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The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business
Nelson Lichtenstein
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Watch Online: Judy Blume from the NBF Gala
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We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism
John Derbyshire
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Watch Online: Kari Lydersen "Revolt on Goose Island"
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Redcoats' Revenge: An Alternate History of the War of 1812
David Fitz-Enz
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Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler
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Watch Online: David Baldacci from the NBF Gala
David Baldacci
Watch Online: David Baldacci from the NBF Gala
Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America
John Earl Haynes; Harvey Klehr
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Author Interview: Ernest "Fritz" Hollings "Making Government Work"
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Author Interview: Ernest "Fritz" Hollings "Making Government Work"
Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
Harvey Silverglate
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Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
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2009 Leon Levy Biography Lecture delivered by Robert Caro
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The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable
David Cole
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Encore Booknotes: Diane Ravitch, "Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms"
Diane Ravitch
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The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War
James David Robenalt
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You Can't Predict a Hero: From War to Wall Street, Leading in Times of Crisis
Joseph Grano
You Can't Predict a Hero: From War to Wall Street, Leading in Times of Crisis
Marked for Death: Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places
Terry Gould
Marked for Death: Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places
After Words: John Fleming, "The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War" interviewed by Amity Shlaes
After Words: John Fleming, "The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War" interviewed by Amity Shlaes
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Nicholas Kristof; Sheryl WuDunn
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James McPherson
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In Defense of Thomas Jefferson: The Sally Hemmings Sex Scandal
William Hyland Jr.
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Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife
Francine Prose
Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife
Author Interview: Aaron Sheehan-Dean "Why Confederates Fought"
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Author Interview: Aaron Sheehan-Dean "Why Confederates Fought"
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Alexander Cockburn In Depth Vignette (short version)
Alexander Cockburn
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Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea and To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face
Robert Churchill; Joshua Horwitz
Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea and To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face
Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly
James McWilliams
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Author Interview: Woden Teachout "Capture the Flag"
Woden Teachout
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A New Literary History of America
Greil Marcus; Werner Sollors
A New Literary History of America
After Words: Michael Rosen, "What Else but Home," interviewed by John Hope Byrant
After Words: Michael Rosen, "What Else but Home," interviewed by John Hope Byrant
In Depth: Temple Grandin
In Depth: Temple Grandin
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Jessica Feldman and Robert Stilling, ""What Should I Read Next?: 70 University of Virginia Professors Recommend Readings in History, Politics, Literature, Math, Science, Technology, the Arts, and More"
Jessica Feldman; Robert Stilling
2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Jessica Feldman and Robert Stilling, ""What Should I Read Next?: 70 University of Virginia Professors Recommend Readings in History, Politics, Literature, Math, Science, Technology, the Arts, and More"
A Different Shade of Blue: How Women Changed the Face of Police Work
Adam Eisenberg
A Different Shade of Blue: How Women Changed the Face of Police Work
Author Interview: Robert Miller "Native America, Discovered and Conquered"
Robert Miller
Author Interview: Robert Miller "Native America, Discovered and Conquered"
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Jayne O'Donnell; Kit Yarrow
Gen Buy: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail
Essays
Wallace Shawn
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Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam Story about Honor and Triumph
Richard Botkin
Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam Story about Honor and Triumph
Author Interview: Aaron Sheehan-Dean "Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War"
Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Author Interview: Aaron Sheehan-Dean "Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War"
Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran
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Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran

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C-SPAN's "The Supreme Court" DVD

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 2pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

Also Airing...

Saturday, November 7th
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
9am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Temple Grandin
12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War
James David Robenalt
1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
4pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Listen Up, Mr. President
Craig Crawford; Helen Thomas
4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
A Moveable Feast
Adam Gopnik; Ernest Hemingway; Sean Hemingway; Diane Johnson
6pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Encore Booknotes: Susan Eisenhower, "Breaking Free"
Susan Eisenhower
7pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Jean Sasson
8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler

Sunday, November 8th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
1:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Living and Loving Outloud: A Memoir
Cornel West
2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
3:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
5am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Jean Sasson
6am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South
W. Ralph Eubanks
7am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
8am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming of the Dark Age
Maggie Jackson
9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
10:30am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Listen Up, Mr. President
Craig Crawford; Helen Thomas
11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger
12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
After Words: John Fleming, "The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War" interviewed by Amity Shlaes
1pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler
2pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin
4pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
5pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
6pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
2009 Texas Book Festival: Frank Luntz, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth about Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears"
Frank Luntz
6:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
8pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Living and Loving Outloud: A Memoir
Cornel West
9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
10pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
11pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger

Monday, November 9th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
1:15am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
2009 Texas Book Festival: Frank Luntz, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth about Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears"
Frank Luntz
2am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
4am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming of the Dark Age
Maggie Jackson
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin

Upcoming Programs

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

Book TV will be taping the National Book Awards on Wednesday, November 18, and airing the program the following weekend.  Sponsored by the National Book Foundation, awards are given in many categories, including best nonfiction and fiction books of the year.  Two of the nonfiction finalists have been covered by Book TV, and you can watch those programs online under our "Featured Video" section.  www.nationalbook.org



IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's long form LIVE interview call-in program with one author discussing his or her body of work.  It airs on the first Sunday of every month, beginning at Noon ET.  Here's a look at some upcoming guests...

December--Joy Hakim

Joy Hakim, former teacher and former editor and editorial writer at the Virginian-Pilot newspaper (Norfolk, Virginia), is the author of several books including the "A History of US" series (10 volumes). The series received the James A. Michener Prize awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies. Her book, “Freedom: A History of US” was the inspiration for the PBS series which premiered in 2003. For more on Ms. Hakim and her work, visit joyhakim.com.