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"American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination"
Barry Sanders

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th at 11pm (ET)

Archived Programs

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"The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World"
Kati Marton (Author of Introduction); Strobe Talbott (Contributor)

Last aired: February 5, 2012

"The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World"
"Haiti After the Earthquake"
Paul Farmer

Last aired: January 15, 2012

"Haiti After the Earthquake"
"The Pakistan Cauldron: Conspiracy, Assassination & Instability"
James Farwell

Last aired: January 9, 2012

"The Pakistan Cauldron: Conspiracy, Assassination & Instability"
"Ghosts of Afghanistan: Hard Truths and Foreign Myths"
Jonathan Steele

Last aired: January 8, 2012

"Ghosts of Afghanistan: Hard Truths and Foreign Myths"
"Occupants"
Henry Rollins

Last aired: January 3, 2012

"Occupants"
"Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda"
Eric Schmitt; Thom Shanker

Last aired: December 18, 2011

"Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda"
"Sharon: The Life of a Leader"
Gilad Sharon

Last aired: December 4, 2011

"Sharon: The Life of a Leader"
"Can Intervention Work?"
Rory Stewart

Last aired: November 7, 2011

"Can Intervention Work?"
"Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence"
Christian Parenti

Last aired: October 15, 2011

"Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence"
"The Interrogator: An Education"
Glenn Carle

Last aired: October 2, 2011

"The Interrogator: An Education"
"To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War"
John Gibler

Last aired: September 6, 2011

"The Devil's Light"
Richard North Patterson

Last aired: August 28, 2011

"The Devil's Light"
"When the Stars Fall to Earth"
Rebecca Tinsley

Last aired: August 21, 2011

"When the Stars Fall to Earth"
"The Next Wave: On the Hunt for Al Qaeda’s American Recruits"
Catherine Herridge

Last aired: August 6, 2011

"NATO 2.0: Reboot or Delete?"
Sarwar Kashmeri

Last aired: July 24, 2011

"Manana Forever?: Mexico and the Mexicans"
Jorge Castaneda

Last aired: July 10, 2011

"Manana Forever?: Mexico and the Mexicans"
"High-Value Target: Countering al Qaeda in Yemen"
Amb. Edmund Hull (Ret.)

Last aired: June 12, 2011

"High-Value Target: Countering al Qaeda in Yemen"
"Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire"
Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald

Last aired: June 11, 2011

"Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire"
2011 Virginia Festival of the Book Panel: "The Imperial Presidency"
Bruce Fein; David Swanson

Last aired: May 15, 2011

2011 Virginia Festival of the Book Panel: "The Imperial Presidency"
"Pakistan: A Hard Country"
Anatol Lieven

Last aired: May 15, 2011

"Pakistan: A Hard Country"
Osama Bin Laden
Michael Scheuer

Last aired: May 8, 2011

Osama Bin Laden
The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future
Nader Hashemi (ed.); Danny Postel

Last aired: May 8, 2011

The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future
The Future of Power
Joseph Nye, Jr.

Last aired: May 7, 2011

The Future of Power
Theories of International Politics and Zombies
Daniel Drezner

Last aired: April 24, 2011

Theories of International Politics and Zombies
The Shah
Abbas Milani

Last aired: April 3, 2011

The Shah
How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace
Charles Kupchan

Last aired: March 21, 2011

How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace
The Farhud: Roots of the Arab-Nazi Alliance During the Holocaust
Edwin Black

Last aired: February 26, 2011

The Farhud: Roots of the Arab-Nazi Alliance During the Holocaust
There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters
Claire Berlinski

Last aired: February 21, 2011

There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters
Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs
Victoria Bruce; Karin Hayes

Last aired: February 21, 2011

Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs
The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Jonathan Schneer

Last aired: February 20, 2011

The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Robert Kaplan

Last aired: February 20, 2011

Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

"Power Concedes Nothing: One Woman's Quest for Social Justice in America, From the Courtroom to the Kill Zones"
Connie Rice

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism"
Carl Bogus

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse"
Sen. Jim DeMint

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination"
Barry Sanders

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Big-Time Sports in American Universities"
Charles Clotfelter

Next air time: Sunday, February 12th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful"
Glenn Greenwald

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Book TV at Georgetown University: Bonnie Morris, “Revenge of the Women’s Studies Professor”
Bonnie Morris

Next air time: Sunday, February 12th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Roger Williams and The Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty"
John Barry

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, February 11th

8am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941"
Stanley Weintraub
9am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Mark Steyn
3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"1812: The Navy's War"
George Daughan
4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"No Animals Were Harmed" and "Calexico!"
Peter Laufer
5pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941"
Stanley Weintraub
8pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse"
Sen. Jim DeMint
11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination"
Barry Sanders

Sunday, February 12th

12am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Big-Time Sports in American Universities"
Charles Clotfelter
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
"No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA"
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
8am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941"
Stanley Weintraub
9am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination"
Barry Sanders
10am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"No Animals Were Harmed" and "Calexico!"
Peter Laufer
11am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse"
Sen. Jim DeMint
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Our Time: Breaking the Silence of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'"
Josh Seefried
5:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Milosevic: A Biography"
Adam LeBor
10pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Big-Time Sports in American Universities"
Charles Clotfelter

Monday, February 13th

2am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Elizabeth The Queen"
Sally Bedell Smith
4am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Big-Time Sports in American Universities"
Charles Clotfelter
5am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse"
Sen. Jim DeMint
6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Our Time: Breaking the Silence of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'"
Josh Seefried

Upcoming Programs

IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's monthly interview/call-in program with an author featuring his or her body of work.  It's LIVE on the first Sunday of every month.   
In January 2011, Phyllis Bennis was our guest.  R. Emmett Tyrrell was our February 2011 guest, and MIT historian Pauline Maier appeared in March.  Ishmael Reed appeared in April, Tibor Machan in May from Los Angeles, and law professor and author Eric Posner from Chicago in June.  Native American Writer and Pulitzer finalist Linda Hogan joined us in July 2011. Bestselling author and columnist Ann Coulter was our guest in August; Ellis Cose in September.  Michael Moore joined us in October, Ben Mezrich in November, and David Brooks in December.  In 2012...Chris Hedges was our guest on January 1st.
 
FEB 5  Mark Steyn

MAR 4  Randall Kennedy

MAY 6  Tom Brokaw

 

You can watch all past In Depths online by using the "Search" function in the upper left hand corner of this website.

FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

Book TV covers many book festivals each year, many of them LIVE.  In 2011, we covered festivals in Tucson, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlottesville, New York, Freedom Fest in Vegas, Brooklyn, the Roosevelt Reading Festival in Hyde Park, NY, the Texas Book Festival and Miami Book Fair International in November.  You can watch those we've already covered online.  Find them using the "Search" button in the upper lefthand corner of this homepage.

Our next planned festival coverage will be the Savannah Book Festival LIVE on February 18, 2012, followed by Tucson's Book Festival on March 17, 2012.

For a complete list of upcoming book festivals, click on the BOOK FAIRS tab at the top of the page.