Book TV Schedule: October 7th - 9th

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: October 7-9
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After Words
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 9 PM ET, Sunday 6 and 9 PM ET
In his book, The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America’s First Black Dynasty, author Lawrence Otis Graham tells the story of Blanche Bruce, who went from being a slave to becoming the first African-American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate. The book provides a 3-generation, 130-year view of race and politics in America. Mr. Graham discusses his book with Adam Clayton Powell III, director of the Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California and son of civil rights leader, Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Harlem in 1945.


Weekend Highlights
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Marvin Olasky, The Politics of Disaster: Katrina, Big Government, and a New Strategy for Future Crises
In his book, Olasky examines the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and argues that politicians use natural disasters for political gain rather than as an opportunity to improve the lives of victims. (Saturday 7 PM, Sunday 5:30 AM ET)

T. Christian Miller, Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq
Miller argues that the U.S.-led reconstruction effort in Iraq is fraught with fraud, corruption, and inefficiency. (Saturday 8:05 PM, Monday 5:30 AM ET)

Marthe Cohn, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
Cohn was a member of the French First Army intelligence service during WWII and made many covert trips inside Nazi Germany. (Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 4 PM ET)

Gregg Jackson, Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies
In his book, the co-host of WRKO Pundit Review Radio critiques liberal claims and presents counter arguments for conservatives. At this event, he coaches conservative high school students. (Sunday 11 AM, 11:30 PM ET)

Michael Dirda, Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life
Washington Post Book World Senior Editor Michael Dirda reads excerpts from his book, a collection of favorite quotations and passages. (Sunday 7:30 AM, 8 PM ET)

John Brady Kiesling, Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower
Kiesling discusses his decision to resign from his post as a political counselor with the U.S. embassy in Greece in 2003 because of the Bush administration's decision to go to war with Iraq. (Sunday 9:30 AM, 10 PM ET)


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BOOK TV Schedule

Note: Program start times are approximate and all times are Eastern.


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Saturday, October 7

8:00 am Ray Suarez, The Holy Vote: Politics of Faith in America

9:00 In Depth: In Depth: John Hope Franklin

12:00 pm Cass Sunstein, Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge

1:30 Kurt Muse, Six Minutes to Freedom

3:30 Louise Richardson, What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat

4:30 Arnold Kling, Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay for Health Care

6:00 Encore Booknotes: Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof, In the Name of Sorrow and Hope

7:00 General Assignment: Marvin Olasky, The Politics of Disaster: Katrina, Big Government, and a New Strategy for Future Crises

8:05 General Assignment: T. Christian Miller, Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq

9:00 After Words: After Words: Lawrence Otis Graham, author of "The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America’s First Black Dynasty" interviewed by Adam Clayton Powell III, director of the Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California

10:00 History on Book TV: Marthe Cohn, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany

11:30 Louis Uchitelle, The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences


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Sunday, October 8

12:30 am Ray Suarez, The Holy Vote: Politics of Faith in America

1:30 Cathy Sultan, Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides

2:45 Janis Kearney, "Conversations: From Hope to Harlem"

3:30 Charlyne Berens, Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward

4:15 Peter Laufer, Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq

5:30 General Assignment: Marvin Olasky, The Politics of Disaster: Katrina, Big Government, and a New Strategy for Future Crises

6:30 Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror

7:30 Michael Dirda, Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life

8:30 General Assignment: Douglas Sosnik, Matthew Dowd, & Ron Fournier, Applebee's America: How Successful Political, Business, and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community

9:30 General Assignment: John Brady Kiesling, Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower

11:00 General Assignment: Gregg Jackson, Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies, 2006-2007 Edition

1:00 pm Sarah Chayes, The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban

2:00 Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman

3:00 After Words: George Soros, author of "The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror" interviewed by Ted Halstead, founder and president of the New America Foundation

4:00 History on Book TV: Marthe Cohn, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany

5:30 Eagle Forum: Jerome Corsi, "Showdown with Nuclear Iran"

6:00 After Words: After Words: Lawrence Otis Graham, author of "The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America’s First Black Dynasty" interviewed by Adam Clayton Powell III, director of the Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California

7:00 General Assignment: Douglas Sosnik, Matthew Dowd, & Ron Fournier, Applebee's America: How Successful Political, Business, and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community

8:00 Michael Dirda, Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life

9:00 After Words: After Words: Lawrence Otis Graham, author of "The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America’s First Black Dynasty" interviewed by Adam Clayton Powell III, director of the Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California

10:00 General Assignment: John Brady Kiesling, Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower

11:30 General Assignment: Gregg Jackson, Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies, 2006-2007 Edition


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Monday, October 9

1:30 am 2006 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Jonathan Alter

2:45 Charles Gardner Geyh, When Courts & Congress Collide: The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System

4:00 Cass Sunstein, Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge

5:30 General Assignment: T. Christian Miller, Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq

6:30 Eagle Council Authors: Jerome Corsi, Tom Kilgannon & Jim Gilchrist


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