Fortune executive editor Adam Lashinsky reports on the rise of Uber, the richest Silicon Valley startup and it's CEO Travis Kalanick. Uber reports having 80 million users, operating in 77 countries, & worth $69 billion dollars. He is in conversation with Kara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
Journalist Louis Uchitelle reports on manufacturing in America today in his book, "Making It: Why Manufacturing Still Matters." He is in conversation with Jeff Madrick, contributor to the New York Review of Books.
Gretchen Carlson discusses her book, "Be Fierce: Stop Harassment and Take Your Power Back," from the publishing industry's annual trade show, Book Expo, in New York City.
Robert Caro and Horace Mann School student, Sarah Zeng, recipient of the Robert Caro Prize for Literary Excellence in the Writing of History, deliver remarks.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote most of his works while living in Concord, Massachusetts. He wrote "Nature," which set the foundation for transcendentalism while living at the Old Manse. Old Manse Senior Curator Christie Jackson talks about Emerson's time in the home as well as other writers, such as Henry David Thoreau, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller, who spent time there.
Motherboard senior editor Brian Merchant retraces the creation and development of the iPhone in his book, "The One Device." He is interviewed by New York Times reporter Steve Lohr.
Book TV sat down with UCLA professor Brenda Steveson to discuss her book, "What Is Slavery?" This interview, conducted on the campus of UCLA, is part of Book TV's College Series.
Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley argued that political capital for blacks has been a disadvantage for the race in terms of economic upward mobility in his book, "False Black Power?"
Zeynep Tufekci, author of "Twitter and Tear Gas," examines the trajectories of modern protests. She appeared at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco.
Peter Doran talks about the rise of Royal Dutch Shell in the early 20th Century and its efforts to successfully challenge the power of Standard Oil. He spoke at Kramerbooks and Afterwords in Washington, DC.
Graham Allison. director of Harvard's Belfer Center, talks about the liklihood of the U.S. and China going to war against each other as China's power increases. During this event at Stanford University, he is interviewed by author & historian, Niall Ferguson.
Jennifer Keene, professor and chair of the history department at Chapman University, talks about her book, "World War I: The American Soldier Experience." This event, part of the 2017 Colby Military Writers' Symposium, was held at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont.
Deepak Singh talks about his experiences working in the service sector in the United States. Mr. Singh, who has an MBA, worked for the BBC, the WHO, and UNICEF before coming to the U.S., but the only job he was offered in America was at an electronics shop, making minimum wage. He tells his story and the stories of his American colleagues who are trying to survive in America's service economy. Mr. Singh spoke at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush remember their childhood and formative years living in the White House from the publishing industry's annual trade show, Book Expo, in New York City.
Fox News Specialists co-host Eric Bolling discusses how to rid Washington of corruption in "The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It." He is in conversation with WPHT radio talk show host Chris Stigall.
Roxane Gay discusses her life, her body, and its impact on her life in her memoir, "Hunger." Ms. Gay is in conversation with Aminatou Sow, digital strategist and Co-founder of Tech LadyMafia.
Book TV sat down with UCLA professor Brenda Steveson to discuss her book, "What Is Slavery?" This interview, conducted on the campus of UCLA, is part of Book TV's College Series.
From the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri, a panel discussion on war stories with authors Candace Millard, Ishmael Beah, Col. Gregory Fontenot (U.S. Army Retired), and Whitney Terrell.
Former chief of the Dallas Police Department, David O. Brown, recalls his thirty-three year career from the publishing industry's annual trade show, Book Expo, in New York City.
Haroon Moghul discussed growing up Muslim in America in his book, "How to be a Muslim: An American Story." He talked about his struggle with his identity as a second generation Muslim growing up in the US and his struggle with his religion.
