Book TV airs on C-Span 2 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 Web site.
Saturday, October 29
7 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a segment that first aired in 1996, professor Louise Barnett talks about her book Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer (Owl, 080505359X).
11 p.m. History on Book TV. From Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., authors Mike Tidwell and John Barry discuss the relevance of their books to Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. Tidwell's Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast (Random House, $14.95, 0375725172) is an elegy to Louisiana's tidal coast, which even before Katrina, was sinking and dying because the levees and dams don't allow silt to replenish the land. Barry's book is Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America (S&S, $16, 0684840022).
Sunday, October 30
11:30 a.m. Public Lives. Hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., Donald Critchlow discusses the life and career of antifeminist leader Phyllis Schlafly, the subject of his book Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade (Princeton University Press, $29.95, 0691070024).
6 p.m. After Words. Thomas P.M. Barnett, who as managing director of Enterra Solutions offers security advice to the government, discusses his book Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153128), which aims to provide plans for U.S. foreign policy and national security. He is interviewed by Rep. Tom Feeney (R.-Fla.). (Re-airs at 9 p.m.)
Saturday, October 29
7 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a segment that first aired in 1996, professor Louise Barnett talks about her book Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer (Owl, 080505359X).
11 p.m. History on Book TV. From Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., authors Mike Tidwell and John Barry discuss the relevance of their books to Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. Tidwell's Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast (Random House, $14.95, 0375725172) is an elegy to Louisiana's tidal coast, which even before Katrina, was sinking and dying because the levees and dams don't allow silt to replenish the land. Barry's book is Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America (S&S, $16, 0684840022).
Sunday, October 30
11:30 a.m. Public Lives. Hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., Donald Critchlow discusses the life and career of antifeminist leader Phyllis Schlafly, the subject of his book Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade (Princeton University Press, $29.95, 0691070024).
6 p.m. After Words. Thomas P.M. Barnett, who as managing director of Enterra Solutions offers security advice to the government, discusses his book Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating (Putnam, $26.95, 0399153128), which aims to provide plans for U.S. foreign policy and national security. He is interviewed by Rep. Tom Feeney (R.-Fla.). (Re-airs at 9 p.m.)