Monday, March 15, 7 p.m.Adele BarkerNot Quite Paradise (Beacon, $24.95)

Barker received a Fulbright Senior Scholar grant to spend the 2001-02 year teaching and writing in Sri Lanka. Her new book chronicles her life on this beautiful island beset by the violence of a thirty-year civil war as well as sectarian discord among Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, and Christians.

Tuesday, March 16, 7 p.m.Deborah AmosEclipse Of The Sunnis (PublicAffairs, $25.95)An NPR correspondent who has covered Iraq since 2003, Amos examines the unexpected displacement and Diaspora of Iraqi Sunnis after the removal of Saddam Hussein. Found throughout the Middle East, these communities of Sunni exiles are frustrated by

their inability to return home and, as a result, she warns, are potential hotbeds of anger and resentment.

Wednesday, March 17, 7 p.m.Ngügï wa Thiong’oDreams In A Time Of War (Pantheon, $24.95)

As he recounts in his memoir, the future professor and author of Wizard of the Crow, Decolonizing the Mind, and other books, was born in rural Kenya, the fifth child of his father’s third wife. From the effects of World War II on the then-British colony to the armed struggle for independence, Ngu˜gı˜ offers a fascinating personal account of how strife has shaped both individuals and their society.

Thursday, March 18, 4 p.m. Jules FeifferBacking Into Forward (Nan A. Talese, $30) Feiffer, the inimitable cartoonist, playwright, screen-writer, and author of novels, nonfiction, and children’s books, tells his life story as a series of creative pursuits and encounters with powerful mentors. From his

childhood strategy of avoiding bullies by drawing on the sidewalk to ghostwriting for Will Eisner, from hitchhiking across the country to serving in the military, Feiffer’s autobiography is nonstop action, wit, and wisdom.

Thursday, March 18, 7 p.m. Michael Lewis (in conversation with Joel Achenbach)The Big Short

(W.W. Norton, $27.95)The bestselling author of Liar’s Poker and other books about money, Lewis here presents his interpretation of how and why the American economy has tanked. From villains on Wall Street to ineffectual government regulatory agen-cies, and even a few heroes, this is a dark tale colorfully told. Lewis will appear in conversation with Joel Achenbach, staff writer for The Washington Post.

Friday, March 19, 7 p.m. David MaranissInto The Story (Simon & Schuster, $26)This collection of 32 stories and essays by our friend, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author (Clemente, They Marched Into Sunlight), covers a rich array of topics, focusing on history as it affects individu-

als. Maraniss revisits Vietnam with an American soldier; considers how Vince Lombardi would view football today; interviews a Virginia Tech student after the shootings there.

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Saturday, March 6, 1 p.m.Sally DentonThe Pink Lady (Bloomsbury, $26)

Helen Gahagan Douglas served three terms in Con-gress, her career as an elected official ending in 1950 when Nixon, using smear tactics, defeated her in a Senate race. Denton’s biography fleshes out the multi-faceted woman (singer, actress, progressive activist) who had the infamous run-in with Tricky Dick.

Saturday, March 6, 6 p.m.Mark PerryTalking To Terrorists (Basic Books, $26.95)Perry, a military, intelligence, and foreign-affairs analyst, has spent some 20 years in and out of the Middle East, where he sometimes engaged in secret meetings with members of terrorist groups. His new book argues that face-to-face dialogue with representa-

tives of organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah can define specific and addressable grievances.

Sunday, March 7, 1 p.m. Peter BirkenheadGonville(Free Press, $25)

Taking his title from the violent character played by Micahael Caine in Zulu, Birkenhead recounts grow-ing up with an erratic, abusive father. More than just combative, Birkenhead père was also an anti-war activist and a popular economics professor. His cruel, contradictory behavior left deep scars on his family, and his son’s memoir is a harrowing look at memory, trauma, and healing.

Sunday, March 7, 5 p.m.Laurie StronginSaving Henry (Hyperion, $22.99)Strongin’s powerful account of her son’s rare, usu-ally fatal heart disease is a moving story of a family’s struggle to save a life and a strong argument for stem cell research. Strongin is the founder and executive di-

rector of the Hope for Henry foundation and a regular panelist on Clear Channel’s Sunday radio program Women Talk .

Monday, March 8, 7 p.m.Lorraine AdamsThe Room And The Chair (Knopf, $25.95)

The second novel from the former Washington Post jour-nalist opens with a fighter pilot losing control of her plane over the Potomac and crashing into Roosevelt Is-land. What follows is a taut story of Washington intrigue as the pilot and an investigative reporter search for the truth behind the plane’s downing.

Tuesday, March 9, 7 p.m.Steve Goldman & Clay DavenportBaseball Prospectus 2010 (John Wiley, $24.95)With prescient statistical predictions and entertaining articles, Baseball Prospectus has become the ultimate guide to baseball players and teams. Come hear baseball’s leading analysts when

Clay Davenport, Steve Goldman, and other editors make their annual pre-season visit.

Wednesday, March 10, 7 p.m.Phyllis TherouxThe Journal Keeper (Atlantic Monthly, $24)

A prolific essayist, columnist, and fiction writer, Theroux also leads writing and creativity seminars. All this—plus writer’s block—figures in her new memoir, a dual narrative chronicling her life on the page and the one as daughter, wife, lover, citizen. Phyllis Theroux will also give a seminar on the art of journal keeping at 5 p.m. The cost is $30, $27 for members, which includes a copy of the book.

Thursday, March 11, 7 p.m. Chang-rae LeeThe Surrendered (Riverhead, $26.95) Author of A Gesture Life and Aloft, Lee focuses in his fourth novel on a trio of battered survivors. June Han, age 11, is alone and starving in war-torn Korea when she’s rescued by an American soldier who has recently

lost his father. June recovers at an orphanage where she comforts the director’s wife, whose parents were killed in Manchuria. Lee’s narrative sweeps across times and places, exploring the lasting emotional conse-quences of loss and violence.

Friday, March 12, 7 p.m.Ian BurumaTaming The Gods (Princeton Univ., $19.95)

Journalist, Bard College professor, and author of Murder in Amsterdam, Buruma here studies the history of church/state relations in Europe, the U.S., and Asia. Moving be-yond seemingly irreconcilable differences between secular and religious authorities, Buruma offers a rich, complex look at ways the two can productively find common ground.

Saturday, March 13, 1 p.m.Gina WelchIn The Land Of Believers (Metropolitan, $25)A secular Jew, Welch spent two years as a member of Jerry Falwell’s Thomas Road Baptist Church attempt-ing to understand the evangelical world. Immersed in the music, vision, and missionary ventures of these impassioned believers, Welch dropped her initial

skepticism. Her compassionate portrait includes the recognition that the congregation met needs she hadn’t known she had.

Saturday, March 13, 6 p.m.Helen SimonsonMajor Pettigrew’s Last Stand (Random House, $25)

Simonson’s debut novel focuses on Ernest Pettigrew, the epitome of the staid, dutiful Englishman, and his efforts to reunite a pair of heirloom shotguns. Meanwhile, his friendship with a local shopkeeper unexpectedly blossoms into something more. Herself British-born and educated at the London School of Economics, Si-monson (a two-decade D.C. resident) offers a delightful tour of British traditions and recent changes.

Sunday, March 14, 1 p.m.Thomas KaufmanDrink The Tea (Minotaur, $24.99) Kaufman’s debut mystery introduces Willis Gid-ney. A former foster child who has grown into a talented D.C. private eye, Gidney searches for a friend’s missing daughter and becomes entangled with an ambitious

right-wing politician, security thugs, and a murder. Kaufman’s background as director, cameraman, and two-time winner of the Gordon Parks Award for cinematography is evident in the book’s vivid, fast-paced action.

Sunday, March 14, 5 p.m. Annie LeonardThe Story Of Stuff (Free Press, $26)One of Time magazine’s 2008 Heroes of the

Environment, Leonard has visited some 40 countries to investigate patterns of consumption and disposal. An expert on environmental health issues and sustain-ability, she identifies the systemic nature of the ecological threat posed by current ways of living and offers an agenda for practical action.

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Monday, March 22, 7 p.m.Lionel ShriverSo Much For That (HarperCollins, $25.99) Shriver follows her acclaimed romantic com-edy, The Post-Birthday World, with an acute and timely novel about the collision of dreams and reality--and the shortcomings of the American health-care system. Shep Knacker, flush with the profit from selling his

business, wants to retire to an island. Instead, he becomes his wife’s caretaker when she develops cancer.

Tuesday, March 23, 7 p.m.Nell Irvin PainterThe History Of White People (W.W. Norton, $27.95)

Painter’s study of race centers on the invention of a white race and the characteristics attributed to it for economic, political, and scientific ends. A historian, Painter traces notions of whiteness back to the roots of Western civilization, through the 18th-century construction of American identity, and on to changes in notions of a white race in response to Malcolm X, the Civil Rights struggle, and more recent discussions of a post-racial society.

Wednesday, March 24, 7 p.m.Tim O’BrienThe Things They Carried (20th Anniversary Edition)(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24)O’Brien’s collection of short fiction about men at war is as stunning and timely now as it was when it first ap-peared. Based on the author’s tour of duty in Vietnam,

the stories are vivid and deeply affecting as they lay bare both the physi-cal stress soldiers endure and the assorted emotional baggage—fear, shame, pride—that weighs them down.

Thursday, March 25, 7 p.m. Martha C. NussbaumFrom Disgust To Humanity (Oxford Univ., $21.95)A prominent professor of law and philoso-

phy at the University of Chicago, Nussbaum presents a passionate advocacy for sexual freedom, particularly for same-sex relationships. Disgust, she believes, has been the driving force behind civil legislation and public opinion, but compassion, powered by imagination, is just as natural a reaction.

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Tuesay, March 2, 10:30 a.m.. Rosalyn SchanzerWhat Darwin Saw (National Geographic, $17.95)In his round-the-world voyage of 1830, Darwin observed huge turtles and an earthquake’s after-effects. Schanzer uses Darwin’s words—from his letters and journals—and her own colorful draw-

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Thursday, March 4, 10:30 a.m.Fred BowenFred Bowen, who writes a

weekly sports section for The Washington Post Kidspost, will be here to read and discuss three new books

No Easy Way (Dutton, $16.99)In 1941 Ted Williams hit .406. No one has been able to match this record. This inspirational story of a Red Sox legend is brought to life by exciting sports writing and classic illustrations.

Hardcourt Comeback (Peachtree, $5.95)Brett Carter is the star forward for his basketball team. When he misses an easy play in the big game, he loses confidence in all areas of his life. Gradually he finds the courage to overcome his fears.

Dugout Rivals (Peachtree, $5.95)Jake Daly loves to play baseball. When newcomer Adam Hull joins the team, Jake is excited because Adam is a great player. Suddenly this team is winning games but all the praise seems to go to Adam. Jake has to learn what it really means to be a team player and how everyone’s talents contribute to making a winning season.

Tuesday, March 9, 10:30 a.m.Jarrett J. KrosoczkaLunch Lady And The Author Visit Vendetta (Knopf, $5.99)A famous author, Lewis Scribson, visits Thompson Brook School, but Lunch Lady and her sidekick Betty know something is wrong when the PE

teacher goes missing. The pair head for their secret headquarters behind the cafeteria refrigerator and, armed with high-tech cooking gadgets, serve justice while serving lunch.

Thursday, March 11, 10:30 a.m.Rosemary Wells Come and meet the creator of the irrepressible Max; his bossy big

sister, Ruby; Noisy Nora; and Queen Janet of the Bunny Planet. With board books, picture books, and unforgettable creations, this author has delighted millions of chil-dren with her art and humor.

Friday, March 26, 7 p.m.Diarmaid MacCullochChristianity (Viking, $45)

MacCulloch won multiple awards for The Reformation and Thomas Cranmer. His new study traces the history of Christianity from the Hebrew Bible through the New Testament, charts the growth of evangelicalism from its German and English origins, and shows the faith’s pivotal role in the Enlightenment, the Age of Explorations, and its influence in the First and Second World Wars.

Saturday, March 27, 1 p.m.Jabari AsimA Taste Of Honey (Broadway, $13)From the author of The N Word, this collection of 16 stories chronicles the lives of the Joneses, an African-American family living in the Midwest in the late 1960s. Blending coming-of-age narratives with tales of violence, politics, racism, and friendship, Asim draws a

complex portrait of an era.

Saturday, March 27, 6 p.m.Chloë SchamaWild Romance (Walker, $24)A Washington journalist for The New Re-

public, The Guardian, and other publications, Schama recounts a sensational Victorian-era scandal. Theresa Longworth was 19 when she met the future Viscount Avonmore. They married, he deserted her, and their story was dragged through the courts. The abandoned wife fought for her rights, then cre-ated a new life for herself as writer, speaker, and world traveler.

Sunday, March 28, 1 p.m.Deborah BrautigamThe Dragon’s Gift (Oxford Univ., $29.95)A professor at American University’s School of International Service, Brautigam is a longtime ob-server and former resident of China. In her new book she documents how China, having established a higher

standard of living for itself, is now working to effect better conditions in Africa.

Sunday, March 28, 5 p.m.Kathryn WagnerDancing For Degas (Bantam, $15)

Wagner’s debut novel richly evokes life in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. The story of Alexandrie, a provincial farm girl who overcomes the odds to join the Paris Opéra ballet and who falls in love with De-gas, the narrative delves as much into the economics and sexual politics of the arts as it does into the romance and creativity of high culture.

Wednesday, March 31, 7 p.m.Hugh PopeDining With Al-Qaeda (Thomas Dunne, $26.99)An Oxford-educated scholar of the Middle East, Pope has lived, worked, and traveled to over two dozen countries in the region over a thirty-year pe-riod. Part memoir, part travelogue, and part history, this fascinating account explores the many different

Muslim cultures which, he believes, Americans have mistakenly treated as monolithic.

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Monday, March 1, 7 p.m.Thomas MullenThe Many Deaths Of The Firefly Brothers(Random House, $26)In his second novel, Mullen, author of The Last Town on Earth, counterpoints the bleak realities of the Depression-era Midwest with a trio of daring

bank robbers who are legends in their own time. The Fireson brothers become folk heroes as they pull off daring capers, elude capture, and repeatedly evade certain death at the hands of the law.

Tuesday, March 2, 7 p.m.Ted ConoverThe Routes Of Man (Knopf, $26.95)

Conover, a National Book Critics Circle Award-winner for Newjack, here guides readers through six of the world’s key roads, including one that links Israel and Palestine and another that serves as a trade route over the Andes. His study shows that, like the ancient Roman Empire, the new globalised world is both connected and imperiled by these arteries.

Wednesday, March 3, 7 p.m.Ellen FitzpatrickLetters To Jackie (Ecco, $26.99) In the first seven weeks after JFK’s assassina-tion, his widow received some 800,000 condolence letters from people all over the country. Two years later, the total was well over a million. In her selec-

tion of 250 of these messages, Fitzpatrick, a historian, has composed a fascinating picture of a pivotal historical moment.

Thursday, March 4, 7 p.m. Robert MnookinBargaining With The Devil (Simon & Schuster, $27)

Mnookin, the head of Harvard’s Program on Ne-gotiation, explores the many challenges of conflict resolution, including the temptation to vilify the en-emy. His book offers illuminating case-studies from politics, business, and family life along with practical tools for defusing antagonism.

Friday, March 5, 7 p.m.Chris CleaveLittle Bee (Simon & Schuster, $14)By turns charming, funny, and terrifying, this novel tells the story of 16-year-old Little Bee, an orphaned Nigerian girl. She meets a British couple vacationing in her country and, after an unexpected, violent incident, she goes to Britain, a place of abun-

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The Journal Keeper

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Taming The Gods

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In The Land Of Believers

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Drink The Tea

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The Story Of Stuff

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Not Quite Paradise

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Eclipse Of The Sunnis

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So Much For That

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The History Of White People

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The Things They Carried (20th Anniversary Edition)

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From Disgust To Humanity

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A Taste Of Honey

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The Dragon’s Gift

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Dancing For Degas

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The Many Deaths Of The Firefly Brothers

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