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Author Marion Kadi will read from her illustrated children's book for young readers. An imaginative tale about a rambunctious lion reflection and the fierce little girl he decides to mirror. One day the reflection of a lion decides to reflect someone different. He picks a little girl named Harriet, who eagerly accepts the new face […]
Join Katie Flynn as she discusses her new collection of genre-bending and interconnected short stories. About the Book From the author of the “urgent and heartfelt” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel The Companions, a genre-bending collection of interconnected short stories in the tradition of Jennifer Egan and Karen Russell. An angry mother turns into a literal […]
Join us for a children's story time with Marya Ayloush, who will read to readers of all ages in celebration of Ramadan! George celebrates Ramadan with his friend Kareem. George helps Kareem with his first fast and joins in the evening celebration of tasting treats and enjoying a special meal. Then George helps make gift […]
Join Nova Jacobs as she discusses her new book in conversation with Meg Howrey. About the Book The discovery of a suspicious death at a famous Swiss physics laboratory sparks a mystery that merges science, philosophy, and the high-stakes race to unlock the fundamental nature of our universe in this thrilling new novel from the […]
Join Rabbi Sharon Brous as she discusses her beautiful new book in conversation with Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh of Temple Israel of Hollywood ABOUT THE BOOK From one of our country's most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons. Copies of THE AMEN EFFECT can […]
ABOUT THE BOOK At this very moment, explorers in some of the most remote and dangerous places on earth, from the deepest parts of the ocean, to the highest mountains, and to outer space are enduring unimaginable hardships to expand our knowledge and save what is truly important. Join former National Geographic Executive Vice President […]
ABOUT THE BOOK The powerful story of an activist movement that challenged the racial inequities of Israel. Israel's Black Panthers tells the story of the young and impoverished Moroccan Israeli Jews who challenged their country's political status quo and rebelled against the ethnic hierarchy of Israeli life in the 1970s. Inspired by the American group […]
About the Book Laughter really can be the best medicine, and in this transformative body-mind guide, acclaimed wellness expert Ros Ben-Moshe shares the prescription. In The Laughter Effect, Ros Ben-Moshe provides a roadmap to tap into the lighter side of life with laughter therapy. Ben-Moshe shares tips and tools to achieve an intentional state of […]
Join A.H. Kim to discuss her beautiful new novel RELATIVE STRANGERS in conversation with Julia Claiborne Johnson. ABOUT THE BOOK Amelia Bae-Wood's life is falling apart. Unemployed, newly single and completely broke--for reasons she hasn't told anyone yet--she finds herself hitchhiking across California to deal with the fallout of her mother's eviction from the family […]
Join Katrina Carrasco as she discuss her high-octane queer adventure novel ROUGH TRADE in conversation with Ivy Pochoda. ABOUT THE BOOK Washington Territory, 1888. With contacts on the docks and in the railroad, and with a buyers’ market funneling product their way, Alma Rosales and her opium-smuggling crew are making a fortune. They spend their […]
Join Abbi Waxman as she discusses her latest book in conversation with author Hilary Liftin ABOUT THE BOOK Just when she thought she’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antisocial scientist back into her least favorite place—the spotlight. A hilarious and insightful new novel from the USA Today […]
Join Hala Alyan as she discusses her new poetry THE MOON THAT TURNS YOU BACK in conversation with Morgan Parker. ABOUT THE BOOK From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that traces the fragmentation of memory, archive, and family–past, present, future–in the face of displacement and […]
