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	DJ Rising - Love Maia, Author (Youth Event) Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 9, 2012 Meet Marley, an unassuming high school junior who breathes in music like oxygen. In between caring for his heroin-addicted mother, and keeping his scholarship at a fancy prep school, he dreams of becoming a professional DJ. When chance lands Marley his first real DJ job, his career as "DJ Ice" suddenly skyrockets, but when heart-rending disaster at home brings Marley crashing back down to earth, he is torn between obligation and following his dreams. Love DJ Rising - Love Maia, Author (Youth Event) Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 9, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Connectome... How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are - Sebastian Seung, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 14, 2012 Sebastian Seung, a dynamic young professor at MIT, is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience. He believes that our identity lies not in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells--our own particular wiring. Seung and a dedicated group of researchers are leading the effort to map these connections, neuron by neuron, synapse by synapse. It is a monumental effort--the scientific equivalent of climbing Mount Everest--but if they succeed, they will uncover Connectome... How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are - Sebastian Seung, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 14, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Story Time with Jennifer Fosberry, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 19, 2012 Jennifer Fosberry takes us on a new imaginative journey featuring everyone's favorite purple-haired, little girl. Previously, Isabella discovered her favorite heroes in My Name Is Not Isabella. Now she travels around the world experiencing its greatest wonders without ever leaving her own backyard. Story Time with Jennifer Fosberry, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 19, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Story Time with Alexandra Day, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 26, 2012 Alexandra Day is a legendary storyteller who has a knack for surprising juxtapositions. She is the creator of the rottweiler named Carl who gently tends to an infant in a series of books that began in 1985. Now comes The Fairy Dogfather. Hector has trouble differentiating the letters D and G. Thus when he writes a request for a fairy godfather, the Fairy Dogfather arrives instead, wearing a fedora and smoking a cigar. He isn't what Hector had in mind at all. He uses big Story Time with Alexandra Day, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 26, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Story Time with Emily Wagner, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books March 4, 2012 Asleep Under the Moon is a charming bedtime story about Gavin and Buddy's adventures at the beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Come hear Emily Wagner introduce children to the beauties of nighttime and sleeping under the stars. Story Time with Emily Wagner, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books March 4, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)

Past Events

	How to Speak Up Without Freaking Out - Workshop with Author Matthew Abrahams Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 8, 2012 Concerned about an upcoming interview? Anxious about being asked to provide your thoughts during a meeting? Fearful of being required to give a presentation? Many people are uneasy about speaking in public. In fact, The Book of Lists identifies speaking in front of others as Americans' number one fear. Come hear Matt Abrahams, author of Speaking Up Without Freaking Out: 35 Techniques for Confident, Calm, and Competent Presenting, deliver a workshop designed to How to Speak Up Without Freaking Out - Workshop with Author Matthew Abrahams Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 8, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 7, 2012 An epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, The Orphan Master's Son follows a young man's journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea. Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother--a singer "stolen" to Pyongyang--and an influential father who runs Long Tomorrows, a work camp for orphans. There the boy is given his first taste of power, picking which orphans eat first and The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books February 7, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Why We Broke Up - Daniel Handler, Author and Maira Kalman, Illustrator (Teen Event) Presented by Kepler's Bookstore and City of Menlo Park at Menlo Park City Council Chambers February 2, 2012 Author Daniel Handler--or Lemony Snicket, as he is otherwise known--and illustrator Maira Kalman will share their new book Why We Broke Up. Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a box of matches, a protractor, books, a toy truck, a pair of ugly earrings, a comb from a motel room, and every other item collected over the course of a Why We Broke Up - Daniel Handler, Author and Maira Kalman, Illustrator (Teen Event) Presented by Kepler's Bookstore and City of Menlo Park at Menlo Park City Council Chambers February 2, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	The Fault in Our Stars - John Green, Author (Special Teen Event) - SOLD OUT Presented by Kepler's Bookstore and Fox Theatre at Fox Theatre January 27, 2012 Attention all nerdfighters: John Green is coming to the Fox Theatre to celebrate his new book with his brother, Hank. Be prepared for a night of music, readings, comedy, free posters, fancy programs, and vlogbrother mayhem! This will be unlike any other reading or booksigning. Come and be entertained. John Green's latest book is The Fault in Our Stars. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, The Fault in Our Stars - John Green, Author (Special Teen Event) - SOLD OUT Presented by Kepler's Bookstore and Fox Theatre at Fox Theatre January 27, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	This Date in San Francisco - John C. Ralston, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books January 26, 2012 This Date in San Francisco: 366 Days in the History of Our Fascinating Beloved City has twelve chapters, one for each month, and 366 entries, one for each calendar date of the year, plus nine more entries under "Some Other Dates." Many entries are memorable and highly significant--April 18, 1906, for example, the great Earthquake and Fire. Some are less significant, but all are diverting and/or amusing. A reader might flip through This Date daily just to see what This Date in San Francisco - John C. Ralston, Author Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books January 26, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)

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• Event Name: John Ross - El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico
  "A Monster of a Book"
  Review posted by: Annie Esposito from Ukiah, CA USA, Oct 05, 2010
  

  El Monstruo is a history of Mexico City by people's scholar John Ross. It outlines the volcanic history of Mexico City - both geologically and politically. Ross has a gift for explaining the... Expand

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  El Monstruo is a history of Mexico City by people's scholar John Ross. It outlines the volcanic history of Mexico City - both geologically and politically. Ross has a gift for explaining the complicated interplay of different forces, the political convolutions, and the background to follow it all. El Monstruo is peppered with colorful Mexican expressions that take you there. Collapse

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• Event Name: Penny Noyce - Lost in Lexicon, An Adventure in Words and Numbers (Youth Event)
  "Great Book for Gifted Readers"
  Comment posted by: Meredith from Natick, MA, Sep 27, 2010
  

  Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers was a page-turner from the beginning. It's a great book for middle grade advanced and gifted readers that will keep them interested all the way... Expand

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  Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers was a page-turner from the beginning. It's a great book for middle grade advanced and gifted readers that will keep them interested all the way through. People on GoodReads have compared it to The Phantom Tollbooth and remarked "Intertwines wonderful algebra and sentence structure in a land of wonder and confusion". Collapse

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