Gallery Bookshop: Book Events 2010

Book Events 2010 Alumni Presenters

For those of you who wish to learn more about some of our former Book Event presenters, here is a list of the writers, illustrators and other literary illuminaries who have appeared at a Gallery Bookshop Book Event in 2010.
Links to the Book Events guest speakers' websites will open in a separate window, so you may easily return to the Gallery Bookshop website.

DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
July 9	Ronnie James	Touching Wings, Touching Wild
June 25	Bruce Tickell Taylor	Dilkusha by the Ginkgo Tree
June 18	Sondra Barrett	Wine's Hidden Beauty
June 11	Bill Bradd	Notes from the Emerald Triangle
May 28	John Gray	Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice
May 22	Linda Joy Myers	The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story
May 16	Ginny Rorby	The Outside of a Horse
May 14	Nancy Ellis-Bell	A Man for All Species: The Remarkable Adventures of an Animal Lover and Expert Pet Keeper
April 30	Elaine Elison & Stan Yogi	Wherever There's a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California.
April 23	Gordon Edgar	Cheesemonger: A Life On The Wedge
April 16	Amy Stewart	Wicked Plants
April 9	Michael McGuire	God's Brain
April 2	Estrella Root	13 Tales of the Revolution
March 28	Maria Finn	Hold Me Tight & Tango Me Home
March 19	Donna Sheehan & Paul Reffell	Redefining Seduction
March 16	David Deardorrff and Kathryn Wadsworth	What's Wrong With My Plant?
February 26	Paul McHugh	Deadlines
February 12	Sharon Doubiago	My Father's Love: A Memoir
January 23	Dr. Donald Hahn	Change and a Good Laugh
January 20	Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo	Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture
January 15	Shelley Antilla	Photographers' Vintage Treasures & People Who Wore Them: Early Photography & Memoirs from the Mendocino Coast

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Ronnie James
Touching Wings, Touching Wild
Friday, July 9, 6:30 pm

Author Ronnie James visited Gallery Bookshop to discuss her book, Touching Wings, Touching Wild.
True stories of the rescue of birds and animals and their return to the wild. Funds generated from the sale of this book will provide care for injured or orphaned wildlife.

To order this book, call or visit Gallery Bookshop or send email to: info@gallerybookshop.com

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Bruce Tickell Taylor
Dilkusha by the Ginkgo Tree
Friday, June 25, 6:30 pm

Local Mendocino resident and author Bruce Tickell Taylor visited Gallery Bookshop to discuss his memoirs, Dilkusha by the Ginkgo Tree.
The son of an expatriate American gold miner, Taylor was born and raised in Seoul, Korea, and was at an early age involved in the Korean Independence movement. He returned there in 2009 to visit his father's gravesite and the house, Dilkusha, where he once lived.

Dilkusha by the Ginkgo Tree, by Bruce Tickell Taylor
Trafford Publishing, Paperback, $20.00.

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Sondra Barrett
Wine's Hidden Beauty
Friday, June 18, 6:30 pm

Award winning photographer Sondra Barrett appeared at Gallery Bookshop to present her book, Wine's Hidden Beauty.
Through her photography she takes you on an "illuminating journey into the art, science and soul of wine. With the microscope as the starting point, amazing photographs captured from the art inside the bottle, reveal an intimate look to deepen your pleasure for this beloved beverage."
Visit Ms. Barrett's website at http://www.sondrabarrett.com

To order this book, call or visit Gallery Bookshop or send email to: info@gallerybookshop.com

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Bill Bradd
Notebooks from the Emerald Triangle
Friday, June 11, 6:30 pm

Local author and poet Bill Bradd visited Gallery Bookshop to read from his new book, Notebooks from the Emerald Triangle.
"I wanted to become a writer, so I could become a good reader, so I would know great writing when I saw it, to see the armature, the slant of light, to understand how texture casts shadows, to be someone for whom the whole earth of language was quiet round." -- Bill Bradd

I've said for thirty years that poet Bill Bradd is the true voice of the Mendocino Coast and the Emerald Triangle. The advanced engaged consciousness typical of the populace, the high creativity, the meditative, visionary, stoned outlawry, the profound environmentalism, the poets who have not sold out for career, for that "money tree," but have honed their art to stay true to themselves and to all of Earth. "[T]he King has his Pinkertons and we have freedom." This book, not an easy product for one such as Bill Bradd, is about that freedom.
-- Sharon Doubiago, quoted from Maureen Hurley's Facebook page.

Notebooks from the Emerald Triangle, by Bill Bradd
Ten Mile River Press, Paperback, $16.00, signed by author.

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John Gray
Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice
Hormonal Balance -- the Key to Life, Love & Energy
Friday, May 28, 6:30 pm

Relationship therapist and healthy living coach John Gray, author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, came to Gallery Bookshop to introduce his latest book, Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice.
Subtitled "Hormonal Balance -- the Key to Life, Love & Energy," this book is the subject of a Public Television special by the same name that was produced in December 2009. John Gray is known as the best selling relationship author of all time, and he proclaims this as his "most exciting and groundbreaking book yet."
Read more about John Gray's new book at his website: www.venus-on-fire-mars-on-ice.com.

Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice: Hormonal Balance -- the Key to Life, Love & Energy, by John Gray
Mind Publishing Company, Hardcover, $29.95

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Linda Joy Myers
The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story
Friday, May 22, 6:30 pm

Linda Joy Myers visited Gallery Bookshop to discuss her book, The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story.
The Power of Memoir is a groundbreaking book that presents an innovative step-by-step program using memoir writing to facilitate the journey towards emotional and physical healing. Learn how writing your truths and shaping your narrative can propel you toward a life-changing transformation.
Linday Joy Myers' website is at http://lindajoymyersphd.com

The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story, by Linda Joy Myers
Jossey-Bass, Paperback, $16.95

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Ginny Rorby
The Outside of a Horse
Friday, May 16, 6:30 pm

Local author Ginny Rorby spoke about her newly published book The Outside of a Horse.
Autographed copies are available online; click the "Order this Book" button below.
Ginny Rorby's website is http://ginnyrorby.com

The Outside of a Horse, by Ginny Rorby
Dial, Hardcover, $16.99

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Nancy Ellis-Bell
A Man for All Species
The Remarkable Adventures of an Animal Lover and Expert Pet Keeper
Friday, May 14, 6:30 pm

Nancy Ellis-Bell visited Gallery Bookshop to discuss the book she co-authored (with Marc Morrone), A Man for All Species: The Remarkable Adventures of an Animal Lover and Expert Pet Keeper.
Marc Morrone's dream was to learn everything he could about every animal and to share that knowledge with others. In this lively, colorful memoir, Morrone offers a heartfelt and candid look inside a life well-lived with creatures great and small, from the domestic to the exotic. Morrone's story is a memorable tribute to one man's passion for the world of animals and his enduring commitment to their care. Thrilling, inspiring, strange, informative, and frequently amazing, Morrone's combines often hilarious experiences with practical advice in a memorable tribute to one man's passion for the world of animals and his enduring commitment to their care.

A Man for All Species: The Remarkable Adventures of an Animal Lover and Expert Pet Keeper, by Nancy Ellis-Bell and Marc Morrone
Harmony, Hardcover, $23.00

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Elaine Elinson & Stan Yogi
Wherever There's a Fight
How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California
Friday, April 30, 6:30 pm

Elaine Elinson & Stan Yogi presented their book, Wherever There's a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California. .
The first thorough history of the struggle to protect civil liberties in California, told through the stories of people who have stood up for their rights.
Read more at their website, www.wherevertheresafight.com

Wherever There's A Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California, by Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi
Heyday, Paperback, $24.95

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Gordon Edgar
Cheesemonger: A Life On The Wedge
Friday, April 23, 6:30 pm

Gordon Edgar visited Gallery Bookshop to share with us a slice of his cheese-y life as described in his book, Cheesemonger: A Life On The Wedge.
Witty and irreverent, informative and provocative, Cheesemonger tells the highly readable story of former punk-rock political activist Edgar's unlikely career as a cheese maker at San Francisco's worker-owned Rainbow Grocery Cooperative.

Cheesemonger: A Life On The Wedge, by Gordon Edgar
Chelsea Green, Paperback, $17.95

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Amy Stewart
Wicked Plants
Monday, March 28, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Amy Stewart visited Gallery Bookshop and spoke about her book, Wicked Plants, a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard.
Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers. Watch what you plant and especially what you eat!
Read more about Amy Stewart's book Wicked Plants at her website, amystewart.com/wickedplants.html

Wicked Plants, by Amy Stewart
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Hardcover, $18.95

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Michael McGuire
God's Brain
Friday, April 9, 6:30 pm

Michael McGuire delivered a presentation on his book God's Brain.
Pioneering neuroscientist McGuire, together with his co-author, renowned anthropologist Lionel Tiger, explore the routine biological miracles that happen every day in your brain to create possibly the most enduring legacy of humankind -- religion.
Read more about God's Brain in this review.

God's Brain, by Michael McGuire
Prometheus Books, Hardcover, $25.00

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Estrella Root
13 Tales of the Revolution
Friday, April 2, 6:30 pm

Estrella Root visited Gallery Bookshop to talk about her new self-published book, 13 Tales of the Revolution.

To order this book, call or visit Gallery Bookshop or send email to: info@gallerybookshop.com

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Maria Finn
Hold Me Tight & Tango Me Home
Monday, March 28, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Gallery Bookshop sponsored Maria Finn, author of Hold Me Tight & Tango Me Home, at a book signing reception in the Redwood Ballroom of the historic Weller House Inn in Fort Bragg. This event was held in conjunction with the Dancing Fools Tango Fest held annually at the Weller House Inn. A demonstration of Argentine Tango was provided, and Argentine snacks were served. Wine was poured by Edmeades of Anderson Valley.
Visit Maria Finn's website at www.mariafinn.com

Hold Me Tight & Tango Me Home, by Maria Finn
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Paperback, $13.95

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Donna Sheehan & Paul Reffell
Redefining Seduction
Friday, March 19, 6:30 pm

Donna Sheehan & Paul Reffell were at Gallery Bookshop to present their book, Redefining Seduction.
Visit their website at http://www.redefiningseduction.com/

To order this book, call or visit Gallery Bookshop or send email to: info@gallerybookshop.com

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David Deardorrff and Kathryn Wadsworth
What's Wrong With My Plant?
Monday, March 15, 6:30 pm

David Deardorrff and Kathryn Wadsworth presented their book What's Wrong With My Plant?.

What's Wrong With My Plant?, by David Deardorrff and Kathryn Wadsworth
Timber Press, Paperback, $24.95

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Paul McHugh
Deadlines
Friday, February 26, 6:30 pm

Former local resident and writer Paul McHugh returned to Mendocino to discuss his new book Deadlines.

Deadlines, by Paul McHugh
Lost Coast Press, Paperback, $16.95

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Sharon Doubiago
My Father's Love: A Memoir
Friday, February 12, 6:30 pm

Sharon Doubiago visited Gallery Bookshop and read from her new book, My Father's Love: A Memoir.

My Father's Love: A Memoir, by Sharon Doubiago
To order this book, call or visit Gallery Bookshop or send email to: info@gallerybookshop.com

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Dr. Donald Hahn
Change and a Good Laugh
Saturday, January 20, 3:00 pm

Dr. Donald Hahn read from his new memoir, Change and a Good Laugh.

Change and a Good Laugh, by Dr. Donald Hahn
Paperback, $24.00
For more info or to order this book, call or visit Gallery Bookshop or send email to: info@gallerybookshop.com

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Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo
Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture
Wednesday, January 20, 6:30 pm

Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo visited Gallery Bookshop for Women's Book Night to speak about her book Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture.

Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture, by Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo
Hardcover, $24.95

Read more about Daughters of Aquarius at the University Press of Kansas website: http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/lemdau.html

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Shelley Antilla
Photographers' Vintage Treasures & People Who Wore Them
Early Photography & Memoirs from the Mendocino Coast
Friday, January 15, 6:30 pm

Shelley Antilla visited Gallery Bookshop and talked about her book Photographers' Vintage Treasures & People Who Wore Them: Early Photography & Memoirs from the Mendocino Coast.
Visit Shelley Antilla's website: http://shelleysvintagetreasure.com/

To order this book, call or visit Gallery Bookshop or send email to: info@gallerybookshop.com

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