TUESDAY
Tired of running into the virtual junta of returned Peace Corps volunteers living in our fair city and being forced to listen to story upon story about how working in an office every day will just never be as fulfilling as digging that well in Cameroon? Then this event is not for you. Former Peace Corps volunteers read from and sign A Life Inspired: Tales of Peace Corps Service. Peace Corps, 111 20th St. NW. 6 p.m. Free.
WEDNESDAY
Wait, you mean to tell us that hardcore Boston Red Sox fans are actually the type of profoundly unhappy people that they feel compelled to jaunt off to war-torn countries in order to find meaning in their lives? Say it ain’t so. Jeff Neuman and Ray Lemoine will discuss and sign their book Babylon By Bus: Or, the True Story of Two Friends Who Gave Up Their Valuable Franchise Selling Yankees Suck T-Shirts at Fenway to Find Meaning and Adventure in Iraq. Olsson’s Books & Records, 1307 19th St. NW. 7 p.m. Free.
THURSDAY
In a recent interview with DCist, local crime novelist George Pelecanos claimed there’s a spot up on North Capitol Street where he often stops for inspiration, but refused to disclose. Confront him about this mystery when he discusses and signs The Night Gardener at Borders Books & Music, 5871 Crossroads Center Way, Baileys Crossroads. 7:30 p.m. Free.
SATURDAY
John McQuaid is now a D.C.-based reporter, but he was with the New Orleans Times-Picayune for many years and, naturally, wanted to look into the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Strangely, it appears his new book with co-author Mark Schleifstein, Path of Destruction, is actually about a Dark Sith Lord. 6 p.m., Politics and Prose.
SUNDAY
Robert Bennett, a constitutional scholar at Northwestern Law School, knows a shrew when he sees one. He’ll be at Politics and Prose at 5 p.m. to discuss his new book about one of the biggest bitches on wheels we’ve got in this country, Taming the Electoral College. 5 p.m.
