Culture as Comfort (Pearson Custom, $23.77) by Sarah Mahler is a unique learning tool that is written broadly to appeal to a wide, cross-disciplinary audience. It is not a typical textbook, nor is it a classic supplemental text. Instead, it addresses a critical scholarly concept--culture--using the latest multidisciplinary scholarship. It renders the information in nontechnical language, adding in the author’s own insights and stories to make the information enjoyable and easy for readers to comprehend and remember. 

SOCOL SPEAKER SERIES: Yaakov Katz is the military correspondent and defense analyst for The Jerusalem Post and the Israel correspondent for Jane’s Defence Weekly, the international military magazine. He is currently a 2013 fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Katz led the Post’s coverage of the recent IDF wars and operations including the Second Lebanon War against Hezbollah in 2006 and Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip in 2009. Tonight, he’ll discuss Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War (Potomac Books, $29.95) to be followed by a book signing and dessert reception. The event is free and open to the community. The first 100 guests to respond will receive a complimentary autographed copy of the book courtesy of Sharon and Howard Socol, books provided by Books & Books. Please RSVP to Michelle Cohen, 305.667.6667 ext 149 or mcohen@tbam.org Event begins at 7pm.