http://www.booktv.org Book TV, C-SPAN2 Weekend Highlights Non-Fiction author shows – listings in Eastern Times (ET): On Saturday, March 10 at 12:00 pm and at 7:00 pm [95 minutes] Book TV presents _Richard Vedder_ (http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segID=7916&schedID=479) , The Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big-Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy [ Refutes many media myths. ] Bernard Lewis, 2007 American Enterprise Institute’s Irving Kristol Award Lecture: After receiving the award, Mr. Lewis delivered the annual Lecture, outlining historical relationship between the west and the Middle East, and recent trends in European attitudes towards Muslims. (Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 10 AM and 2 PM ET), [ 65 – minute shows of the #1 Mid-East expert.] Leviathan on the Right: How Big-Government Conservatism Brought Down the Republican Revolution, by Michael Tanner, the director of health and welfare studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC. Commenting during this event is by Daniel Casse, the former special assistant to President George W. Bush and U S Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX), who is very critical of Congressional Republicans and President Bush for their "big government" tendencies. Saturday night / Sunday, at 1:00 am ET [95 mins]. Triple Cross: How bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI + Why Patrick Fitzgerald Failed to Stop Him by _Peter Lance_ (http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=7924&schedID=478) , (Sunday 3:30 AM ET) Record 2 hours of revelations – well documented, 650 pages -- connects all the dots – clearly shows al Qaeda’s successes vs. the 911 Commission + FBI failures – more than 12 years of fascinating facts + dramatic revelations ! Lisa Margonelli, Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline In researching her book, Lisa Margonelli set out to follow the path of oil production, from the oil field to the gas station. She explains how oil is extracted, refined, and distributed, with a special focus on five oil-producing countries: Venezuela, Chad, Iran, Nigeria, and China. (Sunday 1 PM ET -- 1 hour.) Jeremy Schaap, Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics Tells the story of Olympic sprinter Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the Berlin games in Germany in 1936. Schaap opines on the historical importance of Owens, who was an African American athlete, and whose victories at the games flew in the face of Hitler’s ideas of Aryan (white) supremacy. (Sunday 3 PM ET -- 1 hour.) Book TV Weekend Highlights, CATO, etc.
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