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Switzerland hes well received. Austria, poland and especially his zenith will be in russia. And, again doing these different shakespearean plays. Its in poland where hes thinking about in 1867 hes thinking about returning and hes lining up a 100 performances back here in the united states. On the eve of his departure, he falls sick and dies and is buried now in woodage, polandeandpoland. And thats where his tombstone is. Thats 1867. 1867 robert e. Lee has surrendered the army of Northern Virginia in appomattox in 1865 and that celebration, commemoration, will be this coming april. And he is no...

Tell us what you think about our programming this weekend. You can tweet us at booktv, comment on our facebook wall or send us an email. Nonfiction books every weekend on cspan2. And now from the 17th annual texas book festival in austin, texas, a discussion of president Lyndon Johnson and first lady ladybird johnson. This is just over 50 minutes. Hi, and welcome to the texas book festival. D my name is carol dawson, and iw love being a moderator every year at the texas book festival, and i particularly love this task this year. Task this year i have had the privilege of reading two books that...

Man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong. He died in august. That is followed by a look at the life of teenagers in the white house. Then the evolution of facebook as told by the facebook engineer who created the like button, newsfeed, and timeline. And you change this army so it becomes a volunteer army, code finder soldiers in the labor market. Go find them in the villages and towns in america. We did that. We created a splendid force of young men and women who are willing to serve their country as volunteers. The had the same tradition, the same culture, the same loyalty and dedication as an...

Believes we need to simplify. We cannot have the tax code that has higher rates and more complexity than anywhere else in the world. We have got to address the system that really hurts innovation and High Technology economy. We did not worry about those when we were doing well, but they are getting in the way of progress we have got to go through the process in a simpler and more logical and efficient way. This is the number one thing thousands of Business People said was the biggest barrier to investing in the u. S. We have got to upgrade our infrastructure, but we have got to focus on those ...

Youre so gracious. Carry pop back to the earlier panel real quick . Engaging. You are very accessible in terms of answering questions and how are you doing this and what are people wearing. ,y question for this panel is how many people are in the press corps . Is about 40, im guessing. I wouldve thought twice as many. Peoplee are a number of who wear multiple hats. You could be sent off to boston and all the sorts of things. We are all aware of the strains that journalistic institutions and the media are under and the need to have fewer people covering more things. Technology can help with tha...