----- Original Message ----- From: Amy Goldring Tajalli To: BookshareVolunteer-Discussion Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 8:12 PM Subject: CSPAN 2 Saturdays: Book TV Every Saturday CSPAN 2 becomes BOOK TV and sooner or later I remember that and find myself listening to someone talk about a book whose title I missed and the name of the Author, usually but not always the speaker, talking about a book with numerous quotations from it and wanting to read more. Today was no exceptions. Today the book was Conversations with and about William Jefferson Clinton. The speech was at the Clinton Library and Study Center [or whatever it is called] and as the author spoke President Clinton was sitting to her right in a listening attitude as though he had not already read the book, which he had. Not all the conversations were with well known people, not all were with people who were admirers of his. The comments quoted where not all flattering but they all were fascinating and by people who had given thought to what they were saying, knowing that they would be quoted carefully. I only heard a little over 20 minutes and could not keep my eyes from watching his reactions to what was being read or stated and his ability to laugh at himself and at some surprising insights of the person quoted. I Found myself wondering where I could get the book and how soon. It took me a moment to remember that I often felt that way and frequently forgot to write down the name and/or author of the book so I rushed to write down what I remembered while I remembered it and to share it with you. Any time you find yourself free with nothing particular to do on a Saturday and near a TV with cable or direct TV turn to CSPAN 2. I assure you you will not be disappointed. Even it the book does not appeal to you, you will find it is being discussed by an interesting person in an interesting, and often surprising. The book after this one was by John Pomfret on the new Chinese Capitalism in a book called Chinese Lessons discussed in, of all places, The Milken Institute. Some of all those millions he went to jail for have gone into this institute and is used to study all sorts of economic problems and situations. Ironies, upon ironies. I know very little about economcs but the numbers Pomfret was citing about the future demographics of China and the economic problems that will develop were horrific. Those of you with interests there should find this book fascinating and maybe one of you will want to scan it. Even if you find nothing you want to scan, listening occasionally will, I promise, get you hooked on checking in there at leaset once every Saturday. And if you catch something of interest and want more information, it may well be on again later and information will undoubted be available on line. I hope some of you have even half as much fascination as Book TV has afforded me and you will be hooked for life. We are all book lovers, afterall, or we would not be members of Bookshare. Amy