on tuesday look for us at the schonberg center for eric washington's talk on james williams, chief porter of the grand central terminal red caps of the 1900s who was the face of his african american workforce and champion of upward mobility. on wednesday and newhaven, connecticut, charles barber with a report on the life of william outlaw and his journey from a convicted felon to a community advocate. on friday we will be at san francisco public library for the presentation of the american book awards. all these are open to the public. if you're in attendance take a picture and tag us, booktv, on twitter, facebook or instagram. here are the current best-selling nonfiction books according to the new york times. topping the list msnbc's rachel maddow argues the oil and gas industry has weakened democracies around the world in blowout. talking to strangers. malcolm gladwell's examination of how we misread strangers words and actions. after that fox news's greg jarrett talks about the mueller investigation in witchhunts followed by the united states of trump, bill o'reilly's look at the life

and on tuesday look for us at the schonberg center in new york city for eric k washington start on james williams, chief order of the grand central terminal red caps in the early 1900s was the face of his african-american workforce and champion of their upward mobility. on wednesday in new haven connecticut, yale lecturer charles carter will report on the life of william june outlaw and his journey from a convicted felon to a community advocate. then on friday we will the san francisco public library with a presentation of the 40th annual american book awards, all these events are open to the public. if you're independent picture and tag us at book tv on twitter, facebook or instagram. >> now we're back live at the texas book festival with journalists ben westhoff on the opioidcrisis . [inaudible] >> .. >> ..