Category: Author Signing
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10/28 – 7pm – Richard Becker author of Palestine, Israel and the US Empire
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28, 7pm – NON-FICTIONRICHARD BECKERAuthor of Palestine, Israel and the US Empire ($17.95) Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire provides a sharp analysis of the historic and current events in the struggle for Palestine – from the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding…
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10/23 – 6pm – Thulani Davis and Robert F. Engs
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23, 6pm – NON-FICTIONPennsylvania Quest for Freedom – Philadelphia Live & Learn Weekend PresentsTHULANI DAVISauthor of My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Rootswith a discussion led by distinguished historian R. Robert F. Engs. Join us for an evening of discussion about self discovery and identity with author Thulani Davis, as…
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10/10 – 4pm – Mary Cappello author of Called Back
SATURDAY OCTOBER 10, 4pm – NON-FICTIONMARY CAPPELLOAuthor of Called Back: My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life ($15.95 Alyson) In her intensely personal and insightful memoir, Mary Cappello wonders aloud for us what breast cancer awareness really makes us aware of, and responds as if for the first time to the deceivingly simple command:…
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10/08 – 7pm – Michael Curtis author of Orientalism And Islam
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 7pm – NON-FICTIONMICHAEL CURTISAuthor of Orientalism and Islam: European Thinkers on Oriental Despotism in the Middle East and India ($22.95 Cambridge University Press) Through an historical analysis of the theme of Oriental despotism, Michael Curtis reveals the complex positive and negative interaction between Europe and the Orient. The book also criticizes the…
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10/07 – Gerald Elias author of Devil’s Trill
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7, 7pm – CRIME FICTIONGERALD ELIASAuthor of Devil’s Trill ($25.99 Minotaur) From concert violinist Gerald Elias comes this debut set in the classical music world about the theft of a priceless violin. Daniel Jacobus is a blind, reclusive, crotchety violin teacher living in self-imposed exile in rural New England. He spends his time…
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Thursday, Oct. 1 – Dr. Marie Savard
THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 7pm – NON-FICTIONMARIE SAVARD, M.D.Author of Ask Dr. Marie: Straight talk and Reassuring Answers to Your Most Private Questions ($24.95 Globe Pequot Press) Marie Savard, M.D., ABC News Medical Contributor is one of the most trusted voices on women’s health, wellness and patient empowerment. She is the author of three books, The…
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Wed., Sept. 23, 7pm – Philly Fiction 2
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 7pm – FICTIONPHILLY FICTION 2Believing that there is no better backdrop for fiction than Philadelphia, Don Ron Books recently released Philly Fiction 2 (Don Ron Books, July 2009, $12), a follow-up to its highly successful Philly Fiction (Don Ron Books, 2006). The new book is a new collection of short stories all…
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9/10 – 7pm – Free Thought Society presents Barry Vacker
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 7pm – NON-FICTIONFree Thought Society of Greater Philadelphia PresentsBARRY VACKERreading from Starry Skies Moving Away (2009)which explores how humanity’s view of utopia and destiny has evolved (and devolved) with cosmological discoveries, from Galileo to the space age to the big bang. The reading will include a most original interpretation of the long-term…
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Thursday – 8/27 – H.M. Naqvi Author of Home Boy
THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 7pm – FICTIONH.M. NAQVIAuthor of HOME BOY ($23.00 Crown) Naqvi’s debut novel introduces Chuck, a 20-something Pakistani living in New York and one of the most engaging protagonists to come along in a while. After moving from Karachi to attend NYU, Chuck readily adapts to the customs of his new home-especially those…
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SAT. 8/15 – 7:30pm PETER BEAGLE
SATURDAY AUGUST 15, 7pm – SCI-FI/FANTASY PETER S. BEAGLE Author of We Never Talk About My Brother ($14.95 Tachyon) Although millions know and love his bestselling book THE LAST UNICORN and the movie based upon it, few realize how many other projects have the name Peter S. Beagle attached to them. Aside from his usually…