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Humanitarian, former journalist, and founder of the Global Enrichment Foundation, Amanda Lindhout shares her searing and vivid story of being kidnapped by masked men in Somalia and held hostage for 460 days with her suspenseful, and artfully written memoir, A House in the Sky.Books Inc. presents an in-conversation showcasing two brilliant literary debuts packed with comical psychology, clouded memories, and the quest to uncover the truth--no matter how insane it may be--with Kevin Allardice, author of Any Resemblance to Actual Persons, and Jesse Michaels, author of Whispering Bodies.
Founding partner of the SF Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, Diplomat of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and assistant clinical professor at UC Berkeley, Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D. shares a universal, transdianostic approach to coping with anxiety, panic, and fear with Anxiety & Avoidance.
Former jounalist, and voice of the blog Working Moms Break, Katrina Alcorn shares Maxed Out. Part memoir, part journalistic research, Katrina's insights examine what it means to be a working mom today,and how to bounce back healthier, happier, and more productive when the pressure becomes too much.Katrina will be joined by Joan Blades, co-founder and president of MomsRising.org, a leading advocacy organization working to increase family economic security, and to end discrimination against women and mothers.
Learn the art of flower arranging from the experts. Owners of the whimsical and highly lauded floral design center, Studio Choo in South San Francisco, Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo will demonstrate how to beautifully arrange flowers with ease using their lovely and easy-to-follow guide, The Flower Recipe Book.
Books Inc. Alameda presents a dual author reading packed with adventure. Take a trip along the high seas with Tony Johnson, sharing The Captain and Mr. Shrode, and travel to the lush and turbulent Second World War with Bill Weinreb, sharing The Gift of Sleep.
With paintings that have appeared in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Greece, artist Christian Brechneff first found inspiration on the Greek island of Sifnos in 1972 at the age of twenty-one. In The Greek House, he shares how the island shaped him as an artist and a person, and the various changes the island has gone through since his first trip there.
Christian's dear friend, Alameda resident and legendary Mezzo-Soprano Frederica "Flicka" Von Stade will introduce him.
New York Times bestselling author, and Agatha Award-winner, Rhys Bowen shares book seven in her delightfully terrifying Royal Spyness series, Heirs and Graces. When Lady Georgiana Rannoch is entrusted with grooming Jack Altringham--the Duke's newly discovered heir--she finds herself living in luxury, that is until Jack is accused of murdering the Duke. . .
Pulitzer Prize-nominee, National Book Award finalist, and winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal, among other awards, acclaimed poet Gary Soto shares his engaging writer's confession, What Poets Are Like. Shared through sixty short episodes, Gary's memoir touches on what makes up a writer's life--from blows to ego, to the pleasures of the written word.
Watch the book trailer here:
What Poets Are Like: Up and Down with the Writing Life