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At The Wharf

Monday, August 26 at 7 p.m.

Louise Penny at GW Lisner

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 7 p.m.

At The Wharf

Wednesday, August 28 at 7 p.m.

At Union Market

Wednesday, August 28 at 7 p.m.

Bestsellers

Becoming Superman: My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood Cover Image

Barnum: An American Life Cover Image

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Cover Image

How to Be an Antiracist Cover Image

Travel Light, Move Fast Cover Image

Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor Cover Image

American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump Cover Image

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World Cover Image

The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America Cover Image

Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America Cover Image

Inland: A Novel Cover Image

The Nickel Boys: A Novel Cover Image

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel Cover Image

Summerlings: A Novel Cover Image

Chances Are . . .: A novel Cover Image

Where the Crawdads Sing Cover Image

Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel Cover Image

Normal People: A Novel Cover Image

The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale Cover Image

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel Cover Image

Children & Teens Books

Little Bear Dreams Cover Image

Thank You, Omu! Cover Image

We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands Cover Image

What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Cover Image

Now You Know How It Works Cover Image

Kitten and the Night Watchman Cover Image

Audiobooks: Start Listening

Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel Cover Image

Educated: A Memoir Cover Image

The Witch Elm: A Novel Cover Image

Music

Next Events

Sat

24

2:00 pm

Ben Gundersheimer (Mister G) - Señorita Mariposa—at Union Market

Mon

26

7:00 pm

Louisa Treger - The Dragon Lady & James Meyer - The Art of Return: The Sixties and Contemporary Culture

Mon

26

7:00 pm

Chandrahas Choudhury - Clouds — in conversation with Seema Sirohi — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf

Tue

27

7:00 pm

Louise Penny - A Better Man — at GW Lisner

Tue

27

7:00 pm

Rion Amilcar Scott - The World Doesn't Require You: Stories — in conversation with Amber Sparks

Wed

28

7:00 pm

David Lagercrantz - The Girl Who Lived Twice: A Lisbeth Salander Novel — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf, in partnership with the Swedish Embassy

Wed

28

7:00 pm

Carrie Goldberg - Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls — in conversation with Margaret Talbot

Wed

28

7:00 pm

Amy Waldman - A Door in the Earth — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Thu

29

7:00 pm

J. Hoberman - Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan — in conversation with Glenn Frankel — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Thu

29

7:00 pm

Kelli Harding - The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness

Thu

29

7:00 pm

George Beebe - The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf

Fri

30

7:00 pm

Christopher Leonard - Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America

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Tolentino writes from an explicitly millennial perspective, but the “generation-defining” forces she so... read more
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