And thats why she has to be destroyed. So i think you are right. Locally there can be some importance because you dont need massive sums of cash but by the time you get on the National Stage and i do vote but i just dont think voting means that much at this point. Id like to invite all of you to continue the conversation but for now lets join in thanking chris hedges. [applause] [inaudible conversations] also i would be remiss as a bookseller if i didnt tell you that chris will be signing books at the book table. Booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. Right now im finishing frank by barney frank. Its an autobiography. Its a really interesting book and it gives you a look at his career and congress back when it worked a little better than maybe now and some of the highlights in the major legislation he worked on some of the experiences he went through that are especially relevant for someone who always looked up to barney as on
And rewarding job and that his grandmother. Leslies new book becoming grandma the joys and science of new grandparenting x. Lawyers how becoming a grandparent has truly transformed. We will talk about that book today and a little bit more about lesleys amazing career but please help me welcome lesley stahl. [applause] before we get to the book i want to ask a question about your colleague morley safer who officially announced on wednesday that he is stepping down from 60 minutes after 40 plus years. Tell us your thoughts on morley. Theres a sadness when people who wear the heart and soul of 60 minutes almost from the beginning leave. Morally, Everybody Knows like the offbeat stories. He has done the signature stories of 60 minutes, the kind with peace where you say wow no one else could do a story like that. Yet a twinkle in his eyes. He was a beautiful whimsical writer writer sometimes pretty darn i see it on television. And i have known him since he was cbs bureau chief in london in
Sit in paris, famous paintings, and so fascinating friendship that is at the center of this book. And thats just a quick preview of some of the books coming up by bloomsbury, youre watching book tv on cspan2. Book tv is on instagram, follows us for publishing news, schedule updates and behind the scenes pictures and videos. Instagram. Com slash book under score tv. Jonathan petropooulos is a professor and hes the author of this book artist under hitler collaboration and survival in nazi germany. Where did the idea of writing art come from . This is a completion of a trilogy and the idea began when i was at Harvard University and i went to graduate school to study french history and my first semester of graduate school, the professor said, you are going to specialize on this topic soon enough so i want you to write a Research Paper on a different topic, different area, i had been studying german undergraduate for a couple of years and i was interested in world war ii, my father was born
October. Lissa warren Da Capo Press talking about some of the books. This is booktv on cspan2. You are watching booktv on cspan2, television for serious readers. Is a look at whats on prime time tonight. Cspan2. Booktv, television for serious readers. Kareem abduljabbar, searching for your book, writings on the wall searching for a new equality beyond black and white you write it is as if we invented the most precise and what are you talking about here . Guest im talking about the fact that most americans dont appreciate the fact that their vote means a lot. And their opinion means a lot. So they have the ability to have their voices heard and acted upon in our great democracy, but they dont take advantage of it. So we have this really incredible democracy that gives the average person power and the average person does not vote. I think its a shame that of all the developed democracies in the world, United States is last in voter participation. That really bothers me because if we dont
Grab a book and have it signed. Thank you all for attending this presentation. The lit fest appreciates your feedback. Thank you. [indiscernible] you are watching book tv on cspan two. Television for serious readers. Heres a look at what is on prime time tonight. And then it is a clock they talk about the book why president s fail and how they can succeed again. And then eastern a week count of the social and political upheavals that took place in the u. S. And at 10 00 on book tv afterwards program they argue that they dont understand the impacts the policies have on americas heartland. At 11 00 we wrap up our prime time programming. And now joining us on book tv is lissa warren the director of da capo press. Any types of nonfiction books. Music, polka culture, military history and then we have a wellness in print. What are some of the books that are coming out the season. We had three big history titles. The first one is on or before glory. Its about segregated unit of japanese soldi