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Promotional banner for "The Time Tax" book event on August 25 at 7 p.m. at Sixth and I with Annie Lowrey and Ezra Klein, featuring the book cover and photos of Lowrey and Klein.

Promotional banner for an event for "Situated" by Angela Duckworth on September 25 at 7 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Includes the book cover and a portrait of Angela Duckworth.

Promotional banner for "Taipei Story" by R.F. Kuang's book event on September 9 at Sixth & I, featuring the book cover and photo of Kuang.

Promotional banner for "The Disappearers" book event on September 10 at 7 p.m. at GWU Betts Theatre with Marlon James and Lily Meyer, featuring the book cover and photos of the speakers.

Colorful banner for event with John Green for "Hollywood, Ending" on Thursday, September 24 at 7 p.m. at GWU Lisner Auditorium

Colorful graphic for a book event with Ayad Akhtar in conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg for "The Radiance" on September 30 at 7 p.m. at GWU Betts Theater

Colorful graphic for a book talk with Malcolm Gladwell for this new book "The American Way of Killing" on October 15 at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Theatre featuring a photo of Gladwell and the book cover.

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Sat, 8/1/2026
10:30am - 11:00am

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Sat, 8/1/2026
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Annie Jacobsen — Biological War: A Scenario - with Shane Harris — at Conn Ave

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Sun, 8/2/2026
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Opus Author Event 2026 — at Conn Ave

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Mon, 8/3/2026
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Charles O'Malley & Scott W. Stern — Shakespeare's Margaret: The Dramatic Life of a Warrior Queen — at Conn Ave

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Tue, 8/4/2026
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George Pelecanos — The Blue Flame — at Conn Ave

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Wed, 8/5/2026
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Paul L. Kimmel, M.D —The Body's Keepers: A Social History of Kidney Failure and Its Treatments — at Conn Ave

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Wed, 8/5/2026
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Casey Michel — United States of Oligarchy: How America's Wealthiest Ally with Dictators, Weaken the U.S., and Destroy Democracy - with Matt Duss — at The Wharf

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Thu, 8/6/2026
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Dave Zirin — The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn — at Conn Ave

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Thu, 8/6/2026
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The Hour: Poetry Open Mic — Created and hosted by poet María Fernanda — at Union Market

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Fri, 8/7/2026
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Lynda Schuster — A Burning Hunger: One Family’s Struggle Against Apartheid —at Conn Ave

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Sat, 8/8/2026
10:30am - 11:30am

Brooke McIntyre - If You Went to the Bottom of the Ocean - at Conn Ave

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Mon, 8/10/2026
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Seth Masket — The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party from Republican Leaders - with Hans Noel — at Conn Ave

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Tue, 8/11/2026
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Aaron Mahnke — Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire — at Conn Ave

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Wed, 8/12/2026
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Dr. Lucy McBride — Beyond the Prescription: A Doctor's Guide to Taking Charge of Your Health - with Franklin Foer — at Conn Ave

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Wed, 8/12/2026
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Tad Devine — How the Democrats Screwed Bernie - with Chuck Todd — at The Wharf

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Thu, 8/13/2026
7:00pm

Haili Blassingame — They All Fall in Love at the End - with Jenn White — at Union Market

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A Tender Age: A Novel

Sunrise: A Novel

Under the Falls: A Novel

Kitten: A Novel

Take What You Can: A Novel

The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy

The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything

The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn

Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit

Crocodilopolis: A Novel

The Wild Beneath

Life of M: A Novel

Awake Awake: A Novel

Big Little Truths: A Novel (Big Little series)

This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy

Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump

Women in Power: Fighting for Democracy in an Age of Authoritarianism (Council on Foreign Relations Book)

Extremely Accurate Birds: An Anatomically Precise Field Guide to Common Backyard Birds of North America

London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth

The Plunge: Maverick Swimmers, an Unlikely Quest, and the Transformative Power of Cold Water

Bridging the Rivers of Difference: A Proclamation of Unity in Resistance

Dreaming of the River: A Mother and Daughter's Fight for Survival during the Holocaust (Holocaust Survivor True Stories)

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World

The Land and Its People: Essays

Whistler: A Novel

Cool Machine: A Novel (The Harlem Trilogy #3)

Country People: A Novel

Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel

The Calamity Club

Make Nice: A Novel

The Correspondent: A Novel

The Things We Never Say: A Novel

The Shampoo Effect: A Novel

Ransom: A Novel

The Pool Is Cool

Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish

The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel: Deluxe Edition

For the Greatest Good

Medicine Wheels

Midsummer Sisters (A Graphic Novel)

When Night Comes Calling

How to Be a Dissident

Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID

The Reservation: A Novel

Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It: A Novel

The Disappearers: A Novel

Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class

Country People: A Novel

Whidbey: A Novel

Famesick: A Memoir

Frog: And Other Essays

For the Love of the Grind: A Memoir

Last Day of a Prior Life: A Novel

Our Life in the Forest

Crocodilopolis: A Novel

Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries

Fruit Fly: A Novel

Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition: A Culinary Master Class from the Legendary Teacher—Over 600 Techniques, 1,000 Photographs, 160 Recipes

A Tender Age: A Novel

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