[inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies and brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. This is booktv on cspan2, television for serious readers. Heres our prime time lineup. Tonight, starting at 6 30, Howard Maines recalls the National Guard shooting of students at Kent State University in 970. Then at 7 45, we profile the men and women who continue to hunt down nazi war criminals after the nuremberg and dachau trials. On after words at 9 p. M. Eastern, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell on his memoir, the long game, with senator lamar alexander. And at ten, meg jacobs describes the Energy Crisis of the 1970s following opecs decision to ban the export of oil to the United States in 1973. We wrap up booktv in prime time at 11 with 60 minutes correspondent leslie stahl. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. During booktvs recent visit to las vegas, we toured the private book collection
Mojave desert, about 42 Million People every year visit the city for its many casinos, shows and restaurants. With the help of our Cox Communications cable partners, for the next two hours well learn about the history of the city and tap into the literary scene here with local authors. We begin our special feature with its former mayor, Oscar Goodman. Mayor goodman, how did you become a lawyer for the mob . Oh. The refuted mob, of course. All by accident. Its the most amazing thing in the world. I came out to las vegas with my beautiful wife in 1964 and, basically, i would take anything after i passed the bar that would walk in the door. I had a motto in my office where theres a fee, theres a remedy. And carolyn was, believe it or not, one of the first card counters even they they didnt call them that at that time. And my dad sent us 25 a week for pleasure. We couldnt use it for rent, for gasoline, it had to be for pleasure. So we went out to a place called the charcoal room at the Hac
Doubleday is approximately 50 bucks here. Half nonfiction. We publish a lot of literary novelist and on the nonfiction side we publish a lot of history, politics and science. , has doubleday been in business . 1897. On a bike . Someone named mr. Doubleday. We are here to talk to you about previewing some of the books. You have coming up . Three books to your viewers and a novice where publishing Jeffrey Toobin book about patty hearst, her kidnapping, what she did while she was in the Liberation Army and have very germanic tribal. As people know, a new yorker staff writer and chief Legal Correspondent and the author of the and also the o. J. Simpson case which is recently made it to a television series. What is so fantastic about this book from my good as everyone says we are living to this terribly tumultuous time. In the early 1970s that ballot country was having a nervous break down. An average of 1500 terrorist bombings here. Nixon was being impeached. Political turmoil, economic ma
And to protect us and save us from ourselves so pressed we must be. [inaudible]. I hear that concern. Time is up. How amazing . Thank you. [applause] 1 45, 1 and 2 if you want more. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] next from the vegas valley book festival a panel on the 2016 president ial election. The [inaudible conversations] we are going to get started. [inaudible conversations] okay, we are going to get started, thank you. You have been warned. Before i get started i want to welcome you to the fourteenth annual vegas valley book festival. I would also like to acknowledge the producing partners who produce the funding for southern nevadas celebration of the written, spoken and illustrated word and those partners, the city of Las Vegas Office of cultural affairs, Park County Library district foundation, las vegas Park County Library district, Beverly Rogers and carol carter institute, the local chapter, it now that the humanities and cox communications. I would lik
Cross platform pollination, something i talked about by Rush Limbaugh the next day, i dont think he is a regular atlantic reader but things come to people through their screens and people talk to each other. Might be sitting behind a desk or in mid vegas in your car on the highway all day, not communicating with your fellow citizens, as this is a great sort of commission of voices. [inaudible conversations] were going to get started. I teach at u. N. L. V. Welcome to the 14th annual vegas valley book festival and those partners to provide funding for the largest celebration of the written and spoken in the industry did word. Of Beverly Rogers institute institute, the local chapter of aig a and also the Literary Committee of schumacher Logistics Committee and the volunteers and authors. Well hear of a panel freespeech the battleground i will introduce the panel and we will have a discussion then take it to the audience. First we have our professor from Computer Science at u. N. L. V. Cr