MONDAY:

Democratic presidential candidate and Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd will make an appearance at Politics and Prose to talk about his book Letters from Nuremberg, which has nothing do with 2008 and everything to do with 1948 (or thereabouts). Dodd's father, Thomas, was an attorney during the famous Nuremberg trials, in which members of the Nazi Party in Germany were prosecuted for their crimes, and the book consists of letters written by Thomas to his wife detailing what happened. 7 p.m.

Steven Livingston will be at Busboys and Poets to discuss and sign copies of his new book When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina. The event is sponsored by The School of Media and Public Affairs of George Washington University and The Elliott School of International Affairs. 6:30 p.m.

Renowned scholar and best-selling author Steven Pinker will be at the National Academy of Sciences to discuss human thought, emotion, and social relationships from language, and will be available after to sign his new book, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. General admission $25, click here for ticket info. 7 p.m.

TUESDAY:

D.C. attorney Ron Liebman will be at the Olsson's in Penn Quarter to read from his latest book Death by Rodrigo, a tale of two cops-turned-attorneys out of Camden hired to bail out a San Salvadoran crime lord. The catch? The judge has denied bail and the crime lord isn't too happy about it. 7 p.m.

In Letters to a Young Teacher, author, educator and activist Jonathan Kozol examines everything that's wrong with public schools through Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston. Kozol will be at Politics and Prose to talk about how regimentation and high-stakes testing have changed how children are learning. 7 p.m.

Jeffrey Lewis, a former writer and producer of the '80s police drama Hill Street Blues, will be at Olsson's in Dupont Circle to read from the latest book in his Meritocracy Quartet, Theme Song for an Old Show. The series of books is about a producer on a cop show called Northie. 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY:

Continuing with the cavalcade of political stars at Politics and Prose this week, Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, will be discussing his latest book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World. Author Naomi Klein also will be on hand to discuss The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Somewhere, economists are drooling. 7 p.m.

THURSDAY:

Angela Mi Young Hur will be at the Georgetown Barnes & Noble to read from her first novel, The Queens of K Town, a story of desire, loss, sex and suicide set in New York's Koreatown. 7:30 p.m.

Martin Espada will be at Busboys and Poets for a reading and signing of his latest collection of poems, The Republic of Poetry. The event is co-sponsored by D.C. Poets Against the War. 6:30 p.m.

Humorist Dave Barry will be at Politics and Prose to read from Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far). 7 p.m.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl Bernstein (one-half of the super-powered duo Woodward and Bernstein) will be at the Olsson's in Penn Quarter to talk about Hillary Rodham Clinton — the subject of his latest book A Woman in Charge. 7 p.m.

SUNDAY:

Underground music photographer Pat Graham will be at the Olsson's in Dupont Circle to talk about his first collection of work, Silent Pictures. Word is Ian Mackaye, founder of Dischord Records and one of the former members of a little band called Fugazi, might be hanging around. 6 p.m.