Professor Jack Lynch discusses Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections from the 1755 Work that Defined the English Language at the National Archives, Jefferson Room (#122), 700 Pennsylvania Ave. Martin Gilbert discusses and signs his newest World War II history, D-Day, at Barnes & Noble-Georgetown, 3040 M St. Syndicated columnist Linda Chavez reads from and discusses her work, including An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal, as part of Fairfax County Library's 'Perspectives' series at the McLean Community Center, Alden Theatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean, Va. at Vertigo Books, 7346 Baltimore Ave., College Park, Md., 30.ħ:30 P.M. He will also read on Thursday, April 29, at 7 p.m. As part of a national tour celebrating the centenary of the birth of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, Mark Eisner reads selections from the new anthology The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (which he edited) and screens clips from 'Neruda! Presente!,' his documentary on the poet's life, at Chapters Literary Bookstore, 445 11th St. David Fromkin discusses and signs Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? at Politics and Prose, 20.ħ P.M. Local writer and Sherlock Holmes scholar William Hyder, a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, discusses the newest edition in that group's manuscript series, The Napoleon Bust Business Again, at Basset Books, 6925 Oakland Mills Rd., Ste. Admission is $17 for nonmembers call 20 to RSVP.ħ P.M. Jim Rasenberger discusses High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. Mystery writer Carolyn Hart, author of the 'Death on Demand' series' newest installment, Murder Walks the Plank, and the novel Letter from Home, presents a lecture, 'Why Mysteries?,' at the Library of Congress, James Madison Bldg., Dining Rm. Stephen Corey, editor of the Georgia Review, reads from and signs his poetry collection There Is No Finished World at Barnes & Noble-Rockville, 12089 Rockville Pike, 30.ġ P.M.

Journalist Ilana DeBare discusses Where Girls Come First: The Rise, Fall, and Surprising Revival of Girls' Schools at the Holton-Arms School, 7303 River Rd., Bethesda, Md. New Yorker magazine writer Adam Gopnik discusses and signs Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. McDougall discusses and signs Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History, 1585-1828 at Olsson's-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. The Lannan Poetry Series presents a reading by Heather McHugh, author of Eyeshot and a new translation of Euripides ('Cyclops'), and David Rivard, author of Torque and Wise Poison, at Georgetown Univ., Bunn Intercultural Center auditorium, 3700 O St. For additional events, see Bookshop on our pages or log on to eg./section/books.Ĩ P.M.

The following events this week are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Where Girls Come First by Ilana DeBare