We're posting a PDF of our print newsletter online each month, so you can read it with all of the graphics or print it as you please. If you don't have a (free) copy of the Adobe Reader on your pc, download it at www.adobe.com. Here's April '03.

For our list of the April '03 bookfairs, click HERE.

For information on the 4^th Annual Festival of Words in Beaver Creek, Colorado - April 25 – 27, click HERE.

JAKE PAGE
Tuesday, April 1, 7:30 p.m

Weaving together the most recent work of historians and anthropologists, In the Hands of the Great Spirit (Free Press, $30.00) provides an overview of the events that have shaped Native American history—from the earliest evidence of humans on this continent to the influence of Indian culture on modern American society. With the first major history of American Indians in decades, JAKE PAGE provides an unbiased look at peoples both modern and ancient.

In the Hands of the Great Spirit

BARRY SCHIEBER & MORITZ
Wednesday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.

BARRY SCHIEBER had never thought of living with a dog at all—let alone one that would soon tip the scales at over a hundred pounds. And yet, recovering from emergency surgery far from home, he found himself buying a Bernese Mountain Dog puppy to bring back to Montana. Wherever they go, MORITZ draws people to him, and in the memoir Nose to Nose (Silent Moon, $16.95), we come to appreciate how a seemingly simple interaction with Moritz leads to healing.

Nose to Nose

RUTH OZEKI
Thursday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.

In All Over Creation (Viking, $24.95), her highly anticipated follow-up to My Year of Meats, RUTH OZEKI tells with trademark wit the story of Yumi Fuller, returning home to the Idaho potato farm she ran away from twenty-five years earlier. Then a freewheeling hippie, Yumi is now a (semi) responsible parent and professor, faced with her aging parents, the best friend she left behind, and an ex-lover who finds himself back in a small, resentful town.

All Over Creation

MARILYN RAFF
Monday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.

By tracing the evolution of her own garden, Denver author MARILYN RAFF demonstrates how an intuitive approach can help gardeners achieve a personalized and distinctive result. Refreshingly exuberant and uninhibited, The Intuitive Gardener (Fulcrum, $24.95) inspires both beginning and experienced gardeners to develop a broad tapestry of textures and colors that lend interest throughout the year, ideal for the often-challenging Colorado climate.

The Intuitive Gardener

JOHN GIERACH
Tuesday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.

At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman (Simon & Schuster, $23.00) is a journey through the year with America’s finest fishing writer, local author JOHN GIERACH. Brilliantly capturing human nature and musing on the vagaries of the fishing life, Gierach takes readers with him from his early spring forays to the end of the season in his beloved Rocky Mountains, when the snows begin to pile up and getting to the river is all but impossible.

At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman

JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
Wednesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.

With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man—also named Jonathan Safran Foer—sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis in this bestselling and critically acclaimed novel. Accompanied by his Ukrainian translator Alex—who narrates much of the novel in his hilariously flawed, yet oddly accurate English—Alex’s depressive grandfather, and a flatulent mongrel, Jonathan journeys through a devastated Eastern Europe; lit by passion, guilt, memory, and hope, the characters search for people and places that no longer exist. Exuberant and wise, Everything is Illuminated (HarperPerennial, $13.95) is an astonishing debut, now available in paperback.

Everything is Illuminated

Dr. LEONARD SHLAIN
Thursday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.

The author of two critically acclaimed, award-winning books, Dr. LEONARD SHLAIN will speak on his provocative research. The Alphabet Versus the Goddess (Arkana, $17.00) argues that the rise of alphabetic literacy profoundly reconfigured the human brain and brought about sweeping changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Equally captivating, Art and Physics (Quill, $15.00) explores the parallel evolution of Western art and science.

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess

Art and Physics

CHRIS “MOZZ” MOSDELL
Friday, April 11, 1:00 p.m.

“O let’s go where no one’s been before, far down the road to Nowhere, through the jungles of the Jungle Gym (watch out for the giant slimy slugs and chewing gum mud) to a world of elephant birds and singing sofas, supersonic fried eggs and turtles on towering legs….” The Pearls of Wisdumb (Goofy Guru, $17.95) is a charming, Silverstein-esque romp written and illustrated for children of all ages by award-winning Boulder poet MOZZ.

ROBERT FULLER
Monday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.

Rank-based abuse is as old as time, and can be seen everywhere; sexual abuse by clergy, elder abuse in nursing homes, and self-serving behavior by corrupt CEOs and executives are only a few examples. In Somebodies and Nobodies (New Society, $23.95), ROBERT FULLER describes the basis of rank-based abuse, and explains how abuses of rank can be curtailed if they are identified wherever they occur, and if we commit to the sanctity of human dignity.

Somebodies and Nobodies

STEPHEN CHERNISKE
Tuesday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.

As local author STEPHEN CHERNISKE, M.S., explains, a simple adjustment in your metabolism can profoundly alter your energy level, your body’s ability to fight disease, even the intensity of your sexual desire and fulfillment. At once revolutionary and eminently practical, The Metabolic Plan (Ballantine, $25.95) features a comprehensive diet and exercise plan tailored to boost the body’s own powers of renewal and self-repair.

The Metabolic Plan

JOYCE GELLHORN
Wednesday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.

Revealing the subtle wonders of the high country landscape, Song of the Alpine (Johnson, $22.50) takes readers on a season-by-season tour of the alpine tundra. Faced with bitter cold and scouring winds, the plants and animals that populate this environment have evolved remarkable survival strategies; local author JOYCE GELLHORN describes the astonishing intricacies of these strategies, and celebrates her life-long love for the “land above the trees”.

Song of the Alpine

TYLER FLORENCE
Thursday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.

With a love of cooking rooted in his parents’ South Carolina kitchen and refined in New York’s trendiest eateries, the Food Network’s Food 911 TYLER FLORENCE has strong ideas about real food: it’s full-flavored, but not overthought; good enough for company, but doesn’t require a special occasion. Tyler Florence’s Real Kitchen (Clarkson N. Potter, $32.50) gathers his favorite recipes for a variety of occasions, from crowd-pleasing brunches to dinners for two.

Tyler Florence’s Real Kitchen

JERRY WENNSTROM
Monday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.

In the late 1970s, JERRY WENNSTROM was a rising star in the New York art world. When he realized he was becoming too attached to his identity as an artist, he decided that the ultimate creative leap was to destroy his large body of work and give away all of his possessions. The Inspired Heart (Sentient, $18.95) tells the extraordinary story of his daring exploration into the source of his creativity, and his eventual return to art.

The Inspired Heart

Dr. PETER D’ADAMO
Tuesday, April 22, 7:30 p.m.

A naturopathic physician and the author of Eat Right 4 Your Type, Dr. PETER D’ADAMO—well known for his research into the connections among blood type, health, and disease—now turns his insights to overcoming obstacles to having a healthy pregnancy. Eat Right 4 Your Baby (Putnam, $24.95) provides individualized, blood-type specific guidance for male and female fertility and maximum health during pregnancy, nursing, and your baby’s first year.

Eat Right 4 Your Baby

Eat Right 4 Your Type ($ 24.95)

AMY TAYLOR ALPERS & RACHEL TAYLOR SEGEL
Wednesday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.

It is the goal of local authors AMY TAYLOR ALPERS and RACHEL TAYLOR SEGEL, founders of The Pilates Center in Boulder, to educate the world about the authentic practice of this form of body strengthening. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert practitioner, The Everything Pilates Book (Adams Media, $14.95) brings together all you need to start doing Pilates in your own home, expand your repertoire, or choose a studio that’s right for you.

The Everything Pilates Book

GRAYDON HUBBARD
Thursday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.

Suffering with anorexia, Jenny Hendricks painstakingly recorded her long journey through a “wasteland” of failed treatments and therapies, false hope, and abuse by the mental health system that kept her captive most of her life. Published posthumously and edited by her father GRAYDON HUBBARD, Slim to None (McGraw-Hill, $19.95) discloses the innermost thoughts, fears, and hopes of a young girl stricken and fighting to recover.

Slim to None

WOMEN WRITERS AND FOOD
Sunday, April 27, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Boulder Media Women will host Women Writers and Food, a mouthwatering discussion on all aspects of food, glorious food! In this literary exchange, a panel of well-fed writers shares their points of view; after the panel discussion, writers and audience members are invited to present their own two-minute writings on the topic.

For more information on this event, e-mail BoulderMediaWomen@hotmail.com.

RAPHAEL CUSHNIR
Monday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.

RAPHAEL CUSHNIR contends that liberation comes from living in accord with love. Setting Your Heart on Fire (Broadway, $21.95) offers a life-encompassing technique that promises to spark that blaze and free readers from negativity by calling forth their best attitude. Cushnir draws compassion and inspiration from his own recovery following a painful divorce, and emphasizes patience and practice in teaching his seven “invitations” to freedom.

Setting Your Heart on Fire

JILL BARON
Tuesday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.

The Rocky Mountain West is largely arid and steep, with ecological scars from past human use visible for hundreds of years. Just how damaging were the last 150 years of activity? Rocky Mountain Futures (Island, $32.50), edited by Colorado ecologist JILL S. BARON, presents a comprehensive and wide-ranging examination of the ecological consequences of past, present, and future human activities in the Rocky Mountain region.

Rocky Mountain Futures

JAN GOLDSTEIN
Wednesday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.

In Sacred Wounds (Regan, $24.95), Rabbi JAN GOLDSTEIN teaches readers how to take the most painful moments in their lives, see them for what they are, and transform them into a source of power. Contrary to the popular belief that we succeed despite our wounds—that personal tribulations must be overcome—the author of Life Can be This Good shows that if we can integrate our pain into who we are, we can succeed because of our wounds.

Sacred Wounds

Life Can be This Good ($ 19.95)

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND AN EVENT, BUT WOULD LIKE AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY, please call us to order one (personalized copies must be prepaid). All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. If you are unable to use the stairs to the second floor ballroom where our events are held, please call ahead to arrange for the closed-circuit television service available on the main floor. Events are subject to change or cancellation. Please call us to confirm on the day of the event: (303) 447-2074. Books not purchased at Boulder Book Store will be signed only if time permits.

BOOK FAIRS THIS MONTH
This month we are hosting several book fairs to help local schools and non-profit organizations raise funds. Please stop by and show your support by mentioning to the bookseller at the register that you are here for the Book Fair.

Members of our Frequent Buyer and Teacher Discount Programs will not receive a discount on book fair purchases. Your discount is “donated” to the school at the end of the fundraiser.

• Friday – Sunday, April 4 – 6, Boulder County AIDS Project
• Friday – Sunday, April 11 – 13, The Living School
• Friday – Sunday, April 25 – 27, Washington Bilingual School

4^th Annual Festival of Words

Beaver Creek, Colorado - April 25 – 27

The 2003 Festival of Words is a booklovers’ wellness weekend to feed the mind, body, and literary spirit. Events will be held at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa.

• Friday, April 25, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
  Wine and Wit Poetry Reception
  The weekend’s festivities will begin with an evening of poetry readings and discussions led by noted Telluride poet and storyteller ROSEMERRY WAHTOLA-TOMMER, author of Lunaria and If You Listen. Cost: $35.00

• Saturday, April 26, 1:00 – 6:00 p.m.
  An Afternoon With Authors
  The highlight of the weekend is this showcase of nationally known authors, including OSCAR CASARES, author of Brownsville; SANDRA DALLAS, whose books include Alice’s Tulips and The Chili Queen; BRADY UDALL, author of The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint; and others. Each author will speak on her or his books, inspirations, and experiences. A book signing with the authors will take place following the event. Cost: $45.00 before April 8

• Sunday, April 27, 9:00 – 10:30 p.m.
  Footnote Breakfast
  To conclude the weekend’s events, attendees are invited to an informal yet gourmet breakfast featuring a panel discussion with the authors, providing an opportunity for attendees to discuss their own ideas, share their thoughts, and speak directly with the authors in a relaxed and intimate setting. Cost: $25.00

For more information about the Festival of Words and reservations for the Literary Events, call the Vail Symposium at (970) 476-0954 or toll-free (866) 476-0954.

For more information about accommodations, including a Festival of Words Spa Getaway package, call the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort at (970) 949-1234 or toll-free (800) 55-Hyatt.