. >> if you were in communication with tweed roosevelt regarding his version of the roosevelt's trip up the river. >> yes. tweed roosevelt is the great great grandson of t.r. and he led a duplicates of the river expedition a few years ago, documented and filled it and experienced it first hand, the nightmare that his great great grandfather experienced. doing this has been able to make a understand that that trip really was as hellish as it seems to be in t.r.'s own personal account. that river is longer than the rhine and t.r. took great pride having put it on the map. [applause] >> that event part of the 2011 national book festival in washington d.c.. to find out more visit pelosi.gov/bookfast. recently the new york times release their top ten best books of 2011. here are the five nonfiction titles. christopher hichens's essay collection arguably rank topics from afghanistan to the ten commandments and even harry potter. will boy in the moon by ian brown recounts the story of his son who was born with a genetic mutation that made the most routine test difficult. up next malcolm x i

roosevelt? >> and oh, yes. tweed russell is a great, great, great grandson of tr.ation -- experienced it firsthand, and the nightmares that is great, great grandfather experienced. and through doing this has been able to make us understand that that trip really was hellish as it seems to be in tr's own personal account. that river by the way is a river longer than the right, and tr took great pride in having put on the map. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> that event part of the 2011 national book festival here in washington, d.c. to find out more visit loc.gov/book fast. reflate "the new york times" released their top 10 best books in 2011. here are the five nonfiction titles. >> well, >> it's my policy not to discusm the films that i am making while i'm making them. for all the obvious reasonsre yy given are eagerly working on one? >> may be. i just don't, i don't talk about it. they just appear when they appear. i mean, it's not in the bestiv interest of the film to give a heads up. with sicko, before i made sickoi i made a mistake of saying i wae