i just can't tell you how wonderful it was. >> host: cal -- stewart stevens senior and the book is called "the white house chandeliers" my experiences while working for seven u.s.he presidents.us mr. stevens worked for the white house from 1970 to 2002. where can people find the book? >> guest: well, we have it on our web site which is stewart stevens,, sr..com and we also have it at a couple of bookstores. we are working to get in into some more of bookstores. we go around to different places to sell her books. >> host: you can find it onll line as well. >> guest: yes sir command can find on line. >> host: thank you for your time and thank you for being with it to be today. thank you for having us into your home.

>> well, we have it on our website, which is stewart stevens, sr. dot-- >>.com. >>.com and we also have it in a couple of book stores and we're working to get it into some more book stores and we go around to different places to sell our books. >> so we can find it on-line as well, correct? >> yes, sir, you can find it on-line, thank you for your time and thank you for being with book tv today and thank you for having us in your home. >> we're in oldtown in scottsdale, arizona where book tv is learning more about the city of rich literary, next to guidon books, a bookstore that works on civil war and old west history. >> guidon books was started in 1964 by my parents, and they wanted to open a western history and civil war bookstore in scottsdale and the first store was on main street. and there's a story that when somebody saw what was going in, they told my father, well, you're only going to be here six months and it's now been over 52 years that we've been in scottsdale. guidon books, what i believe is libby custer, george's wife, wrote three boo

>> well, we have it on our website, which is stewart stevens, sr. dot-- >>.com. >>.com and we also have it in a couple of book stores and we're working to get it into some more book stores and we go around to different places to sell our books. >> so we can find it on-line as well, correct? >> yes, sir, y that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> let me introduce you to paul moreno, professor of constitutional history at hillsdale college and the author of this book, "the bureaucrat kings: the origins and underpinnings of america's bureaucratic state". professor paul moreno, on page one of your book you write the

. >> up next, booktv sits down with longtime white house employees stewart stevens. mr. stevens a former chandelier and window cleaner at the white house for seven presidents wrote about his experiences in his self publish memoir "the white house chandeliers." how did you get to the white house? >> guest: when i first got back by me being in the military police, i went to number 14 precinct and talk to sergeant about being a police, and had to take a test and they said i passed the test that they wasn't hiring any blacks. so that didn't work. and then i went to the fire department, and i had to sign a sheet of paper that was longer than your leg of the guys waiting to join the fire department. so i knew right away i can't wait this long. so i went back and i was telling my dad, he said, well, you have to wait, while you're waiting you have to find a job. he said because you are saving a lot of money and you have been over in germany with the boys and you picked up a few bad habits, he said, so you're going to have to get yourself together. so i said yes, sir. i went to w

>> guest: well, we have it on our web site which is stewart stevens,, sr..com and we also have it at a couple of bookstores. we are working to get in into some more of bookstores. we go around to different places to sell her books. >> host: you can find it onll line as well. >> guest: yes sir command can find on line. >> host: thank you for your time and thank you for being with it to be today. thank you for having us into your home. >> good afternoon. welcome to the southern festival of looks. my name is andy bennett and i'm your session hosts for the day. we are here to hear from sally palmer thomasson and joseph beck about there but that afterward they will be signing their books in the signing colonnade upstairs pretty good buy their books in the selling area the festival will receive a part of the proceeds. and remember while the festival does have some sources of income the main source of income are donations from you. i try to make it very easy for you to donate. you can donate on the festival web site, you can donate on the facebook page or you can use the festival app or if

stevens worked at the white house from 1970 until 2002. where can people find the book? >> guest: we have it on ourt website which is stewart stephen senior.com and we also have it in a couple of bookstores and were working to get it into a couple of bookstores and were going around to different places to seller books.>> >> you can find it online as well. >> yes sir. >> a thank you for your time and for being with book tv. thank you for having us in your home. >> it as 2016 comes to close publications are offering their picks for the best books of the year. the cato institute argues more progress has been made in the past 100 years and then the past 100,000 and there's every reason to be optimistic about the future in progress. in "the civil wars of julia ward howe" called the life of the suffragist of the battle hymn of the republic. duncan clark profiles ali baba, it rivals amazon. the the economist noble books of 2016 include -- we look at the study of memory. washington post columnist recalls the former chairman alan greenspan. >> it was alan greenspan who rebuilt the authority and created an independence. and i think i