Key	Imgs	Short Description
2010_DC_Berman_101013	93	Politics & Prose -- Ari Berman ("Herding Donkeys") w/Howard Dean Ari Berman - Herding Donkeys: Berman’s lively account of the rise of the Democratic party from its 2004 low point starts with Howard Dean, then shows how the Obama campaign built on Dean’s ideas, especially his fifty-state strategy. A tribute to grassroots activism, the book demonstrates the crucial...
2010_DC_Yoo_Hoo_100902	60	Politics & Prose -- Aviva Kempner and Susan Stamberg ("Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg") Aviva Kempner - Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg: Kempner’s film uses vintage clips, behind-the-scenes-footage, and interviews to trace the life and work of Gertrude Berg, who wrote, starred in, and produced the first successful American sitcom, “The Goldbergs,” which ran from 1949 to 1956, and earned Berg the...
2010_DC_Carla	54	Politics & Prose -- Carla Cohen Tribute -- In-Store Displays Pictures of the in-store displays for the Carla Cohen Tribute. There's also a slide show highlighting Carla: ...
2010_DC_Carla_Tribute_101121	260	Politics & Prose -- Carla Cohen Tribute -- People Speakers in sequence: - Barbara Meade - Anne Shields - Howard Norman - Mary Kay Zuravleff - Seymour Hersh - Alexandra Zapruder - E.J. Dionne - Phyllis Thereoux - Mark LaFramboise - David Cohen The reception was catered by Judy Starrells. Contributions for the reception were...
2010_DC_Yoe_100416	137	Politics & Prose -- Craig Yoe and Warren Bernard ("Great Anti-War Cartoons") Yoe, a historian of cartoons, has assembled a vast array of anti-war comics that span the globe and date back to the 1600s. These comics run the gamut of emotions, from Bill Mauldin’s humor to Francisque Poulbot’s sorrow. Yoe’s presentation will include source material from Warren Bernard’s private...
2010_DC_Maraniss_100319	51	Politics & Prose -- David Maraniss ("Into The Story") David Maraniss - Into The Story: This collection of 32 stories and essays by our friend, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author (Clemente, They Marched Into Sunlight), covers a rich array of topics, focusing on history as it affects individuals. Maraniss revisits Vietnam with an American...
2010_DC_Lehrer_100516	62	Politics & Prose -- Jim Lehrer ("Super") In his 20th novel, the prolific PBS NewsHour anchor focuses on the Santa Fe Railroad’s luxurious Super Chief, which traveled between Chicago and Los Angeles in 39 hours. Set in 1956 and based on actual events, the book is a murder mystery as well as a look at the train’s wealthy and glamorous...
2010_DC_Carter_101130	91	Politics & Prose -- Jimmy Carter ("White House Diary") Former President Carter kept a diary during his term as Chief Executive, and by the time he left office he had written some 5,000 pages on issues such as energy, the Camp David Accords, and the Iranian hostage crisis, as well as domestic politics. Now he has gathered selections from these journals,...
2010_DC_Banville_100225	47	Politics & Prose -- John Banville ("The Infinities") John Banville, "The Infinities": John Banville, winner of the Man Booker Prize for The Sea, returns to read from his 15th novel. An elegant fiction about mortality and the immortals who may surround us, the book tells the story of the final days of Adam Godley, a renowned mathematician, the family who...
2010_DC_Feiffer_100318	78	Politics & Prose -- Jules Feiffer ("Backing Into Forward") Jules Feiffer - Backing Into Forward: Feiffer, the inimitable cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and author of novels, nonfiction, and children’s books, tells his life story as a series of creative pursuits and encounters with powerful mentors. From his childhood strategy of avoiding bullies by...
2010_DC_Olson_100222	46	Politics & Prose -- Lynne Olson ("Citizens of London") Lynne Olson - Citizens Of London: Olson follows Troublesome Young Men, her account of the renegade Tories who put Churchill in power, with another fine history of the period. She focuses on three resolute Americans who supported the Brits and helped bring the U.S. to their rescue: Edward R. Murrow;...
2010_DC_Feldstein_101002	50	Politics & Prose -- Mark Feldstein ("Poisoning The Press") Mark Feldstein - Poisoning The Press: In their long, public, and very dirty fight, Richard Nixon and the columnist Jack Anderson set the stage for the contentious relationship between government and the press that Feldstein—a George Washington University professor of media and public affairs—sees...
2010_DC_Lewis_100318	69	Politics & Prose -- Michael Lewis ("The Big Short") w/Joel Achenbach Michael Lewis (in conversation with Joel Achenbach) - The Big Short: The bestselling author of Liar’s Poker and other books about money, Lewis here presents his interpretation of how and why the American economy has tanked. From villains on Wall Street to ineffectual government regulatory agencies, and...
2010_DC_Norris_101012	57	Politics & Prose -- Michele Norris ("The Grace of Silence") Michele Norris - The Grace Of Silence: This memoir by the co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered delves into both family and national history to paint a vivid picture of the lasting effects of racism. Norris weaves memories of her Minneapolis childhood with events she learned of only later, chief...
2010_DC_Philbrick_100514	57	Politics & Prose -- Nathaniel Philbrick ("The Last Stand") Philbrick follows his nautical bestsellers, The Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory, with this vivid account of General Custer’s defeat. While Custer lost his battle against the Plains Indian tribes led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, the event also proved to be the Plains Indians’ own last stand. The...
2010_DC_Ngugi_100317	71	Politics & Prose -- Ngugi wa Thiong’o ("Dreams In A Time Of War") Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Dreams In A Time Of War As he recounts in his memoir, the future professor and author of Wizard of the Crow, Decolonizing the Mind, and other books, was born in rural Kenya, the fifth child of his father’s third wife. From the effects of World War II on the then-British colony to the...
2010_DC_Carr_100629	39	Politics & Prose -- Nicholas Carr ("The Shallows") Nicholas Carr - The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains: Expanding his much-discussed Atlantic Monthly article about the Internet’s social and cognitive effects, Carr argues from scientific and anecdotal evidence that the Web, by fostering distraction in place of concentration, changes...
2010_DC_RTKK_100909	186	Politics & Prose -- Richard Thompson and Keith Knight Richard Thompson & Keith Knight: Richard Thompson -- Cul De Sac Golden Treasury (Andrews McMeel, $16.99), and Keith Knight -- The Knight Life (Grand Central, $17.99). In conjunction with the Small Press Expo (September 11-12 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center), we’re delighted...
2010_DC_Riordan_100506	178	Politics & Prose -- Rick Riordan ("The Red Pyramid") The author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan will present and sign his new book, which begins a new series and introduces his fans to an entirely different pantheon of gods! Carter and Sadie Kane are working on a research experiment with their Egyptologist father when the Egyptian god...
2010_DC_Chernow_101009	39	Politics & Prose -- Ron Chernow ("Washington") Ron Chernow - Washington: The National Book Award-winning biographer of J.P Morgan, Alexander Hamilton, and others here gives a rich, full account of the first president, delving into his private life as well as chronicling his public accomplishments. Chernow undercuts the standard view of Washington...
2010_DC_MI6_101001	51	Politics & Prose and International Spy Museum -- Keith Jeffrey ("Secret History of MI6") w/Sir John Scarlett Keith Jeffrey - The Secret History Of MI6: The world’s first spy agency, Britain’s MI6 was formed just before the First World War. For this authorized history of the organization, Jeffery, professor of British history at Queen’s University, Belfast, was granted access to hitherto secret archives. His...
2010_DC_Remnick_100407	82	Politics & Prose @ Avalon Theatre -- David Remnick ("The Bridge") w/Michele Norris David Remnick - The Bridge @ The Avalon Theatre: Using interviews and letters, David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, tells the 44th president’s life story and traces his remarkable political journey that led to the White House. His new book was previously presented in a distilled format as a...
2010_DC_Grossman_101014	48	Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- David Grossman ("To The End of the Land") David Grossman - To The End Of The Land: Evoking the ever-present intrusion of war into the daily life of Israelis, Grossman’s novel tells the story of Ora, a woman whose son, about to leave the army, instead goes to the front. To endure the anxiety, Ora leaves home with an old friend, an artist turned...
2010_DC_Gilbert_100107	184	Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Elizabeth Gilbert ("Committed") Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love, examines questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, and divorce risks in her new memoir, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage. At the end of Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert fell in love with...
2010_DC_Krauss_101018	75	Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Nicole Krauss ("Great House") w/Hanna Rosin Nicole Krauss: Great House: For twenty-five years, a reclusive American novelist has been writing at the desk she inherited from a young Chilean poet who disappeared at the hands of Pinochet’s secret police; one day a girl claiming to be the poet’s daughter arrives to take it away, sending the writer’s...
2010_DC_Roubini_100513	54	Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Nouriel Roubini ("Crisis Economics") Nouriel Roubini: In Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance, Nouriel Roubini - renowned economist and professor of economics at NYU's Stern School of Business - reveals the methods he used to foretell the current financial crisis before other economists saw it coming and shows how...
2010_DC_Cash_100811	65	Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Rosanne Cash ("Composed") For thirty years as a musician, Rosanne Cash has enjoyed critical success. In Composed: A Memoir, Cash writes about her upbringing as the child of country-music legend Johnny Cash and the stepdaughter of June Carter Cash. She grew up in Southern California, worked for Columbia Records in London, and...
2010_DC_Rushdie_101117	75	Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Salman Rushdie ("Luke and the Fire of Life") Salman Rushdie: Luka and the Fire of Life With the same imagination that has made Salman Rushdie one of the great storytellers of our time, Luka and the Fire of Life revisits the magic-infused, intricate world he first brought to life in the modern classic Haroun and the Sea of Stories. This new novel...
2010_DC_Leonsis_100224	117	Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Ted Leonsis ("The Business of Happiness") More than a quarter century ago, at the age of 25, Ted Leonsis - now the owner of the Washington Capitals - was already a highly successful entrepreneur, but reflecting on his life after surviving a plane crash, he realized that he wasn't truly happy. Walking away from that plane crash, Leonsis was...
2010_DC_Naipaul_101021	72	Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- V.S. Naipaul ("The Masque of Africa") w/George Andreou V.S. Naipaul: The Masque of Africa: From Uganda to Ghana and Nigeria, around the Ivory Coast and Gabon, and on to South Africa, the Nobel laureate’s latest work of travel and culture looks at the role of belief throughout the African continent. Considering native faiths based in animism as well as...
2010_DC_Martel_100414	67	Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Yann Martel ("Beatrice and Virgil") Yann Martel - Beatrice and Virgil: Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for The Life of Pi, his story of a boy and a tiger adrift at sea. His new novel, featuring a donkey, a howler monkey, and an enigmatic taxidermist, is an equally whimsical and philosophical consideration of truth and deception,...

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