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A 70-year-old Prince Frederick man was indicted Monday in connection with an August incident in which a man was seriously wounded.

>> look for these titles and book stores this coming week and watch for the office in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> next, in a panel discussion hosted by the bar association of new york city, thane rosenbaum argues that revenge and justice are not mutually exclusive ideas and contends that our court system would better serve victims of crimes acknowledging their feelings of vengeance and take that into account in the adjudication of criminal cases. this is about an ho...

the book that we added to the collection just the seer and its an early 16th century textbook by johan -- and it was the major textbook on astronomy for about 125 years. this is johannes bayer dating from 1603. this is an absolutely stunning atlas. the engravings include drawings over them showing the astrological symbols that we all know. and the figures. its a 17th century diorama. next on booktv donovan campbell talks about his time leading a platoon of marines in the al-mahdi in 2...

a panel on independent bookselling. that is our lineup for today live from the gaithersburg book festival on the grounds of gaithersburg city hall. here is john turner. >> good morning. welcome to the gaithersburg fourth annual book festival. my name is johnny susman and i make gaithersburg resident. gaithersburg is the vibrant diversity that celebrates and supports the arts and humanities. we are pleased to bring you this event, free of charge thanks to the generous support of our spo...

[applause] >> it is great to be here tonight i have a lot of things to talk about and one of the things i would like to start talking about is what is the mild autistic traits that becomes mild optimism? i think half of silicon valley has a little bit of optimism. [laughter] negative at one end of the spectrum like steve jobs or the guy who fixes the copier machine and that the apparent you have people much more handicapped, and nonverbal to live in a supervised living situation. if yo...

universities, if he had been raised in the hood, the odds are greater that he would have been stopped, he would have been frisked, he would have would have been searched and he would have been caught and far from being president of the united states today he might not even have the right to vote depending on the state he lived in. cpu can watch this and other programs on line at booktv.org. >> googles eric schmidt and jared cohen lay out their vision of the future world in which everyo...

a school founded on the truth that all are created equal. .. orleans who unable to argue with the successes of his policies or the thought behind them rewrote history to cast coolidge as a villain or characterize him. the new deal historians had their work cut out for them. coolidge proceeded over one of the largest expansion in economic growth in american history and he had a lot to say. coolidge gave over 500 press conferences in his red and see, ran for office 19 times and won 18 ti...

question could a black kid from south central los angeles be the photographer for the president of the united states. whats the answer to that question? >> guest: that is a big yes. >> host: how did you get the job? >> guest: back in 2000, i was assigned by "the associated press" to cover the bush campaign. i was a staff photographer and thats my background, photojournalism. so i covered the campaign full-time for 18 months. >> host: did you get to know the president in that kind of wo...

>> it was a small airport in the 20s in the military can establish trade days during the second world war. originally the army air corp. became the u.s. air force and it was a very act of days at quite an attribute yuma until after the second world war admitted that close and everybody laughed. they were not at war anymore and it was that they didnt eat it anymore. same thing with the proving ground. the little tab about 9000 population that was dwindling because there is no constructi...

with a record of this museum so that no one can ever forget these stories and these lessons. and i ask you to think about how the historic slaughter and suffering of the holocaust reflects a human disease that takes different forms. the idea that our differences are more important than our common humanity. >> this weekend on c-span bill clinton and nobel peace prize winner mark the 20th anniversary of the holocaust museum in washington, d.c. today at 1:30 p.m. eastern. then at 8:30 p.m...