books
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
books May 17: Bill Bradley at Book Passage
Posted by Jennifer Cuddy on Wed, May 16, 2012 at 1:05 PM
Thursday, April 19, 2012
books April 24: Melanie Thorne at Book Passage
Posted by Jennifer Cuddy on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
books Jan 7: Robert Sandberg at Book Passage
Posted by Gabe Meline on Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:05 AM
A few weeks ago in the pages of this paper, our own Rachel Dovey spotlighted Tom Cooper, a man fascinated with chronicling in book form the tankhouses of Sonoma County. We are enamored of those with idiosyncratic relationships to the minute details of their own terrain, and consequently we love Robert Sandberg and his single-focus book ‘Steps, Lanes and Paths of Mill Valley.’ Of course, these are no ordinary steps, lanes and paths; created around the turn of the century as shortcuts in town, they were abandoned with the advent of car travel, only to be unearthed and rebuilt in the 1990s. Sandberg is the premier authority on these small thoroughfares; he appears on Saturday, Jan. 7, at Book Passage. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 2pm. Free. 415.927.0960.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
books Nov. 11: Gregory Maguire at Book Passages
Posted on Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Redemption for the long-vilified Wicked Witch of the West finally came in 1995, at the compassionate hands of writer Gregory Maguire. His book Wicked reintroduced the witch as an easily relatable, misunderstood and recklessly teased youth just trying to find her footing as the outcasted “green girl”—to say nothing of the immensely popular Broadway musical it inspired. Maguire’s newest novel, Out of Oz, concludes the magical, heartfelt saga following the Wicked characters. Maguire reads and discusses on Friday, Nov. 11, at Book Passage. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 7pm. Free. 415.927.0960.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
books Aug. 25: Penn Jillette at Book Passage
Posted on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:57 AM
books Aug. 25: Mike Twohy at River Reader
Posted on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
books August 18: Jane Fonda at Book Passage
Posted on Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:43 AM
Thursday, August 4, 2011
books August 4: Author Steve Jones at Book Passage
Posted on Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:39 AM
The traditions of Burning Man, now one of the best known and least conventional festivals around, quickly gave rise to an entire culture extending beyond the week-long metropolis constructed each year in the Nevada desert. To wise up before this year’s festival, which starts Sept. 3, check out Steve Jones’ new book The Tribes of Burning Man, which explores the festival’s journey to popularity and the leaders who got it there. Find him on Thursday, August 4, at Book Passage. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 7pm. Free. 415.927.0960.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
books July 22: O.J. Simpson lawyer Marcia Clark at Book Passage
Posted on Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:31 AM
If you’re not sick of murder cases after the recent Casey Anthony trial, here’s another. Lawyer Marcia Clark, who rose to fame as prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson case—perhaps the only in recent history to top Anthony’s—knows a few things about murder trials and, lucky for us, is willing to share them in fictionalized form. Her novel Guilt by Association was published in April and a sequel is forthcoming. The timing is perfect given the recent reading of the Anthony case verdict, which Clark has publicly denounced. Talk about crime both real and fictitious with Clark on Friday, July 22, at Book Passage. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 7:30pm. 415.927.0960.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
books July 9: The Diva Doctrine at Book Passage
Posted on Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:23 AM
