Book TV airs on C-Span 2 this weekend from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday and focuses on political and historical books as well as the book industry. The following are highlights for this coming weekend. For more information, go to Book TV's website.
Saturday, March 22
9:30 a.m. John T. Shaw, author of Rising Star, Setting Sun: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and the Presidential Transition that Changed America (Pegasus Books, $29.95, 9781681777320). (Re-airs Saturday at 9:30 p.m.)
Sunday, March 23
8 a.m. Yaroslav Trofimov, author of Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence (Penguin Press, $32, 9780593655184). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
10 a.m. Michael Lewis, editor of Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service (Riverhead, $30, 9798217047802). (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)
2 p.m. Jason Stanley, author of Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future (One Signal/Atria, $28.99, 9781668056912), at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg, Pa.
3:50 p.m. Julian Zelizer, author of In Defense of Partisanship (Columbia Global Reports, $18, 9798987053683).
5 p.m. Michael Hiltzik, author of Golden State: The Making of California (Mariner, $32.50, 9780358539346).
6 p.m. Perle Mesta, author of The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington’s Most Famous Hostess (Grand Central, $34, 9781538751244).
6:45 p.m. Tariq Ali, author of You Can't Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024 (Verso, $44.95, 9781804290903).
