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"Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941"
Stanley Weintraub

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th at 8am (ET)

Archived Programs

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"December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World"
Craig Shirley

Last aired: January 16, 2012

"December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World"
"Jerusalem: The Biography"
Simon Sebag Montefiore

Last aired: January 9, 2012

"Jerusalem: The Biography"
"A Tale of Two Revolts: India's Mutiny and the American Civil War"
Rajmohan Gandhi

Last aired: December 27, 2011

"A Tale of Two Revolts: India's Mutiny and the American Civil War"
"Assassins of the Turquoise Palace"
Roya Hakakian

Last aired: December 26, 2011

"Assassins of the Turquoise Palace"
"1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created"
Charles Mann

Last aired: December 25, 2011

"1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created"
"Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir"
Robert Jay Lifton

Last aired: December 4, 2011

"Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir"
Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice
Gerald Steinacher

Last aired: September 5, 2011

Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice
"Kennedy and the Berlin Wall"
W.R. Smyser

Last aired: August 14, 2011

"Kennedy and the Berlin Wall"
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
Andrew Roberts

Last aired: July 4, 2011

The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
The Secret History of MI-6: 1909-1949
Keith Jeffery

Last aired: March 6, 2011

The Secret History of MI-6: 1909-1949
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
Marc Aronson; Marina Budhos

Last aired: March 5, 2011

Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
Michael Korda

Last aired: February 27, 2011

Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Timothy Snyder

Last aired: February 19, 2011

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
The Boy: A Holocaust Story
Dan Porat

Last aired: February 13, 2011

The Boy: A Holocaust Story
Unparalleled and Unequaled: The 9th Infrantry Division in Vietnam
Major General Ira Hunt Jr., (Retired)

Last aired: February 13, 2011

Unparalleled and Unequaled: The 9th Infrantry Division in Vietnam

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.