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Thomas Kaufman - Drink The Tea

March 14, 2010 - 1:00pm
March 14, 2010 - 2:00pm
Kaufman’s debut mystery introduces Willis Gidney. A former foster child who has grown into a talented D.C. private eye, Gidney searches for a friend’s missing daughter and becomes entangled with an ambitious right-wing politician, security thugs, and a murder. Kaufman’s background as director, cameraman, and two-time winner of the Gordon Parks Award for cinematography is evident in the book’s vivid, fast-paced action.
By Thomas Kaufman
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780312607302
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Minotaur Books, 03/01/2010

Location: 
Politics and Prose
5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008

Upcoming Events

Henry Edgerton Civil Liberties Special Recognition Award

Wednesday, April 14, 7 p.m.
at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
600 I Street, NW
(Metro: Gallery Place - Chinatown)

YANN MARTEL
BEATRICE AND VIRGIL (Spiegel & Grau, $24)
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, responsibility and complicity.

Click here for two free admission tickets with the purchase of BEATRICE AND VIRGIL or click here to purchase a single $12 ticket without the book.

Yann Martel

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Bestsellers and New Paperbacks

Bestsellers and New in Paperback

 

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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 FICTIONMAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson

#1 NONFICTION: DRIVE by Daniel Pink

New in Paperback

 

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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.

LIFE SENTENCES by Laura Lippman

CHEEVER: A Life by Blake Bailey

Next Offsite Event

MICHAEL GELB - WINE DRINKING FOR INSPIRED THINKING

Promotional Period: 
Mar 15 2010

Monday, March 15, 6-8 p.m.

MICHAEL GELBZola Wine and Kitchen
505 9th Street, NW
MICHAEL GELB
WINE DRINKING FOR INSPIRED THINKING: Uncork Your Creative Juices (Running Press, $19.95)
Come join Michael Gelb at Zola Wine & Kitchen for Hooks Book Events and Stir Food’s author series, Food for Thoughts. Michael is the author of 11 books on creativity and innovation (How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci and Innovate Like Edison). He is also a passionate connoisseur of fine wine and food, and has been featured in the Wine Spectator, The Wine Enthusiast, and in the wine column of the Washington Post. In Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking, Gelb shares how wine can help us both tap into our creative potential and forge bonds with friends and co-workers. For more information and to purchase $60 tickets, visit hooksbookevents.com.

Children and Teens

Children's Books of the Week

paperbackCHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
(20% off through 03/17/2010)
Flory, THE NIGHT FAIRY (Candlewick, $16.99), was born a little before midnight when the moon was full. When she is less than three months old and no higher than an acorn, a brown bat mistakes her for an insect.  Swooping down, he catches her and badly damages her wings.  Flory seeks shelter in a beautiful garden and is befriended and protected by Skuggle, a hungry squirrel who trades assistance for food.  But not every creature is as willing to bargain as Skuggle, and Flory needs help if she is going to fly again.  Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz and miniaturist Angela Barrett have created a sumptuously illustrated classic fairy tale.  Ages 7-11  – Heidi Powell

 

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Click here for our suggestions for older teen readers.

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

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Remaindered or Markdown Books

Newly Arrived Remainders

New Classes

poets

Tuesdays, April 6 - May 11, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Come celebrate spring with our poetry group as we read two straight-talking contemporary women poets from the United Kingdom and Ireland.  Born in Glasgow, Carol Ann Duffy
is the first female British poet laureate.  She writes wry, witty poems that often inhabit the voices of others in a sharply contemporary idiom.  Eavan Boland is generally acknowledged to be the foremost woman writing in Ireland today.  Her mature work shares with Duffy the aim of re-interpreting history from a female point of view. 

This is an appreciation group, not a critical studies class, so no prior experience is necessary - just a love of words and pleasure in the company of others.  Taught by Gigi Bradford, former NEA Literature Director and Chair of the Folger Poetry Board.

Six Tuesdays: April 6 - May 11, 2010, 3:00 - 4:30 PM.  $80 Members, $100 Non-members.

Please Include Email With Your Sign-Up Information.

Syllabus: (click the book titles to purchase)
Selected Poems, Carol Ann Duffy
New Collected Poems, Eavan Boland

Click here to register online.

Bookseller Recommendation Of the Week

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ALL OTHER NIGHTS by Dara Horn (W.W. Norton, $14.95) plunges into a fascinating and little-known world: the network of Jewish spies who served on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line during the Civil War. From New York’s German-Jewish merchants to the slave-owning families of Richmond and New Orleans, Horn deftly captures an insular yet deeply divided community. The richly populated cast stars Jacob Rappaport, who flees his father’s business to join the Union Army, and Eugenia Levy, a talented actress and magician who may or may not be a Confederate agent. We also meet real-life historical figures like Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy’s Jewish Secretary of War, and a secret coalition of slaves and African-American spies. Prepare to be enchanted and amazed.
 - Elizabeth Sher

Modern Times Coffeehouse

From the Cafe


Eashington City Paper's Best of DC 2010 Vote for Modern Times Coffeehouse @ Politics & Prose - Best Coffee Shop in Washington City Paper's Best of DC 2010.

From the City Paper review: "Since becoming caretakers in 2006 of the decade-old coffeehouse inside Politics & Prose, locally owned Coup d'Etat Coffee Co. has revamped the menu, improved the interior, and introduced live performances and special events, creating a perfect environment for reading, studying, and especially conversation and discussion. The coffeehouse serves simple, delicious fare including a variety of housemade cold and hot sandwiches, salads, sides, vegetarian soups, baked goods, and organic and fair trade certified coffees and teas." Click here to cast your vote!