Book TV airs on C-Span 2 this week 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 10
12 p.m. BookTV interviews Sarah Weinman, news editor for Publishers Marketplace, about "the year in books." (Re-airs Sunday at 5:30 a.m. & 6:45 p.m.)
1 p.m. Craig Shirley, author of December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World (Thomas Nelson, $24.99, 9781595554574), presents a history of the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Re-airs Saturday at 9 p.m.)
3:30 p.m. Catherine Crier, author of Patriot Acts: What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic (Threshold Editions, $26, 9781439194928), argues that partisan politics are hurting the U.S. (Re-airs Sunday at 11 p.m.)
4:30 p.m. Mark Bowden, author of Worm: The First Digital World War (Atlantic Monthly Press, $25, 9780802119834), talks about Conficker, the computer worm that infected more than seven million computers around the world in 2008-2009. (Re-airs Sunday at 7:45 p.m.)
7 p.m. At an event hosted by Hue-Man Bookstore in New York City, Melissa Harris-Perry, author of Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (Yale University Press, $28, 9780300165418), argues that negative stereotypes of African-American women affect their political engagement.
8:15 p.m. Ian Toll, author of Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Norton, $35, 9780393068139), examines the first months of the war in the Pacific between Japan and the U.S. (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and Monday at 2:15 a.m.)
10 p.m. After Words. Susan Jacoby interviews economist and historian Niall Ferguson, author most recently of Civilization: The West and the Rest (Penguin, $35, 9781594203053). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m., and Monday at 12 a.m. & 3 a.m.)
11 p.m. John Carlos and Dave Zirin, co-authors of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World (Haymarket Books, $22.95, 9781608461271), chronicle the life of the 1968 Olympic medalist who raised a gloved fist in protest at the awards ceremony. (Re-airs Sunday at 4 p.m.)
Sunday, December 11
1:30 a.m. Frank Schaeffer, author of Sex, Mom, & God: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics--and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway (Da Capo Press, $26, 9780306819285), talks about his mother, evangelical writer Edith Schaeffer. (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)
Saturday, December 10
12 p.m. BookTV interviews Sarah Weinman, news editor for Publishers Marketplace, about "the year in books." (Re-airs Sunday at 5:30 a.m. & 6:45 p.m.)
1 p.m. Craig Shirley, author of December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World (Thomas Nelson, $24.99, 9781595554574), presents a history of the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Re-airs Saturday at 9 p.m.)
3:30 p.m. Catherine Crier, author of Patriot Acts: What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic (Threshold Editions, $26, 9781439194928), argues that partisan politics are hurting the U.S. (Re-airs Sunday at 11 p.m.)
4:30 p.m. Mark Bowden, author of Worm: The First Digital World War (Atlantic Monthly Press, $25, 9780802119834), talks about Conficker, the computer worm that infected more than seven million computers around the world in 2008-2009. (Re-airs Sunday at 7:45 p.m.)
7 p.m. At an event hosted by Hue-Man Bookstore in New York City, Melissa Harris-Perry, author of Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (Yale University Press, $28, 9780300165418), argues that negative stereotypes of African-American women affect their political engagement.
8:15 p.m. Ian Toll, author of Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Norton, $35, 9780393068139), examines the first months of the war in the Pacific between Japan and the U.S. (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and Monday at 2:15 a.m.)
10 p.m. After Words. Susan Jacoby interviews economist and historian Niall Ferguson, author most recently of Civilization: The West and the Rest (Penguin, $35, 9781594203053). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m., and Monday at 12 a.m. & 3 a.m.)
11 p.m. John Carlos and Dave Zirin, co-authors of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World (Haymarket Books, $22.95, 9781608461271), chronicle the life of the 1968 Olympic medalist who raised a gloved fist in protest at the awards ceremony. (Re-airs Sunday at 4 p.m.)
Sunday, December 11
1:30 a.m. Frank Schaeffer, author of Sex, Mom, & God: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics--and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway (Da Capo Press, $26, 9780306819285), talks about his mother, evangelical writer Edith Schaeffer. (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)