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More exciting events on tap for the rest of the month: 
Coming up this week are three great events on the same night: Somaly Mam at the Menlo Park Library, Christopher Buckley at Michael's at Shoreline, and the fascinating author Jennet Conant at the store!
Unfortunately, Diane Ackerman has had to cancel her tour due to a family emergency. We wish her well.
Award-winning author and journalist Rick Wartzman will be discussing his book which takes a look at what the Joads experienced in Kern County while Grapes of Wrath was a #1 bestseller.
Stanford professor and leading expert on human development, Bill Damon, will talk about helping our children find their path in life, and Nobel Prize-winner in Physics, Frank Wilczek, will discuss matter and space.
And you certainly won't want to miss Mike Farrell's appearance in which he'll discuss his roles as both actor and activist.
Additionally, Kepler's and Breast Cancer Connections launch Breast Cancer Awareness month with special guest Gail Konop Baker.
We hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
Clark Kepler
Kepler's Books
650-324-4321
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 Somaly Mam
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine » BUY NOW
Thursday, September 18, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St.
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by a man posing as her grandfather when she was twelve years old. A decade later she managed to escape with the help of a French aid worker. Emboldened by her newfound freedom, education, and security, Somaly blossomed but remained haunted by the girls in the brothels she left behind.
Written in exquisite, spare, unflinching prose, The Road of Lost Innocence recounts the experiences of her early life and tells the story of her awakening as an activist and her harrowing and brave fight against the powerful and corrupt forces that steal the lives of these girls. Her memoir will leave you awestruck by her tenacity and courage and will renew your faith in the power of an individual to bring about change.
To learn more about how you can help fight human trafficking, visit the foundation's website: http://www.somaly.org. |
 Jennet Conant
The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington » BUY NOW
Thursday, September 18, 7:30 p.m.
Following her extraordinary, bestselling, much-acclaimed accounts of the most guarded secrets of the Second World War - Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II, about the invention of radar and the building of the atomic bomb - here is a rollicking true story of spies, politicians, journalists, and intrigue in the highest circles of Washington during the tumultuous days of World War II.
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 Diane Ackerman
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story » BUY NOW
Tuesday, September 23, 7:30 p.m.
This event has been CANCELLED. |
 Rick Wartzman
Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath » BUY NOWWednesday, September 24, 7:30 p.m.
Few books have caused as big a stir as John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath when it was published in April 1939. By May, it was the nation's number one bestseller, but in Kern County, California-the Joads' newfound home-the book was burned publicly and banned from library shelves. Obscene in the Extreme tells the remarkable story behind this fit of censorship.
Rick Wartzman is director of the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University and an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation. He spent two decades as a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. He is co-author, with Mark Arax, of the award-winning bestseller The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire. |
 William Damon
The Path to Purpose: Helping Our Children Find Their Calling in Life » BUY NOW Thursday, September 25, 7:30 p.m.
Drawing on the revelatory results of a landmark study, William Damon brilliantly investigates the most pressing issue in the lives of youth today: why so many young people are "failing to launch" -- living at home longer, lacking career motivation, struggling to make a timely transition into adulthood, and not yet finding a life pursuit that inspires them.
One of the world's leading scholars of human development, Damon is Professor of Education at Stanford University and the Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence. Prior to joining Stanford in 1997, he was University Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Human Development at Brown University. |
 Frank Wilczek
The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether and the Unification of Forces » BUY NOW
Friday, September 26, 7:30 p.m.
Physicists' understanding of the essential nature of reality changed radically over the past quarter century. Frank Wilczek has played a lead role in establishing the new paradigms. Transcending the clash and mismatch of older ideas about what matter is, and what space is, Wilczek presents here some brilliant and clear syntheses.
Frank Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 for work that he did as a 21-year-old graduate student. His 1989 book, Longing for the Harmonies, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Wilczek's work has been anthologized in Best American Science Writing and The Norton Anthology of Light Verse. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT. |
 Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H)
Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist » BUY NOW
Monday, September 29, 7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by The Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International, International Development Exchange, and Death Penalty Focus
With a new introduction by Martin Sheen, Mike Farrell offers inspirational and often humorous reflections on his path to fame and progressive activism in his memoir, which became a Los Angeles Times bestseller and drew tremendous national media attention.
Best known for his eight years on M*A*S*H and five seasons on Providence, Mike Farrell is also a writer, director, and producer. He has served on human rights and peace delegations to countries around the world. As president of Death Penalty Focus, he speaks, writes, and coordinates efforts to stop executions. |
 Launch Breast Cancer Awareness Month with
Special Guest: Gail Konop Baker
Cancer Is a Bitch (or, I'd rather be having a mid-life crisis) » BUY NOW
Tuesday, September 30, 7:30 p.m.
Benefit for Breast Cancer Connections
(formerly Community Breast Health Project)
Based on her popular Literary Mama column, the author's raw, moving account of juggling midlife, motherhood, and marriage with a rogue boob. |
 Christopher Buckley
Supreme Courtship » BUY NOW
Thursday, September 18, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Michael's at Shoreline, 2960 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View
"The quintessential political novelist of his time." - Fortune Magazine
President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court. Finally the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won't have the guts to reject her - TV Judge Pepper Cartwright, the nation's most popular reality show.
Soon, Pepper finds herself in the middle of a constitutional crisis, a presidential reelection campaign that the president is determined to lose, and oral arguments of a romantic nature. Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule.
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 Judy Estrin
Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy » BUY NOW
Monday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Auditorium, Silicon Valley Bank, 3005 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara
If you missed seeing her at Kepler's, here's another chance!
Drawing upon her professional experiences as an entrepreneur and former CTO at Cisco Systems, Estrin explores the evolution of science and technology after World War II and illustrates why innovation is crucial to economic, social, and cultural development. She outlines the distinct lifecycles of research, development and application, and describes why companies and countries need to reignite scientific and technological creativity to maintain their innovative edge.
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 Tariq Ali
The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power >> BUY NOW
Saturday, September 27, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Chandni Restaurant, 5748 Mowry School Road, Newark
Sponsored by Pakistan American Democratic Forum
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and the only Islamic state to have nuclear weapons. It has been under military dictatorship for 33 of its 50 year existence. Yet it is the linchpin in the United States' war on terror, receiving over $10 billion of American aid since 2001 and purchasing more than $5 billion of U.S. weaponry in 2006 alone.
With increasingly bold attacks by Taliban supporters in the border regions threatening to split the Pakistan army, with the only political alternatives -- Nawaz Sharif and Benazir's widower Asif Ali Zardari -- being as corrupt as the regime they seek to replace, and with a newly radicalized movement of lawyers testing its strength as championsof the rule of law, the chances of sustained stability in Pakistan look slim.
The scion of a famous Punjabi political family, with extraordinary contacts inside the country and internationally, Tariq Ali has long been acknowledged as a leading commentator on Pakistan.
For more information, please call Agha Saeed 510-299-9313; Hazem Kira 925-212-6604; or Salim Akhtar 773-507-5335 | |
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