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Bob Riel documented the stories of every presidential campaign from 1789 to 2020 --and of candidates from George Washington to Donald Trump - in his book “Quest for the Presidency.” He was…

Ruben Castaneda, S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C.; Sam Quinones, Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic; Barry Siegel, Manifest Injustice: The True Story of a…

Tom Zoellner talked about his book, Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World-from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief. He spoke in the C-SPAN 2/BookTV tent at the 2014…

Authors talked about their books about politics. Topics included the fractures between left and right in the country. They also responded to questions from members of the audience. Jim Nintzel…

Panelists discussed the great deal of attention paid recently to Arizona, focusing on the state’s immigration and campaign finance laws and challenges to the federal government.

Tom Zoellner talked about and presented slides on his book Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World (Viking Adult; March 5, 2009). He presents a history of uranium, the strongest…

Tom Zoellner talked about his book, The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit and Desire, published by St. Martin’s Press. He read excerpts, described the diamond…