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A Cappella Books continues our virtual music series in January with authors Aaron Leonard and Jesse Jarnow, who will join us for a conversation on their respective books, “The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party, USA-1939-1956,” and “Wasn...

Cost: Free

The iconic drummer of The Doors investigates his own relationship with creativity and explores the meaning of artistry with other artists and performers in his latest compelling and spellbinding memoir.

A Cappella Books proudly presents an exclusive virtual event with 

John Densmore, who will jo...

Cost: $28

Richard Buckner has been traveling the byways of America, often alone and with little more than his guitars and notebooks. Now he’s sharing what he saw, felt, and found.

Buckner will join A Cappella Books owner Frank Reiss and Black Sparrow Press

 Editorial Director Joshua Bodwell for a special ...

Cost: Free

From the New York Times bestselling author of “The Gatekeepers,” comes a remarkable, behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to run the world’s most powerful intelligence agency, and how the CIA is often a crucial counterforce against presidents threatening to overstep the powers of their office. ...

Cost: Free

JON MEACHAM, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

In Conversation with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, Dean and President, Morehouse School of Medicine

Presented in partnership with The Atlanta History Center and the JCC Literary Consortium

Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-win...

Cost: Free-$36

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, comes one of the most celebrated novels of the year.

In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known a...

Cost: $28

Join A Cappella Books for an exclusive virtual event with the author, who will present his new book, “True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump,” on Zoom Monday, August 10, at 7 P.M. Toobin will appear in conversation with former US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia...

Cost: $30

DUE TO THE CURRENT PANDEMIC CRISIS, WE FEEL IT'S IN THE PUBLIC'S BEST INTEREST TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. THEREFORE, THIS PREVIOUSLY TICKETED EVENT IS NOW FREE TO ATTEND. Dr. Vivek Murthy, who served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States under President Barack Obama, j...

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A Cappella Books proudly presents an exclusive virtual event with Chris Frántz, songwriter, musician, producer, and founding member of the iconic bands, Talking Heads (official) and Tom Tom Club. Frantz will join Atlanta music journalist Chad Radford for a Zoom discussion of his new memoir, “Remai...

Cost: $30

Princeton University Professor of History and Public Affairs and CNN Political Analyst Julian E. Zelizer tells the story of how Newt Gingrich and his allies tainted American politics, launching an enduring era of brutal partisan warfare. Zelizer will appear in conversation with Virginia Prescott, ...

Cost: Registration Required

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From The New York Times-bestselling author of “The Mothers,” a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.

A Cappella Books welcomes Brit Bennett for an exclusive vir...

Cost: $27 including book

From The New York Times-bestselling author of “The Mothers,” a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. A Cappella Books welcomes Brit Bennett for an exclusive virtual event to celebrate the...

Cost: Book Purchase Required

A Cappella Books celebrates its 30th Anniversary with a benefit concert for Common Good Atlanta!Join us at the Variety Playhouse on Monday, December 16, at 8 p.m. as we mark our 30th year with a special night of music featuring a solo set by Cat Power singer-songwriter, Chan Marshall.Atlanta's own W...

Cost: $30-$45

A Cappella Books welcomes Ben Folds, celebrated American singer-songwriter and former frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five, for a special in-store book signing event. Admission is price of book. 

Cost: $28

A Cappella Books welcomes author and actor Carlos Andrés Gómez, who will read and sign copies of his award-winning poetry collection "Hijito."

Cost: Free

A Cappella Books welcomes author Daniela Petrova, who will discuss and sign copies of her debut novel, "Her Daughter's Mother," which was named one of the top must-read summer thrillers of 2019 by Time, InStyle, O Magazine, and the New York Post.

Cost: Free

The longest-serving "The Simpsons" writer and all-around funnyman Mike Reiss delivers the ultimate fan guide to the most popular animated show in American history.

Cost: Free

A lifetime of activism informs "How We Win," George Lakey's playbook for building and conducting nonviolent direct action campaigns.

Cost: Free

In September 2007, Christine Ristaino was attacked in a store parking lot while her three- and five-year-old children watched. In "All the Silent Spaces," she shares what it felt like to be an ordinary person confronted with an extraordinary event. Meet Ristaino and hear more of her incredible story...

Cost: Free

Rush bass player Geddy Lee is signing copies of his latest book, Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass. Limit two (2) books per purchase. Buy tickets here.

 

Cost: $90 + fees ($14.95 ). Price includes a copy of the book.

David "Beck" Eicher's autobiography "How Life Spirited Me From Mennonite to Man O' Night" takes place over a 30-year period of events from the sublime to the down-right raunchy. Coming from the intense confines of a very puritanical religion (Mennonite) and going to the major league inner music ci...

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By the age of 15, Renee Linnell had lost almost everyone she loved; seeking answers, she set out on a quest for spiritual enlightenment and understanding—only to find herself entrenched in a Buddhist cult. Thus begins her memoir, "The Burn Zone." The author will be signing copies of her book at A Ca...

Cost: Free

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A Cappella Books 208 Haralson Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30307

By the age of 15, Renee Linnell had lost almost everyone she loved; seeking answers, she set out on a quest for spiritual enlightenment and understanding—only to find herself entrenched in a Buddhist cult. Thus begins her memoir, ...

Cost: Free

A Cappella Books hosts Joe Miller, award-winning journalist, author, and associate professor of English at Columbus State University, as he discusses his new book, US of AA, subtitled “How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism.” This book takes a journey through history and shows the r...

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A Cappella Books 208 Haralson Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30307 Comic maestro George Singleton will visit the store to discuss and sign copies of his latest short story collection "Staff Picks."

The new collection provides a loosely linked baker’s dozen of stories set in small, often-flounder...

Cost: Free

In the epic tradition of "Eyes on the Prize" and with the cultural significance of John Lewis’s "March" trilogy, "The Lost Education of Horace Tate" by Vanessa Siddle Walker is an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled southern school segregation and inequality. ...

Cost: Free- $32.99

On Friday, Feb. 8th, A Cappella Books and the Carter Center welcome Marlon James, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of "A Brief History of Seven Killings." James will be in conversation with Atlanta's Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of "Dear Martin" and "Odd One Out." The authors wi...

Cost: $30-35

Hosted by the Carter Center in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in honor of Ben Wynne and his new novel The Man Who Punched Jefferson Davis.

Cost: Free

Hosted by the Carter Center in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library for author Jon Ward in honor of his book Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party. 

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Hosted in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library courtesy of the Carter Center to celebrate Robert E. Friedman and his new novel A Few Thousand Dollars.

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Kristen Roupenian comes to Wrecking Bar Brewpub to talk about her new novel You Know You Want This. Presented by Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Writers at the Wrecking Bar, and A Cappella Books.

Cost: Free

The Atlanta Audubon Society, Brickworks Gallery, and A Cappella Books present nature writer Sneed Collard and his novel Warblers & Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding. The event is free admission but reserving a seat is strongly recomended.

Cost: Free

Hosted by the Writers at Wrecking Bar courtesy of Wrecking Bar Brewpub. Atlanta author Soniah Kamal will be there to discuss her new novel Unmarriageable due to launch this month.

Cost: Free

Book Signing Event held in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library courtesy of the Carter Center for the presentation of David Priess' new novel How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable or Unfit Chief Executives.

Cost: Free

Hosted by the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library for the presentation of Reniqua Allen's new novel It Was All a Dream.

Cost: Free

Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA)

5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338

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Cost: $25

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Wrecking Bar Brewpub 292 Moreland Ave, Atlanta, GA 30307

Cost: Free entry

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The Carter Center 453 Freedom Pkwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30307

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Cost: $35, $40 for couples

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Woodruff Arts Center, First Floor Beauchamp Carr Gallery 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309

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Cost: Free entry, $27 for book

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Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338

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Cost: $35

In her blazingly original and unforgettable debut novel Any Man, Amber Tamblyn brings to startling life a specter of sexual violence in the shadowy form of Maude, a serial female rapist who preys on men. In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elem...

Cost: Free

Anne Gisleson had lost her twin sisters, been forced to flee her home during Hurricane Katrina, and watched cancer take the life of her beloved father. Her husband Brad had suffered his own trauma before they met; he lost his partner and the mother of his son to cancer when she was in her early 30s....

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Join us on Wednesday, July 25 at 7 p.m. for a book signing event with "Strange Stars" author Jason Heller. The Hugo Award-winning writer will appear in conversation with Chad Radford, music editor of "Creative Loafing," to discuss the weird and wild story of when rock ’n’ roll met the sci-fi world o...

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The first-ever book to tell Nelson Mandela's life through the eyes of a child who was raised by him, chronicling Ndaba Mandela's life living with, and learning from, one of the greatest leaders and humanitarians the world has ever known. 

Check out the event page here.

Location: Jimmy Carter Pre...

Cost: $28 - $33

When Kenny Leon's grandmother told him to "take you wherever you go," she could hardly have anticipated that he would establish himself as one of Broadway's most exciting and acclaimed directors. But through years of hard work, Kenny would migrate from a small wooden house in rural Florida to the To...

Cost: $28 - $33

From the critically acclaimed writer of A Different Sun, a Southern coming-of-age novel that sets three very different young people against the tumultuous years of the American civil rights movement. Check out the event page here. 

Cost: Free

Bosnia, Rwanda, Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria - a quarter-century of stumbles in America’s pursuit of a more peaceful and just world. American military interventions have cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars, yet we rarely manage to enact positive and sustainable change. In Peace Wo...

Cost: Free

From the celebrated poet behind bone, a lyrical memoir—part prose, part verse—about coming-of-age, uncovering the cruelty and beauty of the wider world, and redemption through self-discovery and the bonds of family

Check out the event page here.

Location: SCADshow | 173 14th St NE

Cost: Free

Tommy J. Curry’s provocative book The Man-Not is a justification for Black Male Studies. He posits that we should conceptualize the Black male as a victim, oppressed by his sex. The Man-Not, therefore,is a corrective of sorts, offering a concept of Black males that could challenge the existing accou...

Cost: Free

Edited and annotated with meticulous care by Janet Croon, "The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865" captures the spirit and the character of a young privileged white teenager witnessing the demise of his world even as his own body is slowly failing him. Just ...

Cost: Free

A sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and what the Lost Colony reveals about America today Incisive and absorbing, The Secret Token offers a new understanding not just of the Lost Colony and its fate, but of how its absence continues to d...

Cost: Free

A stunning follow up to New York Times bestseller Tears We Cannot Stop, What Truth Sounds Like exists at the tense intersection of the conflict between politics and prophecy – of whether we embrace political resolution or moral redemption to fix our fractured racial landscape. The future of race and...

Cost: $27 - $33

A Cappella Books presents Writers @ The Wrecking Bar, a monthly fiction series at our neighborhood brewpub, The Wrecking Bar.  Join us and mingle with other fans of contemporary fiction each month, check out the Wrecking Bar's own unique beer selection, wine and specially crafted cocktails, enjoy...

Cost: Free

Meet celebrated author Lauren Groff! National Book Award finalist Lauren Groff (Fates and Furies) returns with a dazzling collection of stories set in her home state, Florida. On Friday, June 8,  at 7 p.m. Groff presents her new book in conversation with local literary critic Anjali Enjeti, before...

Cost: $30-$35

Kendra Field comes to The Carter Library to read from, discuss and sign copies of Growing Up with the Country: Family Race, and Nation after the Civil War.

This event is free and open to the public.

A Cappella Books is the official bookseller for this event.

If you are unable to attend this ev...

Cost: Free

Diane Cantor visits A Cappella Books to read from, discuss and sign copies of When Nighttime Shadows Fall.

This event is free and open to the public.

A Cappella Books is the official bookseller for this event.

If you are unable to attend this event, you may still pre-order a signed copy below....

Cost: Free

Historian Bryant Simon appears at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library to discuss and sign copies of Hamlet Fire.

This event is free and open to the public.

If you are unable to attend this event, you may still pre-order a signed copy here.

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library - 441 Freedom Pkwy...

Cost: Free

Wrecking Bar Brewpub - 292 Moreland Ave., Atlanta, GA 30309

A Cappella Books presents Writers @ The Wrecking Bar, a monthly fiction series at our neighborhood brewpub, The Wrecking Bar. 

Join us and mingle with other fans of contemporary fiction each month, check out the Wrecking Bar's own uniq...

Cost: Free

The Carter Center - 453 Freedom Pkwy. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30307

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors & journalist Asha Bandele come to The Carter Center to discuss and sign copies of When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.

This event is free and open to the pub...

Cost: Free

Oglethorpe - Dolive Theatre 4484 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30319

Debut novelist Georgia Hunter visits Oglethorpe University's Dolive Theatre to read from, discuss and sign copies of We Were the Lucky Ones.

This event is free and open to the public.

If you are unable to attend this ev...

Cost: Free

Join us for a homecoming for Kevin Young as he returns to Atlanta  to read from, discuss and sign copies of his celebrated new book of non-fiction Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News. 

This event is free and open to the public.

Jimmy Carter President...

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Celebrated author Laura Lee Smith (selected for "Best American Short Stories 2015") visits Ivy Hall to read from, discuss and sign copies of her new novel The Ice House.

This event is free and open to the public.

If you are unable to attend this event, you may still pre-order a signed copy here....

Cost: Free

Come meet Top Chef winner Kristen Kish as she stops by share stories and cooking tips and to sign copies of her book Kristen Kish Cooking.

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The Atlanta Noir book tour features a series of14 fictional stories which each highlight a different neighborhood of Atlanta. The authors include editor Tayari Jones as well as Tananarive Due, Kenji Jasper, Tayari Jones and Dallas Hudgens, among others. At the A Capella Books stop on the tour, cont...

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Laura Lee Huttenbach, an Atlanta native and author of new book Running with Raven, comes to A Capella Books. In her talk, she'll address how she discovered Raven, a man who runs 8 miles every evening on the beaches of South Beach, Virginia and how he garnered a national following. This "real life Fo...

Cost: Free-$5

Travel writer Thomas Swick visits A Capella Books for a discussion of his spring-published book, The Joys of Travel: And Stories That Illuminate Them. In the memoir, Swick reflects on what he has identified as “the seven joys of travel”: anticipation, movement, break from routine, novelty, disco...

Cost: Free w/ book purchase

What happens when a soon-to-be-divorced Atlantan journeys westward to travel through California? A memoir. Get your hands on Golden State Misadventures, the new book by Atlanta author and culture reporter Han Vance to get lost in his adventures, spanning from the Bay Area to Hollywood to the Emerald...

Cost: Free

Grammy-nomintated producer, Tompkins Square label founder, and lifelong music lover Josh Rosenthal presents his first book, The Record Store of the Mind.

Cost: Free

David J reads from and signs copies of his memoir, Who Killed Mister Moonlight?: Bauhaus black magick and benediction.

Cost: Free

A Cappella Books will be presenting New York Times best-selling author, George Saunders for a reading and book signing, celebrating the re-issue of his popular illustrated fable, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip.

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Author Matthew Guinn discusses and reads from his new book The Scribe.

Cost: Free

Former crime reporter Ed Brock visits to discuss his debut novel Pale in Death, a mystery set in Atlanta. Copies will be available for sale and signing.

Cost: Free

McNeill's novel Center of Gravity is set in the Deep South and offers a look into an imploding marriage exploring family secrets and betrayals through the eyes of a 8-year-old boy and his mother.

Cost: Free

Key reads, discusses, and signs copies of his new memoir, The World's Largest Man: A Memoir, which gives an inside look at a funny and heartfelt relationship between a grown man and his out-there father.

Cost: Free

Bestselling author Laura Dave presents her breakout novel, Eight Hundred Grapes. Hear about character Georgia Ford's navigation through the secrets of love, family, marriage, and wine and how they all intertwine. Join Dave as she reads, discusses, and signs copies.

Cost: Free

Jamie Tworkowski reads from If You Feel Too Much.

Cost: Free

In her memoir, Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail, Caroline Clarke shares the discovery of her biological mother — and, through correspondence, how she learns about her grandfather, Nat King Cole. In addition to reading excerpts from the book, Clarke w...

Cost: Free

What started over on the West Coast in 2014 as California Bookstore Day has quickly grown into an event lit lovers around the country have come to appreciate. On Sat., May 2, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., A Cappella Books will take part in Independent Bookstore Day by offering special programs, author visits...

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Poets Tom Cheshire and Han Vance appear in support of their respective new collections, uNEVENLY yOLKED and ATL Fire.

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A book signing for his latest novel, Delicious Foods

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Hererra will discuss his new novel, Signs Preceding the End of the World, which is translated into English by Atlanta local Lisa Dillman. Both Dillman and Hererra will read from, discuss, and sign copies of the book at A Cappella Books.

Cost: Free

Two authors of short fiction make a joint appearance in connection with their respective debut story collections, The Wilds and Inappropriate Behavior.

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Murray Farish reads from his new book of stories, Inappropriate Behavior. The characters in Inappropriate Behavior teeter on the brink of sanity, while those around them reach out in support, watch helplessly, or duck for cover. These are stories of people seeking desperately for a way to connect, t...

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A Cappella Books will return to its roots on Throwback Thursday with a rare books exhibit, helped along by some of Atlanta's most prominent antique book dealers (Cliff Graubart, David McCord, David Hamilton, and Kenneth Mallory). Guest dealers will have books for display and sale (priced from $25-$2...

Cost: Free

In Bill Morris' Motor City Burning, Detroit comes alive in a powerful novel set amidst the chaos of the race riots and the serenity of Opening Day.

Cost: Free

Laura Lane McNeal will talk and read from her book Dollbaby. A coming-of-age debut novel set in the summer of 1964, introduces Ibby Bell who, after her father dies, is sent to live with her eccentric grandmother, Fannie, in New Orleans. Fortunately, Fannie’s black cook Queenie and her quick-witted...

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Dale Kushner, the Wisconsin-based author of The Conditions of Love, will read from and discuss her work at the Reading Room – A Cappella Book's new event space adjacent to the store at 208 Haralson Ave. At once fable and realistic story, The Conditions of Love is a book about emotional and physica...

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Comic Chelsea Handler will sign her latest book, Uganda Be Kidding Me. Tickets, which include the price of the book, go on sale Feb. 20 at acappellabooks.com.

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The MJCCA Book Festival continues with a celebration of Southern writers and other authors such as Lynn Garson, Bobbi Kornblit, Alison Goldstein Lebovitz, Andy Lipman, Ronda Robinson, John Schwartz, Jonathan Tropper, Joe & Carol Reich, Jesse Kellerman,Francesca Segal, Jennifer Gardner Trulson, Edie ...

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Author Jesse Kellerman visits the MJCCA Book Festival to discuss his book Potboiler.

Cost: $10-$15

Forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan discusses his book Blood Beneath My Feet, which tells the story how he spent his childhood in a white trash trailer park.

Cost: Free

Authors Pat Conry and Cliff Graubart visit to discuss Graubart's new book The Curious Vision of Sammy Levitt and Other Stories.

Cost: $28-$38

George Singleton visits to discuss his new book Stray Decorum.

Cost: Free

Josh Russell's new novel A True History of the Captivation, Transport to Strange Lands, & Deliverance of Hannah Guttentag: A Novel puts higher ed in a low light. Get your copy signed.

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Benjamin Busch reads, discusses, and signs copies of his memoir, Dust to Dust. Busch is a U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer who served two combat tours in Iraq and is also an actor best known for his role as Anthony Collichio on The Wire.""

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Samuel Popkin discusses and signs copies of The Candidate. In his latest book, Popkin details the winners and losers of the last 60 presidential campaigns.

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A Cappella remembers Eugene Walter, a pioneering food writer and a champion of Southern foodways and culture, with the release of The Happy Table of Eugene Walter. Refreshments will be provided by Restaurant Eugene.

Cost: Free

Behind the Dream is a rare personal look at the events that shaped the Civil Rights Movement. Clarence B. jones recounts the role he played in the speech's creation and looks back on the events that drew him into the movement his words helped crystallize. Jones will discuss and sign copies of his bo...

Cost: Free