BookTV Schedule December 10-12

BOOK TV Schedule CSPAN2



all times are Eastern

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Saturday, December 10

8:00 am Lynne Cheney, A Time for Freedom: What Happened When in America

9:00 In Depth: John Updike

12:00 pm Peter Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes, Marshall, the Courthouse Mouse: A Tail of the U.S. Supreme Court

12:30 Featured Program: Nonfiction Programs and Author Call-ins

12:30 Frank McCourt, Teacher Man: A Memoir

1:15 Frank McCourt, Teacher Man Call-in Program

2:00 Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War

3:15 : Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other Call-In Program

4:00 Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's Melancholy Call-In Program

5:00 PEN American Center: State of Emergency Readings

7:00 Encore Booknotes: Witold Rybczynski, A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted & America in the 19th Century

8:00 After Words: After Words: Haynes Johnson interviewed by Joseph diGenova

9:00 Featured Program: Nonfiction Programs and Author Call-ins

9:00 Frank McCourt, Teacher Man: A Memoir

9:45 Frank McCourt, Teacher Man Call-in Program

10:30 History on Book TV: Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War

11:45 Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other Call-In Program


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Sunday, December 11

12:30 am Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's Melancholy Call-In Program

1:30 Glenn Williams, Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois

2:00 Walid Phares, Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America

3:00 After Words: Bruce Chadwick interviewed by Edward Lengel

4:00 2005 Texas Book Festival: Drug Panel

5:00 Robert Boynton, John Friedman, Seth Mnookin, Robert Rivard, 2005 Texas Book Festival: Truth & Lies in Journalism Panel

6:00 Diane Wilson, An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift Texas

7:00 John Miller, A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America

8:00 Bruce Babbitt, Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America


9:00 Walid Phares, Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America

10:00 Cindy Sheehan, Not One More Mother's Child

11:00 Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Character is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember

12:30 pm Alan Dershowitz and Noam Chomsky, Israel and Palestine After Disengagement

2:00 Walid Phares, Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America

3:00 After Words: Mary Mapes interviewed by Brent Bozell

4:00 Peter Schweizer, Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy


4:45 Al Franken, The Truth (with Jokes)

6:00 After Words: After Words: Haynes Johnson interviewed by Joseph diGenova


7:00 General Assignment: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Character is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember

8:20 Maureen Dowd, 2005 Miami Book Fair: Maureen Dowd

9:00 After Words: After Words: Haynes Johnson interviewed by Joseph diGenova


10:00 Gene Sperling, The Pro-Growth Progressive

11:15 Akhil Reed Amar, America's Constitution: A Biography


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Monday, December 12

1:00 am History on Book TV: Candice Millard, The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

1:45 Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Character is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember

3:00 Featured Program: Nonfiction Programs and Author Call-ins

3:00 Frank McCourt, Teacher Man: A Memoir

3:45 Frank McCourt, Teacher Man Call-in Program

4:30 Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War

5:45 : Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other Call-In Program

6:30 Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's Melancholy Call-In Program

7:30 Martha Zoller, Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America

full schedule here - http://www.booktv.org/schedule/

:puke: good thing it's on early... we can all sleep in.

On Saturday, December 10 at 12:30 pm and at 9:00 pm and Monday, December 12 at 3:00 am
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Teacher Man: A Memoir
Frank McCourt

Author Frank McCourt won a 1997 Pulitzer Prize in biography for his first memoir, "Angela's Ashes." He discusses his third memoir at Olsson's Books in Washington, DC. The memoir concentrates on his 30 year teaching career in the New York Public school system.

Frank McCourt is the author of "Tis: A Memoir," and "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir," winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the L.A. Times Book Award.

Publisher: SCRIBNER 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020

My choice too.

Thanks for the heads-up, Viva.

Biography – Frank McCourt
Born in Brooklyn, Frank moved to Ireland at age four with his parents and brothers. As tough as life had been for the McCourt's in New York, it doesn't compare to the hardships they encounter in their native country. Penniless and destitute, the McCourts finally make it to Limerick where Frank is introduced to a collection of relatives, some as miserly as it is possible to imagine; some, as generous. Frank's father, Malachy, rarely has a job and when he does, spends his wages in the pubs, leaving Frank's mother, Angela, to beg from churches and charity organizations. Despite the tragedy of his drinking, Frank's dad is as charming as a "shiftless l aquacious alcoholic" could be, and he shares a special bond with Frank, revealed through moments of heartrending tenderness. Near death from typhoid fever, Frank spends several months in quarantine in the hospital where he has steady meals, clean sheets, and best of all, books. It is here that he is first introduced to Shakespeare. "I don't know what it means and I don't ca re because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words."

from - http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05331/611479.stm
snip>
His earliest classroom techniques consisted of regaling students with stories of his impoverished childhood rather than following the curriculum.
If you missed the story of that childhood in "Angela's Ashes,'' you can find plenty of highlights in this book, too. He also includes stories about his drinking and his various sexual encounters (not with his students) in more detail than needed.
Some of the detours from the classroom give an uneven feel to the book and are distractions.
In some senses, McCourt uses teaching as a road to self-discovery. By his later years in the classroom, he seems to have found his rhythm as a teacher and a human being.
Near the end of the book, he tells a young substitute teacher that he was "out of my depth" when he began teaching, but:
"After a few years, you develop antennae. You can tell when you've reached them or alienated them. It's chemistry. It's psychology. It's animal instinct. You are with the kids and, as long as you want to be a teacher, there's no escape. ... Find what you love and do it."


On Edit:

1:15pm Frank McCourt, Teacher Man Live Call-in Program

Frank McCourt talks about his book Teacher Man: A Memoir, published by Scribner. He responds to questions and comments from viewers immediately after a video is shown of Mr. McCourt discussing the book at a bookstore in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2005.

Black Board Jungle – was in school to be a teacher, made him wonder what he was getting himself into.

His stories about going to school in Ireland are just brutal!

He got drafted during Korea, but they sent him to Bavaria to train attack dogs. Best beer in the world and numerous fraulines.

“Angela’s Ashes” – about growing up in Ireland

“Tears” – about coming to America

Q & A
If you were suddenly made chancellor or mayor of NY, what would you do?
“Ask the teachers what they need. Tell the politician to keep out of the schools instead of a VP coming in and teaching kids how to mis-spell potato, and a politician reading a story about a goat while the world comes crashing down”
That’s a Quote!

“Western education is a bullying education”

Great comments about Jimmy Carter, whose book is vying for #1 NYT list. He thinks him ‘saintly’ and will let his book stay at the top for one more week.

He is a “Buffet Religionists” None particularly attracts him, but he uses pieces of several in his life.

Caller is a teacher in an affluent school who is being pressured to dress in an ‘affluent fashion’ even though she can’t afford it.
He’s flabbergasted. Tells her that the next time she is being told this, to have them put it in writing. That should put a stop to it, and if it doesn’t get union involved.

Fear <--------------------------------------> Freedom

McCourt thinks the NCLB is a “horror” “Its not education. It’s bullying and politics” I really like this man. :loveya:

“The purpose of education is not to produce cogs for the military industrial complex.”
More teachers like this please! :bounce:

just like Frank!

Wouldn't that be great?

:toast:

On Saturday, December 10 at 2:00 pm and at 10:30 pm and Monday, December 12 at 4:30 am
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
Victor Davis Hanson
Video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/1005/btv100205_1.ram

Author and military historian Victor Davis Hanson speaks about his new book, "A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War." It chronicles the 27-year battle fought around 400 B.C. between Athens and Sparta. Mr. Hanson draws some parallels between the Greek war and the wars of today, including the present war in Iraq. The book classifies the Peloponnesian War as one consisting of enormous battles (on land and at sea) between large armies as well as small skirmishes between handfuls of soldiers. The author also chronicles the events that led up to the war as well as the war's aftermath.

Victor Davis Hanson is the author or editor of many books, including "Ripples of Battle," "Mexifornia," and "The Western Way of War." He has been a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, and a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is currently director emeritus of the classics program at California State University and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Publisher: Random House 1545 Broadway New York, NY 10019


3:15 : Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other Call-In Program

I love ancient history... but this guy is soooo a ho for the right.

Mr. Hanson draws some parallels between the Greek war and the wars of today, including the present war in Iraq.

He's the one claiming that Dems are in trouble... this week

December 09, 2005, 9:08 a.m.
Democratic Implosion
op-ed at the national review :puke:
http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200512090908.asp

On Saturday, December 10 at 5:00 pm
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PEN American Center: State of Emergency Readings

From Cooper Union in New York City, various authors and poets read selections from different authors and poets, on the topics of torture, detention, and oppression. Readers include Salman Rushdie, Edward Albee, Sandra Cisneros, Don DeLillo, Martin Espada, Philip Gourevitch, Rick Moody, Walter Mosley, and Colson Whitehead, among others.

For more information on the PEN American Center, visit their website at www.pen.org.

Poetry Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention & Extraordinary Rendition


Tuesday, November 8
Cooper Union's Great Hall: Third Ave. & East 7th St., NYC

With Edward Albee, Paul Auster, Sandra Cisneros, Don DeLillo, Dave Eggers, Martín Espada, Philip Gourevitch, Jessica Hagedorn, Heidi Julavits, Nicole Krauss, Rick Moody, Walter Mosley, Grace Paley, Emma Reverter, Salman Rushdie, Martha Southgate, and Colson Whitehead.

PEN American Center's second State of Emergency event offers a special evening of readings in opposition to current United States policies on the treatment of detainees in this country and abroad. A stellar group of writers will come together to read and bring national attention to abusive government policies including torture, arbitrary detention, and extraordinary rendition.
The first State of Emergency event, which took place last August between the two major party conventions, supported PEN's Campaign for Core Freedoms and raised awareness about grave threats to essential freedoms in the United States. This program is co-sponsored by Cooper Union.

State of Emergency in the press

India Abroad: November 9, 2005"Rushdie Leads Literary Crusade for Civil Rights"El Pais: November 11, 2005"Escritoras contra la America que tortura"Avui: November 11, 2005"Miracle contra la tortura"


Complete audio archive here - http://pen.org/page.php/prmID/1003

PEN American Center is the largest of the 141 centers of International PEN, the world’s oldest human rights organization and the oldest international literary organization. International PEN was founded in 1921 to dispel national, ethnic, and racial hatreds and to promote understanding among all countries. PEN American Center, founded a year later, works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship.

On Saturday, December 10 at 7:00 pm
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A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted & America in the 19th Century
Witold Rybczynski

In "A clearing in the Distance" Witold Rybczynski writes about the life and times of the founding architecht of Central Park Frederick Law Olmsted. Through photographs, landscape plans, reportage and dramatic narratives, the author chronicles Olmsted’s life in nineteenth century America.

Witold Rybczynski is the author of many books, including "One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw," "American Monument," "A Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio," and "The Look of Architecture." Mr. Rybczynski is a Professor of Urbanism and Real Estate at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

On Saturday, December 10 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, December 11 at 6:00 pm and at 9:00 pm
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After Words: Haynes Johnson interviewed by Joseph diGenova

This week on After Words Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson examines the career of anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) and the Red Scare during the 1950's. His new book is titled The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism. The book draws connections between his legacy and the current state of post 9/11 domestic security including: the Patriot Act and the detention of American Muslims. He is interviewed by Joseph diGenova, former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1983 to 1988.

This seems more like an excuse for diGenova to argue with the author on McCarthy, as though he were on Hannity & Colmes.

On Sunday, December 11 at 1:30 am
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Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois
Glenn Williams

Glenn Williams recounts the conflict between the Iroquois and colonists during the American Revolution in his new book, "Year of the Hangman." The author describes George Washington's attack on the Native Americans including the frontier wars and the battles of Oriskany and Saratoga. The author explains how this campaign changed the entire outcome of the war. This event was hosted by Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Ellicott City, Maryland.

Glenn Williams is Historical Operations Officer at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, DC. He served with the National Park Service Battlefield Protection Program and was curator of the U.S.S. Constellation.

Publisher: Westhome Publishing Eight Harvey Avenue Yardley, PA 19067

With the entry of France on the American side, the War for Independence moved from a regional conflict to a global war. To offset this new alliance, Britain devised a bold new strategy. Turning its attention to the colonial frontiers, especially those of western New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, Britain enlisted its Provincial Rangers, Tories, and allied warriors, principally from the Iroquois Confederacy, to wage a brutal backwoods war in an attempt to cut the colonies in half, divert the Continental Army, and weaken its presence around British-occupied New York City and Philadelphia.
http://www.imanchester.net/article.php?story=20050916101012562

Charging his troops "to not merely overrun, but destroy," Washington devised a two-prong attack to exact American revenge. The largest coordinated American military action against American Indians in the war, the campaign shifted the power in the east, ending the political and military influence of the Iroquois, forcing large numbers of loyalist to flee to Canada, and sealing Britain's fateful decision to seek victory in the south. In Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois, historian Glenn F. Williams recreates the riveting events surrounding the action, including the checkered story of European and Indian alliances, the bitter frontier wars, and the bloody battles of Oriskany and Newtown.
Just announced: a finalist for the Thomas Fleming Award for the
Outstanding Revolutionary War Book of 2005
http://www.westholmepublishing.com/id24.html

The "year" in the book's title refers to 1777, which participants on both sides saw as a crucial point in the Revolution. The losers might well face the gibbet (and, typographically, the year's numerals line up to resemble one). It was also the year that saw the Iroquois take part in the conflict in substantial numbers. Known as the Six Nations--after the constituent tribes (Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Oneida and Tuscarora)--the Iroquois confederacy was the most powerful American Indian group along the northern frontier, famed for its ferocity and bravery. It was also a traditional ally of the British. Indeed, without its help in the French and Indian War, British North America might well have been lost to France in the 1750s.
But as settlement expanded westward, the Iroquois felt themselves more and more encroached upon. They looked for help to the Crown, whose official policy (however much it was ignored) was to forbid settlement west of the Alleghenies. The whites whom the Iroquois knew best--the officers of the Crown's Indian Department--were loyalists almost to a man. Naturally, they became crucial leaders of the British war effort among the Indian peoples. They traded with them, took part in Indian dances, brought rewards from London and even married into Iroquois families.
Joseph Brant--or Thayendanegea, as he was known among his fellow Mohawks--was the most feared of all the Indian war leaders. He was also the brother-in-law of the late Sir William Johnson, the British superintendent for Indian affairs whose third wife, a Mohawk, was Brant's sister. Whenever a farmer was killed in his fields, or a patriot detachment ambushed, Brant was said to be behind it. And often he was. His warriors acted in consort with Tory rangers led by Maj. John Butler and his son Walter--perhaps the next most hated men on the frontier.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110007014



knowledge is power.

Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America
Walid Phares

In "Future Jihad" Walid Phares describes what the United States should expect from terrorists in the future. Mr. Phares, who served with the Justice Department as an expert, argues that America's current defense strategies are inadequate to fight off the future generation of homegrown terrorists. This event was hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC. :puke:

Walid Phares is a senior fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and MSNBC/NBC's terrorism and Mideast expert. He appears regularly on Fox News, CNN International, and BBC TV, and is the author of "Lebanese Christian Nationalism: The Rise and Fall of an Ethnic Resistance."

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010

On Sunday, December 11 at 3:00 am
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After Words: Bruce Chadwick interviewed by Edward Lengel
Video link - http://www.booktv.org/AfterWords/index.asp?segID=6431&schedID=389

Former journalist Bruce Chadwick discusses his sixth work of history, titled, "The First American Army: The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men Behind America's First Fight for Freedom." The book tells the story of what it was like to serve during the Revolutionary war from the journals and letters of the soldiers. He is interviewed by Edward Lengel, a professor of history at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, an associate editor of The Papers of George Washington, and the author of "General George Washington: A Military Life."

On Sunday, December 11 at 4:00 am
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2005 Texas Book Festival: Drug Panel

Authors Greg Critser and John Hoberman participate in a panel discussion about the abuse of prescription drugs in America. Greg Critser is the author of "Generation Rx" and John Hoberman's book is entitled "Testosterone Dreams," about male hormone therapies.

Greg Critser is the author of "Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World" and is a longtime chronicler of the modern pharmaceutical industry and the politics of medicine. John Hoberman is the author of "Darwin's Athletes: How Sport Has Damaged Black America and Preserved the Myth of Race," "Mortal Engines: The Science of Performance and the Dehumanization of Sport," and "The Olympic Crisis: Sport, Politics, and the Moral Order."

Publisher: "Testosterone Dreams" University of California Press 2120 Berkeley Way Berkeley, CA 94704 "Generation RX" Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116

On Sunday, December 11 at 5:00 am
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2005 Texas Book Festival: Truth & Lies in Journalism Panel
Robert Boynton, John Friedman, Seth Mnookin, Robert Rivard

From the 2005 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, four authors who have written books about journalism discuss the current state of the news industry. Panelists include Robert Boynton, author of "The New New Journalism," John Friedman, author of "The Secret Histories," Seth Mnookin, author of "Hard News," and Robert Rivard, author of "Trail of Feathers: Searching For Philip True."

Robert Boynton is the author of "The New New Journalism" and the director of New York University's magazine journalism program. John Friedman is the author of "The Secret Histories" and produced the Academy Award-winning documentary "Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie." Seth Mnookin is the author of "Hard News" and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Robert Rivard is the author of "Trail of Feathers: Searching For Philip True" and Editor and Senior Vice President for News for the San Antonio Express-News.

On Sunday, December 11 at 6:00 am
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An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift Texas
Diane Wilson

Diane Wilson, a former fourth generation shrimp boat captain, writes about her lawsuit against Formosa Plastics, a multibillion dollar corporation and chemical company that was responsible for dumping ethylene dichloride, vinyl choloride among other pollutants in the Texas Gulf Coast. "An Unreasonable Woman" is the author's narrative on her efforts. She chronicles her struggle, including three hunger strikes and the near sinking of her boat that led to the win of her legal battle. This event was hosted by Busyboys & Poets bookstore in Washington, DC.

Diane Wilson has been an activist since 1989 and is the co-founder of CODE-PINK: Women for Peace. She is now retired from commerical fishing and "An Unreasonable Woman" is her first book.

Publisher: Chelsea Green PO box 428, North Main Street, Ste. 120 White River Junction, Vermont 05001


:applause:

She just talks her truth. I'll watch it again in a heartbeat.

:thumbsup:

Thank you, Viva!

On Sunday, December 11 at 7:00 am
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A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America
John Miller

John Olin was an industrialist who used his wealth to fund conservative projects like the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society in the latter part of the twentieth century. He is the topic of “A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America,” a new book by author John Miller. It looks at how Mr. Olin’s foundation used hundreds of millions of dollars to spread the conservative movement throughout universities, media, and government.

John Miller's articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and the New Republic. He is a national political reporter for the National Review and the author of "The Unmaking of Americans" and "Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France."

Publisher: ENCOUNTER BOOKS 665 Third Street, Suite 330 San Francisco, CA 94107




"know thine enemy" imho

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=2066

One of Olin's chief program areas is "Law and Economics," an interest of the foundation for almost 30 years. Under this program, the foundation first established a seat at the University of Chicago in the 1960s for the purpose of teaching "free market economics" as it applies to law.<155> According to an Alliance for Justice report, the Chicago School emphasizes "'economic efficiency' and 'wealth maximization' as the conceptual cornerstones" for judicial opinions.<156> The report finds a significant and long-standing movement to reshape the American legal system on the part of "a powerful coalition of business groups and ideologically compatible foundations engaged in a multi-faceted, comprehensive and integrated campaign to elevate corporate profits and private wealth over social justice and individual rights." Further, "onservative foundations, particularly Olin, Sarah Scaife, Lynde and Harry Bradley, and Smith Richardson, are the effort's philosophical leaders."<157> In 1992-3, Chicago's law and economics program received $731,000; in 1994-5, $740,000. Olin's contributions to the university as a whole total more than $3.7 million between 1992 and 1995.<158>

more...

:)

On Sunday, December 11 at 8:00 am
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Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America
Bruce Babbitt

Bruce Babbitt, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior during the Clinton Administration, talks about his new book, "Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America" at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In it, the author writes that America needs a new land use policy if it is to avoid the irreparable harm of urban sprawl and mass deforestation. Mr. Babbitt makes the case that perhaps the best way to preserve America's open spaces is to leave its control to local government with the considerations of national interest.

Bruce Babbitt served as Arizona Attorney General from 1975-1978 and as Governor of Arizona from 1978 - 1987. More recently he was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1993 - 2001 during the Clinton Administration.

Publisher: Island Press 1718 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20009

:applause:

On Sunday, December 11 at 10:00 am
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Not One More Mother's Child
Cindy Sheehan

In "Not One More Mother's Child," Gold Star Families for Peace founder Cindy Sheehan recounts her experience losing a son in the war in Iraq and her subsequent activism speaking out against the war. The author chronicles her trip to Crawford, Texas to protest outside President George W. Bush's ranch, as well as her meetings with legislative leaders on Capitol Hill. The foreword of the book was written by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).

Cindy Sheehan is the co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, an organization consisting of families of soldiers who have died at war, and who are attempting to bring home the U.S. troops in Iraq as soon as possible. This is her first book.

Publisher: Koa Books P.O. Box 822 Kihei, HI 96753

:applause:

On Sunday, December 11 at 11:00 am and at 7:00 pm and Monday, December 12 at 1:45 am
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Character is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) stopped at the First Parish Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts to talk about his new book, "Character is Destiny: Inspiring tories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember." It's a collection of stories about thirty-four people who Sen. McCain believes personify virtuous traits like honesty, loyalty, faith, and dedication. Subjects of the book include former NFL player Pat Tillman, Mother Theresa, Gandhi, and Winston Churchill. After talking about the book, which was co-written by his Chief of Staff Mark Salter, he answers questions from the audience on a number of issues.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was a naval aviator during the Vietnam War. His aircraft was shot down and he spent more than five years as a P.O.W. in North Vietnam. He served two terms in the House of Representatives and is currently in his fourth term in the United States Senate. Senator McCain is also the co-author, along with Mark Salter, of "Faith of My Fathers," "Worth the Fighting For," and "Why Courage Matters."

Publisher: Random House 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019

That just about sums up McCain these days.

Hehe...I like the "inspiring tories'

On Sunday, December 11 at 12:30 pm
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Israel and Palestine After Disengagement
Alan Dershowitz and Noam Chomsky
Video Link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/1205/btv120405_4.ram

Alan Dershowitz, author of "The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can Be Resolved," and Noam Chomsky, most recently the co-author of "Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World," debate the issue of how to end the Israel/Palestine conflict. The authors talk about past and present proposals regarding the settlement of the Israel/Palestine conflict, Israel's disengagement from the Gaza Strip, and Ariel Sharon and Shimon Perez's formation of a new political party in Israel. The event was hosted by Harvard University's Institute of Politics. Includes Q&A.

Alan Dershowitz, professor of law at Harvard Law School, is the author of many books, including "The Case for Israel," "Why Terrorism Works," and "Chutzpah." For more information on Prof. Dershowitz and his work, visit: www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/dershowitz. Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics and philosophy at MIT, is the author of "Hegemony or Survival," "Middle East Illusions," and "Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians." For more, visit: web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/chomsky.home.html.

Publisher: (Dershowitz): Wiley 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030 (Chomsky): Metropolitan Books www.americanempireproject.com

It's charging me up as I do the laundry.

On Sunday, December 11 at 3:00 pm
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After Words: Mary Mapes interviewed by Brent Bozell
Video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/afterwords/1205/arc_btv120305_4.ram

This week on After Words journalist Mary Mapes explains her investigative story on George W. Bush's National Guard record that aired on 60 Minutes II. Her new book about the experience is titled "Truth and Duty: The Press, The President, and the Privilege of Power." Ms. Mapes tells her version of the controversy over the segment, and the ensuing internal investigation at CBS that led to Dan Rather's resignation as anchor of CBS Evening News, and her own dismissal. She is interviewed by Brent Bozell, founder and president of the Media Research Center.

:eyes:

On Sunday, December 11 at 4:00 pm
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Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy
Peter Schweizer

There is a distinct difference between the public policies endorsed by liberals and the policies they actually adhere to in their private lives. That's the case made by Hoover Fellow Peter Schweizer in his new book, "Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy." In it, the author chronicles what he believes to be a double-standard among Michael Moore, Ralph Nader, Noam Chomsky, and Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) when it comes to issues such as environmentalism, corporate America, and tax cuts for the wealthy.

Peter Schweizer is the author of several books including "Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism" and "The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty." He has written articles for USA Today, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and is currently a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Publisher: Doubleday 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019

I already paid my dues listening to this tetchy li'l screwball splitting hairs and complaining about worthless piffle.

On Sunday, December 11 at 4:45 pm
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The Truth (with Jokes)
Al Franken

Al Franken spoke at the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum in Atlanta, Georgia to speak about his latest book, "The Truth (with Jokes)." It's a humorous look at American politics - past, present, and future. In it, the author writes about what he believes to be the failures of the Bush administration and its political manipulation of apolitical issues.

Al Franken is the author of "Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right" and "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations." He has been a writer for Saturday Night Live, a television producer, and feature film co-writer. He currently hosts the Al Franken Show on Air America Radio.

Publisher: Dutton 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014

isn't he close personal Friends with Bill O'Reilly?

Video - created for Amazon
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On Sunday, December 11 at 8:20 pm
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2005 Miami Book Fair: Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd writes about the battle between the genders in her newest book, "Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide." In it, Ms. Dowd records her thoughts about gender and the role it plays in contemporay America in both public and private life.

Author Bio: Maureen Dowd is a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and the author of "Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk." She joined the New York Times in 1983 as a reporter and became an Op-Ed columnist for the paper beginning in 1995.

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014

On Sunday, December 11 at 10:00 pm
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The Pro-Growth Progressive
Gene Sperling

Former Deputy National Economic Advisor Gene Sperling discusses his newest book, "The Pro-Growth Progressive: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity." In it, Mr. Sperling makes the case that Democrats need to establish a plan that promotes growth while encouraging a robust middle-class with opportunity for improvement. He writes that both major political parties are focused only on a segment of the economic arena and are avoiding or missing crucial elements necessary for successful economic reconstruction.

Gene Sperling served as Deputy National Economic Advisor from 1993 - 1996, head of the National Economic Council from 1997 to 2001, and as then President Clinton's National Economic Advisor. More recently he served as a top economic advisor for the John Kerry - John Edwards presidential campaign and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center fo American Progress. He has written for Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, New York Times, and Foreign Policy magazine among others.

Publisher: Simons & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020

On Sunday, December 11 at 11:15 pm
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America's Constitution: A Biography
Akhil Reed Amar

In "America's Constitution: A Biography" Akhil Reed Amar examines the language used throughout the document and the effect it has on the country today. Mr. Amar, of Yale Law School, dissects each article and amendment of the Constitution to get a better understanding of America's involvement with slavery, the shaping of the Supreme Court and the separation of powers between the three branches of government. This event was hosted by Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC.

Akhil Reed Amar is the author of "The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction" and has written for The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times on constitutional issues. He has been a member of the Yale Law School faculty since 1985.

Publisher: Random House 1545 Broadway New York, NY 10019

Letter of the Law
by JACK RAKOVE



Akhil Amar is one of those scholars who rarely leaves home without a pocket-size copy of the Constitution secreted about his person (presumably safe from any "unreasonable searches and seizures"). One suspects that in stray moments--waiting for takeoff, in checkout lines at the supermarket--he likes nothing better than to whip out his copy and mull over some obscure clause. And as his newest book makes clear, he finds much there to mull. At nearly 500 pages of text and more than 100 of notes (many substantive), this is a work for the long-distance reader. Indeed, in its very length, America's Constitution illustrates the inverse relation between the brevity of the document and its potential for voluminous exposition.

At fewer than 8,000 words, ours is a textual lightweight next to most other constitutions, including the turgid "constitutional treaty" of the European Union that French and Dutch voters recently doomed. Midway through its twenty-second decade, the Constitution is also the oldest such national document in continuous existence. American constitutionalism is distinctive in one further respect. In no other country has the practice of constitutional law and the production of constitutional scholarship become so elaborate, refined, disputatious and even cultic. Our obsession with the Constitution--its origins, evolution and especially its interpretation--has no parallel anywhere else in the world.

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Neither of these reservations should detract from an appreciation of the real ingenuity that informs America's Constitution. No scholar writing today is more sensitive to the nuances of constitutional language than Amar, and his book is full of close and thoughtful analyses of an array of clauses and terms of legal art. Readers who make it to the end of this work will be rewarded not only by Amar's personal thanks for their diligence and (more alarming) a restatement of the major arguments they should already have absorbed but also by a new and richer understanding of the prosaic founding text we routinely worship but rarely examine.

Yet Amar's notion of strict linguistic scrutiny, as applied to the origins of the constitutional text, is finally more an example of our obsession with the Constitution than an explanation of why its interpretation remains so fertile a source of perplexity and controversy. For all the attention that Amar bestows on the nuances of language, the life of the Constitution remains a story of movement, interpretation and even exploitation. There is much to admire in Amar's densely packed disquisition, but it is not quite the biography it claims to be

http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20051219&s=rakove

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On Monday, December 12 at 1:00 am
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard

In "The River of Doubt," Candice Millard details Theodore Roosevelt’s exploration of then uncharted territory throughout the Amazon rainforest toward the end of his life. The former President, along with four others, set out on this journey after he was defeated in the 1912 election. The author describes the hardships they faced including starvation, disease, and a murder within the group. Ms. Millard explains that these challenges drove President Roosevelt to the brink of suicide. This event was hosted by Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Colorado.

Candice Millard is a former writer for National Geographic magazine.

Publisher: DOUBLEDAY 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019

On Monday, December 12 at 7:30 am
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Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America
Martha Zoller

Talk show host Martha Zoller argues that America is not as divided as the media would like the general public to believe. In her book, "Indivisible," Ms. Zoller explains that while some people may disagree on the details of the major social and political issues of our day, mainstream America holds true to the political right-of-center on the majority of these issues. She further asserts that the country is united on the issues of abortion, health care, public education, terrorism, and the war in Iraq. This event was hosted by the Gainesville Civic Center in Gainesville, Georgia.

Martha Zoller hosts The Martha Zoller Show on WDUN-AM 550 in Atlanta and an internet radio show on RightTalk.com. She is a frequent commentator on the Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC. In the summer of 2005, Martha Zoller joined the Voices of Soldiers Tour and is permitted to broadcast her programs from Camp Victory and inside the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Publisher: Stroud & Hall Publishers PO Box 27210 Macon, GA 31221

First thing I read and I'm posting already!

She's the pubbie I love to froth and seeth over. She sure knows how to help me get the ya-ya's out!

I can't wait. Yeah, I know I'm "just as bad as the Repugs are with Hillary."

Tough toenails.

Look out Lynney girl, there's some major bad mojo comin' 'yer way...

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

in GD when she's coming up, V.

A lot of folks would regret missing her.

thanks ;)

everything that looks interesting. :yourock:

and about 6 more hours per day. :)

he seemed to imply that such a thing is dangerously near to being possible again.

But then, I'm always reading things into the work of playwrights...

Bill Moyers on another C-SPAn channel, so I've hopped over to him now.

"Great secrecy leads to great corruption".

:hi: