Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the Second World War and greece that i always kept close to my heart. The first was in 1940 when Benito Mussolini italys Prime Minister asked the greek Prime Minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3 00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. It was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. It prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest figure of the 20th century in my mind to say, it is not greeks that fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like greeks. And then again in 194on the island military commander order ad bishop and mayor to prepare him a list of the Jewish Community on the island. His plan was to deport the entire Jewish Community of zakenfoss to concentration camps in poland. Word had gone out any greek caught hide as jew would be executed on the spot. Instead of preparing this list, the bishop and the mayor went to the Jewish Community on the island, and they sent them into hiding, in the mountains or with christian trends in the countryside. They returned to German Military commander, presented him with a sheet of paper, the list. That the German Military commander was after. There were just two names on that piece of paper the bishop and the mayor. They told the German Military commander that it was the entire Jewish Community. It was the spirit of filatmo behind both of those acts and precise spirit that encouraged me to answer what consider the greatest moral calling of our time, the defense of the United States of america. You can watch this and other programs online, at booktv. Org. Look at current bestselling nonfiction books according to the New York Times. The end of life care, in being mortal. Number four is form arkansas Mike Huckabee take on culture in gods, guns, grits and gravy. In killing patton bill oreilly recounts the life and death of george patton. A rarely charged murder in ghettocide. Deep down dark, the account of 33 chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days again. Stephen brills diagnosis of the Health Care System americas bitter pill. Former president george w. Bush profile of his father g h. W. Bush, in 41. New york times nonfiction bestsellers list includes with the life as a gitmo detainee, in guantanamo diary. In i am malala Nobel Peace Prize recipient growing up in pakistan. History of the under Ground Railroad in gateway to freedom. That is look at this weeks list of nonfiction bestsellers according to the New York Times. [inaudible conversations]. On your screen now is a live picture from inside Trinity United Methodist church, home of the annual savannah book festival in georgia. We will be back in just a few minutes, with more live coverage. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. Here is look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. March 14th 15th, booktv will be at university of arizona with live coverage of the 7th annual tucson festival of books. Following week the begin i cant festival of the book will be held in charlottesville, virginia. From march 25th through the 29th the city of new orleans will host the Tennessee WilliamsLiterary Festival. Los Angeles Times of festival of books takes place on the 18th and 19th april. It will also air live on booktv. Let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area. Well be happy to add them to our list. Email us at booktv at cspan. Org. A familiar face to cspan and booktv viewers ted olson, former solicitor general coauthor of this book redeeming the dream, the case for Marriage Equality. Along with david boies. Did you surprise a lot of people on your position on gay marriage . Apparently i did. I didnt surprise me and i didnt surprise people who knew me. I think i always felt, i grew up in california, i feel it is wrong and i always felt it is wrong to discriminate against people who are gay or lesbian. When i was first asked to take this case i thought it was something i could do and i wanted to do. So, i was a little surprised that people were surprised but because im a conservative a lot of people were. And i felt that it was then my mission to try to convince as many of them i could that this was the right place to be. What is the conservative case for gay marriage . The conservative case for gay marriage to me is easy. These are two loving people who want to come together in an enduring relationship and form a part of a community and have a family, and be a part of our society, and to live together. What could be more conservative than that . We should want, we as conservatives should want people who love one another to want to get married. Marriage is a conservative value, and when gay people want to get married it should be the same thing. The same aspirations and same fears and hopes the rest of us do. We should support that. For those who may not know, whats the long relationship of you and your coauthor . How did you first meet. David boies and i of course knew one another before the bush versus gore case. Most people know us as opposite sides. He represented Vice President gore, i represented governor bush, in the bush versus gore case that decided the 2000 election. After the election, we found we had Great Respect for one another. Our wives, are both lawyers. We started to get together and enjoy evenings together over dinner and more we spent with one another, we, more we realized we should Work Together on something. When this case came along i called up david and i thought it was it was important to the represent to the American People it was not a conservative or liberal issue. It was an American Issue and that if two lawyers wellknown on opposite sides of the political spectrum could come together, people could see it. It was an American Issue not a gay or heterosexual issue or conservative or liberal issue but issue about American Values and american rights and freedom. We tried to convey that point of view. This book is written by two lawyers. Can laymen understand it . Well we hope. We thought it was exceedingly important to express the case that we took from the very beginning all the way to the Supreme Court in terms of that lawyers would learn as a lesson but also people would value as a journey of individuals and freedom and people. And we tried very hard to make sure that we could communicate with people who are not lawyers. The worst thing in the world is for a lawyer to talk like a lawyer. People dont like that they dont understand it they dont want to hear it. It is important for lawyers to understand that you have to speak english speak in language that people understand. We tried to convey our emotion, our feelings, and our strategy, in terms that all americans could understand. Especially young people who might aspire to be lawyers. Or people that were studying Political Science. We tried to reach out to that wide audience. What is your answer of how quickly it seems gay marriage is being accepted and spread across the country . Im glad you asked that question. We started this case, there were three states in which individuals could marry the person they loved if it happened to be a person of the same sex. Today, five years later, 33 states recognize Marriage Equality. Can you imagine . And the American Public was against Marriage Equality by a factor of 17 points or Something Like that. Now it is maybe 10 or 12 on the other side. Young americans, people under 30, it is 75 to 80 believe in Marriage Equality and respect the rights of gay and lesbians to get married. That all took place in the course of five or six years. It is a remarkable transformation of American Public opinion. All in favor of people who love one another. Its a very, very encouraging thing. What about the Republican Party . The Republican Party is getting there. When we filed our briefs in the Supreme Court we had a brief filed by some 30 prominent members of the Republican Party who supported our case, including ken mehlman former chairman of the Republican National committee, rob portman an important senator who is a republican and more and more republicans are understanding that marriage between people who love one another is a value that republicans have to support or theyre not going to ever win elections. I mean this is important not just to gay and lesbian people but people across the political spectrum who believe in american rights. Republicans will not be accepted as a Majority Party if they wish to achieve a majority status in this country unless they recognize that rights of human beings to have that kind of freedom and liberty. This, any gay marriage issues coming back before the Supreme Court and if so, are you involved in them . Im not involved in it but we had several cases including the virginia case, Supreme Court decided not to take this year, but there is another case involving kentucky, tennessee, and a couple of other states, that the Supreme Court is considering right now. I believe the Supreme Court will take that case. Im hoping that the Supreme Court will hear that case before the end of next june, when they decide their cases for this term. Im not involved in it now but i am rooting for those lawyers who are handling this case. If they want any help from me they will have it. At the time olson, david boies, redeeming the dream, the case for Marriage Equality. This is booktv on cspan2. Thank you for talking to me. [inaudible conversations]. Booktv is live today from Savannah Georgia at their annual book festival. Our live coverage will continue shortly. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. Here is look at books being published this week. New york times reporter mary pelon traces origins of the board game monopoly. In the age of acquiesce ends, Steve Frazier talks about the rise of american capitalism and critadvertises what he sees as politics of fear. An assistant professor the environmental study in new york city, proposes public shaming of corporate and government leaders can be used as form of nonviolent protest, in the book, is shame necessary. To explain the world, nobel prizewinning physicist Steven Weinberg looks at development of modern science and human development. Michael meyer talks about living in rural chinas farming community, in in manchuria. Watch for the authors in the future on booktv. Org. Had an experience about five years ago that i think really captures the way were taught to think about fossil fuels and actually what is wrong, in my view not just the way that the left thinks of fossil fuels but often the right thinks of fossil fuels. So im from southern california. I grew up in this area. But, you know the climate out there is just, just amazing. So i moved there about 10 years ago for work and i havent been able to leave. About five years ago i was in irvine california, orange county, at a farmerrers market for lunch. As sometimes happens there was a greenpeace booth outside of the farmers market. This girl comes up to me, im, what am i now, 34, i must have been 28, 29 at the time looked fairly young. Said youre an environmentalist right . Dont you want to help us get off our addiction to fossil fuels and transition to clean renewable energy. Im thinking, she really does not know what is going to happen in terms of what my view is. And i said, well no, actually, i really like fossil fuels. I think what fossil fuel industry does is great overall. And i think that the world would be better if we used more fossil fuels. So think to yourself, what is she thinking . What is she going to say. That is what i was wondering. The reason why i raised it that way, that is my view we should use more fossil fuels is i wanted to see, i wanted her to bring up one of the common objections. So, for example catastrophic climate change. Catastrophic pollution, catastrophic resource depletion. I show her there is different way of thinking about these things where the fact something is challenge doesnt mean it is catastrophe. And that if you look at the big picture, the full context, these things insofar there are challenges are far, far outweighed by the benefits human beings get. But unfortunately she didnt ask about any of those things. And she didnt even get mad at me. She did something that at the time took me aback. And that was she looked at me almost in awe, and i thought what is going to happen. Cant really be awe, right . I realized later as if an alien creature, talking to alien creature, when i said i think we should use more fossil fuels. She said wow, you must make a lot of money. Watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Lynn sherr is next on become tv booktv live on savannah book festival. She tells the story of sally ride the First American woman in space. Good morning. Happy valentines day. Book lovers, my name a anne gardner and i am delighted to welcome to you the 8th annual savannah book festival. And to thank the festivals 2015 presenting sponsors Georgia Power, and bob and jean faircloth. We are blessed once again to host such celebrated authors at Trinity United Methodist church a beautiful historic venue, made possible by the generosity of ann and jimmying bi, the International Paper foundation the Savannah Morning News, and zoo van gnaw magazine. We would also like to thank cspan for coming to the festival and filming live here today, which is why you are in the limelight. Were sorry about your lights but you may be on tely, so who noise. We would also like to extend a special thanks to our literati members and individual donors who make this Saturdays Free festival a possibility. We will be providing you with yellow bucks for books buckets at the door as you exit, if you would like to give us extra support. It is important if we can possibly maintain this place and saturday for the festival free. Please take a moment to make sure you turn off your telephone phones. We also ask that you do not take flash photography. If youre going to ann and Christopher Rice tomorrow please remember it is 3 00. At one stage it was printed incorrectly in the information on the website. Immediately following this presentation, lynn sherr will be signing festivalpurchased copies of her book in Telfair Square. You possibly anticipated meeting vicki con stan teen croke this morning. Unfortunately, not unfortunately, probably happy living there. She lives in boston. They had ice back on the roof. Two stories, the one is roof came down and other is water is pouring inside. Were very lucky today, that lynn sherr will do two talks. She will do one she scheduled to do this afternoon and will do this one as well. I also want to thank jean and sherry sheraif for sponsoring lynn. Lynn scher, sorry spent more than 30 years with abc news and is best known for her reporting at abc new magazine, 20 20. As a journalist she covered the Nasa Space Program for 1981 to 1986. Including the landmark barrierbreaking moment when her friend sally ride became the First American woman in space in 1983. Lynn sherrs new book covers rides public an intensely private personal life in unprecedented detail, thanks to insights provided by ride family colleagues former husband and friends and unknown most by most, a long time lesbian partner. Scher has won, scher has won an emmy two american women in radio and television commendations, a gracie award, and a George Foster peabody award. This outspoken feminist twice received planned parenthoods Margaret Sanger award for journalists. Written numerous other books including, outside the box, a memoir about her life on