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education frontiers in our country for almost 40 years. in her new autobiography, "the martian's daughter," marina recounts what it was like to grow up in her unique family and then to continue to break new ground as a talented and credentialed woman making it certainly in some of the most male-dominated boardrooms, classrooms and charts of some of the most storied institutions in america. marina was leaning in long before the phrase leaning in hit the popular vernacular. she is professor of business administration and public policy at the university of michigan, a former vice presid...

booktv.org. robert kaiser presents "act of congress" at seventh followed by william bennett's book on analyzing higher education, "is college really worth it?" ninth is "big, hot, cheap and right. and at tenth, richard haass with "foreign policy begins at home." to see more on these books and oh lists of bestsellers on politico's book shelf go to politico.com/bookshelf. >> marina von neumann whitman was the first female to serve on the president's council of economic advisers under president nixon and was the highest ranking female in the auto industry in the 1980s when she served as...

we have been talking with jeffrey tucker of laissez-faire books and the author of its aid jefferson debate could jackson world as well as bourbon for breakfast and a new book coming out which is -- >> no more gate keepers. .. >> more casualties than in the bit l field, more than one a day. this is precisely the topic you take on in "the invisible wounds of war." talk about it. >> guest: well, first of all, only 1% of our population over 18 are in the army, and it's a volunteer army which means they don't have enough soldiers. they are stretched thin. they have too many deployments. u...

>> i want to thank the c-span tb for broadcasting this the event nationally. also of the historic austin country club as a gracious host. they say there are two types of people in this world. those the texans and those that wish they were texans. [laughter] i am pleased to tell you i fit in the latter category. i will start with the all-star yen accent with your decipherable texan drawl any day of the week. there is a deal to be done i reckon. i of texas. schools, and sequestered where socialism finally struggles and the tumor cannot metastasize. with the noxious weeds that cannot ta...

>> ulysses was originally published between march 1918 in december 1920 and american periodical called the little review. we have copies of all of those as well. we are to show you a later edition of ulysses that is extremely rare. .. you're watching booktv on c-span2. we are on location in las vegas nevada at bali hotel for freedom fest chp is an annual event. it's organized by this author mark. tell us first of all, what is freedom fest and how did it come about? >> it is a little bit about everything. a renaissance gathering. we talk politics, philosophy, sentence and technology, ...