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, September 26
12:20 p.m. Julia Azari, author of Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History (Princeton University Press, $29.95, 9780691246956).
Sunday, September 27
8 a.m. James Loeffler, author of Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight over Free Speech in Modern America (Metropolitan Books, $29.99, 9781250806079), at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C.
11 a.m. Sari Altschuler, author of Before Disability: A History of American Citizenship (University of Pennsylvania Press, $45, 9781512829518).
12:05 p.m. Alvin E. Roth, author of Moral Economics: From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work (Basic Venture, $35, 9781541702011).
1:35 p.m. Carla Chung Mattix, author of National Parks and the Supreme Court: Groundbreaking Legal Battles (University of Nevada Press, $45, 9781647792589).
3:30 p.m. Simon Paré-Poupart, author of Trash!: A Garbageman's Story (Melville House, $18.99, 9781685892494).
9 p.m. Gov. Andy Beshear, author of Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country (St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250452719), at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C.
