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    Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America

    Adam Winkler talked about his book Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America. He was interviewed by Mr. Dunham and responded to questions from members of the audience. This…

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    The Quiet World

    Douglas Brinkley talked about his book The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960. He was interviewed while at the Texas Book Festival. The program included schedule info…

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    Panel on the Arab Spring

    Authors talked about their books about the Middle East and the series of uprisings during the year. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Richard Dunham moderated. “The A…

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    Panel on American Debt

    Authors talked about their books on the history of the American debt crisis. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Paul Stekler moderated. “Show Me the Money” was a prese…

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    Top Secret America

    Dana Priest talked about her book Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State. In her book she argues that the top-secret world that the government created in response to…

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    Lions of the West

    Robert Morgan talked about his book Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion. He was interviewed by Mr. Hutton and responded to questions from members of the audience…

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    Reaction to the Arab Spring Panel

    Telephone lines were open for comments from viewers after the presentation of the panel “The Arab Spring: Roots of Change in the Middle East” in the C-SPAN/Book TV Tent of the Texas Book Fes…

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    A More Perfect Heaven

    Dava Sobel talked about her book A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos. She was interviewed while at the Texas Book Festival. The program included schedule informat…

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    Panel on the Art of Nonfiction

    Authors talked about their nonfiction books. They responded to questions from members of the audience. George Getschow moderated. “The Art of Nonfiction” was a presentation of the Texas Book…

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    Reaction to Drug Cartel Panel

    Telephone lines were open for comments from viewers after the presentation of the panel “The Narco Wars: Inside the Drug Cartels” in the C-SPAN/Book TV Tent of the Texas Book Festival in Aus…

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    Rich People Things

    Chris Lehmann talked about his book Rich People Things: Real-Life Secrets of the Predator Class. He was interviewed while at the Texas Book Festival. The program included a festival overview…

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    The Ripple Effect

    Alex Prud’homme talked about his book, The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century. He was interviewed by Mr. Parker and responded to questions from members of the…

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    Unprecedented Power

    Steven Fenberg talked about his biography, Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good. Jesse H. Jones was the Houston entrepreneur who only had an eighth grade educati…

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    Open Phones on the American Debt

    Telephone lines were open for comments from viewers after a panel discussion on the history of the American debt, “Show Me the Money,” held in the C-SPAN/Book TV Tent at the Texas Book Festi…

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    Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War

    Deb Olin Unferth talked about her book Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War. In 1987, she set off to Central America with her boyfriend, determined to join a revoluti…

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    Texas Book Festival Reaction

    Telephone lines were open for comments from viewers who had just seen Juan Williams talking about his book Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate in the C-SPAN/Book TV Tent of the Texas Book …

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