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Greetings From Politics and Prose! Author Events with Julie Andrews, David Plouffe
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LETTER FROM CARLA & BARBARA |
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We are starting the countdown to the holidays. Thanksgiving is upon us. The 2010 calendars are flying out the door. A large display of boxed holiday cards is arranged in the rear of the store, near the travel section. See below for a complete listing of our holiday promotions and services. The "Best Of 2009" lists are starting to appear. Our own holiday catalogues - Politics & Prose 2009 Holiday Newsletter and 2009 Children and Teen's Departement Favorite Books - have gone to press and will be available in the store Thanksgiving weekend. The Atlantic's literary editor, Benjamin Schwarz, picked his 25 best of the year here: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200912/books2009. The 2009 National Book Awards Ceremony is happening on Wednesday, November 16. The finalists are listed here: http://www.politics-prose.com/National-Book-Awards-2009. By the time you receive this newsletter, we will be able to tell you the winners! There are but a few author talks remaining until the end of the year, but they feature some popular figures: |
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UPCOMING EVENTS IN BRIEF |
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Thursday November 19 Friday November 20 Saturday November 21 Sunday November 22 Monday November 23
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Wednesday November 24 - Sunday November 29 Tuesday December 1 7 p.m. Jonathan Safran Foer - Eating Animals at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue Friday - Sunday December 4 - 6 |
Click here for our complete events calendar. |
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HOLIDAY PROMOTION AND SERVICES | |
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This is an exciting time in the store, with Holiday Selections arriving every day. In addition to wonderful books, we have holiday cards, rolls of wrapping paper, and numerous other gift items and stocking stuffers to round out your lists. Remember that our biggest Member Sale of the year is coming soon. From December 4th-6th, almost every item in the store will be discounted for members. Nearly all books and sideline items in our current inventory will be 20% off, and CDs and DVDs will be 15% off (some exclusions apply.) It’s a great time to enjoy some savings, if you are already a member, and a great time to become a member or renew your membership, if you are not! If you have a friend or family member who loves books, you might give him or her a Politics & Prose Gift Membership -- a gift that gives all year. Not only do we have many local members, but we also have members in 38 states outside the Washington metropolitan area and in Federal Service abroad, all of whom who like to stay informed with our news about books. Your friend or loved one will receive: our monthly Events Calendars, 20% discounts on the current book of the authors appearing at the store each month, and 20% off our weekly hardcover bestselling 12 fiction and non-fiction titles. Discounts apply to purchases both in store and online. Beginning in 2010, we will have four seasonal storewide member sales (an increase from the three we've held annually for the last 25 years). Current membership rates are $20 a year or $50 for three years. You can purchase a gift membership at the store or online through our website.
To make your holiday gift-giving easier, we are happy to offer Gift Wrapping at the store from November 27 through December 27. As in past years, this is a joint endeavor between Politics & Prose, which donates the space and the wrapping paper, and The Washington Literacy Council, which supplies the volunteer gift-wrappers. WLC has been serving the Washington community for more than 45 years and is the largest provider of much-needed basic literary services in the District of Columbia. WLC volunteers will be in the store every day from opening until closing. A minimum of $1 donation per item is suggested to support this WLC fundraising campaign. So please support this wonderful cause while simplifying your holiday preparations! To sign up as a volunteer gift wrapper, contact Pati Young at PATIMSW@aol.com and put "P&P Wrap" in the subject line. For more information on the WLC, click here. If you are having trouble making a choice, think about giving the gift of our unique Book-a-Month Program. Each month, our staff will handpick, wrap, and send a book anywhere in the country to the person of your choice. To give a gift to a child, contact Jory Hearst, jhearst@politics-prose.com. For an adult, contact Caroline Ketcham, cketcham@politcs-prose.com. You can also pick up an application at the information desk or click here to register through our website. Between Thanksgiving and January 1st, with each book you buy for Hope House, you’ll get a beautiful card illustrated by a child and his or her father during a summer prison visit. You can give the card as a gift, letting your friends and family know that you are supporting Hope House in their name. We offer our customers a 20% discount on books purchased either in the store or online for donation to Hope House. If you order over the web, simply note in the checkout comments field that you wish to donate the book. To learn more about Hope House DC visit their website at www.hopehousedc.org. A customer created her own original gift idea last year. She hatched a plan and contacted us to treat the eleven members of her family (aged 14 to 73) to a day at Politics & Prose during which they could shop for their holiday gifts. Of course, we enthusiastically supported this idea, and it all came to fruition. She arranged for a stretch limousine to transport her children and grandchildren from her home in Northern Virginia to our front door. There was quite a stir when the limo pulled up outside as customers strained to see if a celebrity was coming into the store! Upon entry, the family members scattered, heading to their favorite sections to make their selections. Each participant wore an identifying sticker so that our cashiers would know they were part of this family group. The coffeehouse was also involved, so family members could take a refreshment break when they wished. When they departed, each person left content with their choices, and the giver was confident that there would be no exchanges or returns necessary for these presents. We hope to see this family back this year and to meet other families as well! |
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BARBARA'S BYLINE | |
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Carla and I first met Kati when her first book, Wallenberg: Missing Hero, was published by Norton, and the publishers sent her on a first-class book tour, including a luncheon in her honor with local booksellers at the Hay-Adams. Since then we have invited her for an event for each of her five succeeding books. On this particular evening, two women came to the microphone to tell Kati that they remembered her mother well because she had taught them French, and they vividly described how elegant a teacher her mother was. Then all of a sudden an elderly woman sitting in the first row piped up, “And I supervised her.” Kati, obviously unprepared for such personal anecdotes, exclaimed, "Are you Mrs. Winfield?" And sure enough, it was Mrs. Winfield, who had admired her mother as much as her mother had revered her, and Kati recounted how Mrs. Winfield was frequently mentioned at the family dinner table. |
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BOOKNOTES | |
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Graphic Literature from Around the World by Adam Waterreus
From French political satire and hard boiled mystery of the famous Jacques Tardi to geometrical explorations of story and landscape in Yuichi Yokoyama’s richly imaginative Traveland New Engineering, (two of my favorites), from the elegantly realistic books of Jiro Taniguchi to the dark and equally realistic work of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, other facets of this exciting genre are revealed as they elaborate their meaningful and compelling stories. | |
COMING NOW TO YOUR FAVORITE BOOKSTORE |
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Thursday, November 19 4 - 6 p.m. Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton - Julie Andrews’ Collection Of Poems, Songs And Lullabies While we will do our best to get everyone’s book signed, please note that since the authors will only be able to sign for two hours, it is possible that they will not be able to sign books for everyone in line. The following guidelines are set by the publisher:
Joan Biskupic - American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Friday, November 20 Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff - This Time Is Different Saturday, November 21
Thomas Mallon - Yours Ever Robert M. Poole - On Hallowed Ground
Sunday, November 22 Brad Leithauser - The Art Student's War Patricia Sullivan - Lift Every Voice Monday, November 23 - 7 p.m. at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue Tuesday, November 24 Anthony Horowitz - Crocodile Tears
Wednesday November 24 - Sunday November 29 NO EVENTS - HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND!! Monday November 30 Denis Lipman - A Yank Back To England Tuesday December 1 Walter Isaacson - American Sketches Jonathan Safran Foer - Eating Animals at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue Wednesday December 2 Robert W. Merry - A Country Of Vast Designs Thursday December 3 Trina Hahnemann - The Scandinavian Cookbook Friday - Sunday December 4 - 6 Holiday Member Sale Tuesday December 8 Jane O’Connor - Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas 4:30 p.m.
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P&P CUSTOMERS ARE ALSO INVITED TO... | |
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Monday, November 23, 7:30 p.m.
Friendship Heights Village Center Tuesday, November 24, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 2, 7:30 p.m.
National Geographic Society Thursday, December 3, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 4, 7:30 p.m.
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P&P BESTSELLERS | |
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#1 FICTION: THE LACUNA by Barbara Kingsolver #1 NONFICTION: EATING ANIMALS by Jonathan Safran Foer
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NEW IN PAPERBACK | |
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The Appointment by Herta Muller
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FROM THE CHILDREN AND TEENS' DEPARTMENT | |
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BOOK OF THE WEEK DESIGN DOSSIER: THE WORLD OF DESIGN (Paintbox Press, $24) Please come to the Children and Teens' Department to see our wide selection of books about autumn and Thanksgiving. Lisa Chaplin-Hobbs hosts story time for young children every Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, November 22, 1:30 - 3 p.m. For upcoming events and more from the Children and Teens' Department, click here.
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MARKDOWN BOOKS | |
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Some names speak for themselves, and Mollie Katzen is one of them. Moosewood is another. In MOLLIE KATZEN’S VEGETABLE HEAVEN, the woman behind the Moosewood cookbooks offers over 200 recipes, complete with delightful color drawings. From creamy sunchoke soup to three part hominy to giant mushroom popovers and on to dessert (orange chocolate chip kisses!), there’s something here for every taste and every occasion. Available in hardcover, $9.98.
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MUSIC NEWS | |
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Books & DVDs and CD Packages New Music BOX SETS Click here for András’s reviews and Music News and to buy these albums.
• András Goldinger
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BOOK GROUPS | |
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Politics & Prose currently hosts sixteen different book groups in the store each month. Fascinating History Bookgroup Public Affairs Bookgroup Poetry Bookgroup Graphic Novel Bookgroup
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NEWS FROM THE COFFEEHOUSE | |
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Art Exhibit CLOSING Nebahat Noyan was born in a small coastal town near the Black Sea in Turkey. Her first drawing experience was with chalk, drawing rectangles of hopscotch - although her later works did not reflect any form of cubism influence, but some raw sketches. Neba's pursuit of art, primarily drawing and painting, emerged mostly through disciplined individual study. She attended the Istanbul Art Academy for a short period. She has shown her art at student group shows in Istanbul, Unlikely Stories Magazine, and the District of Columbia's Artomatic 2008. She has also published poetry in Objet d'Art Magazine. Neba lives in DC, and works at an organization that specializes in local economic development nationwide. Join us for a closing reception with Neba on Tuesday, November 24th at 8 p.m. Read more news from the coffeehouse on the Modern Times blog.
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