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Lady in the Lake: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Laura Lippman

$26.99

ISBN: 9780062390011

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Published: William Morrow - July 23rd, 2019
My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel (Paperback)

By Oyinkan Braithwaite

$14.95

ISBN: 9780525564201

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Published: Anchor - July 30th, 2019
A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind (Hardcover)

By Harriet A. Washington

$28.00

ISBN: 9780316509435

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Published: Little, Brown Spark - July 23rd, 2019
A Particular Kind of Black Man: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Tope Folarin

$26.00

ISBN: 9781501171819

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Published: Simon & Schuster - August 6th, 2019

At Union Market

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 7 p.m.

With Barrie Hardymon

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 7 p.m.

At Connecticut Ave.

Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 1 p.m.

At The Wharf

Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 7 p.m.

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7:00 pm

Linda Holmes - Evvie Drake Starts Over — in conversation with Barrie Hardymon

Wed

26

7:00 pm

Grace Talusan - The Body Papers & Aaron Bobrow-Strain - The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Thu

27

7:00 pm

Carl Hulse - Confirmation Bias: Inside Washington's War Over the Supreme Court, from Scalia's Death to Justice Kavanaugh — in conversation with Maureen Dowd

Fri

28

7:00 pm

Peter Guzzardi - Emeralds of Oz: Life Lessons from Over the Rainbow

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28

7:00 pm

Kim Wehle - How to Read the Constitution and Why — in conversation with A. B. Stoddard — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

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29

1:00 pm

Karen Tongson - Why Karen Carpenter Matters — in conversation with Loren Kajikawa

Sat

29

3:30 pm

Helon Habila - Travelers — in conversation with Tope Folarin, presented with Young African Professionals

Sat

29

6:00 pm

Nadine Epstein - Elie Wiesel, an Extraordinary Life and Legacy: Writings, Photographs and Reflections — in conversation with Robert Siegel

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1:00 pm

Jennifer Ryan - The Spies of Shilling Lane

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3:00 pm

Charles Kamasaki - Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die

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5:00 pm

Martha Saxton - The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington

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Thomas Abt - Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence--And a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets

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