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2012 Year in Books
Bob Minzesheimer; Sarah Weinman

"Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy"
Ellen Fitzpatrick; Caroline Kennedy; Tom Oliphant; Ted Widmer

"Patriots Debate"
Stewart Baker; Charles Dunlap, Jr.; Gregory Jacob; Harvey Rishikof; Stephen Vladeck

"Life After Death"
Damien Echols

"Life After Death"
"Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence"
William Silber; Paul Volcker

"Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence"
"Of Africa"
Wole Soyinka

News About Books

Washington Journal on C-SPAN

Book TV Schedule

Highlights

"The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom"
Marcus Rediker

Next air time: Saturday, December 22nd, at 7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World"
Evan Thomas

Next air time: Saturday, December 22nd, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal, 1789-1900"
Robert Watson

Next air time: Saturday, December 22nd, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Stephanie McCurry, "Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South"
Stephanie McCurry

Next air time: Sunday, December 23rd, at 1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 24 min.
"The 4% Solution: Unleashing the Economic Growth America Needs"
George W. Bush; James K. Glassman

Next air time: Sunday, December 23rd, at 2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else"
Chrystia Freeland

Next air time: Sunday, December 23rd, at 3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
Book TV at FreedomFest: Steve Forbes, "Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets Are Moral and Big Government Isn't"
Steve Forbes

Next air time: Sunday, December 23rd, at 4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
"Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope"
Cory Booker; Tina Kelley; Kevin Ryan

Next air time: Sunday, December 23rd, at 5pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Reporting the Revolutionary War: It Was History, It Was News"
Todd Andrlik

Next air time: Sunday, December 23rd, at 7:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny"
Sarah Kilborne

Next air time: Saturday, December 22nd, at 3pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World"
Bill Carter

Next air time: Sunday, December 23rd, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
"Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love"
David Talbot

Next air time: Monday, December 24th, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year"
David Von Drehle

Next air time: Monday, December 24th, at 8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
2012 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors

Next air time: Tuesday, December 25th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 52 min.
"The Fateful History of Fannie Mae: New Deal Birth to Mortgage Crisis Fall"
James Hagerty

Next air time: Tuesday, December 25th, at 2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy"
Ellen Fitzpatrick; Caroline Kennedy; Tom Oliphant; Ted Widmer

Next air time: Tuesday, December 25th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age"
Janet Wallach

Next air time: Sunday, December 23rd, at 8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 24 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, December 22nd

8am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power"
Jon Meacham
10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 51 min.
"Patriots Debate"
Stewart Baker; Charles Dunlap, Jr.; Gregory Jacob; Harvey Rishikof; Stephen Vladeck
4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America"
Eboo Patel
7pm (ET)
Approx. 41 min.
Interview with Neil Barofsky, "Bailout"
Neil Barofsky
7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom"
Marcus Rediker

Sunday, December 23rd

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Of Africa"
Wole Soyinka
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady"
Mary Brennan
4:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"My American Revolution: Crossing the Delaware and I-78"
Robert Sullivan
5:45am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic"
David Quammen
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves"
Henry Wiencek
7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America"
Eboo Patel
9:15am (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
"James Meredith and the Ole Miss Riot: A Soldier's Story"
Henry Gallagher
10am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2012 Year in Books
Bob Minzesheimer; Sarah Weinman
2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"The 4% Solution: Unleashing the Economic Growth America Needs"
George W. Bush; James K. Glassman
5pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope"
Cory Booker; Tina Kelley; Kevin Ryan
6pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver"
Mark Shriver
7:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"Reporting the Revolutionary War: It Was History, It Was News"
Todd Andrlik
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 24 min.
"The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age"
Janet Wallach

Monday, December 24th

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"
John Turner
5:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence"
William Silber; Paul Volcker
8:30am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Interview with Manuel Roig-Franzia, "The Rise of Marco Rubio"
Manuel Roig-Franzia
9am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"Strom Thurmond's America"
Joseph Crespino
10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
2012 Boston Book Festival - Panel: "Triumph of the City"
Edward Glaeser
12pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope"
Cory Booker; Tina Kelley; Kevin Ryan
3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom"
Marcus Rediker
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
"Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year"
David Von Drehle
9:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Newt Gingrich, "Victory at Yorktown"
Newt Gingrich

Tuesday, December 25th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 52 min.
2012 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors
4am (ET)
Approx. 18 min.
"The Color Purple" 30 Years Later
Alice Walker
6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Multiple Authors
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Fall for the Book Mason Award Presentation and Lecture - Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
12pm (ET)
Approx. 24 min.
"World in the Balance: The Perilous Months of June-October 1940"
Brooke Stoddard
12:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson"
William Souder
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"The Fateful History of Fannie Mae: New Deal Birth to Mortgage Crisis Fall"
James Hagerty
3:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Winter of the World"
Ken Follett
6pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"John Quincy Adams"
Harlow Giles Unger
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy"
Ellen Fitzpatrick; Caroline Kennedy; Tom Oliphant; Ted Widmer
8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Interview with Brad Meltzer, "Heroes for My Daughter"
Brad Meltzer
8:45pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
"War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865"
James McPherson
10pm (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel with Candice Millard, David Nasaw, and Les Standiford
Candice Millard; David Nasaw; Les Standiford
10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Author Panel on the Supreme Court
Clare Cushman; Anthony Franze; Todd Peppers; Jeffrey Toobin; Artemus Ward

Wednesday, December 26th

2am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper"
Howard Wasdin
3:45am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat"
Dan Hampton

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.   

JAN 6, 2013  Donald Barlett & James Steele  www.barlettandsteele.com

 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 2012, our festival coverage will include book festivals in Tucson, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlottesville, New York, Freedom Fest in Vegas, Brooklyn, the Roosevelt Reading Festival in Hyde Park, NY, Harlem Book Festival, 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.

For a complete list of upcoming book festivals, click on the BOOK FAIRS tab at the top of the page.