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7 P.M. Amy Dockser Marcus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Wall Street Journal, discusses and signs Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.

7:30 P.M. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, discusses and signs his new memoir, And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress, at Barnes & Noble-Georgetown, 3040 M St. NW, 202-965-9880.

6 P.M. Auction house Doyle New York is hosting a reception and book signing with architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, marking the publication of the new monograph, Hugh Newell Jacobsen, Architect, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Blake Hall, 3240 O St. NW. Admission is $30 per person; $70 with a copy of the book included. For details, call Samira Farmer at 202-342-6100 or e-mail doyledc@doylenewyork.com .

6:30 P.M. Robert D. Hormats, a managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co., discusses and signs his new book, The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars, at the National Press Club, Murrow-White Conference Room, 529 14th St. NW. Admission is free, but RSVP at 202-662-7129 or e-mail opus@press.org . Books will be available for sale, with proceeds going to the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library.

6:30 P.M. Historian Jill Jonnes discusses and signs Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Poe Room, 400 Cathedral Ave., Baltimore, Md., 410-396-9454.

7:30 P.M. Novelist and essayist Barbara Kingsolver, author of Small Wonder and The Poisonwood Bible, discusses her new book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (chronicling her family's year spent eating only home-grown or locally grown food), at the Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin & Massachusetts Aves. NW. Admission is $16 for the general public; call 202-537-2221 or visit http://www.nationalcathedral.org to RSVP.

6 P.M. Actor Don Cheadle and John Prendergast, a senior advisor to the International Crisis Group and co-founder of the ENOUGH Campaign, discuss and sign their new book, Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.

7 P.M. Jo Barrett reads from and signs her new novel, The Men's Guide to the Women's Bathroom, at Olsson's Books-Dupont, 1307 19th St. NW, 202-785-1133.

7 P.M. Film director and screenwriter Matthew Chapman discusses and signs 40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, OxyContin?, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

7:30 P.M. Swedish author Linda Olsson reads from and signs her new novel, Astrid & Veronika, at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404. She will also read on Friday, May 4, at noon at Olsson's Books-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. NW, 202-638-7610.

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