May, 2000 Schedule of Events

• Bookfairs this month
• RAM DASS AT THE CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM June 16, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
• Join KWAB AM 1490 and Boulder Book Store at the historic Chautauqua Community House for thoughtful discussions with FRANCIS MOORE LAPPE and JIM HIGHTOWER

DR. ESTHER STERNBERG
Tuesday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.

Since ancient times humans have felt intuitively that emotions and health are linked, and recently there has been much popular speculation about this notion. In The Balance Within (WH Freeman, $24.95), DR. ESTHER STERNBERG tells how she and other researchers finally uncovered this elusive mind-body connection and what it means for our health.

The Balance Within

T.A. BARRON
Friday, May 5

T.A. BARRON joins us for a special daytime presentation of his new book, Where Is Grandpa? (Penguin, $15.99). This question haunts a young boy on the day his grandpa dies. As the boy remembers Grandpa with his family, he discovers a surprising answer: Grandpa, perhaps, is closer to home than anyone ever realized.

Where Is Grandpa?

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL POETRY CONTEST AWARDS CEREMONY
Friday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.

Join us as the winners of the Rocky Mountain High School Poetry Contest read from their work.

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD DISCUSSION PANEL
Tuesday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.

Biotechnology, or gene technology, is an issue that affects everyone and has implications for the future beyond any technology humanity has yet implemented. This panel discussion, co-sponsored by Hedgerow Farm and the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, will center around the claims that have been made that biotechnology offers a miraculous solution to our complex social and agricultural issues.

KHEDROOB THONDUP
Wednesday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.

Loved and revered as the grandmother of Tibet, Diki Tsering, mother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, was truly a great and inspiring woman. Throughout her life, she lived with a simple yet noble bearing that had a profound effect on her family and her people. Dalai Lama, My Son (Viking/Arkana, $22.95) is this remarkable woman's life story, told in her own words, edited by KHEDROOB THONDUP, her grandson.

Dalai Lama, My Son

BERNARD MAYER
Thursday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.

BERNARD MAYER, partner at Boulder's CDR Associates and internationally acclaimed leader in the field of conflict resolution, will discuss The Dynamics of Conflict Resolution (Jossey-Bass, $34.95). This is an essential guide that shows how successful mediators, facilitators, and negotiators draw on their creative internal process to resolve conflicts, going beyond traditional tactics and methods.

The Dynamics of Conflict Resolution

DR. RACHEL NAOMI REMEN
Monday, May 15, 7:30 p.m.

RACHEL NAOMI REMEN, bestselling author of Kitchen Table Wisdom, will present her latest work, My Grandfather's Blessings (Riverhead, $24.95), in which she offers us the gift her grandfather, a kabbalistic rabbi, gave her-the way to serve and bless life. What we take away from this book is the knowledge that we each matter and that we can bless and serve others simply by being true to ourselves.

My Grandfather's Blessings

Kitchen Table Wisdom ($ 12.95)

MELISSA BANK
Tuesday, May 16, 7:30 p.m.

Generous-hearted, smartly comic, and wickedly insightful, The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing (Viking, $12.95) maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. MELISSA BANK will read and sign this bestselling work as it is released in paperback.

The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing

JEFF SHAARA
Thursday, May 18, 7:30 p.m.

In Gone for Soldiers (Ballantine, $26.95), JEFF SHAARA carries us back thirteen years before the momentous conflict he has so brilliantly chronicled in his previous works, to a time when the Civil War\rquote s most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the first time in the Mexican-American War.

Gone for Soldiers

BONE DENSITY TESTING
Saturday, May 20, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

One in three women over the age of fifty has osteoporosis, and the majority are undiagnosed and untreated. Men as well as women suffer from osteoporosis, and 5-10% of young adults show signs of risk for the disease. Early detection and intervention are crucial to preventing increased susceptibility of fractures of the hip, spine, and wrist. This $20 screening is non-invasive, and provides immediate results for you and your doctor.

TERESA JORDAN
Tuesday, May 23, 7:30 p.m.

Award-winning author TERESA JORDAN spent twelve days traveling down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. She had brought along a small box of watercolors and stole away from her group each day to paint an illustrated record of her experiences. She believes that the result, Field Notes From the Grand Canyon (Johnson Books, $14.00), was the river's gift to her; in turn she offers the sketchbook to help us find the river for ourselves.

Field Notes From the Grand Canyon

BECK WEATHERS
Wednesday, May 24, 7:30 p.m.

As with the other survivors of the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy, the event left BECK WEATHERS with both physical and emotional scars. Left For Dead (VillardBooks, $24.95), is the story of his miraculous awakening from a deep hypothermic coma after being \ldblquote left for dead\rdblquote on the mountain, as well as the story of what led him to Everest in the first place and his painful recovery after his rescue.

Left For Dead

WILLIE WIER and JOE KURMASKIE
Thursday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.

WILLIE WIER and JOE KURMASKIE are adventure cyclists, journalists, authors, and kindred spirits who have teamed up on a "Take it Outside" tour to discuss their books, Spokesongs (Breakaway, $21.00) and Metal Cowboy (Breakaway, $23.00). They will provide a captivating hour of storytelling, theater, and back-and-forth banter about their bicycling adventures. One lucky attendee will receive an Ortlieb ZIPCity courier bag!

Spokesongs

Metal Cowboy

JENNIFER HEATH
Tuesday, May 30, 7:30 p.m.

The Echoing Green (Plume, $13.95) is a bountiful collection of gardening lore and legends, myths and meditations that captures the enduring beauty and harmony of nature as experienced through the senses of a passionate gardener. JENNIFER HEATH reflects on a lifetime of gardening all over the world to create a unique melange of history and personal memories.

The Echoing Green

JUDITH SIMMER-BROWN and JOSE CABEZON
Wednesday, May 31, 7:30 p.m.

Buddhists have suffered immeasurably form the brutality and injustice of the modern world; from this crucible has emerged a remarkable generation of Buddhist leadership intently focused on peacebuilding. In Buddhist Peacework (Wisdom Publications, $14.95), JUDITH SIMMER-BROWN and JOSE CABEZON have made available first person statements of the ideas and work of eminent Buddhist leaders.

Buddhist Peacework

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Thank you for supporting the 2000 Boulder Book Store Reading Series!

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BOOK FAIRS THIS MONTH

This month we are hosting several book fairs to help local schools and nonprofits 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 receive a discount on book fair purchases. Your discount is "donated" to the school at the end of the fundraiser.

• Friday - Sunday, May 5 - 7, Bixby School
• Friday - Sunday, May 12 - 14, Jamestown Elementary School
• Friday - Sunday, May 19 - 21, Southern Hills Middle School

Join KWAB AM 1490 and Boulder Bookstore at the historic Chautauqua Community House for thoughtful discussions with two of the country's leading social and political commentators. These talks are offered free to the public and the first 100 guests will receive a free book, autographed by the speaker. The Community House is located on Morning Glory Drive in the heart of Chautauqua's 26 acres. Call KWAB at (303) 444-1490 for more information.

FRANCIS MOORE LAPPE
Thursday, May 4, 6 - 9 p.m. at the Chautauqua Community House
First published in 1971, FRANCIS MOORE LAPPE's Diet for a Small Planet is the book that started a revolution in the way Americans eat. Today, vegetarianism and "the politics of food" is at the center of a growing environmental movement that also encompasses animal rightists and recyclers. At the start of the new millennium, Lappe's philosophy - that food is the central issue through which to understand world politics - is still valid, inspiring, and instructive.

JIM HIGHTOWER
Thursday, May 18, 6 - 9 p.m. at the Chautauqua Community House
Known as "America's most popular progressive populist", author, radio commentator, public speaker and political sparkplug JIM HIGHTOWER has become a leading voice for progressives everywhere. The Texan has spent more than two decades battling Washington and Wall Street on behalf of consumers, children, working families, environmentalists, small business, and just plain folks.

RAM DASS AT THE CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM
June 16, 2000, 8:00 p.m.

We are pleased to present RAM DASS in collaboration with the Colorado Chautauqua Association, in one of only a handful of appearances across the country in support of his new book, Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying (Riverhead Books, $22.22). Seating will be general admission, and tickets will be available starting May 3 at Boulder Book Store, the Chautauqua Box Office, Tickets.com, and TicketMaster. More information will be forthcoming in our June newsletter, or call us at (303) 447-2074.

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