Join us for a special evening at Dominican University of California with Salman Rushdie      September 25, 2012 - At this special event, Salman Rushdie will discuss Joseph Anton: A Memoir ($30.00). On February 14, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a journalist who told him he had been "sentenced to death" by the Ayatollah Khomeini. It was the first time Rushdie, an Indian-born British resident, had heard the word "fatwa." His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, a book which was accused of being "against Islam, the Prophet, and the Quran."  ...So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer (now under the name Joseph Anton) was forced underground, moving from safe house to safe house and always with the constant presence of armed police protection.      

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Off-Site Events

Events at Book Passage in San Francisco

Thursday, September 6, 2012, 12:00 pm    

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Tickets $60 (includes lunch & a signed book)   

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Join us for lunch as Jonathan Kozol discusses Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America. In this powerful and culminating work, Kozol returns to the scene of his earlier prize-winning books and to the group of inner-city children he has so vividly portrayed in earlier works. Here, he shares the fascinating and unexpected story of their life journeys.

Jonathan Kozol is the National Book Award-winning author of Savage Inequalities, Death at an Early Age, The Shame of the Nation, and Amazing Grace. He has been working with children in inner-city schools for nearly 50 years.  

Book Passage hosts literary luncheons with celebrated authors at our Marin store. These events are catered by the outstanding Insalata's Restaurant of San Anselmo. This special event is co-sponsored with 10,000 Degrees and Dominican University of California Institute for Leadership Studies. A portion of the proceeds will benefit 10,000 Degrees.

Monday, September 10, 2012, 7:00 pm    

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Tickets: Purchase of the book ($17.99 + tax)   

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Mo Willems presents Goldilocks and The Three Dinosaurs ($17.99), the once upon a time story of three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur...and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway. One day they decided to tidy up the house, make beds, and prepare pudding of different temperatures. And then they decided to go...someplace else.

They were definitely not setting a trap for an unsupervised little girl. Definitely not! We promise. Truly.

We should mention this is a ticketed event. Tickets are the price of one copy of Mo's new book = $17.99 + tax. A ticket comes with one copy of Goldilocks and The Three Dinosaurs, and entitles the holder and up to three other family members to attend this very, very, very special event. If you are planning on attending, PLEASE let us know how many tickets you will need in the comments field of your order. Did we mention this was a special event? It won't be if you aren't there :(  <----- that's a frown!

Saturday, September 15, 2012, 4:00 pm   

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Tickets $26.95+tax (includes a signed book)         

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Naomi Wolf talks about Vagina: A New Biography ($27.99). From one of our best-selling and most respected cultural critics comes an astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural history that radically reframes how we understand the vagina-and, consequently, how we understand women.

Naomi Wolf is the author of The Beauty Myth, The End of America, Promiscuities and Fire With Fire, and her essays have appeared in The New Republic, Esquire, Ms., The Washington Post, and The New York Times. She holds a degree from Yale University and New College, Oxford University, and lives in New York City.

Please note: In support of the women of Michigan, internet orders for Naomi Wolf's new book which ship to the State of Michigan will receive a special 10% discount. 

Thursday, September 20, 2012, 7:00 pm    

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Tickets $25.95+tax (includes a signed book)   

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Martin Amis reads from his new novel, Lionel Asbo: State of England ($25.95), the story of a terrifying yet weirdly loyal thug who has always looked out for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Desmond Pepperdine. This is vintage Amis, a savage, funny, and mysteriously poignant novel by a renowned author at the height of his powers.

Martin Amis is the author of twelve previous novels including The Rachel Papers and London Fields, the memoir Experience, two collections of stories and six of nonfiction, most recently The Second Plane. Though British-born, Amis is now one of America's finest writers. Amis now lives in Brooklyn, New York. 

Monday, September 24, 2012, 7:00 pm    

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Priority seating to this Book Passage event with purchase of the author's new book from Book Passage    

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Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon reads from Telegraph Avenue ($27.99), an exhilarating, big-hearted novel that explores the intertwined lives of two Oakland families, one black and one white. Telegraph Avenue is a world grounded in pop culture-Kung Fu, '70s Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music-and a bravura epic of friendship, race, and secret histories.

Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Mysteries of Pittsburgh, A Model World, Wonder Boys, Werewolves In Their Youth, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Final Solution, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Maps & Legends, Gentlemen of the Road, and the middle-grade book Summerland. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.

Susan Feniger 

Thurs., Sept. 20, 2012, 6:30 pm, $110 per person   

Insalata's, 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, CA 94960      

Street Food: Irresistibly crunchy, creamy, crunchy, spicy, sticky, sweet recipes!    

Alice Medrich & Diane Rossen Worthington   

Sun., Sept. 30, 2012, 12:30 pm, $120 per person   

Insalata's, 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, CA 94960      

Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts & Seriously Simple Parties   

Charles Phan    

Sun., Oct. 7, 2012, 6:30 pm, $115 per person   

San Francisco Ferry Building, Grand Hall, San Francisco, CA 94111      

Vietnamese Home Cooking    

Shelley Lindgren & Matthew Accarrino   

Sun., Oct. 28, 2012, 12:30 pm, $115 per person   

A16, 2355 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA 94123      

SPQR: Modern Italian Food and Wine   

Tom Douglas    

Sun., Nov. 4, 2012, 12:30 pm, $110 per person   

Left Bank, 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, CA 94939       

The dahlia bakery cookbook    

Maricel E. Presilla     

Mon., Nov. 5, 2012, 12:30 pm, $110 per person   

Marinitas, 218 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, CA 94960        

Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America     

Kim Severson & Julia Moskin    

Thurs., Nov. 29, 2012, 6:30 pm, $110 per person   

Left Bank, 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, CA 94939      

Cook Fight 

Bruce Aidells     

Sat., Dec. 1, 2012, 12:30 pm, $115 per person   

Prospect, 300 Spear St., San Francisco, CA 94105       

The Great Meat Cookbook  

Hubert Keller      

Thurs., Dec. 6, 2012, 6:30 pm, $125 per person   

Left Bank, 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, CA 94939        

Hubert Keller's Souvenirs   

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