Radical Simplicity: Creating an Authentic Life (Running Press, $12.95) is the narrative about how DAN PRICE came to create a fully satisfying life by stripping his expenses and material possessions down to the essentials. By drawing closer to nature, this book is filled with practical tips for living more simply, speaking directly to that craving we all have for an authentic life.

Radical Simplicity: Creating an Authentic Life

TIFFANIE DEBARTOLO
Tuesday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.

Written in her wonderfully honest, edgy, passionate, and often hilarious voice, TIFFANIE DEBARTOLO tells the story of Eliza, a young music journalist who moves to New York and shares an apartment with an up and coming musician. When big things start happening for Paul and his band, Eliza has to face her terrors and make a choice that could forever change her life, in How to Kill a Rock Star (Source Books, $14.00).

How to Kill a Rock Star

DAVID BARSAMIAN
Wednesday, October 5, 7:30 p.m.

Citizens in privileged societies like the U.S. often complain that they feel helpless and can’t do anything to shake the power structure. In documented interviews with Tariq Ali in Speaking of Empire & Resistance (W.W. Norton, $16.95) and Noam Chomsky in Imperial Ambitions (VHPS Virginia, $16.00), DAVID BARSAMIAN explores how the state and corporations alike can be challenged by the collective action of the people.

Speaking of Empire & Resistance

Imperial Ambitions

KRISTINE ENEA & DEAN LATOURRETTE
Thursday, October 6, 7:30 p.m.

Workers once relied on employers or lawmakers to dictate work hours, vacation time, and pay scales. Increasingly, however, it’s up to individuals to decide. In Time Off! The Upside to Downtime (Leisure Team, $17.95), KRISTINE ENEA & DEAN LATOURRETTE argue that time off is every bit as important as time spent at work and offer advice on how to gain a new perspective on leisure as part of one’s lifestyle.

Time Off! The Upside to Downtime

ROSITA ARVIGO
Monday, October 10, 7:30 p.m.

ROSITA ARVIGO is a naprapathic physician, herbalist, international lecturer, and teacher of Maya medicine. She has written and co-authored six books on these subjects, including Spiritual Bathing (Ten Speed Press, $24.95) and Rainforest Home Remedies: 100 Healing Plants of Belize (Lotus Press, $15.95). Arvigo will present tales of a Mayan Shaman and stories about her experiences as an apprentice to an esteemed Mayan Healer.

Spiritual Bathing

Rainforest Home Remedies: 100 Healing Plants of Belize

CAROL R. BYERLY
Tuesday, October 11, 7:30 p.m.

The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed more people than all of WWI, sickening at least one quarter of the world. In Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army During World War I (New York University, $21.00), CAROL BYERLY uncovers a story that has long been silenced, detailing the both impact of the epidemic on the American Army and its medical officers and the limits of modern medicine and warfare.

Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army During World War I

LEE KLINE & GLENN RANDALL
Wednesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m.

Ranging from spectacular images of wildlife to panoramas of urban and pastoral scenes, LEE KLINE—author of Colorado Wildlife Portfolio (Books West, $24.95) --and GLENN RANDALL—author of Colorado Wild and Beautiful (Books West, $29.95)-- will present their amazing explorations of Colorado through over 300 photographs and informative captions detailing their shots.

Colorado Wildlife Portfolio

Colorado Wild and Beautiful

LIZ WALKER
Thursday, October 13, 7:30 p.m.

In a world filled with stories of environmental devastation and social dysfunction, EcoVillage at Ithaca (Consortium, $17.95) is a refreshing and hopeful look at a modern-day village that is taking an integrative approach to addressing these problems. LIZ WALKER delves into the heart of the experience at this innovative community, providing a warm, reflective look at what it is like to create a sustainable culture.

EcoVillage at Ithaca

KAYLA WILLIAMS & JOHN CRAWFORD Back from Iraq: Two Soldiers Tell Their Stories Moderated by Sam Fuqua of KGNU Radio Sunday, October 16, 7:00 p.m. Recently-returned soldiers JOHN CRAWFORD, author of The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell (Riverhead Books, $23.95), and KAYLA WILLIAMS, author of Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army (W.W. Norton, $24.95) will discuss their contentious perspectives on life in Iraq and explore their critical viewpoints on how the war is being managed. Although community members have been able to hear the stories of embedded journalists and politicians, this event will enable citizens to hear the candid narratives of two American soldiers and speak with them directly. THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT FLATIRONS THEATER, 1089 13th STREET, BOULDER, CO, 80302. Tickets are $7.00, or free with the purchase of one of the aforementioned books. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Boulder Book Store or at the door while tickets last. The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army

PAULA BAKER-LAPORTE
Monday, October 17, 7:30 p.m.

There is nothing complicated about designing homes for health, even though it is not a common practice. In EcoNest (Gibbs Smith, $24.95) PAULA BAKER-LAPORTE identifies homes designed and built in appreciation of the harmony and beauty of nature and in a way that uses nature's resources so as to consume less energy, create less waste, nurture our health, and enrich our senses!

EcoNest

RICHARD ARTHURE
Tuesday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.

In Blazing Splendor (North Atlantic, $19.95) we hear an old Tibetan lama—Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche—in his last years review the highlights of his life. With unsurpassed honesty and humility, we are offered an intimate glimpse into the remarkable reality of a Buddhist master, as well as an in-depth portrait of the lost culture of old Tibet. RICHARD ARTHURE will read selections from the book.

Blazing Splendor

ARLENE BLUM
Wednesday, October 19, 7:30 p.m. (slide show)

How did an overprotected girl from Chicago who rarely exercised wind up being the world's most famous female mountain climber? In her inspirational memoir, Breaking Trail (Simon & Schuster, $26.00) ARLENE BLUM chronicles her journey from an insulated urban childhood to thrilling mountain summits around the world, including Nepal's Annapurna I, the world's 10th-highest peak.

Breaking Trail

MARSHA HAMILTON, JUDITH RYAN HENDRICKS, & DANIELA KUPER
Strong Women Characters: In Fiction, In Person
Thursday, October 20, 7:30 p.m.

MARSHA HAMILTON, author of The Distance Between Us (Unbridled Books, $14.95), JUDITH RYAN HENDRICKS, author of The Baker’s Apprentice (HarperCollins, $24.95), DANIEL KUPER, author of Hunger and Thirst (VHPS, $23.95)-- will all come together in a panel titled Strong Women Characters: In Fiction, In Person. These women will read from books that took guts to write and discuss why the world needs female characters of substance—now more than ever.

The Distance Between Us

The Baker’s Apprentice

Hunger and Thirst

BILL ROMANOWSKI Saturday, October 22, *** TIME CHANGE *** 1:30 p.m. *** TIME CHANGE *** BILL ROMANOWSKI, one of the most colorful and controversial characters in NFL history, will be signing his new book, ROMO: My Life on the Edge, Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons (Harper Collins, $24.95). Romanowski’s career includes two Super Bowl wins with the Denver Broncos (1997 and 1998), in addition to the Super Bowls he played with the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders. ROMO: My Life on the Edge, Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons

EDUCATOR’S APPRECIATION NIGHT Tuesday, October 25, 7:00 p.m. Boulder Book Store presents an inaugural EDUCATOR’S APPRECIATION NIGHT, dedicated to teachers and educators in the local community. A 25% discount will be offered throughout the entire store to all teachers and educators; local children’s authors will be available to discuss their books; and local businesses and publishing houses will raffle prizes throughout the night. There will be information on the hottest titles for the fall and fundraising programs for schools, as well as free giveaways, including posters, reader copies, and other materials for use in the classroom.

"DIVIDE" READINGS, presented by the CU Program for Writing & Rhetoric
Wednesday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.

Divide: Creative Responses to Contemporary Social Questions, published by the University of Colorado’s Program for Writing and Rhetoric, will offer a reading by selected authors, including award-winning photographer and writer JOHN WELLER (2004 Banff Book award, Galen Rowell Tribute Photography Award), Pushcart Prize nominated poet JOSEPH HUTCHISON, and 2005 Marsh Hawk Press Prize winner SIGMAN BYRD.

NEVILLE WILLIAMS
Thursday, October 27, 7:30 p.m.

If millions of people in the developing world can use solar power, why can’t we in North America? Chasing the Sun: Solar Adventures Around the World (New Society, $18.95) is NEVILLE WILLIAM's account of people who succeeded in their mission to make the world better by delivering nature's energy to poor people and by building organizations to put the sun at their service in practical, affordable and effective ways.

Chasing the Sun: Solar Adventures Around the World

T.A. BARRON
Saturday, October 29, 6:00 p.m.

T.A. BARRON, award-winning best-selling author, is launching his thirteenth novel, The Great Tree of Avalon: Shadows on the Stars (Philomel Books, $19.99), the second book in his latest trilogy. Combining an intricate, rich story, complex characters, and breath-taking magical worlds with underlying themes of conservationism and environmentalism—themes about which he is most passionate--Barron leads his readers on an epic journey that translates into an outward revitalization of natural resources for generations to come.

The Great Tree of Avalon: Shadows on the Stars

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