Book TV airs on C-Span 2 this weekend from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday and focuses on political and historical books as well as the book industry. The following are highlights for this coming weekend. For more information, go to Book TV's website.
Saturday, November 17
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Live coverage of the 2018 Miami Book Fair (Re-airs Saturday at 9 p.m.). Highlights include:
- 10 a.m. Michael Isikoff and David Corn, authors of Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump (Twelve, $30, 9781538728758).
- 11 a.m. Simon Winchester, author of The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (Harper, $29.99, 9780062652553).
- 12 p.m. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, author of Turning Pages: My Life Story (Philomel, $17.99, 9780525514084).
- 2:30 p.m. Ibtihaj Muhammad, author of Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream (Hachette, $27, 9780316518963).
- 4:15 p.m. Elaine Pagels, author of Why Religion?: A Personal Story (Ecco, $27.99, 9780062368539).
- 5:15 p.m. Rebecca Traister, author of Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger (Simon & Schuster, $27, 9781501181795), and Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere (Penguin Press, $27, 9780735224292).
Sunday, November 18
10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Continuing coverage of the Miami Book Fair (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m.). Highlights include:
- 10:30 a.m. Alan Dershowitz, author of The Case Against Impeaching Trump (Hot Books/Skyhorse, $21.99, 9781510742284), and David A. Kaplan, author of The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court's Assault on the Constitution (Crown, $30, 9781524759902).
- 11:15 a.m. Alissa Quart, author of Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America (Ecco, $27.99, 9780062412256).
- 11:45 a.m. Crystal Fleming, author of How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide (Beacon Press, $23.95, 9780807050774).
- 12:30 p.m. Jose Andres, author of We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time (Anthony Bourdain/Ecco, $27.99, 9780062864482).
- 1:15 p.m. Rania Abouzeid, author of No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria (Norton, $26.95, 9780393609493).
- 2:55 p.m. Chris Stirewalt, author of Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populists (Twelve, $28, 9781538729762).
- 4:45 p.m. Anna Clark, author of The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy (Metropolitan, $30, 9781250125149).
- 5 p.m. Julian Castro, author of An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up from My American Dream (Little, Brown, $28, 9780316252164).
- 6 p.m. John Kerry, author of Every Day Is Extra (Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781501178955).