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 28
8 a.m. History on Book TV. In an event hosted by the University of Oregon, Thomas Hager, a correspondent for the Journal of the American Medical Association and a former director of the University of Oregon Press, discussed his book The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug (Harmony, $24.95, 1400082137). In the book, Hager focuses on Dr. Gerhard Domagk and his quest to find cures for the kinds of infections that killed so many on the battlefields of World War I.
5:15 p.m. General Assignment: Fall Book Previews, Part 1. Nancy Bass Wyden, co-owner of the Strand bookstore in New York City, recommends new and upcoming nonfiction books and talks about the history of the store and the buying habits of its customers. (Re-airs on Sunday at 8:15 a.m.)
5:30 p.m. General Assignment: Fall Book Previews, Part 2. Brad Miner of the American Compass, a conservative book club that is part of Doubleday and Bookspan, recommends some new conservative books and discusses the preferences of the members of the club. (Re-airs on Sunday at 8:30 a.m.)
6 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a segment that first aired in 2002, John Taliaferro, a former senior editor of Newsweek, discussed his book Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mount Rushmore (PublicAffairs, $18.95, 158648205X), about the creation of the presidential sculptures on Mount Rushmore, which were completed 65 years ago this coming Tuesday.
9 p.m. After Words. Robert Litwak, director of international security studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, interviews Ray Takeyh, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Affairs and a contributing editor for the National Interest, about Takeyh's book Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic (Times Books, $25, 0805079769). In Hidden Iran, Takeyh analyzes the relationship between the U.S. and Iran and proposes a new approach. (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
Sunday, October 29
2 a.m. Public Lives. During an event held at a Borders in Wynnewood, Pa., near her hometown, ABC correspondent Lynn Sherr discussed Outside the Box: A Memoir (Rodale, $25.95, 1594862575). She told of her successful battle with colon cancer and explained why she decided never to stop grieving for her husband, who died of cancer. (Re-airs at 8 p.m.)
Saturday, October 28
8 a.m. History on Book TV. In an event hosted by the University of Oregon, Thomas Hager, a correspondent for the Journal of the American Medical Association and a former director of the University of Oregon Press, discussed his book The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug (Harmony, $24.95, 1400082137). In the book, Hager focuses on Dr. Gerhard Domagk and his quest to find cures for the kinds of infections that killed so many on the battlefields of World War I.
5:15 p.m. General Assignment: Fall Book Previews, Part 1. Nancy Bass Wyden, co-owner of the Strand bookstore in New York City, recommends new and upcoming nonfiction books and talks about the history of the store and the buying habits of its customers. (Re-airs on Sunday at 8:15 a.m.)
5:30 p.m. General Assignment: Fall Book Previews, Part 2. Brad Miner of the American Compass, a conservative book club that is part of Doubleday and Bookspan, recommends some new conservative books and discusses the preferences of the members of the club. (Re-airs on Sunday at 8:30 a.m.)
6 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a segment that first aired in 2002, John Taliaferro, a former senior editor of Newsweek, discussed his book Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mount Rushmore (PublicAffairs, $18.95, 158648205X), about the creation of the presidential sculptures on Mount Rushmore, which were completed 65 years ago this coming Tuesday.
9 p.m. After Words. Robert Litwak, director of international security studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, interviews Ray Takeyh, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Affairs and a contributing editor for the National Interest, about Takeyh's book Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic (Times Books, $25, 0805079769). In Hidden Iran, Takeyh analyzes the relationship between the U.S. and Iran and proposes a new approach. (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
Sunday, October 29
2 a.m. Public Lives. During an event held at a Borders in Wynnewood, Pa., near her hometown, ABC correspondent Lynn Sherr discussed Outside the Box: A Memoir (Rodale, $25.95, 1594862575). She told of her successful battle with colon cancer and explained why she decided never to stop grieving for her husband, who died of cancer. (Re-airs at 8 p.m.)