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 29
5:20 p.m. Edward Robert McClelland, author of Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation (Pegasus Books, $32, 9781639366378).
Sunday, March 30
8 a.m. Neil Shubin, author of Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future (Dutton, $32, 9780593186527). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
10 a.m. Paul Blustein, author of King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World's Dominant Currency (Yale University Press, $35, 9780300270969). (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)
11 a.m. Nicholas Lalla, author of Reinventing the Heartland: How One City's Inclusive Approach to Innovation and Growth Can Revive the American Dream (HarperCollins, $29.99, 9781400249008). (Re-airs Sunday at 11 p.m.)
12:05 p.m. John Lechner, author of Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare (Bloomsbury, $29.99, 9781639733361), Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
1:05 p.m. Paula Dobriansky discusses Unyielding Resolve: Captive Nations and the Path to Freedom by Lev E. Dobriansky (Hoover Institution Press, $25.95, 9780817926557).
2:35 p.m. Colum McCann and Diane Foley, authors of American Mother (Etruscan Press, $25.99, 9798985882452), at the Savannah Book Festival.
3:21 p.m. Dava Sobel, author of The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science (Atlantic Monthly Press, $30, 9780802163820), at the Savannah Book Festival.
4:08 p.m. Keren Blankfeld, author of Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story (Back Bay Books, $19.99, 9780316564786), at the Savannah Book Festival.
4:53 p.m. Cara Giaimo, co-author of Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders (Workman, $40, 9781523514410), at the Savannah Book Festival.
