MONDAY:
Michael Scheuer, who anonymously chronicled his leadership of the CIA’s bin Laden Unit from 1996 to 1999, will be at Politics and Prose sans pseudonym to talk about Marching Toward Hell, a withering indictment of the Bush administration’s attempt to export democracy abroad. 7 p.m.

Author, law professor and LGBT rights activist Nancy Polikoff will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to sign and discuss Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law. 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY:
Charles E. Cobb Jr., a veteran of the civil rights movement, will be at National Geographic’s Grosvenor Auditorium to talk about On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail, with a special emphasis on historic sites in the Washington area. 7:30 p.m. He’ll also appear at Busboys and Poets in D.C. on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.