Biographies

About Biographies

Book TV regularly covers author talks on biographies of prominent and historical figures. These can be searched by author name or subject and viewed here.  IN this category, you will also find autobiographies.

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Coming Up on Book TV

"Elizabeth The Queen"
Sally Bedell Smith

Next air time: Saturday, February 4th at 10am (ET)

"Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism"
Carl Bogus

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th at 7pm (ET)

"Milosevic: A Biography"
Adam LeBor

Next air time: Sunday, February 12th at 5:30pm (ET)

Archived Programs

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

"And So It Goes - Kurt Vonnegut: A Life"
Charles Shields

Last aired: January 29, 2012

"And So It Goes - Kurt Vonnegut: A Life"
"The Real Romney"
Michael Kranish

Last aired: January 29, 2012

"The Real Romney"
"Steve Jobs"
Walter Isaacson

Last aired: January 23, 2012

"Steve Jobs"
Madam Secretary: A Memoir
Madeleine Albright

Last aired: January 22, 2012

Madam Secretary: A Memoir
"My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir"
Mark Whitaker

Last aired: January 22, 2012

"My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir"
"Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion"
Jean Baker

Last aired: January 22, 2012

"Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion"
"The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World"
John Carlos; Dave Zirin

Last aired: January 14, 2012

"The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World"
"The Whole Damn Deal: Robert Strauss and the Art of Politics"
Kathryn McGarr

Last aired: December 26, 2011

"The Whole Damn Deal: Robert Strauss and the Art of Politics"
John Paul Stevens: An Independent Life
Bill Barnhart; Gene Schlickman

Last aired: December 18, 2011

John Paul Stevens: An Independent Life
"David Crockett: The Lion of the West"
Michael Wallis

Last aired: November 25, 2011

"David Crockett: The Lion of the West"
"Elly Peterson: "Mother" of the Moderates"
Sara Fitzgerald

Last aired: November 25, 2011

"Elly Peterson: "Mother" of the Moderates"
"Woody Guthrie, American Radical"
Will Kaufman

Last aired: October 22, 2011

"Woody Guthrie, American Radical"
George Mason: Forgotten Founder
Jeff Broadwater

Last aired: October 9, 2011

George Mason: Forgotten Founder
"Here Comes Trouble"
Michael Moore

Last aired: September 19, 2011

"Here Comes Trouble"
"Alexander Hamilton"
Ron Chernow

Last aired: September 11, 2011

"A Widow's Walk: A Memoir of 9/11"
Marian Fontana

Last aired: September 11, 2011

"Clarence Darrow: Attorney for The Damned"
John Farrell

Last aired: September 10, 2011

"Clarence Darrow: Attorney for The Damned"
A Tribute to Historian Manning Marable
Multiple Panelists

Last aired: July 5, 2011

A Tribute to Historian Manning Marable
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers
Marable, Manning Evers-Williams, Myrlie &

Last aired: June 12, 2011

The Autobiography of Medgar Evers
A Reason to Believe: Lessons From An Improbable Life
Deval Patrick

Last aired: June 12, 2011

A Reason to Believe: Lessons From An Improbable Life
Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story
Howard Means

Last aired: June 12, 2011

Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story
The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
Robert Hirst

Last aired: June 4, 2011

The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life
Nicholas Phillipson

Last aired: April 11, 2011

Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life
The Vintage Book of American Women Writers
Elaine Showalter

Last aired: April 2, 2011

The Vintage Book of American Women Writers
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson

Last aired: March 20, 2011

Einstein: His Life and Universe
Theodor Seuss Geisel
Donald Pease

Last aired: February 21, 2011

Theodor Seuss Geisel
The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold
Adrian Havill

Last aired: February 20, 2011

The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold
Homer Lea: American Soldier of Fortune
Lawrence Kaplan

Last aired: February 20, 2011

Homer Lea: American Soldier of Fortune
Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption
Jules Witcover

Last aired: February 13, 2011

Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption
His Excellency: George Washington
Joseph Ellis

Last aired: February 6, 2011

His Excellency: George Washington

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

LIVE In Depth: Mark Steyn
Next air time: Sunday, February 5th, at 12pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
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After Words: Deborah Scroggins, "Wanted Women," hosted by Akbar Ahmed, American University
Next air time: Saturday, February 4th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America"
David Pietrusza

Next air time: Saturday, February 4th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Elizabeth The Queen"
Sally Bedell Smith

Next air time: Saturday, February 4th, at 10am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right"
Thomas Frank

Next air time: Saturday, February 4th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores"
Greg Palast

Next air time: Saturday, February 4th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
"Don't Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America"
David Kennedy

Next air time: Saturday, February 4th, at 11am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World"
Kati Marton (Author of Introduction); Strobe Talbott (Contributor)

Next air time: Sunday, February 5th, at 4am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
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Book TV Visits Beaumont, Texas

Next air time: Saturday, February 4th, at 12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

Also Airing...

Saturday, February 4th

10am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Elizabeth The Queen"
Sally Bedell Smith
12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BOOK TV In Beaumont, Texas
Book TV Visits Beaumont, Texas
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"An American Betrayal: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears"
Daniel Blake Smith
3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Kearny's March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847"
Winston Groom
8pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Elizabeth The Queen"
Sally Bedell Smith

Sunday, February 5th

4am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World"
Kati Marton (Author of Introduction); Strobe Talbott (Contributor)
5am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
"Life Upon These Shores: Looking At African American History 1500-2008"
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
7am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Our Time: Breaking the Silence of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'"
Josh Seefried
9am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World"
Kati Marton (Author of Introduction); Strobe Talbott (Contributor)
10am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Elizabeth The Queen"
Sally Bedell Smith
5pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Elizabeth The Queen"
Sally Bedell Smith
11pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World"
Kati Marton (Author of Introduction); Strobe Talbott (Contributor)

Monday, February 6th

12am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Mark Steyn
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Kearny's March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847"
Winston Groom

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

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 on February 18, 2012.

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