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Historian Patricia O’Toole chronicled the political career of President Woodrow Wilson at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Novelist Amy Tan reflected on her writing life at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Brian Kilmeade discussed his book on the War of 1812's Battle of New Orleans and took viewer phone calls from the 18th annual National Book Festival.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor discussed her children’s books, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor and Turning Pages: My Life Story, at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Wash…

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham looked at critical moments in American history and how they relate to the present. He spok at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washingt…

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talked about her book on presidential leadership and took viewer phone calls from the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, …

Stuart Eizenstat, chief domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter, recalled the tenure of America’s 39th president. He spoke at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, …

Panelists discussed author John LeCarre and spy work from the 18th annual National Book Festival. Panelists included Kai Bird, The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames; David Ignatius…

Steve Coll looked at the CIA’s secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the problematic relationship between the CIA and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He spoke at the 18th…

Lawrence Jackson recalled the life of author Chester B. Himes. He spoke at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discussed her book, Fascism: A Warning, at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Erica Armstrong Dunbar recounted the life of Ona Judge, a slave owned by George and Martha Washington, whose escape initiated a manhunt ordered by the first President. Catherine Kerrison, ex…

Washington Post nonfiction book critic Carlos Lozada previewed fall book releases and took viewer phone calls from the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright examined the history, culture, and politics of the Lone Star state at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Tara Westover talked about her memoir, Educated, and took viewer phone calls from the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Journalist Alfredo Corchado talked about the paths that he and three friends took after they immigrated to the U.S. in the late 1980s. He discussed his book and took viewer phone calls from …

Elizabeth Fenn talked about her book, Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People. She spoke in the History Pavilion of the 15th annual National Book Festival, he…

Sarah Vowell talked about her book Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, in which she looks at the American Revolution through the eyes of the French-born Marquis de Lafayette. She spo…

Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter Onuf talked about their book "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination, in which they examine the intellectual matura…