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[inaudible conversations] youre watching booktv on cspan2. Joining us now from chicago and the publishers convention is ron charles who is the editor of Washington Posts book world. Mr. Charles, what do you do for a living . Guest i assign most of the daily reviews in the Washington Post, and every wednesday i write my own review. Host of books . Guest of books, yes. Host how many books a week, seven books a week . Guest we review 20 books a week, and we get about 150 of them. Host about 20 books a week are reviewed in the post. Guest right. Host why isnt there a standalone book section . Gues...

Section. Host ron charles is the editor of Washington Posts book world. This this is booktv on cspan2. Guest thanks so much. Heres a look at some authors recently featured on booktvs after words, our weekly Author Interview program. Syndicated radio host dana lash contended the u. S. Is dividing itself into two countries, coastal america and flyover america. Wall street journal columnist kimberly stras el argued the political left is using scare tactics to silence conservative speech. Eric fehr talked about his time in iraq working as an interrogator for a private military contractor. And in t...

Shiites and master saudi arabia with all sorts of horrible things are happening. I dont think so. And so there we are. You ask about the president not getting involved in syria. He just put 200 special forces troops into syria. As far as i know, recognized by the u. N. After reigning power and the russians are there with approval by the theory of government. The iranians are there with approval. Hezbollah, the shia group from lebanon, they are there with approval. The precedent for 250 special forces into israel without that casualty . Its a point of view. The world sees what he does. Ill tell...

And we think the sponsors for the panel on the president ial year. Here to say a few words about the panel is andy taggart andir also coauthorau along with face organizer jerry nash of the boo mississippi politics. Its really a privilege for my partners and i got anty to pt opportunity to participate in this way and i thank all of you for participating the this is an extraordinary gift that the board and a paid staff of the book festival have contributed to our state and the sponsors are thrilled to have a chance to be a part ofchance t it. [applause] also welcome to the great treasure that oo...

Unsolicited stakeover bid led by anbang insurance group. Well give you the latest. United airlines ceo back to work today but the activists are not cutting him slack. Whats ahead for munoz and the airline at large. Starwood is up sharply in premarket trading. They received a takeover proposal from chinas anbang insurance. Its worth about 75 a share in cash. The board of starwood says it is not changing its recommendation at this point and supports the companys planned merger with marriott, but they have a waiver from marriott that will allow them to negotiate until thursday. People familiar wi...