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Poetry & Literature
Barbara Walters - Audition: A Memoir (Booksigning only)
May 17, 2008
The most important woman in the history of broadcast journalism writes with candor about her private life and professional career, reflecting on the choices she has made, the work she has done, the people she has met, the heartbreak she has faced, and the challenges she has coped with and overcome.
"Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: "I want to be you." My stock reply is always: "Then you have to take the whole ,... More
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Picture Book Pals
May 17, 2008
Picture Book Pals will read from Clinton Gregory has a Secret, by Bruce Whatley, and the classic Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Picture book Pals meet on ,... More
Food 2.0: Secrets from the Chef Who Fed Google - Charlie Ayers
Commonwealth Club - Silicon Valley
May 19, 2008
Chef Ayers spent six years at the executive chef at Google where he served 4,000 meals a day and created a new standard of “fine food for the fast crowd”. His impressive ,... More
Anita Amirrezvani
May 22, 2008
Born in Tehran, Iran, Amirrezvani worked for 10 years as a Bay Area arts writer before publishing her first novel, The Blood of Flowers. Set in the 17th century, the novel ,... More
Michael Ondaatje - Divisadero
May 25, 2008
From the celebrated author of The English Patient and In the Skin of a Lion comes a remarkable novel of intersecting lives that ranges across continents and ,... More
David Benioff - City of Thieves
May 30, 2008
From one of Hollywood’s most sought after screenwriters comes a thrilling and original adventure story of two young men on an impossible mission.
David knew little of ,... More
Tony Horwitz
June 4, 2008
Bestselling author of Confederates in the Attic, Tony Horwitz, discusses his latest, A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World, a thrilling and ,... More
Pacifica Poetry Forum
Pacifica Cultural Arts Commission
January 4-June 6, 2008
Local poets read from their current work. Guests are welcome to attend. The Forum is sponsored by, and meets at, the Pacifica Library the first Friday of each month.,... More
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