somebody at harpercollins contacted me, would you like to write a biography on william wilberforce?ca and i did write that book of course. never thought i would write a biography but i did end up writing to look but inevitably when the book came out there waw a movie that came out, "amazingt grace" and everyone kept asking me after this okay you wrote about wilberforce but who are you going to write about next? some people said about whom will you next right? and those people were correct.e i was a yale english major. i'm big on the word home and if you use the word home i might bv give you a break on the book prices but i'm a big end of the word home. there is nothing funny about that. people kept saying who will you write about, but homely right? if i were to write a seconds biography, if, there is only one person to my mind that is like william wilberforce, somebody because of his faith stood up fori those who could not stand p for themselves and that ismy dietrich bonhoeffer. obviously that led to my sayingo that i would write the book ando i did write the book. i didn't expect

[applause] >> eric metaxas is the author of several books, including amazing grace: william wilberforce and the campaign to end slavery. for more information visit his website, eric metaxas.com. >> here are the top 10 best-selling conservative books from human events.com: >> "made for goodness" is the name of the boat. well-known author, desmond "bonhoeffer" along with his daughter mpho tutu lussier at the national press club alternate. ms. tutu, what is this book about? >> i think most of what this book is about is the essential equality of human beings is that we are good. our essential quality is our goodness. our behavior does not always bear out that essential quality, that it is my belief in my destiny that are essential quality is goodness and everything else is in operation. and we really stories from both our lives, both of us are clergy with the priests and pastors. my father famously shared the truth and reconciliation commission has been in all kinds of ways of grief and horror. i have seen the same times of grief and horror, but on a more domestic scale and my rule is the p