BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Book Passage | February 01 2013- March 01 2013 PRODID:-//strange bird labs//Drupal iCal API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130201T220000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-wendy-walsh-intermediate-italian-fri URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-wendy-walsh-intermediate-italian-fri SUMMARY:Class\: Wendy Walsh - Intermediate Italian (Fri.) DESCRIPTION:
Seven Fri.\: Feb. 1- Mar. 22 (no class Feb. 22) • 1\:00-3\:00 pm • $205
Text\: Advanced Grammar by Marcel Danesi


 

Class will 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.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/cheryl-greene-intimate-life URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/cheryl-greene-intimate-life SUMMARY:Cheryl Greene - An Intimate Life DESCRIPTION:
In this riveting memoir\, Cheryl T. Cohen Greene shares some of her most moving cases\, and also reveals her own sexual coming-of-age. An Intimate Life\: Sex\, Love and My Journey as a Sex Surrogate Partner ($15.95) opens with Cohen Greene’s work with Berkeley-based poet and journalist Mark O’Brien\, who was confined to an iron lung after contracting polio at age six. His short essay “On Seeing A Sex Surrogate” was adapted into the major motion picture titled The Sessions\, which opened in theaters last fall.

Cheryl T. Cohen Greene has been in private clinical practice as a surrogate partner and Consultant in Human Sexuality since 1973. Cohen Green is a certified Sex Educator and Clinical Sexologist\, and in 2004 she earned her DHS (Doctor of Human Sexuality) from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco. Cohen Green is a frequent media guest\, who has been interviewed on Larry King Live\, the the National Geographic Channel\, the WE Channel\, and CNN\, among others.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T210000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-catherine-flaxman-write-heart-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-catherine-flaxman-write-heart-0 SUMMARY:Class\: Catherine Flaxman - Write from the Heart DESCRIPTION:

Presence\, Not Presents For Writers\, Non-Writers and Pre-Writers
Sat.\, Feb. 2 • 10\:00-2\:00 pm • $65  



As Valentine’s Day approaches\, give the gift of your presence by writing something from the heart\: an homage\, memory or love letter\; a welcome to a new baby or family member\; the speech you never made\; a poem or story that’s waiting to be told. We’ll use guided imagery to tap into creativity\, access the inner voice and the whispers of the heart. If possible\, please bring a photo or an object that evokes what s/he means to you.

Catherine Flaxman is a writer and story consultant. She has sold two screenplays and received two artists’ grants from the Marin Arts Council. She is a licensed psychotherapist with a background in the creative\, contemplative and expressive arts.
 

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T180000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/rebecah-freeling-puppet-show-preschoolers-7 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/rebecah-freeling-puppet-show-preschoolers-7 SUMMARY:Rebecah Freeling - Puppet Show for Preschoolers DESCRIPTION:

Rebecah Freeling is a master storyteller\, experienced early childhood educator\, and parent coach.  New to California\, she recently joined the faculty of Marin Mountain School Early Childhood Center in Corte Madera. For thirteen years she was owner\, Director and Lead Teacher of Briar Rose Children's Center in her home state of Ohio. Her magical stories\, both original and drawn from the folk and fairy tale traditions\, are enhanced by handmade table puppets and simple marionettes.  One often observes the children hearing her stories to be sitting on the edge of their seats\, eyes wide and mouths open in anticipation!

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T200000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/tom-fels-buying-farm-peace-and-war-sixties-commune URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/tom-fels-buying-farm-peace-and-war-sixties-commune SUMMARY:Tom Fels - Buying the Farm\: Peace and War on a Sixties Commune DESCRIPTION:
Tom Fels presents Buying the Farm\: Peace and War on a Sixties Commune ($24.95). Founded in 1968\, Montague Farm was one of a group of New Age communes intending to set an example of how life might be lived outside the conventional strictures of mid- to late twentieth century American life. Informed by his own experience as a resident of Montague Farm\, by decades of contact with the farm’s extended family\, and by the considerable writing about this period – from memoirs\, novels\, and notes of farm-family members to academic studies in the history and sociology of the time\, Fels strives to bring alive an era of contemporary history\, and to link it both to its consequences in the present and to its roots in the past. 

Tom Fels worked as a curator\, mounting exhibits at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles\, the California Historical Society\, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art\, as well as at the Van Gogh Museum\, in Amsterdam. In 1986 he was named a Chester Dale Fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and in 1998 a Fletcher Jones Foundation Fellow of the Huntington Library.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T230000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/susan-ross-expanding-pie URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/susan-ross-expanding-pie SUMMARY:Susan Ross - Expanding the Pie DESCRIPTION:

In Expanding the Pie ($29.94)\, Susan Ross provides useful tools and frameworks for designing\, implementing and evaluating effective relationships\, the basis of all partnerships.  Whether you are an individual\, consultant or organization these tools and strategies can be beneficial. Sharing collaborative case studies\, Ross will identify factors that make partnerships successful and offer lessons that managers and individuals can use for future opportunities.

Susan Rae Ross is the founder and CEO of SR International\, a consulting company that provides corporations\, nonprofits and government agencies with strategies and tools to actively facilitate successful partnerships across traditional sectors.

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130203T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130203T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/jane-hirschfield-et-al-al-mutanabbi-street-starts-here URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/jane-hirschfield-et-al-al-mutanabbi-street-starts-here SUMMARY:Jane Hirschfield et al. - Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DESCRIPTION:

Join Jane Hirschfield\, Persis Karim\, José Luis Gutiérrez\, Dana Teen Lomax and editor Beau Beausoleil as they read from Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here\: Poets &\; Writers Respond to the March 5\, 2007 Bombing of Baghdad's "\;Street of Booksellers"\; ($20.00). 

On March 5th\, 2007\, a car bomb was exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad—the historic center of Baghdad bookselling—wounding more than 100 people and killing more than 30. This anthology begins with a historical introduction to al-Mutanabbi Street and includes the writing of Iraqis as well as a wide swath of international poets and writers who were outraged by this attack. Exploring the question "\;Where does al-MutanabbiStreet start?"\;\, the book looks at both communities and nations\, seeking to show the commonality between a small street in Baghdad and other individual cultural centers and explain why this attack was an attack on us all. Chapters examine al-Mutanabbi Street as a place for the free exchange of ideas\, a place that has long offered its sanctuary to the complete spectrum of Iraqi voices\, and a place where the roots of democracy took hold many hundreds of years ago.

Beau Beausoleil is the founder of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition and the author of Concealed in Language. Deema Shehabi is a Pushcart Prize–nominated writer who has contributed to numerous journals\, including the Kenyon Review\, Literary Imagination\, and Poetry Review (London). She is the author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon. They both live in San Francisco.

 

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130205T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130205T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/left-coast-writers%C2%AE-salon-brooke-warner-whats-your-book URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/left-coast-writers%C2%AE-salon-brooke-warner-whats-your-book SUMMARY:Left Coast Writers® Salon\: Brooke Warner - What's Your Book? DESCRIPTION:
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon at Book Passage in Corte Madera  

Author Brooke Warner presents What's Your Book?\: A Step-By-Step Guide to Get You from Inspiration to Published Author ($12.95). What's Your Book? is an aspiring author's go-to guide for getting from idea to publication. Warner brings her unique understanding of book publishing (from the vantage point of coach\, editor\, and publisher) to each of the book's five chapters\, which include understanding the art of becoming an author\, getting over common hurdles\, challenging counterproductive mindsets\, building an author platform\, and ultimately getting published. 

Brooke Warner is a publishing expert with thirteen years' experience as an acquiring editor for major trade houses. 

Book Passage hosts the monthly meetings of Left Coast Writers® at our Corte Madera store. This Literary Salon is led by author/teacherLinda Watanabe McFerrin. The monthly meetings provide an evening of literary connections\, support\, counsel\, provocative readings\, writing tips\, literary chat\, unabashed networking\, and great fun. Each meeting also features a presentation by one of several Bay Area literary figures. The fee includes membership in Left Coast Writers®\, a group of new and experienced writers. LCW has its own lively newsletter and website at www.leftcoastwriters.com/.  
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130205T223000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130206T003000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-laura-deutsch-mapping-out-your-memoir-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-laura-deutsch-mapping-out-your-memoir-2 SUMMARY:Class\: Laura Deutsch - Mapping Out Your Memoir DESCRIPTION:
Three Tuesdays\: Feb. 5-19 • 3\:30-5\:30 pm • $120



Find the “flow” in your story and discover the secrets of transforming life experiences into memoir. You’ll learn to uncover your best material and craft it into engaging\, compelling pieces. Includes instruction\, in-class writing\, and an opportunity to bring writing for feedback. All levels welcome. Laura Deutsch’s personal essays\, memoir and feautres have appeared in the L.A. Times\, S.F. Chronicle and More magazine\, among others. Her next book Writing From the Senses will be published by Shambhala in 2013. Laura has taught writing at U.C. Berkeley\, and leads writing retreats from Tassajara to Tuscany.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130206T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130206T033000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-leslie-keenan-you-can-complete-book-3 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-leslie-keenan-you-can-complete-book-3 SUMMARY:Class\: Leslie Keenan - You Can Complete That Book DESCRIPTION:
Six Tuesdays\, Feb.5- Mar.19 (no class Feb 19) • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $220
 
 


Have you started a book but haven’t been able to finish it? Leslie Keenan has 30 years of experience helping writers get their books done. She has worked on over 80 published books. She knows the most reasons writers get stuck and can help them get back in flow 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.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130206T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130206T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/terri-nolan-burden-truth URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/terri-nolan-burden-truth SUMMARY:Terri Nolan - Burden of Truth DESCRIPTION:

Terri Nolan presents Burden of Truth ($14.99). Investigative journalist Birdie Elizabeth Keane would give anything–even her Pulitzer–to see Matt Whelan\, the love of her life\, one more time. The sudden death of the Los Angeles cop has left her devastated\, angry\, and baffled. Coming from a traditional Irish-Catholic family of cops\, Birdie can’t ignore the bizarre coincidences surrounding his “accidental” death–or her suspicion that he planned it. A twisting trail of clues leads her to a sixteen-year-old murder\, a cold case she’s always wanted to solve. With dangerous forces closing in\, Birdie races to decipher Matt’s last message for her. Each stunning revelation brings her closer to the dark truth about a man she thought she knew–Was he a dirty cop?–and unimaginable\, painful secrets about the people she loves most.

Terri Nolan is California born and raised. She grew up in the San Gabriel Valley at the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She attended the University of Texas at Arlington and earned a B.A. in Communication/Radio &\; Television. Her first newspaper job was at the News Texan. She left with no regrets when radio beckoned. She lives in Southern California and has been lucky to have had a well-rounded business background in radio\, high-end retail\, oil\, art\, and freelance reporting. She’s married and has two children.

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T010000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/ss-taylor-expeditioners-and-treasure-drowned-mans-canyon URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/ss-taylor-expeditioners-and-treasure-drowned-mans-canyon SUMMARY:S.S. Taylor - The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon DESCRIPTION:
Computers have failed\, electricity is extinct\, and the race to discover new lands is underway! Brilliant explorer Alexander West has just died under mysterious circumstances\, but not before smuggling half of a strange map to his intrepid children—Kit the brain\, M.K. the tinkerer\, and Zander the brave. Why are so many government agents trying to steal the half-map? (And where is the other half?) It’s up to Alexander’s children—The Expeditioners ($22.00)—to get to the bottom of these questions\, and fast.

S. S. Taylor lives in Vermont and has a strong interest in books of all kinds\, expeditions\, old libraries\, mysterious situations\, long-hidden secrets\, maps\, and exploring known and unknown places. She is most recently the author of Amelia Earhart\: This Broad Ocean.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T040000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/book-group-john-hart-reading-poets-1 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/book-group-john-hart-reading-poets-1 SUMMARY:Book Group\: John Hart - Reading the Poets DESCRIPTION:
Six Wednesdays\: Feb. 6-Mar. 13 • 7\:00-9\:00 pm • $150
 
 

 
There are lots of poets\, it sometimes seems. It’s the discerning readers that are scarce. “To have great poets\,” Walt Whitman said\, “there must be great audiences\, too.” In this reading group we look at English-language poetry of many styles and periods\, taking nobody’s word for it about what is “great.” What makes poetry tick? What makes a poem worth the effort of reading it? How do we enjoy and judge the seemingly obscure or difficult poem? Widely-published local poet and author John Hart co-edits the venerable all-poetry journal Blue Unicorn\, now in its 35th year.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/frosty-hesson-making-mavericks-memoir-surfing-legend URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/frosty-hesson-making-mavericks-memoir-surfing-legend SUMMARY:Frosty Hesson - Making Mavericks\: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend DESCRIPTION:

Frosty Hesson discusses Making Mavericks\: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend ($16.95). When Richard “Frosty” Hesson was first approached by a young Jay Moriarty in 1990\, the skinny kid with a sparkle in his eye only wanted one thing from the icon\: his help in becoming a better surfer. Hesson\, one of the first to conquer the huge waves off northern California known as Mavericks\, recognized that the kid “had a vision.” Jay quickly demonstrated a resolve that reminded Frosty of his younger self\, pursuing his goal with a seriousness far beyond his years. His attitude and work ethic earned Frosty’s respect and\, eventually\, his friendship. Making Mavericks is the inspiring story of their father-son bond and of the challenges that made each of them who they were—surf legends\, and the subject of the upcoming film Chasing Mavericks.

Richard “Frosty” Hesson has been surfing the northern California waters since 1963 and was among the elite group of surfers who first began riding the colossal waves at Mavericks in the 1980s. He has trained hundreds of young people in the art of surfing. Frosty continues to surf and follow his quest to help people achieve and accomplish their goals. He lives in Santa Cruz\, California. 

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T010000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/george-saunders-tenth-december URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/george-saunders-tenth-december SUMMARY:George Saunders - Tenth of December DESCRIPTION:
George Saunders discusses Tenth of December\: Stories ($26.00). One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation\, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story\, and this new collection is his most honest\, accessible\, and moving work yet. Writing brilliantly and profoundly about class\, sex\, love\, loss\, work\, despair\, and war\, Saunders cuts to the core of the contemporary experience. These stories take on the big questions and explore the fault lines of our own morality\, delving into the questions of what makes us good and what makes us human.

MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow George Saunders is the acclaimed author of several collections of short stories\, including Pastoralia and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline\, as well as a collection of essays and a book for children. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T033000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-rea-franjetic-world-travel-tips-how-get-best-shot-camera URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-rea-franjetic-world-travel-tips-how-get-best-shot-camera SUMMARY:Class\: Rea Franjetic - World Travel Tips\: How to Get the Best Shot in the Camera DESCRIPTION:
World Travel Tips\: How to Get the Best Shot in the Camera
Thurs.\, Feb. 7 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25




Learn some good practical tips and tricks on how to create some interesting and strong photo images. Neil and Susan Silverman will give you some great ideas on a practical\, creative approach to creating some wonderful photos in various situations. Bring your camera and manual.
 
President of Cosmopolitan Adventure Tours\, Rea Franjetic is a member of the International Ecotourism Society and president of San Francisco Travel Professionals. She was born in Croatia\, raised in South America and became part of her family travel business. She is an avid photographer and leader of unique small travel groups. She has done travel presentations locally and internationally.

World Travel Tips Series\:

Arctic and Antarctica 
Thurs.\, Jan. 10 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

Argentina and Brazil 
Thurs.\, Jan. 31 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25 

Galapagos\, Peru\, Bolivia
Thurs.\, Jan. 24 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

Southern Europe
Thurs.\, Jan. 31 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

The Balkans
Thurs.\, Feb 21 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25
 
Power Spots &\; Sacred Journeys
Thurs.\, Feb. 28 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25 


END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/left-coast-writers-launch-patricia-bracewell-shadow-crown URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/left-coast-writers-launch-patricia-bracewell-shadow-crown SUMMARY:Left Coast Writers Launch\: Patricia Bracewell - Shadow on the Crown DESCRIPTION:

Left Coast Writers Book Launch! 

Author and Left Coast Writer Patricia Bracewell reads from Shadow on the Crown ($27.95). In 1002\, fifteen­-year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King Athelred of England\, whom she meets for the first time at the church door. Thrust into an unfamiliar and treacherous court\, with a husband who mistrusts her\, stepsons who resent her and a bewitching rival who covets her crown\, Emma must defend herself against her enemies and secure her status as queen by bearing a son. Based on real events recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\, Shadow on the Crown introduces readers to a fascinating\, overlooked period of history and an unforgettable heroine whose quest to find her place in the world will resonate with modern readers.

Patricia Bracewell grew up in California where she taught literature and composition before embarking upon a writing career. This is her first novel. She lives in Oakland\, California.  

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/fred-coleman-marcel-network URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/fred-coleman-marcel-network SUMMARY:Fred Coleman - The Marcel Network DESCRIPTION:
Fred Coleman presents The Marcel Network\: How One French Couple Saved 527 Children from the Holocaust ($27.50). Syrian immigrant Moussa Abadi was thirty-three and his future wife\, Odette Rosenstock\, twenty-eight when they decided to hide Jewish children in Catholic convents and boarding schools or with Protestant families. Their clandestine organization—the Marcel Network—became one of the most successful operations of Jewish resistance in Europe.  

Fred Coleman’s long career as a foreign correspondent included five years as Newsweek’s bureau chief in Paris and eight years as the magazine’s bureau chief in Moscow. In 1978 he won the Page 1 Award of the Newspaper Guild of New York for the best reporting from abroad for magazines. His first book\, The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Empire\, was published ’in 1996. Coleman and his wife\, Nadine\, live in Paris.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/williams URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/williams SUMMARY:Cecil Williams & Janice Mirikitani – Beyond the Possible\: 50 Years of Creating Radical Change in a Community Called Glide DESCRIPTION:
Tickets $30 (includes an autographed book)
To Reserve\: Call (415) 927-0960\, ext. 1

 
 
Moderated by Pat Holt
 
Reverend Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani together have led San Francisco’s Glide Memorial Church toward profound social change for the past half-century. In Beyond the Possible\: 50 Years of Creating Radical Change in a Community Called Glide\, they share stories that reveal how Glide became the spiritual soul of San Francisco—and one of the city’s most generous providers of social services.

 
 
 
 
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T220000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-mary-reynolds-thompson-writing-wild-landscapes-our-lives-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-mary-reynolds-thompson-writing-wild-landscapes-our-lives-0 SUMMARY:Class\: Mary Reynolds Thompson - Writing the Wild Landscapes of Our Lives DESCRIPTION:
Sat.\, Feb. 9 • 10\:00-3\:00 pm • $75



The new wave of nature writing emphasizes the relationship between outer landscapes and the inner terrain of psyche and soul. In this workshop\, we will focus on the natural world in order to turn inward. We’ll review nature writing by Terry Tempest Williams\, Barry Lopez\, and Gretel Ehrlich and discuss our own experiences to find nature’s metaphors and craft our personal stories in striking new ways. Mary Reynolds Thompson is founder of “Write the Damn Book.” She is author of Embrace Your Inner Wild\: 52 Reflections for an Eco-Centric World\, as well as numerous essays on eco-spirituality.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T190000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/miyoko-schinner-artisan-vegan-cheese URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/miyoko-schinner-artisan-vegan-cheese SUMMARY:Miyoko Schinner - Artisan Vegan Cheese DESCRIPTION:

Gourmet restaurateur and vegan food expert Miyoko Schinner shares her secrets for making homemade nondairy cheeses in Artisan Vegan Cheese\: From Everyday to Gourmet ($19.95). Learn how to make cheeses that retain all the complexity and sharpness of their dairy counterparts while incorporating nutritious nuts and plant-based milks. 

For readers who want to whip up something quick\, Miyoko provides recipes for almost-instant ricotta and sliceable cheeses\, and a variety of tangy dairy substitutes\, such as vegan sour cream\, creme frache\, and yogurt. For suggestions on how to incorporate vegan artisan cheeses into favorite recipes\, Miyoko offers up delectable appetizers\, entres\, and desserts\, from caprese salad and classic mac and cheese to eggplant parmesan and San Francisco cheesecake.
 

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T200000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/terri-glass-rumi-rilke-feasting-soul-spirit URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/terri-glass-rumi-rilke-feasting-soul-spirit SUMMARY:Terri Glass - Rumi & Rilke\: Feasting on the Soul & Spirit DESCRIPTION:
Terri Glass will discuss the lives and poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi\, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Their work will serve as inspiration to fuel writing exercises that center around a particular theme. Get in touch with images that stir your soul and find a new way to articulate unconscious material and bring it to light through the writing process.

Terri Glass is a poet\, writer and teacher of creative writing. She served as Program Director for California Poets in the Schools from 2008-2011 and actively teaches poetry in Marin County schools. She is the author of Language of the Awakened Heart\, a guidebook for classroom teachers and a book of poetry\, The Song of Yes\, which is a blend of the spiritual and natural worlds. Visit her website at www.terriglass.com. She is serving as a judge for the second annual Songs of the Soul Poetry Contest sponsored by the International Association of Sufism\; winners will be announced at the Songs of the Soul Poetry and Sacred Music Festival in March. More info is available at www.ias.org.
 

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T230000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/dave-barry-insane-city URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/dave-barry-insane-city SUMMARY:Dave Barry - Insane City DESCRIPTION:

In Insane City ($26.95)\, Dave Barry returns to the comic suspense genre of which he is a past master. Here is a madcap\, hilariously complicated\, heartfelt tale of a groom\, Seth Weinstein\, and his numbskull posse of pals\, set on the eve of his spectacular wedding. Soon  Seth will become involved with a family of Haitian refugees\, an orangutan named Trevor\, medical marijuana\, a fake pirate ship\, a gigantic snake\, Russian gangsters\, scheming billionaires\, angry strippers\, and gorgeous Cuban women – all set in and around Barry’s insanely dangerous\, wacky\, but exhilarating hometown of Miami.

Dave Barry has been a professional humorist ever since he discovered that professional humor was a lot easier than working. Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary\, although he misplaced it for several years\, which is why his wife now keeps it in a secure location that he does not know about. He has also written more than 30 books\, including the novels Big Trouble\, Lunatics\, and Tricky Business.

  

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/left-coast-writers%C2%AE-book-launches-lone-morch-seeing-red URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/left-coast-writers%C2%AE-book-launches-lone-morch-seeing-red SUMMARY:Left Coast Writers® Book Launches\: Lone Morch - Seeing Red DESCRIPTION:
Left Coast Writers® Book Launches at Book Passage in Corte Madera

Seeing Red\: A Women's Quest for Truth\, Power and the Sacred ($16.95) is an intimate memoir about Lone Morch's search for personal power\, a journey of climbing inner and outer mountains that takes her to the holy Mt. Kailas in Tibet\, through a seven-year marriage\, and into the arms of the fierce goddess Kali\, where she discovers her powerful feminine self. As much a memoir about coming into one's own as it is a love affair with the Himalayas\, Seeing Red takes the reader on an unforgettable journey of creation and destruction.
 
Award-winning author\, photographer and rebel priestess\, Lone Mørch is the founder of Lolo’s Boudoir and creative soul behind the Free Your Sacred Journey program. Her photography and writing have been featured internationally in InStyle\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Huffington Post\, Examiner\, 7×7 Magazine\, La Bella Bride\, Untapped\, Daily Candy\, Femina\, PRmag\, anthologies and more. 
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T230000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/john-gillis-human-shore-seacoasts-history URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/john-gillis-human-shore-seacoasts-history SUMMARY:John Gillis - The Human Shore\: Seacoasts in History DESCRIPTION:John R. Gillis discusses The Human Shore\: Seacoasts in History ($27.50). In his new book\, historian John R. Gillis explores the deep history of seacoasts\, the original home of humankind. Beginning with the moment that Africans came down to the shore\, he follows the coastal migrations which ultimately populated the entire globe.  Gillis shows how we have shaped coasts\, and how they have shaped us. 

John R. Gillis is the author of Islands of the Mind\, A World of their Own Making\: Myth\, Ritual\, and the Quest for Family Values\, and Commemorations. He is Professor History Emeritus at Rutgers University and now divides his time between two coasts\: Northern California and Maine.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130211T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130211T000000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-andrea-alban-critique-circle-developing-and-revising-your-childrens-book-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-andrea-alban-critique-circle-developing-and-revising-your-childrens-book-0 SUMMARY:Class\: Andrea Alban - Critique Circle for Developing and Revising your Children's Book DESCRIPTION:

2nd Sunday of Every Month\, 5\:00 - 8\:00pm
$40 per session



Critique Circle for Developing and Revising your Children's Book is a monthly workshop led by Andrea Alban for children's writers to deepen the craft of fiction\, from initial concept through finished manuscript. Included is plotting a page-turning story structure\, developing quintessential characters\, creating vivid story worlds\, and practicing the art of revision. Writers learn how to give and receive feedback in the spirit of generosity. The mission of this university-level workshop is to guide writers to publish their work. Included is research into publishing houses and literary agencies\, and the art of writing cover/query letters\, synopses and sample chapters that stand out from the crowd.

Testimonials\:

What I most appreciate about Andrea is her optimism and support--a self-described "\;cheerleader."\; She has been like a college professor giving me valuable lessons in picture book creation. Her honesty and writing exercises helped me find my voice. It's been an incredible journey with Andrea as my story midwife!

--Allison Fragakis

Andrea Alban is the author of nine books\, including the YA novel\, Anya's War\, (shortlisted for China's 2012 Panda Awards and an ALA honor book)\, and the bestseller\, The Happiness Tree. She is a dynamic speaker at schools\, writing conferences\, and literary festivals. Andrea edits manuscripts and coaches writers in manuscript development and revision as well as how to prepare submissions to editors and agents. 

 

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130211T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130211T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/pam-houston-et-al-womens-voices URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/pam-houston-et-al-womens-voices SUMMARY:Pam Houston et al. - Women's Voices DESCRIPTION:

When Women's Voices come together\, a powerful song is born. Join Pam Houston (Waltzing the Cat\, A Little More About Me)\, Zoe Fitzgerald Carter (Imperfect Endings)\, Mara Purl (Where the Heart Lives)\, Allison Bartlett (The Man Who Loved Books Too Much)\, Barbara Graham (Eye of My Heart)\, and Victoria Zackheim (Exit Laughing) as they read from their fiction and nonfiction work\: novels\, memoirs\, essays\, writing that resonates with the powerful voices of women everywhere.

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130212T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130212T010000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/left-coast-writers%C2%AE-love-stories URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/left-coast-writers%C2%AE-love-stories SUMMARY:Left Coast Writers®\: Love Stories DESCRIPTION:

Join Linda Watanabe McFerrin and the Left Coast Writers® for an evening of love stories to help set the mood for Valentine’s Day. You can count on the talented writers from LCW to provide an entertaining evening full of love\, lust and other appropriate emotions.

There’ll be wine an chocolate\, of course\, AND all who attend are invited to bring a love or lust story of 1000 words or less. Their stories will be considered for publication on the hotflashessexystsories.com website and a $100 award. You must be present to enter. 

Sign up here\:
https\://www.facebook.com/events/403956459687115/

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130212T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130212T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/amy-franklin-willis-lost-saints-tennessee-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/amy-franklin-willis-lost-saints-tennessee-0 SUMMARY:Amy Franklin-Willis - The Lost Saints of Tennessee DESCRIPTION:
With enormous heart and dazzling agility\, Amy Franklin-Willis expertly mines the fault lines in one Southern working-class family. Driven by the soulful voices of forty-two-year-old Ezekiel Cooper and his mother\, Lillian\, The Lost Saints of Tennessee ($15.00) journeys from the 1940s to 1980s as it follows Zeke’s evolution from anointed son\, to honorable sibling\, to unhinged middle-aged man.

An eighth-generation Southerner\, Amy Franklin-Willis was born in Birmingham\, Alabama. In 2007\, she received an Emerging Writer Grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation to complete The Lost Saints of Tennessee.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130212T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130212T193000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/book-group-pat-holt-contemporary-classics-tuesdays URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/book-group-pat-holt-contemporary-classics-tuesdays SUMMARY:Book Group\: Pat Holt - Contemporary Classics (Tuesdays) DESCRIPTION:
Eight Tuesdays\: Feb. 12\, Mar. 12\, Apr. 9\, May 14 &\; June 11



 
 
Pat Holt leads a discussion of books that have captured the contemporary imagination. Holt is the former book review editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and publisher of Holt Uncensored.
 
Reading List\: 
February\: Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan ($15.00)
March\: Open City by Teju Cole ($15.00)
April\: Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil ($16.00)
May\: Erasure by Percival Everett ($15.00)
June\: The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin ($15.99)


END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130213T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130213T010000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/selisse-berry-et-al-out-equal-work URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/selisse-berry-et-al-out-equal-work SUMMARY:Selisse Berry et al. - Out & Equal at Work DESCRIPTION:

Selisse Berry and select readers celebrate the book launch for Out &\; Equal at Work\: From Closet to Corner Office ($14.95). Thirty-six never-been-published stories from lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender and allied business leaders make up this groundbreaking anthology.It features the stories of Maggie Stumpp\, who found support as an executive at Prudential during her transition from male to female\; George Kalogridis\, who bravely came out and worked his way to President of Disneyland Resort\; and contributors who've dealt with multiple diversity issues. Some of these contributors lost their jobs\, family\, friends and some even nearly their lives. But by being their authentic selves at work\, many saw their careers – and companies – blossom.

Selisse Berry is Founding Executive Director of Out &\; Equal Workplace Advocates. Under her leadership\, the organization has grown significantly with dramatic increases in attendance at the annual Workplace Summit and the expansion of programs and global initiatives. Selisse is a frequent speaker on workplace equality and has spoken across the United States and abroad including recent presentations in the United Kingdom\, the Netherlands\, Italy\, Canada\, Hungary\, the West Indies\, and Mexico. Her most recent awards include the Outstanding Hero Congressional Recognition from Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi\; the Parks Award* in Rome\, Italy\; and the KQED Local Heroes Award** in San Francisco\, California.   

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130214T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130214T010000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/marci-alboher-encore-career-handbook URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/marci-alboher-encore-career-handbook SUMMARY:Marci Alboher - The Encore Career Handbook DESCRIPTION:
In conversation with Andrea Coombes
 
Nine million baby boomers have already decided to choose alternatives to the traditional retirement model\, to enjoy meaningful work in their “encore careers.” Another 31 million are interested in making the leap.  From Marci Alboher\, vice president of Encore.org\, comes The Encore Career Handbook ($15.95)\, a road map to finding passion\, purpose\, and a paycheck in the second half of life.

Marci Alboher is a former New York Times career columnist and currently serves as the vice president of Encore.org 
 
Andrea Coombes is a professional writer and editor who focuses on personal-finance topics\, including retirement\, taxes\, investing\, the job market\, careers and other consumer issues. She's been a guest on national and local television and radio shows\, and her stories have appeared in newspapers nationwide\, including the Wall Street Journal\, Miami Herald and San Francisco Chronicle.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130214T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130214T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/gore URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/gore SUMMARY:Al Gore - The Future DESCRIPTION:
Angelico Hall\, Dominican University
Tickets\: $45 (includes signed book)
 
Registration is currently closed. To be placed on our waitlist\, call (415) 927- 0960\, ext. 1. 
 
Join former vice president and #1 New York Times bestselling author Al Gore as he discusses The Future ($28.00). Ours is a time of revolutionary change that has no precedent in history. With the same passion he brought to the challenge of climate change\, and with his decades of experience on the front lines of global policy\, Al Gore surveys our planet’s beclouded horizon and offers a sober\, learned\, and ultimately hopeful forecast in the visionary tradition of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock and John Naisbitt’s Megatrends. In The Future\, Gore identifies six critical drivers of global change. As absorbing as it is visionary\, this work is a map of the world to come\, from a man who has looked ahead before and been proven all too right.
 
Former vice president Al Gore is co-founder and chairman of both Generation Investment Management and Current TV. He is also a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield &\; Byers\, and a member of Apple Inc.’s board of directors. Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project\, a nonprofit devoted to solving the climate crisis. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives four times and the U.S. Senate twice. He served eight years as vice president. He authored the bestsellers Earth in the Balance\, An Inconvenient Truth\, The Assault on Reason\, and Our Choice. He is a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. 
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T010000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/kirby-larson-hattie-ever-after URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/kirby-larson-hattie-ever-after SUMMARY:Kirby Larson - Hattie Ever After DESCRIPTION:

Special event for young adult readers!

Kirby Larson shares Hattie Ever After ($16.99). After leaving Uncle Chester's homestead claim\, orphan Hattie Brooks throws a lasso around a new dream\, even bigger than the Montana sky. She wants to be a reporter\, knowing full well that a few pieces published in the Arlington News will not suffice. Real reporters must go to Grand Places\, and do Grand Things\, like Hattie's hero Nellie Bly. Another girl might be stymied by this\, but Hattie has faced down a hungry wolf and stood up to a mob of angry men. Nothing can squash her desire to write for a big city newspaper.

After Kirby Larson heard a snippet of a story about her great-grandmother homesteading in eastern Montana\, she went on to write Hattie Big Sky\, selected as a 2007 Newbery Honor Book. This sequel was written in part to answer many questions readers posed about the irrepressible Hattie.  

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/gurudev-yogi-amrit-desai-yoga-relationships URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/gurudev-yogi-amrit-desai-yoga-relationships SUMMARY:Gurudev Yogi Amrit Desai - The Yoga of Relationships DESCRIPTION:
Featuring Amrit's daughter\, Kamini Desai 
 
The renowned Yogi Amrit Desai shares his piercing insight about the true nature of relationships in The Yoga of Relationships. This plain-English explanation of yogic teachings is peppered with humor\, wisdom and personal anecdotes. Desai aspires to provide a spiritual and practical guide to gaining a clear understanding of how communication\, gratitude\, forgiveness\, awareness and love itself play pivotal roles in creating lasting relationships.

Gurudev Shri Amritji (Yogi Amrit Desai) is an internationally recognized authority on yoga and holistic living. He has been honored both in the U.S. and abroad. Some of his distinguished titles include Doctor of Yoga\, Jagadacharya (Universal Teacher)\, and the rare Vishwa Yoga Ratna\, awarded by the President of India.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T193000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/book-group-pat-holt-contemporary-classics-fridays URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/book-group-pat-holt-contemporary-classics-fridays SUMMARY:Book Group\: Pat Holt - Contemporary Classics (Fridays) DESCRIPTION:
Eight Fridays\: Feb. 15\, Mar. 15\, Apr. 12\, May 17 &\; June 14
 


 
 
Pat Holt leads a discussion of books that have captured the contemporary imagination. Holt is the former book review editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and publisher of Holt Uncensored.
  
Reading List
February\: Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan ($15.00)
March\: Open City by Teju Cole ($15.00)
April\: Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil ($16.00)
May\: Erasure by Percival Everett ($15.00)
June\: The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin ($15.99)

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T010000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/nigella-lawson-nigellissima-easy-italian-inspired-recipes URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/nigella-lawson-nigellissima-easy-italian-inspired-recipes SUMMARY:Nigella Lawson - Nigellissima\: Easy Italian-Inspired Recipes DESCRIPTION:
Bestselling author and food celebrity "\;domestic goddess"\; Nigella Lawson presents Nigella's Italy\: Easy Italian-Inspired Recipes ($35.00)\, her first Italian cookbook. Featuring 120 simple\, fast recipes\, from pasta to dessert\, and beautiful full-color photographs that celebrates the ease\, straightforwardness\, and authenticity of Italian cuisine\, this cookbook  will inspire readers to bring the spirit of Italy into the kitchen without needing to source inaccessible ingredients or totally restock the pantry

Nigella Lawson is the bestselling author of eight cookbooks\, including Nigella Kitchen\, Nigella Express\,and Nigella Bites\, which together with her television shows on the Food Network and her iPhone apps have made her a household name around the world. She is also a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Nigella lives in London with her family.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T180000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/rebecah-freeling-puppet-show-preschoolers-8 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/rebecah-freeling-puppet-show-preschoolers-8 SUMMARY:Rebecah Freeling - Puppet Show for Preschoolers DESCRIPTION:

Rebecah Freeling is a master storyteller\, experienced early childhood educator\, and parent coach.  New to California\, she recently joined the faculty of Marin Mountain School Early Childhood Center in Corte Madera. For thirteen years she was owner\, Director and Lead Teacher of Briar Rose Children's Center in her home state of Ohio. Her magical stories\, both original and drawn from the folk and fairy tale traditions\, are enhanced by handmade table puppets and simple marionettes.  One often observes the children hearing her stories to be sitting on the edge of their seats\, eyes wide and mouths open in anticipation!

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T193000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T193000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/cooks-books-nigella-lawson-nigellissima URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/cooks-books-nigella-lawson-nigellissima SUMMARY:Cooks With Books\: Nigella Lawson - Nigellissima DESCRIPTION:
This event is sold out.
To be placed on the wait list\, call 415-927-0979\, ext. 239. 
 
Left Bank Restaurant
Admission\: $125 per person
 
At 17\, Nigella Lawson decided she wanted to be Italian. This sentimental journey into Italian cuisine will inspire home chefs. Nigellissima combines rich Italian culinary tradition with 120 recipes with the distinct twists and insights that she learned when she lived in Italy as a young girl. She is the author of eight cookbooks including Nigella Kitchen\, Nigella Fresh\, and Nigella Bites. She is a TV host on the Food Network\, and in 2013\, she’s launching a new series with Anthony Boudain\, Ludo Lefebvre and Brain Malarkey. The menu will be paired with the wonderful wines from Trione Winery.

The price includes the meal\, wine\, tax\, tip &\; a signed copy of the author’s book.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T230000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/zachiah-laurann-murray-mindfulness-garden-zen-tools-digging-dirt URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/zachiah-laurann-murray-mindfulness-garden-zen-tools-digging-dirt SUMMARY:Zachiah Laurann Murray - Mindfulness in the Garden\: Zen Tools for Digging in the Dirt DESCRIPTION:
This event is cancelled due to illness.
 
Join Zachiah Laurann Murray as she discusses Mindfulness in the Garden ($16.95). Mindfulness in the Garden offers simple mindfulness verses (gathas) composed to connect the mind and body and to bring the reader/gardener’s awareness to the details of the present moment as they work in the garden. These gathas are signposts leading to nature\, to the present\, and ultimately to one’s self through the love and understanding they evoke. The gathas offered with each gardening activity serves to water the seeds of mindfulness within us\, and softening and preparing the ground for our ability to be present.

Zachiah Laurann Murray is a Masters in Divinity candidate at the Interfaith Center for Spiritual Enlightenment. She is also a registered landscape architect\, teaches meditation and is a member of the Order of Interbeing in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh. She presently lives in Santa Cruz\, California.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T010000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/pamela-druckerman-bebe-day-day URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/pamela-druckerman-bebe-day-day SUMMARY:Pamela Druckerman - Bebe Day by Day DESCRIPTION:
In Bringing up Bebe\, journalist and mother Pamela Druckerman investigated a society of good sleepers\, gourmet eaters\, and mostly calm parents. She set out to learn how the French achieve all this\, while telling the story of her own young family in Paris. 

Bebe Day by Day\: 100 Keys to French Parenting ($19.95) distills the lessons of Bringing Up Bebe into an easy-to-read guide for parents and caregivers. How do you teach your child patience? How do you get him to like broccoli? How do you encourage your baby to sleep through the night? How can you have a child and still have a life? Alongside these time-tested lessons of French parenting are favorite recipes straight from the menus of the Parisian crèche and winsome drawings by acclaimed French illustrator Margaux Motin.  

Pamela Druckerman is a former staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal\, where she covered foreign affairs. She has also written for the New York Times and the Washington Post\, and appeared on the Today Show and NPR's Morning Edition\, among many other outlets.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130220T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130220T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/patricia-schultz-1000-places-see-you-die-usa-canada URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/patricia-schultz-1000-places-see-you-die-usa-canada SUMMARY:Patricia Schultz - 1000 Places To See Before You Die in the USA & Canada DESCRIPTION:

Patricia Schultz presents 1000 Places to See Before You Die in the USA &\; Canada ($19.95). Schultz will share her thirty favorite places in our own great country where you can explore\, relax and appreciate the beauty that abounds!

Patricia Schultz is the author of the international bestsellers 1\,000 Places to See Before You Die (now with over 3 million copies in print and translated into 25 languages) and 1\,000 Places to See in the United States and Canada Before You Die. A veteran travel journalist with 25 years of experience\, she has written for The Wall Street Journal\, Everyday with Rachel Ray\,and Travel Weekly. 

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130221T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130221T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/john-wood-creating-room-read URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/john-wood-creating-room-read SUMMARY:John Wood - Creating Room to Read DESCRIPTION:
John Wood reads from Creating Room to Read\: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy ($27.95). In 1999\, at the age of 35\, John Wood left a lucrative career at Microsoft to found Room to Read\, an award-winning nonprofit that promotes education\, gender equality and literacy worldwide. In his newest work\, Wood tackles the challenges of managing expansion while maintaining integrity\; of raising money in a collapsing economy\; of promoting gender equality through scholarships for girls\; and of changing the mission to include not just building libraries but publishing books for children who literally have no books in their native language.  

John Wood is the Founder and Board Co-Chair of Room to Read\, one of the fastest-growing and award-winning charities founded during this century. He has twice been named by Barron’s magazine as one of the world’s 25 Most Effective Philanthropists and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T033000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-rea-franjetic-world-travel-tips-balkans URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-rea-franjetic-world-travel-tips-balkans SUMMARY:Class\: Rea Franjetic - World Travel Tips\: The Balkans DESCRIPTION:
World Travel Tips\: The Balkans
Thurs.\, Feb. 21 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25




Much has been written about the Balkans and much is said today about the very popular Adriatic coast. Rea will share the historical background of this region as she heard and learned from her parents and relatives as well as the gems to be discovered today in this part of the world. 
 
President of Cosmopolitan Adventure Tours\, Rea Franjetic is a member of the International Ecotourism Society and president of San Francisco Travel Professionals. She was born in Croatia\, raised in South America and became part of her family travel business. She is an avid photographer and leader of unique small travel groups. She has done travel presentations locally and internationally.

World Travel Tips Series\:

Arctic and Antarctica
Thurs.\, Jan. 10 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

Argentina and Brazil
Thurs.\, Jan. 31 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25 

Galapagos\, Peru\, Bolivia
Thurs.\, Jan. 24 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

Southern Europe
Thurs.\, Jan. 31 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

How to Get the Best Shot in the Camera
Thurs.\, Feb. 7 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

Power Spots and Sacred Journeys
Thurs.\, Feb 28 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25


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Former private investigator and New York Times Notable Author David Corbett offers a unique and indispensable toolkit for creating characters that come vividly to life on the page and linger in memory. Destined to become the one desktop reference every writer requires on the craft of characterization\, The Art of Character\: Creating Memorablw Characters for Fiction\, Film and TV ($17.00) renders all other books of its kind obsolete. Using a wealth of details\, from fiction\, film and TV\, Corbett delves deeply and thoughtfully into the human heart of characterization\, showing beginning and advanced writers how to plumb the rich source materials of their own lives and the world around them to fashion credible\, compelling characters. From politics to punctuality\, appetite to zeal\, secrets to contradictions\, Corbett doesn't miss a beat. 

David Corbett is the author of four novels\: The Devil’s Redhead\, Done for a Dime (a New York Times Notable Book)\, Blood of Paradise (nominated for numerous awards\, including the Edgar)\, and Do They Know I’m Running? David’s short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies\, including Mission and Tenth\, The Smoking Poet\, San Francisco Noir and Best American Mystery Stories (2009 and 2011). He has taught both online and in classroom settings through the UCLA Extension's Writers' Program\, Book Passage\, LitReactor\, 826 Valencia\, The Grotto in San Francisco\, and at numerous writing conferences across the US. He lives in Vallejo\, CA.
 
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Angelico Hall\, Dominican University
Tickets\: $25 (includes signed book)

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To inquire about ticket availability\, please call (415) 927- 0960\, ext. 1

In Conversation with Book Passage president Elaine Petrocelli 
 
Join former Secretary of State and author Madeleine Albright as she presents Prague Winter\: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War\, 1937-1948 ($15.99). "\;No one who lived through the years of 1937 to 1948\,"\; Albright writes\, "\;was a stranger to profound sadness. Millions of innocents did not survive\, and their deaths must never be forgotten. Today we lack the power to reclaim lost lives\, but we have a duty to learn all that we can about what happened and why."\; At once a deeply personal memoir and an incisive work of history\, Prague Winter serves as a guide to the future through the lessons of the past - as seen through the eyes of one of the international community's most respected and fascinating figures.
 
Madeleine Albright served as America's sixty-fourth secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. Her distinguished career also includes positions on Capitol Hill\, on the National Security Council\, and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She is a resident of Washington\, D.C.\, and Virginia. 
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T210000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-amy-novesky-spot-childrens-writing-workshop-11 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/class-amy-novesky-spot-childrens-writing-workshop-11 SUMMARY:Class\: Amy Novesky - On-the-Spot Children's Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Please note\: this class is sold out!
 
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.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T200000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/gretel-erlich-facing-wave URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/gretel-erlich-facing-wave SUMMARY:Gretel Erlich - Facing the Wave DESCRIPTION:

Gretel Erlich presents Facing the Wave\: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami ($25.00). A passionate student of Japanese poetry and art for much of her life\, Gretel Ehrlich felt compelled to return to the earthquake- and tsunami-devastated Tohoku coast\, to bear witness and listen to the survivors. In an eloquent narrative that blends reportage\, poetic observation\, and deeply felt reflection\, she introduces us to fishermen\, farmers\, teachers\, monks\, outcasts\, and an eighty-four-year-old geisha\, who survived the wave to hand down a song that only she still remembered. Their harrowing and inspirational stories are set against a landscape both shattered and beautiful\, with the ever-present specter of the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex that spews radiation into the fields and the fishing grounds.

Gretel Ehrlich is the author of This Cold Heaven\, The Future of Ice\, and The Solace of Open Spaces\, among other works of nonfiction\, fiction\, and poetry. She lives in Stevensville\, MD. 

 

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Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in Deborah Crombie’s The Sound of Broken Glass ($25.99)\, a captivating mystery that blends a murder from the past with a powerful danger in the present.

When Detective Inspector James joins forces with Detective Inspector Melody Talbot to solve the murder of an esteemed barrister\, their investigation leads them to realize that nothing is what it seems—with the crime they’re investigating and their own lives.

A native Texan who has lived in both England and Scotland\, Deborah Crombie is a three-time Macavity Award winner\, an Edgar Award nominee\, and a New York Times Notable author. She is the author of more than a dozen novels\, including the recent Necessary as Blood and Dreaming of the Bones\, which was selected as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels of the Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T200000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/laura-deutsch-spud-hilton-more-leave-lipstick-take-iguana URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/laura-deutsch-spud-hilton-more-leave-lipstick-take-iguana SUMMARY:Laura Deutsch\, Spud Hilton & More! - Leave the Lipstick\, Take the Iguana DESCRIPTION:

Join us for hilarious readings from the latest Traveler's Tales humor anthology\, Leave the Lipstick\, Take the Iguana ($16.95). Authors include Spud Hilton (SF Chronicle Travel Editor)\, Laura Deutsch\, Kimberley Lovato\, and Jill Robinson. They'll be joined by editor Marcy Gordon for Q&\;A following the readings. This award-winning series just keeps getting better! 

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T230000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/cwc-presents-scott-anderson-literary-journalism-and-enduring-power-creative-nonfiction URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/cwc-presents-scott-anderson-literary-journalism-and-enduring-power-creative-nonfiction SUMMARY:CWC Presents\: Scott Anderson - Literary Journalism and The Enduring Power of Creative Nonfiction DESCRIPTION:

Scott Anderson - Literary Journalism and The Enduring Power of Creative Nonfiction

Creative nonfiction begins from the premise that life can speak for itself if we can only find the structures to contain it and the words to celebrate it. One of the most influential and controversial wings of this movement is Literary Journalism\, an approach that was pioneered in the 1960s by wordsmith reporters like Tom Wolfe\, Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson.After experiencing ups and downs in the 1970s\, the genre saw a storming resurgence in the late 1980s with writers like Jon Franklin\, David Simon and Jon Krakauer.

On Feb. 24\, award-winning journalist Scott Thomas Anderson will discuss how he turned to Literary Journalism and other elements of creative nonfiction during a crisis in his writing career - the assignment of capturing\, in a meaningful way\, the child abuse\, elder abuse\, domestic violence\, assaults and homicides he was witnessing around methamphetamine during his 18 months as an embedded reporter with law enforcement. 

Scott Thomas Anderson is a journalist who has written for publications like The Sacramento News and Review and Sierra Lodestar magazine. He’s worked as a foreign correspondent for Radio Kerry in Tralee\, Ireland\, and he’s been published in The Irish Independent\, Dublin’s  largest daily newspaper. Scott is currently a crime reporter for the northern California newspaper\, The Press Tribune. 

The Marin branch of the California Writers Club meets monthly at Book Passage\, except July\, August and December\, on the 4th Sunday of the month\, unless a holiday. 2\:00 p.m. to 4\:00 p.m. Meeting may feature a guest speaker\, a workshop or a panel discussion along with networking\, encouragement and writing news. All are welcome. www.cwcmarinwriters.com. 

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Five Mon.\: Feb. 25\, Mar. 18\, Apr. 22\, May 20 &\; June 24 • 1\:00-3\:00 pm • $105
 

 

Carol Benet has led these popular book groups at Book Passage for over 20 years. Benet received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the U.C. Berkeley. She writes a column and features on the arts for The Ark newspaper
and ARTSSF.com.
 
Reading List
February\: Out of Egypt by André Aciman ($17.00)
March\: Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcón  ($13.99)
April\: Nemesis by Philip Roth ($15.00)
May\: Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen ($17.00)
June\: The Interrogation by J.M.G. Le Clézio ($15.00)
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T010000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/phil-lapsley-exploding-phone URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/phil-lapsley-exploding-phone SUMMARY:Phil Lapsley - Exploding the Phone DESCRIPTION:
In Exploding the Phone ($26.00)\, Phil Lapsley illuminates the forgotten history of the proto-hackers\, tinkerers\, and pranksters who turned AT&\;T’s telephone system into their electronic playground.
 
Before smartphones and iPads\, before the Internet or the personal computer\, a misfit group of technophiles\, blind teenagers\, hippies\, and outlaws figured out how to hack the world’s largest machine\: the telephone system. By the middle of the twentieth century the telephone system had grown into something extraordinary\, a web of cutting-edge switching machines and human operators that linked together millions of people like never before. But the network had a billion-dollar flaw\, and once people discovered it\, things would never be the same. 

Phil Lapsley co-founded two high technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and was a consultant at McKinsey &\; Company where he advised Fortune 100 companies on strategy. He holds a Master's degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences from U. C. Berkeley and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Lapsley has been interviewed by NPR and the BBC and quoted in The New York Times and Boston Globe on telephone and computer security issues\, and is the author of one textbook\, sixteen patents\, an Internet standard\, and many technical articles.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/margaret-wrinkle-wash URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/margaret-wrinkle-wash SUMMARY:Margaret Wrinkle - Wash DESCRIPTION:
Margaret Wrinkle’s luminous\, affecting debut novel is the impassioned story of two men and a woman joined by slave breeding in early-nineteenth-century Tennessee. Written as an accusation\, a revelation\, and a prayer\, Wash ($25.00) challenges contemporary assumptions as it transcends time\, revealing anew this explosive shard of national history.

Born and raised in Birmingham\, Alabama\, Margaret Wrinkle is a writer\, filmmaker\, educator\, and visual artist. Her award-winning documentary feature\, broken\\ground\, explores contemporary race relations in her historically conflicted hometown. broken\\ground was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and won the Council on Foundations’ Film Festival. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from Yale University and a Masters in Elementary Education from University of Alabama\, Birmingham. She has studied fiction with Chinua Achebe\, Pinckney Benedict\, and AJ Verdelle\, and traditional spiritual practices with Malidoma and Sobonfu Somé\, and Mayumi Oda. She teaches part-time at the San Francisco Art Institute and lives in rural New Mexico.
 
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T040000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/book-group-carol-benet-potpourri-literary-prizes-evenings URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/book-group-carol-benet-potpourri-literary-prizes-evenings SUMMARY:Book Group\: Carol Benet - Potpourri of Literary Prizes (Evenings) DESCRIPTION:
Five Mon.\: Feb. 25\, Mar. 18\, Apr. 22\, May 20 &\; June 24 • 7\:00-9\:00 pm • $105
 

 

Carol Benet has led these popular book groups at Book Passage for over 20 years. Benet received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the U.C. Berkeley. She writes a column and features on the arts for The Ark newspaper
and ARTSSF.com.
 
Reading List
February\: Out of Egypt by André Aciman ($17.00)
March\: Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcón  ($13.99)
April\: Nemesis by Philip Roth ($15.00)
May\: Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen ($17.00)
June\: The Interrogation by J.M.G. Le Clézio ($15.00)

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130227T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130227T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/lavinia-spalding-et-al-best-womens-travel-writing-volume-8 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/lavinia-spalding-et-al-best-womens-travel-writing-volume-8 SUMMARY:Lavinia Spalding et al. - Best Women's Travel Writing Volume 8 DESCRIPTION:
Lavinia Spalding is the author of Writing Away\: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler\, co-author of With a Measure of Grace\, the Story and Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant\, and editor of the 2011\, 2012 and 2013 The Best Women's Travel Writing ($19.95). A regular contributor to Yoga Journal\, her work has been featured in a wide variety of print and online publications. 
 
Also featuring readings by\: 
 
Laurie Weed is a passionate traveler and hapless romantic whose stories have appeared in four of the Best Women’s Travel Writing collections. A freelance copywriter by day\, she also writes for magazines\, guidebooks and newspapers\, and co-authors “World Watch\,” a weekly column for the Chicago Tribune. 
 
Martha Ezell has worked as an educator\, social worker\, mortgage broker\, apple-picker\, artist's assistant\, and documentary filmmaker. Her short films include "\;Taking Up Space\: Socrates Sculpture Park\,"\; "\;A Visit to the Elephant Seals of Año Nuevo\,"\; and "\;Szechuan Summer."\; She currently works at Sonoma State University in academic technology. She's happiest when she's near the ocean and has recently learned to surf near her home in Sonoma County. This is her first published writing.
 
Kristin Zibell is an award-winning travel writer and travel blogger\, and online strategist. She authors the popular travel blog Take Your Big Trip to inspire would-be travelers to live their travel dreams. A regular speaker on career sabbaticals\, travel blogging\, and web design\, her work has been featured in Best Women’s Travel Writing\, Bay Area Travel Writer’s Stories from Around the Globe\, BootsNAll\, Meet Plan Go!\, and Nomadic Matt. When not traveling locally around San Francisco\, she is always planning her next big trip. 
 
Marcy Gordon’s narrative travel writing has appeared online for World Hum and in many Travelers’ Tales anthologies including More Sand in My Bra\, 30 Days in Italy and Best Women’s Travel Writing 2012\, 2011 and 2010. She is editor of Leave the Lipstick\, Take the Iguana\: Funny Travel Stories from the Road. She also writes Come for the Wine\, a popular blog that features wine tourism destinations around the world. 
 
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Two Wednesdays\: Feb. 27 &\; Mar. 6 • 6\:30-9\:00 pm • $130



Literary Agent Amy Rennert demystifies the publishing process. She shows how to write query letters and proposals\, develop relationships with editors\, and make sure books reach the widest audience possible. She also discusses agency agreements and contracts\, as well as self-publishing and e-book options. Her clients include Jimmy Buffett\, Michael Krasny\, Amy Krouse Rosenthal\, Dr. Nancy Snyderman\, and Jacqueline Winspear.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130521T153211Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130228T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130228T020000Z UID:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/karen-russell-vampires-lemon-grove URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookpassage.com/event/karen-russell-vampires-lemon-grove SUMMARY:Karen Russell - Vampires in the Lemon Grove DESCRIPTION:
From the author of the instant New York Times best seller Swamplandia! (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) comes Vampires in the Lemon Grove ($24.95 )\, a dazzling new collection of stories that showcases Karen Russell's gifts at their inimitable best.

In the collection's marvelous title story\, two aging vampires in a sun-drenched Italian lemon grove find their hundred-year marriage tested when one of them develops a fear of flying. In "\;The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach\, 1979\,"\; a dejected teenager discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left in a seagull's nest. "\;Proving Up"\; and "\;The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis"\;--stories of children left to fend for themselves in dire predicaments--find Russell veering into more sinister territory\, and ultimately crossing the line into full-scale horror. In "\;The New Veterans\,"\; a massage therapist working with a tattooed war veteran discovers she has the power to heal by manipulating the images on his body. In all\, these wondrous new pieces display a young writer of superlative originality and invention coming into the full range and scale of her powers. 
 
Karen Russell\, a native of Miami\, has been featured in The New Yorker's debut fiction issue and on The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 list\, and was chosen as one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists. In 2009\, she received the 5 Under 35 award from the National Book Foundation. Three of her short stories have been selected for the Best American Short Stories volumes. Her novel Swamplandia! was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is a graduate of the Columbia MFA program and a 2012 Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.
 
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World Travel Tips\: Power Spots and Sacred Journeys
Thurs.\, Feb. 28 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25




Since ancient times\, certain sites have had a mysterious allure for billions of people around the world. We will search for answers to the overwhelming experience of visiting the Pyramids in Egypt and in the New World\; Chartres\; The Cathars in France- Da Vinci Code?\; Lake Titicaca\, Nazca Lines\; Malta and much more.
 
President of Cosmopolitan Adventure Tours\, Rea Franjetic is a member of the International Ecotourism Society and president of San Francisco Travel Professionals. She was born in Croatia\, raised in South America and became part of her family travel business. She is an avid photographer and leader of unique small travel groups. She has done travel presentations locally and internationally.

World Travel Tips Series\:

Arctic and Antarctica 
Thurs.\, Jan. 10 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

Argentina and Brazil 
Thurs.\, Jan. 31 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25 

Galapagos\, Peru\, Bolivia
Thurs.\, Jan. 24 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

Southern Europe
Thurs.\, Jan. 31 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

How to Get the Best Shot in the Camera
Thurs.\, Feb. 7 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25

The Balkans
Thurs.\, Feb 21 • 6\:30-8\:30 pm • $25


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Manil Suri presents The City of Devi ($26.95). As Mumbai empties under the threat of imminent nuclear annihilation\, Sarita\, can only think of one thing\: being reunited with Karun\, her physicist husband. Why has he vanished? Who is he running from? To find him\, Sarita must journey across the surreal landscape of a near-abandoned city. Danger lurks around every corner\, but so does the incongruous and the absurd.

Manil Suri\, a native of Mumbai\, is a professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. He is the author of The Death of Vishnu\, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award\, and The Age of Shiva.
 
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