Transcripts For CSPAN2 BOOK TV 20160813 : vimarsana.com

Grab a book and have it signed. Thank you all for attending this presentation. The lit fest appreciates your feedback. Thank you. [indiscernible] you are watching book tv on cspan two. Television for serious readers. Heres a look at what is on prime time tonight. And then it is a clock they talk about the book why president s fail and how they can succeed again. And then eastern a week count of the social and political upheavals that took place in the u. S. And at 10 00 on book tv afterwards program they argue that they dont understand the impacts the policies have on americas heartland. At 11 00 we wrap up our prime time programming. And now joining us on book tv is lissa warren the director of da capo press. Any types of nonfiction books. Music, polka culture, military history and then we have a wellness in print. What are some of the books that are coming out the season. We had three big history titles. The first one is on or before glory. Its about segregated unit of japanese soldiers who actually volunteered to serve while they were in internment camp. They went on to be known as the go for broke regiment. 200 soldiers who cannot break free from the german enemy. It is a thrilling nailbiting book and one that makes you proud to be an american. We have another book thats in the mountains. This one is in the mountains of eastern afghanistan. And this one is called the chosen few its by greg zero is who is a veterans reporter at usa today. Idc favorite as it were. Its about a Single Company of u. S. Paratroopers that was chosen to go and try to win hearts and minds in the mounds of afghanistan. And when they got there they were faced with 15 months of constant fighting a very heroic unit. Two of them returned home to win the medal of honor. With a wonderful book by stephen harding. He is an author who has published multiple books with us. To turn out a really good book again and again and again. This is a book that has a delicious subtitle. A sunken ship a banished crew in the final mystery of pearl harbor. There was a cargo ship that went missing between seattle and honolulu right as pearl harbor was happening and he does a lot of research and suggest that perhaps that ship sinking was actually the First Casualty of that war. Its a wonderful history book. A sad story but fascinating. You should read it. Its great. Is there a secret to marketing military history books. You need to make sure youre not just getting reviews. It is the journal of the naval academy. It needs to be a targeted approach. But we do find because there is so much interest in military we are able to get Mainstream Media for those books as well. We dont want to send an author to a story whether not going to be able to draw a crowd but if we have an author who we are confident is going to draw a crowd. And the right mix of the two we will absolutely send them where we need to get them. There are stores you can rely on every time. You cant go wrong with those stores. They always draw a crowd. And one more book you want to preview. Its called i am brian wilson. Its incredible. He is so honest in this book. And so wellcrafted. And of course brian is a musical icon. Its going to be a huge book for us this fall. It comes out in the fall. Lissa warren of da capo press. Here is a look at some of the authors featured on book tv. Kimberly stossel argued the political left is using scare tactics to silence conservative speech. Eric fehr discussed his time in iraq working as an interrogator. And Karen Greenberg director of the center on National Security at Fordham University took a critical look at the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11. In the coming weeks on afterwards Seymour Hersh will discuss the events that surrounded the killing of osama bin laden. Along with other covert operations that have taken place during the obama administration. In culture will make her case for supporting donald trump for president. Also coming up face the nation moderator John Dickinson will remember some of the most important moments in american president ial campaigns. This weekend dana lasch contends that the United States is divided itself dividing itself into two countries coastal america and fly over america. Is the area between new york and la thats 30,000 feet below your plane window. It is the huge expanse of patchwork. Whenever you look down. Youve no idea whats going on down there. Its small town america. It is the people with middleclass america. I have an uncle who owns the quarry. Its people just everyday people who arent on the coast. They value family. Its all of those people that dont get the attention that the coast gets. This airs on book tv every saturday at 10 00 p. M. You can watch all previous programs on her website book tv. Org. They recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress but they are what they are reading this summer. I am a multiple reader so i read a lot of books at the same time so sometimes i will finish a book all in one sitting but more often than not i read in different parts of the book. One book that i finished reading recently is a book that you did a whole segment on. Im a big fan of shakespeare into no that the Folger Library is right library is right down the street. When i saw this book i immediately picked it up and its a terrific book about a soldier who went on a spree to buy shakespeares folios and he amassed a huge collection enough material that he created the Folger Library. Its a fascinating story of how it ended up in washington dc. But im also reading the righteous mind. It is a book about communicating and how we communicate in a more effective way. There is one on the elephant. They merely explained what the elephant is doing. And a lot of times you talk to the writer who is not making the decisions. We ought to be talking to the elephant. Its a good way to remember that you should be talking to the elephant making the decisions. I think its important that we keep in mind who the heck we ought to be talking to. Its a book that i am rereading. I am also reading a book that i picked up at the National Gallery a week or so ago its called the accidental masterpiece. Its about how you see art and really to me i am a great lover of art you can see beauty and art and in everyday objects. But this is also another really interesting book that i just picked up. I like color, i like art i also do my own art. Reading i just want to mention is a foundational piece because i was not born in this country english is not my first language. I credit a library and when i was in Elementary School who awakened my love of reading. I still remember the book that she read. They would sit at her feet at the library and she would read as mary poppins. And that brought on the love of reading for me which as i said is foundational. In order to be a good writer you should be a good reader. Is there anything else