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David Iglesias served as United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico from 2001 to 2007. He headed a panel that advised former Attorney General John Ashcroft on border security issues. A former White House Fellow, he is also a captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve. Iglesias will discuss and sign ... (more)his new book In Justice: Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Bush Administration ($25.95 Wiley). The Bush administration's drive to politicize the Justice Department reached a new low with the wrongful firing of seven U.S. Attorneys in late 2006. Their action has ignited public outrage on a scale that far surpassed the reaction to any of the Bush administration's other political debacles. David Iglesias was one of those federal prosecutors, and now he tells his story.Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com

Lucinda Franks will speak and sign MY FATHER'S SECRET WAR.

Former Senator David Boren, a Rhodes Scholar, was the longest-serving chair of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee. A former Governor of Oklahoma, he has served as President of the University of Oklahoma for the past fourteen years. Boren will discuss and sign his inspiring new book A Letter to America ... (more)($14.95 University of Oklahoma Press). With only 6 percent of the world's population, how long will the United States remain a global superpower? The answer, Boren tells us, depends on asking ourselves tough questions. In A Letter to America, he explains with unsparing clarity why the country is at a crossroads and why decisive action is urgently needed and offers us an ambitious, hopeful plan.Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com

Lisa Lillien is not a nutritionist, she's just hungry. She is the founder of www.hungry-girl.com, and close to half a million loyal fans receive her daily emails containing guilt-free recipes, food and product reviews, dieting news, shockers, and more. Lillien will discuss and sign her new book Hungry ... (more)Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World ($17.95 St. Martin's). From breakfast ideas and chopped salads to guilt-free junk food and cocktails, Hungry Girl recipes taste great but are low in fat and calories.Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com

Dr. John Demartini, founder of the Concourse of Wisdom School of Philosophy of Healing, breathes new life into his audiences with his enlightening perspectives, humorous observations of human nature, and practical action steps. His philosophy and revolutionary understanding of the power of unconditional ... (more)love is reshaping psychology as we know it and his revolutionary personal transformation methodologies are transforming the lives of millions of people all over the world. Dr. Demartini will discuss and sign his book The Riches Within: Your Seven Secret Treasures ($14.95 Hay House).Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and critically acclaimed, bestselling author David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post. Maraniss will discuss and sign his incredible new book Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World ($26.00 Simon & Schuster). This groundbreaking book weaves ... (more)sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Rome Olympics - eighteen days of theater, suspense, victory, and defeat.Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com

PHILLIP MOFFIT will speak & sign DANCING WITH LIFE: BUDDHIST INSIGHTS FOR FINDING MEANING AND JOY IN THE FACE OF SUFFERING.

Stefan Fatsis will speak and sign A FEW SECONDS OF PANIC.

Patricia Bray at Denvention 3 - World Science Fiction Convention

Denvention 3- Annual World Science Fiction Convention

Diana DeGette will speak and sign SEX, SCIENCE, AND STEM CELLS.

Diesel's Malibu Book Group will be gathering to discuss The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, by Erik Larson. All are welcome!

Linda Hogan will speak and sign PEOPLE OF THE WHALE.

Book Group #3 meets to discuss Joyce Carol Oates's We Were the Mulvaneys. All book groups are free to join and all are welcome! For more on Joyce Carol Oates, click here

Sheryl Kayne will speak and sign IMMERSION TRAVEL USA.

Phyllis Perry will speak and sign her new book, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.

Alison Wright will speak and sign LEARNING TO BREATHE.

Julia Alvarez will speak and sign ONCE UPON A QUINCEANERA.

"Bill Press, author and well known political commentator, will discuss his new book and, we hope, his many opinions on the political scene at a reading at Cameron Church, followed by a reception at Book Buffs on Sunday, August 24, 2008. Please check (the events) web site for exact time as well as information ... (more)on other sponsors of this event.

Book Group #1 reads Henry James's Portrait of a Lady. All book groups are free to join and all are welcome! For more on Henry James, click here

Margaret Coel will speak and sign her new book, BLOOD MEMORY.

Daniel Levitin will speak and sign THE WORLD IN SIX SONGS.

Stacey O'Brien will speak and sign WESLEY THE OWL.

Steven Wingate will speak and sign WIFESHOPPING.

Mark Richardson will speak and sign his new book, ZEN & NOW.

Steven Pinker will speak and sign STUFF OF THOUGHT.

John Elder Robinson will speak and sign LOOK ME IN THE EYE.

Brunonia Barry will speak and sign her new book, THE LACE READER.

John Shors will speak and sign his book, BESIDE A BURNING SEA.

David Roberts will speak and sign DEVIL'S GATE.

Tom Kostigen will speak and sign his new book, YOU ARE HERE.

Phillipa Gregory will speak and sign her new book, THE OTHER QUEEN.

Greg Melville will speak and sign GREASY RIDER.

Largest Science-Fiction Literary Convention in the Rocky Mountain Region. Over 80 authors and speakers in panels and programs on everything related to science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Also the largest SF/fantasy art show in the region, plus video, anime, masquerade, gaming, dealers, the Critter ... (more)Crunch and Critter Flotilla (robotic combat and aquatic competitions), and more. Guests of honor: authors Jim Butcher, Tim Powers, & Patricia Briggs, artist Michael Carroll, and visual effects supervisor Ed Kramer. Toastmaster: author Carrie Vaughn.

Largest Science-Fiction Literary Convention in the Rocky Mountain Region. Over 80 authors and speakers in panels and programs on everything related to science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Also the largest SF/fantasy art show in the region, plus video, anime, masquerade, gaming, dealers, the Critter ... (more)Crunch and Critter Flotilla (robotic combat and aquatic competitions), and more. Guests of honor: authors Jim Butcher, Tim Powers, & Patricia Briggs, artist Michael Carroll, and visual effects supervisor Ed Kramer. Toastmaster: author Carrie Vaughn.

Largest Science-Fiction Literary Convention in the Rocky Mountain Region. Over 80 authors and speakers in panels and programs on everything related to science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Also the largest SF/fantasy art show in the region, plus video, anime, masquerade, gaming, dealers, the Critter ... (more)Crunch and Critter Flotilla (robotic combat and aquatic competitions), and more. Guests of honor: authors Jim Butcher, Tim Powers, & Patricia Briggs, artist Michael Carroll, and visual effects supervisor Ed Kramer. Toastmaster: author Carrie Vaughn.

Largest Science-Fiction Literary Convention in the Rocky Mountain Region. Over 80 authors and speakers in panels and programs on everything related to science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Also the largest SF/fantasy art show in the region, plus video, anime, masquerade, gaming, dealers, the Critter ... (more)Crunch and Critter Flotilla (robotic combat and aquatic competitions), and more. Guests of honor: authors Jim Butcher, Tim Powers, & Patricia Briggs, artist Michael Carroll, and visual effects supervisor Ed Kramer. Toastmaster: author Carrie Vaughn.