[inaudible conversations] book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading the summer. There is one book that im reading now that i just about finished is sebastian youngers book called tried and he is the author of the perfect storm. The Veterans Affair committee and i chair that and its about ptsd reintegration of our veterans back into society and its a great book. I recommend that you read it and i serve also as the cochair of a literacy caucus here in washington and one of the things that i encourage everyone to do is read the summer. Honestly, we read a lot of boring things here in washington, papers and policy papers and all that but for fun this summer im going to read david fall dodgy. Im about to books behind. Ive read every book that he has ever written. Starting with his first one and ive never given up. Hes a great writer. I also want to read john needhams book and Andrew Jackson was the first person to hold my congressional suits and in tennessee where i live its two president s and one is Andrew Jackson and one is andrew johnson. Those are folks i would like to read about the summer. Booktv wants to know what you are reading. Send us your Summer Reading list via twitter, instagram or posted to our facebook page. Booktv on cspan2. Television for serious readers. You are watching the tv on cspan2 television for serious readers. Heres our primetime lineup. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern science journalist Peter Brennan examines previous extinctions on earth through fossils and geological records in the ends of the world. Then at 8 00 p. M. New york times chief weiss Health Correspondent peter baker examines the Obama Presidency in his book obama the call of history. At 9 00 p. M. Former marine Corps Officer tracy crowe and former naval officer jerry bell provide a history of womens military efforts from the American Revolution to today. On book tvs afterwords at 10 00 p. M. Arizona senator jeff blake calls for a return to court principles of conservativism. Hes interviewed by se cobb, New York Daily News columnist and host of hlns cup unfiltered. At 11 00 p. M. Robert oneill the former us navy seal credited with the killing of Osama Bin Laden talks about his military career and some of the 400 missions he participated in including the rescue of captain Richard Phillips in the attempted rescue of marcus the trial. That all happens tonight at cspan twos book tv. First up, here is Peter Brennan discussing his new book the ends of the world. Hello there. Welcome to foursquare books. Thank you for supporting local independent bookstores. We have events here all the time and they are usually not on the nbc nightly news as tonight will be i am just kidding about that. [laughter] it will be on cspan which is the next highest rated show after the nbc nightly news