Book TV airs on C-Span 2 this weekend from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday and focuses on political and historical books as well as the book industry. The following are highlights for this coming weekend. For more information, go to Book TV's website.
Saturday, September 16
10:15 a.m. James Stavridis, author of Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans (Penguin Press, $28, 9780735220591), at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
12 p.m. C-SPAN tours Concord, N.H., to visit local authors and literary sites. (Re-airs Sunday at 7:30 a.m.)
7 p.m. Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Nation Books, $19.99, 9781568585987), at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C.
8:45 p.m. Jeremy Rabkin and John Yoo, authors of Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War (Encounter Books, $25.99, 9781594038877). (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)
10 p.m. David Osborne, author of Reinventing America's Schools: Creating a 21st Century Education System (Bloomsbury, $30, 9781632869913). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 12 a.m.)
11 p.m. Jon Kukla, author of Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty (Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781439190814). (Re-airs Sunday at 6:30 p.m.)
Sunday, September 17
1:15 a.m. Mark Skousen, author of The Structure of Production (NYU Press, $26, 9781479848522). (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m.)
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Live coverage from the 2017 Brooklyn Book Festival in New York City. (Re-airs Sunday at 1 a.m.)
11 p.m. Joe Tone, author of Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream (One World, $28, 9780812989601), at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
