As always, we offer free parking validation & meter tokens to our customers. There are three city parking structures, at 15th and Pearl, 11th and Walnut, and directly behind the book store on Spruce Street between Broadway and 11th Street.

Don’t look now…
The holidays are sneaking up on you!

We know, we know; you’ve just put the ghosts and goblins behind you for another year. The smell of scorching pumpkins is still in the air. Bags of tiny chocolate bars still line the grocery aisles. But we at Boulder Book Store would like to offer a gentle reminder that due to this year’s late Thanksgiving date, the holiday season is spookily short, although our gift and card lists are as long as ever. Don’t let holiday stress sneak up on you—head it off by heading downtown. Come in for this year’s must-have titles, or let our knowledgeable booksellers give you ideas for the book lovers on your list. With a great selection of calendars, holiday cards, and of course, books, there is something for all your needs; and when inspiration fails, we offer BookSense gift certificates, redeemable at independent bookstores nationwide. As always, free gift wrapping, parking validation, and meter tokens are available for our customers. Extended hours throughout November and December make shopping convenient, as does online ordering at www.boulderbookstore.com. It’s early yet, but when you’re ready, we’re here.

THOMAS GRAHAM, Jr.
Monday, November 4, 7:30 p.m.

Ambassador THOMAS GRAHAM, Jr. has played a role in the negotiation of every major international arms control and non-proliferation agreement signed by the United States during the past thirty years. In his memoir Disarmament Sketches (University of Washington, $35.00), Graham recalls his tireless work to reverse the nuclear arms race and to persuade leaders around the world to renounce their weapons of mass destruction.

Disarmament Sketches

ANDREW HARVEY
Tuesday, November 5, 7:30 p.m.

For fifteen years, ANDREW HARVEY—a former Oxford scholar turned student, follower, and teacher of mystical Christianity—devoted his life to a guru named Mother Meera, whom he believed to be the incarnation of the Divine Mother. But one winter day, Meera turned out to be not as holy and selfless as she had seemed. Sun at Midnight (Tarcher, $25.95) is Harvey’s shocking and brave new memoir exposing the dark underbelly of the New Age.

Sun at Midnight

DAN SAVAGE
Wednesday, November 6, 7:30 p.m.

The truly revolutionary promise of our nation’s founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness, yet the very pursuits that make some Americans happy are condemned by high-profile conservatives. In Skipping Toward Gomorrah (Dutton, $23.95), irreverent columnist DAN SAVAGE defends the sinners (and the liberals) and explores the ways in which we indulge in each of the seven deadly sins: greed, lust, gluttony, sloth, anger, envy, and pride.

Skipping Toward Gomorrah

KAREN PALMER
Thursday, November 7, 7:30 p.m.

Border Patrolman James Reese guards a line in the soil between poverty and plenty; as unscrupulous coyotes guide illegals across, Reese’s job is to put them back. It’s ironic work for a white boy with Chicano cheekbones. In KAREN PALMER’s new novel Border Dogs (Soho, $24.00), the death of his birth mother forces Reese—once Jaime Santana, son of a wealthy woman and a convicted murderer—to confront the past that haunts him.

Border Dogs

SCOTT BISCHKE
Friday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.

For Katie Gibson and SCOTT BISCHKE, it became a seemingly insurmountable challenge to move forward, to simply put one foot in front of the other, in the wake of Katie’s diagnosis with “terminal” cervical cancer. In Crossing Divides (American Cancer Society, $24.95), Bischke tells of the couple’s harrowing struggle against advanced cancer and of their exultant 800-mile hike along Montana’s Continental Divide Trail, each accomplished one step at a time.

Crossing Divides

SEX IN OUR CITY
Sunday, November 10, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Boulder Media Women will host Sex in Our City, an afternoon of readings and writings on sex and love in all their variations. In this literary exchange, a panel of distinguished writers will share their views; after the panel discussion, audience members are invited to present their own two-minute writings on the topic.
For more information on this event, email BoulderMediaWomen@hotmail.com.

THINKING LIKE WINNERS:
Creating an Inspirational Vision for U.S. Democracy
Monday, November 11, 7:30 p.m.

The elections will be over, but the task of creating real democracy remains. JEFF MILCHEN, director of ReclaimDemocracy.org, will moderate a provocative forum on the Constitutional changes needed to realize the promise of one person, one vote. Explore strategies to revoke the dominance of money and corporations, create government that serves our common interests, and inspire a critical mass of citizens to achieve this transformation.

JEFFREY MOUSSIAEFF MASSON
Tuesday, November 12, 7:30 p.m.

Is it possible that cats feel emotions we know nothing about? Can they feel something and not know they feel it? Can cats surpass us in any of their feelings? By asking and answering these and many other questions about our feline friends, JEFFREY MOUSSIAEFF MASSON sheds new light on The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (Ballantine, $24.95), the inner lives of these creatures that seem solitary and aloof, yet share a deep connection with humans.

The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats

MARK KURLANSKY
Wednesday, November 13, 7:30 p.m.

The author of the bestsellers Salt: A World History and Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, in his latest work MARK KURLANSKY serves up a lively anthology of food writing that is also a culinary tour around the world. From Pliny on onions to Alice B. Toklas on French cooking, Choice Cuts (Ballantine, $25.95) is an indispensable compendium of the best in gastronomic literature throughout history and across cultures.

Choice Cuts

Salt: A World History ($ 28.00)

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World ($ 23.00)

CARMEN HARRA
Thursday, November 14, 7:30 p.m.

When a childhood near-death experience introduced metaphysical intuitive CARMEN HARRA to the alternate plane she calls the Invisible World, she began to realize that we are all interconnected, and that we all share in a state of perpetual evolution and transformation. In Everyday Karma (Ballantine, $23.95), Harra shows us that great changes and improvements are possible in our lives if we acknowledge the interdependence among all living creatures.

Everyday Karma

ROBERT SHEELY
Friday, November 15, 7:30 p.m.

In The People’s Republic—a regular fiction feature of The Boulder Weekly—ROBERT SHEELY chronicles life in the town affectionately known as twenty-four square miles surrounded by reality. The writer behind Boulder’s unique new self-portrait will read and talk about the inspiration behind his favorite stories already published, as well as share some upcoming stories; in addition, Sheely looks forward to hearing audience suggestions for future pieces.

ALAN CLEMENTS
Monday, November 18, 7:30 p.m.

The first American to become a Buddhist monk in Burma, ALAN CLEMENTS lived for ten years under one of the world’s most repressive regimes; since leaving Burma, he has become a leading voice for spiritual activism. In Instinct for Freedom (New World Library, $23.95), Clements presents an approach to spiritual development he calls “liberation through living”, an intuitive, rather than doctrinal, process of self-inquiry and honesty.

Instinct for Freedom

VINE DELORIA, Jr.
Wednesday, November 20, 7:30 p.m.

Using the recent tension between evolutionists and creationists in Kansas as a focal point, in his latest work VINE DELORIA, Jr. takes Western science and religion to task, providing a critical assessment of the flaws and anomalies in each side’s arguments. Incorporating non-Western and Native American ideas, Evolution, Creationism, and Other Modern Myths (Fulcrum, $24.95) provides us with a framework to better understand our beginnings.

Evolution, Creationism, and Other Modern Myths

RICK COLLIGNON
Thursday, November 21, 7:30 p.m.

A Santo in the Image of Cristobal Garcia (Blue Hen, $24.95) is the anticipated finale to RICK COLLIGNON’s story of a tiny New Mexico village called Guadalupe. Funny, magical, and poignant, this last book in the series begun with The Journal of Antonio Montoya and Perdido relates the entire history of the village, from its beginnings in the hands of crazy Cristobal Garcia through to the morning when the mountains suddenly, inexplicably, catch fire.

A Santo in the Image of Cristobal Garcia

YING CHANG COMPESTINE
Friday, November 22, 12:30 p.m.

When the mischievous Kang boys help Mama with her dumplings for the cooking contest, it doesn’t take them long to start playing with the dough. Soon, there are long strips of it everywhere. Now there’s no time to make the dumplings; the Kangs must bring the mian tiao, flour strips, to the contest. Will the boys’ new dish wow the judges? Find out in The Story of Noodles (Holiday House, $16.95), the latest from local favorite YING CHANG COMPESTINE.

The Story of Noodles

GEORGE MOORE
Monday, November 25, 7:30 p.m.

The ancient practice of headhunting becomes a metaphor among these poems for the search for human essence. The headhunter found in his prize the physical equivalent of the holy chalice or sacred icon; today, our talismans are less gruesome, but they nonetheless reflect the same desire for an understanding of human life. In Headhunting (Edwin Mellen, $14.95), local poet GEORGE MOORE explores the relationship between violence and the sacred.

BRUS WESTBY
Tuesday, November 26, 7:30 p.m.

Born in 1973 from the inspiration of a small, brave group of educational pioneers, September School continues to serve students as a safe haven for exploration, discovery and growth. In September School: A Unique Learning Community, BRUS WESTBY informs the reader about the school’s mission, history, organization, and the unique education of its students and teachers. It offers a model of learning that can be applied to both large and small schools, public and private.

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND AN EVENT, BUT WOULD LIKE AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY, please call us to order one (personalized copies must be prepaid). All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. If you are unable to use the stairs to the second floor ballroom where our events are held, please call ahead to arrange for the closed-circuit television service available on the main floor. Events are subject to change or cancellation. Please call us to confirm on the day of the event: (303) 447-2074. Books not purchased at Boulder Book Store will be signed only if time permits.

Book Fair This Month

• Friday – Sunday, November 1 – 3, Children’s House Preschool

• Friday – Sunday, November 8 – 10, Horizons K – 8 School

• Friday – Sunday, November 15 – 17, Friends’ School

• Friday – Sunday, November 22 – 24, Whittier Elementary School

This month we are hosting a book fair to help New Horizons Cooperative Preschool 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.

Book Sense makes good sense for the holidays!