Rather create corral of critical of jfk, but the maturation of this man in his brief, alltoobrief time in the oval office, none theless, pretty admirable. And some, you know, having lived through those days as a young person, it was a delight really to go back and live through what kennedy did as president. Host what made you pick that up . Guest i had been to a lecture at the library of congress. They have a series of president ial biographies, and they, the last one was richard reeves. And they usually give you a copy of the book to read. And i had read this book, actually, a number of years ago, and i thought, well, im going to revisit it. Having heard the lecture and reeves personally. And im so glad i did. Of it was a delight to read. Im also reading jane mayers book on dark money. Thats less of a delight to read not because of her, but the stories are pretty disturbing. A story about really the unbelievable influence of, you know, rightwing billionaire money in american political
That was just a joy. Every single day was fantastic. As much as you see is as much fun as we had every day on the set. We joked, we laughed, we never had an argument or a fight and on a film that is rare. We had to meet before she chose us and she met with each person and saw how our chemistry was with others and we all had amazing chemistry. I am so proud to be a part of it. It was so much fun. So much fun. [laughter] i missed brittany. That was the sad thing. But that is the thing about hollywood if any of you want to be an actress . How many want to be an actress . Oh, good, that is fantastic. I dont have to tell the story. It is not as good as it seems. It has to be my acting coach told me it has to be your only option. The only thing you could every see yourself doing in order for you to withstand what you go through before you make it. There is a lot of rejection. [applause] when i tune in on the weekend, it is authors sharing new releases. Watching the nonfiction authors on book
Thank you very much, its been a pleasure. [applause] if you would like to have your book signed or meet him, he will be over there signing books and you can get them here or take them upstairs or if you have them with you thats fine too. Thank you so much for coming. I really appreciate it. [applause] [inaudible conversation] this is book tv on cspan2 and we want to know what is on your Summer Reading list. Send us your choices at booktv is our handle. You can also posted on facebook or send an email to book tv at cspan. Org. Whats on your Summer Reading list . Book tv wants to know. Congressman gerry connolly, what are you reading . I just finished Richard Reeves book on president kennedy, profile profile and power. Excellent book, a delight to read. He got to be rather critical of jfk, but the maturation of this man in his all too brief time in the oval office, nonetheless, pretty admirable. Having lived through those days as a young person, it was a delight, really, to to go back an
Just so dominant. We had a president ial on the republican side and democrat side, 80 percent go to president ial and yet the American People put in all the incumbents again, roughly in congress so theres an amazing power of the perking winning elections and on top of the money part, people are lying themselves up to be chairman of the committee. Thats a great idea but if you vote in lockstep with leadership in order to get that slot you can start looking both sides to this. Theyre not doing whats best for the country all the time afterwards airs on tv every saturday at 10 pm and sunday at 9 pm eastern. Watch all previous afterwards programs on our website, booktv. Org. Today book tv is live from the 16th annual National Book festival in washington dc. 2001 by then first lady laura bush, the event is held at the Convention Center so we got a full lineup for you. Heres just a few of the authors you will hear from. Santos lamarr, john meacham, Doug Brinkley and several more life from the
There are some norms that come from a Different Branch of the animal kingdom, those worms can kill severe tropical diseases, but am, theres a lot about the biology that we dont understand why is it so good at jumping from host to host . Is it just because it spreads throughout the population, but also because its good at jumping horizontally from one host to another . Yes, i think these are all questions, theres actually a huge field, theres a conference that happens every couple years or so. Theres a very thriving area of research. So we have gone full sticker. Thank you all for coming. I hope you all come to the signing. [applause] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] this is book tv on cspan2. It is television for serious readers. Here is our primetime lineup for tonight. Getting at 6 45 p. M. , cmb discuss similarities between the economic policies of the kennedy and reagan administrations. Then at 7 45 p. M. Eastern, time magazines argues that the financial practices