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Thomas Mallon - Yours Ever

November 21, 2009 - 1:00pm
November 21, 2009 - 2:00pm

This tribute to the epistolary art looks at letters of all kinds from all eras, in genres ranging from love letters to suicide notes, fan mail to hate mail. Mallon, a novelist who has previously considered people and their diaries, here offers a sensitive appreciation of Sacco and Vanzetti’s letters from prison, Madame de Sévigné’s sharp-tongued court gossip, and paternal advice from F. Scott Fitzgerald to his daughter, among much else.

Yours Ever: People and Their Letters (Hardcover)

By Mallon, Thomas
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9780679444268
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Pantheon, 11/01/2009
Location: 
Politics and Prose
5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008

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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.

 

 

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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.

Holiday Favorites
By the time of the sale, our Holiday Catalogues should be in the store.  The Politics & Prose 2009 Holiday Newsletter and Children and Teen's Department 2009 Book Favorites contain descriptions of many new books and favorites from earlier in the year. All books included in the P&P Holiday Newsletter will be 20% off for Politics & Prose members through December 31, 2009.

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.

Another alternative is to support Adopt-a-Book for Hope House in someone’s name. 

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Barbara's Byline

Enemies of the People & Wallenberg: Missing Hero

barbaraLast Sunday, November 8, Kati Marton came to Politics and Prose to talk about ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE: My Family's Journey to America, her book about her parents' lives in Budapest under the surveillance of the Hungarian Secret Police, their imprisonment under  the Soviet-dominated Hungarian regime, and finally the family’s emigration to America in 1957, where they settled in the Washington, D.C. area, still under the surveillance of the Hungarian Secret Police.  Kati’s father was an AP correspondent in Budapest, and when they came to the Washington area, he went to work covering the State Department for the Associated Press.  But her mother, who had worked for UPI, switched careers and became a French teacher in a Montgomery County high school.

Booknotes

Graphic Literature from Around the World

by Adam Waterreus booknotes

In the last few years, highly regarded reviewers from every major newspaper have endorsed graphic novels, enabling them to become legitimized as an approved form of literature. In Europe and Asia, graphic novels have been recognized for decades as having the potential to be full-fledged works of fiction, memoir and history. In the United States, the translated graphic novel market often seems saturated with Japanese Manga for teens or younger, so at first glance, it appears harder to find higher quality, or "literary" work intended for adults; however, Fantagraphics, Fanfare / Ponent Mon, Drawn and Quarterly, PictureBox and other publishers have assembled a fine collection of translated graphic work from around the world.

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. 

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STEVE LUXENBERG - ANNIE’S GHOSTS

Promotional Period: 
Nov 23 2009

Annie's Ghosts

Monday, November 23, 7:30 p.m.
Friendship Heights Village Center
4433 S. Park Ave.
Chevy Chase, MD
STEVE LUXENBERG
ANNIE’S GHOSTS (Hyperion, $24.99)
Steve Luxenberg, a senior editor at the Washington Post, was in his forties when he discovered that his mother had a sister named Annie who had been institutionalized at age 21. Using his skills as a reporter, Mr. Luxenberg pieced together the story of his mother’s motivations for hiding her sister’s existence. Please sign up in advance for this FREE event by calling the Village Center at 301-656-2797.

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Remaindered or Markdown Books

Newly Arrived Remainders

 

remaindersIn REAL FOOD: What to Eat and Why, Nina Planck, who grew up on a farm, did a stint as a vegan, and has started farmers’ markets in several major cities, cuts through the hype, the studies, and the latest developments of food technology to get back to basics. Fresh fruit and vegetables, of course, but whole milk, butter, and grass-fed beef are also high in nutrition—and the fats they contain are not the enemy.  Planck is full of common sense about eating; both her writing and her suggestions are gimmick-free. Available in hardcover, $6.98. 

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.
Click here to browse more recently arrived remainders.
•  Laurie Greer

Children and Teens

Book Of The Week

 

BOOK OF THE WEEK
(20% off through 11/25)

Design Dossier

DESIGN DOSSIER: THE WORLD OF DESIGN (Paintbox Press, $24)
Open DESIGN DOSSIER and step into the world of design.   Professional designers Pamela Pease and Paul Warwick Thompson contributed to the first book in what promises to be an exciting and educational new series, introducing budding designers to the fundamentals of art and craft.  Tabs guide readers to each section, including the elements of design, fold-out design timeline and create your own design studio.  The dossier is clear, attractive and informative, with sections that challenge readers to engage in the creative process themselves.  This book certainly practices what it preaches - good design.   Ages 11 and up.  Heidi Powell

 

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.
Please note: Story time will be on hiatus throughout the month of December. 

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Classes at Politics and Prose

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  • Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - Wednesday, May 12, 2010
    BRITISH HISTORY IN FICTION
    Promotional Period: 
    Jan 12 2010 - May 12 2010

    British History in Fiction

    Several contemporary British novelists look back four generations to explore the legacy of the World Wars in modern Britain. In five lecture/discussions with PowerPoint illustrations, Virginia Newmyer and Susan Willens study those violent events and the artistic representations given them by young writers in recent novels.

    BOTH CLASSES ARE FILLED WAITING LIST ONLY

  • Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - Tuesday, March 2, 2010
    20th century American Masters: William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens
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    Jan 19 2010 - Mar 2 2010

    FULLY ENROLLED - WAIT LIST ONLY

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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.

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