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, August 16
3:55 p.m. Marcus Rediker, author of Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea (Viking, $33, 9780525558347), at City of Asylum Bookstore in Pittsburgh, Pa.
4:50 p.m. Becky Aikman, author of Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II (Bloomsbury, $31.99, 9781635576566).
Sunday, August 17
8 a.m. Stacey Abrams, author of Coded Justice: A Thriller (Doubleday, $30, 9780385548342). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
9:15 a.m. Michael Grynbaum, author of Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America (Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668003916), at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C. (Re-airs Sunday at 9:15 p.m.)
2 p.m. Clare Morell, author of The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones (Forum Books, $27, 9780593736296).
2:50 p.m. Bonnie Tsui, author of On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters (Algonquin, $29, 9781643753089), at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C.
3:40 p.m. Sam Kean, author of Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations (Little, Brown, $32.50, 9780316496551), at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C.
5:05 p.m. Evan Osnos, author of The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich (Scribner, $30, 9781668204481).
6:45 p.m. Jonah Bromwich, author of Dragon on Centre Street: New York vs. Donald J. Trump (Authors Equity, $30, 9798893310382).
