october 09 • volume 7 : issue 10

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Monday
October 26 • 7:30pm
Langdon Cook
by Town Hall and University Book Store.
Part of the Town Hall Center for Civic Life.
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.
brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and
at the door beginning at 6:30pm. Town Hall
members receive priority seating.
Bellevue store
990 102nd Avenue NE
Jake Adelstein
and at the door beginning at 6:30pm. Town
Hall members receive priority seating.
Tuesday • October 20 • 6:30pm
Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st
Century Forager (SKIPSTONE)
See our October 6 listing for details.
Tuesday • october 20 • 7pm
Ann, Daniel, & Ben Streissguth
In Love with a Hillside Garden
(UW Press)
Architect Daniel Streissguth built
his home on a wild hillside lot and
developed a garden there as his
neighbor was doing the same with the
natural springs in her back yard. It was
love—they married and had a son, and
together built Capitol Hill’s Streissguth
Gardens, an inspiration to gardeners in
an increasingly urban world.
Wednesday • October 21 • 7pm
Richard J. Meyer
Jin Yan: The Rudolph Valentino
of Shanghai
(Hong Kong University Press)
During the golden age of Chinese silent
film, the biggest star was Jin Yan. But
he was more than just a man at whom
women threw themselves, he was an
early proponent of the power of film
to portray social problems. Richard
Meyer presents the definitive look at the
actor’s life and film legacy.
Wednesday
Daniel Goldhagen
Worse Than War: Genocide,
Eliminationsm, and the Ongoing
Assault on Humanity (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs
1119 8th Avenue
With his international bestseller Hitler’s
Willing Executioners, Daniel Goldhagen
stirred passionate public debate by
compelling people to reexamine a
profound and stubborn moral dilemma.
Now he’s turned to the phenomenon
of genocide. His latest book explains
why genocide begins, is sustained, and
ends; why societies support it; and how
the international community should
and can successfully stop it. Sponsored
Thursday • October 22 • 7pm
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on
the Police Beat in Japan (KNOPF)
The crime writer George Pelecanos
said of Tokyo Vice: "With gallows humor
and a hardboiled voice, Adelstein takes
readers on a shadow journey through
the Japanese underworld and examines
the twisted relationships of journalists,
cops, and gangsters. Expertly told and
highly entertaining." Jake Adelstein
is the only American journalist ever
allowed into the Tokyo Metropolitan
Police press club. His new book
documents what he found there.
foods ever created—is possibly a fasttrack to sainthood. The cookie swap
focuses the idea of the potluck on
everyone's favorite treat—the cookie—
as a celebration of friendship and
homemade happiness.
Monday • October 26 • 7pm
Fantastic Fiction Salon
presents Graham Joyce
Richard Hugo House
1634 11th Avenue, Seattle
Graham Joyce is a multiple award
winning British novelist, including the
2009 O Henry Award, whose work has
been translated into over 20 languages.
He teaches Writing to graduate students
in England. $5 suggested donation.
Jonathan Lethem with
Paul Constant
Chronic City
Thursday
Tim Flannery
Now or Never: Why We Must Act Now
to End Climate Change and Create a
Sustainable Future (GROVE)
1119 8th Avenue
Australian scientist Tim Flannery’s work
contributed enormously to popular
understanding of the reality of climate
change. His latest book describes
pragmatic steps being explored
and taken towards remediation of
the crisis. Leavening the doomsday
scenarios of much current reporting on
climate change, Flannery’s work looks
forward in the belief that “a sense of
hopelessness is just as great a danger to
our future as the bankrupt philosophies
of the recent past.” Part of the Seattle
Science Lectures, sponsored by Town Hall,
University Book Store, Pacific Science Center
and KUOW-FM. Tickets are $5 and are
available at www.brownpapertickets.com,
800.838.3006, and at the door beginning
at 6:30pm. Town Hall members receive
priority seating.
Friday • October 23 • 7pm
Julie Usher
Cookie Swap: Creative Treats to Share
Throughout the Year (GIBBS SMITH)
Sharing food with friends is a fantastic
way to stay connected. Sharing
cookies—one of the most perfect
(Random House)
Sunset Tavern
5433 Ballard Avenue NW
The Stranger's books editor, Paul
Constant, will interview one of the most
important novelists in America. Really,
what more need we say? Chronic City,
Lethem's remarkable new novel, is a
slightly surreal look at New York City,
a story about a former child actor's
relationship with an astronaut stuck
in space, a bizarre rock critic, and
marijuana. It's Saul Bellow writing a
Philip K. Dick novel. Tickets are free
with the purchase of Chronic City from
University Book Store; otherwise tickets are $5.
Books and tickets available October 13.
Irene Khan
The Unheard Truth: Poverty and
Human Rights (W.W. NORTON)
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue
Secretary General Irene Khan, of
Amnesty International, believes poverty
is not just an economic problem, but
also a global human-rights violation.
Her latest book is the centerpiece of
Amnesty International’s three-year
human-rights campaign to end world
poverty, and asserts that the best strategy
is to empower the poor to take control
of their own lives, enabling them to
build a sustainable and dignified future
for themselves. Part of the Town Hall
Center for Civic Life. Sponsored by Town Hall
and University Book Store. Tickets are $5 and
are available at www.brownpapertickets.com,
800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at
6:30pm. Town Hall members receive
priority seating.
Walker Ames Lecture Series
presents Francisco Goldman
"The Art of Political Murder"
Francisco Goldman, an acclaimed
novelist who specializes in recreating
poignant episodes in the political and
social history of the Americas, will
discuss his painstakingly researched
account of the assassination of a
Guatemalan bishop, Msgr. Juan Gerardi.
Sponsored by The Graduate School and
the Department of Comparative Literature.
This event is free and open to the public. To
guarantee your seat, please register online at
grad.washington.edu/lectures.
Tuesday • October 27 • 7pm
Traitor's Gate (TOR) & Canticle
(Psalms of Isaak) (TOR)
Edible Heirlooms: Heritage Vegetables
for Maritime Garden (SKIPSTONE)
Traitor's Gate is the conclusion to Kate
Elliott's fantasy Crossroads trilogy. The
Guardians have finally been defeated,
and their secrets revealed, but a final
twist awaits readers. Ken Scholes will
present Canticle, the second book in
his Psalms of Isaak series. Of the first
installment, Lamentation, Orson Scott
Card said: "I wish my first novel had
been this good."
Audrey Young
House of Hope and Fear (Sasquatch)
Seattle Public Library, Montlake Branch
2401 24th Ave E
Audrey Young examines the health care
system as a whole by looking at one
doctor’s personal journey from idealistic
post-grad to local county hospital. There,
Young discovered the individuals tossed
aside by society, and the inner workings
of a hospital executive board.
UW Kane Hall, Room 130
Kate Elliott & Ken Scholes
To Mark Penn, microtrends are a
major deal. The voice behind the Wall
Street Journal’s popular “Microtrends”
column (and former campaign
manager for Hillary Clinton) eschews
“huge, sweeping megaforces,” instead
identifying and acting on the biggest
things going today: “small, under-theradar patterns of behavior which take on
real power when propelled by modern
communications and an increasingly
independent-minded population.” Part
of the Town Hall Center for Civic Life.
Sponsored by Town Hall and University Book
Store. Tickets are $5 and are available at
www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006,
Bill Thorness
Bellevue store
990 102nd Avenue NE
Tuesday
Theodore Gray
The Elements
(Black Dog & Leventhal)
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue
Columnist for Popular Science and
creator of the iconic photographic
periodic table of elements used in
universities, high schools, and museums,
Theodore Gray will present images
from his striking new book of photos
of the 118 elements. Solid science
and fascinating photographs will help
everyone learn more about the building
blocks of the universe.
See our October 15 listing for details.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Cracking the Einstein Code: Relativity
and the Birth of Black Hole Physics
Mark J. Penn
Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind
Tomorrow's Big Changes (TWELVE)
1119 8th Avenue
Fulvio Melia
(UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)
1119 8th Avenue
For more than four decades after its
publication, Albert Einstein’s theory
of general relativity remained largely
a curiosity for scientists; it seemed
accurate, but the code of six interlocking
equations was difficult to crack. But
29-year-old Cambridge graduate Roy
Kerr solved the great riddle in 1963, the
same year as the discovery of black holes,
finally providing fertile testing ground
for general relativity. Few know how Kerr
did it, but Fulvio Melia, professor of
physics and astronomy at the University
of Arizona and author of Cracking the
Einstein Code, unmasks the history
behind the search for a real-world
solution to Einstein’s field equations,
ultimately showcasing how pathfinding
theoretical science gets done. Part of the
Seattle Science Lectures, sponsored by Town
Hall, University Book Store, Pacific Science
Center and KUOW-FM. Tickets are $5 and
priority seating.
OCTOBER 09 • VOLUME 7 : ISSUE 10
OCtober
Author events
1.800.335.READ • ubookstore.com
Tom Cathcart & Daniel Klein
Heidegger and a Hippo: Using
Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life,
Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in
Between (VIKING ADULT)
The bestselling authors of Plato and
a Platypus Walk into a Bar tackle philosophical notions of death in lighthearted, pop-culture-infused terms. They
don't skimp on the philosophy, though.
They just find contemporary ways of
explaining difficult material. And isn't
that the essence of good teaching?
Nancy Kehoe
Wrestling with Our Inner Angels: Faith,
Mental Illness and the Journey to
Wholeness (JOSSEY-BASS)
University Temple United Methodist
Church, 1415 NE 43rd Street
Nancy Kehoe, a nun in the Society of the
Sacred Heart and distinguished clinician
known for her work with the mentally
ill, talks about religious belief and
mental illness. Psychotherapy has long
lived in the shadow of Freud's rejection
of religious belief. But Kehoe sees the
positive benefit of religious belief in a
therapeutic setting, and discusses its
integration in her book.Part of the Seattle
Spiritual Reading Series, sponsored by the
University District Interfaith Alliance and
University Temple United Methodist Church.
Suggested donation $5 at the door.
EVENTS TAKE PLACE AT OUR U DISTRICT STORE, LOCATED AT 4326 UNIVERSITY WAY NE, EXCEPT AS NOTED.
Thursday • October 1 • 11am
Special Story Time with Tom
Brenner (Ages 3 to 7)
And Then Comes Halloween
(CANDLEWICK PRESS)
Mill Creek store
15311 Main Street
Vashon author Tom Brenner wrote his
first foray into children's literature, after
watching October give way to winter and
feeling the excitement of young people
decked out in capes and hats and candy
buckets. He will stop by to read to your
young ones, and maybe inspire you to
make this the biggest Halloween yet. You
bring the kids; we'll supply the activities
and refreshments. Call 425.385.3530
for details.
Thursday • October 1 •5pm
Ben Huh
Fail Nation: A Visual Romp through
the World of Epic Fails (HARPER),
Graph Out Loud & How to Take Over
Teh Wurld (PENGUIN)
The Great Nabob
8915 5th Avenue N
Ben Huh from the Internet meme
experts at I Can Has Cheezburger will
be on hand to promote not one, not
two, but three books of images from his
popular websites Fail Blog, GraphJam,
and the original I Can Has Cheezburger.
Love cats? Graphic images? Failing?
Humor? Join us for the fun. Be sure
to bring 2 cans of cat food for the Seattle
Humane Society’s Pet Food Bank and you’ll
get a free drink ticket! The event is free but
space is limited. Please RSVP at
http://cheezburger.eventbrite.com/.
Sara Paretsky
Hardball (PUTNAM)
PI V.I. Warshawski explores the stillsimmering racial tensions of life and
politics in Chicago in this, Sara Paretsky's
13th Warshawski novel. The search for
a black man who disappeared in the
late '60s connects Warshawski with her
father's old police colleagues, a peaceful
march that had a violent result, and some
ancient history that some would rather
see remain in the past.
Thursday
Michael J. Sandel
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
(FS&G)
1119 8th Avenue
Professor Michael J. Sandel and his jampacked “Justice” courses are legendary
at Harvard. Swarms of students pack the
campus theater to hear Sandel connect
the big questions of political philosophy
to the most vexing issues of modern life.
What are our obligations to others as
people in a free society? Is it ever wrong
to tell the truth? Questions such as these
are at the core of our public life and at
the heart of Sandel’s belief that a firm
grasp of philosophy can help us make
sense of politics, morality, and our own
convictions. Part of the Town Hall Center
for Civic Life, sponsored by Town Hall and
University Book Store. Tickets are $5 and
800.838.3006, and at the door beginning
at 6:30pm. Town Hall members receive
priority seating.
(OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS)
Jerome Gold
Paranoia & Heartbreak: Fifteen Years
in a Juvenile Facility
(SEVEN STORIES)
What's it like to work with juvenile
offenders? Jerome Gold spent fifteen
years doing just that in the state of
Washington and kept a journal of
his experiences to help him better
understand his job and relieve his
stress. But the journal, now published by
Seven Stories Press, offers an intimate,
unflinching look a unique group of
young people.
Friday • October 2 • 7:30pm
Craig Ferguson
American on Purpose: The Improbable
Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
(HARPER)
1119 8th Avenue
The bright lights of fame are smiling
on Craig Ferguson now, but the host of
The Late Late Show endured a long, dark
journey to success from the streets of
Glasgow, Scotland. Washed-up, Ferguson
came to Hollywood and landed a
breakthrough role on The Drew Carey
Show, which led to his current hosting
gig. But, Ferguson says his greatest
triumph was his decision to become a
U.S. citizen in early 2008, just before his
command performance for the president
at the White House Correspondents’
Association Dinner. Tickets are free with
the purchase of American on Purpose from
University Book Store, or $5. Books and tickets
available beginning September 22.
Saturday • October 3 • 9am – 2pm
AppleLooza 2009
University District Farmers Market
Stop by the U District Farmer's Market
for apple recipes, apple cider samples,
apple tastings, and apple pie demo—
all things appley will be going down.
Sorrento Hotel
900 Madison Street
The Sorrento Hotel is adding a new
series to its popular Night School events.
It's the Midnight Symposium—an indepth conversation on a specific topic of
the speaker's choosing, with the help of
brown spirits, red wine, and a well-crafted
stew. See our October 5 listing for book and
author details.
Monday • October 5 • 6:30pm
Bill Thorness
Edible Heirlooms: Heritage Vegetables
for the Maritime Garden (SKIPSTONE)
Bellevue store
990 102nd Avenue NE
This informative guide to the 26 best
edible heirloom plants for your western
garden will tell you how to grow them,
what to look for in them, and the history
of the species, too. Bill Thorness—the
author of Biking Puget Sound—is a
prolific gardener, and the perfect
person to introduce you to heirloom
green thumbery.
Nena Baker
The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous
Chemistry of Everyday Things
Threatens Our Health and Well-being
(FS&G)
Night School’s Midnight
Symposium presents
Jesse Sheidlower
The F-Word
Admission cost. See
event listing for details.
Nena Baker, an award-winning journalist,
decided to have her blood tested to see
just how many chemicals were floating
around in her body. The final number
turned out to be three dozen, including
two that had been banned 30 years
ago. The Body Toxic is an expose of the
chemical industry and the number of
its products that have ended up in our
bodies despite government regulation.
Jesse Sheidlower
1119 8th Avenue
Dick Cheney snarled it on the Senate
floor. Bono let it slip at the Grammys. We
can’t say it here, but lexicographer and
Event is free of charge
but requires a ticket.
The story of the cottonwood, whose life
cycle is closely attuned to the river’s
natural dynamics and fluctuating
floodplains, is one of perpetual change.
But then, in a broader sense, so is the
story of all trees, and all kinds of life.
Stettler asserts we just might learn how to
preserve and manage our forests for an
uncertain future. Part of the Seattle Science
Lectures, sponsored by Town Hall, University
Book Store, Pacific Science Center and KUOWFM. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.
Langdon Cook
Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st
Century Forager (SKIPSTONE)
If you know where to look, there is a
feast for the foraging. And Langdon
Cook, a freelance writer who was
once an editor working in the tech
industry, knows where to look. Cook has
embraced his hunter-gatherer past as a
way of reconnecting with the land and
reconnecting with his meals.
Doug Underwood
& Sibella Giorello
Journalism and the Novel: Truth and Fiction,
1700 – 2000 (CAMBRIDGE) &
The Rivers Run Dry (Thomas Nelson)
The F-Word (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS)
Sunday • October 4 • 8pm
language expert Sheidlower probably
will. In the new edition of his historical
dictionary The F-Word, the Oxford English
Dictionary editor-at-large has catalogued
hundreds of citations of the leastprintable word in the English language.
While it is now largely accepted as an
integral part of language, “the F-word”
still manages to confound, provoke, and
scandalize. Presented by Town Hall, with
University Book Store. Tickets are $5 and
priority seating.
In his academic survey, Doug Underwood
looks at the role literary journalism has
played in the development of some of
literature's masterworks. Novelist Sibella
Giorello, author most recently of The
Rivers Run Dry will discuss the way a
journalism background has played a role
in the formation of so much of the tone
and style of the fiction we read.
Wednesday
Reinhard F. Stettler
Cottonwood and the River of Time:
On Trees, Evolution and Society
(UW PRESS)
1119 8th Avenue
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Thursday • October 8 • 6:30pm
Danz Lecture Series presents:
Girish Karnad
"Entertaining India"
Picture New York City: its concentration
of concrete and high-rises, stifling diesel
fumes, horn-blaring traffic jams, and
curbside garbage bags. It may sound
like an ecological nightmare, but
The New Yorker writer David Owen says it’s
the greenest community in the country.
The key to a city’s environmental record,
and the lesson for the rest of us, is its
density. To Owen, our sustainable future
looks less like Thoreau’s cabin and
more like a populous megacity. Part of
the Seattle Science Lectures, sponsored by
Town Hall, University Book Store, Pacific
Science Center, KUOW-FM and Microsoft..
Thursday • October 8 • 7:30pm
Encounters with British colonialism
profoundly altered the perception
Indians had of themselves. This lecture
will look at how this engagement with
the West reshaped the world of Indian
entertainment. Sponsored by The Graduate
School and the Henry M. Jackson School of
International Studies. This event is free and
open to the public. To guarantee your seat,
please register online at grad.washington.edu/
lectures.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The
Evidence for Evolution (Free Press)
Richard Dawkins
Hec Edmundson Pavillion
Richard Dawkins has written a number
of books that spin off from the premise
that evolution happened. In The Greatest
Show on Earth, though, he presents
the evidence that proves to him—and
most scientists—that evolution is a fact.
Sponsored by the Secular Student Union.
Admission is free.
R.A. Salvatore
The Ghost King: Transitions, Book III
(Wizards of the Coast)
Don't miss the gripping conclusion
to Salvatore's New York Times bestselling Transitions trilogy! When the
Spellplague ravages Faerûn, Drizzt
and his companions are caught in the
chaos. Seeking out the help of the
priest Cadderly–the hero of the recently
reissued series The Cleric Quintet–Drizzt
finds himself facing his most powerful
and elusive foe.
Thursday
David Owen
Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller,
Living Closer, and Driving Less are the
Keys to Sustainability (Riverhead)
1119 8th Avenue
Chris Majer
The Power to Transform: 90 Days to
a New You (RODALE)
Can you design your own future? Many
have, and Chris Majer has asked them
how they did it. His new book tells the
stories of self-made men and women
in the corporate world, the sports world,
and the military world, offering
readers a blueprint to their own
life-changing work.
Mark Tye Turner
Notes From A 12 Man: A Truly
Biased History of the Seattle Seahawks
(SASQUATCH)
FX McRory's
419 Occidental Avenue S, Seattle
Emmy-winning writer and producer
Mark Tye Turner loves the Seahawks—no
matter what. He's one of those die-hard,
come what may fans, one of the people
who the Seahawks meant when they
retired the number 12 in honor of their
"12th man." This book of short essays
and lists is a love letter to Turner's
favorite team.
Friday • October 9 • 7:30pm
Christos Papadimitriou
Logicomix: The Epic Search for Truth
(BLOOMSBURY)
1119 8th Avenue
Logicomix is an eagerly-anticipated
graphic novel featuring a rather atypical
superhero: the eloquent and spirited
mathematician/philosopher Bertrand
Russell. With concept and story by
Berkeley Computer Science professor
Christos Papadimitriou (along with
Athens-based Apostolos Doxiadis, a writer
long obsessed with the relationship
between mathematics and narrative),
Logicomix sees through Russell’s eyes
the plights of great thinkers like Frege,
Hilbert, Poincaré, Wittgenstein and
Gödel, and through Russell’s own
passionate involvement in the quest, the
various narrative strands come together.
Part of the Seattle Science Lectures, sponsored
by Town Hall, University Book Store, Pacific
Science Center, KUOW-FM and Microsoft.
Monday
Tracy Kidder
Strength in What Remains
Danz Lectures presents:
Bruce Katz
"The Great Recession: What Comes
Next for our MetroNation"
The Great Recession has dramatically
disrupted the lives and livelihoods
of tens of millions of Americans
through battered industries, lost jobs,
foreclosed homes, declining incomes
and diminished wealth. Bruce Katz, Vice
President and Director of the Brookings
Metropolitan Policy Program, will discuss
the broad forces affecting our country
and argue that metro economies like
Seattle can lead the way forward to
national prosperity that is sustained and
shared. Sponsored by The Graduate School
and the Department of Geography. This event
is free and open to the public. To guarantee
your seat, please register online at https://
go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/nextcity_
katz/details.tcl.
Sarah Vowell
The Wordy Shipmates (RIVERHEAD)
Seriously, who doesn't love Sarah Vowell?
In her last three books, Vowell has
brought a love of American history, an
acerbic wit, and a remarkable writing
talent to readers. The Wordy Shipmates is
about the pilgrims—our buckle-hatted
Puritan national forbears—in all their
colonial glory. This event is free and open
to the public. A signing ticket is required to
stand in the signing line. Signing tickets
are available with purchase of The Wordy
Shipmates from University Book Store. Books
available beginning October 6.
Spokane, Washington's columnist and
outdoorsy writer Patrick McManus has
been focusing on a series of mystery
novels lately. The Double-Jack Murders is
the third in his series about Sheriff Bo
Tully, a western lawman searching for
some elusive killers among the eccentric
backwoods folk of Blight County, Idaho.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, will stop by
to sign copies of his books for his many
young fans. This is a Signing Only.
Buy Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days at
University Book Store and get a free ticket
to meet Jeff Kinney in person! Books and
signing tickets available beginning October 12
while supplies last. Signing guidelines apply.
Please visit ubookstore.com for details, or call
206.545.4363.
Wednesday
Justine Larbalestier
1111 110th Avenue NE
Peter Maass
Crude World: The Violent Twilight
of Oil (KNOPF)
1119 8th Avenue
When gas prices topped $4 a gallon a
while back, we were all vividly reminded
of the volatility of oil prices. But Peter
Maass, a writer for New York Times
Magazine, says there’s a lot more to the
cost of oil than dollar signs, from an
environmental, humanitarian, and
political point of view. Part of the Seattle
Science Lectures, sponsored by Town Hall,
University Book Store, Pacific Science Center,
KUOW-FM and Microsoft. Tickets are $5 and
priority seating.
Bill Thorness
Edible Heirlooms: Heritage Vegetables for
Maritime Garden (SKIPSTONE)
Bill Thorness is back to introduce you to
heirloom green thumbery. See October 5
listing for details.
(RANDOM HOUSE)
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue
Called a “master of the non-fiction
narrative,” Kidder won the Pulitzer
Prize for his book The Soul of a New
Machine, about the development of a
minicomputer. His book Mountains
Beyond Mountains was the University of
Washington’s inaugural Common Book.
Kidder’s new book, Strength in What
Remains, is the story of a Burundian
genocide survivor who escapes to the
United States during the war but returns
to his native country to build a medical
clinic. Part of the Town Hall Center for Civic
LifeSponsored by Town Hall and University
Book Store. Tickets are $5 and are available at
Jeffrey Hou & Julie Johnson
Greening Cities, Growing Communities:
Learning from Seattle's Urban
Community Gardens (UW Press)
Community gardens are a growing trend
in North America, but Seattle is one of
the few cities that actually includes them
in their urban development planning.
The authors of this book will discuss how
other cities can follow our lead
in creating green spaces and
community networks.
Patrick McManus
The Double-Jack Murders
(SIMON & SCHUSTER)
Bellevue Regional Library
Joseph Schreiber
Star Wars: Death Troopers: No Doors, No
Windows: A Novel (DEL REY)
A prison ship breaks down in an
uninhabited part of space, and the crew
board an abandoned Star Destroyer
to scavenge parts. Unfortunately, they
bring back a disease that wipes out all
but a half-dozen survivors who find that
death is not the end for the infected
crew, just a transformation into a soulless,
unstoppable, and hungry new danger.
Sunday • October 18
Jeff Kinney signs
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
(Amulet Books)
Jeff Kinney, author of the very popular
MOnday • october 19 • 7pm
Liar (Bloomsbury Kids)
Can a compulsive liar learn to tell the
truth when it really matters? Micah,
the protagonist of Liar, has to try to
come clean after her boyfriend dies
under brutal circumstances. In this
psychological thriller for young adults,
readers find themselves unsure what is
truth and what is a lie.
Monday • october 19 • 7pm
Nicolette Bromberg
Picturing the A-Y-P (UW Press)
UW Campus
Suzzallo Library Exhibit Room
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
was held on what is now the University
of Washington campus in 1909. From
June 1 to October 16, Seattle became the
home of a fair unlike any seen before.
And Frank Nowell captured it all as
the official Exposition photographer.
Nicolette Bromberg has gathered some
of her favorite Nowell images and written
about them in this new book.
Taylor Branch
The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History
with the President (SIMON & SCHUSTER)
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue
Former President Clinton wanted to
build a vivid archive of records so future
historians could fully capture the reality
of his administration. He called Taylor
Branch. As a result, Pulitzer-Prize winning
author Branch conducted 78 informal
but confidential White House “diary
sessions” with Clinton between 1993 and
2001. Clinton spoke spontaneously and
candidly on contemporary events, and
afterward, Branch recorded his own take
on the sessions. The result is a rare look
at a young president and the pressures of
his job. Part of the Town Hall Center for Civic
Life, sponsored by Town Hall and University
Book Store. Tickets are $5 and are available at

october 09 • volume 7 : issue 10

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