Conscious Choice Seattle: April’s Authors, Readings, Events

April 2005 | Books Northwest

April’s Authors, Readings, Events

Wed 27: Author/Actor Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda reads and signs “My Life So Far.” Fonda reveals intimate details and universal truths she hopes “can provide a lens through which others can see their lives and how they can live them a little differently.” 6pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, (206) 366-3316 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Tickets required, see store for details. Special signing-line rules will apply.

Sat 2: Authors David Musnick and Mark Pierce
Once you have familiarized yourself with the exercises in “Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness,” you’ll be ready for anything Mother Nature throws at you. 2pm, free. University Book Store, 990 102nd Ave. NE, Bellevue. (425) 462-4500 or www.bookstore.washington.edu. Also Thu 14, 7pm, U District Store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400.

Sat 2: Author Jorge Cruz
With easy tips, Jorge Cruise shows how eating small, balanced meals every three hours resets the body’s metabolism and ensures fats are released and fat-burning muscle is preserved. 2pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. (206) 366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.

Tue 5: Author Mary Ann Halpin
The author found 50 women who weren’t afraid to talk about their approaches to the second halves of their lives in “Fearless Women: Midlife Portraits.” 6pm, free. University Book Store, 990 102nd Ave. NE, Bellevue. (425) 462-4500 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

Wed 6: Author Jordan Fisher Smith
Jordan Fisher Smith, a longtime park ranger, tells his story, “Nature Noir: A Park Ranger’s Patrol in the Sierra.” 7pm, free. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

Thu 7: Author JoDee Seneker
JoDee Seneker introduces her new book, “Making Time for Each Other.” It’s an engaging workbook for couples of all ages who wish to discover what matters in life and achieve it together. 7:30pm, free. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 24th Ave. NE, Seattle. (206) 525-2347 or www.ravennathirdplace.com.

Thu 7: Author Joanne Gordon
Current Forbes contributing editor Joanne Gordon reads from and signs “Be Happy at Work: 100 Women Who Love Their Jobs, and Why.” 6pm, free. University Book Store, 990 102nd Ave. NE, Bellevue. (425) 462-4500 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

Fri 8: About Geshe Kelsang
Karen Miller hosts a discussion of Geshe Kelsang’s new release “How to Solve Your Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths.” Ms. Miller is teacher from the Kadampa Buddhist Temple in Ballard and a close disciple of the author. Buddha’s popular teaching on the Four Noble Truths offers a clear and simple solution, guiding us to an oasis of peace within our hearts. 7:30pm, free. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 24th Ave. NE, Seattle. (206) 525-2347 or www.ravennathirdplace.com.

Mon 11: Local Author Mary Lou Sanelli
Port Townsend writer and teacher Mary Lou Sanelli reads from and signs “Craving Water: Poems of Ordinary Life in a Northwest Village.” 7pm, free. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

Tue 12: Author Dr. Michael Wayne
Dr. Wayne shares information from his new book “Quantum-Integral Medicine” for a glimpse into the future of healing. 7pm, free. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. (206) 523-3726 or www.eastwestbookshop.com.

Tue 12: Author Keith Devlin
NPR’s “math guy” Keith Devlin shows us how we can use the innate ability we have within us (the one that, by the way, exists also in ants, shrimp and our family pets) to get over the mental math block we’ve all erected in “The Math Instinct: Why You’re a Mathematical Genius (Along with Lobsters, Birds, Cats, and Dogs).” 7pm, free. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

Tue 12: Author Jim Wallis
Evangelical Christian Jim Wallis has written extensively on the intersection of spirituality and American politics, and in his new book, “God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It,” he focuses on the way the Right has co-opted the language of faith, and the Left has too often distanced itself from it. 7pm, $3 donation. Part of the Seattle Spiritual Reading Series. University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St., Seattle. (206) 634-3400.

Tue 12: Author Eric Liu
Former speechwriter to President Clinton and teacher at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs Eric Liu takes on the subject of mentoring in “Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life.” 6pm, free. University Book Store, Mill Creek Town Center, Bothell-Everett Highway and 153rd St. SE, Mill Creek. (425) 385-3530 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

Tue 12: Author Dr. Gino Strada
"Green Parrots: A War Surgeon’s Diary” focuses on the terrible cost of war for children. Italian doctor Gino Strada has seen it firsthand over the last ten years. 5:30pm, free. University Book Store, 1754 Pacific Ave., Tacoma. (253) 272-8080.

Fri 15: Authors Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardener
"Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism” serves as a training manual for those with a social conscience aching to be exercised, but not sure how to get the ball rolling. 7pm, free. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

Sun 17: Author Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Join gifted speaker and best-selling author Oriah Mountain Dreamer as she shares insights and stories from her new book, “What We Ache For: Creativity and the Unfolding of Your Soul.” 2pm, free. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. (206) 523-3726 or www.eastwestbookshop.com.

Mon 18/Tue 19: Author Camille Paglia
In “Break, Blow, Burn,” writer, social commentator and poet Camille Paglia presents her vision of 43 of the world’s best poems. Mon 7:30pm, $5 or free with purchase. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Room 110, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu. Tue, 7:30pm, free, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. (206) 366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.

Mon 18: Author Deborah Madison
The best-selling cookbook author reads from and signs “Vegetarian Suppers from Deborah Madison’s Kitchen.” 6pm, free. University Book Store, Mill Creek Town Center, Bothell-Everett Highway and 153rd St. SE, Mill Creek. (425) 385-3530.

Thu 21: Author Bishop John Shelby Spong
The retired Episcopal Bishop of Newark is a vocal proponent of liberal Christianity. He has long argued against fundamentalism and signs “The Sins of Scripture: Beyond Texts of Hate to the God of Love.” 7pm, $3 donation. University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St., Seattle. Seattle Spiritual Reading Series. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

Tue 26: Author Sue Shellenbarger
"The Breaking Point: How Female Midlife Crisis Is Transforming Today’s Women” shows the result of Shellenbarger’s research and how women are coping. 7pm, free. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

Wed 27: Author Tariq Ali
Radical icon, public intellectual and publisher Tariq Ali speaks about “Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties,” beginning with his early life in Lahore, Pakistan and continuing through his many years as a new left activist, novelist, and journalist in Britain. Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle. 7:30pm, $5. Elliott Bay Bookstore, (206) 634-3400 or www.elliottbaybook.com.

Thu 28: Author Dorothy Drummond
"Holy Land, Whose Land?: Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots” traverses the region’s history from Abraham to Arafat, focusing on the interface of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and on the issues that today place the Holy Land in the vortex of world affairs. 7pm, free. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.

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