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, March 3
6 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a segment first aired in 1999, Winston S.
Churchill, retired Conservative Party politician and grandson of the
late Prime Minister Winston Churchill, talked about The Great Republic:
A History of America (Modern Library, $15.95,
9780375754401/0375754407), a collection of writing by the legendary figure that the grandson edited.
9 p.m. After Words. Columnist and author George Will interviews City
University of New York history professor John Patrick Diggins, author
of Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History (Norton,
$27.95, 9780393060225/0393060225), a sympathetic biography in which
Diggins argues that Reagan's beliefs were derived from liberal as
well as conservative principles. (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
10 p.m. History on Book TV. In a segment first aired as part of the
Meet the Author series at public station WBFO in Buffalo, N.Y.,
Jeremy Schaap, author of Cinderella Man and ESPN anchor, talked about
his new book, Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
(Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780618688227/0618688226).
11 p.m. General Assignment. Edward Humes talks about his new book,
Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for
America's Soul (Ecco, $25.95, 9780060885489/0060885483), about the
recent creationism case in Dover, Pa. Shelf Awareness's Marilyn Dahl reviewed the
title here last week.
Sunday, March 4
12 p.m.-3 p.m. In Depth: Barbara Ehrenreich, whose most recent books
include Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
(Metropolitan Books, $26, 9780805057232/0805057234) and Nickel and
Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. Viewers may call in during the
live show or e-mail questions for her to booktv@c-span.org. (Re-airs
Monday at 12 a.m. and Saturday, March 10, at 9 a.m.)