Due to the uncertain nature of airline flights at the moment, any of our events may be cancelled on fairly short notice. Please call us to verify all events at (303) 447-2074.

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SPECIAL EVENT NOTICE:

COLEMAN BARKS, author of The Essential Rumi, will give an evening talk at Flatirons Theater on Jeluddin Rumi (1207-1273) on Friday, November 9 from 7-9 p.m. This talk will be followed by a Saturday workshop. The events will explore Rumi’s poetry and its impulses toward annihilation, reabsorption back into the things of the world, surrender and discipline, and its ability to hold in balance two seemingly opposite feelings: a fierce imploding of grief and a caressing tenderness. Call Naropa School of Continuing Education at (800) 603-3117 to register. Cost for Friday night only: $20; Full weekend: $150.

PATRICE VECCHIONE
Thursday, November 1, 7:30 p.m.

Each person’s life is a web of stories that cry out to be told. But according to poet and teacher PATRICE VECCHIONE, it’s only when we tap into our inner spirituality that we are able to find our true voice – the voice that allows the soul to speak. In Writing and the Spiritual Life (McGraw-Hill, $14.95), Vecchione reflects on the presence of the spiritual in our lives and helps readers discover the strength and resonance of their inner voices.

Writing and the Spiritual Life

BARRY LOPEZ
Monday, November 5, 7:30 p.m.

Light Action in the Caribbean (Vintage, $12.00) by National Book Award winner BARRY LOPEZ is erotic and wise, full of irresistible characters doing things they shouldn't do for reasons that are mysterious and irreducible. In this collection of thirteen stories, with settings ranging from the Pacific Northwest to the Caribbean and the Arab peninsula, Lopez enriches narratives of human behavior with his deep knowledge of animals and the environment.

Light Action in the Caribbean

KATE SOLISTI-MATTELON
Tuesday, November 6, 7:30 p.m.

Many of us talk to our pets all of the time, and we know they are trying to tell us something in return. Now, in Conversations with Dog and Conversations with Cat (Beyond Words, $13.95 each), local author and animal communicator KATE SOLISTI-MATTELON poses questions to dogs and cats and receives answers directly from them in return. For the first time, we hear what they have to say about matters mundane and profound.

Conversations with Dog

Conversations with Cat

JOHN VERNON
Wednesday, November 7, 7:30 p.m.

In 1869, John Wesley Powell undertook the last major voyage of discovery in American history: the remote and barren course of the Colorado River. Ninety-nine days and one thousand miles after the trip began, Powell emerged from the Grand Canyon. The Last Canyon (Houghton Mifflin, $24.00) by JOHN VERNON traces the historic voyage, chronicling a story of triumph, hardship, bravery, and ultimate tragedy.

The Last Canyon

SUSAN SOLOMON
Thursday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.

In 1911, Captain Robert Scott and his British team made a trek across Antarctica, striving to be the first to reach the South Pole. They reached the pole eleven months later, only to find out that another group had been there about a month earlier. On their return trip, Scott’s group perished, and their legacy has been debated ever since. The Coldest March (Yale, $29.95) by SUSAN SOLOMON brings a scientific perspective to understanding the tragic expedition.

The Coldest March

RIMPOCHE NAWANG GEHLEK
Friday, November 9, 7:30 p.m.

RIMPOCHE NAWANG GEHLEK, a highly respected and beloved teacher of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, explores some of our most pressing questions about death and the afterlife in Good Life, Good Death (Riverhead, $23.95). Drawing on sixty years of experience and Buddhist practice, he seeks to ease our pain, relax our anxieties, build our wisdom, and remind us that within each of us lies every solution to our problems

Good Life, Good Death

LYNN ANDREWS
Monday, November 12, 7:30 p.m.

With the publication of Medicine Woman nearly two decades ago, LYNN ANDREWS began a new genre of metaphysical biography. Now, in Tree of Dreams (Tarcher, $22.95), Andrews continues her apprenticeship with the Native American teachers who have guided her spiritual quest, and shares the wisdom and insight needed to achieve personal growth, spiritual fulfillment, and knowledge of the sacred.

Tree of Dreams

JENNIFER HAHN
Tuesday, November 13, 7:30 p.m.

Spirited Waters (Mountaineers, $24.95) is naturalist and kayak touring guide JENNIFER HAHN’s account of her single-handed voyage from Ketchikan, Alaska to her home in Bellingham, Washington, in a sixteen-foot kayak. The 70-day journey, which spanned two springs and summers, took her down 750 miles of cold, pristine waterways – and along her own inner passageways as well.

Spirited Waters

MICHAEL LERNER
Wednesday, November 14, 7:30 p.m.

Best Contemporary Jewish Writing (Wiley, $16.95), edited by MICHAEL LERNER is a treasure trove of short stories, poetry, and essays from such renowned contributors as Naomi Wolf, Joseph Lieberman, William Safire, and Marge Piercy. Whether your main interest is in poetry or politics, spirituality or cultural identity, social healing or individual transformation, this collection will inspire, excite, and provoke.

Best Contemporary Jewish Writing

SHAMBHALA, SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR
Thursday November 15, 7:30 p.m.

Inspired by the ancient legend of the kingdom of Shambhala, the teachings of Shambhala are concerned with how we can lead open and genuine lives that inspire wakefulness and confidence by following the path of enlightened warriorship. Directors of Shambhala Training, a program of study and practice founded by Chogyam Trungpa will give this new series of talks, based on the book by Trungpa.

SHAMBHALA, SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR ($ 13.95)

YING CHANG COMPESTINE
Friday, November 16, 10:00 a.m.

Poor Kuai! The youngest in his family, he never gets enough to eat. One day he comes up with a brilliant plan: he will use sticks to grab the food when it is still too hot to touch. Soon, his entire family is eating with sticks! In The Story of Chopsticks (Holiday House, $16.95), local children’s author YING CHANG COMPESTINE shows how chopsticks may have been invented.

The Story of Chopsticks

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL POETRY CONTEST AWARD WINNERS
Saturday, November 17, 6:30 p.m.

The finalists of the Rocky Mountain High School Poetry Contest Awards will read their work, and prizes will be awarded for the top three selections. Come out and support these fantastic young poets!

BILL WEBER & RON WITTMANN
Monday, November 19, 7:30 p.m.

Join us in celebrating the publication of the third editions of Colorado Flora: Eastern & Western Slopes (University Press of Colorado, $27.00 each) by local authors BILL WEBER and RON WITTMANN. These are the most complete and authoritative references to the plants of Colorado, suitable for both student and scientist: they explain basic terminology, discuss plant geography, and describe special botanical features of the mountain ranges, basins, and plains.

Colorado Flora: Eastern

& Western Slopes

AMERICAN POET GREATS LECTURE
Tuesday, November 20, 7:30 p.m.

BILL SCHEFFEL will discuss well-loved Beat poet LEW WELCH, whose writings reveal an uncanny understanding of Zen Buddhism, a Taoist love of nature and the hermit’s way, and a street-wise American lingo that always remains tender. Few American poets exceed Welch’s ability to hone language into phrases of wit and intelligence that stick in the mind.

PAUL LEVITT
Monday, November 26, 7:30 p.m.

When you think of the 1920’s, images of flappers, bootleggers, and high times come to mind. Usually if gangsters come to mind, they are men, but in the fictional world created by local author PAUL LEVITT, Henrietta Fine is a precocious sixteen-year-old apprentice locksmith and safecracker who unwittingly becomes involved with some of the giants of the criminal underworld. Chin Music (Roberts Rinehart, $24.95) is the story of Fine’s illustrious life.

Chin Music

CHILDREN’S STORYTIME
Tuesday, November 27, 10:00 a.m.

Gymboree Play and Music and Boulder Book Store are partnering to bring the wonderful world of books to children. Join us for children’s storytime in our children’s room (storytime is for children 1-6 years old).

SAMUEL AVITAL
Tuesday, November 27, 7:30 p.m.

Local author SAMUEL AVITAL’s new book, The BodySpeak Manual (1st Books Library, $19.95) is a selection of writings, essays, poems, stories, teaching situations, and new exercises for the purpose of developing kinesthetic intelligence and exploring the philosophy, theory, and practice of Avital’s BodySpeak method of physical and mental training.

ANNICK SMITH
Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 p.m.

In This We are Native (Lyons Press, $24.95) couples a passionate argument for saving wilderness with a breathtaking memoir of love and loss and rebirth. ANNICK SMITH’s memoir tells the story of the life and death of her young husband, of raising four sons alone, and of her mourning for Montana’s Blackfoot River Valley after it is brutally clear-cut by corporate logging.

In This We are Native

ANNE WALDMAN & ANSELM HOLLO
Thursday, November 29, 7:30 p.m.

ANNE WALDMAN’s new book, Vow to Poetry (Coffee House, $15.95) is a stimulating mix of autobiography, interviews, essays on poetics, poetics, and politics reveals a life dedicated to the imperatives of experimental poetry and cultural activism. ANSELM HOLLO’s new collection Notes on the Possibilities and Attractions of Existence: Selected Poems 1965-2000 (Coffee House, $23.95) spans continents, decades, and even galaxies. Join us for a night of poetry!

Vow to Poetry

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.

BOOK FAIR THIS MONTH

This month we are hosting a book fair to help a local nonprofit 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, November 2 - 4, September School
• Friday – Sunday, November 9 - 11, Horizons K-8 School

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!