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The Night Watchman (Hardcover)

By Louise Erdrich

$28.99

ISBN: 9780062671189

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Published: Harper - March 3rd, 2020
Trace Elements: A Comissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (Hardcover)

By Donna Leon

$27.00

ISBN: 9780802148674

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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - March 3rd, 2020
The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Steinhauer

$27.95

ISBN: 9781616209995

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Published: Algonquin Books - March 10th, 2020
The Glass Hotel: A novel (Hardcover)

By Emily St. John Mandel

$26.95

ISBN: 9780525521143

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Published: Knopf - March 24th, 2020
The Dragon Egg Princess (Hardcover)

By Ellen Oh

$16.99

ISBN: 9780062875792

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Published: HarperCollins - March 3rd, 2020

In conversation with Liz Bruenig

Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

At Connecticut Ave.

Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 5 p.m.

At GW Betts Theatre

Wednesday, February 26 at 7 p.m.

At The Wharf

Wednesday, February 26 at 7 p.m.

Bestsellers

A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America Cover Image

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 Cover Image

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird Cover Image

The Presidential Fringe: Questing and Jesting for the Oval Office Cover Image

Why We're Polarized Cover Image

The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler's Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood Cover Image

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Cover Image

Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote Cover Image

Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women's Voices Cover Image

The Radical's Journey: How German Neo-Nazis Voyaged to the Edge and Back Cover Image

Weather: A novel Cover Image

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Cover Image

A Long Petal of the Sea: A Novel Cover Image

The Dutch House: A Novel Cover Image

The Resisters: A novel Cover Image

And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories and Other Revenges Cover Image

American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Cover Image

The Topeka School: A Novel Cover Image

The Cactus League: A Novel Cover Image

Normal People: 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

Wed

19

7:00 pm

David Enrich - Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction

Thu

20

7:00 pm

SOLD OUT: Race in America Panel: Susan Rice & Valerie Jarrett in conversation with April Ryan—at Sidwell Friends

Thu

20

7:00 pm

Jeff Sharlet - This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers

Thu

20

7:00 pm

#DCReadsToni Book Group meeting, discussing Toni Morrison's novel Love — at Union Market

Fri

21

7:00 pm

Fred Kaplan - The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

Sat

22

1:00 pm

Martin Tolchin - Politics, Journalism, and the Way Things Were: My Life at the Times, the Hill, and Politico

Sat

22

3:30 pm

Susan Fowler - Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber — in conversation with Liz Bruenig

Sat

22

6:00 pm

Jonathan Horn - Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle

Sun

23

1:00 pm

Tim Bakken - The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military

Sun

23

3:00 pm

Robert H. Frank - Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work — in conversation with Jonathan Chait

Sun

23

5:00 pm

Taina Caragol, Dorothy Moss, Richard J. Powell and Kim Sajet - The Obama Portraits

Mon

24

7:00 pm

Conor Dougherty - Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America — in conversation with Emily Badger — at The Wharf

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