C-SPAN Bookshelf

Q&A: Brad Ryan, "Grandma Joy and Me"

Brad Ryan and his 96-year-old grandmother Joy recount their visits to all 63 U.S. National Parks. Completed over a 7-year period, the duo visited parks from Alaska to Flo

Min Jin Lee on “Pachinko,” Her Literary Career & Meeting King Charles

Bestselling author Min Jin Lee joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her literary career, early life in the United States, her award-winning novel "Pachinko," and meeting

AW: Dad Brain - The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men's Lives

Neuroscientist Darby Saxbe describes how men's brains change with fatherhood. She was interviewed by journalist, Matthew Yglesias at the Politics and Prose bookstore in W

BN+: Sam Roberts, "Are They Dead Yet?"

The name of the book is "Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit." The author, Sam Roberts, is a 50-year veteran of New York journalism. He says in his book: "I've buried

Q&A: Mitch Daniels, "Impatience Is a Virtue"

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels discusses his life in public service, including his time in Washington, DC, during the Reagan and George W. Bush administrations

ABC: Nathaniel Philbrick on the Mayflower, George Washington & the California Gold Rush

National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist historian Nathaniel Philbrick joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his bestselling books about the Mayflower, Georg

AW: "Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco" 

The 21st century saga of San Francisco's rise and fall -- paralleled by the arrival of tech entrepreneurs who remade the city's culture, politics, and economy - as told b

BN+: Craig Whitlock, Washington Post Investigative Reporter

On Saturday, August 8, on the front page of the Washington Post was this headline: "Some Vets Went Along with Scams of the G.I. Bill." Leading the team of Post reporters

Q&A: Zayd Ayers Dohrn, "Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young"

Zayd Ayers Dohrn, author of "Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young," spent the first three years of his life on the run from the law with his fugitive parents, Weather Und

ABC: Scott Turow on Legal Thrillers, Writing & Artificial Intelligence

Bestselling author and attorney Scott Turow joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his career as a master of the legal thriller, his writing process, and the experiences th

BN+: Andrew Burstein, "Being Thomas Jefferson"

Andrew Burstein recently retired as a professor of history at Louisiana State University. "Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History" is his 16th book about the early y

Q&A: Andrea Mitchell, NBC Chief Washington Correspondent

NBC News Chief Washington and Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell talks about some of the big stories and important people – including U.S. presidents and world

ABC: David Maraniss on Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Vince Lombardi & Jim Thorpe

Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime Washington Post reporter David Maraniss joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Vince Lomba

AW: The American Way of Welfare 

Chris Pope argued for policies that he believes would improve the current welfare system in the United States. The Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., h

BN+: Jonathan Jordan, "Ike and Winston

Jonathan Jordan devotes 544 pages and 57 chapters of his book "Ike and Winston" to telling the story of the friendship between Dwight David Eisenhower and Sir Winston Leo

Q&A: Kenneth Feinberg, "What Is Life Worth?"

Eleven days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress passed a law establishing the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund to compensate families who lost loved

ABC: Susan Page on Queen Elizabeth’s Relationships With 13 U.S. Presidents

Best-selling author and USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her book about Queen Elizabeth's relationships with 13 U.S. pres

AW: Stories of Patriotism and Purpose with Martha Raddatz 

Longtime ABC News war correspondent Martha Raddatz profiled American military service members and their families who have served in the 25 years since the terrorist attac

BN+: Scott Greenberger, "The Forsaken Founder"

In the beginning of Scott Greenberger's new book, "The Forsaken Founder," Dawn Davis, publisher of the Simon & Schuster imprint 37 Ink, introduces us to this new history

Q&A: 9/11 Oral Histories

To mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, we present first-hand accounts of that day from first responders, journalists, political figures, and o