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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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"The Black Russian"
Vladimir Alexandrov
Next air time: Monday, May 27th at 8:30am (ET)
"The Black Russian"

Archived Programs

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

"Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp"
Ann Kirschner
Last aired: May 12, 2013
"Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp"
"Bolivar: American Liberator"
Marie Arana
Last aired: May 11, 2013
"Bolivar: American Liberator"
"The Black Russian"
Vladimir Alexandrov
Last aired: May 5, 2013
"The Black Russian"
"Leading the Way: The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation"
Lee Edwards
Last aired: May 5, 2013
"Leading the Way: The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation"
"Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family"
Ezekiel Emanuel
Last aired: April 28, 2013
"Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family"
"The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love's Prophet"
Lawrence J. Friedman
Last aired: April 14, 2013
"The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love's Prophet"
"Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice"
Mary Robinson
Last aired: April 7, 2013
"Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice"
Discussion of Robert Bork's "Saving Justice: Watergate, the Saturday Night Massacre, and Other Adventures of a Solicitor General"
Frank Easterbrook
Last aired: April 7, 2013
Discussion of Robert Bork's "Saving Justice: Watergate, the Saturday Night Massacre, and Other Adventures of a Solicitor General"
"Mr. Chairman: The Life and Legacy of Wilbur D. Mills"
Kay Goss
Last aired: April 1, 2013
"Mr. Chairman: The Life and Legacy of Wilbur D. Mills"
"Rating the First Ladies: The Women Who Influenced the Presidency"
John B. Roberts
Last aired: March 31, 2013
"Rating the First Ladies: The Women Who Influenced the Presidency"
"Little Red: Three Passionate Lives through the Sixties and Beyond"
Dina Hampton
Last aired: March 31, 2013
"Little Red: Three Passionate Lives through the Sixties and Beyond"
"The Measure of Manhattan: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel Jr. Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor"
Marguerite Holloway
Last aired: March 24, 2013
"The Measure of Manhattan: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel Jr. Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor"
"The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame"
Peter Dreier
Last aired: March 17, 2013
"The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame"
"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks"
Jeanne Theoharis
Last aired: March 3, 2013
"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks"
"Abigail Adams"
Woody Holton
Last aired: March 2, 2013
"Abigail Adams"
"Martha Washington: An American Life"
Patricia Brady
Last aired: February 23, 2013
"Martha Washington: An American Life"
"An Intriguing Life: A Memoir of War, Washington, and Marriage to an American Spymaster"
Cynthia Helms
Last aired: February 20, 2013
"An Intriguing Life: A Memoir of War, Washington, and Marriage to an American Spymaster"
"If Not Us, Who?: William Rusher, 'National Review,' and the Conservative Movement"
David Frisk
Last aired: February 20, 2013
"If Not Us, Who?: William Rusher, 'National Review,' and the Conservative Movement"
"My Beloved World"
Sonia Sotomayor
Last aired: February 20, 2013
"My Beloved World"
"Scoop: The Evolution of a Southern Reporter"
Jack Nelson
Last aired: February 19, 2013
"Scoop: The Evolution of a Southern Reporter"
"The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy"
David Nasaw
Last aired: January 28, 2013
"The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy"
"A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver"
Mark Shriver
Last aired: January 20, 2013
"A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver"
"American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny"
Sarah Kilborne
Last aired: January 5, 2013
"American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny"
"Joseph Anton: A Memoir"
Salman Rushdie
Last aired: December 31, 2012
"Joseph Anton: A Memoir"
"On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson"
William Souder
Last aired: December 25, 2012
"On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson"
"Strom Thurmond's America"
Joseph Crespino
Last aired: December 24, 2012
"Strom Thurmond's America"
"Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"
John Turner
Last aired: December 24, 2012
"Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"
"The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age"
Janet Wallach
Last aired: December 23, 2012
"The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age"
"Life After Death"
Damien Echols
Last aired: December 16, 2012
"Life After Death"
"Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"
John Turner
Last aired: December 2, 2012
"Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"
"Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan"
Joseph Wheelan
Last aired: November 23, 2012
"Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan"
"Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari"
Pat Shipman
Last aired: October 14, 2012
"Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari"
"The Courage to Hope: How I Stood Up to the Politics of Fear"
Shirley Sherrod
Last aired: October 14, 2012
"The Courage to Hope: How I Stood Up to the Politics of Fear"
"The Death of Sigmund Freud: The Legacy of His Last Days"
Mark Edmundson
Last aired: September 30, 2012
"The Death of Sigmund Freud: The Legacy of His Last Days"
"The Rise of Marco Rubio"
Manuel Roig-Franzia
Last aired: September 17, 2012
"The Rise of Marco Rubio"
"Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History"
William Pelfrey
Last aired: September 16, 2012
"Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History"
"Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats"
Kristen Iversen
Last aired: September 16, 2012
"Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats"
"Elizabeth The Queen"
Sally Bedell Smith
Last aired: September 3, 2012
"Elizabeth The Queen"
"Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism"
Carl Bogus
Last aired: September 3, 2012
"Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism"
"Fraternity"
Diane Brady
Last aired: September 3, 2012
"Fraternity"
"Exit Interview"
David Westin
Last aired: September 3, 2012
"Exit Interview"
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Barack Obama
Last aired: September 2, 2012
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
"The Whole Damn Deal: Robert Strauss and the Art of Politics"
Kathryn McGarr
Last aired: September 2, 2012
"The Whole Damn Deal: Robert Strauss and the Art of Politics"
"Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion & Reinvention"
Jamal Joseph
Last aired: August 31, 2012
"Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion & Reinvention"
"Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts"
Stacy Cordery
Last aired: August 31, 2012
"Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts"
"Steve Jobs"
Walter Isaacson
Last aired: August 29, 2012
"Steve Jobs"
"King Larry: The Life and Ruins of a Billionaire Genius"
James Scurlock
Last aired: August 29, 2012
"King Larry: The Life and Ruins of a Billionaire Genius"
"Heroes for My Daughter"
Brad Meltzer
Last aired: August 28, 2012
"Heroes for My Daughter"
"A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman"
Alice Kessler-Harris
Last aired: August 28, 2012
"A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman"
"The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower"
Kenneth Brower
Last aired: August 28, 2012
"The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower"
"A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States"
Steven Ujifusa
Last aired: August 28, 2012
"A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States"
"The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption"
Rodney King
Last aired: August 27, 2012
"The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption"
"The Real Romney"
Michael Kranish
Last aired: August 26, 2012
"The Real Romney"
"The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian"
Heather Ewing
Last aired: August 12, 2012
"The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian"
"Slade Gorton: A Half Century in Politics"
John Hughes
Last aired: August 12, 2012
"Slade Gorton: A Half Century in Politics"
"It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership"
Colin Powell
Last aired: August 12, 2012
"It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership"
"Grace and Grit: My Fight For Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond"
Lilly Ledbetter
Last aired: August 5, 2012
"Grace and Grit: My Fight For Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond"
"Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice"
Joan Biskupic
Last aired: July 8, 2012
"Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice"
"Mrs. Kennedy And Me"
Clint Hill
Last aired: July 2, 2012
"Mrs. Kennedy And Me"
"By Any Means Necessary - Malcom X: Real, Not Reinvented"
Herb Boyd
Last aired: July 1, 2012
"By Any Means Necessary - Malcom X: Real, Not Reinvented"
Encore Booknotes: Linda Davis, "Badge of Courage: The Life of Stephen Crane"
Linda Davis
Last aired: June 30, 2012
Encore Booknotes: Linda Davis, "Badge of Courage: The Life of Stephen Crane"
"Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee"
Jeff Himmelman
Last aired: June 23, 2012
"Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee"
"Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News"
Dan Rather
Last aired: June 17, 2012
"Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News"
"Reagan: A Life in Letters"
Annelise Anderson; Martin Anderson; Kiron Skinner
Last aired: June 3, 2012
"The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan"
Timothy Stanley
Last aired: May 29, 2012
"The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan"
"Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story"
Gov. Nikki Haley
Last aired: May 28, 2012
"Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story"

Book TV Schedule

Highlights
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
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. 22 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. 58 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. 10 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. 11 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.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Scott Atlas, "In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care"
Scott Atlas
Next air time: Monday, May 27th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 30 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
8am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East"
David Rohde
9am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Dennis Prager, author of "Still the Best Hope"
Dennis Prager
10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
"Simpler: The Future of Government"
Cass Sunstein
11:15am (ET)
Approx. 28 min.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: John Turner, "Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"
John Turner
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
5pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Many Unhappy Returns: One Man's Quest to Turn Around the Most Unpopular Organization in America"
Charles Rossotti
6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Tom Philpott, "Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest Held Prisoner of War"
Tom Philpott
7pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married"
Nancy Rubin Stuart
8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass
9pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution"
Marcia Coyle
10pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
11pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life"
Donald Rumsfeld

Sunday, May 26th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"
Paul Farmer
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq"
Victor Davis Hanson
2:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour: Why Hedge Funds Get Away with Siphoning Off America's Wealth"
Les Leopold
4am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America's Most Underrated President"
Charles Johnson
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
9am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life"
Donald Rumsfeld
10am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married"
Nancy Rubin Stuart
11am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
Rennio Maifredi (Photographer); Zainab Salbi
12pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
1pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: William B. Gould IV, "Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil"
William B. Gould IV
1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
Panel on Good Wars, Bad Wars with Dale Maharidge and Nick Turse
Dale Maharidge; Nick Turse
3pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II"
John Geoghegan
3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
"Obsessed: America's Food Addiction - And My Own"
Mika Brzezinski
5pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
Book Party for John Guntzelman, "The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States"
John Guntzelman
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
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
10pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution"
Nathaniel Philbrick
11pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"Looking at Iran: The Rise & Fall of Iran in Public Opinion"
James Zogby

Monday, May 27th
12am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
1am (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: William B. Gould IV, "Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil"
William B. Gould IV
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
3am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
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
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
8:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Black Russian"
Vladimir Alexandrov
9:45am (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
"In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America"
Laurie Edwards
10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir"
Marina von Neumann Whitman
12pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power"
Victor Navasky
1pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Moises Naim, "The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be," hosted by Lillian Cunningham
2pm (ET)
Approx. 37 min.
Book Party for David Stockman, Author of "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America"
David Stockman
2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum"
Temple Grandin
4pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Larry Elder, author of "Dear Father, Dear Son"
Larry Elder
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
10pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Scott Atlas, "In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care"
Scott Atlas
10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Rosemary Gibson
11:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler

Tuesday, May 28th
1am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America's Most Underrated President"
Charles Johnson
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.