Books Inc. in Opera Plaza

Jen Sincero, bestselling author of Straight Girl’s Guide to Sleeping With Chicks and success coach who has helped countless people will discuss her latest book, You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.

Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

The International Forum’s Book Club meets once a month on Sundays from 11:00 AM until noon at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza.

This month's book is "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good" by William Easterly.

New members are always welcome! For more information, please contact ifbookclub@gmail.com.

This event was developed by members of the World Affairs Council's International Forum, a globally minded multicultural group that acts as an interactive arm of the Council. We host events, informal group discussions, social gatherings, book clubs and other networking opportunities.

To learn about upcoming events and ways to get involved, visit our website or like our Facebook page.

This event is free and open to the public.

Books Inc. Tel: 415.776.1111 (MDGentleReader)… (more)

Carl Hiaasen (A Death in China, Basket case, Flush, Hoot, Lucky You, Naked Came the Manatee, Native Tongue, Nature Girl, Powder Burn, Scat, Sick puppy, Skinny Dip, Stormy Weather, Strip Tease, Team rodent)

Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of eleven previous novels, including the best-selling Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick puppy, and Lucky You, and three best-selling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, and Scat. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald. (added from Random House)… (more)

New York Times Bestselling author Lisa Lutz shares The Last Word: A Spellman Novel. Just when Izzy Spellman thinks her troubles are far behind she finds herself fighting allegations of embezzlement along with doses of family drama following her hostile takeover of the family business, Spellman Investigations.

Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Jonathan Lethem (The Man Who Was Thursday, Dombey and Son, As She Climbed Across the Table, Chronic City, Fortress of solitude, Girl in Landscape, Men and cartoons, Motherless Brooklyn, The Disappointment Artist, The Fortress of Solitude, The Vintage Book of Amnesia, You Don't Love Me Yet, Dissident Gardens, The Ecstasy of Influence, Mind of an Outlaw)

Jonathan Lethem is the author of eight novels, including most recently Dissident Gardens. A recipient of the MacArthur fellowship, Lethem has published his stories and essays in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and The New York Times, among others. He lives in California. (added from Random House)… (more)

Susan Conley (The foremost good fortune, Paris Was the Place)

Susan Conley lived in Beijing for over two years, and returned to Portland, Maine, with her husband and two sons in December 2009. She is cofounder of the Telling Room, a writer’s workshop and literary hub for the region. Before this, she worked as an associate editor at Ploughshares and led creative writing and literature seminars at Emerson College in Boston. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, The Harvard Review, Ploughshares, and other literary magazines. She is currently working on a novel and settling back into life in the States. (added from Random House)… (more)