we had a conversation about fiction and nonfiction.o i hadn't read the orphan master's son yet, and i hadn't read fortune smiles, and i was totally blown away. my wife and i were fighting over the books, and we went out to dinner with him and his wife after, and it was a wonderful experience. and the flip side is then people i know, you know, i know them, i have some sort of professional connection, i'm interested in their work. and i've become huge fans. i had a fellowship at the new york public library, and i really felt out of place because jennifer eagan and nathan englander, fantastic literary biographers, a lot of other people were there. and, you know, i started to read their stuff because i knew i them. and, of course, like, they write wonderful, wonderful bookings. so, and then sometimes i think i want to read fiction that relates to themes or things that i'm trying to do like my current interest in reading about the iraq war, i want to know more about that experience, and i'm trying to understand more about kind of almost ret

that's nonfiction folks.le to prove that i wasn't the a communist but i have been clean for over 20 years. during my years as a student and working at night shift at mcclain hospital in vermont i feel in love with novels and short stories, i read everything. my favorite novels to this day are mr. bridge and mrs. bridge. when i was 25i wrote a novel of my own, a mystery and turned down by 31 publishers. it won't on aide -- edgar of mystery of the year. i kept a list of all the editors that turned down my novel. sometimes they send me books and asked for blurbs. because of the experiences i've always felt compelled to do the best i can, compelled to tell the best stories i'm capable of specially my stories for children, compelled to start an infant for kids called jimmy with message when child will say, please give me another book. what a sweet thing to hear from your child, please give me another book. publishing needs to innovate more, much more. on occasion i found myself stupid i will saying that i believe

>> you are watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and book on c-span's book's book tv. television for serious readers. >> here's a look at the current best selling nonfiction books according to publishers weekly. bill o'reilly and martin two guards killing reagan looks at how these attempted assassination of reagan shaped his medical career. presidential candidate, ben carson kept his views on how the country should move forward in his new book, a more perfect union. in a, struggle, patrick kennedy discusses his personal battle with addiction and his advocacy for mental health care reform. the ceo of coke industry, charles coke writes about how he built his company to become one of the largest privately held companies in the world. in the good book, good profit. and we look at one of the best selling of fiction books with his look at the history and current state of black america, and between the world and me. >> the word virtue was used by each of our first four presidents. what they meant by virtue was something more than just how people report themselves. whether the

that is nonfiction folks. possibly to prove that i was not a communist, i took the job in advertising but i have been clean for over 20 years. during my years as a student and while i was working the night shift at mclean hospital, in belmont, i fell in love with novels and short stories. i read everything. my favorite novels to this day are mr. bridge and mrs. bridge. when i was 25i wrote a novel of my own, a mystery called a thomas bearman number. it number. it was turned down by 31 publishers. it then one and edgar as the best first mystery novel of the year. i keep a list of all the editors who turned on my first novel. sometimes they semi- books and asked for blurbs. mostly though, they are dead. because of these experiences especially growing up in newburgh i have always felt compelled to do the best i can, compelled to tell the stories i am capable of, especially stories for children, compelled to start an imprint for kids called jimmy with the simplest possible mission, when a kid finishes a jimmy book

[applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or book that you would like to see featured on book tv? send us an e-mail. tweet us, or post a comment on our wall. c-span.org/book tv. >> host: and you are watching book tv on teewun. we are in las vegas attending the freedom fest interviewing authors out here. joining us now is someone who has been on book tv before for previous books. the book is called the moral arc. in this book you write that during the years i spent researching and writing this book, whenbook, when i told people that the subject was moral progress, to describe the responses i received as incredulous would be an understatement. most people thought i was hallucinatory. >> that's right. well, the problem is, of course, like everyone else, i, two, watch the news. if you only watch the news it seems like things are bad and getting worse, but what i am trying to and getting worse, but what i am trying to do is track long-term historical progress over centuries and millennia, not days, hours, weeks. in other words, follow the trend line, not the headline. if you think abou

i read nonfiction and i find that nonfiction is more interesting than fiction because reality is more interesting, sometimes, oftentimes. >> you are new to this job in washington, but you served in the california legislature. what has been more satisfying to you personally? rep. desaulnier: they are different ways. i was a city councilmember, a mayor, a board of supervisors member, a regional board appointee, they are all different. i think they have all reinforced, at this point in my life, the amazing structure that this government had when the founders devised it and how it has evolved and how i get to walk over, what i referred to as the greatest temple, spiritual place, of self-governance in the evolution of the human species. that is for better and worse. all of these offices are amazing. the difference of here in california is that i am a freshman member here. i'm in the minority. in california, i was one of 120. both members of parties trusted me. here is more of a struggle culturally to get things done and because of my position. >> first of all, when pope francis came to the

. >> that was afterwards in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interview.wash afterwards programs online apple tv.org. >> here's a look at some of the current best-selling nonfiction books according to usa today. fox news host phil o'reilly along with martin to gardner on the list at the look of the attempted assassination of reagan affected his presidency. donald trump's latest book, crippled america outlines his plans to improve the u.s. economy, reform the healthcare system, and strengthen the military. ben carson is also an usa today list of best-selling nonfiction with, a more perfect union. he argues for a more perfect union. he argues for a better understanding of the constitution. next up, they applied navy seal combat lessons to business and life in extreme ownership. wrapping up our look at some of the titles on usa today's list of best-selling nonfiction books is an examination of the 1692 salem witch trial by pulitzer prize winning author stacy shea. several of these authors however will be appearing a book to be, you can watch them on our websi

i came here because i'm interested in more literature, whether it be fiction or nonfiction. i actually feel like i will come out understanding my father better, also a veteran of the iraq war. i have struggled to understand where he's coming from, and and i want to thank you guys for helping. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you both. very much appreciate it. thank you all for coming as well. >> thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> literary critic james wood is next on booktv. from the seventh annual boston book festival. >> hi, everyone. i'm debbie porter, i'm the founder and executive director of the boston book festival, and it is -- thanks. [applause] it's really wonderful to see you all here today to hear the humanities keynote with james wood. before we get started, though, i have a favor to ask is of you. you know, we've -- the book festival is getting bigger and bigger every year and more and more expensive to run. and, you know, if everyone who's this this room right now -- in this room right now doe mated $10 to th

announcer: four days of nonfiction books on c-span2 book tv. thursday morning at 8:00 eastern, all-day coverage of the 15th annual national book coverage from washington, d.c. it is the 32nd annual miami book fair on friday. it begins at 8 a.m. eastern beginning with authors and interviews. at george mason university, robertit begins at 8 a.m. poolen national cemetery. sunday night at 9:00 on afterwords, attorney roberta kathlyn talks about the defense of marriage act. >> a certain amount of time to respond. i got a call from the trial attorney basically saying -- and are thinking about what to do with your case. i will be honest with you. i did not believe it. i thought it all time. to be a plaintiff all that much. edie had a lot of serious health issues. i wanted to make sure when the case was over not only would she still be alive, but you will be healthy enough to enjoy it. had a lot of serious health issues. i said forget it. no exception. announcer: she is interviewed by zoey tillman. watch book t

. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> host: and representative anna eshoo is the top democrat on the subcommittee on communications and technology, and she's our guest this week on "the communicators." thanks for coming back. >> guest: thank you. it's a pleasure to be here with you. >> host: well, since the last time we talked, net neutrality is now the

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv, nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2, television for serious readers.d >> host: we are joined now by jeanne theoharis who is a professor at brooklyn college and the joine author of "the rebellious life of mrs. rosa parks." jeanne theoharis, prior to december 11955, was rosa parkse5 rebellious?as r >> guest: absolutely.osebel and her rebellious spirit really start as a young person, as a kid. rs a for instance, she grows up in ah home with her grandparents ander her mother. her grandfather come after world uptake ofne assist violence in alabama. sit out at night, and young 6-year-old rosa parks will sit with him, pushes her hand she pushes back. political life starts when she needs to she describes, first elected as she ever met and that is raymond parks as they get married in 1932 and join him organizing around the scottsborough case, and for the next 20 years she will be active, she will join the naacp in 1943 for the next ten years, leading the montgomery naacp into becoming a more activist chapter doing the

. >> is there a nonfiction author or a book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail, booktv@c-span.org. tweet us at the booktv or post a comment on our wall, facebook.com/booktv. >> until 7 p.m. there were several reasons why i went to the forefront of speech. i promise to do everything i could to oppose what i believed was a very bad tax agreement between president barack obama and republican leadership. and a time when this country is a $13.8 trillion national debt at the most unequal this division of wealth and income of any major country. it seemed to me totally absurd to provide hundreds of billions of tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. further, by confirming, this was the lame-duck session before the republicans took control of the house, further by confirming under a democratic president a democratic house at the democratic senate, the basic tenets of bush's horrendous trickle-down economic theory, disagree with link the groundwork for more bad decisions in the future. unfortunately, i was absolutely right. second, more tax breaks

published in five languages as has her 2014 nonfiction bestseller, operation paper clip: the secret intelligence program that brought nazi scientists to america. "the boston globe" and apple itunes told operation paper clip as one of the best books of 2014. her newest book, "the pentagon's book: an uncensored history of darpa," was published on tuesday. and of after reading it, i'm fairly sure it won't take long before it joins your other two books as a bestseller. thank you, annie, for coming to the international spy museum. >> thank you for having me. >> do you have on your book shelf at home copies of your books in all five languages? >> the volume okay? >> yeah. >> okay. >> do you have copies in all five languages on your book shelf at home? >> i actually do. >> i would too. >> they're really, really cool. that's not on my card, i just had to ask that. >> one thing we always want to do when we have authors here, especially considering our authors write about a field that's not necessarily the most conducive to getting information and documents, the secret world or intention or n

. >> here's a look at the current best selling nonfiction books according to the "washington post." >> republican presidential candidate ben carson has released several books on politics. here he is speak at the national press club about his most recent, "a more perfect union." >> why did i write this book? and american is such a great place and i am so glad that i was born here. though i have traveled to 57 different countries, gotten to know lots of people in a lot of other ways, but this remains the place that is the land of dreams. and a lot of people like to criticize our nation, demonize it and say it's responsible for a lot of horrible things. and yet i see a lot of people trying to get in your and not a lot of people trying to get out. so i'm not sure that is really all that legitimate to be honest with you. growing up in poverty with a lot of disadvantages, the thing that was really great is i was still able to focus my dream of becoming a doctor. it's the thing i ever wanted to do. i skipped right by policemen and firemen and went straight to doctor. and you know, i love any

[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv, nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. television for serious readers. >> of this year's presidential candidates have written books to introduce themselves to voters and promote their issues. here's a look at some of the candidates' books. in his late arest book, jeb bush catalogs his e-mail correspondence during his time as the florida governor. presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon ben carson argues that a better understanding of the constitution is necessary to solve america's most pressing issues in his latest book, "a more perfect union." and former secretary of state hillary clinton looks back on her time serving in the obama administration in "hard choices." t in "a time for truth," texas senator ted cruz recounts his journey from a cuban immigrant's son to the u.s. senate. carly fiorina, former ceo of hewlett-packard, is another declared candidate for president. in "rising to the challenge," she shares lessons she's learned. south carolina senator lindsey graham

[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span's of tv, television for serious readers. a signature feature of c-span2's booktv is her coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country with nonfiction author talks, interviews and viewer call-in segments. coming up booktv will be live from a 32nd miami book fair. our coverage starts on saturday november 21 at 10 a.m. eastern.

. >> that was "after words," booktv's signature program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed. watch past "after words" or programs online at booktv.org. >> host: ronald numbers, did isaac newton discover gravity? >> guest: yes, he did. but he didn't discover it from being hit on the head with a falling apple. and that's the story that has circulated for centuries, that this dramatic episode in a garden triggered his thinking about gravity, and he wondered why does the apple tall straight down -- fall straight down. it makes a great story. a friend of his started circulating it. it's conceivable that apples happened, but -- [laughter] it's very unlikely that newton developed his theory of gravitation either watching an apple drop or being hit on the head with a falling apple. that's a little more dramatic, right? when you get hit on the head. many stories in the history of science turn out to be fascinating but untrue. >> host: well, and that's the theme of your book, "newton's apple and other myths about science." did he develop it in a vacuum all of a sudden?

[inaudible conversation] >> is there a nonfiction author or book you would like to see featured on book tv? send us an e-mail, book tv at cspan.org. or tweet us or post a comment on our wall facebook.com/book tv. all right will give the stragglers here a few seconds to grab their seat. hello everyone. before we get begin, all the usual housekeeping. silence your cell phone and refrain from anyng photography both here and during the awesome book signing that will take place immediately after this event in the main library.art welcome to the free library of philadelphia. my name is jason freeman.oni a cool part of this job israh. getting to introduce writers that you like and i'm excited to be here tonight to introduce sarah vowel. she is a clear eyed funny observer of our history. she is the author of partly cloudy patriot, take the cannoli, assassination vacation and unfamiliar dishes.or she was an editor as well as tho original contributors toiety mcsweeney. she was published in a variety of periodicals. she has made numerous of. appearances on the late show. her new book offers a fran

all the top nonfiction be authors and books -- nonfiction authors and books all available at booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. welcome to politics and prose. my name is candace. i work at some of the events in the store. thank you for being here this evening. just a few logistics before we get started. if you could make sure that your cell phones are this silent, we are recording this evening. c-span is here, and we're doing our own bay area recording as well as an audio recording, so to we don't want to disrupt those. so if you can make sure that your cell phones are on sigh p lent, that'd be great. what we're going to do is have about an hour-long event, half the time is going to be a presentation by our author, half the time we'll open it up for some questions. we have one mic on the side over here next to this pillar. if you can make your way up to the mic after the presentation is over to ask your questions, we can all hear it, and it can be caught on the recording. and then finally, afterwards we'll have a signing up front here. if you could fold up

i read nonfiction and i find that nonfiction is more interesting than fiction because reality is more interesting, sometimes, oftentimes. >> you are new to this job in washington, but you served in the california legislature. what has been more satisfying to you personally? rep. desaulnier: they are different ways. i was a city councilmember, a mayor, a board of supervisors member, a regional board appointee, they are all different. i think they have all reinforced, at this point in my life, the amazing structure that this government had when the founders devised it and how it has evolved and how i t

>> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious . and now we are going to kick off our weekend with historian unger talking about henry clay. >> our topic for today is henry clay, america's greatest statesman. mr. unger is a veteran journalists, historian, former distinguished writer and mr. unger has appeared on history channel and c-span's book tv and spoke many times at yorktown and many historic sites he spent many years as an american analyst. two of his three most recent books, mr. president and john marshall reveal how george washington constructed the executive and judicial branches of the government athat -- that we know today. please join me in welcoming me charles unger to the national archives. [applause] >> thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, it's a privilege to be here at the national archives specially since the government tends to be in a state of flux right now. if i had to choose one word that summarizes the basis of our nation's survival for more than 200 years, it will not b

i think it's important, i cleverly push together their montaigne, nsa, nonfiction, orwell, an essay, nonfiction, and tolstoy, fiction, made up, to make the point that in all these cases want to thing that comes out and grabs us is this moment of accidental lifeless and that to most of us i think it is irrelevant that tolstoy is the sole fiction writer into a trio. that tolstoy is the one who makes it out. so what? he makes it a. it has exactly the power of the other two nonfiction writers, and that is the flag which we wave in postmodern enemy territory. this is the life circa list pushing itself be on death, alleging that the think of tolstoy. loneliness, they removed the plums of this child. and the way and when you cut down to the pit of the fruit, the saliva would flow. when moses sees lobsters behind the class of a -- their futures been pressed up against the glass. with the contemporary american novelists rachel kushner sees a squashed cockroach on a new sidewalk she sees its long with the antennae swiping around for signs of its own life. invalidity this story, but there it co

>> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors a weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> today at noon eastern -- >> and i booktv want to introduce you to charles koch, he writes for "national review" and he is also the author of this book, the conservatory in the manifesto. first of all, what is that? >> this is my definition. i always wonder what other people think it i started seeing this were back in about 2007, 2008 at the tail end of the bush admin session. for people on the right but we were dissatisfied with being called republican or a conservative is. german-speaking facing the people who agree with the conservatives on foreign policy, on immigration and to an extent on abortion. but really did nobody came to questions of federalism, gay marriage and drugs, and they faced the wrath what am i, who am i and they came up with this work, conservatarian. i think over the last six or seven years it's been picked up in a way to spend the first two are conservatives who felt let down by bush and the republicans. the second is y

nonfiction books. and american history. commemorate veterans day, saturday starting at 11:00, american history will be live from the national world war ii museum in new orleans. we will go back 70 years to the world's -- to the war's end. starting this week and every sunday morning at 10:00, our new program, wrote to the white house, rewind. it takes a look at asked presidential campaigns. this sunday, we will feature ronald reagan's announcement and on c-span, saturday night at of0, the legalization marijuana debate in colorado and other states around the country. on saturday night at 6:30, our road to the white house coverage continues with martin o'malley who will speak at a rally in new hampshire. starting atn two, 4:00, it is the boston book festival, featuring author presentations, including jennifer stern. and james woods and his book, the near thing to life, on the connection between fictional look writing and nonfiction. and then a discussion with the former first lady on her book, in this together. about her journ

book tv, since 1998, all the eight, all the top nonfiction authors and books. all available epic tv.org. >> next up on book to be the discussion of this book, let me be clear. brock obama's obama's war on millennial's and one woman's case for hope. katie kuyper is the author, she joins joins us now on book to be. katie kuyper, in this book you are angry. >> guest: i am angry that this is the first generation of americans who are doing worse than their parents. so we want to be entrepreneurs and to achieve the american dream yet for the first time in history your scene parents and grandparents are disappointed because their dreams for their children are not being fulfilled and also our dreams for ourselves or not being fulfilled. it is is not because we are not working hard enough, it's really because their policies in place, they are making it nearly impossible but not impossible because i include solutions to attain. >> host: what are those policies that you say are making this generation less of a? >> guest: primarily financial, our fiscal policies i would sa

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four days of nonfiction books and authors this holiday weekend two book tv. on arlington cemetery, section 60. "afterwards," the person who defended the defense of marriage act. got a call from the trial level attorneys saying, basically, look, we need 30 days. we need time to decide. i will be honest. i thought she was stalling for time. first of all, i don't get to be a plaintiff all that much. number two, they had had a lot of serious health issues. i was very worried, and wanted to make sure that when the case was over, not only was she still alive, but healthy enough to enjoy it. that was very much weighing on me. i said, forget it. >> she is interviewed by the way tillman -- zoe tillman. watchable tv every weekend, all weekend on c-span two. presents "landmark cases," the book, a guide to our series which explores 12 historic supreme court decisions, including marvin davis of madison -- marbury versus madison, korematsu versus united states, brown versus board of education, miranda versus arizona, and roe versus wade. written by veteran supreme court jo

ambition" chasing fortune, truth and faith in the new china" winner of national book award for nonfiction 2014. mr. osnos, i want to start with a personal story my sister just a back from china this summer. she is idiom's teacher. she said what she saw with the building is unsustainable. >> guest: frankly she is right. right now this week gore last week going to an extraordinary period with the economic formula over 30 years is running out of gas. the thing that works so well for the railways and the airports china has as many real ways as we need for the of moment. there would be demographic pressure but then to figure out how did give more money into the hands of ordinary people? how did you build the chinese google? that is the challenge and with all this turbulence is a reflection. >> since our viewers have been listening we will go straight to calls. we will begin with cleveland ohio. go-ahead. >> caller:. >> host: put him on hold as a reminder to turn down the volume on your television. now we will move to columbus, ohio. >> caller: i just started a book on the leaders seems to be o

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book tv, since 1998, all of eight, all of the top nonfiction authors and books.ll available at book to be.org. >> here's a look at the current best-selling nonfiction books according to the washington post. first up, government zero syndicated talkshow host michael savage argues that progressives are deliberately hurting the country. next, fox news host bill reilly and martin to guard look at how the attempted assassination of ronald reagan shaped his presidency and killing reagan. msnbc reporter and shauna cause neck next on the list with notorious rpg a biography of said court justice, the witches by pulitzer prize winner stacy shift is also on the list. she examines the salem witch trials. you can watch them on our website, book to be.org. >> in 2010, democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders filibustered on the senate floor for eight and half hours. here, he is speaking about why he published the transcript of the speech. >> i will read you from the introduction. and friday, december 10, 2010 i woke up and my usual time, had my usual breakfast of oatme

delicate flowers and then nonfiction bullies they deserve what they get. >> so what -- we know you're in casting, screen of books what was the thing that first took off for you? let's put it that way? that first took off? took off -- >> this american -- would you start doing. >> it was all a progression at the time mag me sound like i'm multiple personality disorder so one thing. i start working on american life so i work less when i was wring a diary of listening to raid media for a year. which was not a task i recommend doing and i started writing that book because it was 1990. 1994 -- and i remember that midterm congressional election that year when the ditto charmers took over the congress calling themselves that because they were proud to owe that i recall rush limbaugh and people like him had won this revolutionary election, and i had never listened to rush limbaugh. only one i knew because i hang out with people like this -- i just thought radio is having a huge effect on the country and no one was writing about it. no radio critic and newspaper the way that media is covered. s

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> and here are some programs you'll see this weekend on booktv. first off, we are live once again from the miami book fair, now in its 32nd year. it's the largest book fair in the country with over 600,000 attendees and 300 authors. you'll hear from folks such as representative john lewis, peggy noonan, p.j. o'rourke and many others. the full schedule is available on our web site, booktv.org. you can also follow us on twitter @booktv to get schedule updates. our live coverage begins both saturday and sunday at 10 a.m. eastern time. some other programs to watch out for this weekend on booktv, on "after words" neil ferguson discusses henry kissinger's early life, we discuss isis and booktv visits syracuse, new york. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books all weekend. >> here's a hook at some books that are -- a look at some books that are being published this week. karl rove, former deputy chief of staff to george w. bush

. >> is very nonfiction author or book you would like to see featured on booktv? send an e-mail at booktv.org or post a comment on the wall facebook.com/booktv. >>> now on "after words," former congressman patrick kennedy. he discusses living with mental illness and addiction. he is interviewed by congressman jim mcdermott washington state. >> good morning or good afternoon. i'm jim mcdermott here interviewing patrick kennedy. patrick has written the book you see on the screen. i have to tell you i have a whole shelf of books written by politicians. yours is the only one that i've read front to back. i have to helped myself he could have written the history of the question or he could have written his own memoir. i would like you telling to join why you chose to write this book. >> guest: think you and it's great to be with you again. i loved serving with you in congress. you have been a huge champion of mental health in the congress for years, and it was great to work with you on the passage of the mental health parity. as you know, no one knows that this is the

feature of c-span2's booktv is her coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country with nonfiction author talks, interviews and viewer call-in segments. coming up booktv will be live from a 32nd miami book fair. our coverage starts on saturday november 21 at 10 a.m. eastern. >> here's a look at some authors recently featured on booktv's "after words," our weekly interview program. walleye traveled the world for many a time, i am a man of the south. i actually never thought of myself that way, but come international i realized someplace i grew up, it's a unique demonstration of the american aesthetic, that we have in the south. one gregariousness and one of passion and one of great division, of great opinion. but it's just a very unique to have that sort of epiphany and awakening today. it reminded me of what i went through in new orleans. i am an actor but i first and foremost are from new orleans. that northernmost caribbeacaribbea n city, right? the last bullying in. the city that care forgot, the big easy. right? and it's a place but it is so unique and so defining of who i am i

"the twin connection" has recently won the juvenile nonfiction national indie excellence award. today, cailin and hannah are here talk with us about their book and what it's like to be an identical twin. welcome. okay. who's who? >> i'm cailin. >> i'm hannah. >> [ chuckles ] >> now that we got that straight, do you ever trick people, pretending to be each other? >> okay, there was one major time -- i think it was in eighth day. and we spent the entire morning coordinating our outfits. >> our clothes, our skirts. >> we made sure that every curl of our hair was exactly the same. >> we curled our hair in the mirror next to each other. >> and everything was perfect, but we forgot that it was crazy tie day. and that was the thing that completely gave it away. we were trying to switch classes -- just homeroom, so it wasn't, like, math. we didn't try to take tests for each other or anything. but our homeroom teacher noticed that we were wearing different ties. every set of twins has to do that at one point, right? >> so we knew that, and that's why we did it. >> cailin, what would you

i wanted no more distractions >>> finally, some of the best nonfiction films made around the world recently are on show in qatar. they tackle issues as diverse as wore, sports and food. we have this report from doha. >> mr president, mr secretary-general, we are giving you our facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence >>> "war of lives" is an interview with an iraqi refugee whose evidence of weapons of mass destruction was used to legitimize the invasion of iraq. there was a big problem - his evidence was false but he said he helped remove the former leader saddam hussein >>> 12 years on, iraq is ravaged by war and infiltrated by violent armed groups. they provide an insight into how the world god to this point. one more uplifting film headlining at the festival is about a nepalese female football team made up of players from remote villages. they came to the top of their sport. >> it's a good message. especially for the european people that playing the football, being a professional, to earn the money, millions, that because of their pass and struggling. this is a different footbal

. >>> every weekend the c-span networks feature programs on politician, nonfiction books, and american history as the nation commemorates veterans day, saturday starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern american history will be live from the national world war ii museum in new orleans as we look back 70 years to the war's end and its legacy. we'll tour the museum exhibits and take your calls and tweets. starting this week at 10:00 our new program "road to the white house rewind" takes a look at past presidential campaigns through archival footage. this sunday we'll feature ronald reagan's 1979 presidential campaign announcement. and on c-span saturday night at 8:30, the effect of legalized marijuana and colorado and other states around the country. and sunday especiallying at 6:30, our "road to the white house" coverage continues with former maryland governor and democratic presidential candidate martin o'malley who will speak at the town hall meeting at the university of new hampshire in durham. and saturday afternoon on c-span 2's books tv starting at 4:00 eastern it's boston book festival feat

he has also published both fiction and nonfiction on "the , and aner" website anount -- and that includesccount of his family's experience of the kennedy assassination. and now i will turn the microphone over to david, our moderator, who will announce our panel. [applause] >> we salute the audience! [laughter] [applause] good evening, i am david cyprus, and i am moderatiing tonight. [applause] i asked them to put up this thomas nast drawing, unfortunately, it is cut off at the bottom. this will give us a little context of the long history of cartooning in our country. i want you to look at this. tom, that is how you draw an elephant. [laughter] david t.: just a few words about what i am doing here. i am a "new yorker" cartoonist. being a "new yorker" cartoonist is tricky business, because we can't advocate directly for anything, we can't quite finger any political -- particular politician or policy, all we can really do is point to the reader and say, isn't that ridiculous? characterscovers, no cartoon.ew yorker" so i developed some strategies to deal with that. one of those things is dev

booktv, since 1998 all the top nonfiction authors and books all available at booktv.org. [applause] [applause] >> good evening. my name is melissa geller and i'm the chief marketing officer for the reagan foundation. thank y'all for joining us this evening. i know you just set down but if you wouldn't mind standing back up in honor of the men and women who defend our freedom, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. you may have noticed this evening's program is promoted as an architects of change. this is because maria shriver's work is driven by her belief that all of us have the ability to be what she called architects of change. people who see a problem in their own life formed a community around them and step out of their comfort zone and do what it takes to create the solution. and not many people do find the center and our guest tonight sunday. she had a happy and successful life,

. >> i know this is nonfiction. did you have to embellish it a little bit, some stores do it?>> no, not at all. i've found plenty of colorful stories just, whether in newspaper articles or in books on the topic. i mentioned before the ernest hemingway thing. there was a character, i got from the dodgers who also was on one of the previous spring training trips. just for example, was caught in a hotel by two women by one of the woman's husband come and they had to get out of the country as quickly as possible. there was no need to embellish anything. was plenty of good material to work with. [inaudible] spent even a conclusion of the cuban league, one of the pages had to pitch on one day's rest, which you never see that happening here, ma except with the giants made it last year. he started the first game and then another pitch -- another pitcher pitched the second and anthony pitch the 13. two games in three days. >> was there a commission with a link? >> with the cuban league? i mean, they were just, they were not the same kind of characters i don't think that you would see h

. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> host: and representative anna eshoo is the top democrat on the subcommittee on communications and technology, and she's our guest this week on "the communicators." thanks for coming back. >> guest: thank you. it's a pleasure to be here with you. >> host: well, since the last time we talked, net neutrality is now the law of the land, and it's been in effect for a couple of months. do you have any regrets, or do you think it's been successful so far? >> guest: oh, i think we're in a very strong position and, of course, i'm thrilled that on june 12th the fcc's order went into, went into place. so i think that we're on strong legal ground. of course, there was a challenge by opponents to delay the implementation, and the court denied that. and there is yet another challenge that will be heard, i believe, i

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv on thanksgiving, four days of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2. next up from the should national book festival, jan jarboe russell talks about his family and chairman camp located in crystal city taxes were thousands of japanese, germans and italians immigrants were incarcerated during world war ii. [applause] >> it's such an honor for me to be here. my first time at the national book festival and i'd like to thank the library of congress and each one of you who have come. don't we were that i'm a black belt. you are safe. as you may have heard, i have a long history in journalism but i wanted to start by explaining what interested me most as a writer. i have always been interested in the literature of witness, witnessing the women's movement and as you just heard assorted political scandals in texas of which there are noand. and a lot of wheeler dealer scandals and conspiracy theories. i like intellectual and emotional intimacy of interviewing people face-to-fa face-to-face, upholding the space for other people's sto