Why is it that today's "quarterlifers"—people between the ages of 16 and 34—have the highest rate of drug and alcohol abuse, divorce, and suicide attempts? JASON STEINLE set out to find the answers to these questions, and after interviewing over 400 quarterlifers from around the United States, he takes the reader through thirty of the biggest questions that quarterlifers face when going out into the real world, in Upload Experience: Quarterlife Solutions for Teens and Twentysomethings (Nasoj, $19.95).

in Upload Experience: Quarterlife Solutions for Teens and Twentysomethings

BOULDER BOOK STORE READING GROUP
Tuesday, September 13, 7:30 p.m. (upper north room)

The aging McPheron brothers are learning to live without Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they took in who has now left their ranch to start college. A lonely young boy stoically cares for his grandfather while a disabled couple tries to protect their violent relative. As these lives unfold and intersect, KENT HARUF'S Eventide unveils the immemorial truths about human beings: their fragility and resilience, their selfishness and goodness, and their ability to find family in one another.

Eventide

PAMELA WHITE (writing as PAMELA CLARE)
Tuesday, September 13, 7:30 p.m. (ballroom)

Boulder's very own PAMELA "CLARE," author of such classic romances as Ride the Fire and Carnal Gift, returns with the romantic suspense Extreme Exposure (Penguin, $7.99). Clare uses her experience as a journalist to great effect, portraying Kara McMillan—an investigative reporter whose passionate affair with a senator is making headlines. But Kara's investigation of a series of environmental crimes leads her to suspect her lover, and soon the two of them are locked in a struggle to save their lives.

Ride the Fire ($ 6.99)

Carnal Gift ($ 5.99)

Extreme Exposure

QUEEDA MANTLE WALKER
Wednesday, September 14, 7:30 p.m.

The Mantle Ranch (Pruett Publishing, $24.95) is the true story of a New York girl who met and married Charley Mantle, a wild cowboy and man of the canyons. The couple was married in 1926 and immediately rode to Charley's remote cabin in Castle Park, where Hell's Canyon meets the Yampa River. A wonderful book of inspiration and hope, this is a story of heartbreak and happiness that goes with living with a legendary cowboy in a canyon of legendary beauty.

GREG PAHL
Thursday, September 15, 7:30 p.m.

Biodiesel has powered tour buses for Neil Young, Bonnie Raitt, and Willie Nelson. It's more biodegradable than sugar and less toxic than table salt, and the production process can take place on a massive industrial scale or gallon by gallon in your garage. In Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy (Chelsea Green, $18.00), GREG PAHL shares the history of biodiesel, explains the technology in straightforward terms, and explores its exciting potential in the United States and beyond.

Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy

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CAROLYN HOBBS
Monday, September 19, 7:30 p.m.

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“Over the years, I saw that our beliefs, fears, and habitual reactions to life limit our joy much more than any spouse, boss, or devastating life experience,” says marriage and family therapist CAROLYN HOBBS. In Joy, No Matter What (Conari Press, $16.95), she shows that joy is not something “out there,” only available to a select few. Rather, she contends that we all have joy at our core, and no matter what is going on in our lives, we can uncover it, bringing joy into the light of our everyday lives.

Joy, No Matter What

JOYCE LEBRA (writing as Napua Chapman)
Tuesday, September 20, 7:30 p.m.

Sugar and Smoke (Publish America, $19.95) is set against the backdrop of Hawaii in 1977. This fictional account follows a native Hawaiian family that becomes embroiled in the resistance movement that is escalating for the native people. JOYCE LEBRA offers a variety of engaging characters, giving voices to the forces at play while a battle between the unionizing populace and Crown Sugar—the corporation attempting to annex the natives' claimed land—is reaching a boiling point.

AUDREY DELELLA BENEDICT, ROBERT ROZINSKI & WENDY SHATTIL
Wednesday, September 21, 7:30 p.m.

Valley of the Dunes: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Fulcrum, $19.95) provides an intimate look at one of Colorado's most spectacular and fascinating regions—the San Luis Valley and the Great Sand Dunes—through the lens of award-winning, internationally recognized photographers ROBERT ROZINSKI and WENDY SHATTIL, and text by AUDREY DELELLA BENEDICT. This take-home memento provides more than 150 dramatic images of majestic areas rarely seen, including the tallest dune field in North America.

Valley of the Dunes: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

CAROL BATRUS
Thursday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.

CAROL BATRUS, MIT graduate and Wall Street ace, shows how one person can make a difference in the lives of many in When Elephants Fly (Fulcrum, $16.95)—a memoir of personal change, cultural revelations, and empowerment. Unsatisfied with her life even after much personal success, she travels to Africa. Confronted with a rapidly changing culture, she works to empower women and integrate life's lessons to bring promise to the Zulu tribe, creating a future with economic and cultural balance.

When Elephants Fly

BRUCE BABBITT
Friday, September 23, 7:30 p.m.

The boundaries that once separated our cities from the surrounding forests, farmlands, and natural landscapes are beginning to blur and disappear, and both the quality of urban life and the integrity of our natural ecosystems are declining as a result. In Cities in the Wilderness (Island Press, $25.95), BRUCE BABBITT, former Interior Secretary under Bill Clinton, makes the case for a new national land use policy and illustrates a new way of thinking about open space, one which retains control while acknowledging national interests.

Cities in the Wilderness

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CRAIG LESLEY
Monday, September 26, 7:30 p.m.

Beyond the legends of the West and the fables of fatherhood, CRAIG LESLEY'S beautiful memoir, Burning Fence (St. Martin's, $24.95), takes an unflinching look at three generations of men as they struggle with the tensions between fathers and sons and what it takes to create—and unmake—a family. It deftly captures the rural humor, rugged characters, and hardscrabble life of Eastern Oregon with its remarkable insight into the landscape of the western heart.

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Burning Fence

PATRICIA RAYBON
Tuesday, September 27, 7:30 p.m.

PATRICIA RAYBON'S award-winning writing didn't follow her home. Instead, she faced a mountain of discord: a strained 25-year marriage, conflict with two grown daughters, and alienation from her aging mother. Her new book, I Told the Mountain to Move (Salt River, $19.99) chronicles a life-changing education that takes her from the rote prayers of childhood to a mature understanding of her faith, and it offers 24 lessons—such as "Tell the Hard Truth" and "Serve with Love"—that trace her transformation.

I Told the Mountain to Move

JENNY KURZWEIL
Wednesday, September 28, 7:30 p.m.

Fields That Dream (Fulcrum, $14.95) explores the lives of refugees, immigrants, former chefs, insurance brokers, and union organizers who are now small-scale sustainable farmers. Each chapter combines the story of a farmer who sells at a successful farmers' market with a social and cultural history of agriculture in the United States. Ultimately, the stories are a celebration of community, showing how these farmers work to bridge the ever-widening gap between rural and urban areas.

Fields That Dream

LIGHT OF BEROTSANA TRANSLATION GROUP
Thursday, September 29, 7:30 p.m.

Throughout the ages, Buddhist scholars have meticulously described a journey from bondage and ignorance to liberation and enlightenment as a means to engage the imagination and present a vision for transformation. THE LIGHT OF BEROTSANA TRANSLATION GROUP invites you to an informative talk presented by Jules B. Levinson, who will tell a portion of the story that emerges in the literature and oral traditions of Tibet and suggest ways in which these old tales remain relevant today.