San Francisco Book Review - January 2010

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Local Calendar 6

7 pm - Former California Assemblyman Bill Bagley talks about California’s Golden Years: When Government Worked and Why Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

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6 pm - Paul Linde, M.D. talks about his medical biography Danger to Self: On The Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera 7 pm - Don Lattin talks about The Harvard Psychedelic Club Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

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7 pm - Janice Y.H. Lee talks about her debut novel The Piano Teacher Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

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Journalists Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman present Too Much Medicine Not Enough Health Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

7 pm - Marsha Black presents tips and tricks for the point-and-shoot photographer from The Accidental Photographer for the Camera Bag Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

11 7 pm - Jacob Needleman talks 16 2 pm - Larry Gonick talks about What Is God? Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

about the Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part II Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

12 6 pm - Larry Smith and Rachel 17 11 am - Local Author Day! Fershleiser talk about It All Changed In An Instant: And More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

JoAnn Ainsworth talks about her historical novel Out of the Dark Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

7 pm - Dr. Atul Gawande talks about The Checklist Manifesto Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

3 pm - Local Author Day! Lou Berney talks about Gutshot Straight Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

7 pm - Dr. Elizabeth Somer discusses Eat Your Way to Happiness Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

3 pm - Mike Oliveri discusses Pack: Winter Kill Borderlands - 866 Valencia St., San Francisco

7 pm - Mary Collins talks about American Idle: A Journey Through Our Sedentary Culture Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

4 pm - Local Author Day! Ed Addeo talks about The Midnight Special: A Novel About Leadbelly Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

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7 pm - Jeff Greenwald, Millicent Susens, Carol Beddo and Ken Matesow talk about Best Travel Writing: True Stories from Around the World, 2009 Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

about his mystery novel The Red Door Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera 7 pm - Sasha Abramsky talks about Inside Obama’s Brain Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

6 pm - Barbara Passino talks 10 2 pm - David Richo talks about 14 about Chocolate for Breakfast: The Being True to Life: Poetic Paths to Personal Growth Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

Cookbook, Oak Knoll Inn, Napa Valley Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

4 pm - Steven Roby Robert Drobatz talks about Confessions of A Dead Head: Trips and Travels with a Magical Band Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

7 pm - Shira Nayman presents her debut novel The Listener Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

15 7 pm - Daniel Pink talks about Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Book Passage - 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

2:30 - 3:30 pm - Author Fan Wu discusses her new book February Flowers China Town Branch Library 1135 Powell Street (near Jackson)

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20 7:30 pm - In Awakening Joy,

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25 7 - 9 pm - Kid Lit Salon •

Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Salon • Led by Lissa Rovetch • 4th Monday each Month • 7:00-9:00 pm • $120 per year 2349 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley

30 7:30 pm - Poets Keith Ratzlaff and Jesse Nathan Nebraska-native poets Ratzlaff and Nathan read from Dubious Angels and Dinner, respectively. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, (510) 649-1320

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