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Promoting his new memoir, "Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink", Elvis Costello entertained DC area fans with anecdotes, jokes, and music.

"Eighth Wonder: The Thomas Bethune Story" is a fictionalized account of the life of the musical savant and slave who astounded his masters and became the first African American to perform at The White House.

Interview with Chris Belden author of "Shriver": "There’s no shortage of ego, pomposity, and arrogance in the publishing and academic worlds, so I had fun playing with that."

Interview with Steven Hancoff, author of "The Six Suites for Cello Solo" :"It is the mission, or the responsibility of each human being to give back, with interest, as it were, to whatever force it is that gave you life."

A fascinating, immersive multimedia extravaganza that combines music, history and art, a gem for classical music enthusiasts.

"Swing" uses baseball to say something about life, and dealing with loss—loss that is inevitable, loss that can be overcome.

The Death House is a strong YA dystopian novel about quarantined children: a celebration of hope in the direst of worlds

"Super Mutant Magic Academy": Great artistic depth in a comic about teens with magic and superpowers going through the adventures of the mundane.

Books on crime often dominate the market. The Library of America has released a collectable set of works by women crime writers from the 1940s & 50s. Edited by Sarah Weinman, these eight suspense novels showcase the talent of the women authors what wrote them.

Another gem from the wealth of classic British crime novels.