Book TV Schedule: December 16th - 18th

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: December 16-18
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After Words
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 9 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM ET
In his book, One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli - Palestinian Impasse, author Ali Abunimah puts forth a proposal to end conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. He believes that the only hope for peace is to move from calls for partitioning toward a one-state solution. Mr. Abunimah discusses the book with Ron Kampeas, Washington bureau chief for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.


Weekend Highlights
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Inside the New York Times Book Review
Editor Sam Tanenhaus and his staff provide a rare look inside the influential New York Times Book Review. Learn how he and his team choose the books they feature each week and how they select reviewers for those books.
(Sunday 11 AM, 7 PM ET)

Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
In Adrian Goldsworthy's biography of Caesar he chronicles the Ancient Rome ruler's life from birth to assassination. The author details Caesar's successes and failures as a politician and discusses his involvement with the wives of his two main political rivals.
(Saturday 12 PM, 8 PM ET)

Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
In his book, Hampton Sides discusses America's 19th-century expansion into the American Southwest and the military expeditions led by former fur trapper Kit Carson. He explains that Carson was not a self-promoter and did not enjoy his celebrity or the dime novels about his exploits.
(Saturday 3:30 PM, Sunday 8 PM ET)

Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina
New York Times Op-Ed columnist Frank Rich accuses the Bush Administration of using the best public relations machinery to "sell" their policies to the American people. The author discusses what he calls cases of secret government propaganda, including the cover-up of false claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
(Saturday 11:30 PM, Sunday 1 PM, Monday 7 AM ET)

Paul Kengor, The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism
Paul Kengor chronicles Ronald Reagan's career-long campaign against communism. In his book, the author traces the former president's anti-Communist activism back to his days as president of the Screen Actors Guild.
(Sunday 12:30 AM, 10 AM ET)

Henry Louis Gates, Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience
To celebrate the 175th anniversary of Auburn Cemetery and its African American history, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates talks about Africa and the African Diaspora. He also reflects on the influences of W.E.B. Du Bois, Rosa Parks and Wole Soyinka on his life.
(Sunday 8:30 AM ET)



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BOOK TV Schedule

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


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Saturday, December 16

8:00 am Gun Control Debate with Arnold Grossman, "One Nation Under Guns" and David Kopel, "Gun Control and Gun Rights"

9:00 Gene Epstein, Econospinning: How to Read Between the Lines When the Media Manipulate the Numbers

10:30 2006 AUSA - Daniel Gerstein "Leading at the Speed of Light: New Strategies for U.S. Security in the Information Age"

11:00 James Nelson, Benedict Arnold's Navy: The Ragtag Fleet that Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the American Revolution

12:00 pm Public Lives: Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

1:00 William Daugherty, Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency

2:30 Gun Control Debate with Arnold Grossman, "One Nation Under Guns" and David Kopel, "Gun Control and Gun Rights"

3:30 History on Book TV: Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

4:30 General Assignment: Susan Trento & Joseph Trento, Unsafe at Any Altitude: Failed Terrorism Investigations, Scapegoating 9/11, and the Shocking Truth about Aviation Security Today

5:40 2006 Texas Book Festival: Alicia Shepard "Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate"

6:00 Encore Booknotes: Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

7:00 Edwin Black, Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

8:05 Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

9:00 After Words: After Words: Ali Abunimah, author of "One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli - Palestinian Impasse" interviewed by Ron Kampeas

10:00 Daniel Mendelsohn, Kati Marton, Rosemary Sullivan, 2006 Miami Book Fair: Holocaust Panel

11:30 Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina


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Sunday, December 17

12:30 am Public Lives: Paul Kengor, The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism

1:30 Katrina vanden Heuvel, Musa Klebnikov, Dana Priest, Kati Marton, Natalia Estemirova, David Remnick, Remembering Anna Politkovskaya

3:00 Arnold Kling, Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay for Health Care

4:15 Jen Marlowe, Aisha Bain, Adam Shapiro, Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival

5:30 Alvin Josephy, Jr., ed., Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes

7:05 Ori Brafman & Rod Beckstrom, The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

7:25 2006 Texas Book Festival: Sonia Nazario "Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother"

7:45 Jason Epstein, Print on Demand: A Revolution in the Making

8:30 Henry Louis Gates, Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience

10:00 Paul Kengor, The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism

11:00 Featured Program: Inside the New York Times Book Review--Editor Sam Tanenhaus and Staff

12:00 pm Jason Epstein, Print on Demand: A Revolution in the Making

1:00 Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina

2:00 Karen Armstrong, Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time

3:30 Trish Wood, What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It

4:45 Daniel Mendelsohn, Kati Marton, Rosemary Sullivan, 2006 Miami Book Fair: Holocaust Panel

6:00 After Words: After Words: Ali Abunimah, author of "One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli - Palestinian Impasse" interviewed by Ron Kampeas

7:00 Featured Program: Inside the New York Times Book Review--Editor Sam Tanenhaus and Staff

8:00 History on Book TV: Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

9:00 After Words: After Words: Ali Abunimah, author of "One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli - Palestinian Impasse" interviewed by Ron Kampeas

10:00 David Nasaw, Andrew Carnegie

11:30 Susan Trento & Joseph Trento, Unsafe at Any Altitude: Failed Terrorism Investigations, Scapegoating 9/11, and the Shocking Truth about Aviation Security Today


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Monday, December 18

1:00 am Gun Control Debate with Arnold Grossman, "One Nation Under Guns" and David Kopel, "Gun Control and Gun Rights"

2:00 Charles Gati, Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt

3:30 Michael Scharf and Gregory McNeal, Saddam on Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal

4:45 James Kynge, China Shakes the World: A Titan's Breakneck Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America

6:00 Thomas Hager, The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug

7:00 Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina


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