Marking 15 years of booktv on cspan2. Some programs to watch this weekend on booktv. Throughout the weekend we bring you a few interviews and tours from the tvs recent visit to andy reid, pa. At 4 45 eastern, a look at the smartest kids in the world with amanda ripley. At 11 00 p. M. Dumbing down accords how politics keep the smartest judges off the bench tomorrow at 5 00 eastern, we bring you a collection of programs about the Federal Reserve chairman and at 6 45 from the recent southern festival of books linda barnacle gives a history of the civil war battle. Visit booktv. Org for this weekends television schedule. Dr. James swanson is latest book is a history of the kennedy assassination for young adults is next on booktv. I am here to welcome you to this session of the southern festival of books and introduce you to our author for this evenings session. As you know our writer for this session is James Swanson who is the Edgar Award Winning author of the New York Times bestseller ma
With it. Her parents stopped him. His explanation, she made me do it. It wasnt my fault. She is older than me. I was defending myself. In first grade, not only told to me by jo ann but corroborated by other people who were in school with manson at the time. In first grade he organizes some girls in this class to beat up a boy he doesnt like. The principal comes in looks for charlie. His explanation . The that girls were doing what they wanted to do. That is what they wanted. You cant blame me. The same defense he uses all these years later with tate and la bianca. You next Amanda Ripley profiles three American Students to move to three Different Countries finland south korea and poland for education has taken hyperseriously. This is a little over an hour. Hello everyone. A very boisterous crowd. Everyone if i could call your attention to this side of the room. We dont usually get this kind of animated crowd for books about education. I am executive Vice President of the new America Fou
It. I see all these markers of here. Ive never seen you in the march. In the only time you see me in one is a ceremonial one. The march is held, the speech itself. But for those things in broadcasting that have taken place it would have meant that we probably have not been with the but the remarks had not taken place with pro it would not have had the Voting Rights act to amend you know the good things that have come notwithstanding what the Supreme Court did. It takes all of these things. It is doing to take the state government, federal government accounted government, social clubs, churches, and everybody to really work on it. Until such time as well decide were going to really work on it and work on an art were going to still have a problem because this nation has never really lived up to and tried to solve the race problem, and i hope it will. [inaudible question] the call for action. Please join me in thinking [applause] it has been of wonderful evening. No, he just teased you wi
Next, profiling three American Students who moved to three Different Countries, finland, south korea, and poland, where education has taken hyperseriously. This is a little over an hour. [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Very boisterous crowd of avid readers of education books. Everyone, if i could [inaudible conversations] call your attention to the front of the room. We dont get this animated creed for books about education. Ill chalk that up to a great book and amanda. Im rachel white, the executive Vice President of the new America Foundation, and its a pleasure to welcome you all tonight. If you have not been here before, this is new america nyc, our new york outlet, a place for story telling and bringing policy stories alive for different audiences, and were the out let of a think tank called the new America Foundation that works across a range of issues, everything from health care to education, foreign policy, technology policy, and thats just a broad source of what we
Up next from last weekends National Book festival, few authors from the science room for the number few hours hear from the scientists. First heres amanda rip lee, the author of the smartest kids in the world and how they got that it way. On behalf of the library of conditioning, welcome to the 2014 National Book festival. My name is carlos, and im editor of the judd outlook section of the washington post. The post has been the charter sponsor of the festival since it began in 2001. Hope youre enjoying the new location here at the convention center. Before we begin i should inform you the presentation are being filmed for the library of congress web site and archives so be on your best behavior. And there will be time for questions, and theres mics in the two rows here on either side. So just go up to the mic for your questions. It is my sincere honor to introduce Amanda Ripley. The first time the book festival has had a formal science pavilion, and its completely fitting the first boo