The bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Everyone Worth Knowing returns with the story of three best friends who are nearing thirty and looking toward their future. Despite all they've earned - first-class travel, caree promotions, invites to all the right parties - they're not quite sure they like what they see. One Saturday night at the Waverly Inn, Andreana and Emmy make a pact; within a single year, each will drastically change her life. Leigh watches from the sidelines, not making any promises, but she'll soon discover she has the most to lose. Three best friends. Two resolutions. One year to pull it off.
Books for signing must be purchased from Left Bank Books or at the event.

Richard Wirick and his wife adopted a baby girl from a Siberian orphanage. One Hundred Siberian Postcards is a gift for her, evoking the scenic grandeur of her birthplace, alongside the ramshackle quality of much of Russian life - comprising folk tales, beliefs, customs, moments from Siberian history, extracts from Russian writers, reflections on childhood and consciousness, and dreams, wth a touch of magic realism. Richard Wirick's fiction, essays and journalism have appeared in Fiction, Qarterly West, Playboy, and Another Chicago Magazine. He is co-founder and editor of the journal Transformation.

From the author of one of Time magazine's top five novels of the year (Peace Like a River) comes a new novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome - a touching, nimble and rugged story of an aging train robber on a quest to reconcile the claims of love and judgment on his life, and the failed writer who goes with him. In 1915 Minnesota, Monte Becket has lost his sense of purpose. His only success long behind him, Monte lives a simple life with his loving wife and whipsmart son. But when he befriends outlaw Glendon Hale - his fugitive guide on a journey to the unruly West - a new world of fiery adventure presents itself.
Books for signing must be purchased from Left Bank Books or at the event.

It is Constantinople, 1599, and Paul Pindar, the secretary to the English ambassador, waits outside the Sultan's harem gates to present him with an extraordinary musical clock that had been sent with the goal of improving trade relations. Unfortunately, the clock has been damaged and Pindar discovers his former love, Celia, is set to become the Sultan's favorite concubine. Meanwhile, in present day Oxford, a graduate student finds a scrap of paper suggesting that a young British woman had been held captive in the Sultan's harem. She travels to Instanbul to follow Celia's trail and work out her own romantic entanglements.

A special treat for Friday the 13th!
A Cambridge historian is found dead, floating down the river Cam, a glass prism in her hand, leaving her magnum opus on Sir Isaac Newton's alchemy unfinished. She had been investigating a series of suspicious circumstances surrounding Newton's appointment as a Fellow of Trinity College. When Lydia Brooke, at the request of her ex-lover, the historian's son, steps in to finish the book, strange shows of light begin to play on the walls, and papers disappear only to reappear elsewhere. When events escalate to murder, the present becomes entangled with the seventeenth century - with Isaac Newton at the center of the mystery.

Why do most Americans tend to vote against their own self intersts? Why have Progressives in America been fighting a losing battle for the past thirty years? And most importantly, with the 2008 elections on the horizon, how can Democrats win? Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at UC Berkely and bestselling author George Lakoff - Don't Think of an Elephant! - returns with an explanation of how our brains really work, why language is so important, and how progressives can use this knowledge to win votes.
Books for signing must be purchased from Left Bank Books or at the event.

River Styx at Duff's presents Hungry Young Poets Series 2008. www.riverstyx.org
$5 door http://www.riverstyx.org/HYP.html

 

Reading and Remarks: 7pm
(limited opportunity, see below for details)
Booksigning: 8pm (approx.) Admission to the reading is open to the first 150 Friends of Left Bank Books who purchase a copy of When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Don't delay! Join or renew today! Friends membership starts at $35.

 

 

If you don't get in to see Sedaris, you can still be a part of the experience. Bring your lawn chairs and join us in front of Left Bank Books for a live audio broadcast of David's reading in the store! Purchase a copy of When You Are Engulfed in Flames from LBB and meet Sedaris after the reading to have your book autographed.

 

The very fine print:
~You must purchase a copy of When You Are Engulfed in Flames from Left Bank Books to meet David Sedaris. He will autograph all of his books.

~The signing line will begin with the first 150 people in the store and continue to others on a first-come, first-served basis.

~Consider dining at or obtaining refreshment from Duff's, Kopperman's, Sapphire, Llewellyn's, or Dressel's before, during or after Sedaris' reading.

~Parking is available on St. Louis Parking's lots two doors north of Dressel's on Euclid and across the street from Berger Memorial east of LBB on McPherson. Cost is $4 upon entering the lot.

~Questions? 314-367-6731; info@left-bank.com

 

Don't want to listen but want to meet David Sedaris? Purchase a copy of When You Are Engulfed in Flames from LBB and arrive by 8pm (approximate time) to meet David Sedaris and have your books signed.

 

Can't make the event but want a signed book? Purchase it ahead and we'll get it signed for you. We'll even ship it to you for an extra charge.

In 1954 Mississippi, Jack Branch returns to his father's Delta estate to perform and act of noblesse oblige: teaching at the local high school. Conducting a class on historical evil, Jack is shocked to discover that his quiet student Eddie is the sone of the Coed Killer, a notorious local murderer. Compelled to take Eddie under his wing, Jack encourages him to examine his father's crime, using Jack's untarnished name to open doors that Eddie's lineage can't. As the deadly consequences of Jack's actions fall into place, Cook reveals the darker truths that lurk in the recesses of small-town lives and in the hearts of well-intentioned men.

It's no secret that traditional monogamous marriage in America is in trouble. Marriage rates have declined, divorce rates have increased, and infidelity is an epidemic. The number of articles, books, talk show episodes and therapy sessions devoted to "bringing back the spark" in a couple's relationship is staggering. While some resort to cheating, serial monogamy or starter marriages, a growing number of people have opted to create satisfying, lasting partnerships by opening up their relationships. Relationship expert Tristan Taormino offers advice on how to craft responsible, fulfilling nonmanogamous relationships.

 

In a first novella by the New York Times bestselling author of the Reverend Curtis Black series, a husband and wife receive a surprise that will change their lives forever. One fateful day Kennedi Mason receives a piece of news that will turn her world upside down. She knows her husband Blake will be over the moon about it, but when she sees him that evening, he has a special announcement of his own - one that wipes her revelation right out of her mind. A poignant and satisfying story of hope, One in a Million shows us the difference between what we think we want - and what we actually need - in order to be truly happy.