When Cammie Morgan enrolled at the Gallagher Academy, she knew she was preparing for the dangerous life of a spy. What she didn’t know was that the serious, real-life danger would start during her junior year of high school. But that’s exactly what happened two months ago when Cammie faced off against an ancient terrorist organization dead set on kidnapping her. Now the danger follows her everywhere, and even Cammie “The Chameleon” can’t hide. When a terrifying encounter in London reveals that one of her most-trusted allies is actually a rogue double-agent, Cammie no longer knows if she can trust her classmates, her teachers—or even her own heart. In this fourth installment of the New York Times best-selling series, the Gallagher Girls must hack, spy, steal, and lie their way to the truth as they go searching for answers, recognizing that the key to Cammie’s future may lie deep in the past.

Lavish parties. Passionate meetings in the night. Bone-chilling murders. Midterms. The day-to-day life of Schuyler Van Alen and her Blue Bloods friends (and enemies) is never boring. But there's oh-so-much more to know about these beautiful and powerful teens. Below the streets of Manhattan, within the walls of the Repository, exists a wealth of revealing information about the vampire elite that dates back before the Mayflower. In a series of short stories, journal entries, and never-before-seen letters, New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz gives her hungry fans the keys to the Repository and an even more in-depth look into the secret world of the Blue Bloods.

Enrique Enríquez will be revisiting Italo Calvino's Castle of Crossed Destinies. In 1973, Italian writer Italo Calvino wrote The Castle of Crossed Destinies, a novel in which characters who cannot speak to each other recount their tales using tarot cards. Enrique Enríquez will be re-enacting Calvino’s feat, turning Books & Books into a Bookshop of Crossed Destinies. Some members of the audience will be encouraged to tell their tales using tarot cards. Working as the narrator, Enríquez will put these tales into words. This event is FREE.

TAROT READINGS
On Friday, July 30th and July 31st, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Enrique Enríquez will be giving short tarot readings at Books&Books cafe. There will be no fixed fee, and every person is encouraged to give a retribution that fits their possibilities.TAROT WORKSHOP
On Sunday, August 1st, from 6 pm to 8 pm., Enrique Enríquez will be giving a workshop on The Marseilles tarot’s Visual Language. In this workshop, Enríquez shares his phenomenological approach to the tarot that doesn’t focus on symbolism but rather on the way we can use our body experience to understand images. By contrasting the the medieval notion of symmetry with our current understanding of the way our brain makes meaning, we will be able to apprehend the tarot’s language of shape. The cost of this workshop is $ 25

About Enrique Enríquez
A visual thinker and tarot reader. In 2009 his ‘Gestural Keys to the Tarot’ were published as a prologue for the Jean Dodal tarot, re-edited by Jean-Claude Flornoy. He has been called“one of the most brilliant minds in the tarot world of the 21st Century”, by members of the international Association for Tarot Studies. The British Society of Mystery Entertainers described his work as one that “challenges many preconceptions about the tarot”.

Juan Martin: Como una sombra de mi mismo

The Oriente Trio will playing live in the courtyard!

The author of the Gossip Girl series takes us to college with her new book, Cum Laude (Hyperion, $23.99).

World famous pop artist Romero Britto brings the alphabet to life in this bold and beautiful puzzle board book! As children read the book they can guess which object is hiding under each press-out letter. One by one, with the help of the enclosed stands, little ones can stack the letters to make their own vibrant sculptures!

A modern-day pop-culture icon, Romero Britto is one of the premier pop artists of our time. He is now using his talents to teach children their ABCs in his first children's book. Britto's striking artwork will dazzle both children and parents, and twenty-six press-out pieces, each shaped like a letter of the alphabet, will encourage young readers to create their own Britto-esque sculptures! The art of language has never been so appealing! (Little Simon, $12.99)

Enrique Enríquez will be giving a workshop on The Marseilles tarot’s Visual Language. In this workshop, Enríquez shares his phenomenological approach to the tarot that doesn’t focus on symbolism but rather on the way we can use our body experience to understand images. By contrasting the the medieval notion of symmetry with our current understanding of the way our brain makes meaning, we will be able to apprehend the tarot’s language of shape.  Enrique Enríquez is a visual thinker and tarot reader. In 2009 his ‘Gestural Keys to the Tarot’ were published as a prologue for the Jean Dodal tarot, re-edited by Jean-Claude Flornoy. He has been called “one of the most brilliant minds in the tarot world of the 21st Century”, by members of the international Association for Tarot Studies. The British Society of Mystery Entertainers described his work as one that “challenges many preconceptions about the tarot”.  The cost of this workshop is $25.

Camp Books and Books: Can you imagine what it's like inside the Magic Kingdom late at night, after everyone else has left? Does it get even more magical? Join the adventure with the Kingdom Keepers Reading Group. Whether you're already a fan of the KIngdom Keepers or just starting out, join us for some Disney fun and games as we talk about Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark (Hyperion, $8.99), the first book in Ridley Pearson's awesome series.  Perfect for 4th-7th graders. Bring photos from your own trip to Disney for a fun book-related craft.

Forget hip-hop mixtapes. The Magic City hustlers over at Foryoucansee will be
hocking poetry from the back of their Japanese hatchbacks. But first,
Books & Books in Coral Gables is taking a risk, and giving them a
shot to do it legit one more time. This is the official release of the
second printing of Hialeah Haikus, a collection of the Jpanese-style, 5-7-5 syllable structure poems, infused with an unmistakable Miamie flavor. A daring a ttendee will enjoy a Q&A session that will have you saying, "****!" Or just in Espanol. The event is free.  The book is $10.  And proceeds from the book sales will benefit the non-for-profit sponsoring all this madness: Artes Miami/Editorial Ultramar. Foryoucansee was founded by Alex Fumero, Lucas Leyva, and Marco Ramirez-- three young artists with a passion for creating native work. This time they stand on the shoulders of giants, fellow authors: Eric Anderson, Ceci Fernandez, Danny Monslave, Alex Nodarse, Elena Santayana, and local celebrity, Jose El Rey. Original photography in the book by Mathew Berkowitz.

Note: This event is in Spanish. Julio Cortázar: Este film, de estilo documental, aborda
la vida y obra de Julio Cortázar. A partir de diversas fuentes
históricas audiovisuales,  nos propone un recorrido cronológico que va
desde su azaroso nacimiento en Bélgica en 1914, hasta su deceso, casi 70
años más tarde, en Francia.  Pocos son los escritores que logran, como
lo ha hecho Julio Cortazar desde sus primeros cuentos, establecer con
sus lectores una relación de complicidad y diversión que se parece en
algo a la amistad. Son dos las dimensiones que fue desarrollando tanto
en su vida como en sus libros: el juego y el compromiso que se necesitan
el uno al otro si se quiere que la realidad no nos aburra con sus
calamidades. Presentado en colaboración con el Centro Cultural
Argentino. 6:30pm

In 1996-1997, the Dolphins telepathically communicated to Frances Fox shocking information about the “ending of the world as we know it.” Frances was so disturbed by these messages that she put them away, vowing never to share them with the world. In light of the cataclysmic earth changes happening on the planet today, Frances was guided to revisit these messages with her book, The Gods Speak: Dolphin Wisdom Revealed ($15.99). In reviewing the Dolphin statements, so upsetting in the past, Frances found that they were actually great prophets. Their descriptions of how “the ending” was going to come about matched those found in the Book of Revelations, and also described by the Mayans. The Dolphins remind us that the ending is the preamble for the next and last stage of human evolution, the Golden Age. The Greeks considered the Dolphins Gods.

Coral Gables Gallery Night: Ozzie Amador, Paintings, 7-10pm

Live music in the courtyard: Rose Max & Ramatis, 7pm

In 1996-1997, the Dolphins telepathically communicated to Frances Fox shocking information about the “ending of the world as we know it.” Frances was so disturbed by these messages that she put them away, vowing never to share them with the world. In light of the cataclysmic earth changes happening on the planet today, Frances was guided to revisit these messages with her book, The Gods Speak: Dolphin Wisdom Revealed ($15.99). In reviewing the Dolphin statements, so upsetting in the past, Frances found that they were actually great prophets. Their descriptions of how “the ending” was going to come about matched those found in the Book of Revelations, and also described by the Mayans. The Dolphins remind us that the ending is the preamble for the next and last stage of human evolution, the Golden Age. The Greeks considered the Dolphins Gods. 8pm

Twist your tongue into an intertwine knot, saying the sayings you've surely forgot... Speak super speedy - don't trip on your teeth - those who talk fastest earn quite a treat. Limericks and rhymes and words fun to say, what can this be? Oh say, can
you say? It's our Twist Twisting Twister Day! Kids, read your favorite funny tongue twisters - as fast as you can - from Twimericks (Workman, $8.95) and find out who's the fast-talking, tongue twisting champ. And we'll even play Twister, too! Prizes for the speediest and most accurate chit-chatters, ages 10 and younger. 11am

Sunday Story Time Special: Author Carol Casey and illustrator Jason Oransky bring us  adorable cast of multi-cultural babies making their way through vibrantly colored landscapes to learn about recognizing and naming colors in Dear Baby, It’s a Colorful World (Dearbaby Books, $14.95). Join us for the interactive presentation and craft. The dazzlingly bright pages are paired with simple poems to evoke the different moods of each color. A gentle message about appreciating all color in nature is made visually and with the simple question to the reader: What happens if color goes away? Wouldn't the world look gloomy and grey? The ending brings together all the colors of the book and the entire cast of babies to reassure Lucky children and Lucky world: Beautiful color is here to stay. Presented in collaboration with MiamiMunchkins.com 12:30pm

In this riveting work of narrative nonfiction – No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 (Harper, $25.99) -- New York Times reporter Graham Bowley re-creates one of the most dramatic tales of death and survival in mountaineering history, vividly taking readers through the tragic 2008 K2 ascent that claimed the lives of eleven climbers, severely injured two others, and made headlines around the world. With its near-perfect pyramid shape, the 28,251-foot K2—the world's second-highest mountain, some 800 feet shorter than the legendary Everest hundreds of miles to the south—has lured serious climbers for decades. In 2008, near the end of a brief climbing season cut even shorter by bad weather, no fewer than ten international teams—some experienced, others less prepared—crowded the mountain's dangerous slopes with their Sherpas and porters, waiting to ascend. Based on in-depth interviews with surviving climbers and many Sherpas, porters, and family and friends of the deceased, No Way Down reveals for the first time the full dimensions of this harrowing drama. 4pm

In this fifth book in the Wine Country Mystery series, Lucie Montgomery journeys to Washington D.C., as she searches for a missing friend. (Scribner, $24)

What if you knew that just by being aware of a problem, you could fix it? In seconds? That is the premise of The Secret of Instant Healing ($13.95), the best-selling natural book by Dr. Frank Kinslow. Quantum Entrainment (QE) is a scientific procedure that promotes rapid healing by expanding self-awareness. It is a combination of quantum science, meditation, and ‘the Power of Now’. Meet Dr. Kinslow tonight. 8pm

Guided Wine Tasting Dinner
with Chef Allen Susser and Robin Goldstein & Alexis Herschkowitsch of The Wine Trials

Chef Allen Susser – yes, South Florida’s beloved Chef Allen, the James Beard award-winning patriarch of the New World Cuisine movement – has created this perfectly paired and decidedly delectable menu to match the sparkling wines featured in tonight’s blind wine tasting. Join Chef Allen and the wine experts Robin Goldstein & Alexis Herschkowitsch for this three-course treat – just $58 a person (plus sales tax and gratuity) and including a glass of wine with each course – in our “Algonquin Room” at the Gables store at 6:30pm.

Space is very limited, so please call our Gables Café today to pay for your spot. RSVP to George or Gianina – 305-448-9599 – by Tuesday, Aug. 10, please.

Organic Arugula, Goat Cheese, Pear, sweet cherries and pine nuts with aged sherry vinaigrette

Pan Roasted Mahi Mahi served with White Beans, cracked Green Olives, Celery, Wild Garlic Broth and Fresh Mint

Citrus Ricotta
Cheese Cake
served with Raspberry Coulis and Summer Berries

ALGONQUIN NIGHT is back – and Dorothy Parker herself would be jealous of all the Algonquin fun. And this time, there’s even some alcohol involved (Dorothy would approve). Algonquin Publishing of Chapel Hill’s book god and director of marketing Craig Popelars brings us another night of authors and books, wine and books, beer and books, books and books, and maybe even a song about Books & Books (if you heard the first ode last year, then you know it’s not to be missed).

We’ll kick things off at 7pm with a blind wine tasting with Robin Goldstein & Alexis Herschkowitsch, the impartial experts behind FearlessCritic.com and the book The Wine Trials (Workman, $14.95 each). This breakthrough wine guide details the blind-tasted wines for less than $15. Sample each of the three wines tonight (now, now, just a sip or two) at our Courtyard bar and jot down your thoughts on each. Then we’ll head inside at 7:45 or so for the big “reveal” of which wine was which. You might be surprised. You just might have cheap taste (and that’s a good thing). Robin will share his insight from the wine trials world.

And then it’s onto acclaimed novelist Brock Clarke, author of The Arsonist’s Guide to New England Writers’ Home. Brock is bringing us an exclusive early release of his brand new novel, Exley (Algonquin, $24.95). Even though Exley is earning praise already for its story of 9-year-old Miller and his search for his father’s favorite author, Frederick Exley, the book doesn’t have its official release until October. But we very lucky folks at Books & Books get a special sneak peak. You’ll be able to buy copies NOW – and get them signed, too. Exley is part literary satire, part mystery, wholly engaging. It’s not your ordinary book, and Brock Clarke is an extraordinary writer.

And speaking of not-ordinary, Craig Popelars will also share the joys and wonders of Algonquin Publishing’s extraordinary fall book list. He dazzles us with the wit and wisdom of each book, using his own brand of wit and wisdom. This is the publishing house with the spot-on taste that brought you Water for Elephants, Mudbound, A Reliable Wife and oh so many more that you loved. Plus, if you buy ANY Algonquin book tonight, you’ll receive a FREE advance copy of one of Algonquin’s upcoming fall titles. It’s buy one book, get another book before you can even buy it. But wait, there’s more… Then we’ll head back to the Courtyard bar for the beer tasting with Robin & Alexis as they sign copies of their two books in the Courtyard and share their tasty beer insight from their brutally honest blind taste tests in The Beer Trials (Workman, $14.95). So, don’t miss a moment of Algonquin Night 2010 – great for book-club planning or just plain book planning. It’s a reader’s dream, a tasty treat, an evening for wine and words. Beer, too.

Ah, “beach week”: a time-honored tradition in which the D.C. suburbs’
latest herd of high school grads flocks to Chelsea Beach for seven
whole days of debauched celebration. In this dark comedy, ten teenage
girls plan an unhinged blowout the likes of which their young lives have
never seen. They smuggle vodka in water bottles and horde prescription
drugs by the dozen. Meanwhile, their misguided, affluent parents are too
busy worrying about legal liabilities to fret over some missing pills
or random hookups.

For Jordan Adler and her family, though, this rite of passage
threatens to become more than just frivolous fun. The teen’s parents,
Leah and Charles, might not let their only child go at all. Their
marriage is in shambles, their old house is languishing on the market,
and the bills are stacking up. With all that stress, it soon seems
they’re behaving as irresponsibly as their daughter and her friends.

With the wit of Nora Ephron and the insight of Tom Perrotta, Susan
Coll satirizes a new teenage rite of passage, in the process dismantling
the lives of families in transition. Beach Week Ferrar, Straus, Giroux, $25) is a hilarious, well-observed look at the end of childhood and the human need to commemorate it—expensively. 6pm

Live MUsic in the courtyard: Escaleno, 7-11pm

POSTPONED: Please check our website for updates about the rescheduled date for Maria Elvira Salazar. This event is in Spanish: No importa cuál sea tu camino, cuáles sean tus sueños, ni cuántos obstáculos tengas que vencer, este libro es un conmovedor testimonio del triunfo de la fe sobre la maldad. En ocasiones la vida nos pone pruebas que parece imposible superar. Puede tratarse de una crisis personal, de un problema de salud o de la crisis financiera internacional. Tal vez hayas perdido tus ahorros o hasta tu casa, y tus sueños y planes parecen cancelarse para siempre. En esas ocaciones el camino se torna largo y cuesta arriba; sin embargo, si mantienes tu fe la solución puede llegar de manera inesperada. María Elvira Salazar vivió una de las peores crisis que uno pueda imaginar en medio de una historia de intriga, poder y envidia que involucró a la tristemente célebre Laura Bozzo, quien se presentaba en televisión internacional como una defensora de los pobres y los desvalidos, buscando escalar cada vez más los ratings, sin importar por encima de quién pasaba. Fue así como la periodista María Elvira Salazar vio de pronto su carreras irse a pique. Y ella discute ese en su libro Si Dios contigo quien contra ti? (Random House, $18.95). 8pm

When his daughter, Amy—a gifted doctor, mother, and wife—collapses and dies from an asymptomatic heart condition, Roger Rosenblatt and his wife, Ginny, leave their home on the South Shore of Long Island to move in with their son-in-law, Harris, and their three young grandchildren: six-year-old Jessica, four-year-old Sammy, and one-year-old James, known as Bubbies. Long past the years of diapers, homework, and recitals, Roger and Ginny — Boppo and Mimi to the kids — quickly reaccustom themselves to the world of small children: bedtime stories, talking toys, playdates, nonstop questions, and nonsequential thought. With the wit, heart, precision, and depth of understanding that has characterized his work, Rosenblatt peels back the layers on this most personal of losses to create both a tribute to his late daughter and a testament to familial love in Making Toast (Ecco, $21.99). The day Amy died, Harris told Ginny and Roger, "It's impossible." Roger's story tells how a family makes the possible of the impossible. 6pm

Historias cortas del planeta Cuba ($14.99), cuentas por Ari Pinelli, plasma situaciones de la vida cotidiana en una isla, que a pesar de haberla hecho Dios un día en que estaba contento, se encuentra sumida en un mar de confusiones y gravemente enferma de presente. A través del prisma maravilloso de su escritor se revela un mundo que muchos se imaginan, pero que pocos pueden describir con tanta propiedad como quienes lo han vivido, o aún mejor, quienes lo han sufrido, porque entre diáspora y odio, todo el mundo sale lastimado, independientemente de hacia dónde se incline su filiación política o ideological. 7pm

Leo Castelli reigned for decades as America’s most influential art dealer. Now Annie Cohen-Solal, author of the hugely acclaimed Sartre: A Life recounts his incalculably influential and astonishing life in Leo and His Circle (Knopf, $35). After emigrating to New York in 1941, Castelli would not open a gallery for sixteen years, when he had reached the age of fifty. But as the first to exhibit the then-unknown Jasper Johns, Castelli emerged as a tastemaker overnight and fast came to champion a virtual Who’s Who of twentieth-century masters: Rauschenberg, Lichtenstein, Warhol, and Twombly, to name a few. Leo and His Circle brilliantly narrates the course of one man’s power and influence. But Castelli had another secret, too: his life as an Italian Jew. Annie Cohen-Solal traces a family whose fortunes rose and fell for centuries before the Castellis fled European fascism. Drawing on her friendship with the subject, as well as an uncanny knack for archival excavation, Annie Cohen-Solal gives us in full the elegant, shrewd, irresistible, and enigmatic figure at the very center of postwar American art, bringing an utterly new understanding of its evolution. 6pm

What is the meaning of life? Since the dawn of civilization, humankind has sought to answer the mysteries of existence. Unfortunately this restless search for the divine has, all too often, driven seekers in regrettable directions--toward the comically ridiculous and irrational but also the frighteningly horrific and maniacal.

Arm yourself with God's Lunatics (Harper, $16.99) before your next encounter with those who have been blinded by the light. Award-winning author Michael Largo, "the Capote of kaput" ("Atlanta Journal-Constitution"), chronicles history's vast and colorful cast of true believers--from the hidden side of the Bible's eccentric characters to today's street-corner doomsayers, and from extraterrestrial communicators, levitating hermits, and flagellating ascetics to self-serving preachers of overindulgence who believed money, sex, and drugs were the keys to the portal to divine understanding. In addition to the firewalkers, serpent handlers, cultists, terrorists, and alleged time travelers, God's Lunatics also reveals the dubious foundations of the world's major faiths and the many religious customs and laws that continue to influence governments and society, whether you are a believer or not.

Beginning in 1897 with the arrival of Luther Halland, the story of Hallandale Beach is one of steady growth and enduring prosperity. Hallandale Beach, Florida (History Press, $21.99) became a town during the great Florida boom of the 1920s, and in 1947, when its boundaries expanded to the Atlantic Ocean, Hallandale Beach became a city. Today, this quintessential South Florida community has grown to offer all the luxuries of a big city without losing any of its hometown charm. Balancing world-class restaurants and exciting entertainment with welcoming residential neighborhoods, Hallandale Beach truly has it all. Join South Florida expert Seth H. Bramson as he takes you on a journey through Hallandale Beach's proud past and budding future to show why, for more than ninety years, it has been Broward County's city of choice. 7:30pm

Lauren Weisberger is the author of The Devil Wears Prada, which spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists. The film version, starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, won a Golden Globe Award and grossed over $300 million worldwide. Her second novel, Everyone Worth Knowing, was also a New York Times bestseller. In her newest novel, Last Night at Chateau Marmont (Simon & Schuster, $25.99), Brooke is drawn to the soulful, enigmatic Julian Alter the very first time she hears him perform “Hallelujah” at a dark East Village dive bar. Now five years married, Brooke balances two jobs—as a nutritionist at NYU Hospital and as a consultant to an Upper East Side girls’ school, where privilege gone wrong and disordered eating run rampant—in order to help support her husband’s dream of making it in the music world. Things are looking up when after years of playing Manhattan clubs and toiling as an A&R intern, Julian finally gets signed by Sony. All that changes after Julian is asked to perform on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno—and is catapulted to stardom, literally overnight. At first the newfound fame is fun—who wouldn’t want to stay at the Chateau Marmont or visit the set of one of television’s hottest shows? When rumors about Brooke and Julian swirl in the tabloid magazines, she begins to question the truth of her marriage and is forced to finally come to terms with what she thinks she wants—and what she actually needs. 6pm

In what could be thought of as the Jewish Mother's Guide to Life, Jill Zarin, the breakout star of Bravo's hit series, The Real Housewives of New York, teams up with her sister, Lisa Wexler, award-winning host of daily radio program The Lisa Wexler Show, and her mother, the estimable Gloria Kamen who made a splash on Jill's series last year. Secrets of a Jewish Mother (Dutton, $25.95) shows readers that being clear about what you want is the best policy, and standing up for yourself and your family is always the right way to go. Using real life examples, stories from Jill, Lisa and Gloria, this mother/daughter trio reveals their secrets to life, love, and happiness. 6pm

Jazzilla plays live in the Gables Books & Books courtyard!

In Knock and the Door Will Open (Simon & Schuster, $18) successful psychic medium Jeffrey Wands invites you to embark on a wondrous journey of discovery and harness the power within. Jeffrey believes that each of us is a giant treasure chest waiting to be filled with the gifts that we've been given, but most of us have not summoned the courage to open ourselves up to discover our personal treasures. When you are brave enough, you can change your mind and change your life. Wands’ six keys will allow you to dig deep inside, to look at every aspect of your life, and to achieve your greatest potential. 8pm

As the editor and publisher of Dan's Papers, the area's popular free newspaper, Dan Rattiner has been living in and covering the Hamptons for over fifty years, and has watched it change from a sleepy backwater of fishing villages and potato farms to a playground for the rich and famous. In this follow-up to his popular book In the Hamptons, Rattiner continues to regale us with tales of the people who live, work, and play in one of America's best-known summer colonies, ranging from colorful locals like former East Hampton Town Supervisor Richard T. Gilmartin and marine patrol policeman Ralph George, to more well-known figures like Kurt Vonnegut, Betty Friedan, Alger Hiss, and Martha Stewart. In the Hamptons Too: Further Encounters with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities (State University of New York, $19.95) tells these stories of the Hamptons as only he can tell them: with dry wit, unassuming language, and as keen an awareness of his own quirks and foibles as he is of those of his fellow human beings. 6pm

Avery Heavenrich, a 20 year veteran investor of the stock market, will address the global credit implosion and its aftermath this evening with a talk on The Creative Rebuilding of Your Investment Portfolio.  The greatest debt bubble of the century has permanently altered the financial landscape.  Making creative investment choices now could affect your long-term investment portfolio, and its preservation and growth. Here are a couple of books that are recommended on the subject and available at Books & Books: This Time is Different by Carmen M. Reinhart & Ken Rogoff (Princeton University Press) and Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises by Charles P. Kindleberger & Robert Ailber (Wiley Investment Classics). 8pm

Learn about homeschooling requirements. Have all your questions answered. Come and meet leaders from various homeschooling and enrichment groups in the Miami area. Meet teachers and organizations that provide invaluable services to homeschoolers. Get to know representatives of various homeschooling philosophies and curricula. 7pm

It's the day after Labor Day, 2008, and the elite universe of New York's Upper East Side is about to unravel along with the economy. Socialite Grigsby Somerset is barely aware of her changing world, and has no idea her investment banker husband Blake is about to enter into a devil's bargain with hedge fund owner John Cutter. As autumn unfolds, Grigsby's fairytale life starts to unwind. Street-smart Renee Parker has been hired as John's executive assistant and is convinced that something is amiss with her new boss. Renee enlists her friend Sasha Silver, CEO of Silver Partners, to help her decipher what is happening. They soon discover that John is nearly ruined, except for the assets he is hiding in the Cayman Islands from his wife Mimi, and has concocted with Blake a scheme to redeem himself. This tale of expulsion from a modern-day Garden of Eden captures what happens when economic decline spells ruin for Manhattan's pampered elite.

Alexandra Lebenthal, author of The Recessionistas (Grand Central Publishing, $24.99), is the socially prominent President and CEO of Lebenthal & Co, and its wealth management division, Alexandra & James Inc. Her father is Jim Lebenthal, who made his name in municipal bonds. She also serves as a board member of the School of American Ballet and is involved with several other leading New York cultural institutions including The Business Council of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Capital Campaign for the Museum of the City of New York, the American Museum of Natural History, and the New York Botanical Garden.

Bitingly funny, full of wit and pathos, Martin Amis’ The Pregnant Widow (Knopf, $26.95) is a trenchant portrait of young lives being carried away on a sea of change. The year is 1970, and the youth of Europe are in the chaotic, ecstatic throes of the sexual revolution. Though blindly dedicated to the cause, its nubile foot soldiers have yet to realize this disturbing truth: that between the death of one social order and the birth of another, there exists a state of terrifying purgatory—or, as Alexander Herzen put it, a pregnant widow. Keith Nearing is stuck in an exquisite limbo. Twenty years old and on vacation from college, Keith and an assortment of his peers are spending the long, hot summer in a castle in Italy. The tragicomedy of manners that ensues will have an indelible effect on all its participants, and we witness, too, how it shapes Keith’s subsequent love life for decades to come. 6pm

The Negroni Trio plays live in the Gables Books & Books courtyard.

Brother Duke (Booksurge, $14.99) is the first novel from Adam Scholer, a high school English teacher and Miami native. The main character finds himself hitch-hiking on a bet and when he meets a deranged taxidermist who preserves a cursed dog, mayhem ensues. Brother Duke is for all types of readers ages sixteen to one hundred and six. 8pm

Jutting proudly out of the Mediterranean Sea, like a miracle of nature, Capri is one of the world’s chicest destinations—the European pleasure island. It is a place where well-tanned Italians joyfully share the island’s beauty with celebrities and emphatic island lovers: from limoncello, the native digestivo, to its eponymous Capri pants, to the bright turquoise jewelry and bejeweled sandals made famous by its glamorous denizens.  In the Spirit of Capri (Assouline, $45), a colorful tribute to the isle adored by literary icons and the jet set alike, author and Town & Country editor emeritus Pamela Fiori explains with resonant texts and vibrant images the effortless charm of this fabled island. 6pm

Join us for an evening of Holism, Humor, and Hormones in the Poetry of Healing. Denise Duhamel, award-winning poet and Professor in FIU’s Creative Writing Department, has infused much of her poetry with an uncanny ability to portray the inner life of children and teens. Along the way—or maybe to start with—she discovered the power of humor, of taking a step back to view better, and of integrating mind and body. Her poems bring us, often, to laughter, and poignancy, and recognition. Denise will read from her collections. Sheldon Frank has had a first career as child-adolescent psychiatrist and medical school teacher, working to help children maintain self-esteem and growth in the face of both normal and disease-caused assaults from physical and emotional traumas. As a growing number of his medical colleagues, he has found the power of literature to both express and fortify his patients’ journeys. He will read from the M.F.A. thesis he will present this fall. 7pm