rancho mirage, california, our coverage starts at 1:30. >> diseases are nouns. you are als i'mering, one doesn't get cancer. >> former senator, bash rar boxer. >> resign, resign. it's the whole thing. all i fried to do is find common ground. >> and life and politics in florida and the enfirmente and lawrence whithe. >> i lisked a lot in the middle east and one lesson you learned is that things can always get worst. or on subpoenaed, authors -- >> make a is of things that will make you happy. .> dr. gary small >> and if you can achieve brower brain health, you can remember about all those decisions you need to make every day to keep your brain healthy. national iscussion on security. watch this weekend on book tv. for the next hour, american history tv exclusive, our city's tour visits san diego, california. for five years now, we traveled across the u.s. to explore their iterary and historic sites and isit it at c espn delrg.org. the wright k to brothers. and that wasn't the first airplane meaning that it didn't do much. flew 10 feet. something that could take o

. >> this weekend on book tv, from rancho mirage, california. >> diseases are verbs and not nouns.

take all your personal items -- [inaudible conversations] >> next up from the rancho mirage writers festival in california is a conversation between dave barry and carl hiaasen on life and politics in florida. [applause] >> what was your name again? [laughter] it's hiaasing en. >> carl harrison couldn't be here, but i'm in his place. >> carl would be famous if he had a normal spelling. [laughter] anyway, first of all, thank you recall for coming. thanks to jamie for putting on this incredible writers fest. [applause] and what we thought we would do in the few minutes we have left -- [laughter] is, we're both going to just briefly talk about our newspaper careers. >> first, though, we have to thank the festival for fitting a million and a half people into this room. [laughter] >> it is really an incredible crowd. >> that's the national park service estimate. >> the national park service estimate. [applause] [laughter] >> i've never seen a crowd this big in here. >> oh, it's the biggest, most amazing crowd. >> huge crowd. >> huge crowd. [laughter] >> so we're going to briefly for those of you who don't know

. >> starting now on booktv, coverage of the 2017 rancho mirage writers festival in california. several authors including senator barbara boxer, realtor prize-winning author lawrence right, humorist dave barry, historian douglas brinkley and more. first up, david agus talks about his book "the lucky years: how to thrive in the brave new world of health". [applause] >> thank you very much. it is a privilege to be here. i am here. about 7 years ago i wrote my first book and i was so excited that i spent all this time thinking of the title and the title i came up with with was what is held? it was a key question. was it how you look, how you feel, how long you live, how well you live, what was health how do you optimize in a parameter where you don't have a parameter in which to optimize so i sent to the publisher and a week later the publisher called and said steve jobs just called and changed the title of your book. he did what? i said what are you doing? he said you can't put the word health in the title. it is a bad word in our country. as soon as you say health people's guys g

from rancho mirage california. on saturday our coverage starts at 1:30 p.m.eastern with doctor david ? >> to me disease are virgins not nouns. your cancer, your heart disease inc., one does not get cancer, it is something the body does. >> former senator barbara boxer. >> they said resign, resign, you are a disgrace. i said, no. number all i tried to do is find common ground. if you want to twist it, be my guest. >> also panel discussions on the state of america's hospitals. life and politics in florida and the environment. and pulitzer prize-winning author lawrence wright. >> because i have lived a lot in the middle east.and if there is one lesson you learn from spending a long time in the middle east, is that things can always get worse. >> on sunday beginning at 3:00 p.m. eastern, authors dennis prager ? >> make a list of things you think would make you happy. if they all arrived he would be temporarily happy. >> doctor gary small the director of ucla longevity center. >> if you can achieve your brain health, then you're going to be able to remember and th

. >> starting now on booktv, coverage of the 2017 rancho mirage writers festival in california. several authors including senator barbara boxer, realtor prize-winning author lawrence right, humorist dave barry, historian douglas brinkley and more. first up, david agus talks about his book "the lucky years: how to thrive in the brave new world of health".

how the g.o.p., successfully govern and we bring you coverage over ranchoing my mirage book festival. and we visit fresno, california, to talk with local authors and visit the cities literary sites. a few over the programs on booktv this weekend. for a complete schedule, booktv.org. 48 yours of nonfiction backs and authors, television for serious readers. >> the middle of california is called the central valley but the extra valley goes from the place -- the central valley goes from bakersfield to sacramento and beyond it's 400 miles long. we're in the middle of the the biggest, most industrialized farm belt in the united states,