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Diablo Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94596 2300 El Portal Drive, San Pablo, CA 94806 1149 S. Main St., Walnut Creek, CA 94596 407 Marina Center, Suisun City, CA 94585 61 Arlington Avenue, Kensington, CA 94707 26 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA 94563 5433 D Clayton Rd, Clayton, CA 94517 1150 Kentucky Street, Fairfield, CA 94533 1600 Gateway Blvd., Fairfield, CA 94533 1614 Kearney Street, El Cerrito, CA 94530 6510 Stockton Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530 601 Pintail Drive, Suisun, CA 94585 80 Power Avenue, Pittsburg, CA 94565 325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804 1855 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94708 5100 Hartnett Ave., Richmond, CA 94801 6050 El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito, CA 94530 1170 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA 94702 412 McLaughlin Hall, UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley, CA 94720 6125 Clayton Road, Clayton, CA 94517 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709 2465 Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 1816 Euclid Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709 1247 Marin Avenue, Albany, CA 94538 Hall of Justice, 600 Union Avenue, Fairfield, CA 94533 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, California 94720-2320 Doe Library, University of California , Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 305 Moses Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 2020 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 2026 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720 2036 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704 2020 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 2151 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 2433 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 2499 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 2445 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 2911 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 911 Camelia Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705 1500 St. Mary's Road, Moraga, CA 94556 3032 Claremont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 2940 Benvenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 3042 Claremont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705 1201 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702 3086 Claremont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 1125 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 1817 4th Street, Berkeley, CA 1901 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 135 Washington Avenue, Richmond, CA 94801 2982 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 3124 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 6395 Telegraph, Oakland, CA 94609 5560 College Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618 5433 College Avenue, Oakland,, Ca 94618 1687 Mountain Blvd., Oakland, CA 94611 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618 580 Coombs Street, Napa, CA 94559 6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611 5205 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609 4926 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA 94609 5606 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA 94608 4236 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, ca 94611 4163 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, CA 94611 160 41st Street, Oakland, CA 94611 5800 Shellmound St, Emeryville, CA 94608 20 Glen Ave., Oakland, CA 94611 4014 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611 3900 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609 5604 Bay Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 501 W. 18th Street, Antioch, CA 94509 3316 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610 550 El Embarcadero, Oakland, CA 94610 3565 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland, CA 94602 400 Front Street, Danville, CA 94526 15 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 409 Railroad Avenue, Danville, Ca 94526 3900A Bel Aire Plaza, Napa, CA 94558 1816 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612 1801 Adeline St, Oakland, CA 94607 659 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 4100 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619 125 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 921 Washington St, Oakland, CA 94607 388 9th Street, Suite 190, Oakland, CA 94607 6 Hamilton Landing, Suite 140A, Novato, CA 94949 98 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607 50 Canal Sreet, San Rafael, CA 94901 3301 E 12th Street, Suite 271, Oakland, CA 94601 4805 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94601 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901 7200 Bancroft Ave, Suite 211, Oakland, CA 94605 641 West Red Line Ave, Alameda, CA 94501 1 Town Square Place, Vacaville, CA 95688 6833 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94621 3501 Civic Center Drive # 427, San Rafael, 94903 CA 1550 Oak Street, Alameda, CA 94501 788 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501 1550 Tiburon Blvd., Ste P, Belvedere, CA 94920 1501 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon, CA 94920 1355 Park Street, Alameda, CA, CA 94501 1344 Park Street, Alameda, CA 94501 1020 Ulatis Drive, Vacaville, CA 95687 2170 Encinal Ave, Alameda, CA 94501 1400 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 478 Central Ave, Alameda, CA 94501 1100 E Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 2052 Redwood Hwy., Greenbrae, CA 94904 1427 88th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621 2041a Harbison Dr, Vacaville, CA 95687 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA 94925 2415 San Ramon Vly. Blvd., San Ramon, CA 313 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA 94925 2245 South Shore Center, Alameda, CA 94501 130 E. Napa St., Sonoma, CA 95476 707 Meadowsweet Drive, Corte Madera, CA 94925 395 Doherty Drive, Larkspur, CA 94939 9255 Edes Avenue, Oakland, CA 94603 400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, CA 94939 5709 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, CA 94531 San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3, San Francisco, CA 94128 1 Ferry Building, #42, San Francisco, CA 94111 1017 3rd Street, Novato, CA 94945 755 West Napa St., Sonoma, CA 95476 4 Embarcadero Ctr., San Francisco, CA 94111 201 Seminary Drive, Mill Valley, CA 94941 804 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94133 2000 Mason Street, San Fran, CA 94133 110 Tunstead Avenue, San Anselmo, CA 94960 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 1720 Novato Blvd., Novato, CA 94947 420 Litho Street, Sausalito, CA 94965 17017 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94582 100 Montgomery Street, San Ramon, CA 94583 3221 Mecartney Road, Alameda, CA 94502 279 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA 94941 1135 Powell St., San Francisco, CA 94108 300 Estudillo Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94577 581 Market St. @ 2nd St., San Francisco, CA 94105 581 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 50 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165, San Francisco, CA 94123 312 Sutter Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94108 581 Market St. @ 2nd, San Francisco, CA 94105 49 Geary Street Suite 513, San Francisco, CA 94108 164 Donahue Street, Marin City, CA 94965 400 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 101 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 486 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 1890 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 1846 Union Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 1050 Neroly Road, Oakley, CA 94561 814 Post Street @ Leavenworth, San Francisco, CA 94109 1419 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 48 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 925 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 2251 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 2200 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94115 1109 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94109 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax, CA 94930 1158 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94121 |  Upcoming events
Joe Quirk reads from It’s Not You. It’s Biology.: The Science of Love, Sex, and Relationships. In one small paperback book, Joe Quirk has collected everything you should've learned in high school biology. It’s Not You. It’s Biology. is a humorous look at the real differences—biological, historical, psychological—between men and women...with fun and provocative insight into what "really" ... (more)Scheer, whose profiles of and interviews with U.S. presidents have helped shape journalism history, will be presenting his newest book, THE PORNOGRAPHY OF POWER on Sunday, September 7.
In it, he takes aim at America's defense policy and bloated military budget with a pugnacious and rigorously researched ... (more)Margaret Benefiel draws on interviews with outstanding leaders and demonstrates the principle that soulfulness at work is a way of being and doing. The Soul of a Leader provides new perspectives on the qualities of leadership with three main sections elaborating on the themes of choosing the path, staying ... (more)Jen Lin-Liu reads from Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China. The Beijing Olympics offered people a tantalizing look at China. Now freelance journalist and food writer Jen Lin-Liu takes us beyond the Bird’s Nest on a cook's tour of today's China. From her days as a cooking student to noodle-stall and dumpling-house apprentice to intern at a chic Shanghai restaurant, ... (more) Betty J. Iverson. Local author Betty J. Iverson will discuss and sign copies of her book, Journeys to Survival.
Last year, actress and math genius Danica McKellar made waves nationwide, challenging the “math nerd” stereotype—and giving girls the tools to ace tests and homework in her unique just-us-girls style. Now, in Kiss My Math, McKellar empowers a new crop of girls—7th to 9th graders—taking on the ... (more)Interested: starcitywoman Added by boconno1. Esteemed consultant and coach Michelle DeAngelis shows that while life can suck, it doesn’t have to. In Get a Life That Doesn’t Suck she offers a combination of street smart wisdom and cheerful irreverence as she introduces foundational tools and effective techniques to take readers from “crappy ... (more)We kick off our Amazing Cartoonist Double Header with Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro. Piraro is a talented artist, trenchant satirist and all-around funny guy whose new collection of pirate cartoons, Bizarro Buccaneers, should bring out the inner plunderer and plankwalker in each of us.
Pat Oliphant reads from Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years. Pat OIiphant, the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world, finishes off our Amazing Cartoonist Double Header. Neither Democrat nor Republican is safe from the influential paintbrush of political commentator Oliphant. In his newest collection, he covers Bush's tenure in office—drawing ... (more)The acclaimed NYT bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle returns with an electrifying new adventure, Anathem. Join us at Borders as Neal discusses and signs copies of his latest release.
Before it hit the stores, Brunonia Barry’s debut novel The Lace Reader has garnered independent bookseller support and starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. In The Lace Reader, Barry has tells the story of a family of women who can read the future in a piece of lace. The ... (more)Local author Laurel Anne Hill will discuss and sign copies of her book, Heroes Arise.
Thomas Cathcart reads from Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . ..; Daniel Klein reads from Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . . . Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, “The Philosophy Guys,” have written a hilarious and informative not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions. Stacey’s is delighted to host a lunchtime program of deep thoughts with the deeply funny vaudevillians.
Psychotherapist Dave Richo explores the tendency to transfer potent feelings about people from the past onto the present. Richo, the author of How to Be An Adult, offers valuable insights and practical guidance on how to recognize and free oneself from this destructive pattern.
Please join us at Gloria Ferrer for a very special evening of words, song, and wine. When Merce Casals, the famed Spanish diva of George Rabasa’s rich new novel,The Wonder Singer turns up dead in her bathtub in Southern California, ghostwriter Mark Lockwood goes into a frenzy. Lockwood has hundreds ... (more)The Orinda Owls will meet and discuss Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende. They meet monthly at Orinda Books and welcome new members.
At the start of Andrews's exciting third book to feature Dr. Alex Blake of the Armed Forces Institute, a DEA agent dies of what appears to be a cocaine overdose. Blake, however, suspects something much more sinister and potentially epidemic. Fans of Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell should check out ... (more)Rick Wartzman reads from Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. The American Library Association’s Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read kicks off September 27th. This annual ALA event is meant to remind Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. Rick Wartzman’s Obscene in the Extreme offers a dramatic glimpse of our recent ... (more)Stacey’s is delighted to host Barton Gellman, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist, as he offers an incisive examination of how Dick Cheney redefined the role of the vice presidency, assuming extraordinary responsibilities and making it a post of unprecedented power. Based on hundreds ... (more)Brad Meltzer, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Book of Fate, returns with two burning questions. What does Cain, history's greatest villain, have to do with Superman, the world's greatest hero? Despite the many centuries between these two events, Meltzer deftly weaves them together in ... (more)Local author Larry Evans will discuss and sign copies of his book, Stand By!
Local author Larry Evans will discuss and sign copies of his book, Stand By!
In his timely book, Michael Brune, the executive director of Rainforest Action Network (RAN), depicts the economic, environmental, moral, and public health costs of fossil-fuel dependence, and how government and financial institutions are complicit. Coming Clean
shows how motivated American citizens ... (more)Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper
Margaret Trost. On That Day, Everybody Ate
Readers' Books: An Evening with Eliezer Sobel, author of The 99th Monkey (October 16 at 7:00pm)
Friday: 7pm - 10pm
$5 admission or paid membership in the Friends of the Library
Saturday: 8am - 4:30pm
FREE admission
Sunday: noon to 4pm
FREE admission
Clearance!
1 bag $3 / 2 bags $5 / 1 box $4
8,000-10,000 books, all donated, mix of hardbacks and paperbacks, sorted into subject/genre. ... (more)Event location: 641 West Red Line Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
Interested: jjmcgaffey Added by jjmcgaffey. The Orinda Owls will meet and discuss The Whole World Over by Julia Glass. They meet monthly at Orinda Books and welcome new members.
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