Events

Colfax Avenue: Preschool and elementary educators are invited to join us for our annual Educator’s Night. Beginning at 4:30, guests will enjoy wine and refreshments and a chance to pick up lots of giveaways for the classroom. At 5:00 our Children’s Section staff will offer a book talk on the best new kids’ books for the fall season. Then, at 5:30, local authors and founders of Play-Ground Theatre, Mia Sole and Jeff Haycock will engage teachers with their knowledge from 20 years of experience in creative education. They will share their best theatre techniques, games, and transitions for teachers to use in their classrooms and will discuss and sign their books Theatre Games for Elementary School Children ($24.95), and Theatre Games for Preschool Children ($24.95). This event is free, but reservations are requested. Please call 303-322-1965 ext.1845 to make a reservation.

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Highlands Ranch: There are so many great books being published, it can be difficult to decide what to read with your book club. We have the perfect solution for this admittedly good problem to have: Book Club Happy Hour! Join us as Tattered Cover staff members and publishers’ sales representatives offer their favorite choices for book club reading and discussing. Find out what other book clubs are reading and mingle while enjoying wine and light refreshments. There is no cost to attend, but reservations are required. Please call 303-322-1965 ext.2739 to make a reservation.

Historic LoDo: In 1747, Johann Sebastian Bach visited his son Carl Philip Emmanuel, Court Composer to the Prussian ruler, Frederick the Great. While there, Frederick summoned him to court and challenged him to improvise a fugue on a theme contrived by Frederick himself. Bach’s response became the basis of what we now know as A Musical Offering. Was the “King’s Theme” a playful challenge, or was it perhaps a pernicious attack? Author James R. Gaines addresses this question in his book, Evening in the Palace of Reason ($13.95 HarperPerennial), but understanding the music takes more than is explained in the book. Come hear excerpts from this masterpiece, and participate in an interactive discussion with Scott O’Neil, Music Director of the Rosetta Music Society and Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony, about an unparalleled historical event and the masterpiece that it spawned.
Visit the Rosetta Music Society’s website and visit HaperPrernnial’s website for a Reading Guide to Evening in the Palace of Reason.

Colfax Avenue: Erik Raschke, who was born and raised in Denver, but currently lives in Amsterdam, will read from and sign his debut novel for young readers The Book of Samuel ($9.99 Griffin). Samuel Gerard is just your average teen, but when his dad leaves on a religious quest to ‘save the world,’ Samuel’s life takes a turn—a big turn. As Samuel tries to sort out the world around him, he begins his own journey of self-understanding, taking him squarely into the heart of his Denver neighborhood which is already threatening to burst from changing social values and mass immigration. While The Book of Samuel tells a gripping tale about the tumultuousness of being a teenager at the crossroads of religion and community, family and friends, newfound love and deep-seated hatred, the novel is ultimately a story about the joys and pains of a boy growing up in middle-America.

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Colfax Avenue: In honor of National Bookstore Day, Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman and her co-author Linda Winston will read from and sign the new poetry anthology for children The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination ($19.99 Sourcebooks). This moving anthology of more than 100 poems celebrates the wonders of the natural world and encourages environmental awareness. This rich collection, which includes an exclusive audio CD of many of the poets reading their own work, showcases a wide range of poets, including: Mary Ann Hoberman, Jack Prelutsky, X.J. Kennedy, Ogden Nash, Langston Huges, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Carl Sandburg, Emily Dickenson, May Swenson, and many more.
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Starz FilmCenter: Join the Tattered Cover Book Store, UCD’s College of Arts & Media, Colorado Public Radio, and the Starz FilmCenter for an exploration of the world of classic movies, hosted by Colorado Public Radio film critic Howie Movshovitz at the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli. All programs begin at 7:00 pm at the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli. Admission is free, but tickets are required from the box office. Tickets are available one hour before screening. Validated parking is avilable in the parking lot directly in front of the Tivoli.

This month’s movie is the 1946 Sidney Gilliat classic Green for Danger.

A witty British thriller set in a hospital emergency room during World War II, with Alistair Sim as the investigator, who also narrates the film and from time to time hasn’t a clue about either the case or the German buzz bombs that punctuate the story. Trevor Howard plays the anesthesiologist, and Sally Gray is the woman who may end their engagement. (93 minutes)

For information on the Starz FilmCenter go to starzfilmcenter.com

For a PDF of our Tattered Cover Film Series flyer, please click Tattered Cover Film Series flyer.

Highlands Ranch: At this open discussion presented by Mo Pangle RN, ND, CHPN, CNS of Agape healthcare, guests will learn about the care options available for end of life, and discover tools to assist in these difficult conversations.

Colfax Avenue: Emmy Award-winning television producer and writer Andrea Israel, and award-winning graphic designer and food and wine writer Nancy Garfinkel, will read from and sign their first novel The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food & Friendship ($24.95 Polhemus Press). Lilly and Val are lifelong friends, who, in childhood, vow to form an exclusive two-person club. As they grow into adulthood they write intimate letters in which they share hopes, fears, deepest secrets, and recipes—from Lilly’s “Lovelorn Lasagna” to Valerie’s “Forgiveness Tapenade”—until the fateful day when an act of kindness becomes an unforgivable betrayal. Now, decades later, while trying to recapture the trust they’ve lost, Lilly and Val reunite once more—only to uncover a shocking secret. Will it destroy their friendship, or bring them ever closer?
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Highlands Ranch: Historian and master storyteller Jeff Shaara will read from and sign his new book No Less Than Victory: A Novel of World War II ($28.00 Ballantine), the crowning achievement in his soaring World War II trilogy, which reveals the European war’s unforgettable and harrowing final act. Presenting his riveting account through the eyes of Eisenhower and Patton and the young GIs who struggle face-to-face with their enemy, and through the eyes of Germany’s old soldier, Gerd von Rundstedt, and Hitler’s golden boy, Albert Speer, Shaara carries the reader on a journey that defines the spirit of the soldier and the horror of a madman’s dreams.
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Colfax Avenue: In October of 2001, the U.S. led a coalition invasion of Afghanistan seeking to oust the ruling Taliban and find Al Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden. Join Active Minds for a look at the story of Afghanistan, including the establishment of a new government under the leadership of Hamid Karzai. We will also take a look forward at what the future holds for this war-torn country as U.S. troop presence there continues to increase.

PDF of the Active Minds Lecture Series.

Colfax Avenue: Freelance writer and editor Megan McMorris, and contributors Bevin Wallace, Dimity McDowell, and Jill Rothenberg, will read from and sign the new book P.S. What I Didn’t Say: Unsent Letters to Our Female Friends ($15.95 Seal Press). Female friendships are some of the most powerful and beautiful relationships in our lives, but it is often hard for us to express our true feelings. In P.S., Megan McMorris collects these sentiments as an anthology of unsent letters written by a range of women. For the friend who’s been there for you through everything or the friend you’ve lost touch with, P.S. offers a chance to express the unspoken. With more than 35 letters by such names as novelists Jacquelyn Mitchard and Diana Abu-Jaber, and comedian Sara Benincasa, McMorris invites readers into the private side of women’s thoughts and feelings, allowing us to empathize with the friendships, situations, and emotions within.

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Historic LoDo: Multiple award-winning novelist John Irving will discuss his new book Last Night in Twisted River ($28.00 Random House). From the novel’s taut opening sentence—“The young Canadian, who could not have been more than fifteen, had hesitated too long”—to its elegiac final chapter, Last Night in Twisted River is written with the historical authenticity and emotional authority of The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany. It is also as violent and disturbing a story as John Irving’s breakthrough bestseller, The World According to Garp. Seating for John Irving’s presentation is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The event hall doors will open at 6:30 pm for customers to take their seats. Mr. Irving will not be signing books at this event. A limited number of pre-signed books will be available this evening for event attendees to purchase, one book per person, while supplies last.
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Colfax Avenue: Jessica Brody, the bestselling author of The Fidelity Files, will read from and sign her new novel Love Under Cover ($14.99 St. Martin’s). “Love Under Cover is a thoughtful and compelling follow-up to The Fidelity Files. With her usual smart, deft, and witty prose, Brody delves deep into the psychology of a woman who tests the fidelity of strangers for a living but struggles with commitment in her own life.” —Joanne Rendell, author of Crossing Washington Square

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Historic LoDo: In Karl Alexander’s book Time After Time, H.G. Wells used his time machine to chase after Jack the Ripper who was on a killing spree in 1979 San Francisco. After H.G. met Amy Catherine Robbins, the love of his life, and banished the serial killer to the indefinite future, H.G. and Amy returned to 1893 London, believing they could live happily ever after. But that wasn’t the end of the story. Alexander will join us to read from and sign his sequel to Time After Time, Jaclyn the Ripper ($24.99 Tor), in which Amy returns to the present, accidentally freeing Jack from his prison in the far future while also transforming Jack into a woman. Jaclyn the Ripper sets out on a new killing spree in 2010 Los Angeles, vowing revenge on H.G. and Amy. With the panache, excitement, and thrills that made Time After Time so popular, Karl Alexander has penned another winning tale of Wells: author, inventor, and unlikely hero.

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Highlands Ranch: T.A. Barron is the award-winning author of fantasy novels such as The Lost Years of Merlin epic—soon to be a major motion picture. He serves on a variety of environmental and educational boards including The Nature Conservancy and The Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, and is the founder of a national award for heroic children. Barron will read from and sign his new book Merlin’s Dragon: Doomraga’s Revenge ($19.99 Philomel), in which Basil becomes Merlin’s partner as they battle the mysterious shadows that threaten the new Avalon. In this jaw-dropping sequel to the mega-hit Merlin’s Dragon, Barron sends Merlin, Rhia, and Basil, the greatest dragon ever, on a mission across Avalon to root out this new enemy. But sacrifices will be made, relationships will be tested, and precious lives will be lost.
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Colfax Avenue: Ruth Rendell, “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world” (Time), will read from and sign The Monster in the Box ($26.00 Simon & Schuster), the latest addition to her classic and beguiling Inspector Wexford series. In this enthralling new book, Rendell takes Inspector Wexford back to his days as a young policeman, and to the man he has long suspected of murder—serial murder. In The Monster in the Box, the twenty-second book in the Inspector Wexford series, fans will be thrilled to meet the now-aging inspector in the robust early days of his career. For new readers, no introduction to this spectacular writer and her compelling protagonist could be finer.

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Colfax Avenue: Successful actress, stand-up comedienne, and television writer Elizabeth Beckwith will discuss and sign her hilarious first book Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation ($14.99 HarperCollins). A frequent guest on The Late, Late Show and one of seven comics featured in the Time magazine article, “Funny: The Next Generation,” Beckwith now puts forth a hilarious new parenting philosophy that would shock Dr. Spock and traumatize T. Berry Brazelton. Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation is a riotously irreverent take on contemporary child rearing.
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Historic LoDo: Jennie Shortridge, the author of Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe, will read from and sign her new novel When She Flew ($15.00 Berkley), a story about faith, family, and finding the courage to do the right thing. This book is, “a mesmerizing tale of love, damage, and resurrection, propelled by a girl whose gifts are a marvel of the human spirit.” —Randy Sue Coburn, author of A Better View of Paradise
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Highlands Ranch: Local elementary school teacher and author Scott Dahm will read from and sign his debut novel Holly Hill ($15.95 paperback Scott Dahm; $28.95 hardcover). On the day before his high school graduation, Matt Madsen gets caught in a trap set by his girlfriend’s mother, Carolyn Van Scoy. Accused of a scandalous crime, Matt is forced to leave Holly Hill, Illinois, and never have contact with Paige Van Scoy, the young woman he’s helplessly in love with. Ten years pass and Matt reluctantly returns to Holly Hill. The socially prominent Mrs. Van Scoy is desperate to keep Matt and Paige apart, and she’ll do whatever it takes. Holly Hill takes readers on a roller coaster of twists and turns as Matt unravels the lies and betrayals of the past in hopes of having a future with the woman he loves.

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Historic LoDo: Beth Conover, noted environmentalist and founder of Greenprint Denver, joins us to discuss and sign her new anthology How the West Was Warmed: Responding to Climate Change in the Rockies ($17.95 Fulcrum). With contributions from journalists, scientists, business leaders, and policy makers, this timely book brings our most pressing global crisis home, while offering several hopeful regional solutions.

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Colfax Avenue: Local author Laura Resau teaches cultural anthropology and English as a Second Language, and is the author of two previous books for young readers, What the Moon Saw and Red Glass. Resau will read from and sign her new novel The Indigo Notebook ($16.99 Delacorte ISBN 978-0-385-73652-7), the first in an exciting new mystery series. Award-winning local fantasy author Victoria Hanley will read from and sign her new novel for young readers Violet Wings ($15.99 Egmont USA), the story of an orphaned fairy and a very special spellbook.

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Highlands Ranch: Customers are invited to help us celebrate the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Highlands Ranch Tattered Cover. As a thank you to our loyal customers, anyone making a purchase of $25.00 or more today will receive a coupon for use on their next visit to the store. We’ll be cutting the birthday cake 2:00 pm, and throughout the day customers can drop their name in our enter-to-win box for the chance to some great prizes!

Historic LoDo: Jonathan Kent, PhD, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Department of Anthropology, has conducted field schools and studies in Peru for upwards of 30 years. His presentation will bring us up to date on aspects of the daily lives and death rituals uncovered at the Santa Rita B site in northern Peru.

PDF of the AIA Lecture Series.
Visit AIA Denver Society’s website

Historic LoDo: Since the publication of the New York Times bestseller An Inconvenient Truth and the release of the Academy Award–winning film of the same title, Mr. Gore has led more than 30 "Solutions Summits" with top scientists, engineers, and policy experts to examine every solution to the climate crisis in depth and detail. Our Choice draws on conclusions developed through those summits as well as on extensive independent research, describing how the bold choices necessary to save the earth’s climate should also be the foundations of policies worldwide to create new jobs and stimulate sustainable economic progress. As they did with An Inconvenient Truth, former Vice President Gore and Mrs. Tipper Gore will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of the book to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group dedicated to spreading awareness about the climate crisis and how to solve it. Mr. Gore will sign copies of Our Choice ($25.99 Hyperion). Please note that this is a booksigning only. Vice President Gore will only sign copies of Our Choice. He will not be able to personalize books, nor will he sign other books or memorabilia. 750 free tickets for the event will be available Tuesday, November 3, beginning at 9:00 am, with the purchase of Our Choice at any Tattered Cover location.

Historic LoDo: Mike Lupica, a syndicated sports columnist and the bestselling author of several young adult sports novels, including Travel Team, Heat, Miracle on 49th Street, and Summer Ball, will discuss and sign his new novel Million Dollar Throw ($17.99 Penguin). This event will start with a presentation by Lupica, which will be followed by the Football Throw Challenge—in which the first 200 ticketed kids, ages 8 to 15, can throw a football through a target for a chance to throw for the $1000 prize, courtesy of Penguin Young Readers Group. Following the challenge, Mike Lupica will sign copies of Million Dollar Throw. Free numbered tickets will be handed out beginning at 5:00 pm; one ticket per family. Seating for the presentation prior to the booksigning is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis to ticketed customers only.

Enter for the opportunity to win One Thousand Dollars ($1,000)
No purchase necessary.
Open to residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia, ages 8-15 who
come to participating book stores on the day of the Challenge Events.
First 200 kids to arrive will receive tickets for a chance to enter and win.
Void where prohibited by law.
See details and Official Rules at www.mikelupicabooks.com.

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Colfax Avenue: Nationally acclaimed author Ted Gioia will discuss and sign his new book The Birth (and Death) of the Cool ($25.00 Speck Press). It’s hard to imagine that “the cool” could ever go out of style. After all, cool is style. Isn’t it? And it may be harder to imagine a world where people no longer aspire to coolness. In this intriguing cultural history, Gioia shows why cool is not a timeless concept and how it has begun to lose meaning and fade into history. Tolling the death knell for the cool, this thought-provoking book reveals how and why a new cultural tone is emerging, one marked by sincerity, earnestness, and a quest for authenticity.
Listen to a podcast interview with the author here.

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Highlands Ranch: Award-winning local author Judith Briles is a specialist in workplace, personal finance and professional growth issues. She is the money expert for Denver’s KWGN-TV and has appeared and been featured on CNN, Oprah and in the Wall Street Journal and People magazine. Briles will discuss and sign her book Money Smarts for Turbulent Times: Master Your Personal Finances in 30 Days ($25.00 Mile High), a practical guidebook for building a stronger financial future. Briles will also discuss her recent book Stabotage!: How to Deal with the Pit Bulls, Skunks, Snakes, Scorpions & Slugs in the Health Care Workplace ($29.00 Mile High).

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Colfax Avenue: Award-winning poet and memoirist Mary Karr will read from and sign her new memoir Lit ($25.99 HarperCollins), the long-awaited sequel to her New York Times bestselling memoirs The Liars’ Club and Cherry. In her new book, Karr chronicles her descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection. A recollection of her struggle to come to terms with her Christian faith after years as an agnostic, Lit explores the relationship between spirituality and substance abuse and depression. It is also about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; and learning to write by learning to live.

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Historic LoDo: Amy Whitaker, who writes from a unique perspective, having both an MBA in economics from Yale and an MFA in painting from the Slade School of Fine Art in London, will discuss and sign her debut book Museum Legs: Fatigue and Hope in the Face of Art ($16.00 paperback Hol Art Books and $34.00 hardcover). This collection of essays—which takes its title from a term for art fatigue—begins with a question: Why do so many otherwise curious people get bored and tired in art museums, and why does that matter? As it turns out, the answer has less to do with art as we know it and more to do with innovation, public life, and the age-old question of how to live.
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Colfax Avenue: Jennifer Burns is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia. She has published extensively on the history of conservative thought, and her podcasted lectures on American history have won an appreciative worldwide audience. Burns will discuss and sign her new book Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right ($27.95 Oxford University Press). Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets shaped the conservative movement from its earliest days. Drawing on unprecedented access to Rand’s private papers and the original, unedited versions of Rand’s journals, Burns offers a groundbreaking reassessment of this key cultural figure, examining her life, her ideas, and her impact on conservative political thought.

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Highlands Ranch: Anne Byrn, known to millions of fans through her Cake Mix Doctor and Dinner Doctor cookbooks, will discuss and sign her new book The Cake Mix Doctor Returns! ($15.95 Workman). Byrn’s first cake cookbook showed home bakers how adding a touch of sweet butter or a dusting of cocoa powder, a dollop of vanilla yogurt or flurry of grated lemon zest could transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Her new book offers 160 brand-new recipes for luscious layer cakes, sheet cakes, brownies, bars, cookies, and more.

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Historic LoDo: Bill Simmons, known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports Guy, will sign copies of his new book The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy ($30.00 Random House), the definitive book on the NBA. Nowhere in the roundball universe will readers find another single volume that covers as much, in such depth as this wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining look at the past, present, and future of pro basketball. This event is a booksigning only. Mr. Simmons will not be making formal remarks.

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Colfax Avenue: David Avrin has spent more than two decades at the forefront of modern marketing, public relations, and strategic branding. An in-demand speaker and consultant known internationally as “The Visibility Coach,” his creative, eye-opening promotional strategies have helped thousands of professionals and entrepreneurs refine their messages, build their brands, and promote the unique aspects of their businesses. Avrin will discuss and sign his new book It’s Not Who You Know It’s Who Knows You!: The Small Business Guide to Raising Your Profits by Raising Your Profile ($24.95 Wiley).

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Highlands Ranch: James Doss, the author of thirteen previous bestselling Charlie Moon mysteries, will discuss and sign his new novel Widow’s Revenge ($24.99 St. Martin’s). Even with some of the toughest hombres and nastiest outlaws roaming the Southwest, Doss’s seven-foot-tall rancher and sometime tribal investigator Charlie Moon does a fair job on the side of the good guys. So it’s no surprise that he gets the call when the widow Loyola Montoya starts making a fuss about witches. By the time Charlie arrives, it’s too late to save Loyola, and while he knows he can’t bring her back, that doesn’t mean he can’t help the widow get her revenge!

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Colfax Avenue: Genghis Khan founded and ruled over the Mongolian Empire, the largest contiguous land empire in the history of the world. Often misunderstood, Genghis Khan was far more than the world’s greatest conqueror. Time magazine and The Washington Post magazine and the named him “the most important person of the last millennium.” Join Active Minds as we explore how this illiterate warrior-nomad came to have such a lasting and profound impact on world politics and modern society. [Note: The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is featuring a Genghis Khan exhibit from October 16th, 2009 to January 10th, 2010.]

PDF of the Active Minds Lecture Series.

Highlands Ranch: Kids can wear their favorite jammies and enjoy stories, a fun activity, and healthy snacks provided by local Whole Foods Markets. Parents can pick up coupons and Family Reading Cards, and enjoy specials at the coffee shop.

Highlands Ranch: Whoooo’s coming to storytime? Park Ranger Megan with lots of coooool information about owls in Highlands Ranch. She’ll have a real owl wing to touch and owl pellets to show what these predatory birds eat. It’ll be a hoooooot!

Colfax Avenue: Cornelia Nixon will read from and sign her debut novel Jarrettsville ($15.95 Counterpoint Press), which was chosen as the Tattered Cover’s second V.I.B. (Very Impressive Book). Based on the author’s family history, Jarrettsville begins in 1869, amid chaos and confusion in the moments following Martha Jane Cairnes’s murder of her fiancé in front of fifty witnesses and former union militia members. The novel is a masterful reimagining of a tragic love affair and murder in a rural Maryland town still divided by the Civil War.’

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Historic LoDo: Journalist, author and traveler Richard Starks and writer and editor Miriam Murcutt will present a slideshow and sign their fascinating new book Along the River That Flows Uphill: From the Orinoco to the Amazon ($19.95 Haus). The Casiquiare is unique. There is no other river like it on the planet. Somehow it manages to unite the two river systems of the Orinoco and the Amazon that should, by rights, be entirely separate, and the Casiquiare performs the astonishing feat of flowing up and over the watershed that divides them. Starks and Murcutt traveled along the Casiquiare at the behest of the Royal Geographical Society to gather information about the river and the fierce Yanomami tribe that still maintains its austere and primitive lifestyle in the region.

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Highlands Ranch: William Scott, a former bureau chief for Aviation Week and Space Technology magazines and a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School flight test engineer graduate, served as a space communications security engineer at the National Security Agency. He coauthored Space Wars: The First Six Hours of World War III with Michael Coumatos. Coumatos, a former U.S. Navy test pilot, search-and-rescue helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, ship’s captain, and Commodore of U.S. and coalition naval task groups, served as Director of Wargaming for U.S. Space Command. Scott and Coumatos will discuss and sign their new book Counterspace: The Next Hours of World War III ($25.99 Tor), another chilling fictionalized look at America’s most catastrophic fears.

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Colfax Avenue: Boulder author Mark Shaw, a member of the International Thomas Merton Society, will discuss and sign his new book Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair That Set Him Free ($27.00 Palgrave). Spiritual writer Thomas Merton is the most influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. Despite appearances to the contrary, in 1966 he was a troubled, lonely monk. Only when the suffering Merton fell madly in love with a student nurse would he discover whether his devotion to God was stronger than his dedication to the woman he called “a miracle in my life.” Truly an inspirational story based on Merton’s personal journals, new information and sources such as fellow monks, Beneath the Mask of Holiness presents a unique portrayal of the famous man, one never revealed in its entirety before.
Visit Mark Shaw’s website
Interview with Mark Shaw with the Protestant Examiner.

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Historic LoDo: Cyril Christo, the son of environmental artist Christo, and Marie Wilkinson are award-winning photographers who document the relationship between indigenous peoples and the natural world. Christo and Wilkinson will discuss and sign their new book Walking Thunder: In the Footsteps of the African Elephant ($60.00 Merrell Publishers). The African elephant is one of the most majestic creatures on Earth, yet it faces an uncertain future. Walking Thunder is a superb tribute to the remarkable beauty of these endangered animals. With striking duotone images Christo and Wilkinson capture not only the awesome strength and size of the African elephant, but also its gentleness and human-like emotions. Accompanying the photographs are quotations, myths and stories from the past 400 years, from folklore and from explorers and tribal members, presenting both Western and indigenous perspectives. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Tusk Trust and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
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Colfax Avenue: Born to a family that always cared about food, Lucinda Scala Quinn started cooking professionally as a teenager. She has worked as a chef, cooking teacher, caterer, and food writer. She is Executive Food Director for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and she appears regularly on NBC’s Today and Martha, as well as co-hosting PBS’s Everyday Food. Quinn will provide samples and discuss and sign her new book Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys ($27.95 Workman). With four hungry brothers, three ravenous sons, and a husband who loves to eat, Quinn has spent much of her life feeding the men and boys in her life and teaching them how to feed themselves. In her new book, she shares winning strategies for how to sate the seemingly insatiable, trade food for talk, and get men to manage in the kitchen.

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Historic LoDo: Local author and retired Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Peter Ney will discuss and sign his memoir Getting Here: From a Seat on a Train to a Seat on the Bench ($19.95). Two nights before his seventh birthday, Peter Ney and his family were awakened by the sound of yelling and of breaking glass as their home was vandalized. Kristallnacht was just the beginning of the Nazi violence against the Jews, and it shaped the rest of Peter’s life. Two months later, Peter was one of 10,000 German children granted safe refuge in England via the Kindertransport. His parents joined him in London just before the start of World War II, and as a family they immigrated to the United States. Spanning seventy years, Getting Here tells of Peter’s journey from Germany through his tenure as a judge on the Colorado Court of Appeals. The book not only describes his journey, but rejoices in the fulfilling of the American dream—from a seat on a refugee train to a seat on the appellate bench.

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Highlands Ranch: Local author Claudia Cangilla McAdam will read from and sign her new novel for teens Awakening ($14.95 Sophia Institute). Ronni is a twenty-first century American teenage girl living 5,000 miles away from home, and 2,000 years in the past! How she got here, she doesn’t know. But one day she woke up in Jerusalem the week of the crucifixion of Jesus. She has three days to try to stop his death. The question is: can she do it? Should she?
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Highlands Ranch: The Castle Rock Community Ringers handbell choir will offer two holiday performances, one at 1:00 pm and the next at 2:30 pm.

Colfax Avenue: Pat Miller, a.k.a. The Gabby Gourmet, will broadcast her radio show live from the Tattered Cover and sign the new edition of her indispensable book for Denver’s foodies Gabby Gourmet 2010 Restaurant Guide ($16.95 TDF).

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Starz FilmCenter: Join the Tattered Cover Book Store, UCD’s College of Arts & Media, Colorado Public Radio, and the Starz FilmCenter for an exploration of the world of classic movies, hosted by Colorado Public Radio film critic Howie Movshovitz at the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli. All programs begin at 7:00 pm at the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli. Admission is free, but tickets are required from the box office. Tickets are available one hour before screening. Validated parking is avilable in the parking lot directly in front of the Tivoli.

This month we’ll see three films by Buster Keaton, including Cops (1922), The Balloonatic (1923), and Sherlock Jr. (1924).

Three films by Buster Keaton, one of the great geniuses of the cinema—Cops (1922), The Balloonatic (1923) and Sherlock Jr. (1924)—preceded by our usual Christmas treat, Laurel and Hardy in Big Business (1929). (104 minutes)

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