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« Week of October 3, 2010 »
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3 Fred Frohock - Beyond: On Life After Death - Gables Start: 6:00 pm Fred M. Frohock is the author of eleven books and numerous articles in scholarly journals. His latest book, Beyond: On Life After Death (University Press of Kansas, 2010), critically scans the evidence for life after death, a study that supports a variation on the thesis that evidence underdetermines theory, or, roughly put, that rival theories can be consistent with the same data set and rank ordered only by relying on background considerations. Professor Frohock's work often combines theory and field work. Special Care (1986) is an ethnographic account of decision-making in an intensive care neonatal nursery, while Healing Powers (1992) studies alternative medicine and spiritual healing. Both were published by the U. of Chicago Press, as was Lives of the Psychics (2000), an examination of anomalous and mystical experiences. Public Reason: Mediated Authority in the Liberal State (Cornell U. Press, 1999) delineates public reasoning on post-Wittgenstein theories of language. Bounded Divinities: Sacred Discourses in Pluralist Democracies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) is a treatment of religion and politics that uses Santería as a case study in a theoretical examination of the two practices. Prof. Frohock earned his Ph.D. in Political Science and Philosophy at the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Twice a Social Science Research Council Fellow, he is currently professor and chair of political science at the University of Miami, with academic concentrations in political philosophy, law, and bioethics.	4 Sierra Michaels - Intimate Encounters - Gables Start: 6:00 pm Intimate Encounters (by Sierra Michaels) is a humorous and occasionally serious account of the inner workings of the sensual massage business and the unique and sometimes pathological characters that work at and visit the apartment, as well as Cali’s life and struggles as a graduate student in doubt about her chosen field and her future. Rabbi Edwin Goldberg - Love Tales from the Talmud - Gables Start: 8:00 pm Many people see the Talmud as nothing more than a dry compendium of legal opinions, but in fact the Talmud represents a rich repository of literature encompassing all aspects of the world of the great Rabbinic Sages. Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, author of Swords and Plowshares: Jewish Views of War and Peace and Heads and Tales: Stories of the Sages to Enlighten Our Minds, presents a window into this world in Love Tales from the Talmud. Featuring original texts, translations, commentary, and study questions, this accessible introduction to the study of Rabbinic literature explores classic Jewish wisdom on love and relationships.	5 David Holmberg - The Hurricane Murders - Bal Harbour Shops Start: 7:30 pm The Hurricane Murders (Eloquent Books, $14.50) written by David Holmberg. A reporter in Florida, Jake Arnett, covers the baffling murder of a mother and daughter seeking a new life - a story that requires every ounce of investigative skill, commitment, and compassion he can muster. Arnett works against a backdrop of decline and despair in print journalism that jeopardizes the newspaper he works for, and the life and career of his closest friend. Craig Pittman - Manatee Insanity - Gables Start: 8:00 pm Why is the manatee just as imperiled today as it was 40 years ago? Loveable or loathed? Poster child for conservation efforts or impediment to development? Nuisance or in need of protection? For the past two decades, the quiet manatee has been a flash point of frequent environmental debates. Included on the very first endangered species list issued in 1967, the docile creatures have stirred curiosity and passions for more than a hundred years. They are Florida's most famous endangered species, as well as its most controversial. Manatees appear on hundreds of license plates, attract hordes of tourists, and expose the uneasy relationships between science and the law and between freedom and responsibility like no other animal. As passions have flared and resentments have grown, the battle over manatee protection has evolved into a war, and no reporter has followed the story more closely than Craig Pittman. He's flown with scientists trying to count manatees from overhead. He's been on the water with the leader of the biggest pro-boater group. He's observed biologists dissecting the animals and politicians discussing their fate. Manatee Insanity provides the first in-depth history of the attempts to provide legal protection for the manatee. Along the way, Pittman takes a close look at the major and minor players in the dispute, from Jacques-Yves Cousteau to Jeb Bush, from Jimmy Buffett to O. J. Simpson, from a popular children's book author to a federal lawman who dressed in a gorilla suit for the ultimate undercover assignment.	6 Mark Bittman - The Food Matters Cookbook - Fairchild Tropical Garden Start: 6:00 pm The follow up to Mark Bittman's NY Times bestseller, Food Matters: The Cookbook offers around 450 recipes that will save your health and the planet. Schedule for the Evening: 6:00 – 7:00pm – Reception with the Author, sponsored by Whole Foods 7:00 – 8:00pm – Talk and Q&A with Mark Bittman To be introduced by MICHELLE BERNSTEIN, author of “Cuisine A Latina” Book signing to follow TICKETS are required for this event. $10 for Fairchild members and $15 for non-members, available only at Fairchild: astamps@fairchildgarden.com SPECIAL FOR BOOKS & BOOKS CUSTOMERS: A limited amount of FREE tickets are available at all Books & Books, with your pre-purchase of The Food Matters Cookbook, prior to the event, at any Books & Books location. If you do not purchase the book in advance and would like to purchase at the door that night, please note that you will have to purchase BOTH the book AND a ticket in order to be allowed entry. Rosie Molinary - Beautiful You - Gables Start: 8:00 pm Too often, women believe that they will finally be content when their bodies change in some way. In actuality, they’ll be content only when their minds change, when they give themselves permission and the tools to be content. In Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance (Seal Press, $16.95), Rosie Molinary provides 365 ways to shore up confidence, encourage self-awareness, and get reacquainted with the beautiful, brilliant you. Part personal essay, part action and empowerment guide, Beautiful You is a practical and inspirational tool for realizing a healthy self-image by championing one’s own emotional and physical well-being. 8pm	7 Terry Shine - Nothing Happens Until it Happens to You - Gables Start: 8:00 pm Jeffrey Reiner is a middle manager’s dream. Predictable, almost invisible, and lacking ambition, he’s held the same tedious job for eighteen years, typing up the calendar listings for a South Florida weekly. When he is suddenly fired, Jeffrey has no choice but to push beyond his comfort zone. As Jeffrey stumbles from one comic catastrophe to another, he realizes that in opening up to the world, he no longer wants to go back to his safe, sheltered corner. Full of whimsy, wry humor, and surprising insight, Terry Shine's Nothing Happens Until It Happens to You (Crown, $23.00) is a weird, wonderful journey of self-discovery that proves there’s life after the pink slip after all. 8pm	8 Live Music- Emmet Cohen Trio - Gables Start: 7:00 pm Live Music in the Courtyard: Emmet Cohen Trio, 7-11pm Cesar Millan - Cesar's Rules Start: 7:30 pm Your dog just doesn’t seem to listen. You’ve been through obedience training, but he still can’t seem to master the most basic commands. And nothing you do seems to prevent him from misbehaving. “Clients usually come to me when their dogs are ruining their lives, not when they won’t sit,” says Cesar. “But everywhere I go, people are telling me they are confused about the wide variety of training options and theories out there, and they feel paralyzed because they don’t know which to choose.” Now, in his usual straightforward, confident manner, Cesar Millan takes on the topic of training for the first time, by explaining the importance of balance as the foundation for a healthy relationship between you and your dog. In order to provide a variety of training options, he calls upon some of the foremost experts in the field to offer their advice so that you can find the perfect approach that works for you and your dog through a variety of methods. Filled with practical advice, anecdotes, tips, and trouble-shooting techniques, Cesar’s Rules (Crown, $25.99) is the ultimate guide to a well-behaved and well-balanced dog—from a new puppy to an old dog who can still learn new tricks. Order a copy of Cesar’s Rules at any Books & Books location today and we will reserve a copy of the book and (2) tickets for you to pick up, anytime after October 5th (on-sale date of the book) at any of our South Florida stores, or at the door on the night of the event. Doors open at 6pm. Additional tickets/books will be available at the door that evening, while supplies last. Please note: While Books & Books is a dog friendly bookstore, we are specifically asking you to LEAVE YOUR DOGS AT HOME for this event, as Cesar unfortunately won’t have time to meet all our lovely pooches and pups. Those are the rules folks – Cesar’s Rules – so please honor them. You’ll have time to try all the great new tips with your pet later at home. Presented in collaboration with the Florida Center for Literary Arts. Tickets required.7:30pm Dave Lapham - Ghosthunting Florida - Gables Start: 8:00 pm Author David Lapham* visits more than 30 legendary haunted places, all of which are open to the public — so you can test your own ghost hunting skills, if you dare. Join Dave as he visits each site, snooping around eerie rooms and dark corners, talking to people who swear to their paranormal experiences, and giving you a first-hand account. Enjoy Ghosthunting Florida (Clerisy, $15.95) from the safety of your armchair or hit the road, using the maps, “Haunted Places” travel guide with 50 more spooky sites and “Ghostly Resources.” Buckle up and get ready for the spookiest ride of your life. 8pm	9 Michaelangelo Sabatino - Pride in Modesty - Gables Start: 7:00 pm Following Italy's unification in 1861, architects, artists, politicians, and literati engaged in volatile debates over the pursuit of national and regional identity. Growing industrialization and urbanization across the country contrasted with the rediscovery of traditionally built forms and objects created by the agrarian peasantry. Pride in Modesty (University of Toronto Press, $70) argues that these ordinary, often anonymous, everyday things inspired and transformed Italian art and architecture from the 1920s through the 1970s. Through in-depth examinations of texts, drawings, and buildings, Michelangelo Sabatino finds that the folk traditions of the pre-industrial countryside have provided formal, practical, and poetic inspiration directly affecting both design and construction practices over a period of sixty years and a number of different political regimes. 7pm Cesar Millan - Grand Cayman -- POSTPONED Start: 7:00 pm We are sorry to announce that our book discussion and signing with Cesar Millan has been POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Cesar Millan was originally scheduled to give a presentation on and sign copies of his new book, *Cesar’s Rules: Your Way to Train a Well-Behaved Dog*, at the bookstore on Saturday, October 9. However, due to complications with the import of his two month old puppy, he will not be able to visit at this time. We are in the process of confirming a new date for this event and will let you know as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and appreciate your continued support and understanding.

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