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9
Fall Storewide Member Sale
Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:59 pm
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Susan Richards Shreve - You Are The Love Of My Life
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
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10
Danny Danon - Israel: The Will To Prevail
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
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11
Tariq Ramadan - Islam And The Arab Awakening
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Starting in Tunisia in December 2010, Arab Spring has changed the political face of a broad swath of countries. How and why did these revolts come about—and, more important, what do they mean for the future? Ramadan, professor of Islamic Studies at Oxford and President of the European Muslim Network, brings his profound knowledge of Islam to bear on questions of religion and civil society.

12
Karen Leggett Abouraya & Susan Roth - Hands Around the Library
Start: 10:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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Paul Auster - Winter Journal
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
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13
Phillip Hoose - Moonbird
Start: 10:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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D.T. Max - Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
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14
Hernandez Brothers - Love and Rockets - SPX event
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
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15
Dr. Howard Bennett - Max Archer, Kid Detective: The Case of the Recurring Stomach Aches (for parents and caregivers)
Start: 10:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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Dennis Drabelle - The Great American Railroad War
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
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Sibylla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening - Throwing Stones At The Moon
Start: 3:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
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Hedrick Smith - Who Stole The American Dream?
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

To understand the state of the American economy and the plight of the middle class today, Smith argues that you need to look back to the early 1970s. Events including Lewis Powell’s memo initiated a shift in attitudes reflected in the rise of the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute and other organizations. Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, gives a detailed look at the last forty years of the American dream.
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All our in-store events are free and open to the public.  All event titles are 20% off for members during the month in which the author appears at the store.  Click here for directions. There is ample parking available in the lot behind the store and in the surrounding neighborhood.
If you can't come to an event and still want an autographed copy of the book, you may purchase titles in advance either in the store, over the phone (202.364.1919 or 1.800.722.0790), or through our website.

When buying online, simply use the checkout comments field to indicate that you would like us to request the author's signature at our event before shipping it to you. Event recordings on MP3 are also available online.

All event-related inquiries can be sent to our Events Coordinator, Sarah Baline, at events@politics-prose.com.  For Children and Teens' Events, contact Kerri Poore at kpoore@politics-prose.com.