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 19
6 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a previously aired segment, Jean Strouse talks about her book, Morgan: American Financier (Harper Perennial, $18, 0060955899). Her biography of J. Pierpont Morgan portrays him as a man who revolutionized banking and the American economic structure, while damaging many of his personal and professional relationships. Under Morgan's financial guidance, the U.S. went from a debtor nation to an economically sound country. (Editors' note: where's Morgan when we need him again?)
9 p.m. After Words. Marvin Kalb, veteran journalist and former host of Meet the Press, interviews Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, chair and vice-chair of the 9/11 Commission and authors of Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission (Knopf, $25.95, 0307263770). (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
10 p.m. Public Lives. In an event that took place at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford, Conn., Debby Applegate discusses her book The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher (Doubleday, $27.95, 0385513968), about the minister, abolitionist and brother of author Harriet Beecher Stowe, who used fiery speeches and newspaper articles to become one of America's first media celebrities. She also details the trial in which he was accused of adultery with his best friend's wife. (Re-airs Sunday at 1 p.m. and Monday at 1 a.m.)
Sunday, August 20
11 a.m. General Assignment. Author and former New York Times editor Howell Raines discusses his latest book, The One that Got Away: A Memoir (Scribner, $25, 0743272781), in which he uses fishing as a metaphor for the survival of irreversible losses in business and in life. Raines describes his current interest in becoming a novelist and discusses the future of newspapers, particularly the New York Times after the Jayson Blair scandal. (Re-airs at 7 p.m. and Monday at 5 a.m.)
Noon. In The Big Ripoff (Wiley, $24.95, 0471789070) Timothy Carney argues that big business and big government are working together to steal money from American consumers, taxpayers and entrepreneurs. The author cites the "death tax," clean fuel regulations and the reform of the welfare system as examples of how politicians and corporate CEOs are threatening America's tradition of free enterprise. (Re-airs at 8 p.m. and Monday at 6 a.m.)
10 p.m. In his latest book, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future (Norton, $25.95, 0393062112), Vali Nasr looks at the re-emergence of Shia Islam in Middle East politics. During this event he talks about the history of sectarian conflicts in the Muslim world and argues for finding a peaceful solution to the ancient rivalries between the Shias and the Sunnis. Professor Nasr also talks about the recent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and discusses Iran's role in the conflict.
Saturday, August 19
6 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a previously aired segment, Jean Strouse talks about her book, Morgan: American Financier (Harper Perennial, $18, 0060955899). Her biography of J. Pierpont Morgan portrays him as a man who revolutionized banking and the American economic structure, while damaging many of his personal and professional relationships. Under Morgan's financial guidance, the U.S. went from a debtor nation to an economically sound country. (Editors' note: where's Morgan when we need him again?)
9 p.m. After Words. Marvin Kalb, veteran journalist and former host of Meet the Press, interviews Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, chair and vice-chair of the 9/11 Commission and authors of Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission (Knopf, $25.95, 0307263770). (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
10 p.m. Public Lives. In an event that took place at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford, Conn., Debby Applegate discusses her book The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher (Doubleday, $27.95, 0385513968), about the minister, abolitionist and brother of author Harriet Beecher Stowe, who used fiery speeches and newspaper articles to become one of America's first media celebrities. She also details the trial in which he was accused of adultery with his best friend's wife. (Re-airs Sunday at 1 p.m. and Monday at 1 a.m.)
Sunday, August 20
11 a.m. General Assignment. Author and former New York Times editor Howell Raines discusses his latest book, The One that Got Away: A Memoir (Scribner, $25, 0743272781), in which he uses fishing as a metaphor for the survival of irreversible losses in business and in life. Raines describes his current interest in becoming a novelist and discusses the future of newspapers, particularly the New York Times after the Jayson Blair scandal. (Re-airs at 7 p.m. and Monday at 5 a.m.)
Noon. In The Big Ripoff (Wiley, $24.95, 0471789070) Timothy Carney argues that big business and big government are working together to steal money from American consumers, taxpayers and entrepreneurs. The author cites the "death tax," clean fuel regulations and the reform of the welfare system as examples of how politicians and corporate CEOs are threatening America's tradition of free enterprise. (Re-airs at 8 p.m. and Monday at 6 a.m.)
10 p.m. In his latest book, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future (Norton, $25.95, 0393062112), Vali Nasr looks at the re-emergence of Shia Islam in Middle East politics. During this event he talks about the history of sectarian conflicts in the Muslim world and argues for finding a peaceful solution to the ancient rivalries between the Shias and the Sunnis. Professor Nasr also talks about the recent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and discusses Iran's role in the conflict.