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, June 28
2 p.m. Hilary N. Green, author of Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Fordham University Press, $34.65, 9781531508524).
5 p.m. Marc Leepson, author of The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton (Stackpole Books, $32.95, 9780811772921).
6 p.m. Jonthan Horn, author of The Fate of the Generals: MacArthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines (Scribner, $30.99, 9781668010075), at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
Sunday, June 29
8 a.m. Stanley McChrystal, author of On Character: Choices That Define a Life (Portfolio, $30, 9780593852958). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
2 p.m. Paul Hawken, author of Carbon: The Book of Life (Viking, $28, 9780525427445).
3:15 p.m. Thor Hanson, author of Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door (Basic Books, $30, 9781541601246).
4:20 p.m. Rich Benjamin, author of Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History (Pantheon, $29, 9780593317396), at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, Calif.
4:55 p.m. Martin Reeves, author of Like: The Button That Changed the World (Harvard Business Review Press, $32, 9798892790451).
6:10 p.m. Scott Bok, author of Surviving Wall Street: A Tale of Triumph, Tragedy, and Timing (Wiley, $29.95, 9781394326693).
