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Greetings From Politics and Prose! Author Events with Nick McDonnell, Haynes Johnson & Dan Balz;
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UPCOMING EVENTS - 10 DAY SUMMARY |
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Thursday August 27 Monday August 31 Tuesday September 1 Wednesday September 2 |
Thursday September 3 Tuesday September 8 Wednesday September 9 Thursday September 10 For more events, click here. |
LETTER FROM CARLA & BARBARA |
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SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY (1932 - 2009) We are deeply saddened by the death of Senator Kennedy but retain sweet memories of the evening four years ago when Caroline Kennedy came to read from her new anthology, The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Caroline read a number of poems in a somewhat subdued manner and then turned to her uncle to finish off the evening reading his own personal favorite, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." To the delight of the large audience, Teddy didn't read, he recited from memory, in a booming clarion voice, "Listen my children and you shall hear For some 100 more lines of Longfellow's tribute to Paul Revere he never hesitated, never faltered, and when he closed with the final lines, "In the hour of darkness and peril and need, Everyone in the audience responded with a loud cheer. His memoir,True Compass, which we already eagerly were anticipating, is scheduled for release on September 14. - Barbara Meade
RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW! Nearly every week, usually on Tuesday, wonderful new books arrive to be put on display. This fall there are so many great books coming out; we want to give you a chance to reserve your books ahead of time – and we're offering a special deal. Members who make advance purchases will receive a 20% discount. Many of these fabulous authors will also be appearing at the store, so keep an eye on the calendar! August 25 release: 
September 1 releases
Lorrie Moore - A Gate at the Stairs (Knopf, $25.95) September 8 release: 
Deborah Tannen - You Were Always Mom's Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives (Random House, $26) September 14 release: 
September 15 releases:
Jon Krakauer - Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman (Doubleday, $27.95)
Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol (Doubleday, $29.95)
September 22 releases:
Richard Dawkins - The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Free Press, $30) September 29 release: 
Taylor Branch - The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President (Simon & Schuster, $35)
We are very excited about these and other new books forthcoming throughout the fall. Continue watching this space next month for another round-up of highlights. You can also preview and pre-order upcoming October and November releases by clicking this link. Once again, these titles are all 20% off to members who pre-order. |
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COMING NOW TO YOUR FAVORITE BOOKSTORE |
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COMING NOW TO YOUR FAVORITE BOOKSTORE
Thursday, August 27 7 p.m. In 2002, when Nick McDonell was seventeen, his debut novel, Twelve, was received with much praise. His third novel, An Expensive Education, is a portrait of personalities who become ensnared in an African conflict, and who engage in debate over it on Harvard’s campus. In a very strong Washington Post review, Ron Charles commented that McDonell "blends a terse story of international intrigue with a biting satire of . . . America's aristocratic culture." Monday, August 31 7 p.m. If you missed Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson when they were at P&P on August 5, you have another chance to meet them as they have agreed to a second event. Their new book, The Battle for America 2008, a narrative analysis of the presidential campaign, covers the undercurrents of race, gender, and class as Obama and McCain battled from Iowa to the White House. Dan and Haynes, two of The Washington Post’s top journalists, will briefly introduce their book and then take your questions about the election and the current state of President Obama’s administration. Tuesday, September 1 7 p.m. Christopher Caldwell, columnist for the Financial Times and senior editor at the Weekly Standard, believes that Muslim immigrants do not assimilate well to their adopted countries, and that Muslim immigration will change Europe in ways incompatible with democratic values. Reflections on the Revolution in Europe has been widely reviewed as a fair-minded analysis of the potential difficulties ahead for many European nations. Wednesday, September 2 7 p.m. P&P Book Group Night : What will you read in 2009-10? ***In anticipation of this event, we ask you to add your suggestions to our list of outstanding books by contacting our book group coordinator Lila at lumhau@politics-prose.com. Thursday, September 3 7 p.m. This is Where I Leave You, the latest novel from Jonathan Tropper, author of The Book of Joe and Everything Changes, focuses on the Foxmans, a family dysfunctional in its own unpredictable and often comic ways. Gathered for the funeral of the father, the four adult children and their mother (a renowned parenting expert) relive the past and try to come to terms with the challenges of their own families.
Tuesday, September 8 7 p.m. In REPUBLICAN GOMORRAH, the award-winning journalist and videographer Max Blumenthal looks at the Republican Party through the lens of Erich Fromm’s belief that the fear of freedom propels anxiety-ridden people into authoritarian settings. Blumenthal identifies various fringe groups as the party’s new mainstream and exposes a recent history of eccentricity, crisis, and scandal as shaping Republican attitudes and agendas. Wednesday, September 9 7 p.m. Benjamin Moser’s WHY THIS WORLD: A Biography of Clarice Lispector (1920-1977) draws on interviews and newly available documents and demonstrates the importance of the Jewish mystical tradition in the enigmatic Brazilian writer's life and work. Thursday, September 10 7 p.m. In ISRAEL IS REAL, a compact, personal exploration, Rich Cohen (Sweet and Low) traces the history of modern Israel from the Diaspora to a modern nation, takes readers through the significant milestones in Israel’s development, and offers graceful portraits of some of the major figures. |
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P&P CUSTOMERS ARE ALSO INVITED TO... | |
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Tuesday, September 8, 8 p.m. 
The Avalon Theater Wednesday, September 9, 7 p.m. 
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review and Week in Review, argues that, for seventy-five years, the Right has been split between two factions: consensus-driven “realists” who believe in the virtue of government and its power to adjust to changing conditions, and movement “revanchists” who distrust government and society—and often find themselves at war with America itself. Tanenhaus suggests that the true role of conservatism is not to advance a narrow ideological agenda but to engage in a serious dialogue with liberalism and join with it in upholding “the politics of stability.” More information and $6 tickets are available at www.sixthandi.org, or receive two (2) free tickets with the purchase of the book. Please call 202-408-3100 with questions. Co-sponsored with The New Republic. Sunday, September 13, 4 p.m. 
Eckles Library Monday, September 14, 7 p.m. 
Friendship Heights Village Center
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BOOKNOTES | |
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For the Spanish readers among us We have received a shipment of books by Roberto Bolaño from Editorial Anagrama in Barcelona. The Spanish original version of 2666 ($37.95) is now available. We are told that no other bookstore currently has it in this area. El Gaucho Insufrible ($26.95) - which has not been translated yet into English, and Los Detectivos Salvajes ($36.95) are also here now. Putas asesinas ($21.50) and Monsieur Pain ($17) are only available in Spanish, and we should be receiving copies of these books soon. In addition, we have the classic text Las Venas Abiertas de América Latina ($29.95) by Eduardo Galeano, and the new book by Isabel Allende has just arrived - La Isla Bajo el Mar ($26.95), which has not yet been translated into English. Come and browse the complete selection of our Spanish language books in the back of the store, and the sale items in the remainder room. Also, please consider joining our Spanish language book group on the 3rd Thursday evening of each month!
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P&P BESTSELLERS | |
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Our top twelve hardcover FICTION and NON-FICTION bestsellers are always 20% off for P&P members. For our complete lists, click on the titles below. #1 FICTION: The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim
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NEW IN PAPERBACK | |
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Click FICTION or NON-FICTION to browse a complete list of recent paperback releases.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Stephen J. Dubner & Steven D. Levitt
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FROM THE CHILDREN AND TEENS' DEPARTMENT | |
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BOOK OF THE WEEK Come and visit the monarch caterpillars displayed in the Children's Department, and watch them making their chrysalides and beginning their transformation into butterflies! For more recommendations for kids from our staff, pick up a copy of the Children and Teens’ Favorites Summer 2009 in the store or browse our summer selections for children and teens on the website by clicking here. ANNOUNCEMENT TO TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS Welcome to the 2009-2010 school year! Politics & Prose would like to take this opportunity to clarify our educator discount policy and to ask each of you to update your teacher identification in our files. Teachers and librarians of nursery school through 12th grade recieve a 20% discount on books for school and a 10% discount on all personal purchases. The same discount scheme applies to librarians in the tri-state public library systems. Next time you are in the store, please show your professional identification to update your file. You will then be eligible for the educator's discounts for the entire school year. Sunday, August 30, 2 – 3:15 p.m. 
“If I Ruled the World” Join Capitol Letters Writing Center for this monthly creative writing workshop. CLWC volunteers Lucia and Luke will be leading the group in writing essays for a time capsule. Participants will reflect on what they would do if they were the parents and the adults in charge, and then seal their essays in a time capsule. Students will gain inspiration from Judith Viorst's If I Were In Charge Of The World and use their own imagination! This workshop is open to students ages 10-18. Admission is free, but space is limited to 15, so please RSVP to pd@capitolletters.org.
Monday Morning Storytime is on hiatus and will resume on September 14 after Labor Day. For September events and more from the Children and Teens' Department, click here.
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MARKDOWN BOOKS | |
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Steven Pinker’s THE STUFF OF THOUGHT: Language as a Window into Human Nature follows The Language Instinct and Words and Rules as the third book of a trilogy on language and cognition for general readers. With themes involving how metaphor and figures of speech help us shape our world, Pinker’s writing is always vivid and compelling. He explores questions that are basic to every individual’s perception, but which we may not have considered, such as how a brain designed to maneuver in a physical world can also create abstract thought, or what we’re really doing when we swear, or how we control the amount of information we absorb. Available in hardcover, $7.98. Before his recent novel, Cutting for Stone, became a critical and popular success, Abraham Verghese was already well-known, having impressed readers with his intelligence and empathy with his non-fiction. His first book was MY OWN COUNTRY: A Doctor’s Story, his account of his experiences as a young doctor serving a rural eastern Tennessee community. It was the mid-1980s, Dr. Verghese’s specialty was infectious diseases, and he and the town were soon caught up in the AIDS epidemic. Through stories of his patients, his fellow medical practitioners, and the many friends and families shocked by what was happening, Verghese relates how this conservative community came to terms with the catastrophe. Available in paperback, $7.98. • Laurie Greer | |
MUSIC NEWS | |
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Click here for András’s reviews and Music News and to buy these albums. NEW: Bernstein’s Mass, Willie Nelson RIP: MIKE SEEGER, CONCERT: John Surman Quartet • András Goldinger |
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BOOK GROUPS | |
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P&P's book groups meet monthly and are free and open to the public. Book-group titles are 20% off for participants. These are the selections for the next week. Read the book and join us! Thursday, August 27, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 2, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 3, 7:30 p.m.
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NOTICE: TOILETRIES DONATIONS | |
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We are discontinuing the toiletry drop-off program, effective immediately. Since the inception of the program in 2001, Basic Necessities, the service group formed by members of the Schwartz-Carretero family, has collected more than a million items. These toiletries were donated to community shelters, and countless individuals have benefited from the generosity of Politics and Prose customers. We thank the program coordinators for their vision, efforts and commitment, and wish the young ladies luck as they head off to college.
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NEWS FROM THE COFFEEHOUSE | |
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