tweet us, twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week: >> watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> booktv is live today from the campus of the university of southern california, home of the los angeles times festival of books. we'll be covering author events from newman hall, and you'll have the chance to talk to several best selling authors during our call-in programs. schedule updates will be on the bottom of your tv screen throughout the day, and you can find our full schedule online at booktv.org. >> deputy publisher of the l.a. times, mr. mele, when and how and why did the l.a. times start sponsoring this book fair? >> guest: the los angeles times started this book fair about 20 years ago. it's the 20th anniversary of the festival of books, and it was just an important way that the newspaper could engage with the community, could provide a space for all kinds of people from publishers authors thinkers but also chefs and artists and actors and actresses to come toget

tweet us twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page: facebook.com/booktv. >> isis is calling on followers saying come to the caliphate islamic society. but it is a good thing if you stay put as well. in chicago, new york, london, berlin isis calls them city wolves. and they are telling them to rise up on american soil. you can be a one-man jihad in your own backyard. think of fort hood. think of the boston bombings. think of paris back in january of 2015. in paris, perfect example of what i am talking about. two well-armed jihadist; brothers, trained in yemen with al-qaeda and returned home to france and they wreaked havoc killing 17 people among those 17 was not coincidently a number of jews at a jewish deli who were targeted because they were jews. it was not a coincidence. 17 people killed by two-well armed jihadist captured world attention and dominated the media circle for the better part of a week and inspired a massive anti-terror protest walk in paris which president obama skipped. translate what happened in paris here to america soil. do you really think it can't hap

tweet us twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> burt neuborne, the former legal director for the aclu argues that the first amendment was primarily created to protect the democratic process and not individual rights as is commonly believed. next on booktv he explains out with this understanding we should be issues like the future of campaign finance reform and the protection of voting rights. >> i think we should all go home. [laughter] there is no topping that. let me start by just norman's story about a person needs an introduction to one of the funny storylines when i was at the aclu for many years where i loved being a lawyer was that our printer could never get my name straight. so i would get a series of memo pads from the desk of bart was the major, we actually get out a bart award to the person who did the most work and got the least credit in the organization. [laughter] when i left i was legal director during the reagan years. what i left as aclu legal director to come back to nyu the louisiana affiliate which was a very strong and cou

tweet us twitter.com/booktv. or post a comment on facebook.com/booktv. first of this week indicate institute's david those present his thoughts on libertarianism. and discusses his popularity in the u.s. day. >> we are excited to have with us this morning our speakers this morning david boaz, executive vice president of the cato institute, he played a key role in the development of the libertarian movement. he is the author of this new book "the libertarian mind: a menifesto for freedom" and editor of the libertarian reader. he is a provocative commentator and leading authority on domestic issues such as education shoelace, taking the reauthorization of the elementary secondary education act, drug legalization, the rise of libertarianism. former editor of new dog magazine executive director of the council for competitive autonomy. prior to joining cato he has written lots of different publications. his other books include the politics of freedom, and the cato handbook, many articles in the wall street journal, new york times washington post it cetera fre

tweet us, twitter.com,/booktv, or boast a comment on our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> now on booktv we want to introduce you to history professor kevin cruz. he teaches at princeton university where booktv is and just published a new book "one nation under god. "professor cruz, have we always been nation under god? >> guest: that's a great question. depends on who you ask and in what sense. a lot of people believe we have been nation under god from the very beginning. recent poll show that 55% of americans have believed that from the get-go. we have been a christian nation. the ways in which we think.whether or not we are a christian nation, the signs we point to the symbols think ceremonies we invoke, those are actually recent inventions. they come not from the founding fathers but from our our grandfathers and grandmothers and fathers and mothers. they were invenned in the ear raf to the cold war. all the thing wes take for granted now know national day of prayer the national prayer breakfast, the addition of "hurt god" the he pledge of allegiance and in galled we trust. al

tweet us twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our face book page facebook.com/booktv. >> welcome toded in 1665 is the oldest continuously occupied european settlement in the united states. with the help of our comcast cable partners over the next 90 minutes we will speak with local lawyers as we learn about the city and its history including a look at henry flagler who developed the east coast of the state into a tourist destination. >> he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. he built the first railroad bridge across the st. johns river in jacksonville so that people could make it to new york to st. augustine without changing trains. >> later we visit the st. augustine historical society. >> we have a wide range of materials, we have the first journal for the city council to the territorial act, we have a similar award journal, and a fascinating little piece which is st. augustine linked. >> and learn about the franciscan monks who settled the area. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> we are at the

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us. we will thank the folks at the l.a. book f >> booktv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. tweet us twitter.comst a comment on our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> join us on booktv, tracy smith pulitzer prize winner and she's written a memoir called "ordinary light." professor smith who was kathy? >> kathy is my mother. and in the course of thinking about this book i realized that the person i grew by with so many different people. it's probably such an obvious statement. but one of my main wishes and wanting to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her death on my life explore a relationship, think about the different versions of myself that i was with and without her your isil -- also the really strong wish to bring her to write for my children were born after she was gone. it just struck me as so heartbreaking when i was pregnant with my daughter, who is now five come that she would never know this person. one night i was lying in bed and my husband said why don't you read a book about your parents? why don't you write a book that will can tell her who they were? i had suc

tweet us, twitter.com/booktv or post on and on our face book page facebook.com/booktv. >> here's a lookthe best-selling nonfiction books according to barnes and noble. >> now a panel on lives of american women series. historian carol berkin leads the discussion on the lives of catherine beecher elizabeth gurley flynn, shirley chisholm and angela davis. >> i want to introduce the panelists. first wants to point out i brought copies of the book so far that are out in the series. i wanted to do this series for many many years. it was in my head. i envision exactly the kinds of books these women have produced or are producing, books that point to the lives of interesting women, some famous, some not particularly books that point to the way in which you can understand american history through the lives of women not simply through the eyes of men. you want to catch your breath? >> i am all caught up. >> okay. robyn spencer teaches courses on the black freedom movement litter areas of research include civil rights black power, urban radicali