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MICHAEL GURIAN
Tuesday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.

Many of us have felt instinctively that boys and girls don’t learn the same way or at the same rate. Now, in Boys and Girls Learn Differently (Wiley, $24.95), MICHAEL GURIAN presents scientific evidence that documents the biological gender differences that influence learning, and introduces classroom-tested innovations to effectively address these differences.

Boys and Girls Learn Differently

DR. MICHAEL ABRAMS
Wednesday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.

In The Twelve Conditions of a Miracle (Abundance Media, $12.95), DR. MICHAEL ABRAMS retranslates the Biblical account of the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes and makes an astonishing discovery: below the surface and subtleties of the original Greek lies the actual technique of the miracle, revealed in precise detail. This is a practical, hands-on guide to creating miracles in your own life from the author of The Evolution Angel.

The Twelve Conditions of a Miracle

The Evolution Angel. ($ 12.95)

KEITH SHERWOOD
Thursday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.

In The Art of Spiritual Healing and Chakra Therapy (Llewellyn, $9.95 each), internationally known teacher and healer KEITH SHERWOOD explains that healing energy flows through every one of us. Each of us has the potential to heal ourselves and others, we simply have to learn to recognize and tap this incredible energy source. Also included is a concise, easy-to-follow regimen of good health to follow.

The Art of Spiritual Healing

Chakra Therapy

HEIDI HOWKINS
Tuesday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.

The mountain K2 stands as the ultimate challenge to human endurance; with steeper and more difficult routes than those of Everest, and significantly colder and less predictable weather. In K2 (Nat’l Geographic, $26.00), climber HEIDI HOWKINS chronicles her historic bid to be the first American woman to summit the mountain, without established camps, porters, or supplemental oxygen.

K2

MICHAEL ONDAATJE
Wednesday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.

With Anil’s Ghost (Vintage, $13.00), his first novel since the Booker Prize-winning The English Patient, MICHAEL ONDAATJE again takes us to the edge of war, this time to Sri Lanka, the island nation off the southern tip of India, a country steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition and devastated in the late 20th century by the ravages of civil war and the consequences of a government divided against itself. Into this maelstrom steps Anil Tissera, a young woman born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, who returns to her homeland as a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. What follows is a story about love, about family, about identity, about the unknown enemy, about the quest to unlock the hidden past – a story propelled by a riveting mystery. Unfolding against the deeply evocative background of Sri Lanka’s landscape and ancient civilization, Anil’s Ghost is a literary spellbinder.

Anil’s Ghost

The English Patient ($ 13.00)

JIM HIGHTOWER
Thursday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.

JIM HIGHTOWER, America’s favorite political subversive, is still mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. But he will give you a sizeable piece of his mind. In If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote, They Would Have Given Us Candidates (HarperCollins, $14.00), this plain-talking, name-naming, podium-pounding populist zeros in on everything that ails us, from the global economy and media to big business and election winners everywhere.

If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote, They Would Have Given Us Candidates

ALAIN de BOTTON
Friday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.

In The Consolations of Philosophy (Vintage, $13.00), ALAIN de BOTTON humorously presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day-to-day struggles. Solace for the broken heart can be found in the words of Schopenhauer. The ancient Greek Epicurus has the wisest, and most affordable, solution to cash flow problems. And Nietzsche has shrewd counsel for everything from loneliness to illness.

The Consolations of Philosophy

CARL COON
Monday, May 14, 7:30 p.m.

Culture Wars and the Global Village (Prometheus, $27.00) provides a new way of looking at the conflicts that keep breaking out in places like the Balkans, Central Africa, and the Middle East. According to CARL COON, some modern states have largely avoided cultural rivalry by creating more inclusive societies that transcend the older cultural roots of their citizens. This is the key to a future without war.

Culture Wars and the Global Village

RUTH & KEN WRIGHT
Tuesday, May 15, 7:30 p.m.

Built in the mid-fifteenth century by Incan royalty in the Andes of Peru, Machu Picchu is one of the world’s great travel destinations. Authors RUTH and KEN WRIGHT were granted a permit to study the site, and among the results were The Machu Picchu Guidebook (Johnson, $15.00), the most authoritative and detailed guide to this magical place, and Machu Picchu: A Civil Engineering Marvel (Johnson Books, $49.00).

The Machu Picchu Guidebook

Machu Picchu: A Civil Engineering Marvel

BETH WITROGEN McLEOD
Wednesday, May 16, 7:30 p.m.

Sooner or later it will touch us all: a family member or loved one becomes ill or disabled, and we step in to help. This is Caregiving (Wiley, $14.95), and in this powerful and unique book, BETH WITROGEN McLEOD leads us through the journey with unflinching authority and compassion. It explores medical and financial problems, spirituality, and other such issues through McLeod’s personal journey and stories from others.

Caregiving

WILL TOOR
Friday, May 18, 10:00 a.m.

In November 1989, the United Nations formally adopted fifty-four principles that make up the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Boulder Mayor WILL TOOR will recognize these rights as he presents For Every Child (Phyllis Foglman, $16.99), in which fourteen of the rights have been retold in simple text and interpreted in a stunning double page pictorial spread by some of the world’s most acclaimed artists.

For Every Child

HISTORIC PRESERVATION STOREFRONT LECTURE
Saturday, May 19, 2:00 p.m.

Exploration of Downtown Storefronts and 19th Century Retail Architecture, presented by the City of Boulder Landmarks Preservation Board. This informative and entertaining lecture and walking tour of Boulder’s Downtown Mall will discuss the elements that make up the historic storefront and traditional facade. What is it that creates the familiar look of our small scale, turn of the century, “Main Street USA?”

DAVID GESSNER
Tuesday, May 22, 7:30 p.m.

With Return of the Osprey (Algonquin, $23.95), DAVID GESSNER offers a passionate story about learning to watch birds – osprey that virtually disappeared from his home on Cape Cod. He watches four pairs of the ospreys for a full nesting season and details the intricacies and oddities of their day-to-day living. Like the very best nature writers, Gessner touches on timeless themes: life, death, and finding one’s place in the world.

Return of the Osprey

CONNIE WILLIS
Wednesday, May 23, 7:30 p.m.

Hugo and Nebula award-winning author CONNIE WILLIS explores new territory in her latest novel Passage (Bantam, $23.95). A psychologist agrees to undergo a procedure where near death experiences are induced using psychotropic drugs. After undergoing several procedures, she realizes that she is either on the cusp of solving life’s greatest mystery – or falling victim to its greatest terror.

Passage

JAMLING TENZING NORGAY
Thursday, May 24, 7:30 p.m.

Sherpas are a part of everyday parlance, yet we know so little of their world. In Touching My Father’s Soul (HarperCollins, $26.00), JAMLING TENZING NORGAY gives us an insider’s view of that world as he tells a story of Everest unlike any told before. For Norgay, climbing the mountain that his people call Chomolungma was a part of his destiny, and a way to honor his family and find his father’s soul.

This is a tale of profound adventure that entwines the lives of a family, a mountain, and the Sherpa people. As Climbing Leader of the famed David Breashears IMAX expedition, Norgay was able to follow in the footsteps of his legendary mountaineer father, Tenzing Norgay (who with Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest). Norgay will speak about his family and climbing history, and narrate a slide presentation.

Touching My Father’s Soul

MUKUNDA STILES
Wednesday, May 30, 7:30 p.m.

Once you have learned the basics of yoga, where do you go? Structural Yoga Therapy (Samuel Weiser, $40.00) by MUKUNDA STILES is for teachers and practitioners who want to use yoga to bring complete balance to the body. Stiles provides an overview of the spiritual philosophy of yoga, explains how each asana affects the body, and teaches the reader how to develop a personalized program.

Structural Yoga Therapy

ELLEN WOHL
Thursday, May 31, 7:30 p.m.

Virtual Rivers (Yale, $35.00) by Colorado resident ELLEN WOHL documents the history of land-use patterns in the Front Range, and the effects of these patterns on stream channels. Many local rivers that may at first glance appear to be pristine natural systems actually have impaired form and function as a result of continued human impacts. Recognition of this impairment is vital if we are to effectively manage and preserve river resources.

Virtual Rivers

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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.

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Look for the bi-monthly Book Sense newsletter, as well as our Book Sense Bestseller display at the Boulder Book Store. You can also purchase Book Sense gift certificates, which are good at more than 1,100 Book Sense stores across the country!

BOOK FAIRS THIS MONTH

This month we are hosting one book fair to help a local school raise funds. Please stop by and support the school 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 18 - 20, Southern Hills Middle School

BOULDER CO-OP MARKET

Would you like to see a natural food storefront co-op in Boulder? An effort has been underway for more than a year to start a community-owned food co-op. The organizers now have close to 400 members and need 700 to move forward and rent a site. To receive information about the co-op and membership, please contact the Boulder Cooperative Market, Box 2113, Boulder, CO 80306, call (303) 447-2667, or email bouldercoop@earthlink.net. Thanks!