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, August 24
12:30 p.m. An interview with David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group and financial supporter of the National Book Festival. (Re-airs Sunday at 5:30 p.m.)
6:30 p.m. Mark Lee Gardner, author of Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill (Morrow, $16.99, 9780062312099). (Re-airs Monday at 7:30 a.m.)
7 p.m. Zahar Hankir, editor of Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World (Penguin Books, $17, 9780143133414), at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C. (Re-airs Monday at 1 a.m.)
8 p.m. Philip Mudd, author of Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World (Liveright, $27.95, 9781631491979).
9 p.m. Harriet Washington, author of A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind (Little, Brown Spark, $28, 9780316509435), at Politics and Prose. (Re-airs Sunday at 3 p.m.)
10 p.m. Brent Bozell, author of Unmasked: Big Media's War Against Trump (Humanix Books, $24.99, 9781630061159). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 12 a.m. and 3 a.m.).
11 p.m. Emily Guendelsberger, author of On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane (Little, Brown, $28, 9780316509008). (Re-airs Sunday at 6:15 p.m.)
Sunday, August 25
12 a.m. David Horowitz, author of Mortality and Faith: Reflections on a Journey through Time (Regnery, $28.99, 9781621578130). (Re-airs Sunday at 4 p.m.)
6:50 a.m. Burton W. Folsom, author of The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America (Young America's Foundation, $9.95, 9780963020314).
7:45 p.m. Imani Perry, author of Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (Beacon Press, $18, 9780807076552).
10 p.m. Sarah Parcek, author of Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past (Holt, $30, 9781250198280), at the American Writers Museum in Chicago, Ill.
11 p.m. Douglas Waller, author of Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation (Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781501126840).
Saturday, August 24
12:30 p.m. An interview with David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group and financial supporter of the National Book Festival. (Re-airs Sunday at 5:30 p.m.)
6:30 p.m. Mark Lee Gardner, author of Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill (Morrow, $16.99, 9780062312099). (Re-airs Monday at 7:30 a.m.)
7 p.m. Zahar Hankir, editor of Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World (Penguin Books, $17, 9780143133414), at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C. (Re-airs Monday at 1 a.m.)
8 p.m. Philip Mudd, author of Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World (Liveright, $27.95, 9781631491979).
9 p.m. Harriet Washington, author of A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind (Little, Brown Spark, $28, 9780316509435), at Politics and Prose. (Re-airs Sunday at 3 p.m.)
10 p.m. Brent Bozell, author of Unmasked: Big Media's War Against Trump (Humanix Books, $24.99, 9781630061159). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 12 a.m. and 3 a.m.).
11 p.m. Emily Guendelsberger, author of On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane (Little, Brown, $28, 9780316509008). (Re-airs Sunday at 6:15 p.m.)
Sunday, August 25
12 a.m. David Horowitz, author of Mortality and Faith: Reflections on a Journey through Time (Regnery, $28.99, 9781621578130). (Re-airs Sunday at 4 p.m.)
6:50 a.m. Burton W. Folsom, author of The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America (Young America's Foundation, $9.95, 9780963020314).
7:45 p.m. Imani Perry, author of Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (Beacon Press, $18, 9780807076552).
10 p.m. Sarah Parcek, author of Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past (Holt, $30, 9781250198280), at the American Writers Museum in Chicago, Ill.
11 p.m. Douglas Waller, author of Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation (Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781501126840).