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Rick Atkinson talked about his book, The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe 1944-1945, the final book in his Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World…

Taylor Branch talked about his book, The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement, in which he presents his thoughts on key moments in the Civil Rights Movement. He spoke…

A. Scott Berg talked about his book, Wilson, in which he chronicles the life and work of the 28th President of the United States. He spoke at the 2013 National Book Festival, held on September…

Kay Bailey Hutchison talked about her book, Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas, in which she profiles numerous women integral to the history of the state of Texas. She…

Kenneth Mack talked about his book, Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. He was interviewed…

Kenneth Mack talked about his book, Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer, in which he chronicles the first era of civil rights lawyers. He spoke at the 2013…

Jeff Chu talked about his memoir, Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America. He was interviewed at the 2013 National Book Festival, held by the…

Rick Atkinson talked about his book, The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe 1944-1945, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. He was interviewed…

Joyce Carol Oates talked about her books, The Accursed, a historical novel with elements of the supernatural, and Evil Eye: Four Novellas of Love Gone Wrong. She was interviewed at the 2013…

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey talked about her life and work. She was interviewed at the 2013 National Book Festival, held on September 21-22 by the Library of Congress on the…

Kay Bailey Hutchison talked about her book, Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. She was interviewed…

Matt Apuzzo talked about his book, Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD’s Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden’s Final Plot Against America, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic…

Steve Vogel talked about his book, Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved a Nation, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. He was interviewed at…

Walter Stahr talked about his book, Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man, about Abraham Lincoln’s former presidential rival, William Henry Seward, who eventually became Lincoln’s Secretary…

James Swanson talked about his book, The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. He was…

Charles Wheelan talked about his book, The Centrist Manifesto and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. He was interviewed at the 2013 National Book Festival,…

George Weigel talked about his book, Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st Century Church, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. He was…

David Nasaw talked about his book, The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. He was…

David Nasaw talked about his book, The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy, in which he recounts the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, patriarch of the…

A. Scott Berg talked about his book, Wilson, and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. He was interviewed at the 2013 National Book Festival, held on September 21-22,…