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.
