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, October 27
10 a.m. Eric Greitens discusses his book The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, $16.99, 9780547868523). (Re-airs Sunday at 6:45 p.m.)
11 a.m. Book TV offers live coverage of the Texas Book Festival from the Capitol grounds in Austin, Tex. (Re-airs Sunday at 12 a.m.)
7 p.m. Book TV features coverage of the Fall for the Book Mason Award Presentation and Lecture, with Neil Gaiman delivering the Mason Award lecture and answering questions from the festival audience.
8:30 p.m. Ann Coulter presents her book Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From the Seventies to Obama (Sentinel, $26.95, 9781595230997). (Re-airs Sunday at 9:30 a.m.)
10 p.m. After Words. James Hershberg interviews David Coleman, author of The Fourteenth Day: JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Norton, $25.95, 9780393084412). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 12 a.m.)
11 p.m. William Cooper talks about his book We Have the War Upon Us: The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861 (Knopf, $30, 9781400042005). (Re-airs Monday at 7 a.m.)
Sunday, October 28
7 a.m. Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor discuss their book Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit It (Basic Books, $28.99, 9780465029969). (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)
12 p.m. Book TV's live coverage of the Texas Book Festival continues. (Re-airs Monday at 1 a.m.)
7:45 p.m. Joan Walsh presents her book What's the Matter with White People?: Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was (Wiley, $25.95, 9781118141069).
11:30 p.m. Bassam Haddad talks about his book Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (Stanford University Press, $24.95, 9780804785068).
