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Professor Langguth spoke about his book Our Vietnam: The War, 1954-1975, published by Simon and Schuster. Professor Langguth’s book examines three main areas over this 20 year period: 1) Ame…

Group Manager of the Parks and History Association, Paul Tetlow conducted a tour of the book shop in the Lincoln Memorial and talked about various books available.

The narrator and others were interviewed about the process of turning a printed novel into a recorded audio book at Recorded Books, Inc. The print version of Tides of War: A Novel of Alc…

Eric Dezenhall is the author of "Nail 'em!": Confronting High-Profile Attacks on Celebrities and Businesses, published by Prometheus Books. The book grew out of his experiences as the founde…

Ms. Abdo talked about her book No God but God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam, published by Oxford University Press. The book examines the penetration of “Popular Islamic” influence in the M…

Mr. Adler talked about his book A Picturebook of Eleanor Roosevelt, published by Holiday House. He read his book about the life of Mrs. Roosevelt and then focused on why he wrote the book. H…

In a commemoration of the first ten years of C-SPAN’s Booknotes program, clips of past programs were shown and C-SPAN staff members were interviewed about how the program is created. Several…

Mr. Adler read from his book A Picture Book of John F. Kennedy, published by Holiday House. He talked about his research for the book and how he decides what to include in the book.

John Miller, National Review, Reporter, spoke about the 100 best nonfiction books of the century as listed in the National Review. He focused on the panel that was selected to compile the l…

Mr. Riley talked about the historical programs and activities he designs for the Mount Vernon interpreters.

Olivier Zunz elaborated on his book Why the American Century?. The book relates how 20th Century America was shaped through the marketing of middle class ideals and the increase of employee …

Author General Josiah Bunting III talked about his book, An Education for Our Time, which is a fictional account of a new college endowed in Wyoming. It reflects his real-life beliefs about …

Mr. Kevles talked about his book, The Baltimore Case: A Trial of Politics, Science, and Character. The book is the story of the accusations of fraud leveled by Margot O’Toole toward her coll…

John Leo discussed by phone his opinion of demonstrations on college campuses. He also discussed the success of his book Two Thoughts Ahead of the Thought Police which discusses the origins…

Author, Buckner Melton, discussed his book, "The First Impeachment: The Constitution’s Framers and the Case of Senator William Blount". The book explored the case of Senator Blount of Tennes…

Author Jonetta Rose Barras discussed her book, The Last of the Black Emperors: The Hollow Comeback of Marion Barry in the New Age of Black Leaders, published by Bancroft Press. The book desc…

Author Thomas Hoving talked about his book, Greatest Works of Art of Western Civilization. He also described his love of art treasures and his career as director of the New York Metropolitan…