Book TV airs on C-Span 2 this weekend 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, August 8
7 p.m. Evan Thomas, author of Being Nixon: A Man Divided (Random House, $35, 9780812995367), at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
8:15 p.m. Allen West, author of Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin's Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom (Crown Forum, $26, 9780804138109). (Re-airs Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Monday at 2:45 a.m.)
8:30 p.m. Rena Steinzor, author of Why Not Jail?: Industrial Catastrophes, Corporate Malfeasance, and Government Inaction (Cambridge University Press, $32.99, 9781107633940). (Re-airs Sunday at 3 p.m.)
10 p.m. Charles Murray, author of By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission (Crown Forum, $27, 9780385346511). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 12 a.m. and 3 a.m.)
11 p.m. Susan Southard, author of Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War (Viking, $28.95, 9780670025626), at Changing Hands in Tempe, Ariz. (Re-airs Sunday at 7 p.m.)
Sunday, August 9
12 a.m. Robert Grenier, author of 88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary (Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781476712079), at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
1 p.m. Martha Biondi, author of The Black Revolution on Campus (University of California Press, $29.95, 9780520282186). (Re-airs Monday at 1 a.m.)
5:45 p.m. Rinker Buck, author of The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781451659160).
8 p.m. Arthur Browne, author of One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York (Beacon Press, $27.95, 9780807012604).
10 p.m. Anthony Clark, author of The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity & Enshrine Their Legacies (CreateSpace, $22, 9781508409748).
11 p.m. Jim Auchmutey, author of The Class of '65: A Student, a Divided Town, and the Long Road to Forgiveness (PublicAffairs, $25.99, 9781610393546).
