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 website.
Saturday, December 20
8 a.m. Book TV visits Brooklyn, N.Y., birthplace and home of David Levine, to learn more about the work of this legendary artist whose pen-and-ink presidential caricatures have recently been collected in American Presidents (Fantagraphics, $19.99, 9781606991305/1606991302). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m., Sunday, December 28, at 11 a.m. and Sunday, January 4, at 8:15 p.m.)
2:45 p.m. For an event hosted by the Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, Vt., Andrew Chaikin, author of A Passion for Mars: Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet (Abrams, $35, 9780810972742/0810972743), talks about the history of Mars exploration from the end of the 19th century to the present. (Re-airs Thursday, January 1, at 4 p.m. and Friday, January 2, at 4 a.m.)
7 p.m. Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers: The Story of Success (Little, Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923/0316017922), examines the underpinnings of success and argues that it is far more complicated than commonly understood.
10 p.m. After Words. Robert Remini interviews David Reynolds, author of Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson (Harper, $29.95 9780060826567/0060826568), who examines the early years of capitalism and urbanization as well as the cultural and political changes in the U.S. during this period. (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., Monday at 12 a.m. and 3 a.m., and Sunday, December 28, at 12 p.m.)
Sunday, December 21
2 a.m. Reb Bradley, author of Born Liberal, Raised Right (WND Books, $25.95, 9781935071006/1935071009), offers a mix of politics and child rearing, asserting that parents need to teach self-control and self-discipline. (Re-airs Sunday at 7 p.m., Monday at 6 a.m., Saturday, December 27, at 9 p.m. and Sunday, December 28, at 7 a.m.)
1 p.m. Richard Rosenbaum, author of No Room for Democracy: The Triumph of Ego over Common Sense (Rit Press, $17.95, 9781933360324/1933360321), reflects on his life and public service career, including his relationship with former New York Governor and Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller. (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m. and Monday at 7 a.m.)