Book TV Schedule June 3rd - 5th [View All]

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: June 3-5
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In Depth
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Book TV's monthly LIVE author interview and call- in program.
Join us for a conversation with Mark Bowden, national correspondent for the Atlantic magazine and author of the 1999 book, Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. His story of the downing of a Black Hawk helicopter in Somalia in 1993 was made into a movie directed by Ridley Scott.

He has also written Killing Pablo (2001) which covered the life and death of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Mr. Bowden's latest book is Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam, about the 444 day Iran hostage crisis that began in November 1979.

You can join in this three-hour discussion with Mark Bowden by calling in during the program or by e-mailing your questions to
booktv@c- span.org.
(Sunday 12:00 PM ET, re-airs Monday 12:00 AM ET)


After Words
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Nonfiction authors interviewed by a new guest host each week with special insight into the topic at hand.
This weekend, futurologist and author Alvin Toffler discusses his new book Revolutionary Wealth with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Mr. Toffler argues that the United States is spearheading a new civilization, but that corporations, government, and social institutions left over from an era of mass production are not keeping up in this rapidly changing world.

As a young assistant professor at West Georgia State College in the early 70s, Newt Gingrich began working with the Tofflers. He often referred to their work during his political carreer and even put Toffler books on his required reading list of books for members of Congress and all Americans.
(Saturday 9:00 PM ET, re-airs Sunday 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM ET)


John Stossel
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Author of Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity
From the Cato Institute in Washington, DC, John Stossel talks about the value of the free markets. During the talk, Mr. Stossel uses the example of the education system in America to illustrate his argument that more competition will improve schools. He also argues that there is a widespread belief, among those who work in the media, that capitalism is bad. Following his remarks, Mr. Stossel answers questions from the Cato audience.
(Saturday 7:00 PM ET, re-airs Sunday 11:00 PM ET)


Eric Burns
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Author of Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism
Eric Burns recounts the impact of colonial newspapers on early American culture. He explains that since Boston's Publick Occurrences newspaper of the 1690's, the founding fathers continously made headlines and were subject to both character assassinations and outright fabrications.
(Sunday 7:00 PM ET)


Annie Cheney
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Author of Body Brokers
In Body Brokers, Annie Cheney concludes that funeral homes, crematoriums, and medical school personnel treat human bodies as commodities. The author details how people profit from buying and selling human remains.
(Sunday 4:00 PM ET)


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BOOK TV Schedule

Note: Program start times are approximate and all times are Eastern.


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Saturday, June 3

8:00 am 2006 LA Times Festival of Books: Great American Lives

9:00 2006 Virginia Festival of the Book: Flags

10:15 PEN/New York Festival of International Literature - Religion and Politics Panel

12:00 pm Richard Carwardine, Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power

1:00 History on Book TV: Caroline Finkel, Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

1:45 2006 Annapolis Book Festival: Don Van Natta "First Off the Tee"

2:30 Angela Davis, Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture

4:05 David Horowitz, The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America

6:00 Encore Booknotes: Anthony Lewis, Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment

7:00 General Assignment: John Stossel, Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity

8:00 Raymond Arsenault, Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice

9:00 After Words: After Words: Alvin Toffler interviewed by Newt Gingrich

9:55 2006 BookExpo America: Larry Olsen, Wiley

10:00 2006 BookExpo America: Buchanan, Huffington, Rich & Sullivan

11:45 2006 BookExpo America: E.J. Dionne

11:50 2006 BookExpo America: Lauren Powers, Encounter

11:55 2006 BookExpo America: John Sterling, Holt and Company


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Sunday, June 4

12:00 am James Bowman, Honor: A History

1:30 Public Lives: Paul Rusesabagina, An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography

2:55 2006 BookExpo America: Peter Beinart "The Good Fight"

3:00 Brian Latell, After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader

4:10 2006 BookExpo America: Taylor Buley "Fresh Politics Reader"

4:15 2006 Virginia Festival of the Book: Biology, Technology, and Society

6:00 Samuel Fromartz, Organic Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew

6:40 2006 BookExpo America: Peter Stone "Heist"

6:45 James Robbins, Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point

7:30 Michael Rudolph West, The Education of Booker T. Washington: American Democracy and the Idea of Race Relations

8:55 2006 BookExpo America: David Tripp, Perseus

9:00 William Pelfrey, Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History

10:00 Richard White, Jr., Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long

10:55 2006 BookExpo America: Tom Hallock, Beacon

11:00 Noam Chomsky, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

12:00 pm In Depth: In Depth: Mark Bowden

3:00 After Words: Richard Brookhiser interviewed by John Splaine

3:55 2006 BookExpo America: Cholene Espinoza "Through the Eye of the Storm"

4:00 Annie Cheney, Body Brokers

4:55 2006 BookExpo America: Cindy Sheehan "Not One More Child's Mother"

5:00 Kenneth Osgood, Total Cold War: Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad

5:55 2006 BookExpo America: David Maraniss "Clemente"

6:00 After Words: After Words: Alvin Toffler interviewed by Newt Gingrich

6:55 2006 BookExpo America: William Cohen "Dragon Fire"

7:00 History on Book TV: Eric Burns, Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism

8:05 2006 BookExpo America: Cindy Sheehan "Not One More Child's Mother"

8:10 History on Book TV: Caroline Finkel, Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

9:00 After Words: After Words: Alvin Toffler interviewed by Newt Gingrich

10:00 Wole Soyinka, You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir

11:00 General Assignment: John Stossel, Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity


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Monday, June 5

12:00 am In Depth: In Depth: Mark Bowden

3:00 David Satcher & Rubens Pamies, Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities

4:45 2006 LA Times Festival of Books: Diana Preston "Before The Fallout"

5:00 2006 Annapolis Book Festival: Ira Winkler "Spies Among Us"

6:00 Nir Rosen, Ahmed Hashim, Anne Garrels, The Insurgency in Iraq

7:00 Kenneth Osgood, Total Cold War: Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad

7:55 2006 BookExpo America: David Maraniss "Clemente"


link to schedule - http://www.booktv.org/schedule/