Ashley Ream discusses her novel Losing Clementine ($14.99). A world-renowned artist decides she’s done. After flushing away her prescription drugs, she gives herself 30 days to finish one last painting. But what she doesn’t expect is to uncover secrets surrounding the tragedy that befell her family. Will we lose Clementine or will we find her?
Clive Rosengren talks about his novel Murder Unscripted ($8.80).Nobody is going to mistake part-time actor, part-time sleuth Eddie Collins for a star. While shooting a TV commercial, Eddie gets a call from a bonding company on the hook for a film whose female lead has died. But the dead actress is Eddie’s ex-wife, and her death looks like murder.
Harlan Coben presents Stay Close ($26.95). With his trademark combination of page-turning thrills and unrivaled insight into the dark shadows that creep into even the happiest communities, Coben delivers a thriller that cements his status as the master of domestic suspense. Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn't recede. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all. Coben is the acclaimed author of The Woods and Promise Me.
Priority seating with purchase of the book The former governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm and her husband Dan Mulhern present A Governor’s Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future ($27.99). In January, 2002, Granholm became the first woman governor of Michigan. This is a first-hand account of her battle to create jobs and to repair healthcare, education, and infrastructure systems—issues that are now sweeping the country. Granholm is host of the new show about politics the War Room with Jennifer Granholm on Current TV.
Eight Mondays: Mar. 26-May 21 Note: Beginning Session started in January Students will continue to develop basic proficiency in speaking, reading, understanding and writing. They are introduced to vocabulary, grammar and syntax through spoken and written exercises. Wendy Walsh, Ph.D. in Italian Literature from UCB, has been teaching Italian language, literature, and cooking since 1979. She leads a yearly Language Study Tour Program to Italy.
Willi Galloway talks about Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide to Vegetable Gardening, Including 50 Recipes, Plus Harvesting and Storage Tips ($29.95). From sinking a seed into the soil through to sitting down to enjoy a meal made with vegetables and fruits harvested right outside your back door, this gorgeous kitchen gardening book is filled with practical, useful information for both novices and seasoned gardeners alike. The recipes at the end of each guide help readers explore the foods they grow.
Mike Berger discusses The High Life ($15.95). Berger's first-person accounts of some of San Francisco's most famous characters from the 60's and 70's include legal colleagues Nate Cohn, Jim MacInnis, Pat (Butch) Hallinan and some of their clients, notably Sally Stanford, Mel Belli, and the People's Temple survivors. Berger also writes of his 40-year devotion to the Delancey Street Foundation and his friendship with founders John Maher and Mimi Silbert.
Eight Tuesdays: Mar. 27-May 22 (no class Apr. 10) Class will continue with second half of the text Ultimate Italian. Emphasis is on building vocabulary and using basic structures in conversation. Wendy Walsh, Ph.D. in Italian Literature from UCB, has been teaching Italian language, literature, and cooking since 1979. She leads a yearly Language Study Tour Program to Italy.
Barb Stuckey talks about Taste What You're Missing: The Passionate Eater's Guide to Why Good Food Tastes Good ($26.00). Stuckey offers a guide to the senses with advice on how to develop one’s palate and to better enjoy the pleasures of eating. She shares her professional knowledge in an engaging style that’s one part Mary Roach, two parts Oliver Sacks, and a dash of Anthony Bourdain for spice. For this special event, Barb Stuckey will be in conversation with pastry chef Emily Luchetti.
Eight Wednesdays: Mar. 28-May 23 (no class Apr. 11) This class will continue review work in its textbook Quaderno degli Esercizi. Emphasis is on review of difficult structures (il congiuntivo) but also on mastery of the language through conversation, vocabulary work and reading. Wendy Walsh, Ph.D. in Italian Literature from UCB, has been teaching Italian language, literature, and cooking since 1979. She leads a yearly Language Study Tour Program to Italy.
Eight Wednesdays: Mar. 28-May 23 (no class Apr. 11) Class will begin a new textbook (TBA) to review difficult structures. Emphasis is on conversation and mastery of following tenses: il passato prossimo, l’imperfetto, il trapassato prossimo e il condizionale. Wendy Walsh, Ph.D. in Italian Literature from UCB, has been teaching Italian language, literature, and cooking since 1979. She leads a yearly Language Study Tour Program to Italy.
Jacqueline Winspear discusses Elegy for Eddie: A Maisie Dobbs Novel ($25.99). Maisie Dobbs takes on her most personal case yet, a twisting investigation into the brutal killing of a street peddler that will take her from working-class neighborhoods into London’s highest circles of power. Jacqueline Winspear is the co-chair of the 2012 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference.
Eight Thursdays: Mar. 29-May 24 (no class Apr. 12) Class will continue reviewing difficult grammar structures (il periodo ipotetico, la forma passiva e la forma impersonale) and we will begin reading some famous Italian novelle. Emphasis is on conversation. Wendy Walsh, Ph.D. in Italian Literature from UCB, has been teaching Italian language, literature, and cooking since 1979. She leads a yearly Language Study Tour Program to Italy.
Noah Hawley discusses his novel The Good Father ($25.95). Hawley delivers an intense, psychological novel about one doctor’s quest to unlock the mind of a suspected political assassin: his 20-year-old son. Told alternately from the point of view of the guilt-ridden, determined father and his meandering, ruminative son, this work is a powerfully emotional page-turner.
in association with The Marin Poetry Center, Gan HaLev, and the Jewish American Fiction Book Club Acclaimed poet and translator, and winner of both the MacArthur Genius and National Jewish Book Awards, Peter Cole will read from his forthcoming book The Poetry of Kabbalah.
in conversation with Peter Coyote Terry Bisson talks about Any Day Now ($24.95). Library Journal says, "This excellent novel is a poignant fictional recollection of growing up in the 1950s and 1960s that gradually veers into a kind of post–apocalyptic survival story. Bisson deftly resurrects 1960s America..."
Seven Fridays: Mar. 30-May 18 (no class Apr. 13) Class
will begin a new textbook (TBA) to review difficult structures.
Emphasis is on conversation and mastery of following tenses: il passato
prossimo, l’imperfetto, il trapassato prossimo e il condizionale. Wendy Walsh, Ph.D.
in Italian Literature from UCB, has been teaching Italian language,
literature, and cooking since 1979. She leads a yearly Language Study
Tour Program to Italy.
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED. We will look forward to a future event with the author.
Bill Press discusses The Obama Hate Machine ($26.99). Press not only blames the Republicans, he thinks the media is also responsible for the errors perpetrated about Obama. Press says that the media rarely checked their facts before running outright lies about the President. PRESS is the host of XM and Sirius Radio’s Bill Press Show.
Adair Lara shows how to get your memoir started—or finished. You will learn all the vital elements: the arc, reflective voice, scene vs. narrative, fact vs. truth, and writing about family members. She also explains what it takes to get published. There will be in-class exercises and assignments. Writers of fiction and essays are welcome too. A former San Francisco Chronicle columnist, Lara is the author of 12 books, including Naked, Drunk and Writing, her popular guide to essay and memoir.
Frances Mayes signs copies of The Tuscan Sun Cookbook ($29.99). For readers of Mayes’ bestselling phenomenon Under the Tuscan Sun comes The Tuscan Sun Cookbook, in which Mayes and her husband Ed celebrate the ease of the Tuscan kitchen and the joys of the table with more than 125 recipes, stunning food and lifestyle photography, and Frances and Ed’s delicious stories. Buy a book and get it signed.
William J. Broad presents The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards ($26.00). Broad unveils a burgeoning global industry that attracts not only curious scientists but true believers and charismatic hustlers. In the end, he shatters myths, lays out unexpected benefits, and offers a compelling vision of how the ancient practice can be improved.
Developing a Dialogue with Your Inner Voice is an experiential and interactive workshop, based on the book written by Mark Hughes, I Am Not a Prophet, Therefore I Know. Participants will explore some of the concepts described in Mark’s book such as fear, the rational mind, trust, various ways one’s Inner Voice comes, and learn techniques to develop a dialogue that goes both ways. Attendees should bring a writing journal or a charged laptop, whichever they prefer.
Owen Laukkanen presents his crime novel The Professionals ($25.95). Four friends, recent college graduates caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it’s no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise—quick, efficient, low risk—works like a charm. Until they kidnap the wrong man.
Tim Mantoani presents Behind Photographs: Archiving Photographic Legends ($60.00). This book represents photographer Mantoani’s quest to document and preserve noted photographers together with their images. Mantoani comments, “While many people are familiar with iconic photographs, the general public has no idea of who created them. This book became a means to do that.”
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Willi Galloway talks about Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide to Vegetable Gardening, Including 50 Recipes, Plus Harvesting and Storage Tips ($29.95). From sinking a seed into the soil through to sitting down to enjoy a meal made with vegetables and fruits harvested right outside your back door, this gorgeous kitchen gardening book is filled with practical, useful information for both novices and seasoned gardeners alike. The recipes at the end of each guide help readers explore the foods they grow.