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, January 7
3 p.m. Chris DeRose, author of Founding Rivals--Madison vs. Monroe: The Bill of Rights and the Election That Saved a Nation (Regnery History, $27.95, 9781596981928), recounts the battle for a congressional seat between James Madison and James Monroe in 1789. (Re-airs Sunday at 12:30 a.m. & 7:15 p.m., and Sunday, January 22, at 12:15 a.m.)
7 p.m. Justin Frank, author of Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President (Free Press, $26, 9781451620634), offers a psychoanalytic study of Barack Obama. (Re-airs Sunday at 11 a.m. and Monday at 1 a.m.)
8 p.m. At an event hosted by the Conservative Women's Network, Marji Ross, president of Regnery Publishing, presents a lecture titled "Seven Surprising Secrets of Best-Selling Female Authors... and How Your Future Happiness Might Depend on Them." (Re-airs Sunday at 2:15 a.m. & 11:15 p.m., and Monday at 6:45 a.m.)
8:45 p.m. Steven Ross discusses his book Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics (Oxford University Press USA, $29.95, 9780195181722) on a panel with actor and activist Mike Farrell. (Re-airs Sunday at 4 a.m., Saturday, January 14, at 10:45 a.m. and Sunday, January 15, at 12:15 a.m.)
10 p.m. After Words. Eliza Newlin Carney interviews Jack Abramoff, author of Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist (WND Books, $25.95, 9781936488445). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m., Monday at 12 a.m. & 3 a.m., and Sunday, January 15, at 12 p.m.)
11 p.m. Juan Gonzalez and Joseph Torres, co-authors of News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and American Media (Verso, $29.95, 9781844676873), discuss their book with Amy Goodman, co-host and executive producer of Democracy Now! (Re-airs Sunday at 2 p.m. and Monday at 4 a.m.)
Sunday, January 8
3:30 p.m. James Farwell talks about his book The Pakistan Cauldron: Conspiracy, Assassination & Instability (Potomac Books, $29.95, 9781597979825). (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m. and Monday at 5:30 a.m.)
