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Lawrence Wright was interviewed about his book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, published by Knopf. Mr. Wright was interviewed on the BookTV Bus at the Miami Book Fair Inter…

Members of Congress from both parties, writers, and journalists participated in an event marking 100 days since the death of Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.…

Lawrence Wright was interviewed about his book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, published by Knopf. He talked about the history of Islamic terrorism, including Osama bin Lad…

Panelists talked about global terrorism and national security issues and debated the question, “Is terrorism a threat to the American way of life?” Panelists included Lawrence Wright, Malcol…

Lawrence Wright talked about his book, Thirteen Days in September: Cater, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David, in which he recounts the 1978 Camp David Accords, during which President Jimmy Carte…

Journalists Lawrence Wright and Jim Lehrer talked about the political atmosphere of Dallas leading up to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and the changes to the city since the…

Lawrence Wright talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, in which he reports on the Church of Scientology. In his book, the author, who interview…

Lawrence Wright talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, which was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He was interviewed…

Book TV was live at the Miami Book Fair International, held on the campus of Miami Dade College on November 23-24, 2013.

Lawrence Wright talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications.

Lawrence Wright, staff writer for the New Yorker, talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, in which he reports on the Church of Scientology. In h…

“The War of Ideas” was the second panel of the day-long event “Al Qaeda 3.0: The ‘War on Terror’ After the Bush Administration.” The event, held in the Russell Senate Office Building, was co…

A panel discussion on “Investigative Journalism: Getting the Story” was moderated by Dorothy Wickenden. Participants talked about journalism, various investigations they had undertaken, usin…

Four authors discussed the topic, “Current Interest: Profiles in Terror,” moderated by Leo Braudy. They also talked about their books on terrorism. After their presentations they responded t…

Raymond Ibrahim was interviewed about the book he edited and translated, The Al Qaeda Reader, published by Broadway. He translated key al Qaeda documents, some previously unavailable in Engl…

Panelists talked about the open sources of information available to the public. Topics included the media’s ability to access information, the role and responsibilities of embedded journalis…

Lawrence Wright talked about terrorism, Al Qaeda, and Western intelligence efforts. He is the author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, published by Knopf. He also responde…

Panelists talked about the relationship between Pakistani and Saudi Arabian officials and business with the al-Qaida network and Islamic fundamentalism within those countries. Among the topi…

Mr. Wright talked about Saudi Arabian politics and culture as well as U.S. relations with the country. He also responded to viewer comments and questions.

The panelists, led by Mr. Holbrooke as moderator, discussed the possibility of war with Iraq, what kind of war it will be, and what the world will be like after the war. Mr. Gelb is the auth…