Philip A. Bralich Ph.D.

Join us for an afternoon of readings and discussions with local authors Diane Bucci (The Return of Mikey), Scott Gibson (The Pink Toot), Philip Bralich (Blaming Japhy Rider), and Mary Yungeberg (Consummate betrayal).

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The Return of Mikey Diane Bucci shares short, humorous stories about her daily challenges of raising a son who was initially diagnosed with autism and then rediagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.

The Pink Toot Scott Gibson's The Pink Toot is a hilarious children's book about a girl, Torrie Mae Twiddle, who "toots" and a large, pink cloud of gas comes out. The toot takes on a life of its own and follows Torrie everywhere she goes. She must use several creative ways to save herself from embarrassment and from getting in trouble at school.

Blaming Japhy Rider Inspired by and responding to Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums, Philip Bralich's memoir details the psychological and spiritual triumph over severe psychological difficulties caused by a series of traumas endured in the Peace Corps in West Africa in 1978. Surveying the spiritual landscape of America through the 70s to the present in Zen, Tibetan Buddhist, New Age and Christian movements, this memoir describes the journey of his life.

Consummate betrayal FBI Agent Rowan Milani doesn’t expect his life to be turned upside down when he arrives in Sioux Falls but his clandestine nature finally catches up to him. Mary Yungeberg's Consummate betrayal is a rich tapestry of intertwining relationships based on unconditional love, sacrificial friendship, and the courage of a fiercely honorable man pursued by relentless evil.

Location: Street: 1107 Pearl St City: Boulder, Province: Colorado Postal Code: 80302 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Paul McElligott presents and signs Human X In the year 2039, Colin Jeffries is a Beltway lawyer and the son of a likely Presidential candidate. When Ted, his domestic partner, is killed in a botched kidnapping attempt, Jeffries learns that he was the product of a military genetic engineering project. He's up for sale on the black market and worth billions. The people who killed Ted won't stop until they get what they want.

Philip Bralich presents and signs Blaming Japhy Rider: Memoir of a Dharma Bum Who Survived Inspired by and responding to Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums, this memoir details the psychological and spiritual triumph over severe psychological difficulties caused by a series of traumas endured in the Peace Corps in West Africa in 1978. Surveying the spiritual landscape of America through the 70’s to the present in Zen, Tibetan Buddhist, New Age and Christian movements, this memoir describes the journey of author Philip A. Bralich's life, beginning as a 20-something, leftist, married idealist in the Peace Corps in West Africa, through an accident in the bush that cost his wife her life and himself much of the use of his left leg, and through the growing and debilitating psychological difficulties that were finally resolved through wide reading and personal experience of many of the spiritual and psychological movements of those four decades.

William P. Messenger discusses and signs Shattered Triangle Three friends, inseparable as children, take very different paths toward adulthood. In spite of the distances that emerge among them, they are thrust together by the tragedy of death, each affected in different ways.

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