March, 2000 Schedule of Events

Bookfairs this month

About Reading Groups

Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association 2000 Regional Book Award Winners

TOM QUINN KUMPF
Thursday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.

Please join us as local photographer Tom Quinn Kunpf presents Children of Belfast: Reclaiming Their Place Among the Stones (Devinish Press, $19.95). This moving combination of fifty-eight stunning documentary photographs and seventeen compelling essays provides non-sectarian insight into "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, and the impact they have had on the children growing up in a time of violence.

Children of Belfast: Reclaiming Their Place Among the Stones **NOTE**

BO LOZOFF
Monday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.

In It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Time (Viking/Arkana, $23.95), Bo Lozoff, co-founder of the Human Kindness Foundation and its award-winning Prison Ashram Project, offers a time-tested program for finding true meaning and fulfillment in every aspect of life, and shows how we can balance the challenges of living in today's society with the ultimate goal of living a meaningful life.

It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Time

ANSELM HOLLO
Tuesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.

Local poet and Naropa Institute professor Anselm Hollo will read and sign his new collection of prose writings, Caws & Causeries: Around Poetry and Poets (La Alameda Press, $14.00). Ranging from brief pieces ("caws") to more extended informal essays ("causeries"), the collection which was forged in association with numerous representatives of the New American Poetry, is a lively, unabashedly opinionated, and always personal.

Caws & Causeries: Around Poetry and Poets

PETER NEWMAN
Wednesday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.

Take the bus to see Peter Newman discuss Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence (Island Press, $44.00). Newman and co-author Jeff Kenworthy assert that the essential character of a city's land use results from how it manages its transportation, and that only by reducing our automobile dependence will we be able to successfully accommodate all elements of the sustainability agenda.

Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence

MICHAEL GURIAN
Thursday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.

An American Mystic: A Novel of Spititual Adventure (Viking, $24.95) by Michael Gurian reveals the quest of a charismatic young hero who, under the tutelage of an aging Sufi master, discovers the ten elements of enlightenment to become a true American mystic. This inspiring story portrays spiritual awakening as a possibility for anyone ready to focus on the elemental tasks laid out by mystics since the beginning of recorded history.

An American Mystic: A Novel of Spititual Adventure

DR. LOBSANG RAPGAY
Monday, March 20, 7:30 p.m.

Buddhist monk and former Deputy Secretary and translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama Lobsang Rapagay will present Tibetan Wisdom for Western Life (Beyond Words, $14.95). Rapagay and co-author Dr. Joseph Arpaia apply their knowledge of the timeless principles of Eastern spiritual practices to the challenges of a stressed-out and overworked Western culture, offering a unique blend of practices designed to sharpen the mind and calm the soul.

Tibetan Wisdom for Western Life

AMERICAN POET GREATS LECTURE
Tuesday, March 21, 7:30 p.m.

Kay Campbell will discuss Gertrude Stein, whose writing explored some of the most radical early twentieth century ideas of consciousness and perception. Throughout the stages of her development, her work demonstrated a remarkable capacity for following an impression to its core. Co-sponsored by The Museum of American Poetics. Visit their web page at www.poetspath.com.

DAN CORSON & TOM NOEL
Wednesday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.

Councilman Dan Corson and historian Tom Noel will discuss and present slides from their collaboration, Boulder County: An Illustrated History (Heritage Media, $49.95). This is a colorfully illustrated and written look at the people, places, and decisions that have made Boulder County a national model for the 21st century.

Boulder County: An Illustrated History **NOTE**

JOEL DYER
Thursday, March 23, 7:30 p.m.

In The Perpetual Prisoner Machine (Westview Press, $26.00), local resident Joel Dyer takes a critical look at the criminal justice system of the United States. According to Dyer, the privatization of the prison industry has led to "the perpetual prisoner machine," a mechanism designed to suck the funds from social programs and spit them into the bank accounts of those who own stock in the prison-industrial complex.

The Perpetual Prisoner Machine

McKAY JENKINS
Tuesday, March 28, 7:30 p.m.

Avalanches capture the imagination like no other disaster: they are stealthy and strike with horrifying speed. The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone by McKay Jenkins (Random House, $23.95) unfolds a gripping natural and scientific history of avalanches, framed by one of the worst avalanche disasters in mountaineering history. Read an excerpt from the book in the February 2000 issue of Outside magazine.

The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone

ANDREW HARVEY
Wednesday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.

In The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine Using the World's Mystical Traditions (Broadway, $26.00), renowned religious scholar Andrew Harvey builds on his twenty-five year study of the world's mystical traditions-including Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Sufism, The Kabbbalah, and Christian mysticism-to create an illuminating spiritual map that anyone can use to develop a direct path to the divine.

The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine Using the World's Mystical Traditions

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BOOK FAIRS THIS MONTH

This month we are hosting several book fairs to help local schools raise funds. Please stop by and support the school of you choice 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 recieve a discount on book fair purchases. Your discount is "donated" to the school at the end of the fundraiser.

• Friday - Sunday, March 3 - 5, Burbank Middle School
• Friday - Sunday, March 10 - 12, Centennial Middle School
• Friday - Sunday, March 17 - 19, Foothill Elementary School 3rd Grade "Adopt A Ruin" Program

Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association 2000 Regional Book Award Winners

Fiction - Plainsong by Kent Haruf (Knoph, $24.00)

Non-Fiction - Where Rivers Change Direction by Mark Spragg (University of Utah Press, $21.95)

(tie) Fire on the Mountain by John N. Maclean (Morrow, $24.00)

Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award - Jim Harrison (Awarded to an author whose body of work captures the "unique spirit" of the region.)

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