Watch webcasts of noted authors during a Library of Congress "Book Fest". Listen to hundreds of speakers as they discuss their books and answer questions from the audience. More than 300 videos are available including those of John Irving, Tom Wolfe, A. E. Stallings, Giada De Laurentiis, Chris Madden, Joseph Ellis, Robert MacNeil, Thomas Friedman, Andrea Mitchell, Buzz Aldrin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Arthur Frommer, Heloise, Cokie Roberts, R. L. Stine and others.
View and listen to poets discuss their writings. Those available for viewing include Lucille Clifton, Allen Ginsberg, Sam Hamill, Stanley Kunitz, Robert Penn Warren and others
Several authors are interviewed and/or discuss their writings. They include Steve Wozniak - "iWoz", George Soros - "The Age of Fallibility: Consequence of the War on Terror", David Brooks - Columnist, Dr. James Watson - DNA and The Brain, Jane Goodall, Joseph Stiglitz - , Daniel H. Wilson, Tom Brokaw - Interview, Ken Jennings - Jeopardy Champ, Conrad Anker - climber and activist, David Vise - "The Google Story," others
Take a Journey Through History viewing C-Span's video archives that provide a wealth of information about America. Learn about William Bradford and the Mayflower Compact; Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography; Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"; Thomas Jefferson & James Madison -the Declaration of Independence & The Constitution; American Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison. Lewis and Clark's Expedition
NOTE: Select a writer and then click on "Watch The Program."
