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NEWS FROM THE BOULDER CO-OP MARKET
The co-op now has a location at 1906 Pearl St. in Boulder, and plans a May, 2002 opening. Your membership support would be greatly appreciated at this time. Call (303) 447-2667 or visit www.bouldercoop.com.

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CAROLINE MYSS to speak & sign Sacred Contracts Friday, February 1, 7:00 p.m. at Unity Church, 2855 Folsom Street.

CAROLINE MYSS has found that people generally do not understand their divine potential or purpose in life, which has lead to an epidemic spiritual illness. This spiritual disease leads in turn to depression, fatigue, anxiety, and eventually physical illness. In Sacred Contracts, Myss explains how to discover one’s mission, or sacred contract, resulting in clarity of purpose, improved emotional health, and better relationships.
Tickets will be available at the Boulder Book Store for $7 and include a $5 rebate toward the cost of Sacred Contracts.

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January, 2002

RHONDA BRITTEN
Thursday, January 10, 7:30 p.m.

Have you ever been afraid? Have you allowed your fear to prevent you from taking advantage of an opportunity? In Fearless Living (Dutton, $23.95), author, speaker, and career- and life-coach RHONDA BRITTEN introduces a step-by-step guide to help people identify and break through their everyday fears. This empowering book shows readers how to savor, rather than shrink from, the thrill of a challenge.

Fearless Living

AMERICAN POET GREATS LECTURE
Tuesday, January 15, 7:30 p.m.

KATIE YATES will discuss popular and critically acclaimed poet MICHAEL ONDAATJE, who utilizes in his novels In the Skin of a Lion and Anil’s Ghost a set of narrative conventions in defiance of poetry’s attempts to circumscribe language. In the face of subtle hints that such writing could not make sense, Ondaatje sustains gorgeously poetic narrative; Yates will demonstrate to where such brilliance leads.

ORIAH MOUNTAIN DREAMER
Wednesday, January 16, 7:30 p.m.

In The Dance (Harper San Francisco, $20.00), ORIAH MOUNTAIN DREAMER expands upon the wisdom of her outstanding The Invitation, challenging readers to live with passion, energy, and honesty. This is a guide not to change your life, but to uncover your true self amid the clutter of everyday living. Practical, illuminating, and profound, The Dance is an invitation to discover a place of connection, serenity, and joy that is uniquely your own.

The Dance

REBECCA WALKER
Thursday, January 17, 7:30 p.m.

The divorce of REBECCA WALKER’s parents meant that from the age of eight, she alternated every two years between their culturally disparate households. Black, White, and Jewish (Riverhead, $14.00) is the chronicle of a child’s struggle for identity and desperate attempts to belong simultaneously in a number of different worlds. Hailed as compelling and stunningly honest, this memoir is alternately heartbreaking and triumphant.

Black, White, and Jewish

ELYN AVIVA
Friday, January 18, 7:30 p.m.

Following the Milky Way (Pilgrims’ Process, $16.95) is the account of ELYN AVIVA’s 500-mile-long journey on foot on the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage road stretching from the French Pyrenees to Spain’s supposed tomb of St. James the Apostle. Join us as local author Aviva presents an updated Second Edition of this vivid memoir, exploring the meaning of this pilgrimage and the esoteric symbols and pre-Christian shrines that lie within the Way.

Following the Milky Way

DEBORAH FLEMING
Tuesday, January 22, 7:30 p.m.

Nationally certified Hypnotherapist DEBORAH FLEMING takes her audience on a journey of self-discovery in her talk Finding Your True Self. By using guided self-hypnosis, each member of the audience will connect with his or her core self by expanding awareness of intuition, changing self-perception, and connecting with his or her life’s purpose. Join Deborah on a journey to reach the top of a spiritual mountain to find your true self.

STEPHEN FOEHR
Wednesday, January 23, 7:30 p.m.

Local author STEPHEN FOEHR has made a career of being curious; traveling, questioning, and writing, his work never fails to fascinate. In two of his recent books, Taj Mahal: Autobiography of a Bluesman (Sanctuary, $25.00) and Dancing With Fidel (Sanctuary, $18.95), Foehr lays to rest our curiosity about two very different and highly enigmatic topics in music: the legendary blues musician Taj Mahal, and Cuba’s vibrant music scene.

Taj Mahal: Autobiography of a Bluesman

Dancing With Fidel

JEAN TORKELSON
Thursday, January 24, 7:30 p.m.

Now, more than ever, people of all faiths yearn to connect with their spiritual sides. In Colorado’s Sanctuaries, Retreats, and Sacred Places (Westcliffe, $22.95), the first guidebook of its kind, JEAN TORKLESON profiles more than 100 of the best spiritual destinations that the state has to offer. Including mountain retreats, urban sanctuaries, and remote sites of miraculous natural beauty, this guide is key in planning your own spiritual journeys.

Colorado’s Sanctuaries, Retreats, and Sacred Places

JOAN BORYSENKO
Monday, January 28, 7:30 p.m.

In the 21st century, Americans are more stressed, depressed, anxious, and overwhelmed than at any time in our history. We often feel enslaved by modern “conveniences” such as cellular phones and e-mail, and, at the end of the day, we often feel we have time for neither our lives nor our loved ones. In her latest book, Inner Peace for Busy People (Hay House, $17.95), internationally known writer and speaker JOAN BORYSENKO offers 52 inspirational yet practical essays on creating and maintaining a sense of inner peace with practical strategies presented for transforming your life path from “busyness” to graciousness and joy; the easy-to-implement skills outlined here will help you regain your inner peace, step by uncomplicated step. Small, realistic changes are suggested—such as maintaining awareness of energy reserves and practicing patience—that busy readers can make to increase balance over the course of each week. You need not be a monk devoted to hours of special practice to implement principles of inner peace—all that is required is attention, wisdom, and a commitment to kindness, one week at a time

Inner Peace for Busy People

SUSAN VREELAND
Tuesday, January 29, 7:30 p.m.

Based on the historical facts of Artemisia Gentileschi’s (1593-1653) life, The Passion of Artemisia (Viking, $24.95) tells the timeless story of the first woman artist to have made a significant contribution to the history of Western art. The dramatic and captivating life of this extraordinary woman, told beautifully by SUSAN VREELAND, author of The Girl in Hyacinth Blue, will surely strike a chord with contemporary readers.

The Passion of Artemisia

DEBBIE FORD
Wednesday, January 30, 7:30 p.m.

In The Secret of the Shadow (Harper San Francisco, $24.95), DEBBIE FORD uncovers our “story”, the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that prevent us from having all the love, happiness, and success we desire. Ford, the bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, explains how to separate our true, unique selves from the shadow of our stories, and how to prevent our stories from holding us back.

The Secret of the Shadow

BRETT JOHNSON, ELLIS JONES, & ROSS HAENFLER
Thursday, January 31, 7:30 p.m.

Local authors BRETT JOHNSON, ELLIS JONES, and ROSS HAENFLER have created a simple, concrete, and action-oriented guide to making a difference in everyday life. If you are a busy person who cares about the state of the world, in The Better World Handbook (New Society, $18.95) you will find a user-friendly manual describing ways in which you can live your values, including a shopping guide and top ten list of actions for a better world.

The Better World Handbook

Author events are also supported by your purchase of the author's books. These purchases are tracked and used by the publishers in decisions about other authors who might visit.

IAll events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Events are subject to change or cancellation. Please call us to confirm on the day of the event. For more information, call 447-2074. If you are unable to use the stairs to the second floor where our events are held, please call and ask about our closed circuit television service on the main floor.

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: POETRY AND SHORT-SHORT STORIES
Thursdays, January 24-February 28, 6:30-8:30
or, Tuesdays, January 29-March 4, 6:30-8:30
Has the holiday season left you feeling voluminous? drawn out? somewhere beyond the margins? If so, take time to gather your thoughts, focus your writing, and dwell in the qualities of poetry and short-short
fiction. In this workshop for all levels of writing experience, we will generate raw material, read and discuss various poems and short-short stories, and learn to shape our work into these forms. The workshop
will be led by Gayle Nosal, MFA, Creative Writing, and will meet in the Upper North Room. The cost for the workshop is $50. Call Gayle at (303) 449-6882 to reserve a space.

Use Your Book Sense to Make Holiday Shopping Easy

How can you tell an independent bookstore from a chain? Independents have Book Sense. When you travel, you can identify locally owned stores around the country by the Book Sense: Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds logo at their entrance. Support Boulder Book Store and bookstores like us while saving time on your holiday shopping by purchasing Book Sense gift certificates as presents. You can make it easy for your sister in Boston, your son in Albuquerque, and your best friend in San Francisco to buy books at their local Book Sense store. Call us, fax us, or order Book Sense gift certificates on-line.

Book Sense makes good sense for the holidays!