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Authors, Talks & Culture
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Brad Thor |
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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7:00 PM
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The #1 New York Times best-selling author has penned 12 thrillers featuring Navy SEAL turned covert counterterrorism operative, Scot Harvath. In his next release, Hidden Order, a string of high-profile kidnappings has Washington, D.C. in a frenzy. When the victims begin turning up dead, frenzy turns to panic. And when the ransom demand is finally made public, panic will turn to terror. The stakes have never been higher, nor the lines between good and evil so hard to discern.
Thor’s success with thrillers has made him a highly regarded resource for consultations on real-world terrorism. Innovative plots and extensive knowledge of intelligence, special operations, and terrorist communities got Thor recruited into the Department of Homeland Security’s “Red Cell” program, an elite group of writers and artists commissioned to brainstorm terrorist scenarios for our government. Thor is a fellow of the Alexandrian Defense Group. |
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Tickets are $14 or receive 2 FREE tickets with the purchase of the book ($28). Tickets can be purchased online or by calling TicketFly (877.987.6487). There is a $1.50 fee per ticket for phone orders. Doors open at 6:00 pm.
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Dr. Oliver Sacks
In Conversation with Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison |
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
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7:00 PM
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Have you ever seen something that wasn’t really there? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing?
Hallucinations don’t belong wholly to the insane. More commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness or injury. Hallucinations can be brought on by a simple fever or even the act of waking or falling asleep, when people have visions ranging from blobs of color to beautifully detailed faces or terrifying ogres. Those who are bereaved may receive comforting “visits” from the departed. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving one’s own body.
In Hallucinations, the bestselling book now out in paperback, Dr. Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture’s folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all.
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The cost is $15 for 1 ticket, $25 for 1 book + 1 ticket, or $35 for 1 book + 2 tickets. For tickets, click the "Buy Tickets" button below. For the ticket+book options, click here. Doors open at 6:00 pm.
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Marion Winik and Ophira Eisenberg |
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
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7:00 PM
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Summer lovin’ on the brain? Ellen McCarthy anchors the Washington Post Style section’s OnLove page, writing extensively about weddings, love and relationships. She’ll host a lively and honest conversation with Marion Winik and Ophira Eisenberg about the funny, bizarre and heartbreaking things that happen when funny Jewish women pursue love.
Winik, Baltimore Fishbowl columnist and NPR commentator, is the author of the recently released Highs in the Low 50s: How I Stumbled Through the Joys of Single Living, based on her “Bohemian Rhapsody” column at Baltimore Fishbowl and delves into her dating life as a once-widowed, once-divorced single mother.
Eisenberg, a standup comic and host of NPR’s “Ask Me Another” trivia program, is the author of the recently released Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, a laugh out loud retelling of her somewhat promiscuous ride to finding her husband. |
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The cost is $12 for 1 ticket; $18 for 1 ticket + 1 Eisenberg book; $24 for 1 ticket + 1 Winik book; $38 for 1 ticket + 1 Eisenberg book + 1 Winik book. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling TicketFly (877.987.6487). There is a $1.50 fee per ticket for phone orders. Doors open at 6:00 pm.
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Daniel Silva
In Conversation with Jamie Gangel |
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
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7:00 PM
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author is back with his much-anticipated 16th novel, The English Girl, which sends Silva’s recurring character, Gabriel Allon*, on another adventure.
In The English Girl, when Madeline Hart vanishes on the island of Corsica, Gabriel is thrust into a deadly game of shadows where nothing is what it seems—and where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies might be the truth.
Hart, a rising star in Britain’s governing party, is also a woman with a dark secret; she is the lover of the Prime Minister. Her kidnappers know of the affair and intend to make the British leader pay for his sins. Fearful of scandal that will destroy his career, the Prime Minister decides to handle the matter privately rather than involve the police.
Gabriel embarks on a desperate attempt to bring Hart home safely. His mission takes him from Marseilles to Provence—and, finally, to Moscow, where there is a long list of men who wish Gabriel dead.
*Gabriel was also hailed by President Bill Clinton as his “favorite fictional character.
Silva will be interviewed by Jamie Gangel, NBC Today Show National Correspondent, who also happens to be his wife. Book signing to follow |
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Tickets are $12 or receive 2 FREE tickets with the purchase of the book ($28). Tickets can be purchased online or by calling TicketFly (877.987.6487). There is a $1.50 fee per ticket for phone orders. Doors open at 6:00 pm.
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Nicholas Sparks
In Conversation with NBC Washington’s Angie Goff |
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
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7:00 PM
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In the tradition of his first novel, The Notebook, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a story of two couples whose parallel love stories intersect in profound and surprising ways in his latest novel, The Longest Ride.
Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. The lives of two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience, will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.
All of Sparks’ books have been bestsellers, with over 89 million copies in print worldwide. Eight of his novels have been adapted into major motion pictures, including A Walk to Remember, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and, most recently, Safe Haven.
Sparks will discuss The Longest Ride with NBC Washington anchor Angie Goff.
Note: The author will not be signing any books at the event; books will have been pre-signed. Instead, you are invited to join a receiving line immediately following the event to meet the author. |
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The cost is $35 for 1 pre-signed copy of The Longest Ride + 1 ticket; $50 for 1 pre-signed copy of The Longest Ride + 2 tickets. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling TicketFly (877.987.6487). There is a $1.50 fee per ticket for phone orders. Doors open for will-call at 6:00 pm.
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