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, August 5
8 a.m. History on Book TV. In an event hosted by the Library of Congress, Margaret Wagner, a senior writer/editor in the Library's Publishing Office, and Gary Gallagher, a professor at the University of Virginia, talked about The American Civil War: 365 Days (HNA Books, $29.95, 0810958473). (Wagner wrote and edited it; Gallagher contributed the introduction. Gallagher is also the focus of Sunday's In Depth program. See below.) The book includes photographs, lithographs, battlefield drawings, music covers and political cartoons.
6 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a segment first aired in 1998, John Morris talked about his book Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism (University of Chicago Press, $17, 0226539148), in which he recounts his career and tells the story of several images, including pictures of the London air raids, D-Day and the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
7 p.m. General Assignment. In Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East (Basic Books, $26, 0465003508), Ali Ansari examines U.S.-Iranian relations going back to the early 20th century.
9 p.m. After Words. Anne Mulkern, national writer for the Denver Post, interviews Representative Tom Tancredo (R.-Colo.), author of In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security (Cumberland House, $24.95, 1581825277). (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
Sunday, August 6
9 a.m. Fresh Air commentator Geoffrey Nunberg talks about his new book, Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism in a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show (Perseus, $26, 1586483862). (Re-airs at 10 p.m.)
Noon-3 p.m. In Depth: a live three-hour show featuring Gary Gallagher, University of Virginia Professor in the History of the American Civil War and editor of The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 (University of North Carolina Press, $45, 0807830054). (Re-airs Monday at 12 a.m.)
4 p.m. Public Lives. In an event hosted by Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., Matt Ridley, a science writer for the Economist and Daily Telegraph, talked about his new book, Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code (HarperCollins, $19.95, 006082333X). (Re-airs Monday at 3 a.m.)
7 p.m. General Assignment. Ann Coulter talks about her latest book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism (Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206).
Saturday, August 5
8 a.m. History on Book TV. In an event hosted by the Library of Congress, Margaret Wagner, a senior writer/editor in the Library's Publishing Office, and Gary Gallagher, a professor at the University of Virginia, talked about The American Civil War: 365 Days (HNA Books, $29.95, 0810958473). (Wagner wrote and edited it; Gallagher contributed the introduction. Gallagher is also the focus of Sunday's In Depth program. See below.) The book includes photographs, lithographs, battlefield drawings, music covers and political cartoons.
6 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a segment first aired in 1998, John Morris talked about his book Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism (University of Chicago Press, $17, 0226539148), in which he recounts his career and tells the story of several images, including pictures of the London air raids, D-Day and the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
7 p.m. General Assignment. In Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East (Basic Books, $26, 0465003508), Ali Ansari examines U.S.-Iranian relations going back to the early 20th century.
9 p.m. After Words. Anne Mulkern, national writer for the Denver Post, interviews Representative Tom Tancredo (R.-Colo.), author of In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security (Cumberland House, $24.95, 1581825277). (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
Sunday, August 6
9 a.m. Fresh Air commentator Geoffrey Nunberg talks about his new book, Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism in a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show (Perseus, $26, 1586483862). (Re-airs at 10 p.m.)
Noon-3 p.m. In Depth: a live three-hour show featuring Gary Gallagher, University of Virginia Professor in the History of the American Civil War and editor of The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 (University of North Carolina Press, $45, 0807830054). (Re-airs Monday at 12 a.m.)
4 p.m. Public Lives. In an event hosted by Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., Matt Ridley, a science writer for the Economist and Daily Telegraph, talked about his new book, Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code (HarperCollins, $19.95, 006082333X). (Re-airs Monday at 3 a.m.)
7 p.m. General Assignment. Ann Coulter talks about her latest book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism (Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206).