[Peace] Fwd: Book TV Alert: Barbara Slavin, author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation

[Jenifer Cartwright]

To be aired on C-SPAN 2, Ch 16 @ times below. Sounds promising...
   
  Jenifer
   
  Book TV Alert <booktvalert at c-span.org> wrote:
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Book TV Alert
C-SPAN2's Book TV: October 27-29

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Insightful author interviews this weekend 

Saturday 8 PM, Sunday 5 PM and 8 PM and 11 PM
CT

Barbara Slavin, senior diplomatic 
correspondent for USA Today, talks about the 
complicated relationship between the U.S. and Iran 
over the years and the Bush administration's hard-line 
approach towards that country. She discusses her 
book with Trita Parsi, co-founder and current 
president of the National Iranian American Council. 
Mr. Parsi is the author of the recently published book, 
Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of 
Israel, Iran, and the United States.




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Weekend Highlights
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Kim Long, The Almanac of Political 
Corruption, Scandals & Dirty Politics

Author Kim Long relays a history of U.S. political 
scandals and corruption, from the duel between 
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804 to the 
bribery charges against Randall "Duke" Cunningham 
in 2005. Mr. Long documents the malfeasance that 
has been part of the government from its inception to 
the present day. He talks about his book at the 
Tattered Cover bookstore in Denver, Colorado. 

(Saturday 
1 PM, Sunday 10:15 AM ET)




Dinesh D'Souza, Christopher 
Hitchens, Marvin Olasky, What's So 
Great About Christianity

>From The King's College in New York, Dinesh 
D'Souza, author of What's So Great About 
Christianity, 
and Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not 
Great, 
debate the question, "Is Christianity the problem?" 
The debate is moderated by Marvin Olasky, The King's 
College Provost and World magazine 
editor-in-chief.


(Saturday 7 PM ET)





David Wallis, Killed Cartoons: Casualties 
from the War on Free Expression

David Wallis talks about cartoons that were 
commissioned by newspapers and magazines but 
did 
not run because they were determined to be 
unsuitable for various reasons. Mr. Wallis shows a 
number of the cartoons included in his book and 
discusses why they didn't run. 


(Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 5 AM ET)




Walter Russell Mead, God and Gold: 
Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World


Walter Russell Mead profiles the rise and 
establishment of British and American international 
power. The author contends both countries followed 
the same path to the world stage that includes a 
shared belief in religion and the development of a 
capitalist economy. 


(Sunday 7 PM
ET)





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The Book TV Bus
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The Book TV Bus will be in St. 
Petersburg, FL, this weekend, at the 
Festival of Reading. Come visit the 
Bus on Saturday from 10 AM - 5 PM. View 
the 
complete schedule at www.booktvbus.org.



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