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"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass

Next air time: Saturday, May 25th at 8pm (ET)

"To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"
Paul Farmer

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th at 12am (ET)

"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th at 5am (ET)

"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
Rennio Maifredi (Photographer); Zainab Salbi

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th at 11am (ET)

"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
"Looking at Iran: The Rise & Fall of Iran in Public Opinion"
James Zogby

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th at 11pm (ET)

"Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East"
David Rohde

Next air time: Tuesday, May 28th at 8pm (ET)

"Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East"

Archived Programs

Programs shown in this archive cover the past year. To search for programs in earlier years, please use the search functionality above.

"Lone Wolf Terror and the Rise of Leaderless Resistance"
George Michael

Last aired: May 20, 2013

"Lone Wolf Terror and the Rise of Leaderless Resistance"
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler

Last aired: May 18, 2013

"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
Rennio Maifredi (Photographer); Zainab Salbi

Last aired: May 12, 2013

"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
Books on North Korea
Various Authors

Last aired: April 29, 2013

Books on North Korea
"Army of God: Joseph Kony's War in Central Africa"
David Axe; Tim Hamilton

Last aired: April 21, 2013

"Army of God: Joseph Kony's War in Central Africa"
"Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians"
Lela Gilbert; Paul Marshall; Nina Shea

Last aired: April 21, 2013

"Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians"
"Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami"
Gretel Ehrlich

Last aired: March 30, 2013

"Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami"
Iraq War: 10th Anniversary
Multiple Authors

Last aired: March 25, 2013

Iraq War: 10th Anniversary
"If Mayors Ruled the World"
Benjamin Barber

Last aired: March 23, 2013

"If Mayors Ruled the World"
"A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola"
Ricardo Cortes

Last aired: February 18, 2013

"A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola"
"Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Flynt Leverett; Hillary Mann Leverett

Last aired: February 18, 2013

"Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran"
"Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table"
Cita Stelzer

Last aired: February 18, 2013

"Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table"
"Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia"
Thane Gustafson

Last aired: January 26, 2013

"Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia"
"Of Africa"
Wole Soyinka

Last aired: January 22, 2013

"Of Africa"
"Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution"
Ethan Chorin

Last aired: January 13, 2013

"Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution"
"The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire"
Sam Gindin; Leo Panitch

Last aired: January 13, 2013

"The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire"
"Israel: The Will to Prevail"
Danny Danon

Last aired: December 16, 2012

"Israel: The Will to Prevail"
"Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir"
Fatima Bhutto

Last aired: December 9, 2012

"Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir"
"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
Melanie Kirkpatrick

Last aired: November 11, 2012

"Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad"
"America, But Better: The Canada Party Manifesto"
Brian Calvert; Chris Cannon

Last aired: November 4, 2012

"America, But Better: The Canada Party Manifesto"
"Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad"
David Lesch

Last aired: October 21, 2012

"Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad"
"Islam and the Arab Awakening"
Tariq Ramadan

Last aired: October 14, 2012

"Islam and the Arab Awakening"
"Sleepwalking with the Bomb"
John Wohlstetter

Last aired: September 29, 2012

"Sleepwalking with the Bomb"
"Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World"
Maria Armoudian

Last aired: September 16, 2012

"Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World"
"The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin"
Masha Gessen

Last aired: September 6, 2012

"The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin"
"China Airborne"
James Fallows

Last aired: September 6, 2012

"China Airborne"
"Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds"
Shareen Blair Brysac; Karl Meyer

Last aired: September 1, 2012

"Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds"
A Lecture on Global Economics
John Perkins

Last aired: July 1, 2012

A Lecture on Global Economics
"The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi"
Peter Popham

Last aired: July 1, 2012

"The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi"
"Crusade 2.0: The West's Resurgent War on Islam"
John Feffer

Last aired: May 27, 2012

"Crusade 2.0: The West's Resurgent War on Islam"

Book TV Schedule

Highlights

Book TV at Stanford University: William B. Gould IV, "Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil"
William B. Gould IV

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married"
Nancy Rubin Stuart

Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass

Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution"
Marcia Coyle

Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life"
Donald Rumsfeld

Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"
Paul Farmer

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq"
Victor Davis Hanson

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 1:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"
Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution"
Nathaniel Philbrick

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Looking at Iran: The Rise & Fall of Iran in Public Opinion"
James Zogby

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients"
Ben Goldacre

Next air time: Monday, May 27th, at 8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 26 min.
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Rosemary Gibson

Next air time: Monday, May 27th, at 10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, May 25th

11:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
"Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"
Neil Gross
3pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr.
2013 William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium: Panel on "Coming Home: The Hopes, Fears, and Challenges of Veterans Returning from War"
Col. Jon Coffin (Ret.); Karl Marlantes; Dave McIntyre; James Wright
9pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution"
Marcia Coyle

Sunday, May 26th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"
Paul Farmer
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler
6:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
"Payback: The Case for Revenge"
Thane Rosenbaum
7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation"
Eric Deggans
11am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
Rennio Maifredi (Photographer); Zainab Salbi
1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
Panel on Good Wars, Bad Wars with Dale Maharidge and Nick Turse
Dale Maharidge; Nick Turse
3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
"Obsessed: America's Food Addiction - And My Own"
Mika Brzezinski
6pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson
6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser
10pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution"
Nathaniel Philbrick

Monday, May 27th

2am (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson
2:30am (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement"
David Graeber
5:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass
8:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Black Russian"
Vladimir Alexandrov
10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir"
Marina von Neumann Whitman
2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum"
Temple Grandin
5pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Amy Goodman
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 26 min.
"Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients"
Ben Goldacre
11:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler

Tuesday, May 28th

2am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 3 min.
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Philip Roth
Philip Roth et al.
4:15am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
4:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
A Conversation with Edward Jay Epstein and Errol Morris
Edward Jay Epstein; Errol Morris
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Restoring Justice: The Speeches of Attorney General Edward Levi"
Jack Fuller

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.   

Jun 2 Rick Atkinson     http://liberationtrilogy.com/
July 7  Mary Roach       www.maryroach.net
Aug 4  Dr. Ben Carson www.carsonschholars.org
 

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 2013, our festival coverage will include book festivals in Tucson, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlottesville, New York, Freedom Fest in Vegas, Brooklyn, the Roosevelt Reading Festival in Hyde Park, NY, Harlem Book Festival, 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.

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