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Bestselling children's book author & illustrator, Daniel Kirk will be at Warwick's on Friday, April 18 at 4:00pm to read from and sign his latest book, Library Mouse. Library Mouse tells the story of a mouse named Sam who lives in a hole beneath the reference books at the public library. After reading ... (more)many, many books, Sam decides to be come an author himself. He places the books he writes and illustrates on the library shelves, and when the librarian finds them, everybody wants to know who this new author is and when they are going to meet him! DanielKirk.com In celebration of this special event, Warwick's has designated Friday, April 18 as Library Mouse Day! All school librarians and pre-K through 6th grade teachers are eligible for a 25% discount off our entire selection of children's books from 9AM to 6PM. Valid teacher or library ID is required. (If you would like to pre-purchase Library Mouse with the 25% discount, please call our book department at 858-454-0347.)

Bestselling mystery author, Anne Perry will be at Warwick's on Thursday, April 22 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign her new novel, Buckingham Palace Gardens. And what would a Buckingham Palace event be without a proper high tea? Courtesy of Peet's Coffee & Tea of La Jolla, this event will include complimentary ... (more)tea and biscuits. Reservations are not required, but an RSVP to warwicksevents@yahoo.com would be appreciated for planning purposes. The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their elegant wives to the palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a six-thousand-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But, alas, the prince's gathering proves disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute hired for a late-night frolic (after the wives have retired to bed) turns up among the queen's monogrammed sheets in a palace linen closet.

With great haste, Thomas Pitt, brilliant mainstay of Special Services, is summoned to resolve the crisis. The Pitt's cockney maid, Gracie, is also recruited - to pose as a palace servant and listen to the guests' conversations, scan their bedrooms, and scrutinize their troubled faces for clues to hidden rivalries and attachments that could have led to murder. If Pitt and Gracie fail to find out who brutally murdered the young woman - as seems increasingly likely - Pitt's career will be over, and the scandal may just cause the monarchy to fall.

With a cast of wonderful characters, among them the gentle Princess of Wales, and a twisting plot that takes us into the hidden world of the royal family, Anne Perry probes deep into the hearts of men and women ensnared by their own emotions. Never has this distinguished novelist told a story with more truth and passion.

Gourmet magazine correspondent, Alexander Lobrano will be at Warwick's on Wednesday, April 23 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his new book, Hungry For Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City's 102 Best Restaurants. If you’re passionate about eating well during your next trip to Paris, you couldn’t ask ... (more)for a better travel companion than Alexander Lobrano’s charming, friendly, and authoritative Hungry for Paris, the first new comprehensive guide in many years to the city’s restaurant scene. Lobrano, Gourmet magazine’s European correspondent, has written for almost every major food and travel magazine since he became an American in Paris in 1986. Here he shares his personal selection of the city’s 102 best restaurants, each of which is portrayed in savvy, fun, lively descriptions that are not only indispensable for finding a superb meal but a pleasure to read.

Lobrano reveals the hottest young chefs, the coziest bistros, the best buys – including those haute cuisine restaurants that are really worth the money – and the secret places Parisians love most, together with information on the most delicious dishes, ambience, clientele, and history of each restaurant. A series of delightful essays cover various aspects of dining in Paris, including “Table for One” (how to eat alone), “The Four Seasons” (the best of seasonal eating in Paris), and “Eating the Unspeakable” (learning to eat what you don’t think you like). All restaurants are keyed to helpful maps, and the book is seasoned with beautiful photographs by Life magazine photographer Bob Peterson that will only help whet your appetite for tasting Paris.

Debut novelist, Min Jin Lee will be at Warwick's on Monday, April 28 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign her novel, Free Food For Millionaires, brand new in paperback. Casey Han's four years at Princeton gave her many things, 'But no job and a number of bad habits.' Casey's parents, who live in Queens, are ... (more)Korean immigrants working in a dry cleaner, desperately trying to hold on to their culture and their identity. Their daughter, on the other hand, has entered into rarified American society via scholarships. But after graduation, Casey sees the reality of having expensive habits without the means to sustain them. As she navigates Manhattan, we see her life and the lives around her, culminating in a portrait of New York City and its world of haves and have-nots. Free Food For Millionaires offers up a fresh exploration of the complex layers we inhabit both in society and within ourselves. Inspired by 19th century novels such as Vanity Fair and Middlemarch, Min Jin Lee examines maintaining one's identity within changing communities in what is her remarkably assured debut.For more, please visit Min Jin Lee.com Min Jin Lee has received the NYFA Fellowship for Fiction, the Peden Prize from The Missouri Review for Best Story, and the Narrative Prize for New and Emerging Writer. Her fiction has been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts and her essays have appeared in The Times(London), Vogue and in the anthologies To Be Real
and Breeder. Her debut novel Free Food For Millionaires was a No. 1 Book Sense Pick, a new York Times Editor’s Choice, a Wall Street Journal Juggle Book Club selection, and a national bestseller; it was a Top 10 Novels of the Year for Times (London), NPR’s Fresh Air and USA Today. She lives in Tokyo with her husband and son where she is working on her second novel.

Our event with Marianne Meyerhoff scheduled for Tuesday, April 29 has been cancelled. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

Bestselling children's book author, Annie Barrows will be at Warwick's on Saturday, May 3 at 11:00am to read from & sign Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter. What's the worst babysitter you can imagine? Okay, now multiply by a million. Bean's just found out that Nancy is babysitting for the ... (more)afternoon. After Ivy rescues her from prison, the two girls turn tragedy into opportunity.For more on Ivy & Bean, check out anniebarrows.com

Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist from the San Diego Union-Tribune, Steve Breen, will be at Warwick's on Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00pm for a special bedtime jammies and story night for his new kids book, Violet the Pilot. By the time she’s two years old, Violet Van Winkle can fix nearly any appliance in ... (more)the house. And by eight she’s building elaborate flying machines from scratch — mind-boggling contraptions such as the Tubbubbler, the Bicycopter, and the Wing-a-ma-jig. The kids at school tease her, but they have no idea what she’s capable of. Maybe she could earn their respect by winning the blue ribbon in the upcoming Air Show. Or maybe something even better will happen — something involving her bestever invention, a Boy Scout troop in peril, and even the mayor himself!

Join Warwick's for a fun culinary evening with Sam "The Cooking Guy" Zien on Thursday, May 8 at 6:30pm. Sam will be discussing and signing his new book, Sam the Cooking Guy: Just a Bunch of Recipes. Fans of Sam the Cooking Guy are in for a treat! This fun culinary event begins with a little mingling ... (more)over Newcastle Brown Ale and appetizers courtesy of whisknladle restaurant here in La Jolla. Are you single? Here's your chance to meet someone special. In a relationship? That's okay too. There's food and fun for everyone. Following our mini-social, Sam has graciously agreed to emcee Warwick's own Culinary Dating Game. Yes, just like the Dating Game of TV lore, singles will have the opportunity to vie for a date. Please contact the book department at (858) 454-0347 to find out how you can be a contestant.Are you cooking challenged? Sam comes to the rescue. After the Culinary Dating Game, Sam will discuss and sign his new cookbook, Sam the Cooking Guy: Just a Bunch of Recipes. Sam will sign all books purchased at Warwick's and has even graciously agreed to donate two spots in one of his coveted cooking classes to a lucky raffle winner. About the book: Sam Zien is a regular guy who cooks good food - great tasting stuff that real people can make, served up with lots of humor. Now, responding to requests from his legions of fans of his television show, Sam has collected more than 125 of his favorite recipes. All of them are big in taste and small in effort - dishes that anyone can make. and there's even more! If you are having too much fun for the evening to end, you can walk a mere block over to
whisknladle, 1044 Wall Street, who have graciously agreed to keep their bar and patio dining room open late especially for event attendees. Here's your chance to get to know that intriguing someone you were eyeing during the event or just to have a fun night with a special someone or friends.

Caitlin Rother - Twisted Triangle - Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid - Beyong the Great Wall - Thursday, May 15 @ 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Carl Hiaasen - The Downhill Lie - Friday, May 16 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Join Warwick's for a very special book signing & fundraising event for the Alzheimers Association with sports commentator, Jim Nantz. On Tuesday, May 20, beginning at 7:30am at the La Valencia Hotel (1132 Prospect Street) in La Jolla, CBS Sportscaster Jim Nantz will be hosting a special ticketed breakfast ... (more)event in support of his new book, Always By My Side as well as for the Alzheimers Association. Your $75 ticket will include a signed copy of Mr. Nantz's book, a delicious La Valencia breakfast, a $25 donation to the Alzheimers Association, and an opportunity to sit at your breakfast table with a local celebrity. Guests for the event may include Dick Enberg, Jerry Coleman, Jim Laslavic, Miss California, Jane Mitchell, and Scott & BR (who will be broadcasting the event live for their morning radio program). Tickets are available exclusively through Warwick's and are $75 per person. (Please note: there will not be an email confirmation for the purchase of tickets to this event.)America's most visible sports commentator tells the stories of some of the most dramatic moments in American sports and pays tribute to the man who inspired him to pursue his broadcasting dream - his beloved father, who has fallen victim to the ravages of Alzheimer's disease.

Mike Sager - Deviant Behavior - Tuesday, May 20 @ 7:30pm. Please check back soon for more event information.

David Rothenberg - Thousand Mile Song - Wednesday, May 21 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Warwick's is pleased to present a very special evening with the bestselling author of the Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer! On Friday, May 23 at 7:30pm at the Town and Country Hotel's Atlas Ballroom , Warwick's will be hosting a special ticketed book signing event with Ms. Meyer for the release of her ... (more)brand new book, The Host. Tickets are available exclusively at Warwick's for $30 and include a signed copy of The Host. Tickets can only be obtained by purchasing the new book at Warwick's and only copies of The Host purchased at Warwick's will be signed at the event. Tickets are required for admittance - one ticket is issued with the purchase of one book. Warwick's is not responsible for lost or stolen tickets. To order tickets and the book, please call the book department at (858) 454-0347 or email at warwicks2000@yahoo.com. (Also please note that there will only be an email confirmation of your ticket purchase if you pay via email. Customers purchasing tickets over the phone or at Warwick's will not be receiving email confirmations.) Please note: if you plan on attending this event, books and tickets are not available for purchase through warwicks.com. Please contact the store for purchase.For more information on Stephenie and her books, including m
ore event specifics, please visit stepheniemeyer.com

Alex Kershaw - Escape From the Deep - Wednesday, May 28 at 7:30pm Please check back soon for more event information.

Elizabeth George - Careless In Red - Friday, May 30 @7:30pm. Please check back soon for more event information.

Melissa Marr - Ink Exchange - Tuesday, June 4 at 7:00pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Joe Camp - The Soul of a Horse - Thursday, June 5 @ 7:30pm. Please check back soon for more event information.

Bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger, will be at Warwick's on Monday, June 9 at 7:30pm to ... (more)discuss and sign her new novel, Chasing Harry Winston. Emmy is newly single, and not by choice. She was this close to the ring and the baby she's wanted her whole life when her boyfriend left her for his twenty-three-year-old personal trainer—whose fees are paid by Emmy. With her plans for the perfect white wedding in the trash, Emmy is now ordering takeout for one. Her friends insist an around-the-world sex-fueled adventure will solve all her problems—could they be right?

Leigh, a young star in the publishing business, is within striking distance of landing her dream job as senior editor and marrying her dream guy. And to top it all off, she has just purchased her dream apartment. Only when Leigh begins to edit the enfant terrible of the literary world, the brilliant and brooding Jesse Chapman, does she start to notice some cracks in her perfect life...

Adriana is the drop-dead-gorgeous daughter of a famous supermodel. She possesses the kind of feminine wiles made only in Brazil, and she never hesitates to use them. But she's about to turn thirty and—as her mother keeps reminding her—she won't have her pick of the men forever. Everyone knows beauty is ephemeral and there's always someone younger and prettier right around the corner. Suddenly she's wondering...does Mother know best?

These three very different girls have been best friends for a decade in the greatest city on earth. As they near thirty, they're looking toward their future...but despite all they've earned—first-class travel, career promotions, invites to all the right parties, and luxuries small and large—they're not quite sure they like what they see...

One Saturday night at the Waverly Inn, Adriana and Emmy make a pact: within a single year, each will drastically change her life. Leigh watches from the sidelines, not making any promises, but she'll soon discover she has the most to lose. Their friendship is forever, but everything else is on the table. Three best friends. Two resolutions. One year to pull it off.

For more on Lauren and her books, please visit LaurenWeisberger.com

Bestselling author, Sheldon Siegel will be at Warwick's on Tuesday, June 10 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his new novel Judgment Day. Sheldon Siegel has jumped onto best seller lists and into reviewers’ affections with his first five compelling courtroom dramas featuring San Francisco criminal defense attorneys and ex-spouses Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez: In Siegel’s latest novel Judgment Day, Daley and Fernandez face their most harrowing case yet when they’re called in at the last minute to try to stop the execution of Nathan Fineman, a former mob lawyer who was convicted of murdering three people in the back room of Chinatown’s notorious Golden Dragon Restaurant. With only ten days to go, Mike and Rosie face insurmountable odds as they race the clock in a desperate search that takes them from squalid halls of San Quentin’s Death Row to the harsh back rooms of Chinatown to the mean streets of the teeming Tenderloin District. Their only hope is proving Fineman’s innocence — a task that looks impossible as forensics and witness accounts all point overwhelmingly toward his guilt. At the same time, Mike must also battle his own personal demons when the reputation of his deceased father — a San Francisco cop who was one of the first officers at the scene — is called into question. As the plot hurtles toward its stunning denouement, it becomes apparent that Judgment Day is approaching not only for Nate Fineman, but also for Mike’s father and for Mike and Rosie’s law firm.
For more information on Sheldon and his books, check out sheldonsiegel.com

Southern Cal author, Don Winslow returns to Warwick's on Wednesday, June 11 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his new novel, The ... (more)Dawn Patrol. The author of The Winter of Frankie Machine and The Power of the Dog is back with a razor-sharp novel as cool and unbridled as its California surfer heroes, as heart-stopping as a wave none of them sees coming. Boone Daniels lives to surf. Every morning he’s out in the break off Pacific Beach with the other members of The Dawn Patrol: four men and one woman as single-minded about surfing as he is. Or nearly. They have “real j-o-b-s”; Boone works as a PI just enough to keep himself in fish tacos and wet suits — and in the water whenever the waves are “epic macking crunchy.”

But Boone is also obsessed with the unsolved case of a young girl named Rain who was abducted back when he was on the San Diego police force. He blames himself — just as almost everyone in the department does — for not being able to save her. Now, when he can’t say no to a gorgeous, bossy lawyer who wants his help investigating an insurance scam, he’s unexpectedly staring at a chance to make some amends — and take some revenge — for Rain’s disappearance. It might mean missing the most colossal waves he’s liable to encounter (not to mention putting The Dawn Patrol in serious harm’s way as he tangles with the local thuggery), but this investigation is about to give him a wilder ride than any he’s ever imagined.
Pictures from Don's last event at Warwick's.

David Rensin - All For A Few Perfect Waves - Thursday, June 12 at 7:30pmPLease check back soon for more event information.

Jana Kohl and her dog Baby - A Rare Breed of Love - Monday, June 16 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Jeffery Deaver - The Broken Window - Friday, June 20 at 1:00pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

James Van Praagh - Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side - Friday, June 20 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Please join Maine author Vicki Kent for a reading and signing of her new novel for juveniles, "The Magic of Mrs. Magee". Endowed with the power of second sight by a princely frog, how will Mrs.Magee use her new "gift"? Find out when Vicki arrives in costume to tell fortunes and the book's illustrator ... (more)Jim Vaughn draws her visions for you! Fun and mystical!!

Patricia Aytcheson Taylor will sign copies of her book, On the Wings of the Wind (Langmarc Publishing)

Acclaimed biographer, David Rensin will be at Warwick's on Thursday, June 24 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his new book, All ... (more)For A Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora.All For a Few Perfect Waves is the story of Miki "Da Cat" Dora, the dashing and enigmatic rebel who, for twenty years, was the king of Malibu surfers. He dominated the waves, ruled his peers' imaginations, and — to this day — inspires the fantasies of decades of Dora wannabes who began to swarm his pristine paradise after the movie Gidget helped surfing explode into the mainstream and changed it forever — many say for the worse.

Disenchanted, Dora railed against the ruination; angry that the waves were no longer his own, he fought back — or found better things to do. Dora was also an avid sportsman, raconteur, philosopher, traveler — and scam artist of wide repute. When, in 1973, he finally ran afoul of the law, he soon abandoned America and led the FBI and Interpol on a seven-year chase around the globe. At the same time, he never gave up searching for (and occasionally finding) the empty waves and spirit of the Malibu he'd lost. From homes in New Zealand to South Africa to France, he continued to personify the rebel heart of surfing and has been widely acknowledged as "the most relentlessly committed surfer of all time."

The New York Times named him "the most renegade spirit the sport has yet to produce." Vanity Fair called him "a dark prince of the beach." The Times (London) wrote, "A hero to a generation of beach bums. He was tanned . . . good-looking . . . trouble."

To capture Dora's never-before-told story, David Rensin spent four years interviewing more than three hundred of Dora's friends, enemies, family members, lovers, and peers — none of whom would previously talk in depth about him — to uncover the truth about surfing's most outrageous practitioner, charismatic prince, chief antihero, committed loner, and enduring mystery. The result is a riveting and living portrait of an uncommon character whose unique influence on surfing has never waned, and who became what most can never be: a legend in his own time.

David Iglesias - In Justice - Wednesday, June 25 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Jim Malusa - Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents - Tuesday, July 1 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Robert Crais - Chasing Darkness - Monday, July 7 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Mahvish Khan - My Guantanamo Diary - Tuesday, July 8 at 7:30pm
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Monica Ferrell currently lives in New York but was formerly a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. In her time in the Bay Area, she spent many a day browsing the stacks here at Diesel, and we're happy to welcome her back as a published author!

Jay Kopelman - From Baghdad to America - Thursday, July 10 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

John and Jean Silverwood - Black Wave - Monday, July 14 at 7:30pm
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Christopher Reich - Rules of Deception - Tuesday, July 15 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

James Van Praagh - Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side - Tuesday, July 29 at 7:30pm
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Robert Tanenbaum - Escape - Tuesday, July 31 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

On the evening of Friday, August 1, beginning at 11:00pm, Warwick's will be hosting a special Book Release Party for Stephenie Meyer's new book, Breaking Dawn. The party (from 11 until midnight, when the book is officially released) will include a Vampire Costume Contest, a "Twilight" Zone Cafe, cool ... (more)raffle prizes (including Stephenie Meyer t-shirts), music, and much, much more! Pre-purchase your copy today so you don't miss the party!For more information, please call the Book Department at (858)454-0347.

Warwick's and Design Within Reach are honored to co-host an evening with legendary photographer Julius Shulman, who will be on hand to sign his new three-volume box set, Modernism Rediscovered, at the Design Within Reach studio in downtown San Diego on Thursday, August 7 from 6 to 8:00pm.Please note: ... (more)This event is being held at the Design Within Reach studio at 393 7th Avenue in downtown San Diego. The event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP to J.D. from DWR at jhancock@dwr.com is requested for planning purposes only. The event will include wine and hors d'ouevres, and books will be available for purchase. A resident of Los Angeles since 1920, Julius Shulman has been documenting modernist architecture in Southern California and across the globe for nearly eight decades. His images of Pierre Koenig's Case Study House No. 22 (1960) in Los Angeles and Richard J. Neutra's Kaufmann House (1947) in Palm Springs are among the most recognizable and iconic architectural photographs of the 20th century. Shulman's numerous awards include the Architectural Photography Medal from the American Institute of Architects (1969), a lifetime achievement award from the International Center of Photography in New York (1998), and honorary doctorates from various academic institutions.

On Their Own: Women Journalists and the American Experience in VietnamIn a series of overlapping biographies about a central group of women who invented themselves as war correspondents, this book tells a gripping yet largely unknown story of perseverance and triumph. With its portraits of Gloria Emerson, ... (more)Frances FitzGerald, Kate Webb, and Beverly Deepe, among others, women who covered the war are, at last, woven in the tapestry of Vietnam-era history. On Their Own fuses cultural history, journalism history, and women's history into a compelling narrative. Joyce Hoffmann, an award-winning author and journalist, is on the faculty at Old Dominion University and is public editor of the Virginian Pilot. She lives in Norfolk.Discussion and Book Signing, Wednesday, August 13 at 6 p.m.

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!
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Daniel Silva - Moscow Rules - Thursday, August 14 at 7:30pm
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Sean Williams will be making his only West Coast appearance in Malibu for the launch of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed! Based on the new & exciting LucasArts video game, and the story by Haden Blackman, this new Williams novel is the latest must-have for Star Wars fans ... and, really, who isn't?!

Williams ... (more)is the award-winning author of more than sixty short stories and eighteen novels, including Star Wars New Jedi Order Force Heretic novels, co-written with Shane Dix.

With a special appearance by: The 501st Legion!

This amazing group was founded in 1997, and has spread its Star Wars magic through the authentic-looking costumes and attention to detail. They've made appearance for charity organizations like the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and they've even appeared with George Lucas himself!

Show your Star Wars colors and come dressed in full regalia! We'd love to see Jedis as much as stormtroopers, so join us for a little inter-galactic fun in one of the most beautiful settings you can imagine: Malibu!

Stacey O'Brien - Wesley the Owl - Tuesday, August 26 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Katy and Phillip Leakey will read from and sign "Women Helping Women Among the Trials of Rural Enterprise in Kenya."

Lily Koppel - The Red Leather Diary - Thursday, September 4 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Acclaimed debut memoirist, Michael Gates Gill will be at Warwick's on Monday, September 8 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his book, How Starbucks Saved My Life. In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. ... (more)By the time he turned sixty, he had lost everything except his Ivy League education and his sense of entitlement. First, he was downsized at work. Next, an affair ended his twenty-year marriage. Then, he was diagnosed with a slow-growing brain tumor, prognosis undetermined. Around the same time, his girlfriend gave birth to a son. Gill had no money, no health insurance, and no prospects.

One day as Gill sat in a Manhattan Starbucks with his last affordable luxury — a latté — brooding about his misfortune and quickly dwindling list of options, a 28-year-old Starbucks manager named Crystal Thompson approached him, half joking, to offer him a job. With nothing to lose, he took it, and went from drinking coffee in a Brooks Brothers suit to serving it in a green uniform. For the first time in his life, Gill was a minority - the only older white guy working with a team of young African-Americans. He was forced to acknowledge his ingrained prejudices and admit to himself that, far from being beneath him, his new job was hard. And his younger coworkers, despite having half the education and twice the personal difficulties he’d ever faced, were running circles around him.

The other baristas treated Gill with respect and kindness despite his differences, and he began to feel a new emotion: gratitude. Crossing over the Starbucks bar was the beginning of a dramatic transformation that cracked his world wide open. When all of his defenses and the armor of entitlement had been stripped away, a humbler, happier and gentler man remained. One that everyone, especially Michael’s kids, liked a lot better.

The backdrop to Gill's story is a nearly universal cultural phenomenon: the Starbucks experience. In How Starbucks Saved My Life, we step behind the counter of one of the world's best-known companies and discover how it all really works, who the baristas are and what they love (and hate) about their jobs. Inside Starbucks, as Crystal and Mike’s friendship grows, we see what wonders can happen when we reach out across race, class, and age divisions to help a fellow human being.

Steven Pinker - The Stuff of Thought - Wednesday, September 10 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Jen Lin Liu - Serve the People - Thursday, September 11 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Danica McKellar - Kiss My Math - Monday, September 15 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Stephen Grogan, our bestselling author of the acclaimed Questmystery "Vegas Die", will be returning for a 6 month anniversary party. He will be here signing books, and talking about the quest for the hidden dagger.

DIESEL, A Bookstore is proud to say that former M*A*S*H star, Alan Alda, will be kicking off our event series at the new Brentwood store!! He'll be joining us to share more from his bestselling memoir, THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF, a book that is candid, wise, and as questioning as it ... (more)is inclusive. In it, Alda amuses and moves readers with his unique and hilarious meditations on questions great and small. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself is another superb Alan Alda performance, as inspiring and entertaining as the man himself.

2006 honors include his 32nd Emmy nomination and winning his sixth Emmy (!) for his appearance on West Wing (Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series) as well as the National Science Board’s Public Service Award, and his induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He has earned international recognition as an actor, writer and director. In addition to The Aviator, films include Crimes and Misdemeanors, Everyone Says I Love You, Flirting With Disaster, Manhattan Murder Mystery, And The Band Played On, Same Time, Next Year and California Suite, as well as The Seduction of Joe Tynan, which he wrote, and also The Four Seasons, Sweet Liberty, A New Life, and Betsy’s Wedding, all of which he wrote and directed.

** Please note that this event will take place in the outdoor courtyard of the new DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood, located at 225 W. 26th St.

For more information, please email events@dieselbookstore.com, or call (310) 456-9961.

Bing West - The Strongest Tribe - Thursday, September 17 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Bing West - The Strongest Tribe - Thursday, September 18 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

John Bemelmans Marciano - Madeline and the Cats of Rome - Sunday, September 21 at 3:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein - Plato and A Platypus Walk Into A Bar... - Tuesday, September 23 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Markus Flanagan - One Less Bitter Actor: The Actor's Survival Guide - Thursday, September 25 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Graeme Base - Enigma: A Magical Mystery - Sunday, September 28 at 4:00pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Keith Devlin - The Unfinished Game - Tuesday, September 30 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Kathleen Norris - Acedia and Me - Wednesday, October 1 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Stuart Wood's new thriller, Hot Mahogany is the latest in the Stone Barrington series. This is an exciting opportunity to meet this master novelist. He has now had twenty-three straight bestsellers on the New York Times hardcover list.

Alison Wright - Learning to Breathe - Thursday, October 2 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Join Little Bookworms to celebrate the release of If You Give A Cat A Cupcake,the newest book in Laura Numeroff's If You Give A...series. We plan to have storytime, cupcake arts and crafts, pin the frosting on the cupcake game, and a cupcake decorating station where kids can take a plain cupcake and ... (more)finish it themselves. You don't want to miss this fun event!

Signing Only: Jamie Lee Curtis - Big Words For Little People - Saturday, October 4 at 4:00pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Deanne Stillman - Mustang - Tuesday, October 7 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Terri Cheney - Manic - Thursday, October 9 at 7:30pm (National Bipolar Awareness Day)Please check back soon for more event information.

Amy Bloom - Away - Monday, October 10 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Amy Bloom - Away - Monday, October 13 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Ed Begley, Jr. - Living Like Ed - Tuesday, October 14 at 3:00pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Join Diesel Bookstore for a green event with Van Jones, author of Green Collar Economy!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Van Jones is the founder and president of Green For All, based in Oakland. The mission is to help build an inclusive, green economy - strong enough to lift millions of people out of poverty. Van ... (more)is a tireless advocate, championing "green-collar jobs and opportunities" for disadvantaged people. He is committed to creating "green pathways out of poverty," while greatly expanding the coalition fighting global warming.

He's worked to combine solutions to America's two biggest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction. Under the slogan "green-collar jobs, not jails," he is calling for green economic development in urban America.

As an advocate for the toughest urban constituencies and causes, he has won many honors, which include the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the international Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum "Young Global Leader," and the Rockefeller Foundation "Next Generation Leadership" Fellowship.

He's also served on the boards of numerous national environmental organizations. Presently, he is a board member of the National Apollo Alliance, which advocates for clean energy jobs. He is also a founding board member of 1Sky, a national coalition working to avert catastrophic climate change.

In 2007, Van helped the City of Oakland pass a "Green Jobs Corps" proposal; the City allocated funds to train Oakland residents in eco-friendly "green-collar jobs."

At the national level, Van worked successfully in 2007 with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA), U.S. Rep. John Tierney (D-MASS) to pass the Green Jobs Act of 2007. That path-breaking, historic legislation authorized $125 million in funding to train 35,000 people a year in "green-collar jobs." Van is also a co-founder of a new national coalition that promotes the idea of a national "Clean Energy Jobs Corps." This multi-billion-dollar federal initiative would put hundreds of thousands of people to work rewiring and retrofitting the energy infrastructure of the United States.

In 2005, Van produced the "Social Equity Track" for the United Nations' World Environment Day celebration. UNWED 2005 drew dozens of mayors from around the world to San Francisco, where they developed policies promoting the concept of "Green Cities."

In 1996, Van co-founded (with Diana Frappier) the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, now located in Oakland, California. Named for an unsung civil rights heroine, the award-winning Center promotes alternatives to violence and incarceration. The Center, for which Van serves as board president, incubated Green For All in 2007 and spun it off in 2008.

His many media appearances includes the popular Peabody award-winning show, The Colbert Report.PURCHASE OF THE BOOK RESERVES YOU A SEAT AT THE EVENT!

Philippa Gregory - The Other Queen - Friday, October 17 at 7:30pm
Please check back soon for more event information.

Join Clare Langley-Hawthorne at Diesel Bookstore as she presents the second book in her fantastic new historical mystery series! Featuring the strong, outspoken, intelligent and sassy Ursula Marlow, THE SERPENT AND THE SCORPION is a thrilling story of scandal and betrayal that's richly detailed and ... (more)action-packed.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Clare Langley-Hawthorne was raised in England and Australia. She practiced law in Melbourne until 1995 when she emigrated moved to the United States and began work as a health economist. Clare has since put her pursuit of a PhD on hold to focus on her career as a writer. She lives in the San Francisco bay area with her husband and twin sons. This is her second novel.

For more information, visit her web site at www.clarelangleyhawthorne.comPURCHASE OF THE BOOK RESERVES YOU A SEAT AT THE EVENT!

Diane Ackerman - The Zookeeper's Wife - Tuesday, October 21 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

DIESEL, A Bookstore is pleased to welcome renowned actor & dedicated activist, Martin Sheen, as he speaks with Pepperdine's Professor Douglas Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law. They'll be discussing Doug's book - Can A Catholic Support Him?: Asking the Big Question About Barack ... (more)Obama - which holds significant relevance in today's charged political atmosphere.

ABOUT THE BOOK:On April 18, 2008, Douglas W. Kmiec was denied Communion at a Catholic Mass in Westlake, California. Ironically, Kmiec had been invited by a Catholic business group to give a dinner address on the Bishop's teaching of "Faithful Citizenship." Kmiec had served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel for both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. But now, he found himself rejected by his faith--simply for endorsing the presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama.

In Can a Catholic Support Him?, Kmiec offers us a thoughtful explanation of his rationale. He addresses the difficult questions at the core of his decision: Can a Catholic support a Pro-Choice candidate? Can there be a reverence for life that embraces a larger set of values? How does a Catholic citizen balance his obligations to the Church and to community? In asking these questions, he challenges those whose partisan interests are provoking a false rift between the Catholic Church and the Democratic party.

This inquiry could hardly be more timely. Catholics have been on the side of the top vote-getter in the last nine presidential elections, and make up roughly one fourth of the electorate. This provocative book--at once a legal and religious treatise and a sincere and personal journey of faith will be an irreplaceable contribution to the conversation, in 2008 and beyond.

This event will take place at DIESEL, A Bookstore in MALIBU, 3890 Cross Creek Rd., Malibu, CA 90265. For more information, please email events@dieselbookstore.com or call (310) 456-9961.

David Wolman - Righting the Mother Tongue - Wednesday, October 29 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Author and historian Mike Rivkin will be at Warwick's on Wednesday, November 5 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his book, BIG: The 50 Greatest World Record Catches.The universal interest in world records is nowhere more compelling than in the sports world. Fishermen, both pros and weekend anglers, dream ... (more)of catching “the big one” and BIG: The 50 Greatest World Record Catches will more than satisfy the imagination and fuel the desire to fish through the off season.

Artist Flick Ford and International Game Fish Association (IGFA) historian Mike Rivkin have joined to tell the stories of the fifty most amazing record fish catches from around the world, selected for their sheer size, popularity, beauty, and classic record story. Through species research and archival photography, renowned artist Flick Ford reconstructs a portrait of each record catch as it would have looked emerging from the water. This book salutes the sportsmanship of dedicated fishermen, the history of angling and the fine art that brings it alive.

Beloved illustrator of Fancy Nancy, Robin Preiss Glasser, returns to Warwick's on Thursday, November 6 at 4:00pm to read from and sign her new book, Tea For Ruby (Written by Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York). That Ruby! Wherever she goes, table cloths accidentally pull dishes to the floor, flowers ... (more)get trampled and spaghetti somehow ends up in her hair. You can't take Ruby anywhere! One sunny morning, the postman brings Ruby an amazing invitation to have tea with -- the Queen! Ruby had better polish her manners and quickly. Will Ruby really be ready in time?

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and Robin Preiss Glasser know a thing or two about the importance of manners and poise and being ladylike. In Tea For Ruby, they have created the irrepressible Ruby, whose antics and foibles with touch readers' hearts as she tries her very best to do things correctly. In the end, she knows she is loved for who she is, and that she will always be a princess, royal or not!

Mike Sager - Wounded Warriors - Thursday, November 6 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

George Daughan - If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy - Tuesday, November 11 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Acclaimed New York Times columnist, Randall Stross, will be at Warwick's on Thursday, November 13 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his new book, Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know.Based on unprecedented access he received to the highly secretive "Googleplex," New ... (more)York Times columnist Randall Stross takes readers deep inside Google, the most important, most innovative, and most ambitious company of the Internet Age. His revelations demystify the strategy behind the company's recent flurry of bold moves, all driven by the pursuit of a business plan unlike any other: to become the indispensable gatekeeper of all the world's information, the one-stop destination for all our information needs. Will Google succeed? And what are the implications of a single company commanding so much information and knowing so much about us?

As ambitious as Google's goal is, with 68 percent of all Web searches (and growing), profits that are the envy of the business world, and a surplus of talent, the company is, Stross shows, well along the way to fulfilling its ambition, becoming as dominant a force on the Web as Microsoft became on the PC. Google isn't just a superior search service anymore. In recent years it has launched a dizzying array of new services and advanced into whole new businesses, from the introductions of its controversial Book Search and the irresistible Google Earth, to bidding for a slice of the wireless-phone spectrum and nonchalantly purchasing YouTube for $1.65 billion.

Google has also taken direct aim at Microsoft's core business, offering free e-mail and software from word processing to spreadsheets and calendars, pushing a transformative -- and highly disruptive -- concept known as "cloud computing." According to this plan, users will increasingly store all of their data on Google's massive servers -- a network of a million computers that amounts to the world's largest supercomputer, with unlimited capacity to house all the information Google seeks.

The more offerings Google adds, and the more ubiquitous a presence it becomes, the more dependent its users become on its services and the more information they contribute to its uniquely comprehensive collection of data. Will Google stay true to its famous "Don't Be Evil" mantra, using its power in its customers' best interests?

Stross's access to those who have spearheaded so many of Google's new initiatives, his penetrating research into the company's strategy, and his gift for lively storytelling produce an entertaining, deeply informed, and provocative examination of the company's audacious vision for the future and the consequences not only for the business world, but for our culture at large.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in BRENTWOOD is pleased to welcome Bret Parsons for his lovely new book, COLCORD: HOME.

ABOUT THE BOOK:What do Harrison Ford, JoBeth Williams, Shirley Jones, Connie Wald, Nicholas Cage, Kirk Douglas and Debbie Reynolds have in common? They have all resided in homes designed ... (more)by Hollywood architect, Gerard Colcord.

In the 1920ąs, Southern California exploded as the greatest home-building region in the world. As a result, the area became a hotbed for architecture and design. This is when the illustrious residential architect Gerard Colcord began his prolific career. Between 1924 and 1984, Colcord created over 400 extraordinary homes and estates in the Los Angeles area, and tastemakers of the time lauded him as "Hollywood's Society Architect."

Colcord created a significant architectural legacy in the Southern California residential landscape working in a variety of styles, ranging from classic Tudor, Country French, Hollywood Regency, Spanish Hacienda, Monterey Colonial and Contemporary, to his best-known genre, sprawling "Country Colonials."

The rich textures of the Colcord style are uniquely identifiable: washed brick, honey-colored fieldstone, half-timbered beams, asymmetrical roof lines, hand-painted tiles and his signature walk-in fireplaces all blending effortlessly and harmoniously. Clients sought out Colcord when they wanted warmth, intimacy and romance.

Bret gained access to Mr. Colcord's complete archives and culled through 10,000 original renderings, photographs and blueprints; interviewed three hundred past and present Colcord homeowners to complete this intimate portrait of the man and his homes. Parsons features 17 of these distinguished estates in his book, using archival photos, architectural renderings and present-day photography by Mary E. Nichols, contributing photographer to Architectural Digest, and takes you on a fascinating journey, touching our deepest sensibilities of the magical and romantic.

Warwick's is pleased to partner with San Diego Writers, Ink, for a wonderful new writing workshop, Sticking With It: One Novel's 30-Year Journey to Success, instructed by author Selden Edwards. With the $35 registration fee, you will receive an autographed copy of Mr. Edwards' new, critically acclaimed ... (more)novel, The Little Book and all the necessary workshop materials. The event will be held on Monday, November 17 from 7-9pm at The Ink Spot, 710 13th Street, Suite 210 in downtown San Diego. Please call or visit the Warwick's Book Department to register: (858) 454-0347.In 1974 as a student at Stanford University, Selden Edwards began writing The Little Book. Thirty-four years later, the book is a publishing phenomenon. What happened in between? How did Edwards keep the faith and keep working on his novel? Where did the idea of a rock musician-turned-time traveler come from and how did it change over 34 years, several rejections, and many rewrites? In this special workshop, Selden will discuss his experiences in writing and researching his novel, which is set in both San Francisco (1988) and Vienna (1897), and what went into all those years of writing and rewriting, crafting and recrafting. This is sure to be an informative and inspiring workshop for all writers who may sometimes wonder if it's worth "sticking with it".

Eli Brown discusses and signs The Great Days. This event is free and all are welcome.

For the first four Tuesdays in December, Warwick's and other La Jolla merchants will be staying open later - until 8:00pm - in an effort to promote shopping locally! On each Tuesday evening, between 6:00 and 8:00pm, Warwick's will be featuring author signings and special events to make your holiday shopping ... (more)festive. On Tuesday, December 2 from 6-8pm, Sam "The Cooking Guy" Zien will have a much anticipated repeat appearance at Warwick's for his Sam the Cooking Guy Cookbook as part of Tuesday Nights in the Village. Also, the La Jolla High School Madrigals will be performing - don't miss it!

On Wednesday, December 10 from 2:30 to 3:30pm, Warwick's will be visited by Despereaux for a special storytime! Despereaux is the star of the bestselling, Newbery Award-winning book, The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo as well as the upcoming movie from Universal Pictures, in theaters December 19.

Geraldine Brooks - People of the Book - Wednesday, January 9 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Arielle Ford, publicist for the Chopra Center and sister of author Debbie Ford, will be at Warwick's on Monday, January 12 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign her new book, The Soulmate Secret: Manifest the Love of Your Life with the Law of Attraction .Please check back soon for more event information.

Oakland Book Group #3 meets and discusses Unforgiving Years by Victor Serge. This event is open to the public and free to attend. Books will be available for purchase at the store.

Southwestern cooking expert, Jane Butel, will be at Warwick's on Wednesday, January 14 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign her new book, Chili Madness.Please check back soon for more event information.

Kate Jacobs - Knit Two - Monday, January 19 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon more more event information.

Geraldine Brooks - People of the Book - Wednesday, January 21 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes back Susie Bright as she discusses and signs her newest collection of erotic literature, X: The Erotic Treasury. ABOUT THE BOOK:
If there's only room for one book on your bedside table, this should be it. The reigning mistress of erotica, Susie Bright, has expertly ... (more)chosen 40 of the hottest stories ever written: breathtaking new stories as well as the most sought-after stories from The Best American Erotica series. Designed in a "gotta-touch-it" slipcase with a cloth-covered book, the package cultivates the quality and taboo satisfaction of the ­stories themselves. Luminaries like Carol Queen and Robert Olen Butler contribute to the stories about all kinds of lovers: heartbreakers, foxes, maniacs, romanticists, hell-raisers, and utter bandits. This delicious collection is certain to satisfy.

Mark Zaifman of Spiritus Financial Planning will be at Warwick's on Thursday, January 22 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century.In an age of great economic ... (more)uncertainty when everyone is concerned about money and how they spend what they have, this new edition of the bestselling Your Money or Your Life is an essential read. With updated resources, an easy-to-use index, and anecdotes and examples particularly relevant today—it tells you how to: • get out of debt and develop savings
• reorder material priorities and live well for less
• resolve inner conflicts between values and lifestyle
• save the planet while saving money
• and much more In Your Money or Your Life, Vicki Robin shows readers how to gain control of their money and finally begin to make a life, rather than just make a living.

Local author Wes Anson will be at Warwick's on Monday, January 26 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his new book, The Attorney's Guide to the Business Mind.Please check back soon for more event information.

Acclaimed author and journalist, Rick Wartzman will be at Warwick's on Tuesday, January 27 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his new book, Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of The Grapes of Wrath.Please check back soon for more event information.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to welcome Congresswoman Barbara Lee as she discusses and signs her book, Renegade for Peace and Justice. ABOUT THE BOOK:
Barbara Lee's willingness to stand on principle earned her unsolicited international attention when she was the only member of Congress to ... (more)vote against a resolution giving President George Bush virtually unlimited authority to wage war against nations he personally deemed capable of terrorism. Some praised her vote as heroic and inspirational, others called for her death. But this was not her only profile in courage. In addition to being one of Congress' most vocal opponents to the war in Iraq, Lee has been a leader in promoting policies that foster international peace, security, and human rights. Her principled stands include disavowing the doctrine of preemptive war, offering legislation to create a cabinet level Department of Peace, and leading the bipartisan effort in Congress to end the ongoing genocide in the Darfur. But this autobiography is about more than politics. In this candid and self-effacing book, Lee chronicles the challenges she overcame to break the cycle of multi-generational domestic violence, and her rise from being a young, single mother of two to being one of the most progressive, respected voices in Congress. Renegade for Peace and Justice dispels the myth that all members of Congress have led gilded, charmed lives. In this book you'll learn about the work of Congress in the days that followed September 11, 2001, and you'll also be inspired by the story of an African American woman, who rose from segregation and public assistance to become a member of Congress with a deep commitment to peace and improving the lives of the underprivileged.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood is pleased to welcome Terri Cheney to the store as she discusses and signs Manic: A Memoir. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, manic depression, also known as bipolar disorder, affects more than 5.7 million adult Americans every year. Manic is the poetically-crafted, ... (more)raw, and intimate story of one woman’s harrowing battle with this often misunderstood disease. Unlike memoirs such as Jane Pauley’s Skywriting and Carrie Fisher’s Postcards From the Edge, MANIC is not the story of a celebrity who also suffers from manic depression. Though her work may have brought her close to the rich and famous, Terri Cheney is a regular, everyday person who attempted to battle her illness while maintaining a job and keeping some semblance of a normal life. This makes MANIC intensely real and even more poignant. It is astonishing to think that a neighbor, friend or relative may be similarly suffering behind a relatively normal façade. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Terri Cheney specialized in intellectual property and entertainment law at several prominent Los Angeles firms, where, over the course of her 16-year career, she represented such celebrity clients as Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, as well as major motion picture studios, including Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures. She now devotes her talents to the cause of mental illness. She was named a member of the Community Advisory Board of the UCLA Mood Disorders Research Program, and founded a weekly community support group at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

On the evening of Wednesday, February 4 at 7:30pm, please join Warwick's and moderator Kathi Diamant for a lively evening discussing the 2009 One Book One San Diego selection, The Zookeeper's Wife. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman tells the remarkable true story of Jan and Antonia Zabinski, keepers ... (more)of the Warsaw Zoo during the second World War, who, with extraordinary courage, compassion, and calm under pressure, managed to save hundreds of people from certain death at the hands of Nazi soldiers. The One Book One San Diego program is a joint, community wide effort by KPBS and the San Diego Public Library designed to encourage all San Diegans to read the same book at the same time. For more information, please visit KPBS.org.Complimentary refreshments will be served at this event, so bring your family, friends, and fellow reading group members and spread the word that San Diegans are readers! Kathi Diamant is an award-winning author, actress, television producer/anchor, adjunct professor at San Diego State University, and founder/director of SDSU's Kafka Project.

You're invited to join DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood as we host the Book Launch Party for George Mastras and his thrilling new novel, Fidali's Way! ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
George Mastras has worked as a criminal investigator for the public defender service, a counselor at a juvenile correctional facility, ... (more)and a litigator in New York and Los Angeles. After ten years of practicing law, he quit his job, sold his belongings, and spent several years backpacking around the globe and trekking in the Himalayas, Karakorams, and Hindu Kush. Since returning to the United States, he has worked as a screenwriter and has written for several television series, including The Evidence, The Dresden Files, and currently the Emmy Award-winning drama Breaking Bad, for which he was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 2008. Born in Boston, he is a graduate of Yale, UCLA Law, and Outward Bound. He was awarded the competitive Disney-ABC Writing Fellowship for Television Drama in 2005. He lives in Los Angeles.

Novelist Susan Meissner will be at Warwick's on Thursday, February 5 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign her latest novel, The Shape of Mercy. Reluctant heiress Lauren Durough takes a part-time job to prove to herself she is more than a rich girl who’s been handed everything. She becomes the literary assistant ... (more)to Abigail Boyles, an 83-year-old retired librarian who tasks Lauren with transcribing a diary that had belonged to Abigail’s ancestor Mercy Hayworth, a victim of the Salem witch trials. Lauren finds herself drawn to this girl who lived and died four centuries ago. As the fervor around the witch accusations increases, Mercy becomes trapped in the worldview of the day; unable to fight the overwhelming influence of snap judgments and superstition, and Lauren realizes that the secrets of Mercy’s story extend beyond the pages of her diary, living on in the mysterious, embittered Abigail. The strength of her affinity with Mercy forces Lauren to take a startling new look at her own life, including her relationships with Abigail, her college roommate, and a young man named Raul. But on the way to the truth, will Lauren find herself playing the helpless defendant or the misguided judge? Can she break free from her own perceptions and see who she really is?

Toby Barlow discusses and signs Sharp Teeth at DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood. This event is free and open to the public to attend. Located at DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood, Brentwood Country Mart, 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402. For more information, please call the store at (310) 576-9960.

Toby Barlow discusses and signs Sharp Teeth at DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood. This event is free and open to the public to attend. Located at DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood, Brentwood Country Mart, 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402. For more information, please call the store at (310) 576-9960.

Malibu Book Group meets to discuss David Dickinson's Goodnight Sweet Prince. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Debut novelist, Nancy Spiller will be at Warwick's on Wednesday, February 11 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign her new novel, Entertaining Disasters. In print, FW, the unnamed freelance Food Writer of Nancy Spiller's sardonic debut novel, lives high on the food chain in the heady realm of L.A.'s culinary ... (more)journalism scene. She waxes poetic about her hip home gatherings, thinly veiling the identities of her Hollywood guest list. But in reality, FW's been inventing the dinner parties she writes about because social paralysis sets in at the very thought of a real guest in her fabulous - or is it shabby? - hillside home. Enter the glossy food magazine editor, new in town, who wants an invitation to one of her bashes, and the panic-stricken journey from fantasy hostess to reality bites is on. At turns whimsical and deeply affecting, Entertaining Disasters chronicles the struggle FW faces in the week before she hosts her first real dinner party in ages. At the same time, her estranged sister threatens to drop by, her husband takes off, and her house implodes. In the way of Nora Ephron's Heartburn, Spiller's book is filled with the fabulous culinary lore and delicious-sounding recipes that have made FW's writing such popular foodie mania. Now all she has to do is somehow bring this fantasy world into workaday reality.

How many times have you wanted to have a book discussion directly with the author of an intriguing book? Now is your opportunity to do just that! On Friday, February 13 at 1:00pm, just in time for Valentine's Day, you are invited to have lunch at Burgundy Restaurant in La Jolla with award-winning ... (more)author, Kathi Diamant to discuss her world-class love story, Kafka's Last Love. When you purchase her book at Warwick's, you can make a lunch reservation for only $20. Please call or visit the Warwick's book department to sign up, but don't delay as seats for this special event are limited. And, you of course encouraged to read Kafka's Last Love prior to the luncheon so you can have some good discussion questions ready! In this gripping literary detective story, Kathi Diamant brings to light the amazing woman who captured Kafka's heart and kept his literary flame alive for decades. It was Dora Diamant, an independent spirit who fled her Polish Hasidic family to pursue her Zionist dreams, who persuaded Kafka to leave his parents and live with her in Berlin the year before he died. Although many credit (or blame) her for burning many of his papers, as he had requested, she also held onto many others - papers that the Gestapo confiscated and that have yet to be recovered. Dora's life after Kafka - from her days as a struggling agitprop actress in Berlin to her sojourn in Moscow in the 1930s, from her wartime escape to Great Britain, to her first emotional visit to the new nation of Israel - offers a prism through which we can view the cultural and political history of twentieth-century Europe. Based on original sources and interviews, including never-before-seen
material from the Comintern and Gestapo archives and Dora's newly
discovered notebook, diary, and letters, Kafka's Last Love illuminates
the life of a literary "wife" who, like Véra Nabokov and Nora Joyce, is
a remarkable woman in her own right.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in BRENTWOOD is pleased to welcome New York Times-bestselling author, Val McDermid to the store as she discusses her superb new psychological thriller, A Darker Domain. If you have a book lover for a partner or spouse, this is the perfect gift for Valentine's Day, so don't miss out ... (more)on the fun! Check out these great reviews she's gotten so far:
'Absorbing modern mystery... McDermid's mix of historical and literary clues with modern detection is handled with panache' - The Times 'One of the world's leading mystery writers... Thomas Harris crossed with Agatha Christie, if you will... a great read' - Observer 'A cleverly plotted thriller. It should gain her a crowd of new fans' - Guardian 'One of her best’ - Literary Review 'A real page-turner and another McDermid triumph' - Observer 'McDermid's plot is a classic, and she pulls out all the stops to achieve a sense of mounting anguish, as her hero juggles multiple red herrings, mixed loyalties, differing police agendas and complicated family ties. Impeccable' - Guardian 'Reminiscent of one of Ruth Rendell's Barbara Vine thrillers – a few more sly, old-fashioned whodunits like this and she'll join the sturdy ranks of the queens of crime, on course to become Dame Val or Baroness McDermid' - Sunday Times

Bestselling author and acclaimed "Cosmetics Cop", Paula Begoun will be at Warwick's on Monday, February 16 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign the newest edition of her book, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me. The Cosmetics Cop is back with thousands of new product reviews, updated ingredient research, ... (more)and an extensive compilation of myth-busting skin care facts! As women the world over have learned (Paula's books and web site have been translated into 8 languages), Paula is the most unique, respected, and controversial source of skin care and makeup analysis available. In the 7th edition you will discover the truth about the makeup and skin care products you are currently using or are thinking of using. Line by line, Don't Go To The Cosmetics Counter Without Me details the benefits and failings of each product so women can easily shop for the best of the best. With over 2 million books sold, Paula is the best-selling author on the beauty industry. Paula dispels cosmetics industry myths and answers the following questions: -Of the thousands of antiwrinkle products being sold which ones work?
-Are expensive skin care and makeup products better then inexpensive ones?
-What are the worst shopping mistakes women make?
-What are the best products (cleansers, moisturizers, anti-aging, foundation, blush, lipgloss, sunscreen) for the least amount of money?
-Are there any miracle skin-care ingredients?
-Can you ever understand a cosmetic ingredient label?
-What about mineral oil, parabens, or other cosmetic ingredients some cosmetic companies and web sites have labeled as dangerous?
-Are "organic", "natural" or "botanical" products superior to those that contain synthetic ingredients?
-Why are irritating cosmetic ingredients or formulations so bad for skin?

Book Group #1 meets to discuss Samuel Richardson's Pamela. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Book Group #3 meets to discuss Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Ron White, Jr. - A. Lincoln: A Biography - Thursday, February 19 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Ron White, Jr. - A. Lincoln: A Biography - Thursday, February 19 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

T. Jefferson Parker - Renegades - Monday, February 23 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon more more event information.

Len Downie - The Rules of the Game - Tuesday, February 24 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

The SF&F discussion group, meets every 2nd
& 4th Wednesday monthly, talks about the books they have read recently. Open to older teens and adults. Ends around 8:30 p.m.

Azim Khamisa - Bounce Back: Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit - Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

We are pleased to welcome Robert Masello to our Brentwood store as he signs and discusses Blood and Ice. This event is free and all are welcome!

Robert Alexander - The Romanov Bride - Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30pmPlease check back soon for more event information.

Book Group #1 discusses Per Petterson's In the Wake. All book groups are free and all are welcome!

Renowned photojournalist, Scout Tufankjian will be at Warwick's on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30pm to discuss and sign her book, Yes We Can: Barack Obama's History-Making Presidential Campaign. Yes We Can is the story of Barack Obama’s historic journey from junior Senator from Illinois to President of ... (more)the United States as documented by Scout Tufankjian, the only photographer to cover his entire nearly two-year campaign, and is the only photography book showcasing images of Obama’s unforgettable victory celebration in Grant Park, Chicago on election night, 2008. Obama’s grassroots journey touched something profound in America, inspiring millions of Americans, young and old, rich and poor, and from every racial and ethnic background, bringing together disparate people throughout the electorate in the service of change. In the course of his visits to almost every state in the union, Obama electrified record-breaking crowds at his rallies and motivated millions of people to engage in the political process. The results have been nothing short of a revolution in political strategy, communication, and activism. Be it a skeptical old farmer from Tama, Iowa, who was surprised to realize that he had something in common with this young black politician, or an eight-year-old boy from Los Angeles who couldn’t stop declaring, “He looks like me and he is going to be President!”, Senator Obama instilled a feeling of unity and hope in a nation scarred by divisive politics and pessimism. Obama’s campaign created a movement, a faith, and a feeling that has not been present in American politics for decades — if ever.

Warwick's Day at Rancho la Puerta Spa on Saturday, March 28 from 8am to 8pm.Warwick's has partnered with Rancho la Puerta Spa to create the perfect unique gift for your loved one (or for yourself!) Join us as we take a lucky few people to experience a one-day adventure at one of the top destination spa ... (more)and fitness resorts in the world. Your day includes morning and afternoon sessions of cutting-edge fitness classes, relaxation in the pool or gardens, tennis, spa treatments*, as well as an organic and healthy lunch prepared by the talented kitchen staff, a fun gift bag, a hands-on cooking class in the kitchen with a Rancho la Puerta chef, concluding with dinner, and a signed copy of Deborah Szeleky and Deborah M. Schneider's new cookbook, Cooking with the Seasons at Ranco la Puerta. Transportaion is provided to and from the spa (one hour across the border in Tecate). This $250 package is limited to 20 lucky people (to ensure a private and intimate experience) and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are available by contacting the Warwick's Book Department at either 858-454-0347 or warwicksevents@yahoo.com*Spa treatments are not included in the price of the Warwick's package and must be reserved directly through Rancho la Puerta at rancholapuerta.com. Due to the limited nature of this excursion, refunds (minus a $50 cancellation fee) are only available until February 20.

At the height of their career, just off their successful tour with Green Day, Pansy Division dropped by Lambda Rising’s DC bookstore, set up their instruments in our front window, and honored us and our customers with a raucous, rocking free concert. Now founding Pansy Jon Ginoli returns to Lambda ... (more)Rising to meet his fans, sign his new book, and maybe even play a song or two. Join us for this exciting event! The Inside Story of the First Openly Gay Pop-Punk Band Just a few short years ago, the stereotype for gay men involved loving disco and show tunes. Jon Ginoli decided to do something about it. Deflowered is Jon Ginoli’s journey of self-discovery, musical passion, and drive to become the founding member of Pansy Division, the first out and proud queer core punk rock band to hit the semi-big time. Set against the changing decades of music, we follow the band from their inception in San Francisco, to their search for a music label and a permanent drummer to their current status as indie rock icons. We see the highs--touring with Green Day--and the lows--homophobic fans--of striving for acceptance and success in the world of rock. Featuring behind-the-scenes photographs and replete with the requisite tales of sex, drugs, groupies, band fights and label battles, this rollicking memoir is also an impassioned account of staying true to the artistic vision of queer rock'n'roll. Jon Ginoli is a guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of Pansy Division, a punk rock band whose cd's include Undressed, Deflowered, Wish I'd Taken Pictures, and more. An Illinois native, he's played both dive bars and arenas, and his favorite color is purple. When not on tour with the band he lives and works in San Francisco.

Book signing, reading, Q&A with Hope