Stripping away negative conceptions that dismiss faith as being divisive or requiring blind adherence to a belief system, SHARON SALZBERG offers discerning wisdom on understanding faith as a healing quality, a refuge that can be nurtured in us all. In her beautifully written book, we find that faith is neither blind nor ignorant. Faith (Riverhead, $13.00) shows us how to combine devotion and the intellect to develop a genuine ease with ourselves and with the world.

Faith

HOWARD CUTLER
Thursday, September 4, 7:30 p.m.

For the first time since the groundbreaking The Art of Happiness, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has once again teamed up with psychiatrist HOWARD CUTLER to resume the discussion about what makes life meaningful. The Art of Happiness at Work (Riverhead, $24.95) walks us through the Dalai Lama’s reasoning so that we know how to apply the wisdom to daily life—and how to find happiness in the place we spend most of our time.

The Art of Happiness at Work

LARRY WATSON
Monday, September 8, 7:30 p.m.

A secret cache of paintings. A woman transformed by artistic genius into an icon. A husband driven nearly mad when forced to acknowledge that his wife is another man’s muse. Told in the spare, lyrical voice for which LARRY WATSON is famous, Orchard (Random House, $24.95) traces the trajectories of four people who intersect with such explosive and shattering finality that no one, least of all the reader, is left unchallenged or unchanged.

Orchard

JIM HIGHTOWER
Tuesday, September 9, 7:00 p.m. at Flatirons Theatre

Co-sponsored by KGNU and Boulder Weekly
Since the days of King George III, the American people have striven to create a country built on fairness, justice, and equal opportunity—but periodically, We the People have to rise up against the robber barons, empire builders, and militarists who have run roughshod over the common good. In Thieves in High Places (Viking, $24.95), bestselling author JIM HIGHTOWER offers a call to action, to take back America from the profiteers and supremacists.
This event will be held at Flatirons Theatre. Tickets are available at Boulder Book Store for $8.

Theives in High Places

MARISOL
Wednesday, September 10, 7:30 p.m.

From remarkable new talent MARISOL comes a mesmerizing love story about the evolution of a girl on the verge of claiming her womanhood. A young woman named Pilar is caught between two worlds –- her modern life as a journalist in Chicago and her tradition-bound ties with her Venezuelan family. As The Lady, the Chef, and the Courtesan (Rayo, $21.95) unfolds, Pilar unravels the mystique behind her family secrets and discovers the liberating powers of love.

The Lady, the Chef, and the Courtesan

MCKAY JENKINS
Friday, September 12, 7:30 p.m.

When a tiny band of Finnish mountain troops brought the invading Soviet army to its knees in the winter of 1939, a world-class skier named Minnie Doole convinced the U.S. Army of the need for a specialized division of mountain soldiers. MCKAY JENKINS’s The Last Ridge (Random House, $25.95) follows the legendary 10th Mountain Division, from their grueling Colorado training to their daring nighttime attacks on the Germans’ previously impenetrable Gothic Line.

The Last Ridge

SOBONFU SOME
Saturday, September 13, 2:00 p.m.

When African spiritual teacher SOBONFU SOME underwent a major transformation in her life, she found herself "fallen out of grace" with her family, students, and community. Her efforts to approach the situation with strength, creativity, and faith are detailed in Falling Out of Grace (North Bay, $12.95). She explores the concentric support systems of relationship, family, community, culture, and universe—and looks at what happens when they fail.

Falling Out of Grace

MAXINE HONG KINGSTON
Monday, September 15, 7:30 p.m.

Award-winning author MAXINE HONG KINGSTON came home after her father’s funeral in the midst of the first Gulf War to find her neighborhood in flames and her house burned to the ground. Faced with the loss of her home and her novel-in-progress, The Fifth Book of Peace (Knopf, $26.00) relates Kingston’s quest to re-create her novel, to rebuild her life, and to reach out to veterans of war, encouraging them to share their own stories of destruction and redemption.

The Fifth Book of Peace

LEONARD SHLAIN
Tuesday, September 16, 7:30 p.m.

No compelling explanation exists for how—or why—human evolution radically diverged from other animals 150,000 years ago. In Sex, Time, and Power (Viking, $25.95), LEONARD SHLAIN argues that profound alterations in female sexuality hold the key to this mystery. Shlain explores how women's understanding and evolution of their own sexual power dramatically altered all subsequent human culture, from the nature of courtship to the origin of marriage and more.

Sex, Time, and Power

BOB CASTELLINO
Wednesday, September 17, 7:30 p.m.

Photographer BOB CASTELLINO is renowned for his ability to capture images of Colorado's most majestic landscapes. In the Colorado Roadside Photography Guide (Whispering River, $24.95), he reveals his secrets for both beginning photographers and seasoned travelers. Combining fascinating information about the art of photography and the State of Colorado with over 100 stunning photographs, the book is both a practical guide and a visual treat.

Colorado Roadside Photography Guide

BRIGITTE MARS
Thursday, September 18, 7:30 p.m.

In Sex, Love, and Health (Basic Health, $17.95), local herbalist and nutritional consultant BRIGITTE MARS draws on a variety of cultures, theories, and schools of medicine to create a unique self-help guide to love and sex. She provides natural, pharmaceutical-free remedies that heal dysfunctions and enhance lovemaking, and details a wide range of foods, exercises, and homeopathic remedies that can help relationships achieve their full sexual potential.

Sex, Love, and Health

MIDNIGHT MIND MAGAZINE
Tuesday, September 23, 7:30 p.m.

"Midnight Mind Magazine" is promising to become one of the strongest literary magazines of the decade, providing a unique perspective on American culture. The magazine has featured several local authors who will be reading at this event, including TIM MALONE, a freelance writer and Active Travel Guide with Trek Travel, CU writing professor and author NAOMI RACHEL, and LINDA FASANO LIST, award-winning writer and candy factory owner, joined by BRETT VAN EMST, general editor of the magazine.

DANA WEISS & MARY WRIGHT
Wednesday, September 24, 7:30 p.m.

At this educational workshop, Dana Weiss and Mary Wright, Financial Advisors with Morgan Stanley in Boulder, will review the book Protect Your 401(k) by Larry Chambers and Ken Ziesenheim and provide some tips and investment strategies to help protect your retirement nest egg. If the markets have taken a bite out of your retirement assets, please join us. Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Dana Weiss at 720-562-6333 or dana.weiss@morganstanley.com.

Protect Your 401(k)

BILL PLOTKIN
Thursday, September 25, 7:30 p.m.

Even if you're not an African tribesman or an Aztec, BILL PLOTKIN can show you how to use the idea of initiation and ritual to transform your life. Soulcraft (New World, $15.95) introduces ceremonies and practices that can be reborn into our lives in a role of true power and active service. This new approach to nature-based spirituality combines modern psychology, ceremony, and wilderness experience to help people uncover their deepest personal truths.

Soulcraft

SENA JETER NASLUND
Friday, September 26, 7:30 p.m.

Written with the same breathtaking emotional depth as her award-winning novel Ahab's Wife, SENA JETER NASLUND's new novel takes us to Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s, where the racist bombing of a black church has resulted in the deaths of four young girls, awakening the conscience of the South and the nation. Four Spirits (William Morrow, $26.95) weaves together stories of different races, ages, and religions to create a moving tapestry of courage and fear.

Four Spirits

ANNE LAMOTT
Saturday, September 27, 12:30 p.m.

Beloved for her ability to render the dramas of everyday life with utter candor, spiritual sensitivity, and laugh-out-loud humor, in her long-awaited new novel ANNE LAMOTT tells the story of a contemporary American family, wounded by emotional distance and disturbing secrets, as they reach for wholeness, connection, and a renewal of love. Surprising and heartfelt, Blue Shoe (Riverhead, $14.00) is an exuberant hymn to friendship and family.

Blue Shoe

TONY COHAN
Monday, September 29, 7:30 p.m.

The 1950s and 60s were a time of intense personal exploration and experimentation, an era exploding with a spirit of adventure that is captured in acclaimed novelist and travel writer TONY COHAN's new memoir. Native State (Broadway, $24.95) vividly portrays Cohan's attempts to escape the confines of a celebrity-filled, alcoholic family through music, writing, and travel, culminating in a distinctive, intimate depiction of a pivotal cultural epoch.

Native State

NEAL STEPHENSON
Tuesday, September 30, 7:30 p.m.

With the ferocious intelligence and razor-sharp wit that are his trademark, NEAL STEPHENSON embarks on the first of an ambitious new trilogy with his new novel Quicksilver (William Morrow, $27.95). Loosely connected to his best-selling novel Cryptonomicon, the book features the ancestors of Cryptonomicon's main characters from the years 1647 to 1713, during which powerful forces are at work—forces that will change history completely.

Quicksilver

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