Sundays at Eight: 25 Years of Stories from C-SPAN’S Q&A and Booknotes
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (653 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610393481 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Perfect reading in bed 30+ short chapters, perfect for reading in bed at night. Topics cover a wide range of "public affairs" subjects, almost all of which held my interest.. NON FICTION ESSAYS - A TREASURE Brian Lamb is a brilliant and trusted interviewer - I love C-Span and especially their Book/TV on the weekends where I get ideas for good reads. I ordered this amazing book in hardcover immediately - there are 25 years of selected interviews shown on C-Span and all of them are interesting to the "inquiring mind.". Brian Lamb does it again! Outstanding interview and meaningful journalism. Well written book about interviews with non-fiction writers about current events including politics, history, economics and business. Veteran NPR correspondent does a thorough and outstanding job in asking questions.
If you have been a fan of Mr. In all, it is a rich stew in bite-sized servings. Lamb’s literary feast, as I have, this will be a welcome addition to your shelves.”Washington TimesEdited into the form of cogent essays, these conversations reveal writers’ motivations for choosing their subjects, challenges in doing research and their own surprising discoveriesThese richly detailed and forthright interviews offer unique perspectives on the inspirations and creativity of writers." Kirkus reviews
And his guests have not disappointed, from the dramatic escape of a lifelong resident of a North Korean prison camp, to the heavy price paid by one successful West Virginia businessman when he won $314 million in the lottery, or the heroic stories of recovery from the most horrific injuries in modern-day warfare. Again one hour of uninterrupted conversation but the focus was expanded to include documentary film makers, entrepreneurs, social workers, political leaders and just about anyone with a story to tell.To mark this anniversary Lamb and his team at C-SPAN have assembled Sundays at Eight, a collection of the best unpublished interviews and stories from the last 25 years. During that time, host Brian Lamb has invited people to his Capitol Hill studio for hour-long conversations about contemporary society and history. Sundays at Eight is not merely a token for