Archive for October 2009

October 2009

 

 


10/1/09

Karen Armstrong

Glenn Beck 

Eileen FlanaganThe Wisdom to Know the Difference reading and book release party at Big Blue Marble Bookstore.  



10/2/09

Lou Manfredo signs Rizzo’s War. 


10/3/09

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HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY TO CHILDRENS BOOK WORLD in Haverford.  Attend the celebration from 11 to 3 PM.

10/4/09

swarthmore-borough-cover.jpgBook Signing & Open House for the new book Swarthmore Borough, Swarthmore College, McCabe Library Exhibition Space, 2-4 PM


10/5/09

Cesar Millan


10/6/09

Neil Sheehan

 

Rabih Alameddine

 

University of Pennsylvania professors Drs. Ira Harkavy and Frank Johnston discuss The Obesity Culture: Strategies for Change.

 

WORTH THE TRIP: NYC — Remembering the Remarkable Frank McCourt: An Evening of Reminiscence, Music, Poetry, and Laughter5 PM, Symphony Space, 5 PM, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY. Free. Some tickets for the general public will be available on the day of the event. They will be distributed at the Symphony Space Box Office between 3 and 5 pm. The event will also will be streamed on symphonyspace.org.


10/7/09

Douglas Hofstadter, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, and College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science at Indiana University, talks about “The Deep Interconnectedness of Human Souls.” Penn Humanities Forum.



10/8/09

Max Cleland

 

Sports columnist, author and Philadelphia resident, Mike Sielski discusses and signs his new book, Fading Echoes:A true story of rivalry and brotherhood from the football field to the fileds of honor.


PS Reads Series: PS Books Authors Read at Chester County Books & Music.


10/9/09

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10/10/09

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DK Publishing’s LEGO Star Wars: Visual Dictionary launch event.


10/11/09

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10/12/09

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10/13/09

Kay R. Jamison


10/14/09

David Crystal lectures on the past and future of the English language.


10/15/09

Steve Poses


10/16/09

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10/17/09

 

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Philadelphia Stories’ PUSH TO PUBLISH 2009 Workshop: Strategies and Techniques to Get Your Work in Print and Online, with Keynote Speaker Lise Funderburg.

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Solomon Jones at Borders Express-Willow Grove Mall, 2500 Moreland Rd., 1 PM – 3 PM. More info:

 215.659.5399.

 

 

 

 


10/18/09

Philadelphia Inquirer architectural critic Inga Saffron discusses the changing Philadelphia skyline.


10/19/09

Eoin Colfer

Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson

 

Susanna Morikawa and Patricia O’Donnell sign their new book about Swarthmore Borough at Swarthmore Borough Hall and Library Building, 121 Park Avenue, Swarthmore, 7 PM.

10/20/09

Haleh Esfandiari

 

 

10/21/09

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10/22/09

Richard Dawkins

10/23/09

Jeannette Walls

10/24/09

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10/25/09

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10/26/09

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10/27/09

Melvin Van Peeples


10/28/09

Sherman Alexie


10/29/09

Gordon Wood

 

Marilyn Nelson


10/30/09

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10/31/09

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