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Thursday February 11

Stuart Stotts - We Shall Overcome *CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW*
10:30 a.m. The anthem for the Civil Rights movement and a rallying cry for the Vietnam War protests, We Shall Overcome today is familiar around the world. Stottss history of the song goes back to its origins in hymns and gospel music and its roles in demonstrations against many different injustices.

Philip Pomper - Lenin's Brother
7 p.m. In 1886 Alexander Ulyanov, a brilliant biology student, joined other students at St. Petersburg University to plot the assassination of Russias tsar. The mission failed, and its leaders, Alexander included, were executed. His younger brother, Vladimir, was deeply affected by these events and later led the October Revolution of 1917 under his revolutionary pseudonym Lenin.

Friday February 12

Vanda Felbab-Brown - Shooting Up
7 p.m. A fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings, Felbab-Brown argues that the narcoguerilla premise - which underlies much U.S. policy and assumes a symbiotic relationship between drug trafficking and terrorist organizations  is mistaken and counterproductive. She draws on specific case studies from around the world as evidence for effective sequencing of counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, and counternarcotics efforts.

Saturday February 13

Ronald D. Asmus - A Little War That Shook The World
1 p.m. In his examination of the brief war between Russia and Georgia of August 2008, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State presents evidence that Moscow had been planning such an action for some time. He argues that it was intended to alert the West that Russia is a force to contend with in the 21st century.

William Cohen & Janet Langhart Cohen - Race And Reconciliation In America
6 p.m. Cohen, a Jewish-Irish Protestant former Maine Senator, collaborates with his wife, an African-American Southern Baptist former television personality from Indiana, to argue for an open dialogue on racial, ethnic, and religious prejudice. In 2008 the couple convened a multicultural group, which included Douglas Blackmon, Deepak Chopra, Sam Donaldson, Louis Gossett, Jr., and the Honorable John Lewis, to start just such a discussion.

Sunday February 14

James McGrath Morris - Pulitzer
5 p.m. A biography of Joseph Pulitzer and a history of modern journalism, Morriss book charts Pulitzers life from his birth in Hungary and his emigration to the United States in 1864, to his involvement in journalism, which began when Pulitzer moved to St. Louis after the war. In 1879, he bought two newspapers, combined them into The St. Louis Post- Dispatch, and proceeded to transform the landscape of American news and politics.

Monday February 15

Wade Davis - The Wayfinders
7 p.m. In his startling examination of indigenous populations and global climate change, Davis, a prominent anthropologist, adds human cultural losses to the list of endangered plants and animals. Wade fears that 50% of the worlds 7,000 languages may disappear in our lifetime, along with the values, myths, and meanings they embody.

Tuesday February 16

Ally Carter - Heist Society
10:30 a.m. To put her familys business - art theft - behind her, Katarina Bishop leaves home for boarding school. Then someone steals a mobsters priceless collection of masterpieces, and Kats father is the prime suspect. With help from her friends, Kat sets out to solve the case and clear her fathers name. Ages 10-14

Ally Carter will also appear for an evening book event hosted by P&P at the Bethesda Public Library, 7400 Arlington Rd, Bethesda, MD at 7 p.m.

Henning Mankell - The Man from Beijing
7 p.m. When nineteen people are murdered in the Swedish town of Hesjovallen, Judge Birgitta Roslin is especially drawn to the case because her grandparents are among the dead. While the police insist that the massacre is the work of a lone madman, Birgitta suspects that its more complicated. Mankell again shows why hes among the top international crime writers.

Wednesday February 17

Robert McChesney & John Nichols - The Death and Life of American Journalism
7 p.m. Veteran reporters, the authors examine the erosion of traditional news media. Print and broadcast news bureaus have shrunk or disappeared entirely, meaning that matters of importance, local and national, go uncovered. The authors call for an era of experimentation, where old and new media together might fill the news vacuum.

 

Thursday February 18

Katharine Weber - True Confections
7 p.m. Webers wit comes to the fore in her new comic novel about the Ziplinsky family and its candy business. Like any family, this one has secrets, and as Alice, recently married into the clan, tries to understand her new relatives, she uncovers a story involving Hungarian immigrants and a runaway slave from a cacao plantation.

Friday February 19

Kristen Clarke (Ed.) - Barack Obama & African-American Empowerment
7 p.m. With co-editor Manning Marable, Clarke, a civil rights attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has assembled a roster of distinguished thinkers to consider the evolution of black leadership and politics from the Civil Rights movement to the election of President Obama. Kristen will be joined by contributors Sherrilyn Ifill and Bill Fletcher.

Saturday February 20

Georgia Irvin - Georgia Irvins Guide to Schools
10:30 a.m. Irvin served for 15 years as Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Sidwell Friends School. Her guide to D.C.-area public and private schools - now in its third edition - has long helped parents find the right schools for their children. This updated edition includes reviews for 82 preschools, a feature that has been missing from school guides in the past and will be of particular interest and value to parents today.

Frank Aukofer - Never a Slow Day
1 p.m. A newspaper reporter, Aukofer covered the major events of the second half of the twentieth century, from the 1960s Civil Rights movement to President Clintons impeachment. This is his account of the adventure that was his life as a journalist and the extraordinary people he encountered along the way.

Dolen Perkins-Valdez - Wench
3:30 p.m. In her powerful debut novel, Perkins-Valdez revisits pre-Civil War America. Centering on an Ohio resort that caters to Southern plantation owners and their slave mistresses, the book presents a complex, polarized society from the perspective of three slave women; seemingly resigned to their situation, theyre jolted into a new sense of possibility when a newcomer talks about running away.

Steven V. Roberts - From Every End of This Earth @ Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street, NE
5 p.m. As participants in Intersections: A New American Arts Festival, we are presenting Steve Roberts, who explores the contemporary immigrant experience through the accounts of thirteen families from various backgrounds. $5 tickets may be purchased at the door, by telephone at 202-399-7993 ext. 2 or online. Check http://intersectionsdc.org/ for more information and other events!

Lillian Lincoln Lambert -The Road to Someplace Better
6 p.m. In her moving and inspiring memoir, Lambert recounts her upbringing in the rural, segregated South, her menial jobs in New York and Washington, and the hard work that made her the first black woman to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School. This rags-to-riches American success story describes Lamberts rise from maid to CEO of a $20 million maintenance company.

Sunday February 21

Rebecca Skloot - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
1 p.m. Henrietta Lacks was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, buried in an unmarked grave, but her cells continue to outlive her. Taken without her knowledge and cultured by scientists at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s, they led to a lucrative industry in biological materials. Skloots account of this outrage looks at its effects on Lackss family and considers the larger history of experimentation on African Americans without their consent.

Paula Butturini - Keeping The Feast
5 p.m. Butturinis husband was shot and wounded while reporting on an uprising in Romania, and as she helped him recover from the depression and psychic trauma that accompanied his injury, she learned that the physical damage of war is only the beginning.

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Politics & Prose supplies books to the following book signing events.
Reservations and tickets should be acquired from the hosting organization.
If you cant attend a talk, but would like to purchase a signed book, call
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Thursday, February 11, 7:30 p.m.

Friendship Heights Village Center
4433 S. Park Ave.
Chevy Chase, MD
ANNE E. KORNBLUT
NOTES FROM THE CRACKED CEILING: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What It Will Take for a Woman to Win (Crown, $25)
Washington Post White House correspondent Kornblut explores the stunning twists of the 2008 election - with revelations about the Clinton and Palin campaigns - and the political landscape for women nationwide, including exclusive, in-depth interviews with such leaders as Nancy Pelosi, Condoleezza Rice, and Janet Napolitano. Please sign up in advance for this FREE event by calling the Village Center at 301-656-2797.

 

Tuesday, February 16, 7:30 p.m.

National Geographic Society
1600 M Street, NW
STEPHEN H. SCHNEIDER
SCIENCE AS A CONTACT SPORT: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate (National Geographic, $28)
Stephen H. Schneider, a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (with Al Gore) in 2007, offers a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the political battles over climate change in his new book. Find out how special interests were able to exploit scientific uncertainties to block measures against climate change, and hear why this visionary thinks it is not too late to take action. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets. ($18; $15, NG Member)

Wednesday, February 17, 8:30 a.m.

The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center - Rotunda
1300 Pennsylvania Ave N.W.
DANIEL H. PINK
DRIVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Riverhead, $26.95)
Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people - at work, at school, at home. It's wrong. As Dan Pink (A Whole New Mind, Free Agent Nation) explains in his new and paradigm-shattering book, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. This event is being hosted by HooksBookEvents and Greater Washington Board of Trade. For more information and to register, visit hooksbookevents.com.

 

Sunday, February 21, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Mark Presbyterian Church
10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, MD
Institute of Musical Traditions (IMT) presents
SI KAHN and friends Standing for Justice Farewell Concert
CREATIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice (Berrett-Koehler, $17.95)
Singer, songwriter, activist, and retiring founder of Grassroots Leadership, Si Kahn is joined by Americas balladeer, John McCutcheon, and the Grammy award winning duo Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer for an incredible concert. The show celebrates the release of Sis new book, Creative Community Organzing and his sixteenth CD, COURAGE.For information and tickets ($20 in advance, $25 door), call 301-754-3611 or visit http://www.imtfolk.org/

 

 

 

Monday, February 22, 7 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
GWEN IFILL
THE BREAKTHROUGH: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama (Anchor, $15)
In celebration of Black History Month, Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and nationally bestselling author, surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obamas presidential victory and introducing emerging African-American politicians forging a bold path to power. For more information about this FREE event, please call 202-727-0321.

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P&P members always save 20% on our top twelve FICTION and NON-FICTION hardcover bestsellers.
To see our complete bestseller lists, click on the titles below.

#1 FICTION: THE HELP
by Kathryn Stockett

#1 NONFICTION: GAME CHANGE: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann & Mark Halperin

 

 

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These two titles were both store favorites when they were in hardcover. Click FICTION or NON-FICTION to browse a more complete selection of recent paperback releases.

EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED by Wells Tower

ANGELS AND AGES: Lincoln, Darwin, and the Birth of the Modern Age by Adam Gopnik

 

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Are you a mushy romantic inclined to give TOMIES LITTLE BOOK OF LOVE (Putnam, $7.99) by Tomie DePaola or the classic I LIKE YOU (Houghton Mifflin, 6.95) by Sandol Warburg? Or are you a pragmatic Valentine who prefers to express your sentiments for your little one with I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU WHINE (FSG, $15.00) by Emily Jenkins. However you say I love you, the children and teens department has a large display of Valentines Day books and packs of cards suitable for classroom giving.

CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
(20% off through 02/17/2010)
Wangari grew up in Kenya, listening to her elders tell stories of the trees that had once covered her country. When she grew older, she moved to the city and became a wise woman, planting trees in her garden. One by one, women from all over Kenya came to ask Wangari for help with their problems, and one by one, Wangari advised them to plant trees to feed their families, to protect their livestock, to create timber for building houses, and to clean their water. Donna Jo Napoli tells the story of how Wangari Maathai, now known as MAMA MITI (Simon & Schuster, $16.99), the mother of trees, changed her countrys landscape one tree at a time. Kadir Nelsons breathtaking oil paint and fabric collage illustrations reflect the bright colors and textiles of East Africa and draw the reader into Wangaris Kenya. Ages 4-8.  Dana Chidiac

Read about - and buy - more of our favorite books for children by clicking here.

Lisa Chaplin-Hobbs hosts story time for young children every Monday morning at 10:30 a.m.

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New releases:
Sade, Gil Scott-Heron, Jordi Savall, Lionel Louke, Chopin Bicentennial
ECM Sampler
Fred Hersch

NEW
Sade, SOLDIER OF LOVE (Sony, $14.98)  Sades seductive voice and sound was one of the most distinctive of the 1980s: she created a sound (and a genre) of her own. Shes back after a ten-year hiatus with the same infectious grooves.

Gil Scott-Heron, IM NEW HERE (XL Records, $14.98)  In the 1970s, Gil Scott-Herons recitation with music, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, and the album, Winter in America, launched an influential career as a poet and musician, and icon to many politically oriented rappers and singers. He has also returned after many years away from the scene.

Jordi Savall, ISTANBUL (Alia Vox, $23.98)  Viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall has programmed another inventive album. With his group, Xesperion XXI, Savall plays selections Dimitrie Cantemirs 1710 manuscript, Le Livre de la Science de la Musique (which collected Turkish melodies of the period), and teams up with traditional musicians to play Sephardic and Armenian tunes.

Lionel Loueke, MWALIKO (Blue Note, $17.98)  Jazz guitarist and percussive vocalist Lionel Louke duets with singer Angelique Kidjo, and bassists and vocalists Esperanza Spalding and Richard Bona. On three cuts, Louke fronts his guitar, bass, and drums trio.

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