About the Program
BookTV is LIVE from the 2012 Tucson Festival of Books on the campus of the University of Arizona on Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11.
Sunday's Schedule
1 PM ET
Environment Panel
William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest
Dyana Furmansky, Rosalie Edge - Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature From the Conservationists
Chris Mooney, Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future
2:30 PM ET
Great Depression Panel
Michael Hiltzik, The New Deal: A Modern History
Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived The Great American Dust Bowl
Jimmye Hillman, Hogs, Mules, and Yellow Dogs: Growing Up on a Mississippi Subsistence Farm
4 PM ET
History of the American West Panel
Jeff Guinn, The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral - And How It Changed the American West
James Donovan, The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle For the Alamo - And the Sacrifice That Forged A Nation
5:30 PM ET
Studies of the Brain Panel
Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein
Paul Nussbaum, Save Your Brain: The 5 Things You Must Do to Keep Your Mind Young and Sharp
Joe Palca, Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us
7 PM ET
Diana Henriques, The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust