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Meet Jon Meacham discussing and signing Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Broward College. March 28, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and contributing editor at TIME, Jon Meacham is one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals. Known as a skilled raconteur and an accomplished historian with a depth of knowledge about politics, religion, and current affairs, he understands and analyzes how issues and events impact modern life.

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Meet Rachel Cohn discussing and signing Beta

Books & Books, Coral Gables. February 1, 2013. 7:00 p.m. Elysia is created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen-year-old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from. She is a Beta, an experimental model of a teenage clone. She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to exist.

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Meet James Grippando discussing and signing Blood Money

Books & Books, Coral Gables. January 11, 2013. 8:00 p.m. New York Times bestselling author James Grippando is known for skillfully infusing his blockbuster Swyteck novels with newsworthy elements, and the idea for his latest thriller Blood Money was sparked by the attempted murder of an Oklahoma woman mistaken for Casey Anthony at the height of her notoriety, another shocking example of … +

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Meet Gayle Forman discussing and signing Just One Day

Books & Books, Coral Gables. January 14, 2013. 7:00 p.m. When sheltered American good girl Allyson “LuLu” Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England, there’s an undeniable spark. After just one day together, that spark bursts into a flame, or so it seems to Allyson, until the following morning, when she … +

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Meet Tason Gaines discussing his Math Study Guide

AARLCC. December 29, 2012. 2:00 p.m. Author and educator Tason Gaines, MBA, JD, will share his passion for helping “at risk” students to learn the skills they need to pass FCAT exams. His book, MATH Study Guide is aimed at helping students and teachers from the 4th to the 10th grades to perform better on the standardized testing that is considered so … +

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Meet Pamela Fiori discussing and signing her new book In the Spirit of Palm Beach

Books & Books Bal Harbour Shops. December 13, 2012. 6:30 p.m. Established as a luxury vacation destination in southern Florida for the rich and famous in the early 1900s, Palm Beach is synonymous with old-world glamour and new-world sophistication. This breathtakingly beautiful resort community – though elite and exclusive – can be truly hospitable to tourists, especially in hotels, restaurants, and shops.

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Meet Norman Van Aken and his son Justin Van Aken discussing and signing My Key West Kitchen

Books & Books, Coral Gables. November 27, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Long before Jimmy Buffett wrote “Margaritaville” about Key West, James Beard award-winning chef Norman Van Aken had already pledged allegiance to the magical little scrap of land at the end of the rainbow. Norman says “I just felt lucky when I walked the old small streets and alleys, protected by some ancient … +

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Meet Bunny Yeager in conversation with Petra Mason

Discussing and signing Bunny Yeager’s Darkroom: Pin-Up Photography’s Golden EraBooks & Books, Coral Gables. October 24, 2012. 7:00 p.m.Books & Books, Bal Harbour Shops. October 25, 2012. 6:30 p.m. Once the exclusive realm of the male, pin-up photography was invaded mid-century by a shapely young miss who could, and would, model for her photographs. The only female pin-up photographer of her day, … +

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Meet Michael Chabon reading and signing Telegraph Avenue

Books & Books, Coral Gables. October 15, 2012. 8:00 p.m. New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon has transported readers to wonderful places: to New York City during the Golden Age of comic books (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay); to an imaginary Jewish homeland in Sitka, Alaska (The Yiddish Policemen’s Union); to discover The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.

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Meet Junot Díaz reading, discussing and signing This Is How You Lose Her

Coral Gables Congregational Church. September 22, 2012. 7:30 p.m. Junot Díaz’s first book, Drown, established him as a major new writer with “the dispassionate eye of a journalist and the tongue of a poet” (Newsweek). His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, was a literary sensation, topping best-of-the-year lists and winning a host of major awards, including the Pulitzer … +

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Meet Martin Amis reading and signing Lionel Asbo: State of England

Books & Books, Coral Gables . August 26, 2012. 6:00 p.m. Lionel Asbo, a terrifying yet weirdly loyal thug (self-named after England’s notorious Anti-Social Behaviour Order), has always looked out for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Desmond Pepperdine. He provides him with fatherly career advice (always carry a knife, for example) and is determined they should share the joys of pit … +

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Meet Benjamin Busch discussing and signing Dust to Dust

Books & Books, Coral Gables. July 17, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Tim O’Brien meets Annie Dillard in this remarkable memoir by debut author Benjamin Busch. Much more than a war memoir, Dust to Dust brilliantly explores the passage through a lifetime – a moving meditation on life and death, the adventures of childhood and revelations of adulthood.