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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 7 p.m.

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At Union Market

Friday, April 26, 2019 at 7 p.m.

Independent Bookstore Day

Saturday, April 27, 2019 - All Day

Bestsellers

Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward Cover Image

Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions Cover Image

The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America Cover Image

Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog Cover Image

I Miss You When I Blink: Essays Cover Image

Losing Earth: A Recent History Cover Image

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II Cover Image

Freedom's Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America's First War on Terror Cover Image

Working Cover Image

Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration Cover Image

Where the Crawdads Sing Cover Image

Lost and Wanted: A novel Cover Image

Metropolis (A Bernie Gunther Novel #14) Cover Image

Trust Exercise: A Novel Cover Image

kaddish.com: A novel Cover Image

Women Talking Cover Image

The American Agent: A Maisie Dobbs Novel Cover Image

The Great Believers Cover Image

CIRCE Cover Image

Outside Looking In: 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

Mon

22

7:00 pm

Simon Critchley - Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us

Tue

23

7:00 pm

Gemma Clarke - Soccerwomen: The Icons, Rebels, Stars, and Trailblazers Who Transformed the Beautiful Game — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf

Tue

23

7:00 pm

Louis Bayard - Courting Mr. Lincoln: A Novel

Wed

24

7:00 pm

Austin Kleon - Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad

Wed

24

7:00 pm

D. Watkins - We Speak for Ourselves: A Word from Forgotten Black America — in conversation with Wesley Lowery — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf

Thu

25

10:30 am

Joan Waites - A Colorful Tail: Finding Monet at Giverny

Thu

25

7:30 pm

Fran Wilde - Riverland—at Takoma Park Library (MD)

Thu

25

7:00 pm

Mark Bowden - The Last Stone — in conversation with Nicholas Schmidle

Thu

25

7:00 pm

Sally A. Nuamah - How Girls Achieve — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf, presented with Young African Professionals

Fri

26

7:00 pm

Lindsay Stern - The Study of Animal Languages: A Novel and Jennifer Acker - The Limits of the World — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Fri

26

7:00 pm

Jared Cohen - Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America

Sat

27

9:00 am

Independent Bookstore Day 2019

Staff Picks

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Normal People by Sally Rooney is an addictive and exciting coming of age story that follows young... read more
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As one of our prominent nature writers, Barry Lopez travels throughout the American Southwest and Alaska... read more
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In The Secret Wisdom of Nature, natural storyteller Peter Wohlleben takes readers on a heartfelt,... read more
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The Unwanted is the extensively researched and heart-wrenching story of Jewish families who, deported in... read more
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld a Louisiana law mandating separate... read more
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Helen is a physics professor mourning the death of her Harvard roommate Charlie. In many ways it’s a... read more

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Put away your chametz, it’s time for kids of all ages to share in the satisfaction and delight in... read more
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The MasterChef Junior Cookbook (Potter, $19.99) is not for the faint of heart beginner cook. ... read more
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Everyone loves baked goods, especially kids! That’s why Susan Westmoreland and the folks at Good... read more

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