Arthur and chair of africanamerican studies at princeton university. Representative rick larsen from washington joint booktv to discuss the book he is reading. Host congressman rick larsen, what is on your reading list . Guest it has been long, but it is coming into the middle of summer now so i am working on the third iq novel by joe e day los angeles mystery writer. It is the third book in the series. A detective, detective donald, private investigator and a lot of action and great relationships in the book, so i am working on that and working on frederick douglass, biography, published recently, former long book, i am popping in and out of that. Taking that in chunks. The policy wonk in me, in washington dc, the editor of china 2049 and brought together some reform minded chinese scholars to look what the chinese economy might look like or what its challenges are between now and 2049, it has implications for us china policy. Interesting workrelated book. I dont read a lot of books for work, usually i read for entertainment and try to throw in a couple books about Washington State, my home state as well. On my shelf is a book by Mike Whitaker who is tim whitakers son, the First American to climb mount everest, a memoir about lake whitaker, growing up with his very famous father who was the First American to climb mount everest. That is how our reading list for the rest of the summer. Host the china 2049 book, your district is pretty affected by trade with china, isnt it . About 40 of jobs in our state are tied to trade with countries all over the world, not just china but it is one of the largest trading partners and women and men work at those companies, having a fairly good look at the future of the chinese economy has a direct impact of Washington State, the Washington State economy and women and men who work these jobs. Host do you share book ideas with colleagues . Guest not with all my colleagues, we trade book ideas usually around which mystery we are reading lately or which mystery series we are reading lately. That is where i take my interest and sharing them with my colleagues. Host you spend those long flights from seattle to dc in a book sometimes . Guest people ask when do you find time to read . 5 hours i average one way across the country and plenty of time, recently released movies at Netflix Series or other streaming services, good book on paper, hardback or paperback. Host tell us about the Second District of washington. Guest other than it being the best district in the country and hugs the puget sound, got the San Juan Islands in the northwest corner of the district. The city of everett which is in the south end in the north end and the district has beautiful views of the Olympic Mountains to the west and cascades to the east. From a scenery perspective a beautiful district. Families have been in the region for 5 generations now. Is a great honor to continue to represent it, but i tell folks my family has been here longer than some and not as long as others. Good to stay humble as well as think about serving people in the district. Host congressman rick larsen, thanks for spending a few minutes with booktv and sharing your reading list. Guest a great pleasure, thank you so much. You can watch this and all of our what are you reading interviews, booktv. Org, using the search bar at the top of the page. Good evening, i am steven woolfolk, director programming and marketing. Before we get started i should mention if you have questions tonight you can leave those in the comments or chat box in the youtube page. If youre interested in purchasing the knowledge machine how irrationality created modern science it is available with most major retailers, your purchase will support independent booksellers