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Young@Heart Book Club

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:27:06 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/13/2010 - 5:00pm

End: Sat, 03/13/2010 - 5:00pm

The YOUNG@HEART Book Club will discuss Some Girls Are by COURTNEY SUMMERS.

NYMBC: JANDY NELSON

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:28:46 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/13/2010 - 6:30pm

End: Sat, 03/13/2010 - 6:30pm

Not Your Mother's Book Club (NYMBC) is throwing a launch party for local YA author JANDY NELSON whose debut novel, The Sky is Everywhere, is a touching (and

Moodymania! MEGAN MCDONALD

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:31:12 -0500

Start: Sun, 03/14/2010 - 2:00pm

End: Sun, 03/14/2010 - 2:00pm

Celebrate Moodymania with author MEGAN MCDONALD! It's the extremely non-boring 10th anniversary of everyone's favorite big sis!

BRIAN FAGAN

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:55:02 -0500

Start: Mon, 03/15/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Mon, 03/15/2010 - 7:00pm

BRIAN FAGAN discusses Cro-Magnon, which reveals human society in its infancy and shows its spellbinding progress.

YIYUN LI

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:54:38 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

Moved from February 18th - YIYUN LI discusses The Vagrants, a book that weaves together the delicate moments between mothers and sons, husbands and wives, illuminating the reality of oppression and pain

LitVoyeur Online Book Club

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:43:08 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

The LitVoyeur Online Book Club will discuss Little Bee by CHRIS CLEAVE

Foreign Intrigue Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:19:21 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

The Foreign Intrigue Book Club will discuss this month's reading selection.

SHILPI SOMAYA GOWDA

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:53:30 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 7:30pm

SHILPI SOMAYA GOWDA talks about Secret Daughter, a powerful debut novel that marks the arriv

WAC: ROBERT MNOOKIN

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:39:40 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 6:00pm

End: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 6:00pm

World Affairs Council presents ROBERT MNOOKIN, author of Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight.

ANNIE LEONARD

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:44:33 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 7:00pm

ANNIE LEONARD discusses The Story of Stuff, which tracks the

City Arts & Lectures: ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU and REVERAND MPHO TUTU

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:43:22 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 8:00pm

End: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 8:00pm

City Arts and Lectures presents ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU and the REVERAND MPHO TUTU at the Davies Symphony Hall.

ANIL ANANTHASWAMY

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:00:41 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:00pm

ANIL ANANTHASWAMY talks about The Edge of Physics, which

KEVIN KILLIAN

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:49:14 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

PEN Award-winning San Francisco-based author KEVIN KILLIAN presents Impossi

MARCIA GAGLIARDI

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:06:17 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

MARCIA GAGLIARDI talks about The Tablehopper's Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Fr

CHANG-RAE LEE

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:46:27 -0500

Start: Fri, 03/19/2010 - 6:00pm

End: Fri, 03/19/2010 - 6:00pm

CHANG-RAE LEE discusses The Surrendered, a mesmerizing novel,

Travel Writers Meeting: CANDY HARRINGTON

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:56:52 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/20/2010 - 10:00am

End: Sat, 03/20/2010 - 10:00am

Bay Area Travel Writers Meeting: CANDY HARRINGTON will talk about how travel writers can find a niche, build a platform and establish a brand, and how this will help beef up our botto

Alameda Storytime

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:55:10 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/20/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 03/20/2010 - 11:00am

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

Picture Book Pals

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:57:09 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/20/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 03/20/2010 - 11:00am

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

DAVID DEARDORFF and KATHRYN WADSWORTH

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:51:21 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/20/2010 - 3:00pm

End: Sat, 03/20/2010 - 3:00pm

DAVID DEARDORFF and KATHRYN WADSWORTH presents What's Wr

World Affairs Council Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:23:29 -0500

Start: Sun, 03/21/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sun, 03/21/2010 - 11:00am

The World Affairs Council Book Club will discuss Amerigo by FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO.

Wild Girls Mother Daughter Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:25:26 -0500

Start: Sun, 03/21/2010 - 1:00pm

End: Sun, 03/21/2010 - 1:00pm

The Wild Girls Mother Daughter Book Club will discuss The Georges and the Jewels by JANE SMILEY.

JEFF GARLIN

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:50:01 -0500

Start: Sun, 03/21/2010 - 3:00pm

End: Sun, 03/21/2010 - 3:00pm

Curb Your Enthusiasm star JEFF GARLIN invites listeners to follow his hysterical journ

GINA WELCH

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:31:54 -0500

Start: Mon, 03/22/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Mon, 03/22/2010 - 7:00pm

GINA WELCH presents In the Land of Believers, a call for compreh

WAC: CHARLES EMMERSON

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:04:35 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 6:00pm

End: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 6:00pm

World Affairs Council presents CHARLES EMMERSON, author of The Future History of the Arctic.

Launch Party! CHRIS MOORE

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:54:35 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

Join us for a launch party as Books Inc.

Fourth Tuesday Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:30:09 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

The Fourth Tuesday (Margie's) Book Club will discuss The Spare Room by HELEN GARNER.

Other Realms Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:34:15 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/24/2010 - 6:30pm

End: Wed, 03/24/2010 - 6:30pm

The Other Realms Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Club will discuss this month's reading selection.

NYMBC: CARRIE RYAN

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:09:09 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/24/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Wed, 03/24/2010 - 7:00pm

It's getting Zombilicious at Not Your Mother's Book Club as they welcome CARRIE RYAN, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth and <

WAC: IAN BURUMA

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:50:54 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 6:00pm

End: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 6:00pm

World Affairs Council (WAC) presents IAN BURUMA author of Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents.

MARIA FINN

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:23:30 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 7:00pm

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CANYON SAM

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:18:48 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 7:30pm

CANYON SAM presents Sky Train, which guides the reader on a li

KRISTEN HORLER

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:28:59 -0500

Start: Fri, 03/26/2010 - 3:00pm

End: Fri, 03/26/2010 - 3:00pm

KRISTEN HORLER discusses Baby Boot Camp, a safe and highly-effective fitness program that enables moms to get back in shape.

PETER NATHANIEL MALAE

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:56:00 -0500

Start: Fri, 03/26/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Fri, 03/26/2010 - 7:00pm

PETER NATHANIEL MALAE talks about What We Are, a raw and powerf

Alameda Storytime

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:59:11 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

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

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:01:53 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

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

Picture Book Pals

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:04:00 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

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

KRISTEN HORLER

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:07:42 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 2:00pm

End: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 2:00pm

KRISTEN HORLER discusses Baby Boot Camp, a safe and highly-effective fitness program that enables moms to get back in shape.

Hands On Bay Area Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:27:31 -0500

Start: Mon, 03/29/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Mon, 03/29/2010 - 7:00pm

The Hands On Bay Area Book Club will discuss In a Sunburned Country by BILL BRYSON.

City Arts & Lectures: HAROLD VARMUS

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:34:18 -0500

Start: Mon, 03/29/2010 - 8:00pm

End: Mon, 03/29/2010 - 8:00pm

City Arts and Lectures presents HAROLD VARMUS with ROY EISENHARDT discussing Art and Politics of Science.

Mr. Bookclub

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:36:08 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Tue, 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

Mr. Bookclub will discuss this month's reading selection.

SF Travel Book Club: BARB TRAUB

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:36:42 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Tue, 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

The SF Travel Book Club and Lecture Series features photographer BARB TRAUB of Desert to Dream, an unprecedented photographic record of an evolving decade of

JOHN SONEGO

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:03:12 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:00pm

JOHN SONEGO discusses My Three Sons, which recounts one family'

Classics I Forgot to Read Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:32:01 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

Classics I Forgot to Read Book Club will discuss Maus I by ART SPIEGELMAN.

INDU SUNDARESAN

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:57:14 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

INDU SUNDARESAN talks about Shadow Princess, an epic novel

City Arts & Lectures: RICH COHEN with MICHAEL KRASNY

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:42:11 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 8:00pm

End: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 8:00pm

City Arts and Lectures presents RICH COHEN with MICHAEL KRASNY discussing Israel is Real.

K.M. SOEHNLEIN

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:24:51 -0500

Start: Thu, 04/01/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Thu, 04/01/2010 - 7:30pm

Author of The World of Normal Boys, K.M.

First Saturday Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:54:20 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/03/2010 - 9:30am

End: Sat, 04/03/2010 - 9:30am

The FIRST SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discuss City of Thieves by DAVID BENIOFF.

Alameda Storytime

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:22 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

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

Picture Book Pals

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:32:09 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

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

Quick and the Read Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:56:13 -0500

Start: Sun, 04/04/2010 - 3:00pm

End: Sun, 04/04/2010 - 3:00pm

The QUICK & THE READ SHORT STORY BOOK CLUB will discuss New Sudden Fiction edited by ROBERT SHAPARD.

Night of the Living Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:08 -0500

Start: Mon, 04/05/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Mon, 04/05/2010 - 7:30pm

The NIGHT OF THE LIVING BOOK CLUB will discuss The Keeper by SARAH LANGAN.

First Fiction Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:50:20 -0500

Start: Tue, 04/06/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Tue, 04/06/2010 - 7:00pm

The FIRST FICTION BOOK CLUB will discuss Telex from Cuba by RACHEL KUSHNER.

GuyWriters: Poetry Writing Group

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:27:13 -0500

Start: Tue, 04/06/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Tue, 04/06/2010 - 7:30pm

GuyWriters, a local poetry writing group, will join Books Inc. in celebrating National Poetry Month.

SF Travel Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:54 -0500

Start: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 6:00pm

End: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 6:00pm

The SF TRAVEL BOOK CLUB will discuss this month's reading selection.

Marines Memorial: DAN SENOR

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:41:05 -0500

Start: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 6:00pm

End: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 6:00pm

The Marines Memorial Club presents DAN SENOR, author of Startup Nation, a master course in taking a good idea, executing it well, and avoiding the mistakes t

SALMA ARASTU

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:43:14 -0500

Start: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 7:00pm

In conjuction with a local gallery featuring her work, SALMA ARASTU presents Lyrical Line, a collection of her paintings, sculpture, digital art, and poetry

BLAKE CHARLTON

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:41:21 -0500

Start: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 7:30pm

BLAKE CHARLTON discusses Spellwright, which features Nicodemus, a young, gifted wizard who has always been dyslexic, and thus experiences trouble casting eve

Meet SF Mystery Authors!

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:57:56 -0500

Start: Thu, 04/08/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Thu, 04/08/2010 - 7:00pm

Check out the San Francisco Mystery Panel, featuring SHIRLEY TALLMAN, author of Scandal on Rincon Hill and RONALD TIERNEY, author of

ANOUSHEH ANSARI

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:43:04 -0500

Start: Fri, 04/09/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Fri, 04/09/2010 - 7:30pm

ANOUSHEH ANSARI presents My Dream of Stars, a heartwarming memoir in which space pioneer Ansari tells the story of her childhood in Iran and her family's exo

Second Saturday Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:07:09 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 10:00am

End: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 10:00am

The SECOND SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discuss The Baron in the Trees by ITALO CALVINO.

Alameda Storytime

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:34:01 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

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

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:35:30 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

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

Picture Book Pals

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:23 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

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

Wordplay

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:59:40 -0500

Start: Sun, 04/11/2010 - 10:00am

End: Sun, 04/11/2010 - 10:00am

Wordplay classes are small, interactive and hands-on writing workshops led by experts.

WAC: ANNA LAPPE

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:06:50 -0500

Start: Mon, 04/12/2010 - 12:00pm

End: Mon, 04/12/2010 - 12:00pm

The World Affairs Council presents ANNA LAPPE discussing Diet for a Hot Planet.