MONDAY:

CBS News’ Bob Schieffer talks about Bob Schieffer’s America at Politics and Prose. Sounds like an episode of Sliders where Jerry O’Connell jumps into a dimension in which Schieffer has become president and he commands an army of cybernetic men in order to suppress all original thought. Or was that Dr. Who? 7 p.m.

Linn Ullmann — author of Stella Descending and the daughter of legendary director, screenwriter, and author Ingmar Bergman — will be at the Olsson’s in Dupont Circle to talk about her latest novel, A Blessed Child. 7 p.m.

As part of the Hyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival, which runs until Sept. 24, Adam Langer will speak at the Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center about his latest book, Ellington Boulevard. For more information about the festival visit their web site. $6, 8 p.m.

Laura Wittern-Keller and Raymond J. Haberski Jr. will join Judge Thomas Ambro from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to talk about The Miracle Case: Film Censorship and the Supreme Court at the Newseum‘s Knight Conference Center. 6 p.m.

TUESDAY:

Rinku Sen and Fekkak Mamdouh will be at the Busboys and Poets in D.C. to discuss and sign copies of their new book, The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization. 6 p.m.

Thomas Hager makes an appearance at the Olsson’s in Dupont Circle to discuss his latest book, The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler. 7 p.m.

Michael Scott will be at Politics and Prose to talk about his novel, The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. 10:30 a.m.