Book TV Schedule: September 15th - 17th

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C-SPAN2's Book TV: September 15-17
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 9 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM, Monday 12 AM ET
Raymond Ibrahim translates key Al Qaeda documents, some previously unavailable in English, that provide a window into the thinking of radical Islam's leadership. The Al Qaeda Reader is divided into theology and propaganda, and focuses on the writings of Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden. Mr. Ibrahim is interviewed by Lawrence Wright, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.


Weekend Highlights
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Rep. Steve Israel, Charge: History's Greatest Military Speeches
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) compiled what he contends are the greatest military speeches from throughout modern and ancient history. Speeches include Pericles' reply to Sparta, Napoleon before the Battle of Austerlitz, and George W. Bush following 9/11. Rep. Israel delivered his talk at the American Airpower Musuem in Farmingdale, New York.
(Saturday 3:45 PM ET)

Bill Clinton, Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Former President Bill Clinton discusses how individuals, organizations and corporations can change their community and the greater world through acts of giving. President Clinton profiles several people whose stories are collected in his new book. The event is moderated by Tavis Smiley, host of the Tavis Smiley Show and is held at the Harlem's Children Zone in New York City.
(Saturday 7 PM, Sunday 10 PM, and Monday 7 AM ET)

Dick Morris, Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off . . . And What to Do About It
From The National Woman's Republican Club in New York City, former Clinton advisor Dick Morris discusses his book Outrage. In the book, Mr. Morris expresses his frustration with what he views as corruption of all kinds -- in Congress, the United Nations, drug companies, and teachers' unions.
(Saturday 8 PM, Sunday 7 AM ET)


Michael Ledeen, The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction
Michael Ledeen argues that Iran is a threat to the United States and Israel and suggests ways to counter the threat without using military means. Commentary is provided by Cliff May and former CIA director James Woolsey.
(Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 10 AM, and Monday 5:30 AM ET)


Glenn Kessler, The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy
Glenn Kessler looks at Condoleezza Rice's tenure as Secretary of State. James Mann and Don Oberdorfer provide commentary.
(Sunday 8 AM and 7 PM ET)




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Program times are approximate. All times are Eastern Time (ET).

Saturday, September 15, 2007

8:00 AM 54 min The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster, and the Water We Drink
Author: Robert Morris

8:55 AM 2 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
Author: Rep. Ruben Hinojosa

9:00 AM 52 min FreedomFest 2007 - Alex Green, Michael Shermer, Clive Wynne, Michael Denton
Authors: Michael Denton; Alex Green; Michael Shermer; Clive Wynne

9:50 AM 7 min Book TV Bus - David Clary "Adopted Son"
Author: David Clary

10:00 AM 1 hr 2007 LA Times Festival of Books - Jared Diamond "Collapse" and Susan Diamond "What Goes Around"
Authors: Jared Diamond; Susan Diamond

11:00 AM 1 hr, 6 min IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea
Author: Stephen Murdoch

12:05 PM 19 min 2007 LA Times Festival of Books: Taylor Branch on the MLK trilogy
Author: Taylor Branch

12:30 PM 48 min History
Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West
Author: Scott Martelle

1:20 PM 9 min Book TV Bus: Melvin Blackman "Urban Suicide:The Enemy We Choose Not To See... Crisis in Black America"

1:30 PM 1 hr, 20 min History
A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII
Author: Dan Kurzman

2:50 PM 7 min Book TV Bus - Zachary Shore "Breeding Bin Ladens"
Author: Zachary Shore

3:00 PM 41 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Lucinda Franks "My Father's Secret War"
Author: Lucinda Franks

3:45 PM 40 min Charge: History's Greatest Military Speeches
Author: Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)

4:25 PM 36 min Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital
Author: Heidi Kraft

5:00 PM 47 min FreedomFest 2007 - Nassim Taleb "The Black Swan" and Charles Murray "Human Accomplishment"
Authors: Charles Murray; Nassim Taleb

5:45 PM 11 min Book TV Bus - Bernestine Singley "When Race Becomes Real"
Author: Bernestine Singley

6:00 PM 59 min Encore Booknotes
Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Main Street
Author: Richard Lingeman

7:00 PM 59 min Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Author: Bill Clinton

8:00 PM 1 hr, 1 min Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off . . . And What to Do About It
Author: Dick Morris

9:00 PM 58 min After Words: Raymond Ibrahim, editor and translator of "The Al Qaeda Reader" interviewed by Lawrence Wright

10:00 PM 1 hr, 26 min The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction
Author: Michael Ledeen

11:30 PM 35 min 2007 LA Times Festival of Books: Jon Wiener "Historians in Trouble: Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower" (34:06)
Author: Jon Wiener


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Sunday, September 16, 2007

12:00 AM 51 min Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism: Causes and Remedies
Author: Mohamed Nimer

12:50 AM 5 min Book TV Bus - Shirley and Wayne Wiegand "Books On Trial"
Author: Shirley and Wayne Wiegand

1:00 AM 38 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)
Author: Robert Spencer

1:45 AM 1 hr, 20 min Framing the Debate: Famous Presidential Speeches and How Progressives Can Use Them to Change the Conversation (and Win Elections)
Author: Jeffrey Feldman

3:00 AM 48 min The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents
Author: Bruce Caldwell

3:50 AM 9 min 2007 BookExpo America: Union Square Press
Author: Philip Turner

4:00 AM 1 hr, 26 min Joyce Carol Oates on Writing Literary Nonfiction
Author: Joyce Carol Oates

5:30 AM 1 hr, 17 min Letters to a Young Teacher
Author: Jonathan Kozol

6:45 AM 13 min Book TV Bus - Michael Wolfe "Taking Back Islam"
Author: Michael Wolfe

7:00 AM 1 hr, 1 min Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off . . . And What to Do About It
Author: Dick Morris

8:00 AM 1 hr, 16 min The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy
Author: Glenn Kessler

9:15 AM 44 min The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-off Can't Help the Poor
Author: Charles Karelis

10:00 AM 1 hr, 26 min The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction
Author: Michael Ledeen

11:25 AM 33 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism
Author: Christopher Horner

12:00 PM 1 hr, 17 min 2007 BookExpo America: Social Entrepreneurs Panel
Authors: Teresa Heinz Kerry; Wendy Kopp; Peter Osnos; George Soros; James Wolfensohn

1:15 PM 10 min 2007 BookExpo America: PublicAffairs
Author: Susan Weinberg

1:30 PM 1 hr, 2 min Prisoners: A Muslim & A Jew across the Middle East Divide
Author: Jeffrey Goldberg

2:30 PM 1 hr, 33 min Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World
Author: Joshua Kurlantzick

4:05 PM 14 min 2007 VA Festival of the Book: Daniel Mendelsohn "The Lost"
Author: Daniel Mendelsohn

4:20 PM 7 min Book TV Bus - James Christ "Mission Raise Hell"
Author: James Christ

4:30 PM 1 hr, 7 min A Political Education: Paris - New York At Mid-Century
Author: Andre Schiffrin

6:00 PM 58 min After Words: Raymond Ibrahim, editor and translator of "The Al Qaeda Reader" interviewed by Lawrence Wright

7:00 PM 1 hr, 16 min The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy
Author: Glenn Kessler

8:15 PM 47 min FreedomFest 2007 - Nassim Taleb "The Black Swan" and Charles Murray "Human Accomplishment"
Authors: Charles Murray; Nassim Taleb

9:00 PM 58 min After Words: Raymond Ibrahim, editor and translator of "The Al Qaeda Reader" interviewed by Lawrence Wright

10:00 PM 59 min Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Author: Bill Clinton

11:00 PM 48 min The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents
Author: Bruce Caldwell

11:50 PM 9 min Book TV Bus: Melvin Blackman "Urban Suicide:The Enemy We Choose Not To See... Crisis in Black America"


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Monday, September 17, 2007

12:00 AM 58 min After Words: Raymond Ibrahim, editor and translator of "The Al Qaeda Reader" interviewed by Lawrence Wright

1:00 AM 1 hr, 17 min 2007 BookExpo America: Social Entrepreneurs Panel
Authors: Teresa Heinz Kerry; Wendy Kopp; Peter Osnos; George Soros; James Wolfensohn

2:15 AM 15 min 2007 BookExpo America: Regnery
Author: Marjory Ross

2:30 AM 27 min The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design
Author: Jonathan Wells

3:00 AM 38 min Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters
Author: Jessica Valenti

3:40 AM 3 min 2007 Get Caught Reading: Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Author: Rep. Mazie Hirono

3:45 AM 44 min The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-off Can't Help the Poor
Author: Charles Karelis

4:30 AM 1 hr, 6 min IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea
Author: Stephen Murdoch

5:30 AM 1 hr, 26 min The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction
Author: Michael Ledeen

7:00 AM 59 min Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Author: Bill Clinton

http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx

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They reminded me so much of my nieces, I loved them to pieces. That's EXACTLY what their sign would have said.

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:hug: What's the story on the DUzy thread? Is it up today? I just signed on to DU.

We'll have to do something about that. Maybe I'll get one too!:bounce:

and a few good friends and a slobbery dog any day.

(Wait -- this is a life. :hug: )

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No monkey! What a gyp!!

Thanks for all you do! :hi:

(Please don't forget to recommend Vivala's thread.) :hi:

And you're welcome. The ERD thread is so interesting to research, so many brilliant minds there and at DU in general!

My brain is in overdrive here most of the time. :)

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John Singer Sargent

booktv would be all about those crazy lefties and Ann Coulter.:-)

Jeez..."Iran, Iran, Iran."

The Woolsey guy is kinda cool, though. Bring down Iran's despised govt. by having Trey Parker and Matt Stone destroy them from within with satire challenging authority. :-) He also cut down that guy's racist comments about "only Anglos have laws and Democracy" malarky.

and I'm in no mood to put up with their bullshit.

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That's all you really need to know, and could probably have already guessed the message ahead of time.

Cheers! :toast: :loveya:

I strayed from C-span 2. :spank:

about writing. I cannot read him because my eyes glaze over but love to hear him talk. :loveya:

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This sounds like it could be a really interesting book, full of factual accounts of incidents, not just an overarching opinion or claim. Many examples of different kinds were given on this situation, which is not really exclusively "modern" or "current" at all, of course. One was of a professor who wrote a book a few (?) years ago, that I had never heard of, apparently proving that early Americans were not all Wild West pioneer gun-toters defending themselves with "frontier justice" at all, and that gun-ownership among early settlers, farmers, city people, etc., was actually quite rare, and that this not only changed the whole perception of how those people lived and what they acted like, but changed the actual meaning, as they would have known it, of the 2nd Amendment, the "right to bear arms" for a militia, etc.--that they would not have intended for universal gun-ownership and did not practice it themselves. Instantly, the enemy of the people, the NRA, attacked, by hiring lawyers, researchers, etc., etc., to rip apart the book and destroy the author. They could find nothing wrong with the research, but found problems with some of the footnotes. They created such a manufactured "scandal" about some attributions, that the university (can't remember where) took away the professor's teaching class and other earned honors.

There were other examples, such as the famous one where the great historian Doris Kearns Goodwin plagiarized a large section of someone else's book, with no credit given. She later admitted it, apologized, etc., lost most of her media access as a commentator, and then it faded because she is so good a writer, and so popular, that people wanted her books still. Another was an odd example of a teacher of a class on Viet Nam, who claimed to have been a soldier in Viet Nam, and who apperently explained the war so compellingly, that many students called that the greatest class they had ever had. Research showed that the person was a teacher at West Point the whole time. What was strange about this, I thought, was that if the teacher had just presented the lesson as a historical re-enactor, and told the same stories and given the same material, it still would have been authentic and powerful.

An important point that Jon Weiner was making during this C-SPAN talk, was that the punishment or lack of it, did not correspond to the offense committed, and how serious it was, but more to how powerful or connected the accuser or accused were, who had access to the "spin machine," and why the case was even being fought. Predictably, the most vociferous attacks on authors, and the most prolonged attampts to destroy their reputations, came from conservative/Republican sources, and they were often directed as a chance to discredit any talk on an issue at all, rather than an actual discovery of plagiarism. Some reference was made to that silly asshole whose name I can't remember, who is always whining that colleges and universities are "forcing" "liberalism" on innocent students, as an example of this kind of propaganda.

You might recognize Jon Weiner's name as the author of two books on John Lennon, one a kind of social history, and the other tracking the FBI's surveillance on Lennon and Yoko Ono when the Nixon Administration was trying to deport Lennon.

This sounds like a book much more interesting than its purported topic--plagiarism by historians sounds like a book to fall asleep by--as it studies what is really going on here, in the real world, and why some people are targetted, and some are rewarded, such as the anti-feminist liars given medals by the Bush/Cheney Administration, referred to by Weiner. An interesting social study, where the topic and meaning ends up being different from what you at first thought it might be, theoretically.

Talking about No Child Left Behind as akin to apartheid.

Interesting thing was that this was the opening of school assembly for Baltimore teachers....Not sure, judging by the looks on their faces, if they were prepared for his message! But, he is a true warrior for the rights of children. It was a tour de force speech, in my opinion.