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Bestselling author David Grann talked about a mutiny aboard the British naval ship The Wager off the coast of South America in the mid-18th century and the court martial that followed. This …

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Scott Shane recounted the life of Thomas Smallwood, a slave who bought his freedom and helped hundreds to escape slavery. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore h…

Brad Meltzer talked about his book, The President’s Shadow. He was interviewed at BookExpo America, the publishing industry’s annual trade show, held at the Javits Convention Center in New Y…

Ms. Dalton talked about her book, Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life, published by Vintage Books. She described Roosevelt’s accomplishments, including receiving a Nobel Peace Prize, broker…

Telephone lines were open for answers to the question “What would you like to see on BookTV?” as the street was toured at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus on Saturd…

John Sherer talked about Basic Books that were released for spring 2009. He mentioned Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves; The Economic Naturalist’s Field Guide: Common Sense Principles…

Lynne Duke discussed her book "Mandela, Mobutu, and Me: A Newswoman’s African Journey", published by Doubleday. The book is memoir of Ms. Duke’s four-year assignment as the Washington Post’s…

Author Malachy McCourt entertained the audience with anecdotes, verse and song in celebration of his most recent book, Voices of Ireland: Classic Writings of a Rich and Rare Land, published…

Author Jeffrey Rosen talked about his book, "The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age", published by Random House. In the book, Rosen explains and defends his beli…

Mr. Sherbell talked about book Soviets: Pictures from the End of the USSR, published by Yale University Press. The book has more than 200 black-and-white photographs taken just following th…