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, February 15
4:55 p.m. David Greenberg, author of John Lewis: A Life (Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982142995).
5:55 p.m. Nigel Hamilton, author of Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents (Little, Brown, $38, 9780316564632), at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass.
Sunday, February 16
8 a.m. Bill Gates, author of Source Code: My Beginnings (Knopf, $30, 9780593801581). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
9 a.m. Tamara Lanier, author of From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy (Crown, $30, 9780593727720). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m.)
10 a.m. Anson Frericks, author of Last Call for Bud Light: The Fall and Future of America's Favorite Beer (Threshold Editions, $29.99, 9781668070901). (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)
2 p.m. Author Mac Barnett, the ninth and current Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, discusses the importance of picture books and his efforts to reach and connect with young readers and their parents.
