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Editor Anne Burt and contributors Dana Kinstler, Kirk Walsh, and Kym Ragusa will read from About Face: Women Write about What They See When They Look in the Mirror. _uacct = "UA-1635848-1"; urchinTracker();

In Dinosaurs on the Roof, acclaimed author and playwright David Rabe delivers a singular work that reaffirms his extraordinary range and talent, and introduces a story and a collection of characters whose genuine audacity will echo with readers for years to come. _uacct = "UA-1635848-1"; urchinTracker();

Join Diesel Bookstore as investigative journalist & author, Nena Baker presents and signs her compelling new book, The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being. Nena spent a quarter century in the trenches of journalism before writing THE BODY TOXIC. ... (more) She began her career in New York as a copy editor for GQ magazine, later moving on to positions at TV Guide and a jewelry trade magazine, where she exposed the illegal disposal of toxic chemicals by retail jewelers. She also worked as a reporter and editor on the national financial desk of United Press International in New York before returning to her home state of Oregon, where, as an awrd-winning staff writer for The Oregonian, she was the first U.S. reporter to investigate deplorable conditions at Nike's Indonesian factories. Her writing has appeared in SELF, Town & Country, Seventeen, and Mademoiselle. A graduate of Lewis & Clark College, Baker currently lives in Portland, OR, where she is a licensed private investigator specializing in interviewing, database, and public-records research.

Join us for an afternoon with Susan Orlean and G. Brian Karas, author and illustrator of the new picture book Lazy Little Loafers. Susan Orlean is a staff writer for the New Yorker. She is the author of several books, including The Orchid Thief, which was inspiration for the movie Adaption. She currently ... (more)resides in Pine Plains, NY and Los Angeles, CA.G. Brian Karas has written and illustrated several award-winning children's books, including On Earth and Home on the Bayou: A Cowboy's Story, a Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Book. The picture books he has illustrated include Are You Going to Be Good?, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Mr. Karas lives in Rhinebeck, New York. _uacct = "UA-1635848-1"; urchinTracker();

Please join us for a reading with Peter Trachtenberg, author of The Book of Calamities: Five Questions about the Meaning of Suffering. Peter Trachtenberg's essays and short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, TriQuarterly, Bomb, the Jewish Forward, and Chicago, and have been broadcast ... (more)on NPR's "All Things Considered." He received the Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction and the Jerome Lowell DeJur Award for Fiction from the City College of New York. He has taught at Brown University, The New School, Johns Hopkins, NYU, the School of Visual Arts, and City College of New York. He lives in Rhinebeck, New York with his wife, Mary Gaitskill. _uacct = "UA-1635848-1"; urchinTracker();

Betsy Howie, author of Callie's Tally, reads from her wonderful picture book, The Block Mess Monster, recommended for ages 3 & up.

Diesel Bookstore is proud to welcome back Irvine Welsh, the bestselling author of Trainspotting as he presents his newest book, Crime. As Welsh's very first novel set in the U.S., CRIME is a shocking and gripping story about the corruption and abuse of the human soul, and the possibilities for redemption.

Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, and Michael A. Weiss will discuss their new book, Wine Wise. _uacct = "UA-1635848-1"; urchinTracker();

Gioia Timpanelli will read from her new novel, What Makes a Child Lucky. “No one in the world can tell a story better than Gioia Timpanelli.” —Frank McCourt Gioia Timpanelli is one of the founders of the worldwide revival of storytelling. Often called the 'Dean of American Storytelling,' she is ... (more)today considered one of the world's foremost storytellers—widely respected as both a master and scholar of the ageless art. She won two Emmy Awards for her series of programs on storytelling, Stories from My House on educational television, where she created, wrote, produced, and appeared in eight series of literature programs shown on PBS stations all over the United States. She has also received the prestigious Women's National Book Association Award for bringing the oral tradition to the American public and recently the Maharishi Award for 'promoting world harmony wherever she goes by enlivening within the listener that field of pure consciousness that is the source of all stories.' She received The 1999 American Book Award for Sometimes the Soul: Two Novellas of Sicily (W.W Norton). _uacct = "UA-1635848-1"; urchinTracker();

Join us for an evening with Francine du Plessix Gray. Gray is the bestselling author of the memoir, Them: A Memoir of Parents which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; At Home with the Marquis de Sade, which was nominated for the Pulitzer; and numerous other works including a biography of Simone ... (more)Weil in the Penguin Lives Series.

A special program led by the Revs. Mary and Doug Earle in preparation for the visit to San Antonio of the Rev. Dr. J. Philip Newell. This program will be based on the book by Philip Newell: Christ of the Celts (John Wiley, $19.95 hc.) Saturday, October 11th, 10 a.m. - 12 noon. No charge.

The brand-new DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood is proud to welcome Caldecott Medalist & Macarthur "Genius" Grant recipient, David Macauley, as he shares from his dazzling, ambitious and encyclopedic new work: The Way We Work. He's the LA Times and New York Times-bestselling children's author/illustrator ... (more)of such classic books as The New Way Things Work, Black and White, Building the Book Cathedral, Pyramid, and City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction among many others. His books are used widely in school classrooms & libraries, and parents everywhere have raised their kids on his fascinating works of literary art! Now is your chance to hear him speak up close and personal, so join us at the new DIESEL, A Bookstore in BRENTWOOD on Thursday, October 16 at 11am!! Teachers & educators, if you're interested in bringing your classroom to the event, please contact Robyn Kamimura at events@dieselbookstore.com.

The multi-talented Kyra Teis will read from her adaptation of The Magic Flute, which she also illustrated. Kyra is featured in our Artist's Window for the month of October.

Among the many attractions of the Berkshires area of western Massachusetts and the surrounding New York and Connecticut foothills are many fine gardens -- public and private, grand and intimate, famous and unknown. Great Gardens of the Berkshires takes us on a broad-ranging tour of the most outstanding ... (more)examples, from Shaker gardens and Gilded Age estates to innovative contemporary landscapes.

Rhinebeck native Lucy Knisley will discuss her graphic travelogue, French Milk.

Please note: This reading will be held at Scoville Memorial Library in Salisbury, CT. Join us for an evening with Francine du Plessix Gray. Gray is the bestselling author of the memoir, Them: A Memoir of Parents which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; At Home with the Marquis de Sade, which ... (more)was nominated for the Pulitzer; and numerous other works including a biography of Simone Weil in the Penguin Lives Series.

The country’s leading connoisseur presents a comprehensive guide for developing your tea palate. The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea transforms tea drinkers into tea experts. Written by one of the country’s leading tea professionals, The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea is an illuminating resource for tea ... (more)drinkers interested in developing and refining their palate as well as their understanding of the complex agricultural, historical, and cultural significance of tea. Drawing on his singular experience, Michael Harney masterly explores the full range of teas, revealing how each tea is distinctive, with a taste that derives from a precise combination of cultivation and production techniques, and influenced by the geography as well as its history. These lively profiles of diverse tea varieties—from delicate white tea to aged black puerh tea—include brewing instructions and vivid descriptions of the beverage scent, taste, and appearance; everything you need to become a connoisseur. Tea has long been popular in the United States, but only recently have Americans treated this nuanced beverage with a deeper curiosity, more refined approach, and wider appetite. The Wall Street Journal reports that total U.S. tea sales are nearly four times what they were in 1990, and this growing population of discriminate consumers will celebrate the new vocabulary provided in The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea. Unique in scope, candor, and accessibility, The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea will quickly become the classic reference and staple in the library of every serious tea drinker.

Illustrator Giselle Potter reads from her new book, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, written by Eugene Field. Giselle is featured in our Artist's Window for the month of November.