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- Margaret Fuller
Event Types
Events by Month

Hooks Book Events Calendar

Private Events: private, invitation-only book and author programs.
Public Events: ticketed events open to the general public.
About Town: events where Hooks Book Events is selling books.
   
March
Mar 1
American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America
David O. Stewart
Private Event
Washington, DC
Mar 1
If Only
Carole Geithner
About Town
Washington, DC
Mar 2
The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others
Kristi Hedges
Private Event
Gaithersburg, MD
Mar 3
If Only
Carole Geithner
About Town
Washington, DC
Mar 4
If Only
Carole Geithner
About Town
Bethesda, MD
Mar 5
All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals
David Scheffer
Private Event
Washington, DC
Mar 8
Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure
Julia Flynn Siler
Private Event
Washington, DC
Mar 14
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
George Dyson
Private Event
Falls Church, VA
Mar 14
The Decision to Trust: How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations
Robert F. Hurley
Private Event
Washington, DC
Mar 15
The Decision to Trust: How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations
Robert F. Hurley
Private Event
Washington, DC
Mar 15
The Decision to Trust: How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations
Robert F. Hurley
Private Event
Washington, DC
Mar 20
America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare
Joel Brenner
Private Event
Arlington, VA
Mar 20
The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Transcendence
BikeSnobNYC
About Town
Washington, DC
Mar 22
Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Ahmed Rashid
About Town
Washington, DC
Mar 22
You Know When the Men Are Gone
Siobhan Fallon
Private Event
Bethesda, MD
Mar 22
Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Ahmed Rashid
About Town
Washington, DC
Mar 23
Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition
Stephen M. Shapiro
Private Event
Arlington, VA
Mar 26
Reagan and Thatcher: The Difficult Relationship
Richard Aldous
Private Event
Washington, DC
Mar 26
Reagan and Thatcher: The Difficult Relationship
Richard Aldous
Private Event
Washington, DC
Mar 28
Finance and the Good Society
Robert J. Shiller
Private Event
Washington, DC
Mar 30
The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family
Liza Mundy
Public Event
Washington, DC
April
Apr 5
I'd Rather Be in Charge: A Legendary Business Leader's Roadmap for Achieving Pride, Power, and Joy at Work
Charlotte Beers
Private Event
Washington, DC
Apr 11
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
Ian W. Toll
Private Event
Washington, DC
Apr 12
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Tim Wu
Private Event
Washington, DC
Apr 12
Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition
Stephen M. Shapiro
Private Event
Falls Church, VA
Apr 17
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
Colin Woodard
Private Event
Washington, DC
Apr 30
Making Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality
Samuel Barondes
Private Event
Washington, DC
May
May 10
Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All
Bernard T. Ferrari
Private Event
Washington, DC
May 10
Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter
Frank Deford
Private Event
Baltimore, MD
May 14
Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
Ken Segall
Private Event
Washington, DC
May 16
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
Michael Duffy & Nancy Gibbs
Private Event
Washington, DC
May 22
All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results
Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton
Private Event
Washington, DC
May 22
All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results
Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton
Private Event
Washington, DC
May 23
All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results
Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton
Private Event
Washington, DC
May 23
All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results
Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton
Private Event
Arlington, VA
June
Jun 14
Front Burner: Al Qaeda's Attack on the USS Cole
Kirk Lippold
Private Event
Washington, DC
Jun 26
Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence
Alan Gilbert
Private Event
Washington, DC