Television for serious readers. Some programs to watch for this weekend on booktv, live today from the gaithersburg book festival in maryland with author talks from cuba surprised when not in david schiller, representative tom davis, historian mary stockwell, a former adviser to president Obama David Axelrod and pulitzer rise columnist clarence page. Afterwards caroline fredericton author of under the bus discusses the impact of labor and employment laws on women. For complete Television Schedule visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. What happened in 2001 my oldest son headed to the Naval Academy and at that time there was to communicate with each other and to engage and connect and so i began posting on that list on 9 11, everything changed. My son had gone to a Peacetime Navy hand within a few short hours everything changed. I began to write more. I would write about being encouraged and remember our roots and ultimately imus asked to become a moderator and that started a series of 14 years of me advising, encouraging and supporting Naval Academy parents. Through that time i had two more children and 10 Naval Academy. And at the Naval Academy, and parents could write this all down in the book write this all down and twists and turns, my husband after his airline declared bankruptcy lost his pension and end ed up working for an airline in afghanistan. I followed him and talk for a year in afghanistan so i had a unique perspective of being a mom who had children keep floyd to afghanistan and now i was fair at the same time our youngest one, the rubble, decided to join the military not through the Naval Academy but through army rotc and now i had four children, all serving. I had been in a more zone and when i came back people kept saying you need to write this down and i will write it for my family. They contacted the publisher and the result is be safe, love mon a military moms stories of courage. You can watch this and other programs on line at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] welcome to booktvs live coverage from the gaithersburg book festival held on the city hall fairgrounds in gaithersburg md. 30 miles north of washington d. C. Today we will feature several otter panels including looks at politics, congress, the cost of social me dance much more. Keep your eye on the screen at the bottom throughout the day for schedule of the events or check on line to get our full schedule at booktv. Org. We are kicking off todays live coverage with a panel on political jargon. David mark and chuck mccuts in discuss their book dog whistles walked back stand washington handshakes. This is live coverage on booktv on cspan2. We need your feedback. There are surveys that are available here and at the information booth about