 Elaine
Petrocelli is often available to offer her "book talks" to local groups and organizations. Petrocelli discusses the best new books, cultural trends, and up-to-date information about the changing book and publishing industries. If
you would to arrange a book talk with
Elaine for your group, please contact
coordinator Leslie Berkler at lberkler@bookpassage.com.
Books currently on Elaine's discussion list include the following titles. You may
purchase any of the books listed below by clicking on the links. Let us
know which group or organization you are with by including the name of
your group in the "comments" section at checkout. Happy reading!
Welcome Community Groups & Organizations!
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(Titles
listed alphabetical by category)
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Fiction
La
Isla Bajo El Mar Allende, Isabel $26.95
The
Elegance of the Hedgehog Barbery, Muriel $15.00
Gourmet
Rhapsody Barbery, Muriel $15.00
Children's
Book Byatt, A.S. $26.95
Nine
Dragons Connelly, Michael $27.99
South
of Broad Conroy, Pat $29.95
Homer
& Langley Doctorow, E.L. $26.00
Sacred
Hearts Dunant, Sarah $25.00
Wild
Things Eggers, Dave $19.95
Sea
of Poppies Ghosh, Amitav $15.00
Ford
County Grisham, John $24.00
Blame
Huneven, Michelle $25.00
Nocturnes
Ishiguro, Kazuo $25.00
Last
Night in Twisted River Irving, John $28.00
Stardust
Kanon, Joseph $27.95
Lacuna
Kingsolver, Barbara $26.99
The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Larsson, Stieg $14.95
The
Girl Who Played with Fire Larsson, Stieg $25.95
Wolf
Hall Mantel, Hilary $27.00
Her
Fearful Symmetry Niffenegger, Audrey $26.99
Netherland
O'Neill, Joseph $14.95
Burnt
Shadows Shamsie, Kamila $14.00
The
Help Stockett, Kathryn $24.95
Cutting
for Stone Verghese, Abraham $26.95
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Nonfiction
Open
Agassi, Andre $28.95
The
Sum of Our Days Allende, Isabel $14.99
The
Man Who Loved Books Too Much Bartlett, Allison Hoover $24.95
The
Wilderness Warrior Brinkley, Douglas $34.99
Nurtureshock
Bronson, Po $24.99
Farm
City Carpenter, Novella $25.95
Manhood
for Amateurs Chabon, Michael $25.99
When
Everything Changed Collins, Gail $27.99
Zeitoun
Eggers, Dave $24.00
Bright-Sided
Ehrenreich, Barbara $23.00
Smart
on Crime Harris, Kamala $24.95
Mennonite
in a Little Black Dress Janzen, Rhoda $22.00
When
You Were a Tadpole Gardner, Martin $26.00
What
the Dog Saw & Other Adventures Gladwell, Malcolm $27.99
Lit
Karr, Mary $25.99
Strength
in What Remains Kidder, Tracy $26.00
Half
the Sky Kristof, Nicolas $27.95
The
Catch Myers, Gary $26.00
Maestro:
A Surprising Story Nierenberg, Roger $19.95
The
Devil's Tickets Pomerantz, Gary $26.00
Cleaving
(available Dec. 1) Powell, Julie $24.99
The
Artist, The Philosopher, and the The Warrior Strathern, Paul
$35.00
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Food, Garden, Gift & Poetry Read
My Pins Albright, Madeleine $40.00
Golf's
Dream 18s: Fantasy Courses Barrett, David $50.00
Lidia
Cooks from the Heart of Italy Bastianich, Lidia $35.00
Far
Out: A Space-Time Chronicle Benson, Michael $55.00
Photowisdom
Master Photographers Blackwell, Lewis $50.00
Gather:
Memorable Menus Brennan, Georgeanne $22.95
Flower
Arranging the American Way D'Oench, Nancy $50.00
Slow
: Life in a Tuscan Town Gayeton, Douglas $50.00
The
Elements: A Visual Exploration Gray, Theodore $29.95
The
San Francisco Cliff House Hountalas, Mary Germain $32.50
The
San Francisco Cliff House paperback $24.95
Regarding
Heroes Karsh, Yousuf $50.00
Baseball
Americana: Treasures Katz, Harry $29.99
Ad
Hoc at Home Keller, Thomas $55.00
The
New Yorker: On the Money Mankoff, Robert $24.99
Power
of Gardens Power, Nancy Goslee $60.00
Gourmet
Today Reichl, Ruth $40.00
The
Poetry of Rilke Rilke, Rainer Maria $50.00
In
Search of Bacchus: Wanderings Taber, George $30.00
Bird
Zuckerman, Andrew $60.00 |
Picture Books for Children
Yellow
Tutu Bramsen, Kirsten $15.99
The
Lion & the Mouse Pinkney, Jerry $16.99
Testing
the Ice Robinson, Sharon $16.99
Sugar
Cookies Rosenthal, Amy Krouse $12.99
Panda
Kindergarten Ryder, Joanne $17.99
Creature
ABC Zuckerman, Andrew $19.99 |
Middle Readers for Children Ivy
& Bean Barrows, Annie $14.99
Al
Capone Shines My Shoes Choldenko, Gennifer $17.99
Strawberry
Hill Hoberman, Maryann $15.99
The
Georges and the Jewels Smiley, Jane $16.99 |
Nonfiction for Children & Young Adults
The
Omnivore's Dilemna: Young Reader's Pollan, Michael $9.99
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Personal Book Club It began when a favorite
customer gave her favorite aunt a special gift—one book, every
month, for a year. Rather than picking, packing,and shipping the books herself, she arranged for us to do it. We
picked books she would like and sent them to her. That inspired our "Aunt
Lydia" Personal Book Club.
You can
personalize your Aunt Lydia gift to fit the gift recipient. People who
love to travel can be given the gift of a new work of travel literature
every month or two months. Fiction lovers can be sent fiction, mystery
lovers the latest thrillers, and history buffs the finest of new
historical writing. For more information on how
to sign-up for the Aunt Lydia Program call (415) 927-0960,
ext 227, or email Aunt Lydia Club Coordinator Mary Benham:
auntlydia@bookpassage.com and
she'll get right to work for your favorite aunt. If you're ready
to sign up now, fill out the form below. You may also drop the
registration form off at the store. Thanks! Sign
up online |
Signed First Editions Club
For Booklovers & Book
Collectors: Members of the Signed
First Editions Club receive a signed first edition each month
of a new work of fiction by an emerging author who we feel shows
exceptional talent and promise. Many of our selected authors have gone
on to win literary acclaim, among them Andrew Sean Greer,
Daniel Alarcon, Nicole Krauss, Yiyun Li, Kiran Desai (2006
Booker Prize), and Junot Diaz (2007
Pulitzer), and their books have increased in value. Recent favorites
include The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David
Wroblewski, Rachel Kushner’s Telex from Cuba (a 2008
National Book Award finalist), and Cutting for Stone by
Abraham Verghese. We can’t promise award
winners every time, but we can promise you some great reading! To sign
up, or for more information, call Signed First Editions Club Coordinator,
Mary Benham, at (415) 927-0960, ext 227
or email mbenham@bookpassage.com.
Sign
up online |
