weekend barton swaim on his experiences as a speechwriter for former south carolina governor mark bamford. an account of the lives of people in the gulf coast during the american revolution and a british council turn spy in charleston, south carolina and the lead up to the war. for war. for complete schedule visit book tv.org. book tv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. now on book tv, and interview with amy admin of democracy now. we talk about the human rights violation happening in mexico, and the efforts to bring justice to the perpetrators. thank you i want to start by saying i m sure all of my students will be really happy to get this assigned reading instead of some of the other articles that they have to read to learn about women s humans rights. it s really a very exciting book, telling a very difficult story but in a way that i hope will make people understand better how human rights abuses affect everyday life and what it
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:aj fathom travel. carnival corporation s small ship line. offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. exploring the culture, cuisine and historic sites through its people. more at fathom.org. lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.s ssoranio woodruff: the day s major headline in the presidential race came far from the campaign s front lines. as the candidates stumped for votes, the spotlight shifted to a man who insisted he won t join the hunt, now or later. i do not want, nor will ill accept the nomination for our party. the declaration came from house speaker paul ryan, in washington: he s not running for president, under anywa circumstances. count me out.
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:aj fathom travel. carnival corporation s small ship line. offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. exploring the culture, cuisine and historic sites through its people. more at fathom.org. lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.s ssoranio woodruff: the day s major headline in the presidential race came far from the campaign s front lines. as the candidates stumped for votes, the spotlight shifted to a man who insisted he won t join the hunt, now or later. i do not want, nor will ill accept the nomination for our party. the declaration came from house speaker paul ryan, in washington: he s not running for president, under anywa circumstances. count me out.
launched his campaign, he kept talking about his book. he kept saying we needed a president who could write a book like this. it sort of embodied who he was. so i figured i would read it. i never read art of the deal. i learned he had written many books. his advice books, even a golf book. so i decided to pick a few of them. brian: why did he interest you, other than the obvious? pros: a lot of politicians memoirs tend to be sort of formulaic. they are prescreened and scrubbed. they project sort of this plan wholesomeness and all americanness. trump wrote his before he intended to run for president ever. the first was when he was 41 years old. i thought they would tell me something about him. i thought he would be more interesting than reading all the other sort of long-term politicians, which is the same reason i ended up reading ben carson s book to book, too. what is the reason candidates write these books in your opinion? carlos: there is probably a lot of reasons. the
about his 1987 book the art of the deal. he kept saying we needed a president who could write a book like this. it sort of embodied who he was. so i figured i would read it. i never read art of the deal. i thought i might write something about it for the post. i learned he had written many books. three memoirs, business advice books, even a golf book. so i decided to pick a few of them. brian: why did he interest you, other than the obvious? carlos: a lot of politicians memoirs tend to be sort of formulaic. they are prescreened and scrubbed. they project sort of this bland wholesomeness and all americanness. trump wrote his before he intended to run for president ever. the first was when he was 41 years old. i thought they might tell me something about him. i thought he would be more interesting than reading all the other sort of long-term politicians, which is the same reason i ended up reading ben carson s books too. brian: what is the number one reason candidates write