Join us for live music in the courtyard
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120114T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120114T220000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/aclu-police-practices-panel-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/aclu-police-practices-panel-gables SUMMARY:ACLU Police Practices Panel -- Gables DESCRIPTION:ACLU Greater Miami Chapter Forum\: How to Survive an Encounter with the Police --The police stop your car\, knock on your door\, or stop you on the street. Do you know your constitutional rights and how to assert them in a non-threatening\, effective way to protect your safety and minimize unnecessary arrests? This program includes the 40-minute film Busted\: The Citizen’s Guide to Surviving Police Encounters. Public safety is not the sole responsibility of law enforcement. Locally\, the ACLU has played an ongoing role in monitoring police practices. Community input and oversight of the police are necessary for public trust in government and the police. Learn what you can do to help ensure that citizens have a say in how the police do their job. Panel Members\: Matthew Boyd\, Chief of Police\, Miami Gardens\; Ray Taseff\, PA\, Criminal Defense Attorney\; Attorneys from the Law Offices of Public Defender Carlos J. Martinez\: Michelle Rosengarten\, Assistant Public Defender and Antonio Valiente\, Assistant Public Defender.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120114T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120114T230000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/dave-barry-alan-zweibel-lunatics-museum-art-fort-lauderdale URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/dave-barry-alan-zweibel-lunatics-museum-art-fort-lauderdale SUMMARY:Dave Barry & Alan Zweibel -- Lunatics -- Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale DESCRIPTION:One of them is a bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. The other is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Together\, they form the League of Comic Justice\, battling evildoers in the name of . . . Okay\, we made that line up. What Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel do form is a writing team of pure comic genius\, and they will have you laughing like idiots.
Philip Horkman is a happy man-the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop\, and on Sundays a referee for kids' soccer. Jeffrey Peckerman is the sole sane person in a world filled with goddamned jerks and morons\, and he's having a really bad day. The two of them are about to collide in a swiftly escalating series of events that will send them running for their lives\, pursued by the police\, soldiers\, terrorists\, subversives\, bears\, and a man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese.
Where that all takes them you can't begin to guess\, but the literary journey in Lunatics (Putnam\, $25.95) is a masterpiece of inspiration and mayhem. But what else would you expect from the League of Comic Justice?
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120115T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120115T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-24 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-24 SUMMARY:Live Music in the Courtyard -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Join us for live music in the courtyard
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120115T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120115T190000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/dave-barry-alan-zweibel-lunatics-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/dave-barry-alan-zweibel-lunatics-gables SUMMARY:Dave Barry & Alan Zweibel -- Lunatics -- Gables DESCRIPTION:One of them is a bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. The other is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Together\, they form the League of Comic Justice\, battling evildoers in the name of . . . Okay\, we made that line up. WhatDave Barry and Alan Zweibel do form is a writing team of pure comic genius\, and they will have you laughing like idiots.
Philip Horkman is a happy man-the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop\, and on Sundays a referee for kids' soccer. Jeffrey Peckerman is the sole sane person in a world filled with goddamned jerks and morons\, and he's having a really bad day. The two of them are about to collide in a swiftly escalating series of events that will send them running for their lives\, pursued by the police\, soldiers\, terrorists\, subversives\, bears\, and a man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese.
Where that all takes them you can't begin to guess\, but the literary journey in Lunatics (Putnam\, $25.95) is a masterpiece of inspiration and mayhem. But what else would you expect from the League of Comic Justice?
TICKETS REQUIRED. Free tickets available at Books &\; Books stores in Coral Gables\, Bal Harbour Shops\, and Miami Beach. Tickets will be available beginning December 22.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120116T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120116T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/julian-sher-somebodys-daughter-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/julian-sher-somebodys-daughter-gables SUMMARY:Julian Sher -- Somebody's Daughter -- Gables DESCRIPTION:In Somebody's Daughter\: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them (Chicago Review Press\, $24.95)\, meet the girls who are fighting for their dignity\, the cops who are trying to rescue them\, and the community activists battling to protect the nation's most forsaken children. Author Julian Sher takes you behind the scenes to expose one of America’s most underreported crimes\: A girl from New Jersey gets arrested in Las Vegas and\, at great risk to her own life\, helps the FBI take down a million-dollar pimping empire. An abused teenager in Texas has the courage to take the stand in a grueling trial that sends her pimp away for 75 years. Survivors of the sex trade in New York\, Phoenix\, and Minneapolis set up shelters and rescue centers that offer young girls a chance to break free from the streets. Somebody's Daughter is a call to action\, shining a light on America’s dirty little secret. Presented in collaboration with the Women’s Fund.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120117T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120117T233000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/jill-iscol-amy-lehman-hearts-fire-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/jill-iscol-amy-lehman-hearts-fire-gables SUMMARY:Jill Iscol & Amy Lehman -- Hearts on Fire -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Hearts on Fire (Hummingbird Press) written by Jill Iscol with Peter Cookson\, and a foreword by President Bill Clinton is a call to action to people from all walks of life to roll up their sleeves and extend a helping hand to others. Fourteen extraordinary individuals tell their stories directly\, honestly and passionately in a series of interviews. What are their hopes for the world? What are their dreams for the future? What are their fears? How are they changing the world one step at a time? Hearts on Fire gives a face to today’s global activists. Jill will be joined by Amy Lehman\, whose work is highlighted in the book. Amy has been working on her Floating Hospital project exclusively for about three years.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120118T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120118T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/paul-winick-cancer-dreams-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/paul-winick-cancer-dreams-gables SUMMARY:Paul Winick -- Cancer Dreams -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Cancer Dreams (Authorhouse\, $14.03) is the story\, told by Paul Winick a pediatrician\, of his wife's battle with breast cancer. Along the way\, we meet children he has cared for with cancer\, and their families who watched them suffer. We are also introduced to loved ones of the doctor and his wife who suffered the scourge of cancer. Ultimately\, though\, the book delivers the message that cancer need not be an ending\, but a beginning\, filled with new hopes and dreams.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120118T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120118T233000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/mari-sampedro-iglesias-heroes-among-us-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/mari-sampedro-iglesias-heroes-among-us-gables SUMMARY:Mari Sampedro-Iglesia -- The Heroes Among Us -- Gables DESCRIPTION:The Heroes Among Us (WestBow\, $11.95) is a short autobiography describing Judge Mari Sampedro-Iglesia’s family's journey through her husband's head &\; neck cancer. Her story is meant to offer inspiration and hope to patients\, families\, friends and caregivers alike with 100% of the profits from her book sales being donated to the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Research Center\, Head &\; Neck Department.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120119T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120119T003000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/gaston-levy-beyond-soul-bal-harbour-shops URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/gaston-levy-beyond-soul-bal-harbour-shops SUMMARY:Gaston Levy -- Beyond the Soul -- Bal Harbour Shops DESCRIPTION:In Beyond the Soul (iUniverse\, $26)\, Gaston Levy narrates his childhood memories of Egypt -- the warm family gatherings\, the dishes cooked by his mother with their aromatic smells\, and the sounds and sights of the Egyptian lifestyle at the time. He discusses his move up the demanding management staircase\, one step at a time\, honing his leadership skills at every level. He finally arrives at the top of corporate America\, where he deals face to face with his Board of Directors\, the investment bankers\, and Wall Street analysts. This boy from Alexandria invites us into his innermost thoughts and feelings\, showing how he was able to develop a new concept of life\, its meaning and its purpose thanks to Logosophy\, the science of self-knowledge.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120119T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120119T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/christine-najac-food-lovers-guide-miami-fort-lauderdale-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/christine-najac-food-lovers-guide-miami-fort-lauderdale-gables SUMMARY:Christine Najac -- Food Lovers' Guide to Miami & Fort Lauderdale -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Christine Najac provides the ultimate guide to the food scene in both Miami and Fort Lauderdale by giving us the inside scoop on the best places to find\, enjoy\, and celebrate local culinary offerings. The Food Lovers' Guide to Miami &\; Fort Lauderdale (Globe Pequot\, $14.95) is written for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties\, as well as a rich array of other\, indispensable food-related information including\: food festivals and culinary events\; specialty food shops\; farmers’ markets and farm stands\; trendy restaurants and time-tested iconic landmarks\; and recipes using local ingredients and traditions.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120120T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120120T003000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/sally-bedell-smith-elizabeth-queen-museum-art URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/sally-bedell-smith-elizabeth-queen-museum-art SUMMARY:Sally Bedell Smith -- Elizabeth the Queen -- Bal Harbour Shops DESCRIPTION:Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents\, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II. Compulsively readable and scrupulously researched\, Elizabeth the Queen (Random House\, $30) is a close-up view of a woman we’ve known only from a distance\, illuminating the lively personality\, sense of humor\, and canny intelligence with which she meets the most demanding work and family obligations. We discover the young girl who suddenly becomes "\;heiress presumptive"\; when her uncle abdicates the throne. Smith brings us inside the palace doors and into the Queen’s daily routines—the "\;red boxes"\; of documents she reviews each day\, the weekly meetings she has had with twelve prime ministers\, her physically demanding tours abroad\, and the constant scrutiny of the press—as well as her personal relationships. It is a fascinating window into life at the center of the last great monarchy.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120120T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120120T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/steve-heine-sacred-high-city-sacred-low-city-tale-religious-sites-two-toyko-neighborhoods-gabl URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/steve-heine-sacred-high-city-sacred-low-city-tale-religious-sites-two-toyko-neighborhoods-gabl SUMMARY:Steve Heine -- Sacred High City\, Sacred Low City\: A Tale of Religious Sites in Two Toyko Neighborhoods -- Gables DESCRIPTION:In Sacred High City\, Sacred Low City (Oxford University Press\, $29.95)\, Steven Heine argues that lived religion in Japan functions as an integral part of daily life\; any apparent lack of interest masks a fundamental commitment to participating regularly in diverse\, though diffused\, religious practices. The book uses case studies of religious sites at two representative but contrasting Tokyo neighborhoods as a basis for reflecting on this apparently contradictory quality. In what ways does Japan continue to carry on and adapt tradition\, and to what extent has modern secular society lost touch with the traditional elements of religion? Or does Japanese religiosity reflect another\, possibly postmodern\, alternative beyond the dichotomy of sacred and secular\, in which religious differences as well as a seeming indifference to religion are encompassed as part of a contemporary lifestyle?
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120121T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120121T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-25 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-25 SUMMARY:Live Music in the Courtyard -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Join us for live music in the courtyard
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120121T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120121T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/sally-bedell-smith-elizabeth-queen-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/sally-bedell-smith-elizabeth-queen-gables SUMMARY:Sally Bedell Smith -- Elizabeth the Queen -- Gables DESCRIPTION:In Elizabeth the Queen (Random House\, $30)\, we meet the young girl who suddenly becomes "\;heiress presumptive"\; when her uncle abdicates the throne. Sally Bedell Smith brings us inside the palace doors and into the Queen’s daily routines\, as well as her personal relationships. Compulsively readable and scrupulously researched\, Elizabeth the Queen is a close-up view of a woman we’ve known only from a distance\, illuminating the lively personality\, sense of humor\, and canny intelligence with which she meets the most demanding work and family obligations. It is also a fascinating window into life at the center of the last great monarchy.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120121T223000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120121T223000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/jay-asher-carolyn-macker-future-us-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/jay-asher-carolyn-macker-future-us-gables SUMMARY:Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler -- The Future of Us -- Gables DESCRIPTION:It's 1996\, and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet. Emma just got her first computer and an America Online CD-ROM. Josh is her best friend. They power up and log on--and discover themselves on Facebook\, fifteen years in the future. Everybody wonders what their destiny will be. Josh and Emma are about to find out in The Future of Us (Razorbill\, $18.99) by Jay Asher &\; Carolyn Mackler.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120122T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120122T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-26 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-26 SUMMARY:Live Music in the Courtyard -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Join us for live music in the courtyard
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120122T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120122T190000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/piano-story-time-swan-lake-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/piano-story-time-swan-lake-gables SUMMARY:Piano Story Time -- Swan Lake -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Share the classic tale and moving music of Swan Lake at Piano Story Time presented by the Miami Piano Academy. Little ones\, as young as 2 years old\, will float away with this story and musical accompaniment. Miami Piano Academy is an educational institution offering individual piano classes to adults and children\, starting as young as 4 years old.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120123T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120123T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/les-standiford-commemorative-centennial-edition-last-train-paradise-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/les-standiford-commemorative-centennial-edition-last-train-paradise-gables SUMMARY:POSTPONED\: Les Standiford -- Commemorative Centennial Edition\: Last Train to Paradise -- Gables DESCRIPTION:POSTPONED\: Our event with Les Standiford has been postponed. We apologize for any inconvience this might have caused.
Today marks 100 years since Henry Flagler completed his Oversea Highway in Key West\, and we mark the momentous occasion with award-winning and bestselling author Les Standiford with theCommemorative Centennial Edition\: Last Train to Paradise (B&\;B Press\, $60). In celebration of the railroad's centennial\, this commemorative hardcover edition is richly illustrated with more the 150 images from the Flagler Museum Archives. This well-researched treatise is published by the Flagler Museum and features a sumptuour silver foil embossed cloth cover.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120124T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120124T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/stewart-onan-odds-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/stewart-onan-odds-gables SUMMARY:Stewart O'Nan -- The Odds -- Gables DESCRIPTION:From critically acclaimed author Stewart O’Nan comes The Odds (Viking\, $25.95)\, a compact novel that relates the honest\, beautiful\, heartbreaking story of a man and woman standing at the precipice of divorce and bankruptcy\, trying to determine whether the difficulty of the unknown outweighs the pain of the familiar. Following on the heels of Emily\, Alone\, which The New York Times Book Review called O’Nan’s “best novel yet\,” THE ODDS marks another resounding achievement for the author. Once again he proves himself to be a writer who (as The Washington Post put it) “would drive all around town to avoid running over a single cheap thrill. [O’Nan] subverts our desire for commotion\, and searches instead for drama in the quotidian motions of survivors.” In THE ODDS we find survivors of the largely quiet and rapidly escalating financial crisis\, their faces as familiar as those of our neighbors\, our friends\, our family\, ourselves.
On the eve of their 30th wedding anniversary\, Art and Marion Fowler flee their troubles—probable foreclosure\, imminent divorce\, and entrenched unemployment—to Niagara Falls\, where they spent their first honeymoon\, for one final weekend together. On their soon to be ruined credit\, Art books the best room at the resort’s classiest casino\, stashes a second engagement ring in his suitcase\, and prepares to rescue the love they once felt for each other. They will eat well\, they will see the sights\, they will attend a concert of Marion’s favorite 80’s rock band\, Heart\; and valiant Art will attempt to win back his wife’s affections.
But Art will also place one other final bet\, this one in the bowels of the lavish casino\: in his gym bag\, in the safe in their penthouse suite\, sits $8\,000 in cash—the sum total of their remaining liquated assets. Converted to chips\, he’ll use it to place a bet to save the day\, keep their home\, and salvage their marriage. Perhaps\, for once\, the odds will be with him.
William F. Buckley Jr.\, was the foremost architect of the conservative movement that swept the American political landscape from the 1960s to the early 2000s. When Buckley launched National Review in 1955\, conservatism was a beleaguered\, fringe segment of the Republican Party. Three decades later Ronald Reagan-who credited National Review with shaping his beliefs-was in the White House. Buckley and his allies devised a new-model conservatism that replaced traditional ideals with a passionate belief in the free market\, religious faith\, and an aggressive stance on foreign policy.
Buckley (Bloomsbury\, $30) was an eloquent writer and brilliant polemicist whose works are still required texts for conservatives. His TV show Firing Line and his campaign for mayor of New York City made him a celebrity\; his wit and zest for combat made conservatism fun. But Buckley was far more than a controversialist. Deploying his uncommon charm\, shrewdly building alliances\, and refusing to compromise on core principles\, he almost single-handedly transformed conservatism from a set of retrograde attitudes into a revolutionary force. Scholar Carl T. Bogus gives us the most authoritative biography ever published of this vital\, larger-than-life figure.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120126T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120126T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/dylan-ratigan-greedy-bastards-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/dylan-ratigan-greedy-bastards-gables SUMMARY:Dylan Ratigan -- Greedy Bastards -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120126T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120126T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/renee-stephens URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/renee-stephens SUMMARY:Renée Stephens -- Full Filled -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Through her Inside Out Weight Loss program and seminars\, along with podcasts downloaded more than 3 million times\, Renée Stephens has helped countless people free themselves from emotional eating to achieve the body and life they’ve always desired. Now\, in her first book\, she shares the breakthrough lessons of her popular work and develops them into a complete\, step-by-step program\: Full-Filled\: The 6-Week Weight- Loss Plan for Changing Your Relationship with Food—and Your Life—from the Inside Out. (Free Press\, $26.99)
With Full-Filled\, you will gain freedom from dieting as you use some of the world’s most advanced mind and behavior-changing techniques. An intuitive and easy weight-loss program\, Full-Filled will open the door to bigger transformations in your life. Not only will you drop excess physical pounds with Renée’s expert guidance\, you will get to the root of why you eat and you will lose your spiritual weight—by identifying why you eat the way you do and finding better ways to satisfy your true hunger without food.
A former food addict\, Stephens is a leading weight-loss coach who works with women and men who have spent years trying to free themselves from their weight struggle and to regain control of their lives. Women\, Food and God led millions to spiritual insights\; Full- Filled turns those insights into practical steps in an easy-to-follow program that will permanently change how you think about and behave around food.
The Full-Filled program will identify and heal your underlying food issues and provide you with the specific tools to create new habits that will make you slim and healthy for a lifetime. This isn’t about what foods you should and shouldn’t eat (although Renée does share some of her favorite recipes to make weight loss happen faster and easier). Filled with personal success stories and a whole bag of transformative tips and tricks\, Full- Filled will set you up for significant weight loss and provide the no-fail techniques for keeping the pounds off permanently.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120127T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120127T003000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/lynne-barrett-magpies-bal-harbour-shops URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/lynne-barrett-magpies-bal-harbour-shops SUMMARY:Lynne Barrett -- Magpies -- Bal Harbour Shops DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120127T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120127T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/eric-weiner-man-seeks-god-my-flirtations-divine-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/eric-weiner-man-seeks-god-my-flirtations-divine-gables SUMMARY:Eric Weiner -- Man Seeks God\: My Flirtations with the Divine -- Gables DESCRIPTION:When a health scare puts him in the hospital\, Eric Weiner-an agnostic by default-finds himself tangling with an unexpected question\, posed to him by a well-meaning nurse. "\;Have you found your God yet?"\; The thought of it nags him\, and prods him-and ultimately launches him on a far-flung journey to do just that.
Weiner\, a longtime "\;spiritual voyeur"\; and inveterate traveler\, realizes that while he has been privy to a wide range of religious practices\, he's never seriously considered these concepts in his own life. Face to face with his own mortality\, and spurred on by the question of what spiritual principles to impart to his young daughter\, he decides to correct this omission\, undertaking a worldwide exploration of religions and hoping to come\, if he can\, to a personal understanding of the divine.
The journey that results is rich in insight\, humor\, and heart. Willing to do anything to better understand faith\, and to find the god or gods that speak to him\, he travels to Nepal\, where he meditates with Tibetan lamas and a guy named Wayne. He sojourns to Turkey\, where he whirls (not so well\, as it turns out) with Sufi dervishes. He heads to China\, where he attempts to unblock his chi\; to Israel\, where he studies Kabbalah\, sansMadonna\; and to Las Vegas\, where he has a close encounter with Raelians (followers of the world's largest UFO-based religion).
At each stop along the way\, Weiner tackles our most pressing spiritual questions\: Where do we come from? What happens when we die? How should we live our lives? Where do all the missing socks go? With his trademark wit and warmth\, he leaves no stone unturned. At a time when more Americans than ever are choosing a new faith\, and when spiritual questions loom large in the modern age\, Man Seeks God (Twelve\, $26.99) presents a perspective on religion that is sure to delight\, inspire\, and entertain.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-27 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-27 SUMMARY:Live Music in the Courtyard -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Join us for live music in the courtyard.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/keith-jardim-near-open-waters-stories URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/keith-jardim-near-open-waters-stories SUMMARY:Keith Jardim -- Near Open Water\: Stories -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Disturbing in its honesty\, this anthology by Keith Jardim\, Near Open Water\: Stories (Peepal Tree Press Ltd\, $18.95) focuses a sharp yet intimate eye upon the people of the Caribbean. The characters face problems of freedom\, history\, race\, class\, violence\, entrapment\, and morality. Theirs is a region in constant flux\, trying to break away from its dehumanizing past while uncertain of how to manage the present and plan for the future. Unflinching in its portrayal of the realities of Caribbean life\, these dark short stories also find solace in the natural beauty of the region
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T150000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/nick-bruel-bad-kitty-president-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/nick-bruel-bad-kitty-president-gables SUMMARY:Nick Bruel -- Bad Kitty for President -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T220000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/venerable-losang-samten-ancient-teachings-modern-times-buddhism-21st-century-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/venerable-losang-samten-ancient-teachings-modern-times-buddhism-21st-century-gables SUMMARY:Venerable Losang Samten -- Ancient Teachings in Modern Times\: Buddhism in the 21st Century -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120129T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120129T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-28 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-28 SUMMARY:Live Music in the Courtyard -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Join us for live music in the courtyard.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120129T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120129T173000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/nick-bruel-bad-kitty-president-bal-harbour-shops URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/nick-bruel-bad-kitty-president-bal-harbour-shops SUMMARY:Nick Bruel -- Bad Kitty for President -- Bal Harbour Shops DESCRIPTION:The votes are in--it's a Bad Kitty landslide! It's time to elect a new president of the Neighborhood Cat Coalition! Who will win the election? The candidate chosen by the kitties on the right side of the street or the candidate chosen by the kitties on the left side of the street? When election time rolls around\, one candidate (guess who?) will discover that she never bothered to register to vote and the entire election will be decided by a surprise\, last minute absentee ballot sent by Old Kitty. Discover what happens to the kitties in Bad Kitty for President (Roaring Brook\, $13.99)\, the newest book by Nick Bruel.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120131T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120131T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/randy-fertel-gorilla-man-and-empress-steak-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/randy-fertel-gorilla-man-and-empress-steak-gables SUMMARY:Randy Fertel -- The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120131T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120131T233000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/wonders-teaching-teacher-appreciation-night-books-smart-kids-bal-harbour-shops URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/wonders-teaching-teacher-appreciation-night-books-smart-kids-bal-harbour-shops SUMMARY: A Wonders of Teaching\: Teacher Appreciation Night -- Books for Smart Kids -- Bal Harbour Shops DESCRIPTION:Books for Smart Kids\: Your son is reading far beyond his grade level. Your daughter is a voracious reader with a curious mind. Sounds like every parents’ dream\, right? Except... the books that challenge these kids’ vocabulary and comprehension levels also have content that’s not age-appropriate for them. What to do? It’s a conundrum faced by parents and teachers across the country\: Where are the books for the smart kids? Join Books &\; Books’ own children’s literature expert and Children’s Book Buyer\, Becky Quiroga Curtis\, and Events &\; Marketing Director Debra Linn for a look at the right books for your super reader. They’ll break down books by age- and reading-level-appropriateness. There will be a wide range of subject matters and age groups — something for everyone. Teachers and parents of gifted students won’t want to miss this night. Plus we’ll have FREE classroom materials for teachers! A Wonders of Teaching\: Teacher Appreciation Night at Books &\; Books.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120201T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120201T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/lucia-greenhouse-fathermothergod-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/lucia-greenhouse-fathermothergod-gables SUMMARY:Lucia Greenhouse -- fathermothergod -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Lucia Ewing had what looked like an all-American childhood. She lived with her mother\, father\, sister\, and brother in an affluent suburb of Minneapolis\, where they enjoyed private schools\, sleep-away camps\, a country club membership\, and skiing vacations. Surrounded by a tight-knit extended family\, and doted upon by her parents\, Lucia had no doubt she was loved and cared for. But when it came to accidents and illnesses\, Lucia’s parents didn't take their kids to the doctor's office--they prayed\, and called a Christian Science practitioner.
fathermothergod (Crown\, $25) is Lucia Greenhouse's story about growing up in Christian Science\, in a house where you could not be sick\, because you were perfect\; where no medicine\, even aspirin\, was allowed. As a teenager\, her visit to an ophthalmologist created a family crisis. She was a sophomore in college before she had her first annual physical. And in December 1985\, when Lucia and her siblings\, by then young adults\, discovered that their mother was sick\, they came face-to-face with the reality that they had few--if any--options to save her. Powerless as they watched their mother’s agonizing suffering\, Lucia and her siblings struggled with their own grief\, anger\, and confusion\, facing scrutiny from the doctors to whom their parents finally allowed them to turn\, and stinging rebuke from relatives who didn’t share their parents’ religious values.
In this haunting\, beautifully written book\, Lucia pulls back the curtain on the Christian Science faith and chronicles its complicated legacy for her family. At once an essentially American coming-of-age story and a glimpse into the practices of a religion few really understand\, fathermothergod is an unflinching exploration of personal loss and the boundaries of family and faith.
Coral Gables Gallery Night\: Jeannette Stargala – The Garden\: “You will see - What I found and brought home\, what fell before my feet\, what I needed to recognize\, what I wanted to make my own\, what I played with\, what I couldn't name but saw\, what was inviting me to participate in its beauty. The camera in my hand for the need to translate\, to relate\, to collect\, to hold on to\, to lure me out with reason\, to engage. What shows is close to my heart\, defines my space.”
Jeannette was born in East Germany where she grew up in Dresden. She studied Architecture at the University of Aachen and received the state award for young artists for her final work. She worked as a project architect and licensed architect in Germany before she moved to the United States with her husband and her two daughters. Once here she started focusing more on her photographic work and participated in various fine art programs including the continuing studies program at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Jeannette is now living in Miami with her three daughters and her husband.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120204T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120204T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-federico-britos-gables-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-federico-britos-gables-0 SUMMARY:Live Music in the Courtyard\: Federico Britos -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120204T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120204T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/eric-firley-urban-towers-handbook-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/eric-firley-urban-towers-handbook-gables SUMMARY:Eric Firley -- The Urban Towers Handbook -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120204T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120204T220000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/sherri-patterson-mad-lyfe-nba-wife-miami-beach URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/sherri-patterson-mad-lyfe-nba-wife-miami-beach SUMMARY:Sherri Patterson -- Mad Lyfe of an NBA Wife -- Miami Beach DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120205T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120205T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/marc-tyler-nobelman-boys-steel-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/marc-tyler-nobelman-boys-steel-gables SUMMARY:Marc Tyler Nobleman -- Boys of Steel -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster\, two misfit teens in Depression-era Cleveland\, were more like Clark Kent—meek\, mild\, and myopic—than his secret identity\, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote stories\, and Joe illustrated them. In 1934\, they created a superhero who was everything they were not. It was four more years before they convinced a publisher to take a chance on their Man of Steel in a new format—the comic book. The author includes a provocative afterword about Jerry and Joe’s long struggle with DC Comics when they realized they had made a mistake in selling all rights to Superman for a mere $130.
Marc Tyler Nobleman’s Boys of Steel (Knopf\, $16.99) captures the excitement of Jerry and Joe’s triumph\, and the energetic illustrations by Ross MacDonald\, the author-artist of Another Perfect Day\, are a perfect complement to the time\, the place\, and the two young visionaries.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120205T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120205T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-29 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-gables-29 SUMMARY:Live Music in the Courtyard -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Join us for live music in the courtyard.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/oran-hesterman-fair-food-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/oran-hesterman-fair-food-gables SUMMARY:Oran Hesterman -- Fair Food -- Gables DESCRIPTION:A host of books and films in recent years have documented the dangers of our current food system\, from chemical runoff to soaring rates of diet-related illness to inhumane treatment of workers and animals. But advice on what to do about it largely begins and ends with the admonition to "\;eat local or "\;eat organic."\;
Fair Food (PublicAffairs\, $24.99) is an enlightening and inspiring guide to changing not only what we eat\, but how food is grown\, packaged\, delivered\, marketed\, and sold. Oran B. Hesterman shows how our system's dysfunctions are unintended consequences of our emphasis on efficiency\, centralization\, higher yields\, profit\, and convenience--and defines the new principles\, as well as the concrete steps\, necessary to restructuring it. Along the way\, he introduces people and organizations across the country who are already doing this work in a number of creative ways\, from bringing fresh food to inner cities to fighting for farm workers' rights to putting cows back on the pastures where they belong. He provides a wealth of practical information for readers who want to get more involved.
This event is presented in collaboration with Slow Food Miami.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T233000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/sharon-m-koenig-los-ciclos-del-alma-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/sharon-m-koenig-los-ciclos-del-alma-gables SUMMARY:Sharon M. Koenig -- Los ciclos del alma -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Los ciclos del alma de Sharon Koenig es una poderosa guía que describe de manera simple\, los pasos definitivos para restablecer nuestra conexión con la Divinidad y lograr así\, vivir nuestro verdadero propósito. La integración con la esencia divina es el anhelado regreso al hogar\, el lugar donde todas las preguntas obtienen respuesta y la vida fluye en armonía\; el reino de la paz interior\, la prosperidad y el propósito. Este libro ayuda a despejar el camino para conocerse a sí mismo y no dejarse engañar por las falsas apariencias y por las fuerzas del ego.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120208T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120208T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/john-barth-granta-118-exit-strategies-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/john-barth-granta-118-exit-strategies-gables SUMMARY:John Barth -- Granta 118\: Exit Strategies -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120208T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120208T233000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/arun-abey-how-much-enough-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/arun-abey-how-much-enough-gables SUMMARY:Arun Abey -- How Much is Enough? -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120209T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120209T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/bal-harbour-shops-art-night URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/bal-harbour-shops-art-night SUMMARY:Christine Najac -- Food Lovers' Guide to Miami & Fort Lauderdale -- Bal Harbour Shops DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120210T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120210T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/eleanor-brown-weird-sisters-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/eleanor-brown-weird-sisters-gables SUMMARY:Eleanor Brown -- The Weird Sisters -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120210T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120210T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/tim-dorsey-pineapple-grenade-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/tim-dorsey-pineapple-grenade-gables SUMMARY:Tim Dorsey -- Pineapple Grenade -- Gables DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T000000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-emmet-cohen-trio-gables-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/live-music-courtyard-emmet-cohen-trio-gables-2 SUMMARY:Live Music in the Courtyard\: Emmet Cohen Trio -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Join us for live music in the courtyard
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T075551Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T010000Z UID:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/tigertail-lenelle-moise-gables URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.booksandbooks.com/event/tigertail-lenelle-moise-gables SUMMARY:Tigertail -- Lenelle Moïse -- Gables DESCRIPTION:Tigertail brings back Lenelle Moïse\, a powerhouse poet\, theater artist and dynamic speaker. Lenelle Moïse offers interactive performances and workshops that address race\, class\, feminism\, LGBTQ identities\, new theater aesthetics\, immigration and Haitian-American culture. She creates intimate\, fiery\, politicized texts about the intersection of race\, class\, gender\, sexuality\, culture and compassion.
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