Saturday, 12 and 9 p. M. On sunday, and 12 a. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online youre kind of booktv. Org and click on after words in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. Welcome today to a booktvs live coverage of the 2014 texas book festival held in austin, the state capital. Over the next six hours will hear from nine authors on such topics as social change an instant, the Death Penalty, the global history of train travel. Author and professor ilan stavans starts off with a discussion about his latest book, a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. Hello and welcome. Happy sunday morning, everybody. I name is nathan. Im here with ilan stavans, professor of latin american latino studies at amherst college, author of last time i counted about 10,000 books. The latest of which is a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. It is do you call it a graphic novel if its nonfiction . We have in
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Welcome today to a booktvs live coverage of the 2014 texas book festival held in austin, the state capital. Over the next six hours will hear from nine authors on such topics as social change an instant, the Death Penalty, the global history of train travel. Author and professor ilan stavans starts off with a discussion about his latest book, a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. Hello and welcome. Happy sunday morning, everybody. I name is nathan. Im here with ilan stavans, professor of latin american latino studies at amherst college, author of last time i counted about 10,000 books. The latest of which is a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. It is do you call it a graphic novel if its nonfiction . We have in English Limited lexicon to address the growing genre of the graphic novels, graphic books. When hes a graphic book you really would have two meanings. It is illustrated or too violent and sexual. We need to nonfiction book
Mourning south africa will say a final goodbye to Nelson Mandela. The hearse carrying his body arrived in qunu, where hell be buried. Nick schifrin is live in qunu. Im pleased to know if the mood has shifted as we come to the end of the memorials yes, i think this is the saddest day. What we see is Nelson Mandela being flown home for the last time. It started with an emotional territory. It was led by the South African congress, a party that Nelson Mandela created. You saw Nelson Mandelas widow, his exwife and the leaders of the party, and he thanked Nelson Mandela for giving his freedom and providing the modern South African state. You saw an Emotional Service and an extraordinary site. Thousands of people lining the streets that are a couple of miles from here that lead to the base where Nelson Mandela was born. You got a sense that people were sad, mourning, thanking him but a sense of, oh my goodness this is the last time i get this opportunity to be this close to Nelson Mandela. Y
Central African Republic on the growing humanitarian crisis. Tonight we have a better idea why a teenager opened fire at his colorado high school. The sheriff said karl pierson meant to kill as many as he could. Paul beban has the latest outside centennial. Another press conference from the sheriff. He said it will be the last. Giving a tremendous amount of new detail and insight into what happened in the events leading up to the shooting, and how things will proceed going forward. A few of the highlights. The shooter purchased the shotgun, a pump shotgun legally a week ago at a retail outlet. Its legal for 18yearolds to buy shotguns and he purchased the ammunition, yesterday morning, the day of the shooting. He was wearing a bandolier, with shotgun shells, and a back pack, with three molotov cocktails, one of which he detonated. He came in through a door, close to the library, where he believed the target may be, the librarian, the debate coach. He encountered clair ester davis, a you