Events

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

The Graphic Content Book Group will meet at Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza to talk about 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.

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

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

The QUICK & THE READ SHORT STORY BOOK CLUB will discuss Cathedral by RAYMOND CARVER.

The NIGHT OF THE LIVING BOOK CLUB will discuss The Exorcist by WILLIAM BLATTY

The FIRST FICTION BOOK CLUB will discuss Crow Lake by MARY LAWSON.