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Well, ok. They're only two feet tall. But the cool thing is you made them! Enter our "Design a Dragon" contest to celebrate the release of "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini on September 20th. Make a dragon in sculpture, drawing, or any visual art project with materials of your choosing. We ask that your ... (more)finished project be NO BIGGER than two feet in any direction, so they all fit in the store! Entries are due no later than 9pm September 8, 2008. Winners will be notified by Sept 18th. Runners up will receive $15 Toadstool gift certificates; the Grand Prize winner will receive a free copy of the new Brisingr book! Get busy and good luck!

Well, ok. They're only two feet tall. But the cool thing is you made them! Enter our "Design a Dragon" contest to celebrate the release of "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini on September 20th. Make a dragon in sculpture, drawing, or any visual art project with materials of your choosing. We ask that your ... (more)finished project be NO BIGGER than two feet in any direction, so they all fit in the store! Entries are due no later than 9pm September 8, 2008. Winners will be notified by Sept 18th. Runners up will receive $15 Toadstool gift certificates; the Grand Prize winner will receive a free copy of the new Brisingr book! Get busy and good luck!

7:00-8:30pm. This facilitated book group meets on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss books that explore gender identity and representation. Join us in September to talk about "Queer Theory, Gender Theory" by Riki Wilchins.

An evening with J.L. King author reads then opens for short Q&A ends with book signing.

7:30-9:00pm. Learn what everyone should know about the sneaky ways your "stories" and history run your present-day lives. See how we automatically are held back in life even when we would prefer to change. Take home a technique which permits you to move away from patterns that not longer serve you. Dr. ... (more)Nell Rodgers, author of "Beyond Best: Peak Performance in Changing Times" will tell-it-like-is in this practical, inspiring program.

Local author and Morehouse College professor, Stephane Dunn, has written a lively study that explores the sexualized, subordinate positioning of women in low-budget blaxploitation action films. Her book, "Baad Bitches & Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films," is hot off the press. Come hear Stephane ... (more)at Charis as she talks about a distinct moment in the history of African American representation in popular cinema, touching on Black Power and feminist influences. Following the discussion, Stephane will sign copies of her book for fans.

An evening with Brian McNaught. Begins with reading from book followed by short Q&A then ends with book signing!

6'3", conservative, kosher, gay and mother of two boys; not your typical Jewish comedienne.., eh? Judy Gold's neurosis about becoming her mother spurred a quest to find out what makes a Jewish mother different from all other mothers. Gold and playwright Kate Moira Ryan interviewed over 50 Jewish ... (more)women and came up with an astonishing album of memorable characters. The result, as described by Time Out, New York, is "a hilarious and often poignant look at the mother-daughter bond, Jewish culture and what makes a Jewish mother, well, a Jewish mother." Judy's one-woman show of the same name runs Sept. 10 - 21 at Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, 678-812-4002, www.CenterTheatreAtlanta.org.

Fiddler on the Roof meets Auntie Mame in Matt Rothschild’s hilarious memoir, Dumbfounded: Big Money. Big Hair. Big Problems. Or Why Having It All Isn't for Sissies.. The only Jewish family in a luxury Fifth Avenue building of WASPs, the senior Rothschilds took over the responsibility of raising their ... (more)grandson, Matt, after his mother left him for Italy and a fourth husband. But rearing Matt was no small task -- even for his sharp-tongued grandmother, a cross between Lauren Bacall and Bea Arthur, and a lady who Matt grew to love deeply. Matt secretly wore his grandmother’s dresses, shoplifted Barbies from FAO Schwarz, invented an imaginary midget butler who he addressed at dinner parties, and got kicked out of nearly every elite school in Manhattan -- once for his impersonation of Judy Garland at a recital. He was eventually sent to a boarding school (his grandmother had to ransom off a van Gogh to get him in). But as funny as his hijinks are now, at the time they masked a Jewfroed, chubby, lovable kid, sexually confused and abandoned by his mother, trying to fit in among the precious genteel world he was forced to live in. Matt Rothschild -- the man David Sedaris could have been if he’d grown up in an esteemed family on Manhattan’s Upper East Side -- tells the story of his childhood with humor, honesty, and unlikely compassion for his eccentric relatives, including his mother, in this bitingly entertaining and unexpectedly tender memoir of family dysfunction. Matt Rothschild conducts workshops for writers when he is not teaching English and journalism at an Orlando high school. Matt's stories have been published in several small magazines, and Dumbfounded is his first book.

6'3", conservative, kosher, gay and mother of two boys; not your typical Jewish comedienne.., eh? Judy Gold's neurosis about becoming her mother spurred a quest to find out what makes a Jewish mother different from all other mothers. Gold and playwright Kate Moira Ryan interviewed over 50 Jewish ... (more)women and came up with an astonishing album of memorable characters. The result, as described by Time Out, New York, is "a hilarious and often poignant look at the mother-daughter bond, Jewish culture and what makes a Jewish mother, well, a Jewish mother." Judy's one-woman show of the same name runs Sept. 10 - 21 at Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, 678-812-4002, www.CenterTheatreAtlanta.org.

Author of Divorcing Dwayne.

7:00-8:30pm. This facilitated book group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at Charis to discuss books which feature queer characters/ storylines as well as a strong attention to literary craft and style. The book selection for September is "Coffee Will Make You Black," by April Sinclair.

7:30-9:00pm. Join us at Charis to hear Georgia Southern creative writing professor & author Sonya Huber read from her activist memoir/ imagined history, Opa Nobody. Alternating voices between her own and that of her grandfather, an anti-nazi activist, Sonya provides a rich and moving counterpoint that ... (more)makes this deeply personal exploration of family, politics, and individual responsibility a story for all of us and for all time. Based on extensive research and documentation, this story offers a rare look into the heart of the "average" socialist trying to survive the Nazis and rebuild a broken world. Come hear Sonya read from her compelling book, then stick around for an author Q&A and book signing.

8:00-9:30pm. Gay and lesbian Christians daily face a minefield of condemnation and persecution not just from the church but from society as well. Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians, by Candace Chellew-Hodge, is filled with useful insights and proven spiritual ... (more)practices that deflect attacks and enhance and strengthen faith by turning attacks into opportunities for spiritual growth. Come hear Candace talk about her book, then answer questions and dialogue with the audience.

Best-selling lesbian author Linda Villarosa will talk about her recent novel, "Passing for Black." Former executive editor of Essence Magazine, Linda is the author of "Body & Soul: The Black Women’s Guide to Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being." "Passing for Black" represents Linda's fiction debut, ... (more)and is a novel that explores the boundaries of sexuality. Come hear Linda read from her book and talk about the journey that led her through her earlier career and into the world of fiction.

Diesel Bookstore and KPFA are proud to present bestselling author, political consultant & third-wave feminism advocate, Naomi Wolf as she shares more from her new book, AMERICA: A REVOLUTIONARY'S HANDBOOK. Please note this event is NOT taking place at Diesel Bookstore, but instead will be located at ... (more)First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704. Books will be available for sale courtesy of DIESEL BOOKSTORE.

Come spend an evening with Maureen McCormick as she signs and discusses her poignant memoir about her years playing Marsha Brady on the hit TV series "The Brady Bunch," Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice.

DIESEL, A Bookstore is excited to welcome legendary surfer, Laird Hamilton to the store! He'll share more from his highly anticipated book, Force of Nature, and open a window into the unique physical regimens, mental strategies, and spiritual beliefs that has allowed him to do what he loves, while being ... (more)surrounded by family and radiating peak health and fitness.