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Upcoming Events
September 9, 2010 - 7:00pm September 9, 2010 - 8:00pm ![]() In conjunction with the Small Press Expo (September 11-12 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center), we’re delighted to host two artists who excel at contemplating the minutiae of everyday life and making it hilarious. Thompson’s strip is focused on a loveable family in a suburban development, while Knight’s is told through the eyes of a city dweller. $16.99 ISBN-13: 9780740791529Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 06/01/2010 The Knight Life: "Chivalry Ain't Dead" (Paperback)$17.99 ISBN-13: 9780446548663Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Grand Central Publishing, 06/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 10, 2010 - 8:00pm September 10, 2010 - 9:00pm Market Day (Hardcover)$21.95 ISBN-13: 9781897299975Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Drawn and Quarterly, 03/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 10, 2010 - 9:00am September 12, 2010 - 11:59pm Friday, September 10 at 9 a.m. - Sunday, September 12 at 8 p.m. All weekend long, Politics & Prose members receive discounts on nearly everything currently in stock. Most books are 20% off, most CDs and DVDs are 15% off. If you are not yet a member, it's a great time to sign up and take advantage of these and other discount opportunities. The same discount terms will also be applied to shopping completed online when members purchase items currently on our shelves between Friday, September 10, 12:01 a.m. and Sunday, September 12, 11:59 p.m.!
No events are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday. Please note: For online orders, selecting "Pay in Store" will obtain the member discount only if the purchase is completed by close of business on Sunday, September 12. Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 13, 2010 - 7:00pm September 13, 2010 - 8:00pm Super Sad True Love Story (Hardcover)$26.00 ISBN-13: 9781400066407Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Random House, 07/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 14, 2010 - 7:00pm September 14, 2010 - 8:00pm Ape House (Hardcover)$26.00 ISBN-13: 9780385523219Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Spiegel & Grau, 08/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 15, 2010 - 7:00pm September 15, 2010 - 8:00pm $27.00 ISBN-13: 9780374273187Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 08/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 16, 2010 - 10:30am September 16, 2010 - 5:30pm 4:30 p.m. - signing only A Caldecott-Honor illustrator, Smith has produced a fable about old and new technology. The gorilla happily reads a book, but the tech-sophisticated jackass doesn’t understand how it works without a mouse or batteries. He takes a look, and soon is won over by the story and the sheer joy of reading print on paper. (Ages 4-7) It's a Book (Hardcover)$12.99 ISBN-13: 9781596436060Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Roaring Brook Press, 08/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 16, 2010 - 7:00pm $22.00 ISBN-13: 9780802779137Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Walker & Company, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 18, 2010 - 1:00pm September 18, 2010 - 2:00pm $27.00 ISBN-13: 9780230618879Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Palgrave Macmillan, 08/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 18, 2010 - 3:30pm September 18, 2010 - 4:30pm The Night Bookmobile (Hardcover)$19.95 ISBN-13: 9780810996175Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Harry N. Abrams, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 18, 2010 - 6:00pm September 18, 2010 - 7:00pm No Space for Further Burials (Paperback)$15.95 ISBN-13: 9781936070602Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Akashic Books, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 19, 2010 - 1:00pm September 19, 2010 - 2:00pm Between 1915 and 1970, some six million black Americans left the South and headed north and west. To make sense of this massive migration, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wilkerson focuses on three individuals: a Mississippi sharecropper turned Chicago entrepreneur, a civil rights activist who relocated from Florida to Harlem, and a Louisiana doctor who became Ray Charles’s personal physician. This event is co-sponsored by Fall for the Book, a literary festival organized by George Mason University and the city of Fairfax, VA.More information at www.fallforthebook.org $30.00 ISBN-13: 9780679444329Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Random House, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 19, 2010 - 5:00pm September 19, 2010 - 6:00pm What Is Left the Daughter (Hardcover)$25.00 ISBN-13: 9780618735433Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 07/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 20, 2010 - 7:00pm September 20, 2010 - 8:00pm Traister’s coverage of the 2008 election for Salon focused on the women involved, and her book recounts the roles not only of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Obama, but of the women in the media, such as Katie Couric, and entertainers like Tina Fey. While the U.S. has yet to elect a woman president, Traister believes the 2008 campaigns revived unfinished discussions of gender as well as race. $26.00 ISBN-13: 9781439150283Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Free Press, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 21, 2010 - 10:30am September 21, 2010 - 11:30am Dotty (Hardcover)$16.95 ISBN-13: 9780810989627Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Harry N. Abrams, 08/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 21, 2010 - 7:00pm September 21, 2010 - 8:00pm $25.99 ISBN-13: 9780307718129Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now Published: Crown Archetype, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 22, 2010 - 7:00pm September 22, 2010 - 8:00pm $25.00 ISBN-13: 9780307592811Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now Published: Knopf, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 23, 2010 - 3:00pm September 23, 2010 - 4:30pm
We are as excited as you to read the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy. But the publisher is keeping the plot top secret, and we haven’t seen a single word. The speculations are endless: Who are members of the Underground? What happened to District 12? Where have the Underground taken Katniss Everdeen? When will District 13 emerge and is it Washington, D.C.? (Ages 12 and up)
Suzanne Collins signing We are excited to host Suzanne Collins and look forward to having you join us. This is a ticketed event. One free ticket will be distributed when any HUNGER GAMES trilogy title is purchased from Politics & Prose. Each participant must have a Politics & Prose event ticket and may get ONE book signed.
Because Suzanne Collins suffers from hand strain, she will be “signing” books with a special stamp custom made for Mockingjay events. -Ms. Collins will sign ONE book per person. -Ms. Collins will not personalize books. -Fans must be present in line to get a book signed. Ms. Collins will not sign books left at the store. FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE ALSO NOTE: -This event is a signing only. -Ms. Collins will sign ONE book per person. -Books must be purchased at Politics and Prose. -Each person must have a Politics and Prose event ticket in order to get a book signed. Tickets will be given at the time of book purchase. -Books can be purchased on or after the release date, 8/24/10. Books may be pre-ordered online or in the store. Be sure to keep the event ticket! -The signing line will form on a first come basis. - Fans must be in line by 4:30. P&P will make every attempt to make sure every book is signed, but Ms. Collins will leave promptly at her designated departure time. P&P cannot guarantee that everyone in line will get his or her book signed. -Photographs ARE permitted. Mockingjay (Hardcover)$14.39 ISBN-13: 9780439023511Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Scholastic Press, 08/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20008 |
September 23, 2010 - 7:00pm September 23, 2010 - 8:00pm Half Empty (Hardcover)$24.95 ISBN-13: 9780385525244Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now Published: Doubleday, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 24, 2010 - 10:30am September 24, 2010 - 11:30am NERDS: Book Two: M Is for Mama's Boy (Hardcover)$14.95 ISBN-13: 9780810989863Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Harry N. Abrams, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 24, 2010 - 7:00pm September 24, 2010 - 8:00pm Freedom (Hardcover)$28.00 ISBN-13: 9780374158460Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 08/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 25, 2010 - 1:00pm September 25, 2010 - 2:00pm A Geography of Secrets (Hardcover)$25.95 ISBN-13: 9781609530006Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Unbridled Books, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 25, 2010 - 3:30pm September 25, 2010 - 4:30pm The Paris Review was founded in Paris in 1953 and from the first
issue—in which William Styron announced the journal’s intention to
publish all kinds of writers, “so long as they’re good”—The Paris Review
has maintained a balance between open-mindedness and authority, able to
take chances on fresh talent while also publishing the best work of
established authors. In April 2010, writer, former FSG editor, and P&P friend Lorin Stein succeeded Philip Gourevitch as editor of the publication. He will present the new Fall issue, available on September 15.
Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 25, 2010 - 6:00pm September 25, 2010 - 7:00pm $27.95 ISBN-13: 9780307267542Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Knopf, 08/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 26, 2010 - 11:00am September 26, 2010 - 12:00pm The Odious Ogre (Hardcover)$17.95 ISBN-13: 9780545162029Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Michael di Capua Books, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 26, 2010 - 1:00pm September 26, 2010 - 2:00pm Zero History (Hardcover)$26.95 ISBN-13: 9780399156823Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Putnam Adult, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 26, 2010 - 5:00pm September 26, 2010 - 6:00pm $29.95 ISBN-13: 9780262014403Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: MIT Press (MA), 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 27, 2010 - 10:30am September 27, 2010 - 11:30am Mem Fox Let’s Count Goats (Beach Lane Books, $16.99) Fox’s silly sense of humor helps young children count the goats as well as notice the differences between them. Her energetic herd is made up of over-goats and under-goats, teaching opposites along with numbers; some goats are lost, some goats are found, and some goats have professions that require opposable thumbs. (Ages 3-6) Let's Count Goats! (Hardcover)$16.99 ISBN-13: 9781442405981Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability Published: Beach Lane Books, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 27, 2010 - 7:00pm September 27, 2010 - 8:00pm Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir (Hardcover)$26.95 ISBN-13: 9781568586328Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability Published: Nation Books, 09/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
September 28, 2010 - 10:30am September 28, 2010 - 11:30am The White House (Paperback)$8.95 ISBN-13: 9781585364565Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Sleeping Bear Press, 06/01/2010 Location: Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008 |
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 CD or MP3 are also available in the store and online.
All event-related inquiries can be sent to our Events Coordinator, Mike Giarratano, at events@politics-prose.com. For Children and Teens' Events, contact Gussie Lewis at glewis@politics-prose.com

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