As a political scientist at UC San Diego as well as a consultant on numerous presidential campaigns\, Popkin draws on the theory and practice of electoral politics to explain what makes one candidate successful and another fall short. His analysis covers the lessons learned and not learned from the last sixty years\, focusing on the unsuccessful efforts of Bush in 1992\, Gore in 2000\, and Hillary Clinton’s 2008 bid for the Democratic nomination.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120605T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120605T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/lindsey-hilsum-sandstorm URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/lindsey-hilsum-sandstorm SUMMARY:Lindsey Hilsum - Sandstorm DESCRIPTION:Hilsum is the Channel 4 News international editor\, and her report on the Libyan uprising against Gaddafi traces the dictator’s evolution from a charismatic leader to a paranoid tyrant. At the same time\, she profiles five ordinary Libyans to examine how the Libyan people at last revolted against a regime that had held power since 1969.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120606T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120606T013000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/john-lewis-across-bridge URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/john-lewis-across-bridge SUMMARY:John Lewis - Across That Bridge DESCRIPTION:One of the outstanding leaders of the civil rights movement and since 1987 a U.S. Representative from Georgia\, Lewis looks back to the 1960s for lessons applicable to today. Lewis believes that “to truly revolutionize our society\, we must first revolutionize ourselves”\; his illuminating and inspiring memoir about social change is at once a call-to-action and a deeply personal statement.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120607T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120607T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/andrew-blum-tubes URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/andrew-blum-tubes SUMMARY:Andrew Blum - Tubes DESCRIPTION:So—how exactly does the Internet work? Blum\, a Wired correspondent who has written on technology for a number of publications\, is a knowledgeable guide to the many pieces of the physical infrastructure—the global network of junctures\, cables\, and data centers—responsible for routing those millions of intangible emails.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120608T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120608T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/joseph-stiglitz-price-inequality URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/joseph-stiglitz-price-inequality SUMMARY:Joseph Stiglitz - The Price of Inequality DESCRIPTION:The rich have gotten richer—to the point where the wealthiest 1% of Americans controls 40% of the country’s wealth. Stiglitz\, awarded the Nobel in Economics in 2001\, examines the causes of this disparity and its consequences for democracy\, monetary policy\, and globalization\, then outlines a plan for a more prosperous future—for all Americans.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/kevin-bleyer-me-people URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/kevin-bleyer-me-people SUMMARY:Kevin Bleyer - Me the People DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/dan-ariely-honest-truth-about-dishonesty URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/dan-ariely-honest-truth-about-dishonesty SUMMARY:Dan Ariely - The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120610T000000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/peter-edelman-so-rich-so-poor URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/peter-edelman-so-rich-so-poor SUMMARY:Peter Edelman - So Rich\, So Poor DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120610T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120610T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/carlin-romano-america-philosophical URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/carlin-romano-america-philosophical SUMMARY:Carlin Romano - America The Philosophical DESCRIPTION:Contrary to those who see America as anti-intellectual\, Romano\, Ursinus College philosophy professor and long-time Philadelphia Inquirer literary critic\, argues that ideas are the very foundation this country was built on. He characterizes contemporary U.S. society as a rich and thriving marketplace of thought\, from philosophy blogs to cultural criticism to public debates.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120610T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120610T230000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mark-k-shriver-good-man URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mark-k-shriver-good-man SUMMARY:Mark K. Shriver - A Good Man DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120612T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120612T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/amanda-bennett-cost-hope URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/amanda-bennett-cost-hope SUMMARY:Amanda Bennett - The Cost of Hope DESCRIPTION:A frank\, powerful account of marriage and illness\, Bennett’s memoir begins with courtship and ends with her husband’s death. Bringing to bear the acute observations and skillful reportage that won her a Pulitzer for national reporting during her tenure at The Wall Street Journal\, Bennett chronicles her marriage\, the terminal cancer that ended it\, and the family’s experience with the health-care system\, including end-of-life decisions.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/simon-mawer-trapeze URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/simon-mawer-trapeze SUMMARY:Simon Mawer - Trapeze DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T163000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/amy-reichert-take-your-mama-work-today URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/amy-reichert-take-your-mama-work-today SUMMARY:Amy Reichert - Take Your Mama to Work Today DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T163000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mary-quattlebaum-pirate-vs-pirate URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mary-quattlebaum-pirate-vs-pirate SUMMARY:Mary Quattlebaum - Pirate vs. Pirate DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120614T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120614T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/sara-lawrence-lightfoot-exit URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/sara-lawrence-lightfoot-exit SUMMARY:Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot - Exit DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/anthony-swofford-hotels-hospitals-jails URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/anthony-swofford-hotels-hospitals-jails SUMMARY:Anthony Swofford - Hotels\, Hospitals & Jails DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/alan-furst-mission-paris URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/alan-furst-mission-paris SUMMARY:Alan Furst - Mission To Paris DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T170000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/bloomsday-ulysses-reading URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/bloomsday-ulysses-reading SUMMARY:Bloomsday Ulysses Reading DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate James Joyce and Ulysses\, famously set on this day in 1904. Co-sponsored by P&\;P and The Harvard Club\, this event will feature readings from the first three chapters of Joyce's incomparable classic. Continue the festivities afterward at James Hoban's Irish Restaurant\, 1 Dupont Circle.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mark-harril-saunders-ministers-fire URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mark-harril-saunders-ministers-fire SUMMARY:Mark Harril Saunders - Ministers Of Fire DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120616T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120617T000000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stanley-plumly-orphan-hours-poems URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stanley-plumly-orphan-hours-poems SUMMARY:Stanley Plumly - Orphan Hours\: Poems DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120619T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120619T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/christopher-hayes-twilight-elites URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/christopher-hayes-twilight-elites SUMMARY:Christopher Hayes - Twilight of the Elites DESCRIPTION:In this powerfully argued work of social criticism\, the MSNBC host examines why public trust in institutions is at an all-time low. From Wall Street to the Catholic Church to baseball franchises\, Hayes sees groups of elites distanced from the rest of society and prone to corruption and failure.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/rodger-streitmatter-outlaw-marriages URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/rodger-streitmatter-outlaw-marriages SUMMARY:Rodger Streitmatter - Outlaw Marriages DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/gail-collins-texas-goes-sixth-and-i URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/gail-collins-texas-goes-sixth-and-i SUMMARY:Gail Collins - As Texas Goes (@ Sixth & I) DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120621T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120621T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/antony-beevor-second-world-war URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/antony-beevor-second-world-war SUMMARY:Antony Beevor - The Second World War DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/john-lanchester-capital URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/john-lanchester-capital SUMMARY:John Lanchester - Capital DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T220000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/ed-rendell-nation-wusses-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/ed-rendell-nation-wusses-0 SUMMARY:Ed Rendell - A Nation Of Wusses DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T000000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/rachel-l-swarns-american-tapestry URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/rachel-l-swarns-american-tapestry SUMMARY:Rachel L. Swarns - American Tapestry DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/william-j-dobson-dictators-learning-curve URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/william-j-dobson-dictators-learning-curve SUMMARY:William J. Dobson - The Dictator's Learning Curve DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T203000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T213000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mary-r-morgan-beginning-end URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mary-r-morgan-beginning-end SUMMARY:Mary R. Morgan - Beginning With The End DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120624T000000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/leni-zumas-listeners URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/leni-zumas-listeners SUMMARY:Leni Zumas - The Listeners DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120624T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120624T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/carrie-barron-and-alton-barron-creativity-cure URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/carrie-barron-and-alton-barron-creativity-cure SUMMARY:Carrie Barron And Alton Barron - The Creativity Cure DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120624T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120624T230000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/emily-jeanne-miller-brand-new-human-being URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/emily-jeanne-miller-brand-new-human-being SUMMARY:Emily Jeanne Miller - Brand New Human Being DESCRIPTION:Miller’s debut novel follows Logan Pyle as he flees from his lukewarm marriage and lapsed graduate studies. Taking his four-year-old son with him\, Logan drives out to the rural area where his late father lived and\, taken in by his widowed stepmother\, begins to understand his life and what his family means to him.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120626T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120626T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/alex-stone-fooling-houdini URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/alex-stone-fooling-houdini SUMMARY:Alex Stone - Fooling Houdini DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120627T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120627T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/james-mann-obamians URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/james-mann-obamians SUMMARY:James Mann - The Obamians DESCRIPTION:Mann’s Rise of the Vulcans was a definitive account of the Bush administration’s inner circle\; his new book is a similarly comprehensive look at President Obama’s team of foreign-policy advisors. Mann outlines the challenges the group faces in framing and implementing a new global role for the U.S. and discusses the group’s own internal and generational conflicts.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120628T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120628T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-maraniss-barack-obama-story URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-maraniss-barack-obama-story SUMMARY:David Maraniss - Barack Obama\: The Story DESCRIPTION:Washington Post associate editor\, Pulitzer Prize-winner\, and author of acclaimed biographies of Clinton\, Clemente\, and Lombardi\, Maraniss employs a wide lens to capture President Obama. Starting in Kenya and Kansas before Obama’s birth\, Maraniss traces the influences the future president absorbed in Hawaii\, Indonesia\, New York\, and Chicago\, influences which shaped his developing political career.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120629T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120629T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/matthew-quirk-500 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/matthew-quirk-500 SUMMARY:Matthew Quirk - The 500 DESCRIPTION:This debut thriller by the former Atlantic journalist features Mike Ford\, a young lawyer who grew up among small-time con men. Determined to live another kind of life\, he worked hard and landed a position with a prestigious Washington\, D.C. consulting firm-only to find himself back among liars and cheats\, but with the stakes dangerously higher.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120630T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120630T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/amanda-padoan-chhiring-dorje-sherpa-buried-sky URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/amanda-padoan-chhiring-dorje-sherpa-buried-sky SUMMARY:Amanda Padoan (with Chhiring Dorje Sherpa) - Buried In The Sky DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T152649Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120630T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120630T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/nichole-bernier-unfinished-work-elizabeth-d URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/nichole-bernier-unfinished-work-elizabeth-d SUMMARY:Nichole Bernier - The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D. DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR