Events

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

The Booked Out of Time Book Group will meet at Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza to discuss this month's reading selection.

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

The World Affairs Council Book Group will meet at Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza to discuss this month's reading selection.

ANN SEYMOUR presents her book, I've Always Loved You.

The 4th Tuesday Book Group will meet at Books Inc. in Palo Alto to discuss this month's reading selection.

Mr. Bookclub will meet at Books Inc. in Mountain View to discuss this month's reading selection.

The Graphic Content Book Group will meet at Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza to discuss this month's reading selection.

The Other Realms Fantasy and Science Book Club will meet at Books Inc. in Burlingame to discuss this month's reading selection.

The Desert Island Book Club will meet at Books Inc. in Alameda to discuss this month's reading selection.

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut will take place at Books Inc. in the Marina.

Mountain View Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Mountain View.

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

JEFFREY HAAS discusses his jarring and important book, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther.

The Hands On Bay Area Book Club will meet at Books Inc. in Mountain View to discuss this month's reading selection.

The Marines' Memorial Association presents a Meet the Author Program featuring James Bradley, author of The Imperial Cruise.

City Arts and Lectures presents Zoe Heller, author of The Believers, Notes on a Scandal, and Everythin

The First Saturday Book Group will meet at Books Inc. in Berkeley to discuss this month's reading selection.

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

EDNA CABCABIN MORAN reads from her children's book, Can You Catch a Coqui Frog?

International relations scholar ALLISON STANGER shows how contractors became an integral part of American foreign policy in One Nation Under Contract.

The Night of the Living Book Club will meet at Books Inc. in Mountain View to discuss Infected by Scott Sigler.

The On the Same Page: San Francisco Reads Book Club will meet at Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza to discuss this month's reading selection.

The JCCSF hosts MICHAEL POLLAN and DEAN ORNISH, who will present The Omnivore's Dilemma.

ELAINE ELINSON and STAN YOGI discuss Wherever There's a Fight, the first thorough history of civil liberties struggles in California.

ALICE WATERS will sign copies of Edible Schoolyard to benefit The Chez Panisse Foundation.

The Second Saturday Book Club will convene at Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza to discuss this month's reading selection.

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut will take place at Books Inc. in the Marina.

Mountain View Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Mountain View.

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

Is a full life worth an early death?

The World Affairs Council Book Group will meet at Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza to discuss Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogal.

The Orphan Compassion Auxiliary Charity Luncheon will take place at the Hillsborough Racquet Club and feature local author and KGO radio host JOHN ROTHMANN as master of ceremonies.

This year's Not Your Mother's Book Club (NYMBC) holiday party features DAVID LEVITHAN, author of Love is the Higher Law and How They Met.

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.