November Events

1. 11/2/09, Courtney Taylor and Donovan Leitch, "One Model Nation," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
2. 11/2/09, Jack Bishop, "Cook's Country Best Lost Suppers," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
3. 11/2/09, Ellen Gordon Reeves, "Can I Wear My Nosering to the Interview? Finding, Landing and Keeping Your First Real Job," 7:30 p.m. @ Village Books
4. 11/2/09, David Carter, 2 p.m. @ Once Upon A Time
5. 11/3/09, James McManus, "Cowboys Full:  The Story of Poker," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
6. 11/3/09, Marla Frazee, "All the World," 10:30 a.m. @ Children's Book World
7. 11/4/09, Valerie Bertinelli, "Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life without Opening the Fridge," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
8. 11/4/09, Naseem Rakha, "The Crying Tree," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
9. 11/5/09, Gail Buckland & Henry Diltz, "Who Shot Rock & Roll," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
10. 11/5/09, Ethan Gilsdorf, "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
11. 11/5/09, Jan Loomis, "Images of America: Pacific Palisades," 7:30 p.m. @ Village Books
12. 11/6/09, Christos Papadimitiriou, "Logicomix:  An Epic Search for Truth," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
13. 11/6/09, James Ragan, "Too Long a Solitude: Poems," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
14. 11/7/09, Coffee Cruise with Porto's Pastries, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. @ Autobooks-Aerobooks
15. 11/7/09, Mustang Owners Club Show, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. @ Autobooks-Aerobooks
16. 11/7/09, Rachel Caine, "Fade Out," 4 p.m. @ The Mystery Bookstore
17. 11/7/09, Nanci Christopher, "...An Baby Makes Two: an adoption tale," 2 p.m. @ Samuel French Bookshop
18. 11/7/09, National Bookstore Day Event, 2 p.m. @ Skylight Books
19. 11/7/09, Susie Norris, "Chocolate Bliss," 5 p.m. @ Skylight Books
20. 11/7/09, Ivy & Bean Party @ Vroman's Hastings Ranch, 11 a.m. @ Vroman’s
21. 11/7/09, Jesse Katz, "The Opposite Field," 4 p.m. @ Vroman’s
22. 11/7/09, An Evening with Bukowski's Friends, "The Continual Condition," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
23. 11/7/09, Ellen Switkes @ Children's Book World
24. 11/7/09, Judith Pacht, "User's Guide," 7:30 p.m. @ Village Books
25. 11/8/09, William Archila, "The Art of Exile," 5 p.m. @ Skylight Books
26. 11/8/09, Terry Wolverton, "Shadow and Praise," 5 p.m. @ Skylight Books
27. 11/8/09, Lynne Thompson, "Beg No Pardon," 5 p.m. @ Skylight Books
28. 11/8/09, Jonathan Safran Foer, "Eating Animals," 6:30 p.m. @ Vroman’s
29. 11/9/09, David Levithan, "Love is the Higher Law," 6 p.m. @ Vroman’s
30. 11/9/09, The Women's Book Club discusses, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," 7 p.m. @ Portrait of a Bookstore
31. 11/9/09, Monthly Westside Poetry Reading, 7:30 p.m. @ Village Books
32. 11/10/09, Major Brian Dennis and Nubs, @ City Hall Council Chambers, 7 p.m. in association with A Whale of a Tale
33. 11/10/09, Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, Susan Hayden, Nzingha Clarke, Kenji Jasper, Jason Luckett, "The Black Body," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
34. 11/10/09, David Plouffe, "The Audacity to Win," 7 p.m. @ All Saints Church in association w/Vroman’s
35. 11/10/09, Sid Fleischman, "The Dream Stealer," 10:30 a.m. @ Children's Book World
36. 11/11/09, Kenneth Turan, "Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public and the Greatest Theatre Story Ever Told," 7 p.m. @ Samuel French
37. 11/11/09, Robert Hilburn, "Corn Flakes with John Lennon," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
38. 11/12/09, Frances Beinecke, "Clean Energy Common Sense," 12 p.m. @ Vroman’s
39. 11/12/09, Randy Jurado Ertll, "Hope in Times of Darkness: A Salvadoran American Experience," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
40. 11/12/09, Mike Slack, "Pyramids," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
41. 11/13/09, Kids Event, Skaie Knox, 6:30 p.m. @ Village Books
42. 11/14/09, Coffee Cruise with Porto's Pastries, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. @ Autobooks-Aerobooks
43. 11/14/09Basem Wasef, "Legendary Race Cars," @ Autobooks-Aerobooks
44. 11/14/09, Thomas B. Sawyer, "No Place to Run," 2 p.m. @ The Mystery Bookstore
45. 11/14/09, Tod Goldberg, "Other Resort Cities," 4 p.m. @ The Mystery Bookstore
46. 11/14/09, Patricia Weitz, "College," 5 p.m. @ Skylight Books
47. 11/14/09, Marla Frazee, 2 p.m. @ Once Upon A Time
48. 11/14/09, Eric Bettner, "One TOo Many Blows to the Head, 5:30 p.m. @ The Mystery Bookstore
49. 11/15/09, Sarah Culbertson & Tracy Trivas, "A Princess Found," 3 p.m. @ Vroman’s
50. 11/16/09, Leon Bing, "Swans & Pistols," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
51. 11/16/09, Susan Dopart, "A Recipe for Life by the Doctor's Dietician," 7:30 p.m. @ Village Books
52. 11/17/09,Rachel Ashwell, "Shabby Chic," 7 p.m. @ Chaucer's Books
53. 11/17/09, Martin Limon, "GI Bones," 7 p.m. @ The Mystery Bookstore
54. 11/17/09, Brandon Sanderson, "The Gathering Storm (Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series)," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
55. 11/17/09, Rachel Ashwell, "Shabby Chic," 7 p.m. @ Chaucer’s Books
56. 11/17/09, Robert Greene, "The 50th Law," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
57. 11/18/09, Mike Lupica, "Million Dollar Throw," 6 p.m. @ the Mission Viejo Library, A Whale of a Tale
58. 11/18/09, Adrian Colesberry, "How to Make Love to Adrian Colesberry," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
59. 11/18/09, James Owen, "The Shadow Dragons (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica)," 6 p.m. @ Vroman’s
60. 11/19/09, Greg Bear, "Mariposa," 7 p.m. @ The Mystery Bookstore
61. 11/19/09, Amy Goodman, "Breaking the Sound Barrier," 12 p.m. @ Skylight Books
62. 11/19/09, Bill Boyarsky, "Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
63. 11/19/09, Andre Agassi, "Open:  An Autobiography," 12 p.m. @ Vroman’s
64. 11/19/09, Hope Edelman, "The Possibility of Everything," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
65. 11/19/09, Ken Turan, "Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told," 7:30 p.m. @ Village Books
66. 11/20/09, The Promising Series, curated and hosted by Noel Alumit and featuring D. Travers 7:30 p.m. Scott, Myriam Gurba, Ian Mackinnon, Michelle Sewell, @ Skylight Books
67. 11/20/09, Become an Expert:  Colom Keating, Wine for Absolute Beginners, 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
68. 11/21/09, Coffee Cruise with Porto's Pastries, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. @ Autobooks-Aerobooks
69. 11/21/09, Holiday Arrangements with Kit, $45 (+tax), 1 p.m. @ Vroman's Fine Writing, Gifts & Stationery
70. 11/21/09, Ilene Cohen @ Children's Book World
71. 11/21/09, Heidi Duckler and Merridawn Duckler, "Site Dance," 7:30 p.m. @ Skylight Books
72. 11/21/09, Marla Frazee, "All the World," 10:30 a.m. @ Vroman’s
73. 11/22/09, Michelle Huneven, "Blame" 4 p.m. @ Skylight Books
74. 11/22/09, Fashion Show for Kids' Clothing! 4 p.m. @ Vroman’s
75. 11/23/09, Stephanie Covington Armstrong, "Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
76. 11/24/09, Carolina De Robertis, "The Invisible Mountain," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s
77. 11/28/09, Coffee Cruise with Porto's Pastries, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. @ Autobooks-Aerobooks
78. 11/28/09, Storytime with the Grinch, 10 a.m. @ Vroman’s
79. 11/28/09, Bill Sharman & Andrew Bernstein, "The Los Angeles Lakers," 2 p.m. @ Vroman’s
80. 11/30/09, Miriam Pawel, "Union of Their Dreams:  Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez’s Farm Worker Movement," 7 p.m. @ Vroman’s