C-SPAN Bookshelf
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Mollie Hemingway, "Alito"
ABC: Pulitzer Winner Doris Kearns Goodwin on America’s Greatest Presidents
AW: Screen People - How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency
BN+: Michael Cullinane, "Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet"
Q&A: Sarah Isgur, "Last Branch Standing" – Part Two
Kara Swisher on the Future of Technology and Journalism
AW: Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China
David Garrow on Martin Luther King, Jr. & Barack Obama
Q&A: Sarah Isgur, "Last Branch Standing"
ABC: Lois Romano on Mary Todd Lincoln's Life, Legacy and Mental Health
AW: The Future is Peace with Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon
BN+: Lerone Bennett Jr., "Forced Into Glory"
Jonathan Wilson, "The Power and the Glory"
David Baldacci on Writing Thrillers and Becoming a Bestselling Author
AW: Suing the NSA and Fighting Digital Surveillance
Lois Romano, "An Inconvenient Widow"
Q&A: Gayle Feldman, "Nothing Random"
Ann Patchett on Writing, Bookstores & Storytelling with David Rubenstein
AW: "Poisoned Ivies" with R-NY Rep. Elise Stefanik
Danny Funt, "Everybody Loses"
Q&A: Lamar Alexander, "Education of a Senator"
AW: The Pilots who Evacuated Ebola Patients in 2014
BN+: Theo Baker, "How to Rule the World"
Q&A: Adam Szetela, "That Book Is Dangerous!"
ABC: Candice Millard Discusses Theodore Roosevelt, James A. Garfield & Winston Churchill
AW: Modern Russian History through the Experiences of its Women
Harvey Mansfield, "Where Harvard Went Wrong"
Q&A: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Discusses Heroes of 1776
ABC: Heather Cox Richardson on Democracy, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War
AW: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care
Bruce Nichols, "The Emerson Circle"
Q&A: Historian & Biographer Robert Caro
ABC: Douglas Brinkley on America at 250, D-Day, and the Space Race
The 1990s Golden Era of Black Sitcoms
Craig Fehrman, "This Vast Enterprise"
Q&A: Jean Becker & Tom Collamore, "Don't Tell the President"
ABC: America’s Book Club: Andrew Ross Sorkin in Conversation with David Rubenstein
AW: Palantir's CTO on Rebuilding the American Industrial Base
Antony Beevor, "Rasputin"
Q&A: Howard Mortman, "Extreme Mortman" Podcast Host
ABC: Pulitzer Finalist Alice McDermott Talks Novels and Writing Process with David Rubenstein
AW: What is conciousness? with Michael Pollan
Bob Crawford, "America's Founding Son"
Q&A: Carla Kaplan, "Troublemaker"
Muckraking journalist Jessica Mitford and her 5 sisters – two of whom were intimate friends with Hitler – were global celebrities during the early and mid-20th century, known for their colorful personal lives and political differences. Born a British aristocrat like her sisters, Jessica Mitford rejected her upbringing at an early age, eventually moving to America, where she became a communist, civil rights activist, and bestselling author. Northeastern University literature professor Carla Kaplan, our guest this week, tells Jessica Mitford's story in her book, "Troublemaker." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ABC: David Rubenstein on the Presidency, Congress & Economy — Interview with Evan Smith at Tulane Book Festival
Journalist Evan Smith interviews America's Book Club Host David M. Rubenstein about the presidency, Congress, and the state of the economy in a special episode from The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AW: The Problem with Plastic
Judith Enck warned against the health and environmental impacts of plastic. Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BN+: Giles Tremlett, "El Generalísimo"
Giles Tremlett is a biographer, a narrative historian, and a journalist based in Madrid, Spain. He was born in Plymouth, England, in 1962, but since graduating from Oxford University has almost continuously lived in Spain. His latest book is titled "El Generalísimo," a biography of the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. Supported by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, Franco rose to power by defeating the loyalists in the Spanish Civil War that lasted from 1936 to 1939. He then controlled the Spanish government until his death in 1975. He was a strong supporter of national Catholicism and a strong opponent of democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Q&A: Jennifer Levasseur, Space History Curator Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum
The Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum's Jennifer Levasseur discusses the history of the 135-mission Space Shuttle program (1981-2011), its accomplishments, and two tragic failures that led to the deaths of 14 shuttle astronauts. Ms. Levasseur, the curator in charge of the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, where this interview took place, also takes us on a tour of the shuttle orbiter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AW: Reagan's Invasion of Grenada During the Cold War
Newsmax host John Bachman talked about the 1983 U.S. invasion of the island of Grenada and the overthrow of its People's Revolutionary Government. This event was hosted by The Right Book Club in Palm Beach, Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BN+: Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes"
Author and editor Tom Wells opens his 600-page book titled "The Kissinger Tapes" this way: "Henry Kissinger is one of the most polarizing figures in recent American history…He is hailed by many as a master in the art of diplomacy and realpolitik…" Tom Wells, who has a PhD in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley also writes this: "[M]any critics consider his diplomacy overhyped and some condemn him for committing war crimes…" Mr. Wells' book is subtitled "Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations." These recordings cover the years 1969 through August of 1974, the end of the Nixon presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices