Borders - Washington, D.C. - L Street

1801 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

United States

202-466-4999

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Web site: http://www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_50

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Description: Welcome to Borders on 18th and L Streets in Northwest D.C.

Here you'll find one of the most comprehensive Politics sections in the United States to keep you in the loop while you're here in the Nation's Capital.

We have a great corporate sales team to handle institutional orders, so please ask for Tony or Sharon. They are great at getting even the hardest to find books. We host many events with the most interesting authors and artists in the world, so check with us often to find out who we'll have scheduled to appear next!

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Book Discussion and Signing (March 12 at 6:30pm)
Nick Taylor discusses American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work.
The author discusses and signs his book.
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Book Discussion (March 18 at 6:30pm)
Eric Alterman, a professor of English and journalism at the City University of New York, discusses and signs his book.
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Book Discussion (March 19 at 6:30pm)
Former U.S. Senator from South Dakota Tom Daschle discusses and signs his book (written with Scott S. Greenberger and jeanne M. Lambrew) (Book World, The Washington Post)
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Book Discussion and Signing (April 3 at 6:30pm)
Former White House press secretary discusses and signs her new book.
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Discussion and Book Signing (April 15 at 6:30pm)
The author discusses and signs his book. 202-466-4999.
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Discussion and Book Signing (April 18 at 12:30pm)
The author, a and economic commentator for more than three decades, discusses and signs his book.
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Book Signing (April 30 at 5:00pm)
No reading. The former U.S. congressman signs the second book in his new alt-history series. 202-466-4999. (Book World, The Washington Post)
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Author Event (June 6 at 12:00pm)
No reading. The award-winning actress signs her new memoir. 202-364-1919.
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Discussion and Book Signing (June 9 at 6:30pm)
The historian discusses and signs his book which chronicles the sinking of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in World War II. 202-466-4999.
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Discussion and Book Signing (July 15 at 6:30pm)
Sichan Siv discusses Golden Bones: An Extraordinary Journey From Hell in Cambodia to a New Life in America.
The former ambassador to the United Nations discusses and signs his new memoir. 202-466-4999.
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Book Discussion and Signing (July 21 at 6:30pm)
The author discusses and signs her new book of essays. 202-466-4999.
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Breaking Dawn Midnight Release Party (August 1 at 9:30pm)
Join us for a party that will ECLIPSE all others as we await the final book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series!
202-466-4999.
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Book Signing (September 9 at 6:30pm)
The diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times discusses and signs her memoir of a war-torn Liberian childhood and return to her native country. 202-466-4999.
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Author Event (September 10 at 6:30pm)
The acclaimed author and journalist discusses and signs her book. 202-466-4999.
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Discussion and Book Signing (December 1 at 6:30pm)
Jose de Venecia, Jr discusses Global Filipino: The Authorized Biography of Jose.
For fifty years, Jose de Venecia Jr. has been the model of steadfastness, virtue, and justice in the midst of a Philippine political arena often plagued by uncertainty, intrigue, and scandal. 202-466-4999.
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Discussion and Book Signing (December 4 at 12:30pm)
The foreign correspondent for The Washington Post discusses and signs his book. 202-466-4999.
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Book Dsicussion and Signing (January 6 at 6:30pm)
David Gardner discusses The Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio: How to Build and grow a Panic-Proof Investment Portfolio.; Tom Gardner discusses The Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio: How to Build and grow a Panic-Proof Investment Portfolio.
The brothers who created the financial education company the Motley Fool discuss and sign their new book of fiscal advice. 202-466-4999.
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Reading and Book Signing (March 3 at 12:30pm)
Jamaican-born writer Marlon James reads from and signs his new novel. Writing in the slave dialect of the day, which nonetheless resounds with a contemporary sensibility, James bids us enter a world that is once exotic and familiar and which retains the power to inspire passion and controversy nearly ... (more)a hundred and fifty years after the abolition of slavery in the United States. The Book Of Night Women introduces readers to the nightmarish reality of Caribbean slavery and it celebrates the ingenious, fiery, and ultimately triumphant spirit of human freedom. 202-466-4999.
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Discussion and Book Signing (March 3 at 6:30pm)
Thomas E. Ricks, the senior Pentagon correspondent for The Washington Post, discusses and signs The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008. Rick's Fiasco transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq. The Gamble is the next news breaking installment. ... (more)202-466-4999.
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Discussion and Book Signing (March 12 at 6:30pm)
Rolling Stone writer Neil Strauss discusses and signs his new book, Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life, at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.
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Book Signing (March 17 at 12:30pm)
In A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, Molly Wizenberg recounts a life with the kitchen at its center. From her mother's pound cake, a staple of summer picnics during her childhood in Oklahoma, to the eggs she cooked for her father during the weeks before his death, food and memories ... (more)are intimately entwined.
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Book Signing (March 31 at 12:00pm)
Diana Hollingsworth Gessler signs Very Washington, DC.
A one of a kind memento for tourists & a cherished reminder of the citys riches for those who live in Americas hometown.
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Reading and Book Signing (April 21 at 6:00pm)
In the race to save an innocent victim, the line between friend and foe will become impossible to define... or defend. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in another "King & Maxwell" thriller... First Family.
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Reading and Book Signing (May 6 at 6:30pm)
the Moroccan-born author and freelance writer, reads from and signs her new novel. 202-466-4999.
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An Evening of Family Secrets (May 19 at 6:30pm)
Steve Luxenberg discusses Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret.
Every family has secrets. But not every family has a writer inspired to keep digging until he uncovers the painful truth. Steve Luxenberg, author of Annie's Ghosts, will appear at Borders in conversation with Scott Shane, reporter in The New York Times Washington bureau. A book signing will follow ... (more)the discussion and Q&A.
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David Makovsky (June 11 at 2:15pm)
David Makovsky discusses Myths, Illusions, & Peace.
Why has the United States consistently failed to achieve its strategic goals in the Middle East? According to Dennis Ross and David Makovsky, two of America's leading experts on the region, it is because we have been laboring under false assumptions, or mythologies, about the nature and motivation of ... (more)Middle East countries and their leaders. In Myths, Illusions, and Peace, the authors debunk these damaging fallacies, held by both the right and the left.
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Liza Mundy (July 14 at 6:30pm)
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Zack Lynch (July 27 at 6:30pm)
Zack Lynch signs The Neuro Revolution.
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H. M. Naqvi (August 26 at 6:30pm)
H. M. Naqvi signs Home Boy.
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