Booknotes America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas
Lamb, Brian.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Random House,
Date Published: 1997.
Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2). The book and dust jacket are in FINE condition. NOT price-clipped. NOT remaindered. 423 pages with index plus 32 pages color photos. Dust jacket notes read: "For nearly a decade, Booknotes has been an oasis of book programming on television, the only place where Americans can regularly find in-depth, quality discussion of books. As Jerry Landay has written in The Christian Science Monitor, 'C-SPAN's literary interviews are among the few surviving expressions of sheer intelligence that television has to offer.' For one hour, on a set that consists of two chairs, a black backdrop, and a coffee table, C-SPAN host Brian Lamb talks with authors about their latest books, about writing, and about the power of ideas and the written word. Now, in celebration of over eight years of Booknotes, Lamb has collected the program's most interesting, revealing, and memorable moments. In essays that Jet the authors speak for themselves, Booknotes includes David Halberstam, who explains how he readies himself to write by having 'a very lazy cappuccino;' Doris Kearns Goodwin, on spending six years working on her Roosevelt book in a study filled with pictures of FDR and Eleanor; Civil War historian Shelby Foote, explaining why he has to sleep in the room he writes in; Stephen Ambrose, on why he became a historian instead of a doctor; Norman Mailer, on why he never gets writer's block. David McCullough tells us about meeting Harry Truman; Henry Louis Gates, Jr., describes the difference between memoir and autobiography; Paul Kennedy speaks about suddenly being a best-selling author; Tina Rosenberg tells us how she selected her book title; Martin Gilbert discusses Churchill's laundry list; Robert Caro considers the ways in which writers document the lives of the powerful; Howell Raines reveals all about fly-fishing. These are just a few of the authors that can be found in Booknotes. The result is a collection that any reader or writer will savor, a peek behind the curtain and into the minds of some of our finest contemporary authors. Booknotes goes beyond the works of academics, historians, and journalists to explore the writings of world leaders. In fact, Booknotes is the only television show ever to feature interviews with the heads of all three branches of government: from the chief justice of the United States, to the president, to the speaker of the House. Inside, you can read all of them in their own words. With thirty-two pages of color photos of some of the world's most notable storytellers, Booknotes is a feast for the eye as well as the mind. Opening it up is like sitting down for coffee with some of the most famous writers in the world. If you love books, you'll love every page of Booknotes."
Edition: First editionBinding: 1/4 cloth
Condition: Fine in Fine DJ
ISBN: 0812928474
Book Id: 17133
Price: $16.75
