see the world, so many techniques you can use, and i defie nip to say that nonfiction is not as powerful literature as the novel, but i find myself interested in the novel too, and i'm here -- my next to last book was a strange kind of historical novel with footnotes, and, yeah, the next one's going to be a novel all the way because i'm greedy, and i want to know how to do that too. >> host: before we discuss, where did you begin the career in the publishing world? >> guest: i was a publisher's reader. >> host: what is that? >> guest: it doesn't exist anymore. it depends on publishing not rationalized yet, and long ago, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, way, way back in the 1980s when i graduated from college, english publishing was still so uncommercial they kept people on hand full-time to read the books they g

on week nights watched the public policy events, and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on book tv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website and join in the conversation on social media sites. >> here are the best-selling hardcover nonfiction books according to the new york times. this list reflects sales at -- as of august 22nd. >> paul cantor talked with book tv about the invisible hand in popular culture at freedom fest, the libertarian conference held annually in lost vegas. he looks at the themes of liberty and freedom that have

policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> you're watching booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. here are some programs to look out for this weekend. at 1:30 p.m. eastern, booktv brings you the 20th annual eagle forum collegians summit. hear from several authors. for a complete schedule, visit us online at booktv.org. then tomorrow at noon it's your chance to talk to ben carson. dr. carson, the author of five nonfiction books including "gifted hands" and "america the beautiful," is live for three hours answering your questions from facebook, twitter, e-mail and by phone. watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv. next, peter carlson recalls the capture of journalists albert richardson and junius browne by confederate forces at the battle of vicksburg. the reporters were sent to mul

london talking with british authors and joining us now is author and historian whose most recent nonfiction book is jerusalem the biography. if i may start with a "you have in the front of your book. this is it. jerusalem is an old nymphomaniac to squeezes lover after lover to death before shrugging him off with a yawn. a black widow who devours are made while they are still penetrating her. what does that mean? >> well, very wittily captures the fascination. such a magnetic draw to overrun the world but especially to me. jerusalem is a lens through which you can write a history of the middle east. history of the world almost. the exciting thing about it has just been conquered by but every single race civilization you care to mention, the assyrians, babylonians, romans, greeks. and then right up to the turks, british, and now the israelis. so in every weight is up fascinating place. it is a fascinating give way, if you like, a touch see the history of the world. >> host: is jerusalem strategically located? how did it become so vital? >> guest: absolutely not. it is not strategically valuab

everything and have written and published his ben nonfiction. showed it to three people here in town. one of them is john straw, and another one was catherine bend who was nominated by the national book award in fiction. i figured, whenever she said or whenever john said, i would go with that. and i will tell you what john said. i will tell you what catherine said. she said, larry -- and she is the sweetest to manassas, most supportive person there are matt . larry, it's up the worst of all i've ever read. [laughter] and thus live pitching career came skidding to a halt. so it was with that and started tearing their research to make this nonfiction and in the process at the time i did not know about the 1964 birmingham barons. i learned about them there were the first integrated team down in the deep south. and in birmingham in 1963 when the police dogs were turned loose by pitbull o'connor, the head of the police force there and it praised our rage across the country about what was going on down there. and the person in charge of the police and

. >> you are watching 40 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2's booktv. >> now on booktv from the jimmy carter library and museum, brendan koerner talks about hijacking of western airlines flight 701 in 1972 by vietnam war veteran roger holder and his girlfriend, cathy kerkow. the larger goal of hijacking was to protest the vietnam war, but holder and kerkow were also trying to free angela davis, who is on trial for murder at the time. this is about 50 minutes. >> thank you. thanks to a cappella books and the carter library were having me. i've had this trip circled on my calendar for several months now. i am really looking forward to it. delighted to share this with y'all. writing the very solitary, i did work on this book for almost four years so to share with people face-to-face is incredible for me, so thank you for being here. i'll sort of want to get back to i first had the idea for this book but it was october 2009, and i was reading "the new york times" metro section. there was a little peace in the about a man, and he had been a puerto rican nationalist living in

he has written 10 nonfiction books. this is about half an hour. >> this is a booktv on c-span2. currently we are in london conducting interviews with british authors and we're joined now by british historian antony beevor. and his written several books on world war ii and related topics but and if we could start with a semi-related topic, professor beevor, the spanish civil war, how did that begin? did have a role in the beginning of world war ii? >> it was definitely part what is described as long war of the 20th century, which started in 1970, not anything to making 89 but it's a wonderful debating point for historians but one doesn't want to go too far down that road. it was definitely if you like a former sort of international civil war by proxy, and many people in spain regarded as -- industry much more of a test bed for weapons, particularly to the nazis when you're working out their tactics and particularly or weapons of the loose waffle. and also the soviets using their equipment and weapons. they learned quite a bit as well. >> how did that were begin? >> the war began

nonfiction authors and books on book tv. see past programs and get our schedule letter website and join in the conversation on social media sites. >> you know that and the week after september 11th, congress passed a bill called the authorization for the use of military source. and basically what that did this give a blank check to the bush administration to wage a global borrow this war. send forces to any country that it deemed had a connection. they could hunt down any individuals who were even tangentially connected to a 911 attacks. that is still the law that president obama and his administration side when they are bombing people. in some cases targeting individuals who were toddlers. a law was written to target the people responsible. howard -- responsible? a blank check. rear-ended to make it permanent. president obama said in his second inaugural address that he did not want the u.s. to live in a state of perpetual war. his policies indicate that he was the exact opposite. he wants the u.s. to be in a perpetual stat

booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> the myth of workers buried in hoover dam has to be nevada's greatest myth. and, i would argue, it's an american myth. because since the completion of hoover dam in 1935 to the present as people visit that great edifice on the colorado river that separates arizona and nevada, so many tourists, millions of tourists ask the tour guides where are the men buried in the dam, buried in the concrete? it's not true. but people want to believe that it is true. now, the question is, did people die on the dam? 112 men officially died on the dam. it was a dangerous project. but nobody was buried in the dam. and the question is, why not? well, one of the first things is, it's a construction flaw. if you leave a body in the dam and you keep filling the dam, it could break. at the same time, the way the dam was built with, it wasn't a monolithic pour. oh, well, he fell in, got to leave him there. no. it was by small segments. they could pull anybody out if they had to, and they did hav

senate, weeknights watch the public policy events and the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website and join in the conversation on social media sites. .. >> for a complete schedule visit booktv.org. >> now on booktv, edward mcclelland reports on america's industrial midwest, also known as the rust belt. the author examines the region's once-powerful manufacturing centers and how their demise has resulted in the exodus of local populations in search of employment. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. that was a really good introduction because it segways right into what i wanted to talk about at the beginning which was the fisher body plant in its heyday. it was, i went to high school across the street from the fisher body plant in lansing, michigan, and it was perfectly integrated into the industrial life of the state. the high school was part of the supply chain. it would provide the workers for industrial labor. and there was a saying that you had a diploma in your hand one week and a ratchet in your hand the

carson, the author of five nonfiction books including "gifted hands" and "america the beautiful," is live for three hours answering your questions from facebook, twitter, e-mail and by phone. watch these programs and more

. >> you're first nonfiction book "defending the spirit: a black life in america" you write it is no longer fashionable to say it, i am obsessively black. race is an overarching aspect of my identity. america made me that way or more accurately white americans have made me this way. you go on to write in the autumn of my life i am regarding white people before knowing the individual with irreducible mistrust and dole dislike. >> that is right. when i was a little boy i remember at the age of 5 people started to talk about race. i thought it was absurd. i couldn't distinguish one from the other. people are people. but the wounds add up. as i say, they register beneath the surface and when things are forgotten in the conscious mind, in the conscious mind, they remember in other places and so this question about what i wrote then has to do with an involuntary reflex that one is a member of the group that did horrible things to me and to my mother and my father and everyone. does that mean that that is permanent status? no that that is a reflex and would be for anyone subjected to the ki

had been all the while. >> host: we are talking with author randall robinson, the author of five nonfiction98, "defending the spirit: a black life in america" calm out. "the debt: what america owes to blacks," 2000. and in 2002, "the reckoning: what blacks owe to each other." "quitting america: the departure of a black man from his native land" came out in 2004, and his most recent book in 2007, "an unbroken agony: haiti from the revolution to the kidnappings of a president." and randall robinson is also the author of this new novel, "m "makeda," which is the story of -- >> guest: a grandmother who wants her grandson who wants to be a writer and she wants him to feel a great pride of possibility, and she wants him to know that the times in which he is living take up a very small space in our long existence and that we have known better times that we will see again. and she tells him of those times. when we were in command of an egypt, that was the greatest nation in the world. >> host: lots of, lots of facebook comments that we're going to try to get to. do you, do you participate in social

. >> you're watching 40 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2's booktv. >> as far as alter egos, we are trying to look at the hypothetical scenarios for something like pakistan or north korea or nuclear weapons to. it is sobering in the sense that the first lesson we draw from this is this is a peerless venture that is outside intervention in these circumstances. it's a longshot at best. i'm not saying that we should therefore never consider it but one should not have any degree of optimism that we can do this. this is more complicated, much more so than going after osama bin laden. and justifiably so carry out these spectacular successful operations. in the case of algeria there was one device. we're talking about a nuclear arsenal of about 100 devices and different places plus weapons productions facilities in this really gets complicated. the notion we will be operating is also nonsense in it. so these are long shots desperate at the end. if they are that desperate at the end, that brings back a powerful argument for nonproliferation efforts. if you can't solve the probl

forty-eight hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. here are programs look out for this weekend. at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the book the day the democrats ousted their governor, but lamar alexander in office and stopped a scandal. then i took the call, an encore presentation of the 1998 notes interview. tomorrow, matt griswold presents his book, three centuries of a slave plantation on long island. at 6:00 o'clock am a compilation of books on the federal budget. these ograms and more all weekend long. visit booktv.org for a complete schedule. >> from the 2013 harlem book fair. a discussion about science and health. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. >> our first panel is entitled mythologies of recent science and health. before i introduce our moderator, i also want to acknowledge rich who work with the tires we are pulling these panels together and discussing what are the conversations that impact us as a community and we should discuss to see if we confine our way in or our order way out. so again, thank you so much for being here. th

. >> you're watching booktv, nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> host: now on booktv we want to introduce you to the director of the yale university press, john donatich. mr. donatich, we're doing a preview of some of the books coming up this fall. what are some that yale has coming out? >> guest: big fall for us, the one i would start off with is the app generation by howard gardener and katie davis. howard gardener is probably one of the country's top educational psychiatrists, psychologicallists around. he came up with a theory called mutt billion intelligences which has really transformed the way we think about education and the way kids fare in school and college which is to say there isn't just one aptitude or kind of intelligence that tests well or, you know, answers -- in conversation in the classroom. but there's a lot ofnite intelligences, emotional intelligences, and he's the first person to kind of codify and cohere those multiple intelligences into a single understanding of the human mind. he's now, for the first time in his career, turning his attention

he read at least one fiction and nonfiction book a week. he was as scholarly as he was active. i'm nod bad as a scholar, but i certainly appreciate the needs to keep researching the issues at that time. i think i got something from him. >> i think you got a whole lot of that. one of the way that you say continued that legacy was in 1984 and in 1988 when you ran for president of the united states. it's a serious presidential run >> we learned a lot in that first campaign. we got 3.5 million votes. we found out something, the popular vote and the delegates are a disconnect. so you had to have a high threshold to become a delegate or winner take all. you get the 2% winner take all. that was bad math. so we changed that law. about '88, we got 1220 delegates without a budget. >> and you won 13 states, right? >> the significance of that, to compare it to barack obama, he won in 2008. hillary clinton won texas, california, ohio, pennsylvania. and he should have been the winner. we changed the rules in '88 and we democratized democracy to lay the g

. >> i want first to introduce margaret cooley who writes nonfiction and poetry. also with us from boston but having stepped off the plain from dublina daniel to be lynn a writer at emer son college. i want to start by reflecting back that those of you folks endeavored to reveal hidden histories of your family lives. we have spoken in advanced of today's conversation. it's clear to me you pursued the stories of your families histories for decades through genealogical work and writing and reflection. i'm wondering if can describe how you dot work you do and where the seeds of your curiousity, how they were planted and want compelled you to do this work. >> i would say that i was have much inspired since i lived in san francisco, california. we are a country of immigrants. in san francisco in particular, we have so many first generation americans. my husband is just became an american citizen a couple of months ago. i have friendlieds who are first generation from vietnam. palestine, israel. mexico, as i watch them struggling with their cultural identities and tryin

masterpieces like "the choirboys," "the blue knight," or "the new centurions," or his acclaimed nonfictionooks, like "the onion field" or "fire lover," joseph takes us behind the badge into the heart of his characters. with his latest novel, "hollywood crows," he once again delves deep into his subject with a poignant look at the men and women in blue. linda ellerbee: i'm a writer today because i was a reader when i was 11 years old, and it was... deepak chopra: you do not need to prove your state of happiness to anybody. warren christopher: most of these speeches were as much as a month in preparation.

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he is the author of five nonfiction books. here they are beginning in 1998, mr.nson wrote in 2000 "the debt" what america owes to blacks and "the reckoning" what blacks owe to each other came out in 2002 and "quitting america" the departure of a black man from his native land in 2004 and finally "an unbroken agony" haiti, from revolution to the kidnapping of a president. 202 is area code if you would like to dial in and participate in our conversation with randall robinson 585-3880 for those of you in eastern and central timezones and 585-3881 in the mountain and pacific timezones. you. you can also contact us via e-mail or go booktv at c-span.org or social media. you can make a comment on our facebook page. facebook.com/booktv or send us a tweet at booktv -- @booktv is our twitter handle. randall robinson what is transafrica? >> guest: transafrica is the organization that i began in 1976 to galvanize african-american opinion on foreign-policy issues, particularly issues that concern the black world, u.s. policy towards africa, the caribbean and latin america. so

[applause] >> you're watching booktv, nonnext authors and book withs every weekend -- nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> starting now on booktv, there the 20th annual eagle forum's collegiate summit, ryan randerson discusses his -- ryan anderson discusses his book, "what is marriage." >> ryan anderson who researches and writes about marriage and religious liberty here at the hear taj town -- heritage foundation. he focuses on economic thought, health care, education and has expertise in natural law theory. he has co-authored a book, "what is marriage: man a woman, a dissent." so please welcome ryan ander anderson. [applause] >> all the speakers have been so lined up. >> you ryan? >> i am. >> your moment is here. you're on. >> okay. sorry i'm a little late. >> that's okay. how long do i have? >> 15 minutes of talk, 15 minutes of q and a. >> perfect. that's what i prepared for. sorry i'm running a little late, we were having a meeting that ran a little over. i'm going to talk about marriage in terms of what just happened with the supreme court. and so i'll do five mi

[applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv as c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> beginning now on booktv, hans -- [inaudible] discusses his book, "who's counting: how fraudsters and bureaucrats put your vote at risk." from the 20th annual eagle forum collegiate summit. >> our next speaker is hans. he's an attorney and former member of the board of advisers for the federal election commission. he's a staff member here at heritage foundation, and he has just written a book called "who's counting: how fraudsters and bureaucrats put your vote at risk." anytime a fraudulent vote is cast, your legitimate vote is undervalued, so i hope that hans can help us alleviate this situation. [applause] >> hi. well, stan evans is pretty tough to follow. i don't think i have the jokes and stories that he does. but i am talking to you about a serious subject. you know, i often write for national review magazine, and john fund is tear national correspondent. so we wrote this book, and the whole point of i

[inaudible conversations] >> you watching -- you're watching booktv, nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> now on booktv from the 20th annual eagle forum collegiate summit, james antle discusses his book, "devouring freedom: can wig -- big government be stopped?" >> this morning talking about the dangers of centralized control and an overreaching government and how what a profound effect it can have on society. now we should ask the question, can big government be stopped. james apt l is the author of -- antle is the author of a new book, "devouring freedom." he's editor of daily caller news foundation and a senior editor at the american spectator. he's also a contributing editor to american conservative. he's a frequent guest on television and radio, and he resides in virginia, so close by. i want you to well m james antle, the author of "devouring freedom: can big government ever be stopped?" [applause] >> good morning. >> morning. >> well, thank you, first of all, eagle forum and heritage foundation, for having me to bulwark -- two bulwark institutions in the figh

here are the best-selling hardcover nonfiction books according to publishers weekly. this list reflects sales as of august 29th. at the top of the list in its debut week is the latest book from marc levin, the liberty amendment. he proposes amendments to the u.s. constitution. zealous is second, the book is a biography of jesus of nazareth. the dynasty, reality tv star phil roberts and is there with his autobiography happy happy happy followed by cheryl sandberg's been in. she is the chief operating officer of facebook, offers career advice to women. at number 5, willie and corley robertson look at the reality show the duck dynasty in the duck commander family. chief national correspondent for the new york times magazine mark leibowitz examined the inner workings of washington d.c. in his book this town. the booktv book club will be reading this book for the month of september. the discussion begins sept. third and an online question and answer session will take place later in the month. follow us on twitter at booktv for more details. number 7, scott anderson provide

every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv.chedules at our web sites, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> well, i have several books. one, one that i have that i'm currently reading is "genius in the design." it's about the rivalry between work bev and berle who built, basically, designed and rebuilt, etc., the st. peters. and the reason is my niece just had her confirmation, and i was her sponsor, and i promised her a trip to the vatican, so we are going to go. the second book is rome, of course, by robert hughes. so those are the two that i hope i yet done in the -- i get done in the next two week. then if i have time, i want to read the nate silver book, and identify got them all downloaded i think it's called "the signal and the noise." it's about predictionings. of course, nate silver was the one who, you know, decided the players and helped to get on them to get a winning team based on probability of hits, etc., and he's now applied that

every week and the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv.ou can see past programs and get our schedules at our website and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> c-span levet discussion this afternoon on immigration and the impact it has on state economies. stephen moore of "the wall street journal" and the president of the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce join the discussion. here's a look at part of the conversation. >> these are just rough numbers, about a million new jobs in the state of texas in the last five years, and roughly a million lost jobs in california. that's amazing but, in fact, that's one of the points, what we're seeing right now is one of the great wealth transfers in american history geographically from states like california that don't get it right, my home state of illinois another example state today to get it right in texas. this is one reason to be very bullish on the future of texas. the interesting thing is texas and california are the two highest immigration states. one of the interesting thi

book tv strands live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2. here is our prime-time lineup for tonight. beginning at 7:00 p.m. eastern, we hear from simon. >> up next on book tv, "after words" with guest host josef sorett, assistant professor of religion at columbia university. this week joshue dubler and his latest book "down in the chapel: religious life in an american prison". he experiences a week in the lives of christian and muslim prisoners to make their way through the graterford prison chapel. he discusses the place of religion and rehabilitation and incarceration. the program is about an hour. >> good afternoon. so does not have a conversation with you. what might be seen as an opportune moment. this is the year where there has been much discussion, different sorts of the place of presence in american society in the contemporary moment, i think, in particular on one hand of michele alexander is the new jim crow.

the author of four nonfiction books, including "singled out: how two million british women survived without men after the first world war" and "millions like us: women's lives in war and peace". this is just over half an hour. >> host: joining us this week on book tv from london is of 3011. a couple of her books are about women and war. where did you come up with that topic? >> guest: well, it seems to me something that both ideas one hugely. you cannot separate one from the other and the women's movement is inextricable from the idea of war. i started out by writing a book about the first world war affect on women. rather specific topic in a way, but one that i hope the appeals very strongly to a large number of women today. it's called "singled out: how two million british women survived without men after the first world war." the idea was to look at women who had been left single after the huge and terrible slaughter of world war one. in this country nearly three-quarters of a million men died in the trenches and in dreadful circumstances on the western front. the results were that women

nonfiction books all weekend, every weekend right here on c-span2. >> up next, "the communicators" talks with arkansas senator mark pryor, chairman of the senate subcommittee on communications. talk about issues including broadband and cell phone access in rural areas and reauthorization of a law that allows satellite operators to send distant signals to subscribers who can't receive them from their local affiliates. then a house oversight subcommittee examines a government rule authorizing tax credits for americans who buy health insurance through federally-run exchanges. and later, live coverage from the brookings institution as u.s. trade representative michael froman and others discuss extending a law that adds incentives to african countries that trade with the u.s. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> host: senator mark pryor's joining us on "the communicators" this week. he's chair of the commerce subcommittee on communications technology and the internet. senator pryor, your full committee rece

booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with the top nonfiction books and authors.ooktv.org. >> there's a long-standing myth regarding nevada u.s. senator who served from 1913-until his controversial mr. 's death in 1940. the myth is this, that he died before the election, just days before the election, that the democratic party kept his body on ice in order that the public, the voting public would not now that they were collecting -- is lacking a dead badger office. why? in order the governor would appoint a democrat to the vacant seat. this is repeated over, i have heard as a kid can repeat of the legislature, and i had the opportunity to find out what the truth is. initially when i got some death certificates from a mortuary and i knew his body would have done. showed he died five days after the election, a hard thing. of course, it could have been forged but i saw the name of the impending -- actinic physician but he was donating things to me. when he came in the next time i got the moxie to ask him, bart, i heard your very a prominent physician and key pittman

booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> here is a look at best-selling nonfiction books, independent booksellers across the country according to indybound.org. topping the list this week is zealous, the book is a biography of jesus of nazareth. second is let's explore diabetes with holes. a collection of essays from her a humorous david cedaris. and the political inner workings of washington d.c. in his book this town. he will be on c-span's q&a program discussing his book and you can watch it sunday august 18th. than his book william shakespeare's star wars. cheryl sandburg, chief operating officer of facebook offers her career advice to women with been in, women, work and will to be. that book is fifth. number 6, francesca attempts to capture the psyche of cats in his collection of poetry i could he on this followed by internet celebrity grumpy katz, a grubby book. francesca appears on the list again at number 8 with his fall what poetry book for dog lovers, i could chew on this. ninth, scott anderson provi

ah, yes, for nonfiction. years ago. you participated in blood rituals and warfare? ( laughs ): i didn't participate. i observed. uh, the jukes. another best-seller? oh, well, it was in 1877. uh, i'm getting the feeling you're really not interested in my car. no, see, we're very interested. your "casual date" was run over last night in a parking lot near benson's. my god, i di... we're especially interested in the fact that your car was stolen just around the time ms. lawson was killed. and you think... uh... i-i-i'd better, uh... talk to a lawyer. make sure he has our card. deakins: the woman dumps him. he runs her over. reports his car stolen, then ditches it. it's not much of a plan. he's not much of a liar, either. this interest in juvenile delinquency? no, he has no background in criminology. deakins: then maybe it's about her work. one of her probationers. she had 43 open cases. she hadn't violated anyone in over three months. all right, uh... the dmv record on bryce's car: it shows an accident three months ago. driver was paul bryce. the adorable kid was drivi

booktv streams online every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> 48 hours of authors and books each weekend on c-span2. here are some of the programs look out for this weekend. in light of the recent sale of "the washington post" to the founder of amazon, we will have an encore presentation of the 1997 book notes interview with katharine graham. this happened during a tenure that spanned 20 years and she died in 2001. tomorrow booktv brings you a collection of programs that discuss the cost of higher education. all of these programs can be viewed at booktv.org or tune in for the topics and more all weekend long here on booktv. for complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> started now on booktv, robert kaiser across the struggle to pass the dodd-frank bill after the 2008 collapsed. tran-five covers a legislative process for "the washington post" and talks about the major players who passed the legislation and discusses what he learned about the workings of the u.s. congress. this is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> i think we will get g

. >> we have got more coverage of nonfiction books and the book industry every weekend on booktv including later today at 7:00 eastern, former mtv vj kennedy, years that mtv. >> incredibly powerful because they realize they tap into a generation of voters and also this is a time when you are in your teens and late teens and early 20s we are most passionate about things in your life. ..

. >>> here are the best-selling hardcover nonfiction books according to publishers weekly. it does reflect the sales as of august 29th. >>> speed talks about her experience after moving from china to oakland at the age of ten. she expected to live a better life in california. but instead of oakland to be broken city. this is about one hour and ten minutes. >> imagine being a fourth grader that left a rather isolated existence and was told about a faraway place called disneyland. she had heard exciting things about it. but she really couldn't comprehend the m

. >> we've got more coverage of nonfiction books and the book industry every weekend on booktv including today at 6 p.m. eastern. a 1997 book notes interview with the late katherine graham. c-span: what year did your father buy the post? >> guest: in 1933. he had just gotten out of the government and been out about three weeks. he'd been on the federal reserve board, and he had started the reconstruction finance corporation under hoover, and he stayed as federal reserve chairman for a little while under roosevelt, and then he resigned because he didn't like roosevelt's monetary policies. the post came up three weeks later for auction on the steps of the building, and he bought it anonymously. c-span: what'd he pay for it? >> guest: $825,000. c-span: how many newspapers were there in washington then? >> guest: there were five, and the post was fifth in a field of five. and so it had about circulation of 50,000 in a pretty broken down building. and so he started in, and he thought -- he was a businessman, and he thought he knew how to turn around businesses, but he really never had had any

that makes it the most watched nonfiction series beating out jersey shore and john and kate plus 8. >ng technology google wants to use to track your every move. >> stop lying, does this look like a lion to you. the unbelievable lion swaps in the zoo. you will get it after you see the story. >> good morning rpgs brian. >> have a great weekend. i hope to see you in the hallways at the end of the day. the nsa malpractice proven. we will go over that story. egypt is it up to the u.s. to bail them out or should we just bail out? a story you have to hear we are talking about a paralyzed swimmer banned from the paraolympics. banned because there's a chance she may walk again. a series about stay at home dads. our all american concert series continues. the tower of power in the power of news. that's a lot of power. i am going to painitake my shir. ♪ snows ♪ fly like an ♪ eagle >> that would be central park in new york city on a beautiful day as the sun comes up on this friday. we hope that your day is starting great as well. it is now about 5 # 2 minutes -- 52 minutes after the top of the hou

the series broke records with its return on wednesday night as the most watched nonfiction series telecastn cable television history. can you believe that? 11.8 million people tuned in to watch season four of the continued adventures of the robertson family. the family owns a multi-million dollar duck calling manufacturing business and they continue to cash in. all right, one of the stars was just kicked out by the way of a hotel in new york. he says it was facial profiling. coming up, we'll tell you if it ruffled his feathers. >>> and home after home, teetering on the edge. sinkholes swallowing the ground beneath the houses in a florida neighborhood. we'll take you there, carefully. and first, a teen who was abducted by a family friend, a man who allegedly killed her mother and brother, shares her story online days after her rescue, she opens up on social media. a forensic psychologist weighs in on what she has to say. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ build! we're investing big to keep our country in the lead. ♪ load! we keep mov

. >> you're watching booktv, nonfiction authors and books on c-span2. >> here's a look at the best-sellingbooks reflecting cells as of august 8. climbing to the top of the list are these selections. next, chief national correspondent for "the new york times" magazine examines the political and the workings of washington dc in his book this town. you can watch on august 18. until robinson talks about his autobiography, happy, happy, happy. up to dynasty fame. and the prisoner of the japanese in world war ii writes about her experience. it has been a bestseller for 39 weeks. and the next is a collection of essays. eight on the list is a comedy followed by shirley jones self-titled autobiography. finally corey robertson speaks about his best-selling book. up next on booktv, "after words." ..

>> it's a really wonderful book, and to me, i think it will be remembered as the best narrative nonfictionkind of this decade and in these decades of war, because it is the story of when he went on the in-bed with general mcchrystal but it's much more. disconnect between those on the ground and policymakers back in washington totally disconnected from it. >> had you look at all the current stories and stuff, where do you think michael would have drawn the line between what should be in the public domain and what shouldn't be? in terms of where you decide what's in the national interests to keep quiet and what to publish? >> michael was a pretty big believer in radical transparency overall but in his previous commentary on wikileaks, for example, he is, was a supporter of julien assange but felt the redaction should have been taken more seriously and mistakes were made and had they have been more careful in just secure -- that's the heavy burden of these whistle-blowers, if they're going to do it and they're going to make a big statement, if they are going to release highly classified docum

incredibly we still have three nonfiction books in the top 25 killing lincoln. killing kennedy, almost a year, and keep it pithy going strong after three months is a best seller. if you become a premium member, you get lincoln and kennedy absolutely free of charge. in addition you get my upcoming book, killing jesus, out in september. free as well if you reup or sign up. now that's a great deal. i want to thank everybody out in nevada. november 15 completely sold out. second year in a row that happened. that leaves only jacksonville, florida, on october 12. however that show is 90% filled out. if you want to see us, you have to get on it. and miller is going to kill me for this. he and his wife have given a track wheelchair. we have raised close to $9 million. get high-tech chairs to the vets who badly need them across the country. you can check all of this out on the site. i say we've raised it but you have really done it. so check it out. no mail tonight. i want to tell you about my trip to alaska. last week i traveled to the southeastern part of the state. th

nonfiction books all weekend every weekend right here on c-span2. >> here's a look at some of what's ahead this morning on c-span2. .. >> who discuss their recent cover story outlining their proposals for jump-starting the economy be such as restricting payments for

. >> here are the best selling hard cover nonfiction books according to the "new york times" reflecting sales as of august 22. >> introducing you to the director of the yale university press. we're going a preview of some of the books coming up this fall. what's some yale has coming out? >> a big fall for us, excited about a number of things. one is the app generation by howard gardener and katie davis. howard gardener is probably one of the country's top educational psychologists around, and he has a theory called multiple intelligences, which is really transformed the way we think about education, and the way kids fare in schools and throughout college, which is to say there's not just one aptitude or kind of intelligence that tests well or answers in conversation of the classroom, but there's intuitive intelligences, a lot of emotional intelligences, and herself the first person to codify and cohere them in a human mind. he's now, for the first time in his career, turning attention to the digital generation, to the app generation, and thousand these kids coming up, born with an ipad

here is why -- this is the most watched nonfiction series telecast in cable tv history raking in 11.8 and if you can believe it, my heart is sinking -- and tlc's "jon & kate plus eight" held the record 10.6 million. >> somebody said today "move over, honey boo-boo." >> no space. we have duck dynasty. coming on in. >> new pictures of kim kardashian. the first pictures since she gave birth to north west in june. she apparently looks very happy. kind of gave us a peek at her post pregnancy body. >> yeah, she still need to lose some weight. come on it's true. every new mom need to lose some weight. she needs to lose a lot of weight. every new mom need to lose some weight. she needs to lose a lot of weight. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. ♪ we're up all night for good one we're up all night to get lucky we're up all night to get lucky ♪ >> time now for our week

three and 1/2 centuries of slavery. >> host: with first nonfiction book "defending the spirit" of blackin america you right although it is still under fashionable to say it i obsessively black race is the overarching aspect of my dignity of america has made this way or more accurately white americans have made me this way into one to right in the autumn of my life i am less regarding white people before renewing them individually with mistrust and dole dislike. >> guest: that's right. that was the low point. i remember at the age of five people started to talk about race. i thought it was absurd i could not distinguish one from the other. a reflex remedy was subjected to the kinds of things that we were and still being subjected to. >> host: miami, a good afternoon you are on with randall robinson. >> caller: good afternoon i a misallocation of living in florida. i has been a follower of your work you came to my undergraduate school when i was in college during sees south africa protest. i remember you vividly. that was 1986. my first question is currently we have the first black presid