All Entries in the "Books" Category
100 Winning Tips for Stress-Free College Admissions
Just Books at Arcadia Cafe 20 Arcadia Road Old Greenwich Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:00pm Free and open to the public MIMI DOE & DR. MICHELE HERNANDEZ DON’T WORRY YOU’LL GET IN: 100 WINNING TIPS FOR STRESS-FREE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS Just Books welcomes Mimi Doe and Dr. Michele Herandez, who together have more than 10 books [...]
Surviving the Toxic Workplace by Linnda Durre
Greenwich Water Club 49 River Road, Cos Cob Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:45am The Greenwich Chamber of Commerce Lunch & Learn Event With Author Linnda Durre “Surviving the Toxic Workplace” Open to the public- Cost $30 includes buffet lunch RSVP: Mary Ann Morrison, Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, 203.869.3500 Book Purchase: $15 special price with advance [...]
Orange Is The New Black
Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium 101 W. Putnam Avenue Thursday, May 13, 2010 7:00pm PIPER KERMAN ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK: MY YEAR IN A WOMEN’S PRISON Free and Open to the Public Author Talk & Book Signing Greenwich Library and Just Books welcome author and Smith College graduate Piper Kerman as she talks about her [...]
Norris Church Mailer at Greenwich Library
Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium 101 W. Putnam Avenue May 4,200 7:00 PM-8:30 PM Norris Church Mailer talks about her memoir ‘A Ticket to the Circus”. A great American love story, this warm, funny, revealing memoir introduces the world to Norman Mailer’s greatest inspiration, his wife of more than thirty years. Norris Church Mailer has led [...]
Dr. Verghese talks at Greenwich Country Day School
Greenwich Country Day School Locke Center Wednesday, May 5th 7:00pm-8:30pm “Cutting for Stone” Abraham Verghese’s first novel has gained considerable momentum in the year since its publication and is now on several prestigious “Best of 2009″. The story is a riveting saga of twin brothers, Marion and Shiva Stone, born of a tragic union between [...]
Horse Diaries
Just Books at Cos Cob Library Saturday, May 1, 2010 2:00pm Free and open to the public Jane Kendall “Horse Diaries #4: Maestoso Petra” Maestoso Petra is a world-famous Lipizzaner stallion. He has spent years in the Spanish Riding School, training to perform the complex airs above the ground that only Lipizzaner can accomplish. But [...]
A Place in History
Temple Sholom 300 E. Putnam Avenue Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 7:00 pm No Charge Barbara Mann will discuss her book “A Place in History” and explore Tel Aviv as it relates to modernism and the creation of Jewish urban space. From Amazon.com: A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel’s population [...]
Birds in Wood and Paint at Audubon Greenwich
Audubon Greenwich 613 Riversville Road Wednesday, May 5, 2010 6:30-8:00 pm Birds in Wood and Paint: A special evening with Joseph H. Ellis Audubon Greenwich will host Joseph H. Ellis for a presentation about his new book, Birds in Wood and Paint: American Miniature Bird Carvings and Their Carvers, 1900-1970, published by the University Press [...]
NY Times bestselling author comes to Greenwich
Author Talk & Book Signing Monday, April 19, 7pm ANNA QUINDLEN EVERY LAST ONE: A NOVEL Greenwich Library 101 W. Putnam Avenue Free and Open to the Public The Greenwich Library and Just Books welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen to the Greenwich Library as she introduces her new [...]
Jack’s Amazing Magic Bed
Jack’s Amazing Magic Bed written by local writer Helen Snyder Bennett and illustrated by local artist Michael J. Hone is a must-read for children ages 3-8. What kid hasn’t fantasized about driving? Jack drives his magic bed into New York City, sees the sights and ends up with a high flying adventure. The book is [...]
Jackie O “The French Connection”
The Alliance Francaise of Greenwich Author Talk & Book Signing Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:00pm JACKIE O “THE FRENCH CONNECTION” – A Lecture by filmaker Karen Kelleher & JACKIE BEHIND THE MYTH, ON THE MAKING OF UNSEEN VERSAILLES - by Deborah Turbeville Greenwich Arts Council – The Meeting Room 299 Greenwich Avenue RSVP: 203-629-1340 Free for [...]
