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Ways to Support Politics and Prose In Trying Times

In times of crisis, independent bookstores like Politics and Prose historically have served as havens of comfort, reassurance, and information to many people in need. With this in mind, when the covid-19 threat emerged, we here at P&P had hoped to keep our stores open to the public as long as possible. But pandemics a... read more

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Bestsellers

The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President Cover Image

Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning Cover Image

The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis Cover Image

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Cover Image

Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America Cover Image

The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists Cover Image

A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America Cover Image

Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World Cover Image

The Obama Portraits Cover Image

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist Cover Image

Weather: A novel Cover Image

The Night Watchman Cover Image

Apeirogon: A Novel Cover Image

The Dutch House: A Novel Cover Image

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories Cover Image

Disappearing Earth: A novel Cover Image

American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Cover Image

A Long Petal of the Sea: A Novel Cover Image

Nothing to See Here Cover Image

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Cover Image

Children & Teens Books

Little Bear Dreams Cover Image

Thank You, Omu! Cover Image

We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands Cover Image

What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Cover Image

Now You Know How It Works Cover Image

Kitten and the Night Watchman Cover Image

Audiobooks: Start Listening

Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel Cover Image

Educated: A Memoir Cover Image

The Witch Elm: A Novel Cover Image

Music

Next Events

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7:00 pm

P&P Live! : Veronica Roth - Chosen Ones — in conversation with CA Higgins

Tue

14

2:00 pm

P&P Live! Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed - When Stars Are Scattered

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14

7:00 pm

P&P Live! : Madeleine Albright - Hell and Other Destinations, in conversation with Lissa Muscatine

Tue

14

8:00 pm

P&P Live! : Marisa Meltzer - This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World - and Me – in conversation with Jill Kargman

Wed

15

7:00 pm

P&P Live! : Michael Arceneaux - I Don't Want to Die Poor: Essays — in conversation with Gillian White

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7:00 pm

P&P Live! : Casey Schwartz - Attention: A Love Story — in conversation with Franklin Foer

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20

7:00 pm

P&P Live! : Alina Das - No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants, in conversation with Dara Lind

Tue

21

8:00 pm

P&P Live! : Sopan Deb - Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me, in conversation with Ali Vitali

Wed

22

7:00 pm

P&P Live! : David Rohde - In Deep: The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth about America's "Deep State"

Wed

22

8:00 pm

P&P Live! : Jonathan Karl - Front Row at the Trump Show – in conversation with Mike McCurry

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25

7:00 pm

P&P Live! Samantha Irby - Wow, No Thank You—with Maris Kreizman

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7:00 pm

P&P Live! : Ishmael Beah - Little Family

Staff Picks

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This is a story about a woman and her dog sent to clean out her estranged, and now deceased, grandmother... read more
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Since Lab Girl, Jahren relocated to Oslo, Norway, where, along with her award-winning work in... read more
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What happens when your savior isn't enough? How do you protect your family? Through visceral and vibrant... read more
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After college, Jason Hardy finds himself selling watches at J.C. Penney’s. Totally unsuited for the job... read more
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Voting rights are under attack. If we want a fair election, consider this book required reading.... read more
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Prescott’s favorite writer is Kafka, so any echo of The Trial or The Castle in his title is likely... read more

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Hungry for pasta? Big Anthony gets into trouble when he shows the town a magic pot of pasta that... read more
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Armed with his blanket cloak and a soup pot helmet, Ronald is determined to Fight The Night (Simon... read more
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Listen, a grandfather tells his grandchildren as they walk outdoors together. After all, he advises them... read more

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Politics and Prose Gift Cards can be purchased on our website or over the phone.... read more
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Nothing goes together like good books and strong coffee. Drink your morning Joe from... read more

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