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A Warning (Hardcover)

By Anonymous

$30.00

ISBN: 9781538718469

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Published: Twelve - November 19th, 2019
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air #3) (Hardcover)

By Holly Black

$19.99

ISBN: 9780316310420

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 19th, 2019
The Revisioners (Hardcover)

By Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

$25.00

ISBN: 9781640092587

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Published: Counterpoint LLC - November 5th, 2019

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Wednesday, November 13 at 7 p.m.

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Thursday, November 14 at 7 p.m.

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Thursday, November 14 at 7 p.m.

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Holding the Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon with Secretary Mattis Cover Image

Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War Cover Image

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators Cover Image

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The Starless Sea: A Novel Cover Image

Olive, Again (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Cover Image

The Dutch House: A Novel Cover Image

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

The Water Dancer (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Cover Image

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Little Bear Dreams Cover Image

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

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Audiobooks: Start Listening

Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel Cover Image

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The Witch Elm: A Novel Cover Image

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Tue

12

7:00 pm

Minh Lê - The Perfect Seat—at Takoma Park Library (MD)

Tue

12

7:00 pm

Debbie Cenziper - Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitler's Hidden Soldiers in America

Tue

12

7:00 pm

Keena Roberts - Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs — in conversation with Andi Buchanan — at Union Market

Wed

13

7:00 pm

Malcolm Tariq - Heed the Hollow: Poems — in conversation with Jamal Rashad — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf

Wed

13

7:00 pm

Mimi Lemay - What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation — at Politics and Prose at Union Market, in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Wed

13

7:00 pm

Jeanine Basinger - The Movie Musical!

Thu

14

10:30 am

Gabrielle Balkan - The Book of Flight: 10 Record-Breaking Animals with Wings

Thu

14

7:00 pm

Nikki Haley - With All Due Respect—at GW Lisner

Thu

14

7:00 pm

VA State Senator Janet Howell and Theresa Howell - Leading the Way: Women in Power—in Children & Teens—In Conversation with Emily Cain, EMILY's List Executive Director

Thu

14

7:00 pm

John Freeman - Dictionary of the Undoing

Thu

14

7:00 pm

Malcolm Nance - The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf

Fri

15

7:00 pm

John Becker and Megan Scott - Joy of Cooking, 2019 Edition — in conversation with Bonnie Benwick

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