Paul Goldstein - Havana Requiem
Paul Goldstein reads from his new legal thriller, Havana Requiem ($26.00). Fueled by alcohol and legal brilliance, Michael Seeley once oversaw his law firm’s most successful litigation. Until it all fell apart. Recklessness and overreach cost him his wife, his job, and likely the life of his last client…. Then a renowned Cuban musician enters his office with a simple request.
Paul Goldstein is the Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford University and the author of two previous novels.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
CANCELLED: Linda Gray Sexton - Half in Love: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Linda Gray Sexton talks about Half in Love: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide ($15.95). After the agony of witnessing her mother's multiple — and ultimately successful — suicide attempts, Linda Gray Sexton, daughter of the acclaimed poet Anne Sexton, struggles with an engulfing undertow of depression. Here, she speaks about the need to escape the legacy of suicide.
This special event is co-sponsored by National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI). This is a fundraiser. Book Passage will donate a portion of proceeds from book sales during the event to NAMI San Francisco.
A gifted writer in her own right, Linda Gray Sexton has written four novels; her first memoir Searching for Mercy Street was published to critical acclaim.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Eugenia Bone - Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms
Eugenia Bone speaks about Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms ($25.99). Engrossing, earthy, surprising, and packed with up-to-date science and cultural exploration, Mycophilia is part narrative and part primer for foodies, science buffs, environmental advocates, and anyone interested in learning more about ‘shrooms.
Eugenia Bone is an author and a food writer who has been featured in numerous national publications. She writes a blog on preserving foods for the Denver Post, and lives in New York City.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Ani Phyo - Ani’s 15 Day Fat Blast
Cosponsored by CUESA
Ani Phyo presents Ani's 15-Day Fat Blast: The Kick-Ass Plan to Get Lighter, Tighter, and Sexier . . . Super Fast ($24.00). On Saturday mornings, chefs and cookbook authors lead free cooking demonstrations using seasonal ingredients from the Farmers Market. Join us out front of the Ferry Building in the Farmer's Market for tips, recipes, and a sample. We’ll be there with the books.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Mona Talbott - Zuppe: Soups from the Kitchen of the American Academy in Rome
After culinary school, Mona Talbott was hired by Alice Waters to work at Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard program. She later worked at Eli Zabar’s Vinegar Factory and EAT stores in New York and consulted for Hillary Clinton at her home in Chappaqua, New York. In 1999, Talbott began working for photographer Annie Leibovitz, and in 2004, she was hired by Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project to design a children’s gardening and cooking program. Since 2007, Talbott has been executive chef at the Rome Sustainable Food Project. She is the author of Biscotti.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Thomas McNamee - The Man Who Changed The Way We Eat:: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance
Thomas McNamee talks about The Man Who Changed The Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance ($27.00). In the 1950s, America was a land of overdone roast beef and canned green beans — a gastronomic wasteland. Many restaurants relied on frozen ingredients, and served bogus “continental” cuisine. One man helped changed all that.
Thomas McNamee is the author of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse. His writing has been published in The New Yorker, Life, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He lives in San Francisco.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
San Francisco Writers Grotto - 3 minute reads
3 Minute Reads
from San Francisco Grotto Writers
50+ Writers, 3 Minutes Each!
Joins us for a fast-paced and irreverent evening, showcasing new work from the students of the San Francisco Writer's Grotto writing classes. On this Friday evening, both fiction and nonfiction writers will read their work — but only for 3 minutes each! Their instructors (Grotto authors) will enforce the time limit. Join us for wine, fun, and fresh new writing.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
New Bay Area Voices
New Bay Area Voices read from their work: writers Liz Demi Green (Flinging Singing Things), Chris Carosi (Bright Veil), Keely Hyslop (Things to Say to Pirates on Nights When I Miss You), Fia Maxwell (If We Could Friends on Facebook You Would Know How Much I Love You), Janey Smith (Animals), and Jeff von Ward (Mormonia: Stories) present new work recently published.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Will Allen - The Good Food Revolution
Will Allen discusses The Good Food Revolution ($26.00). In this new book, a pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner points the way to building a new food system that can feed — and heal — broken communities. An eco-classic in the making, The Good Food Revolution is the story of a grassroots movement that is changing the way our nation eats.
After retiring from professional basketball and executive positions at Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter & Gamble, Allen cashed in his retirement fund for a two-acre plot a half mile away from Milwaukee’s largest public housing project. The area was a food desert with only convenience stores and fast-food restaurants to serve the needs of local residents.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
David Talbot - Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
David Talbot, author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years, is the founder and CEO of Salon. He lives in San Francisco.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
San Francisco Writers Grotto - 3 minute reads
3 Minute Reads
from San Francisco Grotto Writers
50+ Writers, 3 Minutes Each!
Joins us for a fast-paced and irreverent evening, showcasing new work from the students of the San Francisco Writer's Grotto writing classes. On this Friday evening, both fiction and nonfiction writers will read their work — but only for 3 minutes each! Their instructors (Grotto authors) will enforce the time limit. Join us for wine, fun, and fresh new writing.
- Street:
- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Ruta Kahate - Quick Fix Indian
Cosponsored by CUESA
Ruta Kahate presents Quick-Fix Indian: Easy, Exotic Dishes in 30 Minutes or Less ($16.99).On Saturday mornings, chefs and cookbook authors lead free cooking demonstrations sing seasonal ingredients from the Farmers Market. Join us out front of the Ferry Building in the Farmer's Market for tips, recipes, and a sample. We’ll be there with the books.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Marion Nestle - Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics
Calories — too few or too many — are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. In Why Calories Count ($29.95), Marion Nestle explains what calories are and how they work, both biologically and politically. The author also offer some candid advice: Get organized. Eat less. Eat better. Get political.
Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. She is the author of What to Eat and Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health; Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety; and Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Joanna Biggar and Linda Watanabe McFerrin - Wandering in Bali: A Tropical Paradise Discovered
Left Coast Writers book launch: Editors Joanna Biggar & Linda Watanabe McFerrin discuss Wandering in Bali: A Tropical Paradise Discovered
($14.95). This collection of varied tales, some mystical, some funny,
some terrifying — are each told in a different, highly personal voice.
From temples to Balinese feasts to classical music and dance, the
writers here sample and share the multiple faces of Bali.
Joanna
Biggar is a writer, journalist, and teacher who has published fiction,
poetry, personal and travel essays and hundreds of feature articles for
newspapers and magazines. She has traveled solo in the most remote
corners of China, chaired a school board in Ghana, worked as a
journalist in Washington, DC, and taught school kids in Oakland,
California, where she lives.
Poet, travel writer and novelist Linda Watanabe McFerrin has been traveling since she was two and writing about it since she was six. A contributor to numerous journals, newspapers, magazines, anthologies and online publications, she is the author of poetry collections, award-winning novels and a short story collection, and the editor of a travel guidebook and literary anthologies.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Steven Saylor - The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World
Steven Saylor reads from The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World ($25.99). The year is 92 B.C., and Gordianus has just turned eighteen and is about to embark on a journey to see the Seven Wonders of the World. Gordianus is not yet called “the Finder” — but at each of the Seven Wonders, the young Roman encounters a mystery to challenge the powers of deduction.
Steven Saylor is the author of acclaimed historical mystery novels featuring Gordianus the Finder, including The Triumph of Caesar, as well as the internationally bestselling historical novels Empire and Roma. He has appeared on the History Channel as an expert on Roman politics and life.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
David and Michael Hanson - Breaking Through Concrete
Upstairs at the Ferry Building
Cosponsored by CUESA
David and Michael Hanson discuss Breaking Through Concrete ($29.95). Urban farming is a social movement that's transforming our national food system. In their book Breaking Through Concrete, brothers David and Michael Hanson and urban farmer Edwin Marty document twelve successful urban farms, from an alternative school for girls in Detroit to a restaurant supply garden on a rooftop in Brooklyn. They offer practical advice for budding farmers, such as composting and keeping livestock in the city and decontaminating toxic soil.
The talk will be followed by a book signing (books for sale by Book Passage) and reception with farmers market refreshments. Please note: if the event fills up, there will be a limited number of seats available on the day of the event. First come, first served. More info at http://breakingthroughconcrete.eventbrite.com/
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Andrew Blackwell - Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places
Andrew Blackwell discusses Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places ($25.99). For most of us, traveling means visiting the most lively or beautiful places on Earth — like Paris or the Taj Mahal. This new book embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth.
Andrew Blackwell is a journalist and filmmaker living in New York City. He is a 2011 fellow in nonfiction literature from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Angelo Sosa - Flavor Exposed: 100 Global Recipes from Sweet to Salty, Earthy to Spicy
As chefs go, Angelo Sosa is a fascinating blend of the classical and the modern. Having worked with culinary visionaries Alain Ducasse and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, his personal sensibility for food combines the elegance and sophistication of his rigorous training along with his passion for global flavors and more contemporary preparations. Known to many for his compelling role on Bravo's acclaimed "Top Chef," Angelo is currently Executive Chef at Social Eatz and Añejo Tequileria in New York City.
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
John Toulze and Sondra Bernstein - Plats Du Jour
Cosponsored by CUESA
John Toulze and Sondra Bernstein present Plats Du Jour: The Girl and the Fig’s Journey Through the Seasons in Wine Country ($48.00). On Saturday mornings, chefs and cookbook authors lead free cooking demonstrations using seasonal ingredients from the Farmers Market. Join us out front of the Ferry Building in the Farmer's Market for tips, recipes, and a sample. We’ll be there with the books.
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- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Alix Ohlin - Inside
Alix Ohlin is the author of The Missing Person, a novel; Babylon and Other Stories; and Signs and Wonders, a new collection. Her work has appeared in Best American Short Stories, Best New American Voices, and on public radio’s Selected Shorts. “Ohlin has a great eye, a great ear, and all the other equipment auguring a very successful future.” — Jay McInerney
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- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
