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Events
Thursday September 10, 2009
Start: 09/10/2009 7:30 pm
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Saturday September 12, 2009
Start: 09/12/2009 10:00 am
The Second Saturday Book Group will convene to discuss this month's reading selection.
Start: 09/12/2009 11:00 am
Picture Book Pals features Curiosity Day with Curious George!
Start: 09/12/2009 11:00 am
Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut will take place at Books Inc. in the Marina.
Start: 09/12/2009 11:00 am
Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.
Start: 09/12/2009 1:00 pm
Come join Books Inc.
Start: 09/12/2009 2:00 pm
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Sunday September 13, 2009
Start: 09/13/2009 10:00 am
Wordplay: Agent Day with Nathan Bransford
Monday September 14, 2009
Start: 09/14/2009 6:00 pm
The Down to a Science Book Club will meet to discuss this month's reading selection.
Start: 09/14/2009 6:00 pm
The Marines' Memorial Association presents a Meet the Author Program featuring Nicholas Schmidle, who will present his book, To Live or to Perish Forever.
Start: 09/14/2009 6:30 pm
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Start: 09/14/2009 8:00 pm
The wickedly-humorous Lorrie Moore, often known as the writers writer, is an author with a deep sensitivity to the dynamics of relationships and the A
Tuesday September 15, 2009
Start: 09/15/2009 7:00 pm
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Start: 09/15/2009 7:00 pm
The Foreign Intrigue Book Club will convene to discuss this month's intriguing reading selection.
Wednesday September 16, 2009
Start: 09/16/2009 7:00 pm
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Start: 09/16/2009 7:00 pm
City Arts and Lectures presents The Botany of Desire, a premier film screening and discussion with author MICHAEL POLLAN and filmmaker
Start: 09/16/2009 7:00 pm
Sean Beaudoin author of Going
Nowhere Faster visits to present his latest YA novel Fade
Thursday September 17, 2009
Start: 09/17/2009 6:30 pm
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Start: 09/17/2009 7:30 pm
Simon Read will discuss his page-turning narrative, War of Words: A True Tale of Newsprint and Murder, which details the blo
Start: 09/17/2009 7:30 pm
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Start: 09/17/2009 7:30 pm
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Friday September 18, 2009
Start: 09/18/2009 5:02 am
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Start: 09/18/2009 7:00 pm
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Start: 09/18/2009 7:30 pm
Tim Maleeny will visit Books Inc. to read from his latest novel, Jump.
Saturday September 19, 2009
Start: 09/19/2009 11:00 am
Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.
Start: 09/19/2009 11:00 am
The Booked Out of Time Book Group will meet to talk about this month's reading selection.
Start: 09/19/2009 11:00 am
Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.
Sunday September 20, 2009
Start: 09/20/2009 1:00 pm
The Wild Girls Mother/Daughter Book Group will convene to discuss this month's reading selection.
Tuesday September 22, 2009
Start: 09/22/2009 7:00 pm
Kathryn Ma will read from her book, All That Work and Still No Boys.
Start: 09/22/2009 7:30 pm
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Start: 09/22/2009 7:30 pm
MIKE MADRID presents The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of the Comic Book Heroines, an exploration of what it means for the culture
Wednesday September 23, 2009
Start: 09/23/2009 6:00 pm
The Graphic Content Book Group will meet to talk about this month's book choice.
Start: 09/23/2009 6:30 pm
The Other Realms Science and Fantasy Book Club will meet to discuss this month's reading selection.
Thursday September 24, 2009
Start: 09/24/2009 7:00 pm
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Start: 09/24/2009 7:30 pm
RIK ISENSEE discusses Shift Your Mood, which provides a unique and more sustainable approach to healing, growth, and spiritual realization.
Start: 09/24/2009 7:30 pm
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Start: 09/24/2009 8:00 pm
City Arts and Lectures presents KAREN ARMSTRONG (The Case for God, The Bible: A Biography, and A Histo
Friday September 25, 2009
Start: 09/25/2009 8:00 pm
City Arts and Lectures presents CRAIG FERGUSON, host of the Late, Late Show, in conversation with PAUL LANCOUR.
Saturday September 26, 2009
Start: 09/26/2009 11:00 am
Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut will feature Vivian Walsh, who will read from her latest, June and August.
Start: 09/26/2009 11:00 am
Alex Beard will present his children's book debut, The Jungle Grapevine, in which he brings to life an African savanna filled with humor and misunderstanding
Start: 09/26/2009 11:00 am
Storytime!!! will take place at Books Inc. in Mountain View.
Start: 09/26/2009 11:00 am
Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.
Start: 09/26/2009 2:00 pm
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Sunday September 27, 2009
Start: 09/27/2009 11:00 am
The World Affairs Council Book Group will convene to talk about this month's book selection.
Start: 09/27/2009 2:00 pm
The author of several highly acclaimed novels, Jennifer Holm will present her latest book for young adults, Dragonslayer (Babymouse #11).
Monday September 28, 2009
Start: 09/28/2009 7:00 pm
The Hands On Bay Area Book Club will meet to talk about this month's reading selection.
Tuesday September 29, 2009
Start: 09/29/2009 6:00 pm
Start: 09/29/2009 7:00 pm
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Start: 09/29/2009 7:30 pm
Mr. Bookclub will meet to discuss this month's reading selection.
Start: 09/29/2009 7:30 pm
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Start: 09/29/2009 8:00 pm
City Arts and Lectures will present musician, songwriter, and artist, DAVID BYRNE, who will discuss bike advocacy and the urban environment.
Wednesday September 30, 2009
Start: 09/30/2009 7:00 pm
MICHAEL ROSEN presents What Else But Home, a story of one family's journey across the racial and economic divide in America through love and baseball.
Start: 09/30/2009 7:30 pm
The Classics I Forgot to Read Book Group will meet to talk about this month's literary selection.
Start: 09/30/2009 7:30 pm
The Desert Island Book Club will meet to discuss this month's reading selection.
Start: 09/30/2009 8:00 pm
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Thursday October 01, 2009
Start: 10/01/2009 6:00 pm
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Start: 10/01/2009 7:30 pm
Daniel Doen Silberberg talks about Wonderland, the Zen of Alice, which uses Lewis Carroll's classic story as a jumping-off point to convey the Zen concept of
Start: 10/01/2009 7:30 pm
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Start: 10/01/2009 7:30 pm
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Friday October 02, 2009
Start: 10/02/2009 7:00 pm
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Start: 10/02/2009 7:00 pm
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Saturday October 03, 2009
Start: 10/03/2009 11:00 am
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Start: 10/03/2009 11:00 am
Picture Book Pals takes place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.
Start: 10/03/2009 11:00 am
Alameda Storytime takes place at Books Inc. in Alameda.
Start: 10/03/2009 3:00 pm
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Sunday October 04, 2009
Start: 10/04/2009 10:00 am
This month's Wordplay features Barry Eisler discussing thriller writing in a fun, hands-on workshop.
Start: 10/04/2009 3:00 pm
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Start: 10/04/2009 5:30 pm
Join Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza for a special session of Opera on the Couch.
Monday October 05, 2009
Start: 10/05/2009 7:30 pm
The Night of the Living Book Club will convene at Books Inc. in Mountain View to discuss this month's reading selection.
Tuesday October 06, 2009
Start: 10/06/2009 7:00 pm
The First Fiction Book Club convenes to discuss this month's book selection.
Start: 10/06/2009 7:30 pm
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Start: 10/06/2009 8:00 pm
City Arts and Lectures will present MARGARET ATWOOD, an amazing and thought-provoking author whose works include The Year of the Flood,
Wednesday October 07, 2009
Start: 10/07/2009 6:00 pm
The San Francisco Travel Book Club and Lecture Series takes place at Books Inc. in the Marina.
Start: 10/07/2009 6:00 pm
The World Affairs Council presents David Bosco, author of Five to Rule Them All.
Start: 10/07/2009 7:00 pm
Not Your Mother's Book Club (NYMBC) presents Kristin Cashore, author of Fire.
Start: 10/07/2009 7:30 pm
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Start: 10/07/2009 7:30 pm
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Start: 10/07/2009 8:00 pm
City Arts and Lectures presents AMITAV GHOSH, author of Sea of Poppies, The Hungry Tide, and The Shado
Thursday October 08, 2009
Start: 10/08/2009 5:30 pm
Opera on the Couch will take place at Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza.
Start: 10/08/2009 6:00 pm
The World Affairs Council presents Peter Maass, author of Crude World.
Start: 10/08/2009 6:00 pm
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Start: 10/08/2009 7:30 pm
Mary Lou Sanelli will visit Books Inc.
Start: 10/08/2009 8:00 pm
City Arts and Lectures presents NICK HORNBY, author of Slam, About a Boy, and High Fidelity
Friday October 09, 2009
Start: 10/09/2009 7:00 pm
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Saturday October 10, 2009
Start: 10/10/2009 10:00 am
The Second Saturday Book Group will convene at Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza.
Start: 10/10/2009 11:00 am
This week, Alameda Storytime features Jeryl Abelmann, author of the children's book, Quickly the Magic Spatula.
Start: 10/10/2009 11:00 am
Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.
Start: 10/10/2009 11:00 am
Oh My Gosh! Stories will take place at Books Inc. in the Marina.
Start: 10/10/2009 11:00 am
Mountain View Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Mountain View.
Start: 10/10/2009 2:00 pm
Join Books Inc. as we celebrate the launch of the new DK Lego Star Wars Visual Dictionary with an actual stormtrooper. Awesome!
Start: 10/10/2009 3:00 pm

