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. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us to get publishing news scheduling updates, author information and to talked directly with authors during live programs. twitter.com/booktv. >> here's a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. the san antonio book festival will take place on the eleventh of april. look for these festivals programs to air on booktv in the following weeks. next on april 18th and nineteenth booktv will be live from the university of southern california for the twenty-fifth annual los angeles times festival of books. a full schedule of coverage for the weekend is available on our web site at booktv.org. then on april 25th the annapolis book festival will be hosted by the key school in annapolis, md.. booktv will be covering this festival as well. in the sea of gaithersburg, md. the fifth annual geek is terrible festival on may 16th and you will see it live on booktv that day. let us know about book fairs and festivals in your arianes we will add them to our list e-

booktv will be covering this as well. the cities of gaithersburg, maryland, will host the gaithersburg book festival on may 16, and you will see it live on booktv that day. let us know about fairs and festivals in your area and we will add them to our list e-mail them to us at c-span.org. >> with a that ted cruz was nominated and let's say that some are just outraged. and let's say that people for the american way and other corporations decide that they want to make a documentary and they want eric to run the general election. wonderful, i'm all for that. i'm there, my check is ready to go. and now they want to air the documentary and they want something else. they want to write a book. so do you know if under the dissenting views in the very case, the case that he supported people to the american way, it would be a federal crime to air that documentary and a crime as evidenced by the oral arguments that elena kagan and the previous conceded that a book could be regulated. to me as someone who believes firmly in the first

on booktv. founded in 1665 is the oldest continuously occupied european settlement in the united states. with the help of our comcast cable partners over the next 90 minutes we will speak with local lawyers as we learn about the city and its history including a look at henry flagler who developed the east coast of the state into a tourist destination. >> he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. he built the first railroad bridge across the st. johns river in jacksonville so that people could make it to new york to st. augustine without changing trains. >> later we visit the st. augustine historical society. >> we have a wide range of materials, we have the first journal for the city council to the territorial act, we have a similar award journal, and a fascinating little piece which is st. augustine linked. >> and learn about the franciscan monks who settled the area. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> we are a

that all happens starting next on c-span2's booktv. >> and now on booktv, jon ronson takes a look at public shaming in the internet age and the impact it's had on the lives of people who have been targeted. [inaudible conversations] >> hi, everyone. i'd like to welcome you to book court. thank you so much for coming. we're very excited to have jon ronson here with us tonight. he is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and best selling author of "the psychopath test," lost at sea them, and the men who stare at goats. his writing has appeared in many places including the guardian, new york times, "vanity fair," gq and others. he contributes regularly to this american life, and we are very excited to have him here to talk about his new book, "so you've been publicly shamed." without further ado, please join me in welcoming jon ronson. [applause] >> hi. thank you very much for coming. i thought i'd start by telling you the story of the worst thing that i ever did. [laughter] it's not in the book. it was too painful to put in the book. it was my wife's idea for us to go on like a special o

> now downing us on booktv tracy k. smith, a pulitzer prize winner and she has written a memoir called "ordinary light." who is kathy. >> guest: kathy is my mother and in the course of thinking about this book realized that person i grew up knowing was so many different people. that's an obvious statement. one of my main wishes in wanting to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her death on my life explore our relationship, think about the different versions of myself that i was with and without her. i also had the really strong wish to bring her to life for my children, who were born after she was gone. it just struck me as so heartbreaking when i was pregnant with my daughter who was now five, she would never know this person. one night i was lying in bed and my husband said, write a book that will tell them about her. i had such a feeling of anxiousness and fear at the task, but i knew that was exactly what i needed to do. the book became a lot more than that. it became a story about figuring out who i

tweet us twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page: facebook.com/booktv. >> isis is calling on followers saying come to the caliphate islamic society. but it is a good thing if you stay put as well. in chicago, new york, london, berlin isis calls them city wolves. and they are telling them to rise up on american soil. you can be a one-man jihad in your own backyard. think of fort hood. think of the boston bombings. think of paris back in january of 2015. in paris, perfect example of what i am talking about. two well-armed jihadist; brothers, trained in yemen with al-qaeda and returned home to france and they wreaked havoc killing 17 people among those 17 was not coincidently a number of jews at a jewish deli who were targeted because they were jews. it was not a coincidence. 17 people killed by two-well armed jihadist captured world attention and dominated the media circle for the better part of a week and inspired a massive anti-terror protest walk in paris which president obama skipped. translate what happened in paris here to america soil. do you really think it can't hap

post a comment on our facebook page at facebook.com/booktv. you are watching booktv on c-span2, this weekend we are visiting saint augustine florida, with the help of comcast. next we are visiting with thomas graham's book examines the life of henry flagler who is largely credited with developing florida's eastern coast into a tourist destination. >> we are in the grand parlor of the hotel in saint augustine, florida. this was the area of the most elegant winter resort hotel in the country when it opened in the 1880s and this room was used for perceptions on occasions, president grover cleveland had a reception here, admirals had a reception here. warren harding had a reception here in 1921. and so it is a room that is full of history. the hotel ponce de leon was built and flagler is a man who is very little known outside of his data florida but one of the wealthiest men in america. he essentially had been a cofounder of the standard oil company with john rockefeller and in the early years of standard oil they were best friends. they had homes

you have been watching booktv on c-span2 from princeton university. >> you are watching booktv. next, erick stakelbeck, post and terrorism analyst for the christian broadcasting network talks about the appeal of isis in the middle east and the threat the organization opposes to americans living in the united states. [applause] >> thank you for coming out tonight and i thank my good friend sara stern. i consider sarah on modern-day debra for our times. for such a time as this. i have to tell you the endowment

this interview recorded on the campus of princeton university is part of booktv's college series. >> host: joining us on booktv is politics professor at princeton melissa lynn who has written a new book published by princeton called "the birth of politics: 8 greek and roman political ideas and why they matter". were the greeks and romans successful politicians? >> guest: they were. the greeks managed in different city-state's to develop the world's first democracy. in athens they produced works of art, literature and great works of architecture and political institutions which remained fundamental to politics today and the romans for 500 years and that went down for another 500 years. depending on your measure of success they have a lot to offer. >> host: what were the similarities? >> guest: interesting question. really emphasized election and the fundamental role for the people in setting the terms of legitimacy so that in greek democracy is true in the the roman republic so for example in the roman republic know what could be passed without it being passed by a popular assembly. t

[inaudible] >> now on booktv on prime time. an event from new york city on the origins of the board game monopoly. mary pilon author of "the monopolists: obsession, fury, and the scandal behind the world's favorite board game" talked about the unemployed salesman that sold the idea to do company in 1935. >> what the plan is is i will talk about the history of the game. >> this is the cover of the book. monopoly as we know it today, the little red hotels, the green houses, most people say oh, parker brothers is now owned by hasbro. for years the story was that there's was at the height of the great depression. and i think it looks a lot like what us -- what we believe that this looks like even today. this version has been there for years and some people believe that this individual was an inspiration for some of the early monopoly characters. but the actual game originated with a woman. this woman was elizabeth mcgee. who is she? prior to inventing her again she actually had a patent for a typewriter gadget and she was an outspo

this is book tv on c-span2. >> host: and now joining us on booktv, tracy k. smith, pulitzer prize winner and has written a memoir called tran 11. professor smith, who is kathy? >> guest: kathy is my mother. in the course of thinking about this book, i realized that person i grew up knowing with such an obvious statement. one of my main wishes and wanting to write about

send us an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org, tweet us at the booktv or post on our wall facebook.com/booktv. >> booktv continues now with susan butler. should force relationship between president franklin delano roosevelt and the soviet union's joseph stalin. >> so susan butler grew up in new york and received her m.a. from columbia university. her articles have appeared in "the new york times" and impotence. is also the author of east to the dawn, and editor of my dear mr. stalin and she currently lives in lake wells florida i started working with her over a decade ago which is where god first fdr and stalin both. as i was chatting with her i reminded her we really bonded over trying to take out the map room time coding system because when she was doing her book of fdr and stalin corresponding coaches committed and dedicated making sure she knew the order of when messages left the map room when they were seeded into stalin and roosevelt see them or get across before to each other. so that's how we bought it many, many years ago in the archives. so it is wonderful to welcome susan back to h

[inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on twitter and facebook. tweet us twitter.com/booktv. or post a comment on facebook.com/booktv. first of this week indicate institute's david those present his thoughts on libertarianism. and discusses his popularity in the u.s. day. >> we are excited to have with us this morning our speakers this morning david boaz, executive vice president of the cato institute, he played a key role in the development of the libertarian movement. he is the author of this new book "the libertarian mind: a menifesto for freedom" and editor of the libertarian reader. he is a provocative commentator and leading authority on domestic issues such as education shoelace, taking the reauthorization of the elementary secondary education act, drug legalization, the rise of libertarianism. former editor of new dog magazine executive director of the council for competitive autonomy. prior to joining cato he has written lots of different publications. his other books include the politics of freedom, and the cato handbook, many articles in the wall street journal, ne

. >> host: the afternoon and welcome to booktv booktv on c-span2. this is our monthly program and we have one author on to talk about his or her book. this month it is best-selling author ron kessler, the author of 20 books and we will be talking about some of the things that you have heard in the past half-hour, we will put the numbers on the screen because we want your input as well. (202)748-8400 if you live in eastern or central time zones if you can't get through on the phone, if you want to make a comment via social media at c-span booktv is our twitter handle, you can make a comment there or a comment on her facebook page facebook.com/ facebook.com/booktv. finally you can send an e-mail to booktv at c-span.ord. so how did you get into this business? >> well i got involved in a high school newspaper and i interviewed all the clergymen and sure enough they almost all thought that there was a need for that. well, we were giving our best to try do talk about what to do. but i really got into journalism when i was in the class and i did a survey o

tweet us twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> burt neuborne, the former legal director for the aclu argues that the first amendment was primarily created to protect the democratic process and not individual rights as is commonly believed. next on booktv he explains out with this understanding we should be issues like the future of campaign finance reform and the protection of voting rights. >> i think we should all go home. [laughter] there is no topping that. let me start by just norman's story about a person needs an introduction to one of the funny storylines when i was at the aclu for many years where i loved being a lawyer was that our printer could never get my name straight. so i would get a series of memo pads from the desk of bart was the major, we actually get out a bart award to the person who did the most work and got the least credit in the organization. [laughter] when i left i was legal director during the reagan years. what i left as aclu legal director to come back to nyu the louisiana affiliate which was a very strong and cou

booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on booktv. booktv is live from the campus of the university of southern california, home of the los angeles times festival of books. we will cover author events from newman hallway you will have the chance to talk to several best-selling authors during our call in programs. gay updates will be on the bottom of your tv screens throughout the day and you confine our full schedule on line at booktv.org. >> law publisher of the l.a. times. when and how and why did the l.a. times start sponsoring this book fare? >> guest: the los angeles times started this book fair 20 years ago, the 22 anniversary of the festival of books an important way the newspaper could engage with the community who provided space for all kinds of people from publishers authors, but also chefs and artists and actors and actresseses who come together to celebrate los angeles as one of the creative capitals of the world. >> host: what can we expect in los angeles? >> over 500 authors, celebrities musicians, artists, hundreds of b

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"after words" is next on booktv. in "end the irs before it ends us" grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform argues that americans have reached a tipping point in their tolerance for the irs and our tax system. he is interviewed by stan boiger, resident scholar at the american enterprise institute. >> host: grover, how is it going? we're going to discuss today your new book "end the irs before it ends us." it's a fascinating read. it's a very broad, sweeping, book ranging from a history of the united states as driven by -- to personal advice for the reader on how to minimize your tax burden. so, there's going to be a wide range of topics for us to discuss. i want to start with the title. end the irs before it ends us? >>> why do you want to end ther is centers and even in your materialized dream world with a single rate flat tax only on consumed income someone would still be in charge of collecting tax revenues to pay for the national defense and -- >> guest: sure. as you in the from the book, this is a

tweet us, twitter.com,/booktv, or boast a comment on our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> now on booktv we want to introduce you to history professor kevin cruz. he teaches at princeton university where booktv is and just published a new book "one nation under god. "professor cruz, have we always been nation under god? >> guest: that's a great question. depends on who you ask and in what sense. a lot of people believe we have been nation under god from the very beginning. recent poll show that 55% of americans have believed that from the get-go. we have been a christian nation. the ways in which we think.whether or not we are a christian nation, the signs we point to the symbols think ceremonies we invoke, those are actually recent inventions. they come not from the founding fathers but from our our grandfathers and grandmothers and fathers and mothers. they were invenned in the ear raf to the cold war. all the thing wes take for granted now know national day of prayer the national prayer breakfast, the addition of "hurt god" the he pledge of allegiance and in galled we trust. al

books and authors every weekend, booktv is television for serious readers. >> this weekend on booktv, grover norquist discusses the tax system on "after words." and the sinking of the lusitania and the united states entry into world war i we will bring you book talks on the relationship between fdr and stalin, the history of money, and the use of public shaming and the in the internet age and you will be able to watch as c-span's newest book rolls off the printing press. all of this and more with the nonfiction authors and books every weekend on booktv. .. in 1858 oliver wendell holmes declared the city the hub of the the solar system. children began to i disappear. the book takes on the tumultuous period. the story of boston and the young serial killer that called the city his home and the story of his headline-grabbing trial. according to publishers weekly, delving deeply into the history of boston circa 19th century a rifting -- riveting tail. please join me in welcoming her to harvard book store. [applause] >> thank you very much for coming out tonight. i know it's a holiday so t

look for some of this festival's programs to air on booktv in the coming weeks. next, on april 18th and 19th booktv will be live from the university of southern california for the 20th annual "los angeles times" festival or books. our full schedule of coverage is available on the web site, book tv.org. then on april 25th the booktv will be consecutiving the annapolis book festival. in the stay of geathersburg, maryland will hold the book festival on may 16th and you'll see it live on booktv that day. let usow ft. book fairs and festivals in your area and we'll add the to our list: >>> next week we're live from "the los angeles times" festival of

booktv will continue in a moment. everything will re-air on booktv@the span to. today from l.a. thank you for being with us. we will thank the folks at the l.a. book festival and the folks at usc for the hospitality. it now continues. >> here is a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals. >> host: linda gordon, who is dorothea lange? >> guest: dorothea lange was important for target for the period of depression in the 1940s and 1950s. i can guarantee you that everyone in this country does her photographs. which is often called my grandmother has it is used in every textbook when i asked my students what is the visual image of the great depression of the 1930s they describe this photograph. >> host: where's the photograph taken? >> guest: it was actually taken in california. it is interesting because she was naming and the western u.s. and it was taped in with people in the field, these were migrant workers who moved along from field to field from an agricultural operation to another picking as the crops right then. this woman and her family and many others had unseasonal freeze

postcode now joining us on booktv, tracy k. smith, it was surprise winner and she has written a memoir called "ordinary light." professor smith, who is kathy? >> guest: kathy is my mother. thinking about this book, i realized the person i grew up knowing, it's probably such an obvious statement. one of my main wishes and wanted to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her dad on my life explore our relationship, think about the different versions of myself that i was with and without her. i also had the really stern whitish to bring her to life for many children who were born after she was gone. it just struck me as heartbreaking when i was pregnant with my daughter who is now five that she would never know this person. one night i was laying in bed in my husband said when she read a book about your parents, a book that will tell her who they were. i had such a feeling of anxiousness and fear at the past that i knew that's exactly what i needed to do. the book became a lot more than that. he became a story figuring

send us an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org, tweet us @booktv or post on our wall facebook.com/booktv. >> if we don't head off the growing number of crises and get ahead of these environmental disasters, we will find them running out of control. now, this is the map i promise to show you. this is summary for 2014 of the climate anomalies. it was warm everywhere in the world except for one little place which was us. so -- [laughter] other than that or if you happened to live out, if you happened to be i guess, a cod in the north atlantic -- [laughter] you felt, you felt warm everywhere except the deep south of the and it's doing it again this year. now what are we going to do about all of this? >> well, i do believe that sustainable development is the calling card of our time because it is the philosophy that says we need a holistic approach that puts economic, social and environmental objectives in many a to holistic framework -- in a 40 list aric framework on par -- to holistic framework on par. not just chasing gnp, not just chasing the bottom line of income but an economic, or social a

you are watching booktv. beginning now, kevin kerri takes part in a discussion with college officials where he argues the cost of college combined with advancements in technology will lead to a fundamental transformation of our higher education system in the near future. .. >> to a education analyst in washington, d.c. who have quickly joined the top tier of education writes around the nation. kevin has written for the washington monthly, the new

. >> host: the afternoon and welcome to booktv booktv on c-span2. this is our monthly program and we have one author on to talk about his or her book. this month it is best-selling author ron kessler, the author of 20 books and we will be talking about some of the things that you have heard in the past half-hour, we will put the numbers on the screen because we want your input as well. (202)748-8400 if you live in eastern or central time zones if you can't get through on the phone, if you want to make a comment via social media at c-span booktv is our twitter handle, you can make a comment there or a comment on her facebook page facebook.com/ facebook.com/booktv. finally you can send an e-mail to booktv at c-span.ord. so how did you get into this business? >> well i got involved in a high school newspaper and i interviewed all the clergymen and sure enough they almost all thought that there was a need for that. well, we were giving our best to try do talk about what to do. but i really got into journalism when i was in the class and i did a survey o

. >> you are watching booktv in prime time. a reminder every weekend booktv features 48 hours of non-fiction books beginning at 8 a.m. eastern on saturday. go to booktv.org for the schedule. and with congress on recess the booktv prime time continues on wednesday with a focus on technology. at eight, a discussion on the topic from the boston book festival and then the co-founder of paypal is here on his book. and then a look at the $2 trillion global automoti

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send us an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org, tweet us at booktv or post on our wall facebook.com/booktv. >> you're watching booktv. next, levi tillemann in conversation with energy expert daniel yergin looks at the $2 trillion global automotive industry and the competition between the u.s. japan and china to create the car of the future. >> there are stacks outside if anybody gets hungry here. are you ready? high, everybody. i'm daniel yergin, director of new america and i'm pleased to welcome you to this discussion today on the electric car. and also very happy to welcome the viewers on c-span2 our discussion. we are going to be talking about a terrific book today called "the great race" by levi tillemann. it's a very timely book. this is really the fourth time that the electric car has appeared on the scene and the first time was when thomas edison was a great proponent of the electric car and spend $1 million in the dollars of that day which would be many millions of dollars to date over a very continued trying to develop it. he promised the head of the biggest electric utility company

. >> you are watching booktv in prime time. a reminder every weekend booktv features 48 hours of non-fiction books beginning at 8 a.m. eastern on saturday. go to booktv.org for the schedule. and with congress on recess the booktv prime time continues on wednesday with a focus on technology. at eight, a discussion on the topic from the boston book festival and then the co-founder of paypal is here on his book. and then a look at the $2 trillion global automotive industry and the chal fangick of china, u.s. and russia to develop a better car. >> you need to be firm in the principles but firm in details. that reflexes the polarization we are seeing and the methods of if all of the senators congress men and women, and state legislatures can adopt we can come together as a country and solve many important issues. >> my favorite quote was from julie adams the secretary of the senate who said be humble and have a strong work ethic and be kind to the people you meet up you will meet them on the way down. >> in congress we have a lack o

. >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail, tweet us or post on our wall, facebook.com/booktv. ♪ ♪ this land is your land, this land is my land. ♪ from california to the new york island. ♪ from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters, this land was made more you and me -- for you and me ♪ >> welcome to tulsa oklahoma, on booktv. located on the arkansas river it's the second largest city in the state where the population of almost -- with a population of almost 400,000. in the early 20th century it earned the nickname the oil capital of the world. with the help of our cox communications cable partners we'll learn about the history and literary scene from local authors. we begin with oil magnate frank phillips and the founding of phillips petroleum. >> and now on booktv a literary tour of tulsa oklahoma, with the help of our local call partner cox communications -- local cable partner cox communication. michael wallis takes a look at tulsa resident frank phillips who went from being a barber to o

facebook.com slash booktv. booktv/org, make a comment via twitter. @booktv is our handle. tavis smiling edited several more books. judgely his books. just a thought. smiley report, came out in 199 f hard left, straight talk about the wrongs of the right. 1996, on the air. best of tavis smiley on tom joiner morning show. 1998. doing what is right how you fight for what you believe. 2,000, keeping the faith stories of love, courage maling and hope from black america. on air best of tavis smile on the tom joyner show. 2003. never mind. best advice i ever received. came out in 2006. autobiography. what i know for sure. author of growing up in america also came out in 2006. accountable, which we discussed making america as good as its promise, 2009. fail up, 20 lessons on building success. came out three years ago. too important to fail, saving america's boys, also came out three years ago. the rich and the rest of us, a poverty manifesto 2012. death of a king, about martin luther king's final year, came out this year. and coming out next year, or this year i guess. 2015 my jou

booktv will continue in a moment. everything will re-air on booktv@the span to. today from l.a. thank you for being with us. we will thank the folks at the l.a. book f >> booktv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. tweet us twitter.com/booktv, or post a comment on our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> join us on booktv, tracy smith pulitzer prize winner and she's written a memoir called "ordinary light." professor smith who was kathy? >> kathy is my mother. and in the course of thinking about this book i realized that the person i grew by with so many different people. it's probably such an obvious statement. but one of my main wishes and wanting to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her death on my life explore a relationship, think about the different versions of myself that i was with and without her your isil -- also the really strong wish to bring her to write for my children were born after she was gone. it just struck me as so heartbreaking when i was pregnant with my daughter, who is now five come that she would never know this per

. >> host: and now joining us on booktv, tracy k. smith, pulitzer prize winner and has written a memoir called tran 11. professor smith, who is kathy? >> guest: kathy is my mother. in the course of thinking about this book, i realized that person i grew up knowing with such an obvious statement. one of my main wishes and wanting to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her death on my life explore our relationship, think about the different versions of myself that i was with and without her. i also have a strong wish to bring her to life for my children who were born after she was gone. it just struck me as heartbreaking when i was pregnant with my daughter who is now five day she would never know this person. one night i was lying in bed and my husband said when he read a book about your parents? when are you write the book that will tell you they were. i had such a feeling of anxiousness interfere at the task that i knew that was exactly what i needed to do. the book became a lot more than that. it became a story about

e-mail to booktv@c-span.org. how did you get into this business? >> guest: i worked on the high school paper and i did a story about preventing stories and i interviewed all the clergymen in belmont and sure enough there was no need for that. exploding myths is what i like to do but i really got into investigative journalism when i was on the university newspaper and i did sort of a survey of discrimination against blacks in rental housing. i would call classified ads for the rental apartments and say i am a college student. is it still available and they would say yes. my roommate is me grow as they would call them back then is it a problem and they would say yes that is a problem. so they are picked up and that resulted in the investigation by the commission against discrimination which filed complaints about some of the people i named in the story. >> host: "washington post," when were you there? >> guest: from 1970 to 1985. previously i served on the list and as i did that story was all boston herald for thre

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you'reyou're watching booktv on c-span2. were on location at princeton university. >> you are watching a booktv on c-span2. this weekend when visiting st. augustine, florida, with the help of our local cable partner comcast. next we visit with author thomas graham whose book mr. flagler st. augustine examines the light -- the life of henry flagler who was hard to develop with developing for eastern coast into a tourist destination. >> we are in the grand part of the hotel ponce de leon in st. augustine, florida. this was the era of the most elegant winter resort hotel in the country when it opened in the 1880s, and this room was used for receptions on occasions. president grover cleveland had a reception here, admiral dewey had a reception here. president-elect warren g. harding in 1921 had a reception here. so it's a room that is full of history. the hotel ponce de leon was built by henry morrison flagler. now, flagler is a man who is very little known outside the state of florida. but he was one of the wealthiest men in am

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send us a tweet at twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page. facebook.com/booktv. you are watching booktv on c-span2. forty-eight hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. in this next event best-selling author and mit professor noam chomsky discusses his latest book of essays focusing on u.s. foreign policy. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> a bit of housekeeping, pre-signed books available from garcia street books in the lobby. for those of you in the eldorado hotel which i understand is standing room only, please come after the event to get books. well, it evening, santa fe. [cheers] >> buenos tardes welcome to one of the most anticipated events of this or any other year. noam chomsky. [applause] [cheers] >> backstage i held of this flyer that said sold-out, which will be ammunition for his enemies. but rest assured that noam chomsky has never sold out. [applause] [cheers] thanks to the foundation in pursuit of cultural freedom series which organized this event, thanks also to lanin to digitize this audio archive which numbers close to 250 re

"after words" airs on booktv every weekend and on 10:00 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9:00 p.m. on sunday and 12:00 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" online. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the series and topics list on the upper right of the page. >> next on booktv, iraq veteran and navy s.e.a.l. sniper scott taylor, he argues that obama and his administration are hurting u.s. national security and should be held accountable. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you so much. thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction. good afternoon. good afternoon. okay, that is a little bit better. i appreciate the introduction, i was going to go into a little bit of that. but shifting here i had the pleasure of going to the ranch today and it was as humble as it was beautiful and i really enjoyed it and it is certainly an honor and pleasure to be here with you today and the young americans as well. i was walking through with andrew upstairs and one of the things even at the ranch, i thought reagan and his book and i was like wow coming as a lot of differ

ming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. of. .. peter: the book it called to the cloud, big data in turbulent world. the author is professor vincent mosco who joins us from boston. where did the term cloud come from and what exactly is the cloud? >> well there is debate about the origins of the term but it mainly derives from the network die grams that telecommunications engineers drew and they tended to identify the nodes in the network generally location, cities, towns, in the form of a cloud. so the diagram to interconnect the group of clouds with telephone lines. so that's where cloud comes from. though there is some debate. more importantly, you asked what is the cloud and again there are many different definitions but when you boil it all down, the cloud is a system for storing, processing and distributing data, information emails apps and software. companies that operate cloud systems then provide individuals and organizations with access to the data on an on-deman

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>> booktv continues now with "after words." cornel west explores martin luther king, jr.'s radical political thinking, a sight of the late civil rights leader that the author argues has been diminished and sanitize. cornel west speaks with khalil mohammed, director of the schomburg center for research in black culture. >> host: dr. west, it is a real delight to have you on this show. i am grateful myself for being invited to have an occasion to interview you about this new edited volume on dr. king "the radical king" martin luther king, jr. edited and introduced by cornel west. this is a real treasure of some of the most important features and letters and publish documents of dr. king. what inspired you to do this project? >> guest: i just want to begin by saluting you in a minute you -- mainly that you -- were to do at the schaumburg. you do with such alec and spend such a vision and such sensitivity and your scholarship actually from a expulsion terms of this discourse i'm hyper incarceration among poor people is chocolate, is crucial. such a thing to spend this time wit

on c-span2 booktv saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "after words", president of americans for tax reform grover west says that americans are tired of the irs and the tax system. sunday night at 8:00 o'clock susan butler on president sink when roosevelt and leader joseph stalin, allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership beyond the war. and then on c-span3 lectures and history, university of virginia college at wise professor jennifer murray on how civil war veterans reunions have changed. and then american history tv is live from the appomattox courthouse historical park, commemorating a coup the end of the civil war. >> this is booktv in prime time. coming up next bartholomew sparrow talks about brent scowcroft and discusses the role played by the general and national security and diplomatic affairs over his 30 year career. about one hour and a half. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> at afternoon, everyone. i would like to welcome you to this afternoon's session of the washington history seminar. for