MONDAY:
Leftover anger from last week’s G8 Summit? Check out John Perkins at Politics and Prose tonight. He’ll be discussing his newest book The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption, which details the shady deals behind U.S. foreign aid to developing countries. 7 p.m.

TUESDAY:
Hurricane season is upon us yet again, and this August will mark the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating impact on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Jenni Bergal will be at Olsson’s in Penn Quarter to discuss what happened and why it could happen again as she reads from City Adrift. 7 p.m.

CBS correspondent Bill Geist will be at Politics and Prose to discuss his book Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small Town America and his favorite places to visit in the U.S. After our own 3,000-mile road trip, we agree there’s a lot to see out there, as well as a whole lot of nothing. 7 p.m.

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