Book TV This Weekend

Book TV – C-Span 2 has a 4-day schedule this weekend. Here are a few highlights.

Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe by Thomas Cahill.
Cahill is the author of "How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe," among other popular histories.

Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption by William Cope Moyers.
The author is the son of PBS’s Bill Moyers.

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart Ehrman. New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman has written and edited about 20 books on early christianity.

Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Designby Michael Shermer
From the Cato Institute in Washington, DC, Michael Shermer explains Darwin's theory of evolution and argues that attacks by proponents of intelligent design are scientifically unsupportable.

Mao's Last Revolution by Roderick MacFarquhar
In "Mao's Last Revolution" Roderick MacFarquhar recounts China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that lasted from 1966 to 1976.