Book TV Schedule: March 15th - 17th

[Viva_La_Revolution]

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: March 15-17
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM,
Monday 12 AM ET
Mark Lynas presents his conclusions on the impact of climate change on the Earth in his book, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet. Mr. Lynas states that scientific studies show that global warming in the last century has pushed the Earth's temperatures up to unprecedented levels and that people must make changes now in order to avert disaster. Mr. Lynas discussed his book with Gene Karpinski, President of the League of Conservation Voters.



Weekend Highlights
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Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict
Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz talk about the cost of the Iraq War and the economic impact of the war on the U.S. economy and the world. They spoke at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
(Sunday 12 AM and 7 PM ET)

Erwin Hargrove, The Effective Presidency: Lessons on Leadership From John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Erwin Hargrove recommends that the American public focus on electing an effective president rather than a hero. In his book, Mr. Hargrove examines nine presidents, from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, and compares them according to contributions, mistakes, and differences. This event was hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.
(Saturday 8:30 PM, Sunday 4:45 AM and 2:15 PM ET)

William Link, Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
William Link recounts the political life of former Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC). Mr. Link relays that prior to his election to office in 1973, Jesse Helms was an opponent of the civil rights movement as well as a critic of the leftist politics of the day. During his tenure in the Senate, former Senator Helms was a leader of the conservative movement for nearly three decades. This event was hosted by Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC.
(Saturday 7 PM, Sunday 4:30 PM, Monday 6:45 AM ET)

Liz Clarke, One Helluva Ride: How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Washington Post sportswriter Liz Clarke recounts the history of the stock car racing league NASCAR, and its social and political effect on the nation. Founded on dirt tracks in the South, NASCAR is now a billion dollar industry with the second-largest viewership in American sports. Ms. Clarke examines NASCAR's growth and its decision to curtail sponsorship by tobacco companies and the introduction of Japanese cars to attract a larger audience. The event was hosted by Olsson's Books and Records in Washington, DC.
(Saturday 10:30 AM, Sunday 10 PM ET)




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Program times are approximate. All times are Eastern Time (ET).

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

8:00 AM 1 hr, 6 min Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
Author: Ha-Joon Chang

9:15 AM 1 hr, 6 min Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap
Author: Jeffrey Ogbar

10:30 AM 35 min One Helluva Ride: How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Author: Liz Clarke

11:15 AM 16 min Laura Bush Keynote at 2008 Association of American Publishers General Annual Meeting
Author: Laura Bush

11:30 AM 30 min Politics
David Boren on the Washington Journal
Author: David Boren

12:00 PM 1 hr, 38 min Hezbollah
Author: Augustus Richard Norton

2:00 PM 1 hr, 12 min 2007 Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Award: Andrew Roberts, author "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900"
Author: Andrew Roberts

3:15 PM 40 min Charge: History's Greatest Military Speeches
Author: Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)

4:00 PM 50 min History
Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress
Author: Joseph Wheelan

5:00 PM 42 min History
American Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA - When FDR Put The Nation to Work
Author: Nick Taylor

6:00 PM 59 min Encore Booknotes
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: An Autobiography
Author: Ralph David Abernathy

7:00 PM 1 hr, 9 min History
Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
Author: William Link

8:30 PM 1 hr, 14 min Politics
The Effective Presidency: Lessons on Leadership From John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Author: Erwin Hargrove

10:00 PM 58 min After Words: Mark Lynas, author of "Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet," interviewed by Gene Karpinski

11:00 PM 50 min History
Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress
Author: Joseph Wheelan


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Sunday, March 16, 2008

12:00 AM 1 hr, 12 min The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict
Authors: Linda Bilmes; Joseph Stiglitz

1:15 AM 46 min Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk - BOOK PARTY
Author: Ben Carson

2:00 AM 42 min History
American Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA - When FDR Put The Nation to Work
Author: Nick Taylor

2:45 AM 16 min Laura Bush Keynote at 2008 Association of American Publishers General Annual Meeting
Author: Laura Bush

3:00 AM 1 hr, 43 min History
A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom
Author: David Blight

4:45 AM 1 hr, 14 min Politics
The Effective Presidency: Lessons on Leadership From John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Author: Erwin Hargrove

6:00 AM 53 min History
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space Engineer of War
Author: Michael Neufeld

7:00 AM 53 min The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
Author: Tim Harford

8:00 AM 51 min God in the White House: A History - How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Author: Randall Balmer

9:00 AM 1 hr, 11 min History
George H.W. Bush
Author: Timothy Naftali

10:15 AM 16 min Laura Bush Keynote at 2008 Association of American Publishers General Annual Meeting
Author: Laura Bush

10:30 AM 1 hr, 27 min Public Lives
Spoiling for a Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer
Author: Brooke Masters

12:00 PM 57 min Politics
After Words: Philip Shenon author of "The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation" interviewed by Michael Duffy, assistant managing editor of TIME magazine

1:00 PM 1 hr, 6 min Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
Author: Ha-Joon Chang

2:15 PM 1 hr, 14 min Politics
The Effective Presidency: Lessons on Leadership From John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Author: Erwin Hargrove

3:30 PM 51 min God in the White House: A History - How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Author: Randall Balmer

4:30 PM 1 hr, 9 min History
Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
Author: William Link

6:00 PM 58 min After Words: Mark Lynas, author of "Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet," interviewed by Gene Karpinski

7:00 PM 1 hr, 12 min The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict
Authors: Linda Bilmes; Joseph Stiglitz

8:15 PM 46 min The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack
Author: Ronald Kessler

9:00 PM 58 min After Words: Mark Lynas, author of "Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet," interviewed by Gene Karpinski

10:00 PM 35 min One Helluva Ride: How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Author: Liz Clarke

10:30 PM 1 hr, 27 min Public Lives
Spoiling for a Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer
Author: Brooke Masters


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Monday, March 17, 2008

12:00 AM 58 min After Words: Mark Lynas, author of "Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet," interviewed by Gene Karpinski

1:00 AM 59 min Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation
Author: Charles Barber

2:00 AM 32 min Eagle Council - Jed Babbin "In The Words of Our Enemies"
Author: Jed Babbin

2:30 AM 1 hr, 32 min The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West
Author: Edward Lucas

4:00 AM 1 hr, 7 min Ending Slavery: How to Free Today's Slaves
Author: Kevin Bales

5:15 AM 57 min Unveiling the Whole Truth: What the Media Failed to Tell American Voters
Author: Wayne Perryman

6:15 AM 32 min Politics
Allen Raymond, "How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative" on Washington Journal
Author: Allen Raymond

6:45 AM 1 hr, 9 min History
Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
Author: William Link


- PRIME TIME BOOK TV
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Monday March 17

8:00 PM 4 hr, 54 min - PRIME TIME BOOK TV
Authors: Ayaan Hirsi Ali; Marjorie Cohn; Frank Luntz; Christoph Cardinal Schönborn; John Strausbaugh

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

8:00 PM 5 hr, 18 min Tuesday March 18 - PRIME TIME BOOK TV
Authors: Michael Beschloss; Tom Brokaw; Michelle Malkin; Diana Preston; Sudhir Venkatesh

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

8:00 PM 5 hr, 7 min Wednesday March 19 - PRIME TIME BOOK TV
Authors: Diane Ackerman; David Blight; Jerrold Post; Jeremy Scahill; Michael Shermer

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

8:00 PM 5 hr, 12 min Thursday March 20 - PRIME TIME BOOK TV
Authors: Jabari Asim; Liz Clarke; Stephen Kinzer; Linda Robinson; Tom Wolfe

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Friday, March 21, 2008

8:00 PM 6 hr, 12 min Friday March 21 - PRIME TIME BOOK TV
Authors: Chalmers Johnson; Elizabeth Brown Pryor; Arnold Rampersad; Edward Renehan, Jr.

[asdjrocky]

1. What a thankless task this must be.

Well I want to thank you! Just in case you didn't know, reading is fundamental.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Thanks, rocky.

:)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. forgot the link KICK

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

[EFerrari]

4. Thanks, Viva!

:kick:

[EFerrari]

5. Hey, where are Vivala's other groupies?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. i has groupies?

cool.

:)

:hug:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. kick!

[Bozita]

8. Thanks, Viva.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. Thank you Boz.

:)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

10. Thank you Viva!! K&R

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. Thank you my fishy friend

:hug:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

13. Putting my good fin into this one

:kick:

:D:D:D:D

[EFerrari]

12. kick

[TacticalPeek]

14. K&R

:kick:

Thanks!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. Kick!

[Kurovski]

16. Well, I'll be damned. Voting DOES make a difference.

Sorry for falling absent, it's the busiest time I've had in three and a half years.

I'm still a groupie! :loveya:

[Bozita]

17. kicking for the 7pm ET presentation by Joe Stiglitz

"The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict"

[Kurovski]

18. Kick. (nt)

[Kurovski]

19. ...and one more kick.

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