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release seasons of them all, and this is our 2011 fall book preview show. we're joined by two industry watchers and book followers, bob minzesheimer is with "usa today," he's the book critic for that newspaper, he's in new york city, and jason boog is with galley cat which is a web site that covers books and the publishing industry. gentlemen, thank you for being on booktv today. and i want to start by asking you which book you're most excited about or looking forward to this fall. bob minitz smiler, we'll start with you. >> okay. peter, i'll mention three books, i'll try to do them ...

so again, the prosecution just -- i mean, a slam-dunk case with the typical hanging jury. it was the failure of imagination. he did not see that if you had a 2-time convicted like phelan sitting there being accused of his third felony, the jury is probably going to view him one way. if you have of light of standing member of the community sitting there, the jury is point to be inclined to view them very differently. and all this took place days after jonestown. the assassinations were ten days after jonestown, and it was the darkest, gloomiest time in the history of san francisco. i ...

reflection of our discontent with urselves. china is a vastly important factor in the world of 21st century but we don't need to imitate china. what we need to do in order to thrive in the 21st century is back it our traditions. >> our traditions have to change. the world is going through a fundamental transformation for another 100 years and china and europe's going through the same thing so we're at an unstable time and why doubly so we're seeing the people where you need a strong america. >> charlie: we conclude wit images of 9/11 by david friend of vanity fair with a book "watchi...

>> our traditions have to change. the world is going through a fundamental transformation for another 100 years and china and europe's going through the same thing so we're at an unstable time and why doubly so we're seeing the people where you need a strong america. >> charlie: we conclude wit images of 9/11 by david friend of vanity fair with a book "watching the world change." >> i still go through the sies of emotions a think a lot of new yorkers do and americans do. rage then sorw and think we still go through that. time does heal and it's one of the things in photography we loo...

what the government can do to get people back to work, but what are the prospects of washington acting during a fierce ideological fight over the economy? political paralysis is just one of the factors holdingmerica back and raising new fears that our country is in decline. this morning, a special discussion featuring "the new york times" columnist thomas friedman, co-author of the new book "that used to be us: how america fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back." plus, previewing the political battles ahead in the 2012 campaign as republicansrepare to square of...