[Supreme Command]
Mr. Cohen talked about his book [Supreme Command], published by Simon and Schuster. The book examines four war statesmen, Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion....
View ArticleArnold Ludwig "King of the Mountain"
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View Article[Judging Lincoln]
Judge Williams, chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, talked about his book [Judging Lincoln], published by Southern Illinois University Press. He also showed some of the illustrations in...
View Article[Carnegie]
Peter Krass talked about the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Krass is the author of [Carnegie], published by John Wiley and Sons.
View Article[Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths]
Mr. Feiler talked about his book, [Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths], published by William Morrow and Company. The book is about Abraham as the the central religious figure in whom...
View Article[Invasion]
Michelle Malkin discussed her book [Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores], published by Regnery Publishing. The book focuses on U.S....
View Article[Great White Fathers]
Mr. Taliaferro talked about his book [Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore], published by Public Affairs. The book tells the story of the monument, its obsessive...
View Article[Achievement Matters: The Best Education Possible ]
Mr. Price talked about his book [Achievement Matters: Getting Your Child the Best Education Possible], published by Kensington Publishing Corporation. In the book he tells parents and children that...
View Article[Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World]
Margaret MacMillan talked about her book [Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World], in which she chronicles the Paris Peace Conference following the end of World War I. Margaret MacMillan writes...
View Article[First Great Triumph]
Former Ambassador Zimmermann talked about United States international expansion around the beginning of the 20th century. He is the author of [First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made their Country...
View ArticleWorld on Fire
This is a event and includes the following programs: [World on Fire]Encore Booknotes: Amy Chua "World on Fire"
View Article[Authentically Black: Essays for the Black Silent Majority]
Mr. McWhorter talked about his book [Authentically Black: Essays for the Black Silent Majority], published by Gotham Books. The book is a collection of nine essays on the nature of being...
View Article[The First World War]
Michael Howard talked about his book [The First World War], published by Oxford University Press. The book examined why the First World War occurred, how it was fought, and its consequences.
View ArticleThe Mission
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View Article[Of Paradise and Power]
Mr. Kagan talked about his book [Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order], published by Alfred A. Knopf. The book is an expansion on an article in [Policy Review] about America...
View Article[Useful Idiots]
Ms. Charen talks about her book [Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First], published by Regnery Publishing.
View Article[Fraud of the Century]
Roy Morris talked about his book [Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876], published by Simon and Schuster. In 1876, New York Democrat Samuel Tilden...
View Article[Secret Empire]
Mr. Taubman talked about his book [Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage], published by Simon and Schuster. Mr. Taubman argued that the American...
View Article[No Crueler Tyrannies]
Dorothy Rabinowitz discussed her book [No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witness, and Other Terrors of Our Times], published by Wall Street Journal Books. The book collected her investigative...
View Article[Tearing Down the Walls]
Ms. Langley talked about her book [Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World. . .and Then Nearly Lost It All], published by Free Press. In the book, Ms....
View Article[A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase]
Dr. Kukla talked about his book [A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America], published by Knopf. The book tells the story of the land purchase that doubled the size of...
View ArticleDark Horse: President James A. Garfield
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View ArticleOpen Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir
This is a event and includes the following programs: [Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir]Encore Booknotes: Dorothy Height, "Open Wide the Freedom Gates"
View Article[Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill]
Ms. Rubin talked about her book, [Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill: A Brief Account of a Long Life], published by Ballantine Books. Ms. Rubin, chronicles the British prime minister's life...
View Article[Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point]
Mr. Lipsky, a [Rolling Stone] writer and award-winning novelist, talked about his book, [Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point,] published by Houghton Mifflin. He described the life at the U.S....
View Article[The Assassination of Julius Caesar]
Mr. Parenti talked about his book, [The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome], published by The New Press. The book critiqued previous theories of Caesar's murder, saying...
View Article[Murdering McKinley]
Eric Rauchway talked about his book, [Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt's America] published by Hill and Wang, which recounts how assassin Leon Czolgosz, the late President McKinley,...
View Article[Triangle: The Fire That Changed America]
Mr. Von Drehle talked about his book, [Triangle: The Fire That Changed America]. He described the Triangle Shirtwaist fire on March 25, 1911, in New York's Greenwich Village that killed 146 people. The...
View Article[Terror in the Name of God]
Jessica Stern talked about her book, [Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill], published by HarperCollins. She described the four years during which she interviewed extremist members...
View Article[Evil: An Investigation]
Mr. Morrow talked about his book, [Evil: An Investigation], published by Basic Books. In the book, the author examines and investigates evil. He discusses the nature of evil, the re-emergence of the...
View Article[Lincoln's Sanctuary: The Soldiers' Home]
Mr. Pinsker talked about his book, [Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home,] published by Oxford University Press, which depicts Lincoln and his family moving into a small cottage...
View ArticleHawthorne: A Life
This is a event and includes the following programs: [Hawthorne: A Life]Encore Booknotes: Brenda Wineapple "Hawthorne: A Life"
View ArticleBook Discussion on [James K. Polk]
This is a event and includes the following programs: [James K. Polk]BTV: Encore Booknotes - John Seigenthaler, "James K. Polk"
View ArticleNo Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Education
This is a event and includes the following programs: [No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Education]Encore Booknotes: Abigail Thernstrom "No Excuses"
View Article[Lightning Man: Samuel F.B. Morse]
Mr. Silverman talked about his book, [Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse], published by Knopf. The book is a biography of nineteenth-century inventor Samuel F.B. Morse, who is best...
View Article[Benjamin Rush: Patriot and Physician]
In his book, [Benjamin Rush: Patriot and Physician], published by Truman Talley Books, Alyn Brodsky examines the life and accomplishments of a lesser-known signer of the Declaration of Independence....
View Article[The Bubble of American Supremacy]
George Soros talked about his book, [The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power], published by Public Affairs. He spoke about economic trends and his advocacy for open...
View Article[Warren G. Harding]
John Dean, President Nixon's former counsel, illuminates another presidency marked by scandal in his book [Warren G. Harding]. This short biography is part of the [Times Books American Presidents]...
View ArticleAn End to Evil
This is a event and includes the following programs: [An End to Evil]Encore Booknotes: Richard Perle "An End to Evil"
View ArticleThe Real Thing: The Coca-Cola Company
This is a event and includes the following programs: [The Real Thing: The Coca-Cola Company ]Encore Booknotes: Constance Hays "The Real Thing"
View Article[The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat]
Mr. Lax talked about his book, [The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle], published by Henry Holt. The book describes the discovery and development of penicillin, the first...
View Article[Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar],
This is a event and includes the following programs: [Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar], Part 1[Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar], Part 2
View ArticlePosterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Ch
This is a event and includes the following programs: [Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children]Encore Booknotes: Dorie McCullough Lawson "Posterity"Posterity: Letters of Great Americans...
View Article[Shadow Divers: The True Adventure]
Mr. Kurson talks about his book [Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II], published by Random House. In the book,...
View Article[Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave]
Mr. Burrough talked about his book [Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34], published by The Penguin Press. He described the lives of some noted criminals such...
View Article[Speaker]
Representative Dennis Hastert (R-IL) talked about his autobiography, [Speaker: Lessons from 40 Years in Coaching and Politics], published by Regnery Publishing. He described his careers in high school...
View Article[Inside the Beltway: Offbeat Stories]
Mr. McCaslin talked about his book [Inside The Beltway: Offbeat Stories, Scoops, and Shenanigans from Around the Nation's Capital], published by WND Books. He shared some of the stories and...
View ArticleCharacter: Profiles in Presidential Courage
This is a event and includes the following programs: [Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage]Encore Booknotes: Chris Wallace "Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage 2"
View Article[Will in the World: Shakespeare]
Stephen Greenblatt talked about his book [Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare], published by W.W. Norton and Company. He described England during Shakespeare's time and discussed how...
View Article[Why Read?]
Professor Edmundson talks about his book [Why Read?], published by Bloomsbury USA. The book is on the relationship between a liberal arts education and literature. The author writes that literature...
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