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After Words: Azar Nafisi, "Things I've Been Silent About: Memories," interviewed by Trita Parsi, President, National Iranian American Council

Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran
Azadeh Moaveni

2008 Miami Book Fair: Calls with Hooman Majd, "The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran"
Hooman Majd

The Life and Times of the Shah
Gholam Reza Afkhami

After Words: William Cohan, author "House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street; interviewed by Deborah Solomon, Wall Street Journal

After Words: Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

After Words: Ann Coulter, "Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and Their Assault on America" interviewed by Michelle Easton, president, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

After Words: Alan Beattie, "False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World" interviewed by Patrice Hill, chief economic correspondent for The Washington Times

After Words: Gwen Ifill, "The Break-Through: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama" interviewed by David Brooks, op-ed columnist for The New York Times

After Words: Ivan Eland, author of "Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty" interviewed by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

After Words: Felix Rohatyn, author "Bold Endeavors: How Our Government Built America, and Why it Must Rebuild Now; interviewed by Greg Ip, The Economist

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Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health
David Michaels

Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Didn't Want You to Know
Robert Balling; Patrick Michaels

2009 Summer Reading: Carla Cohen
Carla Cohen

All the News Unfit to Print: How Things Were...and How They Were Reported
Eric Burns

Visions of America: Photographing Democracy
Joseph Sohm

The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-De-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror
John Merriman

2009 Summer Reading: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Rep. Gerry Connolly

Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement
Richard Brookhiser

2009 Summer Reading: David Frost - Al Jazeera English
David Frost

71 Days: The Media Assault on Obama
Michael Jason Overstreet

Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda
Gretchen Peters

2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Michael Signer, "Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies"
Michael Signer

2009 BookExpo America: John Donatich, Yale University Press

Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security
Gen. Richard Myers

2009 Summer Reading: Peter Osnos - PublicAffairs Books
Peter Osnos

Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey
William Least Heat-Moon

2009 Summer Reading: Bob Schieffer - CBS News Face the Nation Moderator
Bob Schieffer

2009 BookExpo America: Lissa Warren, Da Capo Press

Reagan's Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
Annelise Anderson; Martin Anderson

2009 BookExpo America: John Sherer, Basic Books

2009 Summer Reading: Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Rep. John Culberson

Encore Booknotes: Dorothy Rabinowitz, "No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witness, and Other Terorrs of Our Times"
Dorothy Rabinowitz

The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed
Michael Meyer

The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday
Neil MacFarquhar

Burning the Ships: Intellectual Property and the Transformation of Microsoft
David Kline; Marshall Phelps

2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Adam Bradley, "Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop"
Adam Bradley

2009 Summer Reading: Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Sen. John Ensign

After Words: Nicholas Schmidle, author of "To Live or to Perish Forever" interviewed by Ralph Peters

2009 Summer Reading: Gerry Seib - Wall Street Journal
Gerry Seib

2009 Summer Reading: Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO)
Rep. Ike Skelton

2009 BookExpo America: Stacey Lewis, City Lights Publishers

2009 Summer Reading: Howard Dean - Former DNC Chairman
Howard Dean

2009 Summer Reading: Amy Argetsinger - Washington Post
Amy Argetsinger

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
David Kilcullen

And Justice for All: The United States Commission on Civil Rights and the Continuing Struggle for Freedom in America
Mary Frances Berry

By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld
Bradley Graham

2009 Summer Reading: Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Rep. Joe Barton

Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran
Azadeh Moaveni

2009 Summer Reading: Bob Cusack - The Hill
Bob Cusack

2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: PANEL "At the Gates of the 21st Century"
Paula J. Giddings; Jim Newton; Richard Reeves; Robert Roper

2009 BookExpo America: Cary Goldstein, 12
Cary Goldstein

Organization of American Historians 2009: Joseph Lowndes "From the New Deal to the New Right"

After Words: Eduardo Galeano, author of "Mirrors" interviewed by John Dinges

2009 Summer Reading: Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. Richard Durbin

Right on the Money: Financial Advice for Tough Times
Pat Robertson

Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
Barry Ritholtz

Organization of American Historians 2009: Niels Hooper

Judge Richard S. Arnold
Polly Price

Organization of American Historians 2009: Susan Ferber

2009 Summer Reading: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn

Pay to Play: How Rod Blagojevich Turned Political Corruption Into a National Sideshow
Elizabeth Brackett

2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Deborah Gordon, "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability"
Deborah Gordon

2009 BookExpo America: Author panel with Richard Russo, Gail Collins, Pete Dexter, and Joe Scarborough
Gail Collins; Pete Dexter; Richard Russo; Joe Scarborough

2009 Summer Reading: Charlie Gibson - ABC News
Charlie Gibson

The Food of a Younger Land
Mark Kurlansky

2009 Summer Reading: Wolf Blitzer - CNN
Wolf Blitzer

2009 Summer Reading: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell

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This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

LIVE In Depth: John Ferling
Next air time: Sunday, July 5th, at 12pm (ET)
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After Words: Wangari Maathai, author of "The Challenge for Africa" interviewed by Nicole Lee
Next air time: Saturday, July 4th, at 10pm (ET)

I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles
Lily Burana
Next air time: Saturday, July 4th, at 7pm (ET)

Visions of America: Photographing Democracy
Joseph Sohm
Next air time: Saturday, July 4th, at 9am (ET)

Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-Bending
P.J. O'Rourke
Next air time: Sunday, July 5th, at 6:45pm (ET)

Also Airing...

Friday, July 3rd

8am (ET)
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
Geoffrey Canada; Paul Tough

9am (ET)
The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty
Helen Knowles

10:15am (ET)
The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire
Linda Himelstein

11am (ET)
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
H.W. Brands

12:15pm (ET)
The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive
Marvelyn Brown

1pm (ET)
Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement
Richard Brookhiser

2pm (ET)
Hitler's Man in Havana: Heinz Luning and Nazi Espionage in Latin America
Thomas Schoonover

3pm (ET)
Letters from Black America
Pamela Newkirk

4pm (ET)
Loon: A Marine Story
Jack McLean

5pm (ET)
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
John Stauffer

6:15pm (ET)
Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918
Jeffrey Perry

7pm (ET)
Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari
Pat Shipman

8pm (ET)
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
Geoffrey Canada; Paul Tough

9pm (ET)
The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty
Helen Knowles

10:15pm (ET)
The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire
Linda Himelstein

11pm (ET)
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
H.W. Brands

Saturday, July 4th

12:15am (ET)
The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive
Marvelyn Brown

1am (ET)
Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement
Richard Brookhiser

2am (ET)
Hitler's Man in Havana: Heinz Luning and Nazi Espionage in Latin America
Thomas Schoonover

3am (ET)
Letters from Black America
Pamela Newkirk

4am (ET)
Loon: A Marine Story
Jack McLean

5am (ET)
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
John Stauffer

6:15am (ET)
Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918
Jeffrey Perry

7am (ET)
Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari
Pat Shipman

8am (ET)
Founders: The People Who Brought You a Nation
Ray Raphael

9am (ET)
Visions of America: Photographing Democracy
Joseph Sohm

10am (ET)
Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
John Ferling

11:30am (ET)
Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War
Edwin Burrows

12:30pm (ET)
The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation
Nancy Rubin Stuart

1:45pm (ET)
The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron De Steuben and the Making of the American Army
Paul Lockhart

3pm (ET)
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
Simon Schama

4:15pm (ET)
1776
David McCullough

5pm (ET)
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence

6pm (ET)
Encore Booknotes: Joyce Appleby, "Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans"
Joyce Appleby

7pm (ET)
I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles
Lily Burana

8pm (ET)
Founders: The People Who Brought You a Nation
Ray Raphael

9pm (ET)
Visions of America: Photographing Democracy
Joseph Sohm

10pm (ET)
After Words: Wangari Maathai, author of "The Challenge for Africa" interviewed by Nicole Lee

11pm (ET)
Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
John Ferling

Sunday, July 5th

12:30am (ET)
Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War
Edwin Burrows

1:30am (ET)
The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation
Nancy Rubin Stuart

2:45am (ET)
The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron De Steuben and the Making of the American Army
Paul Lockhart

4am (ET)
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
Simon Schama

5:15am (ET)
1776
David McCullough

6am (ET)
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence

7am (ET)
Visions of America: Photographing Democracy
Joseph Sohm

8am (ET)
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
Thomas Ricks

9am (ET)
Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
Peter Rodman

11am (ET)
After Words: Nicholas Schmidle, author of "To Live or to Perish Forever" interviewed by Ralph Peters

LIVE 12pm (ET)
In Depth: John Ferling
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Send questions for the author to Book TV

3pm (ET)
Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America
Julia Angwin

4pm (ET)
Animal Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species
Laurel Neme

5pm (ET)
The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
Neil deGrasse Tyson

6:45pm (ET)
Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-Bending
P.J. O'Rourke

8pm (ET)
Soul of a People: The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America
David Taylor

9pm (ET)
After Words: Wangari Maathai, author of "The Challenge for Africa" interviewed by Nicole Lee

10pm (ET)
Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them
Steve Milloy

11pm (ET)
After Words: Wangari Maathai, author of "The Challenge for Africa" interviewed by Nicole Lee

Monday, July 6th

12am (ET)
In Depth: John Ferling

3am (ET)
After Words: Wangari Maathai, author of "The Challenge for Africa" interviewed by Nicole Lee

4am (ET)
Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
Peter Rodman

5:45am (ET)
The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
Matt Mason

7am (ET)
Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street
Michael Davis

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Upcoming Programs

IN DEPTH with Author and Historian John Ferling
Sunday, July 5, LIVE from George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate from Noon to 3pm ET

Author and historian John Ferling will be our guest for In Depth on Sunday, July 5 (LIVE Noon to 3pm (ET). Mr. Ferling is the author of nine books, including A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic that was the recipient of the 2004 Fraunces Tavern Book Award for best book on the American Revolution and his most recently published title The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon. John Ferling is professor emeritus at the University of West Georgia where he taught for thirty-three years.

THREE DAY WEEKEND ON BOOK TV

The John Ferling In Depth will be part of a 3 day weekend for Book TV over the July 4 holiday. Beginning at 8AM ET on Friday, July 3, watch three full days of Book TV programming. The full schedule is available in the Weekend section above.

UPCOMING IN DEPTHSAugust--Juan Willams

September--Jonathan Kozol

October--Hugh Hewitt

November--Dr. Temple Grandin