Clips

Thom Hartmann on the gray area between socialism and capitalism, including the lines between where the private sector ends, and the public sector begins.

• 6 minutes
• 4,931 views

Author Jacqueline Woodson talks about the characters in her book "Harbor Me."

• 6 minutes
• 1,538 views

Cokie Roberts on her fathers disappearance

• 48 seconds
• 1,121 views

Author Amity Shlaes talks about the various public policy attempts to stimulate the economy during the Great Depression.

• 7 minutes
• 1,050 views

Lincoln and the 13th Amendment

• 6 minutes
• 715 views

In this September 2001 interview with C-SPAN, author Shelby Foote talks to Brian Lamb about when and why he reads Marcel Proust and the value of the written word and our need to read it.

• 2 minutes
• 556 views

The author of several American biographies, including John Adams, talks about his infamous typewriter, on which he has written all of his books.

• 2 minutes
• 538 views

Edna Greene Medford explains the steps leading up to President Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation.

• 2 minutes
• 514 views

Jacqueline Woodson talks about poetry, audience, themes and issues that influence her writing.

• 3 minutes
• 447 views

In 2001, author Toni Morrison appeared on Book TV's In Depth program to talk about her life and work. She speaks here about why she saw herself first and foremost as a "black woman writer"…

• 3 minutes
• 415 views

Dave Barry answers BookTV question "I'm not Jewish, what's in it for me" by citing Hagadah, Alan Zweibel, Adam Mansbach, and his Cuban Jewish wife

• 2 minutes
• 393 views

Rick Atkinson, a Pulitzer Prize- and Polk Award-winning journalist, talked about Operation Overlord, marching orders that tasked Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower and the Allied Forces…

• 1 minute
• 337 views

David Baldacci. author of 40 novels, discusses his views on capitalism.

• 2 minutes
• 271 views

Jeff Shaara talks about the parallels between the Mexican and the Vietnam Wars and how the U.S. expanded after the Mexican War.

• 3 minutes
• 245 views

Dr. Ben Carson discusses his anger management as a younger person. This was during a Book-TV In Depth interview

• 4 minutes
• 244 views

Author Tom Clancy describes how he uses libraries to do his research.

• 37 seconds
• 227 views

Author and historian Joanne Freeman discussed the ideas of an affair of honor and duels. She also described the Hamilton-Burr duel that took place in 1804.

• 4 minutes
• 226 views

Pearl Harbor Visit

• 1 minute
• 217 views

Jacqueline Woodson discusses the importance of place in her books.

• 2 minutes
• 201 views

Author Kenneth Davis on Presidential Politics and Campaign Civility

• 4 minutes
• 166 views