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Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Book Passage ClassEight Thursdays: Oct. 14-Dec. 9Corte Madera store, $235Register for ClassFor beginners & those who have had some exposure to German. You’ll focus on conjugating verbs in the present tense, declension of nouns, articles, and simple conversations with German speakers. Required text: Living Language, Ultimate German (Beginner-Intermediate) $18.00.Hamid Emami has an M.A. from University of Hamburg and is fluent is several languages. He has taught German for many years.
Start: 12:00 pm
The ticket price of $55
includes lunch and a signed bookCall (415) 927-0960 ext. 1 to reserveCorte Madera storeNot attending the event? Order a signed copy Join Joyce Maynard for lunch as she talks about her novel The Good Daughters. They were born on the same day in the same New Hampshire town. Ruth Plank is an artist, born to a gentle, caring farmer and his stolid wife, who yearns to soar beyond the confines of their town. Dana Dickerson, who was raised by a pair of drifters, is a scientist and realist who longs for stability and rootedness. Ruth and Dana share a need to make sense of who they are. Maynard’s works include At Home in the World.
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Book Passage ClassFour Thursdays: Oct.14-Nov. 4, 4:00-6:00 pm, $155Corte Madera storeRegister
for ClassDiscover the secrets of transforming memories and life experiences into personal essays and stories that sell. This practical “How to” workshop will give you the tools you need to get your writing published in magazines, newspapers, and other media. You’ll learn what editors are looking for (and paying for!) and how to craft your stories. For writers at all levels, this class includes instruction, in-class writing, feedback, and submission ideas.Laura Deutsch is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the N.Y. Times and S.F. Chronicle. She has taught writing at U.C. Berkeley, and she leads writing retreats from Tassajara to Tuscany.
Start: 6:00 pm
Free Event - Open to the PublicSan Francisco storeOrder a signed copyNew York Times “A Good Appetite” columnist Melissa Clark in Conversation with San Francisco Chronicle “Working Cook” columnist Tara Duggan and Sunset Magazine food editor Margo TrueMelissa Clark, with Tara Duggan and Margo True, talks about In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite: 150 Recipes and Stories about the Food You Love ($27.50). A James Beard Award winner and New York Times food writer offers an inviting, easy, and delectable collection of 150 recipes and stories behind the food readers love. Clark is the author of The Deen Bros. Cookbook: Recipes from the Road.Margo True has been the food editor of Sunset magazine since 2006. Before Sunset, she was the executive editor at Saveur magazine, and before that, a senior editor and writer at Gourmet. Over the course of her career, Margo has won four James Beard journalism awards for her writing and has often been a guest on TV and radio programs. She lives in Menlo Park, California.
Start: 7:00 pm
Free Event - Open to the PublicCorte Madera storeOrder a signed copyMeredith Maran discusses My Lie: A True Story of False Memory ($24.95). Maran lived a daughter’s nightmare: she accused her father of sexual abuse, then realized, nearly too late, that he was innocent. Maran unveils her family’s devastation and ultimate redemption against the backdrop of the scandals that sent hundreds of innocents to jail in the 1980s and 90s.
Start: 7:00 pm
Free Event - Open to the PublicCorte Madera storeOrder a signed copyPeter Nichols presents Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America’s Last Whaling Dynasty ($16.00). Nichols tells an “engaging” (Kirkus Reviews) historical cautionary tale that has remarkable relevance today—the story of the rise, long dominance, and sudden collapse of the industry that once supplied most of America’s energy.
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