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Michael Buckley - The Council of Mirrors
May 17 2012 10:30 amThe Sisters Grimm series concludes with Daphne and Sabrina in a final confrontation with Mirror, traitor to the Grimms and bent on destroying them in order to escape Ferryport Landing. Mirror’s nefarious plans threaten not only the Grimms—they imperil the entire world. Ages 9-12.May 17 2012 11:30 amLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Toni Morrison - Home (book signing only)
May 17 2012 4:00 pmMay 17 2012 5:00 pmThe 1993 Nobel laureate’s eleventh novel is a family tale that has the sweep of history and the power of myth. Frank Money, a traumatized Korean War veteran, returns stateside to face racism and his sister’s equally traumatizing medical condition. Together, the two confront the demons of present and past as they return to Georgia, where they grew up, and find new strength.
Toni Morrison will be signing books only, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. - no talk/reading or Q&A. She will sign (not personalize) copies of her new book but not copies of her backlist, her previous books. We are no longer taking orders for copies to be signed and shipped/picked up later. You must be present to have a book signed.
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Michael Erard - Babel No More
May 17 2012 7:00 pmMay 17 2012 8:00 pmWhen you're struggling for a word, it's hard to imagine that there are polyglots able to speak four, six, twenty, and even more languages. But what does "speak" mean, and how fluent is "fluent"? Erard, a journalist and author of Um, travels the world to talk with hyperpolyglots, exploring their abilities and motivations.
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Kate Feiffer - Signed by Zelda
May 18 2012 10:30 amWhen eleven-year-old Lucy’s neighbor Zelda disappears, Lucy believes the key to Zelda’s whereabouts is the note she left behind. It’s not the content Lucy’s interested in, though; it’s Zelda’s handwriting itself. Ages 8-10.May 18 2012 11:30 am
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Buzz Bissinger - Father's Day
May 18 2012 7:00 pmThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 3 Nights in August and Friday Night Lights is also father to a special-needs son. Born just three minutes after his normal twin brother, Zach lacks many cognitive and physical skills, even as he possesses a savant’s prodigious memory. Bissinger’s memoir is cast as a road trip, but the drive from Philadelphia to Los Angeles is as much a discovery of family ties as it is of America.May 18 2012 8:00 pm
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
2012 Gaithersburg Book Festival
May 19 2012 10:00 amMay 19 2012 12:59 pmSaturday, May 19, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
2012 Gaithersburg Book Festival
at the Gaithersburg City Hall Grounds
31 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg, MDIn its third year, the Gaithersburg Book Festival will feature more than 100 fiction and non-fiction authors. Politics & Prose is honored to serve for the first time this year as a festival partner and the event’s bookseller. Some of our staff members will introduce a number of the authors scheduled to speak. For the schedule and more details, visit www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org. Admission is free.
Click here for the complete list of over 100 authors and click here for the schedule.
Click here for directions and important parking recommendations.
Location:- Street:
- Gaithersburg City Hall Grounds
- Additional:
- 31 South Summit Avenue
- City:
- Gaithersburg ,
- Province:
- Maryland
- Postal Code:
- 20877
- Country:
- United States
Ken Budd - The Voluntourist
May 19 2012 1:00 pmFrom aiding hurricane victims to assisting in refugee camps to studying climate change, Budd, who has written for publications including The Washington Post and McSweeney's, channeled his grief over his father's death into a world-wide mission to offer comfort to others.May 19 2012 2:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Tim Noah - The Great Divergence
May 19 2012 6:00 pmParts of this book appeared in Slate in 2011, winning the Hillman Prize, the highest award for public- service magazine journalism. Now complete, Noah’s examination of America’s growing economic inequality over the last thirty years presents this gap as marking a profound shift in the nature of this country’s character. Noah’s important study elucidates how this has come about, what it means, and how it can be reversed.May 19 2012 7:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Meredith Goldstein - The Singles
May 20 2012 1:00 pmIn her first novel, The Boston Globe “Love Letters” advice columnist dramatizes a vision of the Perfect Wedding—and how difficult it is to achieve. Beth “Bee” Evans hated attending nuptials alone, so when she becomes a bride she tries to ensure that every guest comes accompanied. But her plans are thwarted—with entertaining and surprising results.May 20 2012 2:00 pm
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Steve Coll - Private Empire
May 20 2012 5:00 pmThe recent history of ExxonMobil includes dealings with dictators, entanglement in civil wars, annual revenues that match Norway’s GDP, climate-change denial, and above all, secrecy. In his report on the corporation’s global activities from 1989 and the Valdez spill to the present, the two-time Pulitzer-winning author of Ghost Wars draws on previously classified documents, court records, and hundreds of interviews for a portrait of a company that outspends all others on lobbying Congress and the White House.May 20 2012 6:00 pm
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Tom Angleberger - Fake Mustache
May 21 2012 10:30 amMay 21 2012 10:30 amLenny is in for a shock when his friend Casper buys the finest fake mustache around. It transforms Casper into Fako Mustacho, everyone’s new favorite businessman and presidential candidate. Why is Lenny the only one who sees through Casper’s thinly veiled (or mustached) disguise? Ages 8-11.
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
James Fallows - China Airborne
May 21 2012 7:00 pmWhat coast-to-coast railroads meant for nineteenth-century America, airports mean for China today. Fallows, a veteran correspondent and commentator for print and radio media, examines China’s twelfth Five-Year Plan with its ambitious commitment to spend heavily to develop its aerospace infrastructure, a project that includes state acquisition of some American companies and intensive training of specialized engineers and workers.May 21 2012 8:00 pm
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Michael Scott - The Enchantress
May 22 2012 4:30 pmMay 22 2012 5:30 pmIn the sixth and final installment of Scott’s The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, Flamel is approaching death. Sophie and Josh Newman must decide where their loyalties lie—with the fate of humankind hanging in the balance. Ages 12 and up
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Fawaz A. Gerges - Obama And The Middle East
May 22 2012 7:00 pmHow well has President Obama fulfilled his 2008 campaign promises to distance U.S. foreign policy from the approach of his predecessor? Gerges, chair of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics and author of Journey of the Jihadist, assesses Obama’s actions on Israel and the Palestinians, Libya, and the Arab uprisings as those of a neorealist intending to calibrate rather than transform U.S. engagement in the Middle East.May 22 2012 8:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Richard Ford - Canada
May 23 2012 7:00 pmDell Parsons is fifteen when his parents clumsily rob a bank, ending life as he’s known it. Ford’s seventh novel is a compelling and meditative account of Dell’s difficult coming-of-age in 1960 as his family shatters and he’s relocated from Great Falls, MT, to Saskatchewan to live with the enigmatic and unnerving Arthur Remlinger.May 23 2012 8:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Eleanor Clift - Selecting a President
May 24 2012 7:00 pmMay 24 2012 8:00 pmThe first in a series of civics primers designed for students, this volume clearly and cogently describes the U.S. presidential electoral system. Clift, political commentator and reporter for television and print media, with Matthew Spieler, a former social policy analyst for Congressional Quarterly and current political writer for Voterpunch.org, looks at both the history of America’s elections and their future in the Twitter and Facebook world.
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
General Colin L. Powell - It Worked for Me (@ Sixth & I) *SOLD OUT*
May 29 2012 7:00 pmMay 29 2012 8:00 pmIn his new book, It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership, four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell reveals the lessons that have shaped his life and his legendary career in public service. Powell shares vivid personal stories about his immigrant-family upbringing in the Bronx, his Army training, and his decades in the military and in the top ranks of four presidential administrations. He offers insights into some of the controversial issues he was involved in during his tenure as Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005, and he distills his blueprint for effective leadership into thirteen simple rules, including: “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier,” “Share credit,” and “Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.”
Powell will be in conversation with Robert Siegel, senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered and a leading journalist for 40 years.
This is a ticketed event. One general admission ticket is $12. One book and one ticket is $30. One book and two tickets, $36.We will NOT ship books and tickets before the event.THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. ANY ORDERS PLACED WILL NOT INCLUDE TICKETS TO THE EVENT.This event is co-sponsored with Sixth & I and NPR.
"It Worked for Me" will be delivered to P&P on May 22. Books can be collected at Politics & Prose May 22- 28; on the event date, books and tickets can be collected at 6th & I Will Call. Will Call opens at 6 p.m. and the event begins at 7.
Location:- Street:
- Sixth & I Synagogue
- Additional:
- 600 I Street NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20001
- Country:
- United States
Matti Friedman - The Aleppo Codex
May 30 2012 7:00 pmThe Aleppo Codex is a tenth-century annotated Bible. Hidden for centuries in a synagogue in Syria, it surfaced in Jerusalem in the 1940s. As Friedman tracks down the book’s mysterious journey, including how it came to be missing some of its pages, he gives a vivid history of Jewish communities in ancient Islamic civilizations and raises questions about the ownership of antiquities.May 30 2012 7:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Peter Carey - Chemistry Of Tears
May 31 2012 7:00 pmIn his twelfth novel, the two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize links contemporary London with events of 1854. A museum conservator, mourning the recent death of a lover and colleague, embarks on the task of reconstructing a 19th-century automaton. As she delves into its inventor’s journals, she forms an eerie bond with the man and his creation.May 31 2012 8:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
E.J. Dionne - Our Divided Political Heart
Jun 1 2012 7:00 pmE.J. Dionne - Our Divided Political HeartJun 1 2012 8:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Summer Storewide Member Sale
Jun 1 2012 9:00 amJun 1 2012 11:59 pm
All
weekend long -- from 9 a.m. Friday, June 1 through 8
p.m. Sunday, June 3 -- Politics & Prose members
receive 20% off almost all of our current in-store book inventory and 15% off
our DVDs and CDs.
Members' online and phone purchases will also receive the same discounts as long as the items selected are on our shelves and payment is provided at the time of the order. Discounts do not apply to specially ordered items.
If you are not yet a member, it's a great time to sign up and take advantage of our discount opportunities. Members always receive:
• 20% off all titles in our monthly events calendars
• 20% off our weekly hardcover fiction and nonfiction bestsellers
• Store-wide discounts during four annual members sales
• Other periodic section discounts and promotionsPlease note: Discounts can NOT be applied to specially ordered items or to items which are not currently in stock in the store.
Online orders using the "Pay in Store" option will obtain the member discount only if payment is completed by close of business on Sunday, June 3.Location:- Street:
- Politics & Prose Bookstore
- Additional:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Douglas G. Brinkley - Cronkite
Jun 2 2012 6:00 pmDouglas G. Brinkley - CronkiteJun 2 2012 6:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Samuel L. Popkin - The Candidate
Jun 3 2012 5:00 pmJun 3 2012 6:00 pmSamuel L. Popkin - The Candidate
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Lindsey Hilsum - Sandstorm
Jun 4 2012 7:00 pmJun 4 2012 8:00 pmLindsey Hilsum - Sandstorm
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
John Lewis - Across That Bridge
Jun 5 2012 7:00 pmJun 5 2012 8:00 pmJohn Lewis - Across That Bridge
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Andrew Blum - Tubes
Jun 6 2012 7:00 pmJun 6 2012 8:00 pmAndrew Blum - Tubes
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Joseph Stiglitz - The Price Of Inequality
Jun 7 2012 7:00 pmJun 7 2012 8:00 pmJoseph Stiglitz - The Price Of Inequality
Location:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Kevin Bleyer - Me The People
Jun 8 2012 7:00 pmKevin Bleyer - Me The PeopleJun 8 2012 8:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Dan Ariely - The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty
Jun 9 2012 1:00 pmDan Ariely - The (Honest) Truth About DishonestyJun 9 2012 2:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
Peter Edelman - So Rich, So Poor
Jun 9 2012 6:00 pmPeter Edelman - So Rich, So PoorJun 9 2012 7:00 pmLocation:- Street:
- 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
- City:
- Washington ,
- Province:
- District Of Columbia
- Postal Code:
- 20008
- Country:
- United States
All our in-store events are free and open to the public. All event titles are 20% off for members during the month in which the author appears at the store. Click here for directions. There is ample parking available in the lot behind the store and in the surrounding neighborhood.
If you can't come to an event and still want an autographed copy of the book, you may purchase titles in advance either in the store, over the phone (202.364.1919 or 1.800.722.0790), or through our website. When buying online, simply use the checkout comments field to indicate that you would like us to request the author's signature at our event before shipping it to you. Event recordings on CD or MP3 are also available in the store and online.
All event-related inquiries can be sent to our Events Coordinator, Mike Giarratano, at events@politics-prose.com. For Children and Teens' Events, contact Gussie Lewis at glewis@politics-prose.com.