Watching programs on recent nonfiction books and their authors

It's easy to spend the weekend watching Book TV on C-Span2. If you don't have that channel, there are several full-length programs on current nonfiction books and their authors on booktv.org.

Some highlights:

Government's Place in the Market
Eliot Spitzer
Next air time: Saturday, June 11th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.

[Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation ]
Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
Andrea Wulf
Next air time: Saturday, June 11th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.

Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
Gretchen Morgenson; Joshua Rosner
Next air time: Saturday, June 11th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

After Words: Henry Kissinger, "On China," hosted by Monica Crowley
Next air time: Saturday, June 11th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition
Bruce Caldwell; Richard Epstein; George Soros
Next air time: Saturday, June 11th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 25 min.

Mastermind: The Many Faces of the 9/11 Architect, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Richard Miniter
Next air time: Sunday, June 12th, at 7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
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Book Expo America: Interview with Jorge Castaneda, "Manana Forever?: Mexico and the Mexicans"
Jorge Castaneda
Next air time: Sunday, June 12th, at 8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 18 min.

Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-Founder of Microsoft
Paul Allen
Next air time: Sunday, June 12th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.