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 12
4:30 p.m. Michael Gordon discusses his book The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama (Pantheon, $35, 9780307377227). (Re-airs Sunday at 11 p.m.)
7 p.m. Peter Bergen and a panel of contributors speak about Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics and Religion (Oxford University Press, $24.95, 9780199893096).
9 p.m. Thane Gustafson presents his book Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia (Belknap Press, $39.95, 9780674066472). (Re-airs Sunday at 2 p.m.)
10 p.m. After Words. David Fontana interviews Michael Austin, author of That's Not What They Meant!: Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing (Prometheus, $19, 9781616146702). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 12 a.m. & 3 a.m.)
11 p.m. Cynthia Helms, widow of former CIA director Richard Helms, talks about her book An Intriguing Life: A Memoir of War, Washington, and Marriage to an American Spymaster (Rowman & Littlefield, $24.95, 9781442221314). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
Sunday, January 13
1:15 p.m. Joseph Turow discusses his book The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth (Yale University Press, $18, 9780300188011). (Re-airs Monday at 1:15 a.m.)
10 p.m. At an event hosted by Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., David Roll presents his book The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler (Oxford University Press, $34.95, 9780199891955). (Re-airs Monday at 7 a.m.)
