Book TV

Book lovers-- have you discovered Book TV yet?

I can't blame you if you haven't. The weekend feature makes its home on C-SPAN2, normally a place given to the drone of interminable Senate speeches and ponderous panel discussions and committee hearings.

But on the weekends, C2 is transformed into a buffet celebration of non-fiction authors and their works. There are interviews, round-table discussions, talks by authors at book signings, and more. The odds are excellent that you'll find something on their schedule that appeals, and you'll come away enlightened and educated for certain.

Here's their schedule for tomorrow, Sunday, 14 December, from 9 AM Eastern time:


9:00 AM 1 hr, 9 min Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
Author: Ahmed Rashid
10:00 AM 47 min Sweet Release: The Last Step to Black Freedom
Author: James Davison, Jr.
11:00 AM 58 min After Words: Michael Medved, author of "The 10 Big Lies About America" interviewed by Mona Charen
12:00 PM 2 hr History
Michael Burlingame, "Abraham Lincoln: A Life"
Author: Michael Burlingame
2:00 PM 57 min History
America’s First Families: An Inside View of Private Life in the White House
Author: Carl Anthony
3:00 PM 58 min History
Panel Discusson on the American Presidency with Presidential biographers and historians Robert Caro, Ted Sorensen, and Bob Clark
Authors: James Atlas; Robert Caro; Bob Clark; Ted Sorensen
4:00 PM 59 min History
First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives
Author: Bonnie Angelo
5:00 PM 42 min 2007 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair: Dan Walker
Author: Dan Walker
6:00 PM 59 min After Words: Brian Michael Jenkins, author of "Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?" interviewed by P.J. Crowley
7:00 PM 2 hr History
Michael Burlingame, "Abraham Lincoln: A Life"
Author: Michael Burlingame
9:00 PM 59 min After Words: Brian Michael Jenkins, author of "Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?" interviewed by P.J. Crowley
10:00 PM 1 hr, 2 min The Mind of Jihad
Author: Laurent Murawiec
11:00 PM 55 min History
A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
Author: Robert Mrazek