Literary guide
Literary guide
Kira Asatryan Stop Being Lonely:
Three Simple Steps to Developing Close Friendships and Deep Relationships.
1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Poetry Flash with Merle Lyn Bachman and Sharon Coleman 3 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland.
Pam Turner Samurai Rising:
The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune. 4 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley.
Michael Hayden, Ellen Tauscher Playing to the Edge:
American Intelligence in the Age of Terror.
Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis “The Considerate Killer.”
7 p.m. Books Inc., 3515 California St., S.F. (415) 221-3666. www.booksinc.net.
Victoria Miller “Craft Distilling.”
6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com.
Lisa Rankin “Anatomy of a Calling.”
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Peter Richardson “No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead.”
7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto.
6:30 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland.
Ian Brennan “How Music Dies.”
7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com.
7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.
Lita Ford “Living Like a Runaway.”
Sara Gottfried, M.D. “The Hormone Cure and the Hormone Reset Diet.”
Egg Freezing and the New Frontiers of Family.
How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves.
7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
Joyce Carol Oates “A Man Without a Shadow.”
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.
Timothy Egan The Immortal Irishman:
The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero.
7 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
Robert Heller “The Unlikely Governor.”
Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
In Deep Radio Angie Coiro welcomes Charlie Jane Anders, author of “All the Birds in the Sky.”
Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
Recipes That Bring Home the Sea.
Joyce Carol Oates “The Man Without a Shadow.”
7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com.
Diana Y. Paul, Kate Raphael, Constance Hanstedt, Rota M. Gardner, Donna Stoneham 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto.
Marc Wallis Escape From Reality:
7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland.
Melissa Cistaro “Pieces of My Mother.”
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation.
7 p.m. Books Inc., 2275 Market St., S.F. (415) 864-6777. www.booksinc.net.
Esther Ehrlich “Nest.”
7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland.
Katherine Harer Poetry accompanied by jazz. 7 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. (415) 586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com.
Dr. Matthew Fox, Sister Abegail Ntleto Fox’s Confesssions, Revised and Updated:
The Making of a Postdenominal Priest and Ntleto’s Empty Hands, a Memoir:
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.
Recipes that Bring Home a Taste of the Sea.
6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com.
How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time.
7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
How Digital Memory is Shaping Our Future.
Margaret Roos-Collins “Flavors of Home: A Guide to Wild Edible Plants of the San Francisco Bay Area.”
7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
Erin Gleeson The Forest Feast for Kids:
Colorful Vegetarian Recipes That Are Simple to Make.
11 a.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.