June 2012 6 Wednesday, June 6, 7 p.m. 16 Saturday, June 16 10 a.m.-12 noon Sunday, June 24, 1 p.m. June. 12 Andrew Blum June. 12 Bloomsday Ulysses Reading Carrie Barron and Alton Barron June.24 12 Tubes Join us to celebrate James Joyce and Ulysses, famously set on this The Creativity Cure (Ecco, $26.99) day in 1904. Cosponsored by P&P and the Harvard Club, this (Scribner, $26) So—how exactly does the Internet work? Blum, a event will feature readings from the first three chapters of Joyce’s incom- Both board-certified doctors, Carrie in psychiatry Wired correspondent who has written on technol- parable classic. Continue the festivities afterward at James Hoban’s Irish and Alton in orthopedics, the Barrons bring exten- ogy for a number of publications, is a knowledgeable Restaurant, 1 Dupont Circle. sive clinical and academic experience to bear on guide to the many pieces of the physical infrastruc- the question of how to live a satisfying life. Their ture—the global network of junctures, cables, and Saturday, June 16, 1 p.m. multi-step guide employs creativity in five stag- data centers—responsible for routing those millions Mark Harril Saunders June.16 12 es, including insight, movement, mind rest, using of intangible emails. Ministers of Fire both hands, and mind shift. (Swallow Press, $26.95) Thursday, June 7, 7 p.m. Saunders has drawn on extensive world travel, close Sunday, June 24, 5 p.m. June.7 12 Joseph E. Stiglitz observations, and a craft honed at the University of June.24 12 Emily Jeanne Miller The Price of Inequality Virginia’s creative writing program to produce an Brand New Human Being (W.W. Norton, $27.95) accomplished first novel. With deft characterizations (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25) The rich have gotten richer—to the point where and a complex plot, this literary thriller is fast-paced Miller’s debut novel follows Logan Pyle as he flees the wealthiest 1% of Americans controls 40% of and engaging. from his lukewarm marriage and lapsed gradu- the country’s wealth. Stiglitz, awarded the Nobel in ate studies. Taking his four-year-old son with him, Economics in 2001, examines the causes of this dis- Saturday, June 16, 6 p.m. Logan drives out to the rural area where his late parity and its consequences for democracy, monetary June.16 12 Stanley Plumly father lived and, taken in by his widowed step- policy, and globalization, then outlines a plan for a Orphan Hours mother, begins to understand his life and what his more prosperous future—for all Americans. (W.W. Norton, $25.95) family means to him. In his tenth book of poetry, Plumly uses the elegi- Friday, June 8, 7 p.m. ac mode to explore questions of mortality and time. Monday, June 25, 7 p.m. June.8 12 Kevin Bleyer Alex Stone Once again demonstrating that “the essence of lyric June.25 12 Me the People poetry is the moment and memory,” the Maryland Fooling Houdini (Random House, $26) Poet Laureate evokes the past in a present of concen- (HarperCollins, $26.99) Most things get a new and improved version, so why trated attention to the textures of daily life. Magic is much more than a bag of tricks. not the U.S. Constitution? With the co-authorship An art of deception, it also involves science and of : The Book under his belt, the Emmy Award– Monday, June 18, 7 p.m. neuroscience, obsession, and perhaps a special sort winning writer for with Christopher Hayes 17 of eccentricity. Stone, in his quest to understand is ready to take on bigger game. Here’s Bleyer’s Twilight of the Elites June. 12 what it takes to be a master magician, investigates update of an old classic. (Crown, $26) the multi-faceted subculture that ranges from In this powerfully argued work of social secretive magic societies to Las Vegas casinos. Saturday, June 9, 1 p.m. criticism, the MSNBC host examines why public Dan Ariely 9 trust in institutions is at an all-time low. From Wall Tuesday, June 26, 7 p.m. June. 12 26 The Honest Truth about Dishonesty Street to the Catholic Church to baseball franchises, June. 12 James Mann (HarperCollins, $26.99) Hayes sees groups of elites distanced from the rest of The Obamians Ariely’s research indicates that dishonesty is an ines- society and prone to corruption and failure. (Viking, $26.95) capable part of human nature. But as he showed Mann’s Rise of the Vulcans was a definitive account in two previous studies, The Upside of Irrationality Tuesday, June 19, 7 p.m. of the Bush administration’s inner circle; his new

and Predictably Irrational, such behavior has its rea- June.19 12 Sixth & I Synagogue book is a similarly comprehensive look at President sons. His fascinating look at what motivates lying Gail Collins Obama’s team of foreign-policy advisors. Mann and cheating also illuminates what compels us to be As Texas Goes... outlines the challenges the group faces in framing truthful. (Liveright, $25.95) and implementing a new global role for the U.S. To understand the national political landscape today and discusses the group’s own internal and generational conflicts. Saturday, June 9, 6 p.m. it’s necessary to look at what’s happening in Texas. June.9 12 Peter Edelman Collins, The New York Times columnist and author Wednesday, June 27, 7 p.m. So Rich, So Poor of the best-selling When Everything Changed, traces David Maraniss June.27 12 (New Press, $24.95) the spreading conservative agenda to the Lone Star : The Story The U.S. GNP is over $14 trillion. If it were evenly State, where governors like George W. Bush and (Simon & Schuster, $32.50) divided across the population, every American would Rick Perry champion states rights, gun ownership, lax environmental Washington Post associate editor, Pulitzer Prize- be middle class. But the reality is an income dispar- standards, and banking deregulation. This is a ticketed event. Tickets are winner, and author of acclaimed biographies of ity larger than at any time since the Great Depression. $12 each, or receive 2 free tickets with the purchase of the book from P&P Clinton, Clemente, and Lombardi, Maraniss With these facts as a point of departure, Edelman, employs a wide lens to capture President Obama. who has spoken out about poverty from his days with Robert Kennedy Tuesday, June 19, 7 p.m. Starting in Kenya and Kansas before Obama’s to his current position at Georgetown Law, goes behind the statistics to Roger Streitmatter June.19 12 birth, Maraniss traces the influences the future examine what this situation means for low-income Americans. Outlaw Marriages president absorbed in Hawaii, Indonesia, New (Beacon Press, $26.95) York, and , influences which shaped his developing political Sunday, June 10, 1 p.m. What do Walt Whitman, Gertrude Stein, James career.

Carlin Romano June.10 12 Baldwin, and Audre Lord have in common? Along America the Philosophical with being powerful literary figures, each was part of Thursday, June 28, 7 p.m. (Knopf, $35) a same-sex couple. In his cultural history of same-sex June.28 12 Matthew Quirk Contrary to those who see America as anti-intellec- partnerships, Streitmatter, an American University The 500 tual, Romano, Ursinus College philosophy professor School of Communication professor, profiles fifteen couples, presenting (Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99) and long-time Philadelphia Inquirer literary critic, a range of relationships among creative individuals. This debut thriller by the former Atlantic journal- argues that ideas are the very foundation this coun- ist features Mike Ford, a young lawyer who grew try was built on. He characterizes contemporary Wednesday, June 20, 7 p.m. up among small-time con men. Determined to live U.S. society as a rich and thriving marketplace of June.20 12 Antony Beevor another kind of life, he worked hard and landed a thought, from philosophy blogs to cultural criticism to public debates. The Second World War position with a prestigious Washington, D.C. con- (Little, Brown, $35) sulting firm–only to find himself back among liars Sunday, June 10, 5 p.m. The author of the acclaimed histories D-Day, and cheats, but with the stakes dangerously higher.

June.10 12 Mark K. Shriver Stalingrad, and Berlin, Beevor in his new book takes A Good Man a comprehensive look at World War II. While the 29 Friday, June 29, 7 p.m. (Holt, $24) conflict played out in distinct and distant theaters of June. 12 Amanda Padoan with Chhiring Dorje Sargent Shriver accomplished great things, includ- battle, Beevor’s masterful synthesis chronicles events Buried in the Sky ing founding the Peace Corps. After his death, how- from Manchuria, the Burmese jungles, the North African desert, and (W.W. Norton, $26.95) ever, tributes repeatedly praised him as “a good man.” throughout Europe, focusing on soldiers as well as citizens, and giving a With her co-author, the journalist Peter Wanting to know more about this part of his father’s vivid sense of the war’s crushing momentum. Zuckerman, Padoan, a writer for Explorersweb, legacy, Sargent’s son Mark studied Shriver’s personal recreates the tragic 2008 accident that killed elev- life, finding that the public achievements were grounded in faith, hope, Thursday, June 21, 7 p.m. en climbers on K2. Two Sherpas survived, and and love. John Lanchester June.21 12 as the authors recount the skill and courage of Capital Chhiring Dorje and Pasang Lahmu, they also delve Monday, June 11, 7 p.m. 11 (W.W. Norton, $26.95) into Sherpa history and culture, revealing lives unfamiliar to most Amanda Bennett June. 12 Lanchester’s witty novel of manners dramatizes the Westerners. The Cost of Hope seemingly abrupt changes of fortune brought about (Random House, $26) by the 2008 financial crisis. The author of A Debt to Saturday, June 30, 1 p.m. 30 A frank, powerful account of marriage and illness, Pleasure focuses on Roger, an investment banker about Nichole Bernier June. 12 Bennett’s memoir begins with courtship and ends to lose his shirt (and his wife, house, etc.), as well as The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D. with her husband’s death. Bringing to bear the acute on the multi-ethnic residents of nearby neighborhoods who weather the (Crown, $24) observations and skillful reportage that won her a economic storm in their singular ways. Set in the summer after the 9/11 attacks, Bernier’s Pulitzer for national reporting during her tenure at debut novel explores the far-reaching resonance of The Wall Street Journal, Bennett chronicles her mar- 22 Friday, June 22, 4 p.m. momentous events. Kate has lost her close friend, riage, the terminal cancer that ended it, and the family’s experience with June. 12 Ed Rendell Elizabeth, but when she tries to recapture their the health-care system, including end-of-life decisions. A Nation of Wusses intimacy by reading Elizabeth’s journals, she dis- (John Wiley, $25.95) covers a woman radically different from the one Tuesday, June 12. 7 p.m. Noting that when politicians call for sacrifice they she thought she knew.

June.12 12 Simon Mawer don’t mean their own, the former Pennsylvania gov- Trapeze ernor and current MSNBC senior political analyst Saturday, June 30, 6 p.m. (Other Press, $15.95) delivers a blistering critique of self-serving office- June.30 12 William Gildea As he did in the acclaimed The Glass Room, Mawer holders. Drawing on his own experiences in politics, Rendell also tells The Longest Fight again creates powerful fiction from historical fact. readers how they can get what they want from those they elect. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26) During World War II Britain’s Special Operations Gildea’s profile of the Baltimore boxer Joe Gans Executive recruited 53 women to work undercover in Friday, June 22, 7 p.m. 22 (1874-1910) centers on the heavily promoted 1906 occupied France. As Mawer recounts Marian’s trans- Rachel L. Swarns June. 12 match between the African American Gans and formation into Anne-Marie, his account of her adventures, narrow American Tapestry the racist Oscar “Battling” Nelson. The fight drew escapes, and loves is by turns a vivid thriller and a moving coming-of- (HarperCollins, $27.99) thousands of spectators and reporters and went 42 age story. While President Obama’s family history is well rounds. Gildea, a former Washington Post reporter known, what of the First Lady’s? Swarns, a veteran who has covered some fifty professional bouts, conveys both the drama Wednesday, June 13, 7 p.m. reporter and former Johannesburg bureau chief for of the event and Gans’s complex role in American cultural history.

Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot June.13 12 The New York Times, undertook extensive genealogi- Exit cal research on Michelle Obama’s ancestry; her find- (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26) ings reveal black, white, and multi-racial relatives—many previously In her tenth book, Lawrence-Lightfoot considers tran- unknown to Mrs. Obama herself. sition—from the perspective of what is left, rather than what is found, by making a change. In a series Saturday, June 23, 1 p.m. William J. Dobson of interviews with people moving on to new careers, June.23 12 new countries, and new religions, the sociologist and The Dictator’s Learning Curve Harvard professor of education looks for the lessons (Doubleday, $28.95) available at points of departure. While Arab Spring has dominated the headlines, the battle against authoritarian regimes has been Thursday, June 14, 7 p.m. under way in other countries as well. Focusing Children and Teens Department June.14 12 Anthony Swofford on the struggle for democracy in Russia, China, Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails Venezuela, Egypt, and Malaysia, Dobson, Slate’s (Twelve, $26.99) politics and foreign affairs editor, shows how each of these nations faces Wednesday, June 13, 10:30 a.m. 13 In this sequel to Jarhead, his memoir about serv- its own unique set of circumstances even as they are all part of larger Join us for a picture book extravaganza! June. 12 ing as a Marine in the Gulf War, Swofford grapples global patterns. with the long-term effects of his combat experience. Mary Quattlebaum These include substance abuse, bad relationships, Saturday, June 23, 3:30 p.m. 23 Pirate vs. Pirate and even a serious consideration of suicide. But Mary R. Morgan June. 12 (Hyperion, $16.99) when he joins his dying father, a Vietnam War vet, Beginning with the End Bad Boris and Mean Mo are hardtack-eat- on a series of trips, Swofford begins to turn his life around. (Vantage, $26.95) ing, treasure-stealing, insult-hurling pirates. A psychotherapist who specializes in treating Each of them long to be the best pirate Friday, June 15, 7 p.m. patients grieving for a twin, Morgan found her call- of them all, but they both have to con-

Alan Furst June.15 12 ing in 1961 when her own twin brother, Michael tend with each other first. A swashbuckling Mission to Paris Rockefeller, disappeared off the coast of New pirate contest ensues with an unexpected (Random House, $27) Guinea. Morgan’s memoir recounts her traumat- ending. Ages 5-7. Paris, 1938: a Hollywood movie star mak- ic loss, her two-decade repression of the grief, and her ultimate under- ing a film becomes the target of Nazi efforts to dis- standing of the experience. Amy Reichert rupt normal life—but he’s more than a symbol of Take Your Mama to Work Today the culture to be subverted, he’s part of a spy net- 23 Saturday, June 23, 6 p.m. (Atheneum, $16.99) work. With artists and socialites playing dual roles, June. 12 Leni Zumas Everyone else might think today The Listeners and the City of Light itself concealing any number is called Take Your Child to Work of dark secrets, Furst’s twelfth historical spy thriller shows why he is a (Tin House, $15.95) master of the genre. Zumas visited P&P for her collection of short fic- Day, but Violet knows better—she’s tion, Farewell Navigator; now she returns to read the one in charge. The real question from and discuss her first novel, the story of a young is how Mom survives without her punk musician haunted by a painful past that is help answering phones, interviewing quickly destroying her present and future. potential employees, and preparing the boss for show-and- tell. Ages 5-8. O An audio edition of this title is available to be ordered. L A large-print edition of this title is available to be ordered. 5015 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20008 Presorted 202.364-1919 First-Class Mail 800.722-0790 202.966-7532 (fax) US Postage email: books @ politics-prose.com PAID web: www.politics-prose.com Washington, DC twitter: @politics_prose Permit No. 2072

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Friday, June 1, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 3, 5 p.m. E.J. Dionne Jr. 1 Samuel L. Popkin Book Groups June. 12 June.3 12 Our Divided Political Heart The Candidate P & P book groups meet monthly, and are free and open to the public. (Bloomsbury, $27) (Oxford Univ., $27.95) Book group titles are 20% off for attendees. Read the book and join us! Using history to illuminate current politics, the As a political scientist at UC San Diego as well • Capital James Joyce Club (1st Thursday, 7:30 p.m.) Washington Post columnist and Brookings senior fel- as a consultant on numerous presidential campaigns, 6/7: Ulysses, (Chapter 4) by Joyce low argues that American government is best and Popkin draws on the theory and practice of electoral pol- • Classics (1st Monday, 7:30 p.m.) most productive as an active partner with the rest of itics to explain what makes one candidate successful and 6/4: The Song of the Cid, by Raffel society. Dionne offers examples from the Founding another fall short. His analysis covers the lessons learned • Daytime (3rd Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.) Fathers to the Tea Party to show that a balance of and not learned from the last sixty years, focusing on the unsuccessful 6/20: Luka and the Fire of Life, by Rushdie individual and community interests is at the heart of what it means to efforts of Bush in 1992, Gore in 2000, and Hillary Clinton’s 2008 bid for • Evening Fiction (2nd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.) be American. the Democratic nomination. 6/12: Faith, by Haigh • Fascinating History (4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m.) Saturday, June 2, 6 p.m. Monday, June 4, 7 p.m. 4 6/28: The Comanche Empire, by Hämäläinen June.2 12 Douglas G. Brinkley Lindsey Hilsum June. 12 • Futurist (1st Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.) Cronkite Sandstorm 6/6: The Future of Power, by Nye (HarperCollins, $34.99) (Penguin Press, $27.95) • Graphic Novel (4th Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.) For many, the voice of CBS news anchor Walter Hilsum is the Channel 4 News international editor, and 6/27: Dylan Dog: Case Files, by Sclavi Cronkite is inseparable from momentous his- her report on the Libyan uprising against Gaddafi trac- • Lez Read (2nd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.) torical events including the assassination of JFK, es the dictator’s evolution from a charismatic leader to a 6/13: Stone Butch Blues, by Feinberg • Memoirs of Africa (Swarthmore) (3rd Monday 7:30) the Vietnam War, and the early Apollo missions. paranoid tyrant. At the same time, she profiles five ordi- The Swarthmore book group is over for the season Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge, Wilderness nary Libyans to examine how the Libyan people at last • Poetry (4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.) Warrior, and other works of history and biography, revolted against a regime that had held power since 1969. 6/26: April 2012 issue of Poetry magazine has thoroughly explored the Cronkite Archive and interviewed hundreds • Public Affairs (4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.) of the newsman’s colleagues and friends for this multi-faceted portrait. Tuesday, June 5, 7 p.m. 6/25: Aftershock, by Reich John Lewis June.5 12 • Science Fiction & Fantasy (2nd Thurs., 6:30 p.m.) Across That Bridge 6/14: Fantasy (6:30 p.m.): The Gate to Women’s Country, by Tepper (Hyperion, $22.99) Science Fiction (7:30 p.m.): Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NHIM, O’Brien One of the outstanding leaders of the civil rights • Spanish Language (3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.) movement and since 1987 a U.S. Representative from 6/19: El Secreto de sus Ojos, by Sacheri Georgia, Lewis looks back to the 1960s for lessons appli- • Spirituality (3rd Sunday, 6 p.m.) Cover Photo Credits: cable to today. Lewis believes that “to truly revolution- 6/17: Siddhartha, by Hesse David Maraniss - Linda Maraniss • Teen (4th Sunday, 3:30 p.m.) Chris Hayes - Sarah Shatz ize our society, we must first revolutionize ourselves”; his 6/24: TBD John Lewis - Adelman illuminating and inspiring memoir about social change is at once a call-to- • Travel E.J. Dionne Jr. - Paul Morigi action and a deeply personal statement. (1st Tuesday, 7 p.m.) Joseph Stiglitz - Dan Deitch 6/5: Snake Lake, by Greenwald Stanley Plumly - Emma Mai’le Shore Norman • Veterans Book Group (3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.) Amanda Bennett - Natasha Cholerton Brown. 6/21: Best American Short Stories 2011, Brooks Ed. • Women’s Biography (2nd Monday, 7:30 p.m.) 6/11: Extraordinary, Ordinary People, by Rice

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17 18 7 p.m. 19 7 p.m. 20 7 p.m. 21 7 p.m. 22 4 p.m. 23 1 p.m. Christopher Hayes Sixth & I Synagogue Antony Beevor John Lanchester Ed Rendell William J. Dobson The Dictator’s Learning Curve Twilight of the Elites Gail Collins The Second World War Capital A Nation of Wusses As Texas Goes... 3:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Mary R. Morgan 7 p.m. Rachel L. Swarns Beginning with the End Roger Streitmatter American Tapestry 6 p.m. Outlaw Marriages Leni Zumas The Listeners 24 1 p.m. 25 7 p.m. 26 7 p.m. 27 7 p.m. 28 7 p.m. 29 7 p.m. 30 1 p.m. Carrie Barron and Alton Barron Alex Stone James Mann David Maraniss Matthew Quirk Amanda Padoan with Nichole Bernier The Creativity Cure Fooling Houdini The Obamians Barack Obama: The Story The 500 Chhiring Dorje The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth Buried in the Sky D. 5 p.m. Emily Jeanne Miller 6 p.m. Brand New Human Being William Gildea The Longest Fight