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Helayne Waldman talks about The Whole-Food Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors\: A Nutritional Approach to Preventing Recurrence ($18.95). Waldman presents an integrative whole-foods nutrition plan for enhancing immunity and preventing cancer reoccurrence. The program highlights the foods\, supplements\, and natural remedies that can help people keep cancer from coming back.Special for kids!
Amy Novesky talks about her picture book for all ages\, Georgia in Hawaii\: When Georgia O'Keefe Painted What She Pleased ($16.99). Georgia O’Keeffe was famous for painting what she wanted. Who would dare tell her what to paint? The Hawaiian Pineapple Company tried. Novesky’s telling of this little-known story and Yuyi Morales’s gorgeous paintings perfectly capture Georgia’s strong artistic spirit.
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In all of Frances Mayes’s bestselling memoirs about Tuscany\, food plays a starring role. This cuisine transports\, comforts\, entices\, and speaks to the friendly\, genuine\, and improvisational spirit of Tuscan life. Both cooking and eating in Tuscany are natural pleasures. In her first-ever cookbook\, The Tuscan Sun Cookbook\: Recipes from Our Italian Kitchen\, Frances and her husband\, Ed\, share recipes that they have enjoyed over the years as honorary Tuscans\: dishes prepared in a simple\, traditional kitchen using robust\, honest ingredients.
A toast to the experiences they’ve had over two decades at Bramasole\, their home in Cortona\, Italy\, this cookbook evokes days spent roaming the countryside for chestnuts\, green almonds\, blackberries\, and porcini\; dinner parties stretching into the wee hours\, and garden baskets tumbling over with bright red tomatoes.
Lose yourself in the delectable food\, the people\, and the place\, as Frances’ lyrical introductions and headnotes put you by her side in her Tuscan kitchen. Join us for dinner with Frances as we raise a glass at the table in celebration of the flavors of Tuscany! The price includes the meal\, wine\, coffee\, tax\,
tip &\; a
signed copy of the author’s book.
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signed copy
Hilary Davidson talks about The Next One to Fall ($24.99). Davidson’s new mystery takes place three months after the events of The Damage Done\, as travel writer Lily Moore and her companion visit Peru\, arriving at Machu Picchu just as a tourist falls and dies. Lily becomes increasingly convinced that the death was no accident.Brad Parks talks about The Girl Next Door ($24.99). Reading his own paper’s obituaries\, Carter Ross comes across a woman who died in a hit-and-run while delivering copies of that very paper\, the Eagle-Examiner. Struck by the opportunity to write a heroic piece about an everyday woman killed too young\, he heads to her wake to gather tributes and anecdotes. It’s the last place Carter expects to find controversy — was the accident an accident at all? Hogan Gorman discusses Hot Cripple\: An Incurable Smart-Ass Takes on the Health Care System and Lives to Tell the Tale ($16.00). Inspired by her acclaimed one-woman show\, this is a keenly observed account of the cracks in our medical and social welfare system. She shows how one woman’s resilience\, combined with a generous dollop of humor\, helped her fight her way to recovery.
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Tickets $55Join Diane Ackerman for lunch as she presents One Hundred Names for Love. In narrating the recovery of her husband\, Paul West\, from a stroke that reduced his vast vocabulary to a single syllable\, Ackerman evokes the joy and mystery of the brain’s ability to find and connect words. In this deeply rewarding book\, Ackerman gives us a literary love story\, accessible insight into the science and medicine of brain injury\, and invaluable spiritual sustenance in the face of life’s myriad physical sufferings. Ackerman is the author of The Zookeeper’s Wife.
Book Passage hosts literary luncheons with celebrated authors at our Marin store. These events are catered by the outstanding Insalata’s Restaurant of San Anselmo.
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Jessica Maria Tuccelli presents her novel Glow ($25.95). In the autumn of 1941\, a young woman puts her young daughter\, Ella\, on a bus bound for Georgia—alone. What seems like neglect is an act of desperation. Ella’s father is one of hundreds of African-Americans jailed for resisting the draft\, and his family has been threatened with violence.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120404T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120404T200000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/michael-tucker-after-annie URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/michael-tucker-after-annie SUMMARY:Michael Tucker - After Annie DESCRIPTION:Actor Michael Tucker (L.A. Law) discusses his first novel After Annie ($24.95). Herbie Aaron is one half of a celebrity marriage. He and Annie have mingled with the rich and crazy. Through it all\, they’ve been passionate lovers and fast friends. But when Annie dies of cancer\, Herbie is lost. If you think this is going to be a tragic tale about grief\, think again.Four Wednesdays\: Apr. 4-25
The ancient myths sought to explain the fears and delights of existence and continue to do so today. We’ll explore the stories of Hesiod\, Homer\, the Greek dramatists\, Ovid \, Apulius and others as interpreted by Greek vase painters\, Roman sculptors\, Medieval book illustrators\, Renaissance and Baroque painters and sculptors. What do the images tell us of the concerns of times in which they were produced? Artists from Exekias to Salvador Dali\, including Botticelli\, Titian\, Rembrandt\, Velazquez\, Poussin\, Durer and others will be examined as we unravel the many conquests of Zeus\, Cupid and Psyche\, Narcissus and Echo\, Diana and Endymion\, Demeter and Persephone\, Peleus and Thetis\, Venus and Mars \, Aeneas\, Achilles\, Medusa and others.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120405T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120405T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/joanna-macy-active-hope-how-face-mess-we%E2%80%99re-without-going-crazy URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/joanna-macy-active-hope-how-face-mess-we%E2%80%99re-without-going-crazy SUMMARY:Joanna Macy - Active Hope\: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy DESCRIPTION: Joanna Macy talks about Active Hope\: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy ($14.95). Most books addressing global issues focus either on our dire problems or grand-scale solutions. Co-authors Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone focus instead on equipping readers with a transformational mindset.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120406T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120406T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/tom-epperson-sailor URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/tom-epperson-sailor SUMMARY:Tom Epperson - Sailor DESCRIPTION:Tom Epperson discusses his suspense novel Sailor ($24.99). Acclaimed novelist of The Kind One and screenwriter of such films as One False Move and The Gift\, Epperson brings the violence-soaked world of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men and the heroism of Jack Schaefer’s Shane together to create an action thriller for the 21st century.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120407T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120407T200000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/judy-collins-sweet-judy-blue-eyes-my-life-music URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/judy-collins-sweet-judy-blue-eyes-my-life-music SUMMARY:Judy Collins - Sweet Judy Blue Eyes\: My Life in Music DESCRIPTION:Judy Collins discusses Sweet Judy Blue Eyes\: My Life in Music ($26.00). This is a revealing memoir of folk legend Judy Collins. In it\, she talks about her alcoholism\, her lasting love affair with Stephen Stills\, her friendships with Joan Baez\, Richard and Mimi Farina\, David Crosby\, and Leonard Cohen. Above all\, she talks the music that helped define a decade. Priority seating with purchase of book. Teresa Grant presents her novel Imperial Scandal ($15.00). Removed to Brussels in the wake of Napoleon’s escape from Elba\, Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch and his wife warily partake in the country’s pleasures. But with the Congress of Vienna in chaos\, Malcolm is sent on a perilous mission that unravels a murderous world of espionage. Carolina de Robertis talks about her novel Perla ($25.95). Perla Correa grew up a privileged only-child in Buenos Aires\, with a cold\, polished mother and a straitlaced naval officer father. Her parents supported the dictatorship. When Perla is confronted by an uninvited visitor\, she is forced to confront the unease she has suppressed all her life.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120410T221500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120411T001500Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-nicolas-wolff-primary-round-voting-single-session URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-nicolas-wolff-primary-round-voting-single-session SUMMARY:Class\: Nicolas Wolff - Primary Round of Voting (Single Session) DESCRIPTION:In French. The first of three classes providing an overview on the French electoral process. The first session will focus on the primary round of voting. The next two sessions take place on Tuesday\, May 1st and Tuesday\, May 8th. Nicolas Wolff grew up in Paris and studied at one of France’s top business schools. He has worked extensively across Europe and the US and has taught French at all levels. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120410T221500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120411T001500Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-nicolas-wolff-world-affairs-french-presidential-elections URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-nicolas-wolff-world-affairs-french-presidential-elections SUMMARY:Class\: Nicolas Wolff - World Affairs\: The French Presidential Elections DESCRIPTION:Three Tuesdays\: Apr. 10\, May 1 &\; June 7 - Class is taught in French
Nicolas Wolff offers a three course overview on the French electoral process. The first class takes place ahead of the primary round of voting\, with the second occurring just head of the final vote. The third class will meet after the elections conclude. Learn about procedures\, governmental structure\, campaign finance and more in an educational and fun atmosphere. Take your knowledge with you on a trip to France and impress the locals! Nicolas Wolff grew up in Paris and studied at one of France’s top business schools. He has worked extensively across Europe and the US and has taught French at all levels.
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Have you started a book but haven’t been able to finish it? Leslie Keenan has 28 years of experience helping writers get their books done. She has worked on over 80 published books. She knows the most frequent reasons writers get stuck\, and can help writers discover how to get back in flow and write effortlessly again. Students will leave with a strategy for completing their book. Also covered is advice on the best way to get a book published\, with suggestions for agents\, editors\, publishers\, and printers. A student wrote\, “Thank you for your honesty\, your courage\, your support and your kindness. I needed you to help me complete my book.”
"\;If it weren't for Leslie Keenan's courses at Book
Passage\, I would never have written a word of fiction\, and I would never
have been published. To this day\, I still use the tools she gave me for
understanding my process\, finding my voice\, and fighting my fears."\;
-Tammy Kaehler\, author of Dead Man's Switch\, Poisoned Pen Press
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Join us as Anne Lamott and son Sam Lamott discuss Some Assembly Required\: A Journal of My Son’s First Son ($26.95). Lamott enters a new and unexpected chapter of her own life\: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son\, Sam\, is about to become a father at 19\, Lamott begins a journal about the first year of her grandson Jax’s life. In careful and often hilarious detail\, Lamott and Sam—about whom she first wrote so movingly in Operating Instructions—struggle to balance their changing roles with the demands of college and work\, as they both forge new relationships with Jax’s mother\, who has her own ideas about how to raise a child.
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Lynn Sherr presents Swim\: Why We Love the Water ($25.99). Swimming enthusiast Sherr explores every aspect of the sport\, from
the biology of swimming to the fame of Esther Williams\; from turquoise
pools and wild water to the training of Olympians\; and she reveals the
secret of buoyancy so that anyone can avoid the example of the English
poet Percy Bysshe Shelley\, who lamented\, “Why can’t I swim\, it seems so
very easy?” When his friend\, the biographer Edward John Trelawny\, said\,
“because you think you can’t\,” Shelley plunged into Italy’s Arno River
and dropped like a rock. With Swim\, you can avoid that happening to you. Sherr was an award-winning correspondent for more than 30 years at ABC News.
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Schulz’s delightful displays of staccato\, wise-guy diction (‘Say\,
hatchet face\, what’s the dope?’) and his cascading sheets of period
description that set the scenes."\; -- Booklist
"\;Beautifully written and thoroughly researched\, a veritable time-machine that whirled me through time to the dirty back roads of the American midwest in the year before the Depression. Did I mention how good the writing is? The writing is excellent… This book is a masterpiece of setting and storytelling."\; -- Cory Doctorow
Monte Schulz received his M.A. in American Studies from UCSB. He published his first novel\, Down By the River\, in 1990\, and spent the next twelve years writing a novel of the Jazz Age — This Side of Jordan. He wrote it for his father\, the late cartoonist\, Charles M. Schulz. It is followed by The Last Rose of Summer and a third book in the trilogy\, The Big Town.
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48-hour advance registration required - Class limited to six
You’ve
written a brilliant story and can’t wait to hear what others think.
You’re stuck and need a critique. What to do? Bring your manuscript—a
picture book\, a chapter\, or even just an idea (ten-page limit) and we’ll
workshop on the spot. Amy Novesky is an independent children’s book editor\, author\, and experienced workshop leader.
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Cara Hoffman talks about her novel So Much Pretty ($16.00). The disappearance and murder of a 19-year-old is detailed through the eyes of journalist Stacy Flynn. After the body is found\, Flynn’s intense crusade to expose a killer draws the attention of a precocious local girlwhose story intertwines with the dead girl’s in a spellbinding and unexpected climax.Ambush Review and Book Passage celebrate National Poetry Month! Join co-editors Bob Booker and Patrick Cahill with contributors Katherine Hastings\, Kit Kennedy\, Roy Mash\, Todd Melicker\, Nancy Wakeman and others for an afternoon of experimental and innovative poetry for the 21st century. Come and be ambushed!
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On Display April-May
Susan Hall\,
born and raised in Point Reyes Station\, moved to New York and spent
over 20 years living and working in New York City before returning to
her home town. Since then she has been painting and drawing the beauty
of Point Reyes. She has shown her work in major museums and galleries\,
including the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City and the San
Francisco Museum of Art.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120415T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120415T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/dr-francine-shapiro-getting-past-your-past-take-control-your-life-self-help-techniques-emdr-th URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/dr-francine-shapiro-getting-past-your-past-take-control-your-life-self-help-techniques-emdr-th SUMMARY:Dr. Francine Shapiro - Getting Past Your Past\: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy DESCRIPTION:Dr. Francine Shapiro presents Getting Past Your Past\: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy ($26.99). Shapiro explains how our personalities develop and why we become trapped into feeling\, believing and acting in ways that don’t serve us. Readers learn why they act the way they do.So\, you’re ready for an exciting alternative to the modern day BS that has you stressed out and working harder than ever? Ever wished you had access to the “control\, alt\, delete” button for your brain? Come to our fun and enlightening workshop and we’ll show the wonders of a Feng Shui-ed mind! Yes\, you can learn how to declutter your mind so that you use the least amount of energy to generate maximum success. When you discover how to harmonize your energy with universal energy\, the results are amazing and your enthusiasm for life expands exponentially! Local experts in holistic health and dynamic motivational speakers\, Maureen Raytis\, L.Ac. and Jill Lebeau\, MFT have provided fun\, engaging and inspirational workshops to thousands of people around the Bay Area.
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Introduced by Nancy Roen
Kenny Johnson presents The Last Hustle ($16.45). For 31 years\, Johnson was a hustler\, thief\, and pimp. But he had a persistent seed of spiritual longing. Kenny spent much of his life in prison\, but eventually his desire for lasting freedom would drive him to find a power that would free him forever.
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A New Workshop Salon Led by Andrea Alban
2nd Sunday each month • Corte Madera
5\:00-8\:00
pm • $180 per year (annual membership comes with one free private
consultation with Andrea\, a $60 value!) or $30 per monthly meeting
Spark
your imagination and polish your manuscript in a community of
enthusiastic writers. Listen to an engaging craft presentation\, practice
new writing and editing techniques\, give and receive peer feedback\, and
go home to your desk with a monthly assignment — energized and
inspired. Craft topics will include style and voice\, point of view\,
characterization\, fictional time and place\, plot and story arc\, and the
art of revision. We will also explore manuscript submission\, book
promotion\, and establishing an online presence and platform as a writer.
Andrea Alban is the author of nine books including The Happiness Tree and a YA novel\, Anya’s War. She holds a B.A. in Creative Writing.
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This class will incorporate French cinema into a French conversation course. You watch the movies in the comfort of your home. In class there will be discussions and exercises related to the film. Films are selected to provide a wide range of exposure to French culture. Students should view “Le retour de
Martin Guerre” (“The Return of Martin Guerre”) prior to the first class. Required text\: Mise en Scene\, By C. Krueger\, E. Weber and B. Martin. Genevieve Blaise-Sullivan has taught French at College of Marin for over 30 years. She is a French native from Paris and graduated from the Sorbonne with degrees in French\, Russian\, and Bulgarian.
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Join us as we welcome legendary chef Jacques Pépin. In Essential Pépin\, a book that celebrates his 60 years in food\, the world's most famous cooking teacher shares his most favorite recipes from the the thousands he has created throughout his career. They include Onion Soup Lyonnaise-Style (which Jacques enjoyed as a young chef while bar-crawling in Paris)\; Linguine with Clam Sauce and Vegetables (a frequent dinner chez Jacques)\; Grilled Chicken with Tarragon Butter (which he makes indoors in winter and outdoors in summer)\; Five-Peppercorn Steak (his spin on a bistro classic)\; Meme's Apple Tart (which his mother made every day in her Lyon restaurant)\; and Warm Chocolate Fondue Souffle (part cake\, part pudding\, part souffle\, and pure bliss). Essential Pépin spans the many styles of Jacques's cooking\: homey country French\, haute cuisine\, fast food Jacques-style\, and fresh contemporary American dishes. The books also includes a searchable DVD demonstrating every cooking technique you'll ever need. Join us for a fabulous evening you won't forget as we raise a toast with this true culinary legend! The price includes the meal\, coffee\, tax\, tip &\; a signed copy of the author’s book. Dinner will include wines from Trione Winery.![\\"Order](\\"/files/bookpassage/_button_signed.gif\\")
Clint Hill &\; Lisa McCubbin discuss Mrs. Kennedy and Me\: An Intimate Memoir ($26.00). For four years\, from the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in November 1960 until after the election of Lyndon Johnson in 1964\, Clint Hill was the Secret Service agent assigned to guard the glamorous and intensely private Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. During those four years\, he went from being a reluctant guardian to a fiercely loyal watchdog and\, in many ways\, her closest friend. Now\, looking back fifty years\, Clint Hill tells his story for the first time\, offering a tender\, enthralling\, and tragic portrayal of how a Secret Service agent who started life in a North Dakota orphanage became the most trusted man in the life of the First Lady who captivated first the nation and then the world.
Clint Hill is a former United States Secret Service agent who was in the presidential motorcade during the John F. Kennedy assassination. Hill remained assigned to Mrs. Kennedy and the children until after the 1964 presidential election\, and he was then assigned to President Lyndon B. Johnson. He retired in 1975.
Lisa McCubbin is an award-winning journalist who has been a
television news anchor and reporter\, hosted her own radio show\, and spent more
than five years in the Middle East as a freelance writer. She is the
coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Kennedy Detail.
Visit her at www.lisamccubbin.com.
Eight Tuesdays\: Apr. 17-June 5
This class is for students who want to gain proficiency and confidence communicating in French using nuances and idiomatic expressions. “En Bonne Forme” book offers selections from French speaking authors\, past and present and review of French grammar. Articles from the French press and videos from TV5 will also be discussed in class. Required texts\: En Bonne Forme and Schaum’s Outline of French Grammar (4th or 5th edition). Genevieve Blaise-Sullivan has taught French at College of Marin for over 30 years. She is a French native from Paris and graduated from the Sorbonne with degrees in French\, Russian\, and Bulgarian.
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David Milarch will be giving away tree clones at this event.
Jim Robbins\, who will not be able to attend this event\, is a frequent contributor to the science section of The New York Times. He has written for Smithsonian\, Audubon\, Scientific American\, Discover\, and Condé Nast Traveler.
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This class is canceled.
Three Thursdays\: Apr. 19-May 3
Dominican University credit available
What’s next year’s seafood trend? What sort of flavors will be hip in homemade sodas? In this food writing class we’ll create pitches for articles that will get your foot into the doors of top publications. We’ll research topics\, find angles\, craft a query letter\, and write a polished article. Maria Finn is a regular contributor to Sunset magazine. She also writes for The Wall Street Journal\, Wine Spectator\, Saveur\, Gastronomica\, and many other places.
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Special for kids!
Gianna Marino talks about Meet Me at the Moon ($16.99). When Mama Elephant must leave Little One\, the young elephant is worried. Who will care for Little One? Who will sing Mama’s special songs? When will she return? Mama is very reassuring —Little One will hear her song on the wind and feel her love in the warmth of the sun.
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What's it all about? Well\, let's say Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives — the ones we’d like to pretend never happened — are in fact the ones that define us. In Let’s Pretend This Never Happened\, the author takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas\, her devastatingly awkward high school years\, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband\, Victor. Chapters include\: “Stanley the Magical\, Talking Squirrel”\; “A Series of Angry Post-It Notes to My Husband”\; “My Vagina Is Fine. Thanks for Asking”\; “And Then I Snuck a Dead Cuban Alligator on an Airplane.” Pictures with captions (no one would believe these things without proof) accompany the text.
With this already bestselling book internet sensation Jenny Lawson\, aka The Bloggess\, makes her literary debut. Recommended for fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris — "\;Even when I was funny\, I wasn't this funny"\; — Augusten Burroughs.
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Susan Katz presents My Mama Earth ($16.99). Watch the wonder experienced by a small boy as he journeys through the world\, taking in the many gifts of nature. With a simple\, lyrical narrative\, Katz celebrates the three-way relationship between Mama Earth\, a mother and a child\, making this an intimate picture book to share with little ones.
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PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS!
Weil examines major universal marriage issues by bravely recounting her own hilarious\, messy\, and sometimes difficult relationship. She seeks out the advice of financial planners\, psychoanalysts\, therapists\, household management consultants\, priests\, rabbis\, and the US government.
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Sandra Feder talks about Daisy’s Perfect Word ($14.95). Curly-haired Daisy loves words and compiles lists of her favorites in a notebook. When Daisy’s beloved teacher must move to another town\, Daisy decides to give her the ultimate gift\: the perfect word. But with so many good words to choose from\, finding just the right one isn’t easy.
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Learn how to weave the magic of history through writing with Barbara Quick\, author of the bestselling novel Vivaldi’s Virgins and new young adult novel A Golden Web. Barbara will provide tips and techniques for doing historical research and will discuss the elements of place and time in stories.
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Optional Supplies\:
(bring whatever you have and can easily carry. You can share with others if necessary)
- Paintbrushes or sponge brushes (whatever you have on hand\; there will be extras to share)
- A few favorite colors of paint
- Pens and markers
Eric Jerome Dickey discusses his latest novel An Accidental Affair ($25.95). James Thicke is a man with a violent streak who has channeled his intensity into twin passions—his success as a screenwriter and his marriage. While filming his latest script\, James receives a video of his wife caught in the most compromising of situations. Dickey is the author of Chasing Destiny.
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Maggie Stiefvater is an artist\, and musician and the New York Times bestselling author of The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy. Her latest novel\, The Scorpio Races\, was also named a 2012 Michael L. Printz Honor Book by the ALA\, a New York Times Notable Children’s Book\, and The New York Times Book Review raved\, “[Stiefvater] not only steps out of the young adult fantasy box with The Scorpio Races but crushes it with pounding hooves….If The Scorpio Races sounds like nothing you’ve ever read\, that’s because it is.”
John Corey Whaley grew up in Springhill\, Louisiana\, where he learned to be sarcastic and to tell stories. He has a B.A. in English from Louisiana Tech University\, as well as an M.A in Secondary English Education. He started writing stories about aliens and underwater civilizations when he was around ten\, but now writes realistic YA fiction\, including Where Things Come Back - which was given the 2012 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature by the ALA. He is a very picky eater and has never been punched in the face. His favorite word is defenestration\, which is the inspiration for his second book.
in conversation with John Lescroart
Melanie Thorne talks about her novel Hand Me Down ($25.95). It begins with Liz’s mother swearing\, “I would never hurt you\, Liz.” This act propels Liz between guest beds in two states searching for a safe home. All the while\, Liz is burdened by her stake in a bleak pact with a deceitful adult attempting to force her to tell the truth about the darkest of her circumstances.
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Tickets $55Join Julia Alvarez for lunch as she discusses A Wedding in Haiti\, a story about three of Alvarez’s most personal relationships—with her parents\, with her husband\, and with a young Haitian boy known as Piti. A teenager when Julia first met him in 2001\, Piti crossed the border into the Dominican Republic to find work. Julia\, impressed by his courage and charmed by his smile\, has over the years come to think of him as a son\, even promising to be at his wedding someday. When Piti calls in 2009\, Julia’s promise is tested. Alvarez is the author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
Be sure and check out this interview with Julia Alvarez on Shelf Awareness.
Book
Passage hosts literary luncheons with celebrated authors at our Marin
store. These events are catered by the outstanding Insalata’s Restaurant
of San Anselmo.
Doron Weber presents Immortal Bird\: A Family Memoir ($25.00). Born with a congenital heart defect that required surgery when he was a baby\, Damon Weber lives a big life with spirit and independence that have always been a source of pride to his parents\, Doron and Shealagh. But when Damon is diagnosed with a new illness as a teenager\, his triumphant coming-of-age tale turns into a darker and more dramatic quest\: his family’s race against time and a flawed heath care system.
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Thinking about reentering the workforce\, but don’t know how to begin? This workshop is for moms who are ready to get back to work. Whether you want a job while the kids are in school\, or you’re an empty nester\, you will need to reassess your wants\, needs and opportunities. Come to an interactive supportive group with networking\, goal setting and action steps. Linda Lesem is a Certified Career Counselor and Life Coach with “Moms in Transitions” and Alison Berka has an MBA in marketing and has worked for nonprofits in marketing and fundraising.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T230000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-molly-giles-short-story-repair-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-molly-giles-short-story-repair-2 SUMMARY:Class\: Molly Giles - Short Story Repair DESCRIPTION:This is your chance to fix short stories that are “almost there”—the little heartbreakers that are still not exactly right. Often it just takes a slight adjustment\, but sometimes it takes a sharp kick—this class offers both. Molly Giles is a novelist and short story writer. She teaches at the University of Arkansas and is an editor for Penguin Putnam. Giles has worked with Amy Tan and many other successful writers.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T180000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/marika-blossfeldt-essential-nourishment URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/marika-blossfeldt-essential-nourishment SUMMARY:Marika Blossfeldt - Essential Nourishment DESCRIPTION:Marika Blossfeldt presents Essential Nourishment. Blossfeldt's thoughtful holistic approach to nutrition combined with her extensive knowledge of natural ingredients make for a pleasurable read. In her well-articulated book\, she considers all aspects of food\: eating\, nutrition\, spirituality\, ritual and social connection. Her tables for cooking grains and legumes take the guesswork out of preparing these important foods from scratch.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T200000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/elizabeth-gilbert-home-range-or-how-make-friends-your-stove URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/elizabeth-gilbert-home-range-or-how-make-friends-your-stove SUMMARY:Elizabeth Gilbert - At Home on the Range (or\, How to Make Friends with Your Stove) DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Gilbert signs copies of At Home on the Range (or\, How to Make Friends with Your Stove) ($24.00). While moving into a new house\, Gilbert\, author of Eat Pray Love\, found an old cookbook by her great-grandmother\, Margaret Yardley Potter. This new edition of Yardley’s cookbook features a spirited introduction by Gilbert\, who discovers she has much in common with her great-grandmother. Buy a book and get it signed.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120428T230000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/lynn-andrews-coming-full-circle URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/lynn-andrews-coming-full-circle SUMMARY:Lynn Andrews - Coming Full Circle DESCRIPTION:Lynn Andrews discusses her novel Coming Full Circle\:Ancient Teachings for a Modern World ($17.95). Shamanic\, philosophical\, and inspirational teaching from the Sisterhood of the Shield are now condensed into one very important book. The author reminds us that there is no beginning and no end to the circle of life. She shows that there is a spiritual solution to every one of life’s problems.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T030000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/notes-words-anne-lamott-michael-chabon-kelly-corrigan-john-hodgman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/notes-words-anne-lamott-michael-chabon-kelly-corrigan-john-hodgman SUMMARY:Notes & Words with Anne Lamott\, Michael Chabon\, Kelly Corrigan & John Hodgman DESCRIPTION:VIP Pre-Party 6\:30 pm
Tickets start at $50
Visit www.notesandwords.org for more information about the Notes &\; Words Essay Contest and tickets for the Oakland event.
Join us for the annual Oakland event celebrating literary and musical talent. Book Passage is a proud sponsor of Notes &\; Words 2012\, where writers and musicians share the stage at The Fox Theater in Oakland to benefit Children’s Hospital &\; Research Center Oakland\, including the fantastic pediatric care now available at the Larkspur Specialty Clinic.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T193000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-oscar-villalon-how-write-book-reviews-1 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-oscar-villalon-how-write-book-reviews-1 SUMMARY:Class\: Oscar Villalon - How to Write Book Reviews DESCRIPTION:What does it take to write a book review that will get published? Former S.F. Chronicle Book Editor and ZYZZYVA Managing Editor Oscar Villalon shows how to write a smart\, entertaining book review. He explains what works best in long and brief reviews\, what to keep in mind when assessing a book\, and how to shape the tone of your review.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T200000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/victoria-sweet-god%E2%80%99s-hotel URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/victoria-sweet-god%E2%80%99s-hotel SUMMARY:Victoria Sweet - God’s Hotel DESCRIPTION:Victoria Sweet talks about God’s Hotel\: A Doctor\, A Hospital\, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine ($27.95). San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country\, a descendant of the “Hotel-Dieu” (God’s hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians\, professors and thieves—anyone who had fallen\, or\, often\, leapt\, onto hard times—and needed extended medical care-ended up here. So did Sweet\, who came for two months and stayed for 20 years.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T230000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/brett-rapkin-aaron-pribble-pitching-promised-land URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/brett-rapkin-aaron-pribble-pitching-promised-land SUMMARY:Brett Rapkin & Aaron Pribble - Pitching in the Promised Land DESCRIPTION:Join us for the documentary film Holy Land Hardball from 7th Art Releasing and hear from its co-director\, Brett Rapkin\, and pitcher Aaron Pribble\, Tamalpais High School teacher and author of Pitching in the Promised Land.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120429T230000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/rabbi-michael-lerner-embracing-israelpalestine URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/rabbi-michael-lerner-embracing-israelpalestine SUMMARY:Rabbi Michael Lerner - Embracing Israel/Palestine DESCRIPTION:Rabbi Michael Lerner talks about Embracing Israel/Palestine ($17.95). This work presents Lerner’s continuing attempt to explain the current struggles between Israel and Palestine in a way that is sympathetic to both sides and provides a strategy to building a lasting peace based on acceptance\, generosity\, and open- hearted reconciliation.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120430T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120430T013000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/elizabeth-gilbert-cooks-books-home-range URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/elizabeth-gilbert-cooks-books-home-range SUMMARY:Elizabeth Gilbert\: Cooks with Books - At Home on the Range DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT\: Registration closes at 5\:00pm on Saturday\, April 28. For reservations before then\, please call (415) 927-0960 ext. 1 and request to speak with a manager.
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Admission $115 per person
Introduced by Dave Eggers
Join Elizabeth Gilbert\, the bestselling author of Eat\, Pray\, Love\,
for a tribute to our mothers and our mother's mothers. For decades\,
they cooked and celebrated life in the kitchen. That was true for
Margaret Yardley Potter\, Gilbert's great grandmother and a longtime
cooking columnist in the early decades of the 20th century. An accomplished cook and an
epicurean adventurer in her day\, Potter encouraged interest in farmer's markets\, ethnic
foods\, and other approaches far ahead of their time.
Be it luck or fate\, Gilbert recently stumbled upon her great grandmother's
collection of recipes. She has now revived this heirloom collection and
given it new life in a lovely new edition from McSweeney's\, At Home on the Range. [ For more about this remarkable book\, check out this just published Huffington Post interview with Elizabeth Gilbert.]
"\;This
book is a beautiful time capsule that looks back to the roots of
American gastronomy\, when the values of gardening and fresh ingredients
were the primary inspiration. Margaret Yardley Potter's warm\, witty
stories and recipes show us that our great-grandmothers instinctually
understood that food is central to a life well-lived."\; - Alice Waters
Don't miss this very special event! Elizabeth Gilbert will be introduced by McSweeney's publisher Dave Eggers\, who will speak a bit about
ScholarMatch\, the organization to which a portion of the proceeds of this new book are being donated. Tickets are $115 per person.
Price includes meal\, wine\, coffee\, tax\, tip\, &\; a signed copy of the
book. Proceeds benefit the educational nonprofits 826 National and
ScholarMatch.
Can't attend the event? Order a
signed copy
Six Mondays\, Apr. 30-June 11 (No class May 28)
Develop reading\, writing\, listening and speaking skills. Readings include examples of Italian poetry\, plus short stories and plays by Moravia\, Calvino\, and Ginzburg.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120501T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120501T023000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-nicolas-wolff-paris-night-english-language-class URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-nicolas-wolff-paris-night-english-language-class SUMMARY:Class\: Nicolas Wolff - Paris by Night (English Language Class) DESCRIPTION:Spending the night in Paris? The precious hours can slip away faster than a good bottle of Bordeaux. Nicolas Wolff provides an overview of everything a night in Paris has to offer\: museums\, walks\, underground movie theaters\, jazz clubs and\, of course\, food and wine. Bring questions about your upcoming trip and get expert\, tailored advice. Nicolas Wolff grew up in Paris and teaches French.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T161410Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120501T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120501T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/david-vann-dirt URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/david-vann-dirt SUMMARY:David Vann - Dirt DESCRIPTION:David Vann presents Dirt ($25.99). Set in 1985 in a secluded house with a walnut orchard in the suburbs of Sacramento\, Dirt is the story of 22-year-old Galen\, who lives with his emotionally dependent mother in a kind of eccentric isolation. When the family visits an old cabin in the Sierras\, tensions build\, and Galen is shocked to discover just how far he will go to achieve that transcendence he craves. Vann is the author of Caribou Island.