Thanks, Alias.

C-SPAN2's Book TV: December 19 - 21, 2009


Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 9 PM and
Monday 12 AM & 3 AM ET

Greg Mortenson, Stones into Schools
Greg Mortenson, co-founder of the Central Asia Institute and author of Three Cups of Tea, talks about his latest book. The book follows Mortenson and his colleagues as they work to set up remote schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Mr. Mortenson discusses his book with Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), an early champion of Mortenson's work. Congresswoman Bono Mack has represented California's 45th district since 1998.


5pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 55 min.
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire That Saved America
Timothy Egan

7:30am (ET) Sunday
Approx. 44 min.
Rehnquist: A Personal Portrait of the Distinguished Chief Justice of the United States
Herman Obermayer

For full schedule go to: BookTV.org

C-SPAN2's Book TV: December 5-7


A monthly LIVE author interview,
featuring your calls, emails, and tweets
Sunday 12-3 PM ET, re-airs Monday at 12 AM ET
Joy Hakim, a former teacher and newspaper editorial writer, is the author of the 10-volume A History of US and the 3-volume The Story of Science. She is also the author of Freedom: A History of US, which was made into a PBS series of the same name.

8am (ET) Saturday
Approx. 58 min.
Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays
Joel Waldfogel

5pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 1 hr.
The Great Depression: A Diary
James Ledbetter; Daniel Roth

10pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
After Words: "SuperFreakonomics," Levitt & Dubner, interviewed by Ezra Klein



BookTV.org to see schedule and view programs online

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UPDATED: Book TV Schedule for Dec 5-7, 2009

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This weekend the Senate is due to be in session for portions of the day on Saturday, December 5, and Sunday, December 6, to debate the health care bill. C-SPAN2 has a commitment to cover the Senate whenever they are in session, therefore, the Book TV schedule this weekend has been altered.

When the Senate finishes each day, Book TV will resume programming. This Sunday's In Depth with author Joy Hakim will be LIVE at 12 PM ET on either C-SPAN or C-SPAN2 depending on the Senate's schedule. Please check www.booktv.org or www.c-span.org for updates.

madrano wrote: "So, DH may, indeed, be getting this book, too. Won't he be surprised? And he'll owe it all to you.
..."

Oh, I hope he does! It would be a great story to recount if we ever meet.

Thanks for the tip, Carol. As you might be able to tell, i'm not a sports person. By virtue of the fact this computer is now in the same room as our Best Tv, i see more sports commentary shows than i EVER wanted to see. The point being that i know who Jackie MacMullan is! LOL! So, DH may, indeed, be getting this book, too. Won't he be surprised? And he'll owe it all to you.

deborah

madrano wrote: "Thanks for that info, Carol. I try to buy a sports-related bio for DH each Christmas. Looks like this year it'll be this one.

deborah"

Well, now, Deborah, if you could find it in your budget to buy two, I would suggest you consider When the Game Was Ours by Boston Globe sportswriter Jackie MacMullan. She was recruited by Magic and Larry Bird to co-write their stories, and by all accounts it's a wonderful read about their rivalry from college on and ultimately, the tight friendship they developed over the years. The interviews I've heard with her have been riveting, including recounting how Bird heard about Magic's positive HIV diagnosis and how he responded.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I should add this to MY Christmas List!!!

Thanks for that info, Carol. I try to buy a sports-related bio for DH each Christmas. Looks like this year it'll be this one.

deborah

Alias Reader wrote: "Have you or anyone here read any of her books or a bio that they would recommend?

..."

No, A, haven't read anything of hers. Not the sort of thing I'd read, I read little nonfiction except that which I read with my Dad, which is why BookTV is such a treat.

Speaking of which, a friend of a friend, Wil Haygood, is going to be on CSPAN2 at 10pm EST discussing his latest book, "Sweet Thunder" a bio of Sugar Ray Robinson. I attended a booksigning of his here in Boston a few weeks ago and bought a copy of the book.

I saw that my library has a simple YA bio of Jane Goodall, so I went today to pick it up.

I haven't read any books by or about Goodall, only Nat'l Geo articles. A friend saw her in person a couple of years ago & was totally awed by the woman. I feel that way every time i see her on tv. When we first heard about her, i guess i expected her to gain a name then move to the states or UK & build on that fame. I'm proud that she has been faithful to her chimpanzees.

deborah

Carol, in my area she was on Bill Moyers and on Book TV at the same time. I kept switching between the two. You are so right, she is remarkable. She is such a classy lady. Both shows were so interesting. I want to get a bio on her. And also read the new book.

Have you or anyone here read any of her books or a bio that they would recommend?

Speaking of Moyers, he is retiring next year. :( I sure will miss his show. He has great guests, that you don't see on other shows, and they are usually on for the full hour. That lets them get more in depth in their discussions. And they talk calmly with yelling and screaming over one anther.

Alias Reader wrote: "Jane Goodall, Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink ..."

Jane Goodall was on Bill Moyers' show this evening. What a remarkable woman she is.

C-SPAN2's Book TV: November 26 - 30


Lori Ginzberg, Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life
Lori Ginzberg, history and women's studies professor at Pennsylvania State University, recounts the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) an early leader in the women's rights movement. Ms. Cady Stanton assisted in organizing the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 where she presented the Declaration of Sentiments, which asserted that women and men should be treated as equals. Lori Ginzberg presents her book at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. (Saturday 8 AM and 8 PM & Sunday 4 AM ET)


Jane Goodall, Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink
Ms. Goodall describes several people around the world who are successfully saving endangered species. She also dicusses the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots Network (rootsandshoots.org), which helps young people identify problems in their communities and take steps to solve them. This event took place at Georgetown University. Ms. Goodall answered questions following her remarks. (Friday 9:15 AM and 9:15 PM ET)

Brian McGinty, John Brown's Trial (Thursday 9 AM and 9 PM ET)


4pm (ET) Thursday
Approx. 2 hr. 57 min.
In Depth: Temple Grandin

6pm (ET) Friday
Approx. 50 min.
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Allison Bartlett


5pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 50 min.
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
Harlow Unger

11:15am (ET) Sunday
Approx. 42 min.
Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin


2pm (ET) Sunday
Approx. 58 min.
Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays
Joel Waldfogel

4pm (ET) Sunday
Approx. 1 hr.
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
Ellen Ruppel Shell

For full schedule and times go to: BookTV.org
You can also view the program on your computer at the web site

Thanks, Alias. I've given up on sitting through these interviews (i seem to lose patience) but i use their schedules as info on upcoming nonfiction. In the above, i learned there is a new bio about Monroe, which i'll add to the list of possible bios i'll read as i work my way down the Presidential books.

The other is about photographer Dorothea Lange. I have a book containing several of her Depression-era photos. Striking work.

deborah

C-SPAN2's Book TV: November 21 - 23


Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 9 PM and
Monday 12 AM & 3 AM ET
Nomi Prins, It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street.

Steven Gillon, The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President. Sunday 9 AM and 8 PM & Monday 4 AM ET)

Sarah Palin, Going Rogue: An American Life.
(Sunday 5:45 & Monday 7:30 AM ET)

8am (ET) Saturday
Approx. 44 min.
Rehnquist: A Personal Portrait of the Distinguished Chief Justice of the United States
Herman Obermayer

1pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits
Linda Gordon

4pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 50 min.
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
Harlow Unger

6pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Norman Mailer, "Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery"
Norman Mailer

8pm (ET) Satuday
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
2009 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors

10pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
2009 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NONFICTION WINNER - The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
T.J. Stiles


BookTV.org - for full schedule

CPAN2's Book TV: November 14 - 16

Saturday Coverage:

9:30 AM: Al Gore, Our Choice

11:00 AM: PEN Panel: Ana Menendez, Francine Prose, and Mary Gordon

12:00 PM: Taylor Branch, The Clinton Tapes

1:00 PM: Mike Farrell, Of Mule and Man

2:00 PM: Gwen Ifill, The Breakthrough

3:00 PM: Tracy Kidder, Strength in What Remains


Sunday Coverage:

10:00 AM: Ralph Nader, Only the Super Rich Can Save Us

10:55 AM: LIVE call-in with Ralph Nader

12:00 PM: Politics and Culture Panel: George Packer, Interesting Times; Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion; and Sam Tanenhaus, The Death of Conservatism

1:30 PM: Israel Panel: Rich Cohen, Israel is Real; Joel Schalit, Israel v. Utopia; and Dan Senor, Start-Up Nation

3:00 PM: Norman Podhoretz, Why Are Jews Liberal?

4:00 PM: LIVE call-in with Norman Podhoretz

For full schedule: book TV.org
* Note you can watch Book TV on your computer.

C-SPAN2's Book TV: November 7 - 9

For thoes that missed it last week Book TV is repeating the Temple Grandin show Saturday morning.

Saturday 9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 57 min.
In Depth: Temple Grandin

Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 9 PM and
Monday 12 AM & 3 AM ET
Harry Maclean, The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption
From Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, Harry Maclean recounts the murder case against Klansman James Ford Seale. Mr. Maclean recalls the death of Henry Dee and Charles Moore, two young black men who were kidnapped and killed after hitchhiking outside Meadville, Mississippi on May 2, 1964. The case was left unsolved for over forty years, until the FBI indicted James Ford Seale in 2007, then seventy-one years old, for the kidnapping and murder. Harry Maclean explores the reasons for the delay in convicting Mr. Seale and presents his thoughts on the former and current state of race relations in Mississippi. He discusses his book with Richard Howorth, owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi.


November 9 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Book TV will feature two books exploring that topic this weekend


.R. Smyser, Kennedy and the Berlin Wall

Former U.S. diplomat to Germany, W.R. Smyser, recounts the Berlin crisis of 1961-1963. Mr. Smyser was a special assistant to General Lucius Clay, President Kennedy's representative in Berlin during the crisis. He recounts the meetings between President Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, the threat of nuclear conflict, and the political fallout from the construction of the Berlin Wall. W.R. Smyser is joined by Mary Beth Stein, German professor at George Washington University, R. Gerald Livingston, senior fellow at the German Historical Institute, and Bernd Schaefer, senior scholar at the Cold War International History Project from the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC.
(Saturday 1 PM, Sunday 2 AM, Monday 5 AM ET)

Speech That Ended the Cold War
Mr. Ratnesar, deputy managing editor of Time magazine, recalls President Ronald Reagan's speech in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, where he pronounced to a crowd of 20,000 people, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall!" Mr. Ratnesar explores the genesis of the speech, the dismantling of the Berlin Wall two years after President Reagan's pronouncement, and the partnership between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that the author deems brought an end to the Cold War. Romesh Ratnesar presents his book at the Kansas City Public Library.
(Saturday 2:30 PM, Sunday 3:30 AM ET)


Sunday 9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller

I saw something about ALEUT STORY. I have to go look at my guide and see if I can find it.
And no -- nobody has a better voice than Martin Sheen.

Barbara

Barbara: I caught Robert Caro
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Oh, I missed that, Barbara. I've just found out on my cable system I have 2 more PBS channels and I am watching more TV than ever. Now I have a total of four. I am in my glory !

There is a terrific show on called, Aleut Story. During WWII the U.S. evacuated Aleut Americans to govt. internment camps. Martin Sheen does the voice over. Who has a better voice than him? I love it.

From PBS--
ALEUT STORY recounts the rarely told story of indigenous Alaskans' forced internment during World War II and their subsequent fight for civil rights. In 1942, as World War II reached Alaska, Aleut Americans were transferred to government camps 1,500 miles away, where an estimated 10 percent perished. As they prayed for deliverance, friendly forces" looted their homes and churches in the Aleutian and Pribilof islands. The surviving Aleuts eventually joined Japanese Americans in seeking wartime reparations from the federal government. Filmed on location in Alaska and Washington, D.C., this poignant, richly textured film contains rare archival images and compelling interviews with Aleut internment survivors - many of whom are speaking out for the first time in more than 60 years. ALEUT STORY also includes powerful performances by Emmy-winner Martin Sheen and Grammy-winner Mary Youngblood and the voice talent of John O' Hurley (Seinfeld, Dancing With the Stars) and the late Jay Hammond, former governor of Alaska."

It's out on DVD if you don't have it on your PBS stations. I highly recommend it.

Yes, I saw that part, Carol. I wanted to stay up to see the show again at midnight. However, with the time change, I couldn't make it. I wish I had a good internet connection, I use dial-up. If I did, I could watch the episode on Book-TV's web page.

I haven't read Gladwell, yet, but I think she had a valid point. I think I'm the last person on earth not to have read any of his books.

I thought she was great. I've read two of her books, Animals in Translation, and Thinking in Pictures. After seeing the show, I've added The Way I see It, to my TBR list.

Later at night and clearly by accident I caught Robert Caro at an event that had to do with writing of biography. I just love him.

He said at the end of his talk -- I guess I went on a little long. But if I could do it short I wouldn't have written 1000 page books. Thought it was delightful.

Even though I come from NYC area I must admit that his NYC accent can be overwhelming. LOL

Barbara

I just saw a few minutes also. She was commenting on author Malcolm Gladwell. She doesn't agree with him on everything, but really liked Tipping Point How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. She doesn't agree with his point that innate ability and talent accounts for little. She thinks that can be as important as hard work and learning. I think that was her point.

Alias Reader wrote: "

Did anyone catch Temple Grandin on Book TV ?
She was awesome. What an interesting show."

Didn't have time so just saw a few minutes.

Barbara

Did anyone catch Temple Grandin on Book TV ?
She was awesome. What an interesting show.

C-SPAN2's Book TV: October 31 - November 2


LIVE author interview,
featuring your calls and emails
Sunday 12-3 PM ET, re-airs Monday at 12 AM ET

Author, autism advocate and animal scientist Temple Grandin is the author of over eight books, including Thinking In Pictures: My Life with Autism, Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior, and The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's. Temple Grandin is an animal science professor at Colorado State University and a consultant and designer of livestock handling facilities. She was diagnosed as autistic in 1950.


for full schedule
http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx








I've read two of her books and think she is terrific ! I am so looking forward to seeing her on Book TV.

I didn't see Shell on the tv but want to read the book. It sounds up my alley & belief system.

deborah

I saw the Michael Rosen. Interesting man, but I think the man who was doing the interview talked too much and Michael Rosen not enough. And I am trying to figure out why I don't know him. I'll have to check out my friends on the Lower East Side.

Barbara

FYI

For those that don't get C-SPAN 2 book TV, you can view it online.

BookTV.org

I caught the last half hour or so. Thanks, Carol !

As you said, it was really interesting. I wish the Q& A was longer. They were asking really good questions. I've added it to the TBR list I keep in a notebook. Is it any wonder that I've had to buy a new notebook as the old one was full. :-O

I wish she went into the food/supermarket chapter that she said was in the book.

Ellen Rupel Shell (Cheap) is on Book TV NOW.

JoAnn/QuAppelle wrote: "Sounds interesting, Carol.....I found that this author writes for THE ATLANTIC and then found a dialogue she had with an editor there.

You have to read this from the bottom up....

http://meganmca..."

Thanks, JoAnn, that was interesting.

Sounds interesting, Carol. I'll have to see if they repeat it today.

I watched Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-Sided. I had heard her talk about her book on NPR, too. It was an interesting talk. She has a nice sense of humor that I never picked up on when I read her other book Nikel & Dimed.

Sounds interesting, Carol.....I found that this author writes for THE ATLANTIC and then found a dialogue she had with an editor there.

You have to read this from the bottom up....

http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/arch...

I stumbled on a fascinating interview on Book TV yesterday. The author was Ellen Rupel Shell and the book is Cheap The High Cost of Discount Culture.

The amazon reviews will do a better job on the content of the book but the talk was illuminating and a little scary. She talks a lot about Ikea, how it began, and the degree to which it goes to reduce costs by "passing on costs to the consumer" like the cost of assembling your item, and the fact that they are the largest retail consumer of wood in the world, that to get the cheapest wood possible they go to the far regions of Russia that are overseen by Mafia-type groups, have things built/packaged in China, etc. She also talks about our cultural shift away from buying things of quality and passing them down to our kin, and toward buying things that are disposable.

Really interesting.

The Michael Rosen sounds interesting. I received my own email notice of this on C-Span. I sure don't know why. Saturday at 10 Sunday at 9 Now if I can just remember that.LOL

Barbara

C-SPAN2's Book TV: October 24 - 26




Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.
A former New York Times columnist sets out to debunk the whole notion that positive thinking has a positive effect on actions and outcomes. Her mission began when told by doctors that her anger at having cancer was making it worse -- she needed to think positively. Ms. Ehrenreich says the positive thinking phenomenon has been most destructive in the business community. The event was held in Washington, D.C.
(Saturday 7 PM, Sunday 4 AM & 2:15 PM ET)


Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 9 PM and
Monday 12 AM & 3 AM ET
Michael Rosen, What Else but Home.
An upper-middle class, New York City boy goes out to play baseball with the underprivileged kids on the lot across the street. He invites them home to the family penthouse for a snack, and his parents eventually take all of them out of the projects and put them through school. Mr. Rosen discusses turning his family of three into a family of nine with Operation HOPE CEO John Hope Bryant.


Full Book TV schedule
http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx

C-SPAN2's Book TV: October 17 - 19



Brian McGinty, John Brown's Trial.
Attorney Brian McGinty recounts the trial of abolitionist John Brown who led an attack on the U.S. armory and arsenal in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, on October 16, 1859. Brown, who led twenty-one men in the attack, intended to foment a slave rebellion in Virginia. Following his capture Brown went to trial and was hanged in Charles Town, West Virgina, on December 2, 1859. Mr. McGinty discusses the John Brown trial from the court house where it took place in Charles Town, West Virginia.
(Sunday 1 AM and 10 PM ET)



3:15pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
The Further Adventures of a Lucky Dog: Owney, U.S. Rail Mascot
Dirk Wales



Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 9 PM and
Monday 12 AM & 3 AM ET
Taylor Branch, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President.
Taylor Branch recalls his eight years of private meetings with President Bill Clinton between 1993 and 2001 in The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President. Mr. Branch and the former president would meet monthly and discuss current events with the intent of creating an oral history that would present an insider's view of the American presidency. Taylor Branch discusses his book with John Harris, editor in chief of Politico and author of The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House.


Francine Prose, Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife.
Francine Prose examines the impact that Anne Frank's diary has had on the history and understanding of the Holocaust. She looks at the work from a literary point of view, examining the early incarnation of the diary and the revisions the young author made and the publication history of the diary, which was passed on by several publishers prior to its initial release. This event is hosted by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
(Saturday 9:15 AM, Sunday 6 PM ET)



http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx#

Thanks for posting this. I love the comment that Americans think technology will solve the larger problems of mankind. Very insightful.

Barbara

Book TV. CSPAN
Saturday Oct. 10
6pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
Encore Booknotes: Neil Postman
"Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology"

Neil Postman, author of Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology published by Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, spoke on the theme of his book which noted the dependence of Americans on technological advances for their own security. He said Americans have come to expect technological innovations to solve the larger problems of mankind, and technology itself has become a national "religion" which people take by faith to solve their problems.


I love Postman. His book, Amusing Ourselves to Death is a must read.

He passed away in 2003

Here is his bio-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Postma...

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I am glad you posted that, Carol. I thought it was my cable provider that mixed up things with the Supreme Ct. show.

I also have a problem with the Joy Behar show. It gets interrupted twice and goes to NY 1 news for a few minutes on the half hour and hour. I also get a full minute of nothing, no sound, just blank screen on the half hour and hour. Then every night the show get cut at 9:50 and never goes back to the program.

Today on The View, Joy quickly mentioned that NYC viewers should watch the program on the HD channel because of interruptions. Well, at least I know it was not me going nuts. I don't get the HD channels so I am out of luck. :(

Speaking of Joy mentioning her show on The View. Barbara W. said she could do it this time because it was her birthday. Barbara pimped her book relentlessly, and she makes a point, more than once she has said this, that Joy shouldn't promote her show on The View. Lame, Barbara, lame. They all promote their shows, stage acts, books, clothing lines, etc.

Last night the PBS NOVA program on Darwin was very well done. I am sure it will be on again. I highly recommend it.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/darwin/


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/darwin/gold... Good Q&A on the show.

Does anyone know of a good bio on Darwin that they would recommend?

Donna in Southern Maryland wrote: "I've really enjoyed the National Parks series!

There's a good article about Supreme Court week in today's Washington Post, if you are interested.

Donna in Southern Maryland"

I thought the series was going to continue last night for a 30 minute segment but it looks like it was pre-empted for something live that was of so much less interest to me that i can't even say what it was. Hearings of some sort. Bummer. I enjoyed the first two, although the one with the bloggers was a bit of a snooze, talking heads mostly.

I've really enjoyed the National Parks series!

There's a good article about Supreme Court week in today's Washington Post, if you are interested.

Donna in Southern Maryland

I am so looking forward to this! You'd think I'd want a break after a week of "National Parks: America's Best Idea" but, well, no.

C-SPAN's Supreme Court Week Debuts Sunday!
9 pm ET
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This Sunday night, Supreme Court Week kicks off on C-SPAN with the premiere of our new feature-length documentary The Supreme Court: Home to America's Highest Court. Hear directly from all 11 current and retired Supreme Court Justices about the role of the Court, its traditions, and history. Tour the building and see the grand public spaces of this historic building, including the Great Hall and Supreme Court Chamber, and spaces only accessible to the Justices and their staff, such as the Robing Room and the John Marshall Dining Room. The rest of the week features more original Supreme Court programs, including interviews with the sitting and retired Justices, Supreme Court staff, historians, and journalists at 9 pm ET, Oct. 5 - 11. For video clips, a trailer, bonus material about the Supreme Court, and series information, visit www.c-span.org/supremecourt.

Complete Schedule:

Sunday, Oct. 4
8 & 11 pm
Q&A interview with Mark Farkas, executive producer of The Supreme Court: Home to America's Highest Court
9 pm & midnight
Premiere of The Supreme Court: Home to America's Highest Court

Monday, Oct. 5
9 - 10 pm
Interviews with Lyle Denniston (SCOTUS blog) and Joan Biskupic (USA Today)

Tuesday, Oct. 6
9 - 9:35 pm
Interview with William Suter, clerk of the Supreme Court

Wednesday, Oct. 7
9 - 10 pm
Interviews with Jim O'Hara (Supreme Court Historian) and Frank Gilbert (grandson of Justice Louis Brandeis)

Thursday, Oct. 8
9 - 10 pm
Interviews with Drew Days III (solicitor general, Clinton administration) and Maureen Mahoney (former Supreme Court law clerk and private attorney)

Friday, Oct. 9
9 - 11:30 pm
Interviews with Justices Kennedy (9 pm), Ginsburg (9:40 pm), Scalia (10:20 pm), and O'Connor (10:55 pm)

Saturday, Oct. 10
9 pm - midnight
Interviews with Justices Sotomayor (9 pm), Thomas (9:40 pm), Breyer (10:30 pm), and Alito (11:25 pm)

Sunday, Oct. 11
9 - 10:40 pm
Interviews with Justices Roberts (9 pm) and Stevens (10 pm)

Monday, Oct. 12
6 & 8 pm
Encore presentations of The Supreme Court: Home to America's Highest Court All times Eastern.

Here are just a few listings for Book TV C-Span

Oct. 3-4

For full schedule: http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx


10am (ET) Saturday
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
Judy Shepard

11am (ET) Saturday
Approx. 1 hr.
LIVE Call-in with Judy Shepard, author of "The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed"
Judy Shepard

9am (ET) Saturday
Approx. 41 min.
Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future
Chris Mooney

12pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 50 min.
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Allison Bartlett

1pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
A Good Quarrel: America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court
Jerry Goldman; Timothy R. Johnson

3pm (ET) Saturday
Approx. 50 min.
Civil War Wives: The Lives and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant
Carol Berkin

LIVE 12pm (ET) Sunday
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Hugh Hewitt

4:30pm (ET) Sunday
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
The Emperor's New Clothes: Exposing the Truth from Watergate to 9/11
Richard Ben-Veniste

That's interesting about Ken Burns and the music. A few years ago a friend gave me the music from the Jazz series that he did. It is one of my favorite group of CDs.

Barbara

Barbara, I knew that would be your kind of book. :) Mine, too. Oh if you didn't catch Ken Burns on Book TV today, he said one of his next projects is to do the Roosevelt family. I love all things Roosevelt, so I was thrilled. He also is working on a book about the Dust Bowl. That should be good, too.

Today was such a good day on Book TV.

Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan were so interesting. I can hardly wait to see this show tomorrow.

BOOK:

http://www.amazon.com/National-Parks-Ame...

The National Parks: America's Best Idea [DECKLE EDGE:] (Hardcover)
by Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns

I notice Amazon says the book has a "deckle edge" Is that the same as a rough cut? I hate that. I think when you pay as much money as you do for a hardcover book, it should have a smooth edge. There have been times when I refused to buy the HC because of the edge.

The DVD will be out soon.
http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Burns-National...

And there is a CD of the music. Burns noted on Book TV he doesn't add the music when the movie is done as most productions do. He lets the composers create the music and then fits it to the video. He noted that sometimes the music dictates the scene. Interesting. I'll have to keep an ear out for the music.

http://www.amazon.com/National-Parks-Ori...

Soul Of A People:The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America by David A. Taylor looks very interesting.

That does sound incredible.

Barbara

This weekend on C-SPAN Book TV is the National Book fair.

I happen to catch Douglas Brinkley. I want to read his book, The Wilderness Warrior. It's on Teddy Roosevelt.


Of course when I watch Book TV there is always another book I want to add to my TBR. Today was not different.

Soul Of A People:The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America by David A. Taylor looks very interesting.



http://www.amazon.com/Soul-People-Writer...

Product Description
Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. This particular handful of characters went from poverty to great things later, and included John Cheever, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Studs Terkel. In the 1930s they were all caught up in an effort to describe America in a series of WPA guides. Through striking images and firsthand accounts, the book reveals their experiences and the most vivid excerpts from selected guides and interviews: Harlem schoolchildren, truckers, Chicago fishmongers, Cuban cigar makers, a Florida midwife, Nebraskan meatpackers, and blind musicians.

Drawing on new discoveries from personal collections, archives, and recent biographies, a new picture has emerged in the last decade of how the participants' individual dramas intersected with the larger picture of their subjects. This book illuminates what it felt like to live that experience, how going from joblessness to reporting on their own communities affected artists with varied visions, as well as what feelings such a passage involved: shame humiliation, anger, excitement, nostalgia, and adventure. Also revealed is how the WPA writers anticipated, and perhaps paved the way for, the political movements of the following decades, including the Civil Rights movement, the Women's Right movement, and the Native American rights movement.

Alias, thanks for the listing. The Wolff book sounds interesting. I like learning how well known people accrued their education. I really like learning what books they read to get there, too.

deborah