BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Adventures By The Book - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Adventures By The Book X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Adventures By The Book REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240207T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20231213T011641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231214T003125Z UID:10000471-1707310800-1707314400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 2): a FREE in-person series featuring award-winning historian and NYT bestselling author Elizabeth Cobbs DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2024 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet seven bestselling and fan-favorite authors: Beth Ann Mathews\, Elizabeth Cobbs\, Elizabeth L. Silver\, Carl Vonderau\, Jesse Leon\, Madhushree Ghosh and Mona Gable. \nPart 2 – Just in time for to commemorate President’s Day\, join award-winning historian and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Cobbs to discuss her book on feminist patriots\, Fearless Women. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 2 featuring Elizabeth Cobbs: Wednesday\, February 7\, 1:00 pm Pacific (note the date and time change for this event only) \nPART 3 featuring Carl Vonderau: Monday\, May 13\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 4 featuring Elizabeth L. Silver: Monday\, June 10\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 5 featuring Jesse Leon: Monday\, September 9\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 6 featuring Madhushree Ghosh: Monday\, October 28\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 7 featuring Mona Gable: Monday\, November 4\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n\n\nPart 2: Elizabeth Cobbs\n\n \nElizabeth Cobbs is an award-winning historian who brings fresh\, unexpected perspectives to our understanding of the past and present. Building upon worldwide archival research and her own extraordinary life experiences\, Elizabeth writes best selling  fiction and non-fiction that is both scholarly and witty. Her path-breaking books\, articles\, and documentary films reveal a world that is as intriguing and surprising as it is real. Elizabeth earned her Ph.D. in American history at Stanford University. She now holds the Melbern Glasscock Chair at Texas A&M University. Her books have won four literary prizes\, two for American history and two for fiction\, and she has won four prizes for documentary filmmaking. \nWhen America became a nation\, a woman had no legal existence beyond her husband. If he abused her\, she couldn’t leave without abandoning her children. Abigail Adams tried to change this\, reminding her husband John to “remember the ladies” when he wrote the Constitution. He simply laughed―and women have been fighting for their rights ever since. Fearless Women tells the story of women who dared to take destiny into their own hands. They were feminists and antifeminists\, activists and homemakers\, victims of abuse and pathbreaking professionals. Inspired by the nation’s ideals and fueled by an unshakeable sense of right and wrong\, they wouldn’t take no for an answer. In time\, they carried the country with them. \n\n\n\nPart 3: Carl Vonderau\n\n \n\nCarl Vonderau is an award-winning author of crime fiction. As a child growing up in Cleveland\, he loved to write. His ghost stories scared the bejesus out of other kids. But it took a long time to become a full-time author. He left Cleveland to study at Stanford\, then spent more than thirty years as a banker in the U.S.\, Latin America\, and North Africa. Those international settings were sources of inspiration for his books. He is the president of Partners in Crime\, The San Diego chapter of the Sisters in Crime organization of authors and fans of crime writing. Additionally\, he’s a partner at San Diego Social Venture Partners\, an organization that mentors other nonprofits.His first novel\, Murderabilia\, was published in 2019 and won a Left Coast Crime award for Best Debut\, and a San Diego Book award for Best Mystery. \nHis second novel\, Saving Myles\, follows an unassuming banker from La Jolla\, CA as he takes matters into his own hands in order to save his kidnapped son and bring him home. \nPart 4: Elizabeth Silver\n\n\nElizabeth L. Silver is the author of The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty\, and Amazon Best Book of the Year The Execution of Noa P. Singleton. Her work has been called “masterful” by The Wall Street Journal\, has been published in 7 languages\, and optioned for film. The Tincture of Time was featured on PBS and NPR\, and was an O Magazine/Oprah’s “Ten Books to Pick up Now.” \nHer new novel\, The Majority\, is a riveting novel of love and friendship\, motherhood and ambition\, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. Covering the span of fifty years\, Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein’s personal account reveals the intimate truth about a woman who is not just a brilliant mind but a daughter\, a best friend\, a wife\, and a mother. Caught in a tug-of-war between career and family\, truth and convenience\, progress and patience\, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n  \n\nPart 5: Jesse Leon\n \nJesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations\, impact investors\, non-profits\, and real estate developers on ways to address issues of substance abuse\, affordable housing\, and educational opportunities for at-risk youth. Since receiving a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School\, Jesse has managed multi-million dollar philanthropic grantmaking for various foundations and banking institutions\, managed over $1B in public sector investments for affordable housing\, and built thousands of units of mixed-income housing as a real estate developer for Bank of America. \nJesse’s unforgettable memoir\, I’m Not Broken\, is an inspirational portrait of one young man’s indomitable strength and spirit to survive—against all possible odds. “A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives\, bodhisattvas all.” \nPart 6: Madhushree Ghosh\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. Her work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nHer debut food narrative memoir\,\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \nPart 7: Mona Gable\n \nMona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Outside\, AFAR\, the Los Angeles Times\, and many others. Her article in Los Angeles magazine\, “The Hugo Problem\,” was named a Longreads Best of 2015. Since 1990\, she has written about social issues\, culture\, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. Gable grew up in San Diego\, California\, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her memoir\, “Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family\,” was published in 2014 by Shebooks. \nHer new novel\, Searching for Savanna\, arose out of a story she wrote for the late Pacific Standard magazine. It is a gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant\, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. \nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/point-loma-library-monday-night-author-adventures-part-2-a-free-in-person-series-featuring-award-winning-historian-and-nyt-bestselling-author-elizabeth-cobbs/ LOCATION:Point Loma Library 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego\, CA 92107 CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pt-loma-library-series-2024-update.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240124T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240124T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20231203T165112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231203T165112Z UID:10000464-1706119200-1706130000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Interviewology: a virtual Strategies for Success Adventure with CEO\, Author\, and Career Influencer Anna Papalia DESCRIPTION:About the Virtual Adventure\n\nFor over 13 years\, Adventures by the Book has been offering our signature one-of-a-kind\, multi-sensorial events and travels with authors. That’s because when it comes to connecting people and communities with books\, we mean business! \nAnd now\, we are taking that mission quite literally and are thrilled to welcome you to join the next in our new Adventures by the Book Means Business series\, offering you the opportunity to meet some of the greatest minds in the business world. \n \nAnd speaking of the greatest minds in business\, we invite you to meet Anna Papalia\, career influencer and CEO of Interviewology\, on the Strategies for Success (SFS) Network\, presented by MasterClass\, on Fireside. Anna will be joined in conversation on the virtual Fireside platform with SFS founders and hosts Falon Fatemi and Greg McBeth\, as this brilliant trio discuss Anna’s new book\, Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing\, a groundbreaking guide to mastering the job interviews. \nRegistration\nRegister for free\, or if you want the VIP treatment which allows you the exclusive opportunity to chat or ask questions live with Anna\, Greg\, and Falon during the program (as well as with future high profile speakers and authors)\, including coaching and giveaways and much more\, check out their exciting SFS Network membership plan. \nWhile this Adventure is free\, you can purchase a hardcover copy of Interviewology below\, to be shipped to you within the U.S. \n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nAnna Papalia is the CEO of Interviewology\, a keynote speaker\, and a career influencer with over 1.5 million followers across social media platforms.  She has worked with large companies\, such as Cigna and Lincoln Financial\, and taught at Temple University’s Fox School of Business for 12 years\, where she collected research and discovered the four interview styles. \nAs a former Director of Talent Acquisition turned career coach\, she has vast experience on both sides of the interview table and knows what it takes to interview better. She has advised more than 10\,000 clients\, helping students\, entrepreneurs\, senior executives\, and job seekers in all industries\, and taught hundreds of corporate training sessions dedicated to training hiring managers how to interview. Nominated for HR Person of the Year in 2020\, she is also a public speaker at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and DisruptHR\, and is a highly sought-after thought leader on all things interviewing. \nIn her new book\, Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing\, Anna offers proven advice and techniques to discover your unique interview style that is key to interviewing better—for those on either side of the table. Packed with wisdom\, this book gives clarity and a dynamic\, scientifically validated approach that challenges everything you thought you knew about interviewing\, providing unique insight into the process\, debunking some of the most common myths\, and explaining how you can perform better\, whether you’re applying for the job or looking for the right candidate. \nGoing beyond generic advice that isn’t useful in the real world—such as memorizing rote answers or strict guidelines—Interviewology is a revolutionary approach that focuses on self-awareness—and how to develop it—to help everyone master their own unique interview style. It’s about the power of knowing yourself and how that insight can lead to a more successful career and life. \n  \n\n\nAbout the Moderators and SFS Network\n\n\n \nWith the SFS Network\, serial entrepreneurs and husband and wife team Greg McBeth and Falon Fatemi are bringing together leaders with expertise across life\, love\, and business\, in order to discuss and learn what it takes to find success in all three areas. \nConversations are interactive and explore personal successes and failures\, including from Greg and Falon’s own lives\, and deep dive into the skills and habits required to achieve consistent success. Join this first-of-its-kind community to connect and win together. \nGreg and Falon are both serial entrepreneurs and CEO’s (of Melier and Fireside\, respectively)\, who have held leadership roles at companies ranging from early startups to Fortune 100’s. Collectively\, they have raised more than $100 million in venture funding across AI\, B2B\, Consumer Software\, Media\, and Food and Hospitality\, and helped grow billion dollar private and public companies. \nThey’ve also hired and led teams of world-class operators\, generated hundreds of million in revenue for businesses\, sold companies\, and even had a hand at making a few marriages. \nGreg and Falon have been married for over eight years. Today\, their marriage is stronger than ever and they are expecting their first child. They currently split their time between Napa Valley and Miami. \n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/anna-papalia-1-24-24/ CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Anna-Papalia-1.24.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T133000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20231203T160453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231203T160808Z UID:10000463-1705834800-1705843800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring New York Times and international bestselling author Heather Morris DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Join us for our next event in the Reading Between the Vines series\, which will take place once again at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California\, as part of their exciting new Book & Ladder Club! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a bubbles tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample a delectable glass of Hook & Ladder Winery bubbles and light pastries\, meet New York Times and international bestselling author Heather Morris and learn about her latest novel\, Sisters Under the Rising Sun. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with Heather’s book\, a signed hardcover copy of Sisters Under the Rising Sun\, fresh pastries\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nHeather Morris is the Australian-based\, multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz\, Cilka’s Journey\, and Three Sisters. Her work has been praised by the New York Times\, Publisher’s Weekly\, and many others. \nHer latest novel\, Sisters Under the Rising Sun\, tells the story of two incredible women\, Norah Chambers and Nesta James\, who are held captive in a notorious POW camp by the Japanese during World War II. Woman’s Own calls the novel “an earth-shattering read.” \n\nEvent Registration\nRegistration via Hook & Ladder is coming soon. The first thirty people to register will receive a FREE copy of Sisters Under the Rising Sun. You may also pre-order an additional copy below of Sisters Under the Rising Sun to be delivered at the event for signing. Only books purchased below or at the event are eligible for signing. \n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/heather-morris-1-21-24/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/heather-morris-1.21.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T130000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20231201T190338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231201T192043Z UID:10000462-1705748400-1705755600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Sisters Under the Rising Sun: a Brunch Adventure featuring New York Times and international bestselling author Heather Morris DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nDiscover the power of sisterhood\, bravery\, and friendship in the darkest of circumstances… \n…in the latest historical novel by Heather Morris\, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz\, Cilka’s Journey\, and Three Sisters. Joining us all the way from Australia\, Heather is looking forward to meeting you at Broken Yolk Cafe in Carmel Mountain Plaza for a delicious brunch and stimulating conversation as we discuss her latest novel\, Sisters Under the Rising Sun\, a novel of sisterhood\, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances\,. \nYour Adventure includes brunch\, coffee\, tax\, gratuity\, and an opportunity to meet Heather up close and personal in an intimate setting. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nHeather Morris is the Australian-based\, multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz\, Cilka’s Journey\, and Three Sisters. Her work has been praised by the New York Times\, Publisher’s Weekly\, and many others. \nHer latest novel\, Sisters Under the Rising Sun\, tells the story of two incredible women\, Norah Chambers and Nesta James\, who are held captive in a notorious POW camp by the Japanese during World War II. Woman’s Own calls the novel “an earth-shattering read\,” and you can hear all about it over a lovely brunch. \n\n\nAbout Broken Yolk Cafe\nBroken Yolk Cafe started in 1979 in Pacific Beach and has since expanded across the country. They’re known for their wonderful service\, food\, and mimosas. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/heather-morris-1-20-24/ CATEGORIES:Brunch Adventures,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hm.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T183000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20231209T224714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231209T224714Z UID:10000470-1705599000-1705602600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Turnaround Time: a virtual Strategies for Success Adventure with Former United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nFor over 13 years\, Adventures by the Book has been offering our signature one-of-a-kind\, multi-sensorial events and travels with authors. That’s because when it comes to connecting people and communities with books\, we mean business! \nAnd now\, we are taking that mission quite literally and are thrilled to welcome you to join the next in our new Adventures by the Book Means Business series\, offering you the opportunity to meet some of the greatest minds in the business world. \n \nAnd speaking of the greatest minds in business\, we invite you to meet Oscar Munoz\, former United Airlines CEO\, on the Strategies for Success (SFS) Network\, presented by MasterClass. Oscar will be joined in conversation on the virtual Fireside platform with SFS founders and hosts Falon Fatemi and Greg McBeth\, as this brilliant trio discusses Oscar’s new book\, Turnaround Time: Uniting an Airline and Its Employees in the Friendly Skies\, a Wall Street Journal bestseller that offers a behind-the-scenes look at how Oscar led United Airlines’ remarkable turnaround. \n\nRegistration\nRegister for free\, or if you want the VIP treatment which allows you the exclusive opportunity to chat or ask questions live with Oscar\, Greg\, and Falon during the program (as well as with future high profile speakers and authors)\, including coaching and giveaways and much more\, check out their exciting SFS Network membership plan. \nWhile this Adventure is free\, you can purchase a hardcover copy of Turnaround Time below\, to be shipped to you within the U.S. \n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nOscar Munoz took the helm of a United that was flying through very turbulent skies\, and was anything but United. \nA stalled merger\, dismal operational and financial performance\, tortured labor relations and rock-bottom customer satisfaction and employee morale meant United was in freefall. \n\n\nWithin five years\, United was flying high\, achieving top-tier reliability and profits\, winning back customer loyalty\, and earning the praise of each of its major union leaders. Most importantly\, frontline employees were finally flying together as a team\, after the turmoil of a merger that finally was ratified eight years to the day after it was begun. \nOscar credits his employees for pulling off the airline comeback story of all time\, and it began with a Wall Street-defying strategy to put employees first\, as the foundation of rebuilding. \n\n\n\n\nBehind the scenes\, another personal drama was unfolding. On Day 37 of his tenure\, he suffered a massive heart attack. He woke from a coma only to fight for his job\, fend off a proxy battle from activist investors\, manage PR crises\, all while learning the three-dimensional chess game that is required to obtain a heart transplant. \nAs CEO\, then Chairman\, he also led negotiations for the CARES Act\, and helped marshal the airline sector response to Covid. \n\n\n\n\n\nToday\, Oscar remains beloved by the rank-and-file of United Airlines for his authenticity\, faith in his employees\, and for turning the company around by creating a New Spirit of United. \nIn his new book\, he provides the details of his incredible story. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nAbout the Moderators and SFS Network\n\n\nWith the SFS Network\, serial entrepreneurs and husband and wife team Greg McBeth and Falon Fatemi are bringing together leaders with expertise across life\, love\, and business\, in order to discuss and learn what it takes to find success in all three areas. \nConversations are interactive and explore personal successes and failures\, including from Greg and Falon’s own lives\, and deep dive into the skills and habits required to achieve consistent success. Join this first-of-its-kind community to connect and win together. \nGreg and Falon are both serial entrepreneurs and CEO’s (of Melier and Fireside\, respectively)\, who have held leadership roles at companies ranging from early startups to Fortune 100’s. Collectively\, they have raised more than $100 million in venture funding across AI\, B2B\, Consumer Software\, Media\, and Food and Hospitality\, and helped grow billion dollar private and public companies. \nThey’ve also hired and led teams of world-class operators\, generated hundreds of million in revenue for businesses\, sold companies\, and even had a hand at making a few marriages. \nGreg and Falon have been married for over eight years. Today\, their marriage is stronger than ever and they just had their first child. They currently split their time between Napa Valley and Miami. \n\n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/oscar-munoz-1-18-24/ CATEGORIES:Event,Fireside Chat,Virtual Adventure ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/oscar-munoz-1.18.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240113T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20231206T015240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231209T225658Z UID:10000466-1705154400-1705161600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Deep Waters: a Mission Bay Yacht Club Adventure with Award-Winning Memoirist Beth Ann Mathews DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nMission Bay Yacht Club has a rich history of sailing and boating in San Diego\, so we couldn’t think of a more perfect venue to delve into the Deep Waters of marine biologist Beth Ann Mathews’ memoir. \nJoin us on the Bay for this FREE opportunity to hear Beth discuss her memoir\, Deep Waters\, the inspirational story of how her family dealt with her husband’s rare kind of stroke\, how it affected her career\, and how she learned to adapt and overcome. With her expertise in biology and marine mammalogy\, she’ll also have plenty of insights to share about the natural world and life in the sea. \nGet ready to take in the gorgeous sights at Mission Bay Yacht Club and meet the author live and in-person. Event includes a power point presentation\, author talk\, and book signing. Pre-order your book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Copies will also be available at the event for purchase and signing.  We hope to see you there! \nAbout the Author and Book\n \n\nBeth Ann Mathews is a marine biologist and a mother of one son. She grew up in a large family in the Midwest and earned a degree in Animal Science at Purdue University. As a professor at the University of Alaska Southeast\, Beth taught courses in biology\, behavioral ecology\, and marine mammalogy and led research on harbor seals\, Steller sea lions\, and harbor porpoises with her students\, mainly in Glacier Bay National Park. After twenty years in Alaska\, Beth and her husband sold their home to begin an expedition with their young son on the family’s 42-foot sailboat from Alaska to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. \nFeedback from her blog during the three-year journey inspired her to write stories about their sailing adventures as well as Deep Waters\, a memoir about her family’s struggle to survive\, and move beyond\, her husband’s unusual stroke in 2008. This memoir won the Memoirs (personal struggle/health issues) category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards\, and a bronze award in the Independent Publishers Book Awards\, for Best Regional Non-Fiction\, West-Pacific region. \nDeep Waters is a gripping\, intimate story of relationship resilience set against the backdrop of Alaska’s dramatic marine wilderness. A marine biologist’s adventurous life as a professor\, wife\, and mother in Alaska is upended when her healthy husband is slammed by a rare type of stroke. His radical approach to recovery clashes with her instinct to keep him safe at home and sets them on a collision course as he insists on ambitious sailing expeditions with Beth and their young son in Alaska’s magnificent yet unforgiving waters. \n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Beth Ann or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n\nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. You may pre-order a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event as well. \n\n\nAbout Mission Bay Yacht Club\nMission Bay Yacht Club has a rich history and a strong tradition of Corinthian sailboat racing. This is encouraged by Club sponsored regattas throughout the year. You will find national champions and novices alike competing in our regattas. Mission Bay Yacht Club’s ideal location makes it a favorite venue for national and world championship sailing regattas. Recently\, the US Sailing Association named MBYC the “One-Design Yacht Club of the Year.” URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/beth-ann-mathews-1-13-24/ LOCATION:Mission Bay Yacht Club 1215 El Carmel Place San Diego\, CA 92109 CATEGORIES:Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/beth-ann-mathews-1.13.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240110T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240110T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20231214T001448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231214T001558Z UID:10000473-1704906000-1704913200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Deep Waters Dinner Adventure with Award-Winning Memoirist Beth Ann Mathews DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nYou are invited to join us in an intimate dinner Adventure at King’s Fish House\, San Diego\, as we delve into the Deep Waters of marine biologist  Beth Ann Mathews’ memoir. \nBeth’s memoir\, Deep Waters\, is the inspirational story of how her family dealt with her husband’s rare kind of stroke\, how it affected her career\, and how she learned to adapt and overcome. With her expertise in biology and marine mammalogy\, she’ll also have plenty of insights to share about the natural world and life in the sea. \nEvent includes an intimate dinner\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author talk\, and book signing. Pre-order your book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Copies will also be available at the event for purchase and signing.  We hope to see you there! \nAbout the Author and Book\n \n\nBeth Ann Mathews is a marine biologist and a mother of one son. She grew up in a large family in the Midwest and earned a degree in Animal Science at Purdue University. As a professor at the University of Alaska Southeast\, Beth taught courses in biology\, behavioral ecology\, and marine mammalogy and led research on harbor seals\, Steller sea lions\, and harbor porpoises with her students\, mainly in Glacier Bay National Park. After twenty years in Alaska\, Beth and her husband sold their home to begin an expedition with their young son on the family’s 42-foot sailboat from Alaska to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. \nFeedback from her blog during the three-year journey inspired her to write stories about their sailing adventures as well as Deep Waters\, a memoir about her family’s struggle to survive\, and move beyond\, her husband’s unusual stroke in 2008. This memoir won the Memoirs (personal struggle/health issues) category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards\, and a bronze award in the Independent Publishers Book Awards\, for Best Regional Non-Fiction\, West-Pacific region. \nDeep Waters is a gripping\, intimate story of relationship resilience set against the backdrop of Alaska’s dramatic marine wilderness. A marine biologist’s adventurous life as a professor\, wife\, and mother in Alaska is upended when her healthy husband is slammed by a rare type of stroke. His radical approach to recovery clashes with her instinct to keep him safe at home and sets them on a collision course as he insists on ambitious sailing expeditions with Beth and their young son in Alaska’s magnificent yet unforgiving waters. \n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Beth Ann or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n\nRegistration\nTo register for this event\, select the Dinner Event option below. You may pre-order a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event as well. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/beth-ann-mathews-1-10-24/ LOCATION:King’s Fish House Restaurant\, 825 Camino De La Reina\, San DIego\, CA\, 92108\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1.10.24-beth-ann-mathews-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240108T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240108T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230923T205044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231214T003120Z UID:10000443-1704738600-1704742200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 1): a FREE in-person series marine biologist and author Beth Ann Mathews DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2024 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet seven bestselling and fan-favorite authors: Beth Ann Mathews\, Elizabeth Cobbs\, Elizabeth L. Silver\, Carl Vonderau\, Jesse Leon\, Madhushree Ghosh and Mona Gable. \nPart 1 – Just in time for the January Gray Whale migration in San Diego\, join marine biologist Beth Ann Mathews to discuss her deeply personal memoir\, Deep Waters. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 1 featuring Beth Ann Mathews: Monday\, January 8\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 2 featuring Elizabeth Cobbs: Wednesday\, February 7\, 1:00 pm Pacific (note the date and time change for this event only) \nPART 3 featuring Carl Vonderau: Monday\, May 13\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 4 featuring Elizabeth L. Silver: Monday\, June 10\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 5 featuring Jesse Leon: Monday\, September 9\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 6 featuring Madhushree Ghosh: Monday\, October 28\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 7 featuring Mona Gable: Monday\, November 4\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n  \n\nPart 1: Beth Ann Mathews\n \nBeth Ann Mathews is a marine biologist and a mother of one son. She grew up in a large family in the Midwest and earned a degree in Animal Science at Purdue University. As a professor at the University of Alaska Southeast\, Beth taught courses in biology\, behavioral ecology\, and marine mammalogy and led research on harbor seals\, Steller sea lions\, and harbor porpoises with her students\, mainly in Glacier Bay National Park. After twenty years in Alaska\, Beth and her husband sold their home to begin an expedition with their young son on the family’s 42-foot sailboat from Alaska to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. \nFeedback from her blog during the three-year journey inspired her to write stories about their sailing adventures as well as Deep Waters\, a memoir about her family’s struggle to survive\, and move beyond\, her husband’s unusual stroke in 2008. This memoir won the Memoirs (personal struggle/health issues) category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards\, and a bronze award in the Independent Publishers Book Awards\, for Best Regional Non-Fiction\, West-Pacific region. \nDeep Waters is a gripping\, intimate story of relationship resilience set against the backdrop of Alaska’s dramatic marine wilderness. A marine biologist’s adventurous life as a professor\, wife\, and mother in Alaska is upended when her healthy husband is slammed by a rare type of stroke. His radical approach to recovery clashes with her instinct to keep him safe at home and sets them on a collision course as he insists on ambitious sailing expeditions with Beth and their young son in Alaska’s magnificent yet unforgiving waters. \n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Beth Ann or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nPart 2: Elizabeth Cobbs\n\n \nElizabeth Cobbs is an award-winning historian who brings fresh\, unexpected perspectives to our understanding of the past and present. Building upon worldwide archival research and her own extraordinary life experiences\, Elizabeth writes best selling  fiction and non-fiction that is both scholarly and witty. Her path-breaking books\, articles\, and documentary films reveal a world that is as intriguing and surprising as it is real. Elizabeth earned her Ph.D. in American history at Stanford University. She now holds the Melbern Glasscock Chair at Texas A&M University. Her books have won four literary prizes\, two for American history and two for fiction\, and she has won four prizes for documentary filmmaking. \nWhen America became a nation\, a woman had no legal existence beyond her husband. If he abused her\, she couldn’t leave without abandoning her children. Abigail Adams tried to change this\, reminding her husband John to “remember the ladies” when he wrote the Constitution. He simply laughed―and women have been fighting for their rights ever since. Fearless Women tells the story of women who dared to take destiny into their own hands. They were feminists and antifeminists\, activists and homemakers\, victims of abuse and pathbreaking professionals. Inspired by the nation’s ideals and fueled by an unshakeable sense of right and wrong\, they wouldn’t take no for an answer. In time\, they carried the country with them. \n\n\n  \n\nPart 3: Carl Vonderau\n\n \n\nCarl Vonderau is an award-winning author of crime fiction. As a child growing up in Cleveland\, he loved to write. His ghost stories scared the bejesus out of other kids. But it took a long time to become a full-time author. He left Cleveland to study at Stanford\, then spent more than thirty years as a banker in the U.S.\, Latin America\, and North Africa. Those international settings were sources of inspiration for his books. He is the president of Partners in Crime\, The San Diego chapter of the Sisters in Crime organization of authors and fans of crime writing. Additionally\, he’s a partner at San Diego Social Venture Partners\, an organization that mentors other nonprofits.His first novel\, Murderabilia\, was published in 2019 and won a Left Coast Crime award for Best Debut\, and a San Diego Book award for Best Mystery.  \nHis second novel\, Saving Myles\, follows an unassuming banker from La Jolla\, CA as he takes matters into his own hands in order to save his kidnapped son and bring him home. \nPart 4: Elizabeth L. Silver\n\n\nElizabeth L. Silver is the author of The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty\, and Amazon Best Book of the Year The Execution of Noa P. Singleton. Her work has been called “masterful” by The Wall Street Journal\, has been published in 7 languages\, and optioned for film. The Tincture of Time was featured on PBS and NPR\, and was an O Magazine/Oprah’s “Ten Books to Pick up Now.”  \nHer new novel\, The Majority\, is a riveting novel of love and friendship\, motherhood and ambition\, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. Covering the span of fifty years\, Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein’s personal account reveals the intimate truth about a woman who is not just a brilliant mind but a daughter\, a best friend\, a wife\, and a mother. Caught in a tug-of-war between career and family\, truth and convenience\, progress and patience\, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n\n  \nPart 5: Jesse Leon\n \nJesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations\, impact investors\, non-profits\, and real estate developers on ways to address issues of substance abuse\, affordable housing\, and educational opportunities for at-risk youth. Since receiving a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School\, Jesse has managed multi-million dollar philanthropic grantmaking for various foundations and banking institutions\, managed over $1B in public sector investments for affordable housing\, and built thousands of units of mixed-income housing as a real estate developer for Bank of America. \nJesse’s unforgettable memoir\, I’m Not Broken\, is an inspirational portrait of one young man’s indomitable strength and spirit to survive—against all possible odds. “A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives\, bodhisattvas all.” \n  \nPart 6: Madhushree Ghosh\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. Her work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nHer debut food narrative memoir\,\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \n  \nPart 7: Mona Gable\n \nMona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Outside\, AFAR\, the Los Angeles Times\, and many others. Her article in Los Angeles magazine\, “The Hugo Problem\,” was named a Longreads Best of 2015. Since 1990\, she has written about social issues\, culture\, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. Gable grew up in San Diego\, California\, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her memoir\, “Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family\,” was published in 2014 by Shebooks. \nHer new novel\, Searching for Savanna\, arose out of a story she wrote for the late Pacific Standard magazine. It is a gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant\, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. \n  \nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n  \n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/point-loma-series-2024/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/beth-ann-matthews-pt-loma-1.8.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240106T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240106T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230623T012335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231213T012045Z UID:10000441-1704549600-1704556800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Inside Threat: a Book to Film FREE Carlsbad Library Adventure featuring New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quirk DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Adventure\n\nAssume the worst. Code Black. \nNew York Times bestselling author Matthew Quirk continues to deliver high-stakes thrillers in his new book\, Inside Threat\, which imagines a White House under attack from the inside and follows the loyal agent singularly capable of saving the country. In fact\, his books are so exciting that Netflix produced a ten-episode series based on his previous novel\, The Night Agent. \nNow\, for the first time\, you can join Matthew at the Carlsbad City Library for a screening of the first episode of the Netflix series\, which combines the plot of Matt’s book with showrunner Shawn Ryan’s story about the Secret Service and high political intrigue. An author presentation will follow\, with Matt discussing his new thriller\, Inside Threat. You won’t want to miss this combined film screening/book presentation Adventure. \nYour Adventure will include the film screening of the first episode of The Night Agent\, author presentation\, Q&A\, and book signing. \n  \nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is not required\, as it is free and open to the public. However\, copies of Inside Threat are available for pre-sale below and they will be delivered to the event for signing. Books will be also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nMatthew Quirk is the New York Times bestselling author of The 500\, The Directive\, Dead Man Switch\, Cold Barrel Zero\, and The Night Agent. He spent five years at The Atlantic magazine reporting on crime\, private military contractors\, terrorism prosecutions\, and international gangs before turning to fiction. An Edgar award finalist and winner of the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel\, Matthew lives in San Diego. \nHis new thriller\, Inside Threat\, explores an attack on the White House sending the President and his top aides to take shelter in a top secret government facility buried deep underground—but they soon discover the threat is locked inside with them. \nEric Hill\, a man who has given his life to the Secret Service\, is one of the trusted agents hidden with the President within the bunker. Despite his growing disillusionment from seeing Washington corruption up close\, Erik can’t ignore years of instincts honed on the job. The government is under attack\, and no one is better equipped to face down the threat than he is. \nThe evidence leads him to a conspiracy at the highest levels of power\, with the attack orchestrated by some of the very individuals now locked in with him. As the killers strike inside the bunker\, it will take everything Erik Hill has to save his people\, himself\, and his country. \n  \nAbout The Show\n \nWhile monitoring an emergency line\, a vigilant FBI agent answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the White House. The Night Agent stars Gabriel Basso\, Luciane Buchanan\, and Oscar nominee Hong Chau. Season 1 is available now on Netflix and season 2 is set to be released in 2024. \n  \nAbout the Carlsbad City Library\n\n\nCarlsbad City Library provides community members of all ages with convenient access to high-quality resources and services to inform and enrich individual and community life. Carlsbad City Library is the destination for information\, enjoyment of reading\, lifelong learning\, and cultural enrichment for those who live\, work and play in Carlsbad. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/matthew-quirk-1-6-2024-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,SoCal Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Matthew-Quirk-1.6.24.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231208T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230831T205959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185853Z UID:10000449-1702036800-1702044000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:A True Pyrate Account: a Yacht Club Lunch Adventure with New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nIt’s time to sail forward and continue with this exciting author series held at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club. \nFrom the author of the bestselling historical fiction novels The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The House of Velvet and Glass comes a mystery adventure set in the Golden Age of Piracy. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to have lunch at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club in the beautiful Point Loma residential area within the Shelter Island Yacht Basin with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katherine Howe as she discusses her new novel\, A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates\, Written by Herself. \nYour Adventure includes lunch\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, a hardcover copy of A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates\, Written by Herself to be delivered and signed at the event\, and the opportunity to meet the author live and in-person. \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKatherine Howe is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane\, The House of Velvet and Glass\, and Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty with Anderson Cooper\, as well as several young adult novels. She served as editor of The Penguin Book of Witches and her fiction has been translated into over twenty languages. Descended from three women who were tried for witchcraft in Salem\, she lives and sails with her family in New England. \nHer new novel\, A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates\, Written by Herself\,\nis a daring first-hand account of one young woman’s unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time. \nIn Boston\, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close\, Hannah Masury – bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood – is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of a treasure in the Caribbean spread\, Hannah is forced to flee for her life\, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the pitiless crew of the notorious pirate Edward “Ned” Low. To earn the freedom to choose a path for herself\, Hannah must hunt down the treasure and change the tides. Meanwhile\, professor Marian Beresford pieces Hannah’s story together in 1930\, seeing her own lack of freedom reflected back at her as she watches Hannah’s transformation. \nA True Account tells the unforgettable story of two women in different worlds\, both shattering the rules of their own society and daring to risk everything to go out on their own account. \n\n  \n\nAbout Southwestern Yacht Club\nSouthwestern Yacht Club is one of the largest\, oldest\, and most prestigious yacht clubs in San Diego\, California. SWYC was formed in 1925 by visionary yachting enthusiasts looking for ways to enjoy each other’s company and to share their passion for boating. Since then\, the Club has developed into a full-service operation with more than 800 members embracing all forms of yachting\, fishing\, and social activities\, all while earning a reputation as being the friendliest club in the area. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/katherine-howe-12-8-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/katherine-howe-12.8.23.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231207T130000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20231201T151843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231201T151843Z UID:10000461-1701950400-1701954000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Moonshot: a virtual Strategies for Success Adventure featuring astronaut and author Mike Massimino in conversation with Fireside CEO Falon Fatemi and Melier CEO Greg McBeth DESCRIPTION:About the Adventure\n\nFor over 13 years\, Adventures by the Book has been offering our signature one-of-a-kind\, multi-sensorial events and travels with authors. That’s because when it comes to connecting people and communities with books\, we mean business! \nAnd now\, we are taking that mission quite literally and are thrilled to welcome you to join the next in our new Adventures by the Book Means Business series\, offering you the opportunity to meet some of the greatest minds in the business world. \n \nAnd speaking of the greatest minds in business\, we invite you to meet Mike Massimino\, astronaut\, author\, and podcast host\, on the Strategies for Success (SFS) Network presented by Master Class on Fireside. Mike will be joined in conversation with SFS founders and hosts Falon Fatemi and Greg McBeth\, as this brilliant trio discuss Mike’s new book\, Moonshot. Learn how Mike achieved unparalleled business growth and success\, and how you can too\, particularly for start-ups. \nRegistration\nRegister for free\, or if you want the VIP treatment which allows you the exclusive opportunity to chat or ask questions live with Mike\, Greg\, and Falon during the program (as well as with future high profile speakers and authors)\, including coaching and giveaways and much more\, check out their exciting SFS Network membership plan. \nWhile this Adventure is free\, you can purchase a paperback copy of Moonshot below\, to be shipped to you within the U.S. \n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\n\n\n \nMike Massimino\, a former NASA astronaut\, is a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and the senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Sea\, Air & Space Museum. He received a BS from Columbia University\, and MS degrees in mechanical engineering and in technology and policy\, as well as a PhD in mechanical engineering\, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \nAfter working as an engineer at IBM\, NASA\, and McDonnell Douglas Aerospace\, along with academic appointments at Rice University and at the Georgia Institute of Technology\, Mike was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1996\, and is the veteran of two space flights\, the fourth and fifth Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions in 2002 and 2009. Mike has a team record for the number of hours spacewalking in a single space shuttle mission\, and he was also the first person to tweet from space. During his NASA career he received two NASA Space Flight Medals\, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal\, the American Astronautical Society’s Flight Achievement Award\, and the Star of Italian Solidarity. \nMike has made numerous television appearances\, including a six-time recurring role as himself on the CBS hit comedy The Big Bang Theory. He has hosted Science Channel’s The Planets and its special Great American Eclipse. He is featured in National Geographic Channel’s series One Strange Rock and is the host for Science Channel’s series The Planets and Beyond. He is a frequent guest on television news and talk show programs\, including NBC’s Today Show\, ABC’s Good Morning America\, and CNN. He has also appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson\, and on StarTalk radio and television shows. \nIn his new book\, Moonshot\, the former NASA Astronaut outlines his mindset to solve problems\, provide leadership in the face of adversity\, and never give up when pursuing your wildest ambitions. \nMike Massimino achieved his dream of exploring space. Now he distills stories and insights from NASA into an actionable guide to accomplish your biggest goals. Mike reveals how to make possible the seemingly impossible—on Earth. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart\, Mike identifies ten hard-earned lessons of spaceflight and his other life experiences\, including \n\n\n\nAbout the Moderators and SFS Network\n\n\n \nWith the SFS Network\, serial entrepreneurs and husband and wife team Greg McBeth and Falon Fatemi are bringing together leaders with expertise across life\, love\, and business\, in order to discuss and learn what it takes to find success in all three areas. \nConversations are interactive and explore personal successes and failures\, including from Greg and Falon’s own lives\, and deep dive into the skills and habits required to achieve consistent success. Join this first-of-its-kind community to connect and win together. \nGreg and Falon are both serial entrepreneurs and CEO’s (of Melier and Fireside\, respectively)\, who have held leadership roles at companies ranging from early startups to Fortune 100’s. Collectively\, they have raised more than $100 million in venture funding across AI\, B2B\, Consumer Software\, Media\, and Food and Hospitality\, and helped grow billion dollar private and public companies. \nThey’ve also hired and led teams of world-class operators\, generated hundreds of million in revenue for businesses\, sold companies\, and even had a hand at making a few marriages. \nGreg and Falon have been married for over eight years. Today\, their marriage is stronger than ever and they are expecting their first child. They currently split their time between Napa Valley and Miami. \n\n  \n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/mike-massimino-12-7-23/ CATEGORIES:ABTB Means Business,Event,Fireside Chat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Massimino-Mike-12.7.23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231114T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231114T200000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230815T210845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185853Z UID:10000448-1699981200-1699992000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Bright Lights\, City Lights: a Big Christmas Adventure featuring New York Times bestselling author and Friends & Fiction star Mary Kay Andrews DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“From a magical Santa suit\, to a Christmas tree stand in the heart of New York\, to a neighborhood full of quirky characters\, and the smell of fresh cut pine Christmas trees\, nobody does Christmas like Mary Kay Andrews.”\n—Debbie Macomber\, #1 New York Times bestselling author \nThe holiday season is only a month away! Get into the spirit early while celebrating New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews’s new book\, a Christmas novella about love\, second chances and people taking care of each other\, on this Big Christmas Adventure! \nJoin us at City Lights Christmas Store for a wonderfully\, festive event! Peruse the eclectic and varied shelves within this immense store and learn from Mary Kay about her new novel which follows protagonist Kerry Tolliver as she arrives in Manhattan for the first time to sell her family’s Christmas trees and the adventure that’s more than she bargained for. Enjoy some delicious Christmas cookies with a glass of wine or sparkling cider\, surrounded by all kinds of holiday decorations to get yourself into the spirit of the season! \nYour holiday extravaganza Adventure includes Christmas cookies\, a glass of wine or sparkling cider\, a festive presentation by Mary Kay Andrews\, a 20% off shopping coupon to the entire City Lights Christmas Store\, a hardcover copy of Bright Lights\, Big Christmas to be signed at the event\, and an opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in an intimate setting. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nMary Kay Andrews is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels and one cookbook\, The Beach House Cookbook. Her first novel\, Every Crooked Nanny\, was published in 1992 by HarperCollins. She went on to write ten critically acclaimed mysteries under her real name\, Kathy Hogan Trocheck. \nIn 2002\, she assumed the pen name Mary Kay Andrews with the publication of Savannah Blues. In 2006\, Hissy Fit became her first New York Times bestseller\, followed by fifteen more New York Times\, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestsellers. To date\, her novels have been published in German\, Italian\, Polish\, Slovenian\, Hungarian\, Dutch\, Czech and Japanese. \nBright Lights\, Big Christmas is a novella celebrating the magic of Christmas and second chances. \nWhen fall rolls around\, it’s time for Kerry Tolliver to leave her family’s Christmas tree farm in the mountains of North Carolina for the wilds of New York City to help her gruff older brother & his dog\, Queenie\, sell the trees at the family stand on a corner in Greenwich Village. Sharing a tiny vintage camper and experiencing Manhattan for the first time\, Kerry’s ready to try to carve out a new corner for herself. \nIn the weeks leading into Christmas\, Kerry quickly becomes close with the charming neighbors who live near their stand. When an elderly neighbor goes missing\, Kerry will need to combine her country know-how with her newly acquired New York knowledge to protect the new friends she’s come to think of as family. \nAnd complicating everything is Patrick\, a single dad raising his adorable\, dragon-loving son Austin on this quirky block. Kerry and Patrick’s chemistry is undeniable\, but what chance does this holiday romance really have? \n  \nAbout City Lights Christmas Store\nCity Lights Collectibles opened in September 1991 on the ground floor of a large office block just off of the I-5 freeway at Sea World Drive in San Diego. Brian Young\, the founder of City Lights\, had retired from being managing director of a sizeable retail group of companies in the UK.  He moved along with his wife Laura and 12-year-old son Spencer from London to San Diego in the golden state of California. \nBrian was a great admirer of Americans and their lifestyle. He had spent many vacations in the USA and cherished the idea of retiring there. Unfortunately\, going from a very active business and social life to a “what shall I do today” state of mind was not working well for him. A small retail store in a seasonal business was his idea\, and that thought morphed into City Lights. Motivated not by money but by the need to be occupied was his reasoning. \nBrian intended to be open only three days a week.  The first location was only 1\,000 square feet\, but it filled his wish to have a destination and to meet a schedule. Old habits die hard.  In the early days\, City Lights was mainly a year-round Christmas store with only two collectible lines\, Department 56 and Annalee dolls. \nSoon the word spread that San Diego now had a Christmas store\, and their clientele grew\, and with that\, so did their product lines. Now the one-person business needed a helper.  So\, Laura\, who had no customer service experience\, was pressed into service. That was when City Lights proudly became a family business and even prouder when their son Spencer graduated from college in 1997 and joined up with his parents. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/mary-kay-andrews-11-14-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Holiday Adventure ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Mary-Kay-Andrews-11.14.23-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231113T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231113T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230111T054547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185838Z UID:10000362-1699900200-1699903800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 5): a FREE in-person series featuring award-winning author and cook Kitty Morse DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2023 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet five bestselling and fan-favorite authors\, Joe Stillman\, Kathi Diamant\, Amy Wallen\, Jennifer Coburn\, and Kitty Morse. \nOur final part 5 features award-winning author and cook Kitty Morse\, as she discusses her book\, Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 5 featuring Kitty Morse: Monday\, November 13\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n  \n\nPart 5: Kitty Morse\n \nKitty Morse is the author of ten cookbooks\, including a memoir with recipes titled Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories\, named Best Book/Arab Cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Other titles include Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen (now in its tenth printing from Chronicle Books)\, The California Farm Cookbook\, and Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion with Recipes. \n Her 11th cookbook Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France — part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook — features recipes from Kitty’s Alsatian ancestors\, and is based upon original family documents and photographs chronicling living in Alsace during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kitty or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n\nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n\n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kitty-morse-11-13-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pt-loma-library-series-2023-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231111T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230721T034128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185852Z UID:10000444-1699696800-1699711200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:The Truth About Horses: an Interactive Equine Therapy Adventure featuring author\, actress and producer Christy Cashman in conversation with multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress Jane Seymour DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nThe bond that develops between a horse and rider inspires a sense of teamwork\, responsibility\, communication\, caring\, and joy. \nGet an up close and personal look at the bond that is possible between horses and humans with the help of author\, actress and producer Christy Cashman in this Interactive Equine Therapy Adventure. \nJoin Christy\, in conversation with multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress Jane Seymour\, and your fellow Adventurers for a unique\, equine experience\, as Christy discusses her new book and chats with Jane about their joint project adapting The Truth About Horses into a feature presentation for the screen. Enjoy strolling the Ivey Ranch grounds as well as meeting\, touching and grooming the horses they use for their Equine Therapy Program! Learn all about what it takes to train and prepare these beautiful animals and be amazed by their power and grace. \nYour Adventure includes live interaction with the horses including petting and grooming\, a tour of the ranch\, a signed copy of The Truth About Horses\, author presentation\, a donation to Ivey Ranch Park\, a casual lunch with the ability to watch the horses while eating\, and an opportunity to meet the Christy and Jane in a close and intimate setting. \n\nPlanned Schedule:\n10:00 am –  Meet at Ivey Ranch for tour and riding exhibition \n11:00 am – Interact with horses as desired (petting\, grooming\, photos) \n12:00pm – Casual lunch \n12:30 pm – Author presentation \n1:30 pm – Book signing \n2:00 pm – Event concludes \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nChristy Cashman is an author\, producer\, philanthropist\, and actress who has appeared in several films\, including American Hustle\, Joy\, The Descendants\, Ted 2\, Kettle of Fish\, The Love Guide\, The Women\, The Golden Boys\, The Forger and many others. She is the founder of YouthINK\, a not-for-profit mentor-led creative program geared towards teenagers with a focus on writing\, storytelling\, and the arts. She is also co-chair of Literary Lights for the Associates of the Boston Public Library and has previously written two children’s books. \nIn her debut novel\, The Truth About Horses\, (currently being co-produced with Jane Seymour into a feature presentation for the screen)\, just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse\, fourteen-year-old Reese discovers they can — in the worst possible way. Her family’s dream of winning the Black Elk race is shattered when their beloved horse\, Trusted Treasure\, falls at the last jump. Reese witnesses the family’s finances\, hopes\, and happiness go up in smoke. \nThen\, during an unexpected turn of events\, Reese meets Wes\, a Lakota Indian\, whose way of training horses is unlike anything she’s ever seen. This book will have you laughing and crying – sometimes on the same page – all the while rooting for Reese\, the most unlikely of heroes. \nAbout Jane Seymour\n \nA multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner\, recipient of the Officer of the British Empire (OBE) bestowed upon her by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace\, Jane Seymour has proven her talents in virtually all media\, the Broadway stage\, motion pictures and television. \nThrough her production company\, she has produced and starred in multiple programs. Behind the camera\, Jane served as an executive director for a documentary film. \nShe is currently teaming up with Christy Cashman to co-produce The Truth About Horses into a feature presentation for the Screen. \n\n  \n\nAbout Ivey Ranch\nThe Ivey Ranch is located within the City of Oceanside’s “Historic Preservation Area No. 1 – Mission San Luis Rey.” The Ivey Ranch House was built in 1889. The house and surrounding grounds passed through several landowners’ hands from 1891 to 1937 at which point L.O. Ivey purchased it. The Ivey’s were living in Los Angeles at the time of the purchase. \nMr. Otis Ivey was a poor boy from Texas who made good with Citizens Bank in Los Angeles starting at the beginning of the 1900’s. He lived most of his later adult life in San Marino (near Pasadena)\, then Westwood\, then Holmby Hills\, part of Los Angeles. He loved to ride horses on the ranch and loved to ride around in his open\, metallic green Jeep. It is thought that Otis Ivey stopped coming to the ranch by about 1970\, when his health slowed him down. \nIn 1981\, the Year of the Disabled\, a steering committee proposed a Concept Proposal for the establishment of a park at a twenty-acre site on the Ivey Ranch Estate. The Ivey Ranch Steering Committee proposed a plan for a park that would be fully accessible to both the disabled and able-bodied. The park envisioned by the Steering Committee would provide an environment for all groups of the area’s population to interact and relate to one another irrespective of their disabilities. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/christy-cashman-11-11-23/ CATEGORIES:Daylong Adventure,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/christy-cashmanseymour-11.11.23.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230804T040632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185853Z UID:10000446-1699617600-1699624800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:The Last Masterpiece: a Yacht Club Lunch Adventure with USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nIt’s time to sail forward and continue with this exciting author series held at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club. \nFrom the author of the bestselling historical fiction novels The Night Portrait and The Giant: A Novel of Michelangelo’s David comes another heart-pumping adventure inspired by a true story. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to have lunch at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club in the beautiful Point Loma residential area within the Shelter Island Yacht Basin with USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli as she discusses her new novel\, The Last Masterpiece. \nYour Adventure includes lunch\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, a stunning power point presentation by Laura\, a paperback copy of The Last Masterpiece to be delivered and signed at the event\, and the opportunity to meet the author live and in-person. \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nLaura Morelli holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University and is an award-winning\, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling historical novelist. She is the author of the popular guidebook series that includes Made in Italy. Her historical novels\, including The Night Portrait and The Last Masterpiece\, bring the stories of art history to life. Laura’s books have been picks at Costco\, Target\, and Hudson News. Laura has taught college students in the U.S. and in Italy\, and shares her passion for the history of Italian art in her online programs. \nHer new novel\, The Last Masterpiece\, follows two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—as they hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections. \nIn the summer of 1943\, Eva Brunner is taking photographs of Nazi-looted art hidden inside the salt mines of the Austrian hinterland. Across the ocean in Connecticut\, Josephine Evans is working as a humble typist at the Yale Art Gallery. When both women are called to Italy to contribute to the war effort\, neither imagines she will hold the fate of some of the world’s greatest masterpieces torn from the Uffizi Galleries and other Florentine art collections in her hands. \nBut as Italy turns from ally to enemy and Hitler’s plan to destroy irreplaceable monuments and works of art becomes frighteningly clear\, each woman’s race against the clock—and against one another—might demand more than they were prepared to give. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Laura or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n\n  \n\nAbout Southwestern Yacht Club\nSouthwestern Yacht Club is one of the largest\, oldest\, and most prestigious yacht clubs in San Diego\, California. SWYC was formed in 1925 by visionary yachting enthusiasts looking for ways to enjoy each other’s company and to share their passion for boating. Since then\, the Club has developed into a full-service operation with more than 800 members embracing all forms of yachting\, fishing\, and social activities\, all while earning a reputation as being the friendliest club in the area. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/laura-morelli-11-10-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/laura-morelli-11.10.23.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230831T080303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185854Z UID:10000450-1699113600-1699124400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Inside the Author's Studio: a Desi High Tea Adventure featuring South Asian chef and food memoirist Madhushree Ghosh DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\n“Equal parts memoir\, political commentary\, and cookbook\,… (KHABAAR) braids food and memory and loss into a single compelling strand.” – Rishi Reddi in LA Review of Books \nJust in time for Diwali\, India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year\, we would be honored for you to join us for a Desi High Tea Adventure\, with traditional Indian fare such as homemade masala chai\, samosas with chutney\, tandoori chicken masala in roti\, kheer with berries\, as chef and author Madhushree Ghosh shares the stories of chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners as well as her experiences as an immigrant in her cookbook memoir KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory\, and Family. \nJoin us at Madshushree’s private home in San Diego for the next in our Inside the Author’s Studio series\, where you will have the opportunity to meet the author up close and personal. \nYour Adventure includes food\, a beverage\, tax\, a copy of KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory\, and Family to be delivered and signed at the event\, the intimate\, authentic Desi High Tea ceremony that includes a diya\, or tea light\, outdoor lighting ceremony for people to light and wish each other well as part of the Diwali celebration experience and the opportunity to engage with Madhushree live and in-person. \nDue to the special nature of this event\, only a limited number of spaces are available and event is expected to sell out. \nRegistration\nTo register for the in-person event\, simply select the Event Registration (11-4-23) option below\, and the address to Madhushree’s private residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. \nHer work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nBesides writing about food\, recipes and history of food from South Asia\, Madhushree works in oncology and infectious diseases’ diagnostics in San Diego where she is a sought-after speaker at major food and book festivals\, women in science forums as well as global conversations on domestic partner violence in the South Asian immigrant communities in America. \nMadhushree Ghosh’s debut food narrative memoir\, KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory\, and Family\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \n  \nAbout Diwali\n \nDiwali is the Hindu festival of lights with its variations also celebrated in other Indian religions. It symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness\, good over evil\, and knowledge over ignorance.” Diwali is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar months of Ashvin (according to the amanta tradition) and Kartika (between mid-October and mid-November). The celebrations generally last five or six days. \nDuring the festival\, the celebrants illuminate their homes\, temples and workspaces with diyas (oil lamps)\, candles and lanterns. Hindus\, in particular\, have a ritual oil bath at dawn on each day of the festival. Diwali is also marked with fireworks and the decoration of floors with rangoli designs\, and other parts of the house with jhalars. Food is a major focus with families partaking in feasts and sharing mithai. The festival is an annual homecoming and bonding period not only for families\, but also for communities and associations\, particularly those in urban areas\, which will organize activities\, events and gatherings. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/madhushree-ghosh-11-4-23/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/madhushree-gosh-the-authors-studio-11-4-23-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231103T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231103T143000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230628T231006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185852Z UID:10000442-1699014600-1699021800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:The Perfumist of Paris: a Carlsbad City Library Adventure featuring New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n\nParis\, 1974… Women who use the power of fragrance to seduce\, tease and entice… Whispered secrets from a dark past… \nAllow us to seduce\, tease\, and entice you to meet New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi\, author of Reese’s Book Club Pick The Henna Artist. In the final chapter in Alka’s New York Times bestselling Jaipur trilogy\, The Perfumist of Paris\, takes readers to 1970s Paris. \nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is not required\, as it is free and open to the public. However\, copies of The Perfumist of Paris are available for pre-sale below and they will be delivered to the event for signing. Books will be also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nAlka Joshi is the internationally bestselling author of the Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist\, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and The Perfumist of Paris. Her debut novel\, The Henna Artist\, immediately became a New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Pick. It has been translated into 29 languages and is currently in development at Netflix as a tv series. \nAlka was born in India and came to the U.S. with her family at the age of nine. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of Arts. She is available for speaking engagements and group writing instruction. Alka shares her writing tips on her YouTube Channel HERE. \nAlka’s latest book\, The Perfumist of Paris\, is the final chapter in the bestselling Jaipur trilogy and it takes readers to 1970s Paris\, where Radha’s budding career as a perfumer must compete with the demands of her family and the secrets of her past. \n  \nAbout the Carlsbad City Library\n\n\nCarlsbad City Library provides community members of all ages with convenient access to high-quality resources and services to inform and enrich individual and community life. Carlsbad City Library is the destination for information\, enjoyment of reading\, lifelong learning\, and cultural enrichment for those who live\, work and play in Carlsbad. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/alka-joshi-11-3-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,SoCal Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/alka-joshi-carlsbad-11.3.23-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230621T233249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T135744Z UID:10000438-1697896800-1697904000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring NYT bestselling author Jean Kwok DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, indulge in an afternoon filled with a sumptuous wine tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample some of the delectable wines that Hook & Ladder Winery is known for\, meet New York Times and international bestselling author Jean Kwok and learn about her new novel\, The Leftover Woman. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder wine specifically selected to pair with Jean’s book\, a signed hardcover copy of The Leftover Woman\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n  \n\nAbout the Author\n \nJean Kwok is the award-winning\, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Leftover Woman\,Searching for Sylvie Lee\, Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. Her work has been published in twenty countries and taught in universities\, colleges and high schools across the world. \nJean immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood while living in an unheated\, roach-infested apartment. In between her undergraduate degree at Harvard and MFA in fiction at Columbia\, she worked for three years as a professional ballroom dancer. Jean is trilingual\, fluent in Dutch\, Chinese and English\, and studied Latin for seven years. She divides her time between the Netherlands and New York City. \nThe Leftover Woman is an evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women. Jasmine Yang arrives in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support\, fleeing a controlling husband\, on a desperate search for the daughter who was taken from her at birth. But with her husband on her trail\, the clock is ticking\, and she’s forced to make increasingly desperate decisions if she ever hopes to be reunited with her daughter. \nMeanwhile\, publishing executive Rebecca Whitney seems to have it all: a prestigious family name and the wealth that comes with it\, a high-powered career\, a beautiful home\, a handsome husband\, and an adopted Chinese daughter she adores. But when an industry scandal threatens to jeopardize not only Rebecca’s job but her marriage\, this perfect world begins to crumble and her role in her own family is called into question. \n  \nEvent Registration\nRegistration via Hook & Ladder available here. The first thirty people to register will receive a FREE copy of The Leftover Woman. You may also pre-order an additional copy below of The Leftover Woman to be delivered at the event for signing. Only books purchased below or at the event are eligible for signing. \n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/reading-between-the-vines-jean-kwok-10-21-23-2-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Jean-Kwok-winery-10.21.23-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230608T053446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185847Z UID:10000410-1697812200-1697817600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:The Leftover Woman: a Free Carlsbad Library Adventure with NYT and international bestselling author Jean Kwok DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“A heart-tugging exploration of love\, belonging and the meaning of family.”\n—Ruth Ware\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The It Girl \nWe invite you to celebrate the release of New York Times bestselling author Jean Kwok’s new book\, The Leftover Woman\, which explores the complexities of identity\, motherhood and family through the harsh reality of China’s controversial One Child Policy at a free Carlsbad City Library Adventure. Join us for an afternoon of lively book discussion. \n\n  \nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is not required\, as it is free and open to the public. However\, copies of The Leftover Woman are available for pre-sale below and they will be delivered to the event for signing. Books will be also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \n  \nAbout the Author\n \nJean Kwok is the award-winning\, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Leftover Woman\, Searching for Sylvie Lee\, Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. Her work has been published in twenty countries and taught in universities\, colleges and high schools across the world. \nJean immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood while living in an unheated\, roach-infested apartment. In between her undergraduate degree at Harvard and MFA in fiction at Columbia\, she worked for three years as a professional ballroom dancer. Jean is trilingual\, fluent in Dutch\, Chinese and English\, and studied Latin for seven years. She divides her time between the Netherlands and New York City. \nThe Leftover Woman is an evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women. Jasmine Yang arrives in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support\, fleeing a controlling husband\, on a desperate search for the daughter who was taken from her at birth. But with her husband on her trail\, the clock is ticking\, and she’s forced to make increasingly desperate decisions if she ever hopes to be reunited with her daughter. \nMeanwhile\, publishing executive Rebecca Whitney seems to have it all: a prestigious family name and the wealth that comes with it\, a high-powered career\, a beautiful home\, a handsome husband\, and an adopted Chinese daughter she adores. But when an industry scandal threatens to jeopardize not only Rebecca’s job but her marriage\, this perfect world begins to crumble and her role in her own family is called into question. \n  \nAbout Carlsbad City Library\n\n\n\n\nCarlsbad City Library provides community members of all ages with convenient access to high-quality resources and services to inform and enrich individual and community life. Carlsbad City Library is the destination for information\, enjoyment of reading\, lifelong learning\, and cultural enrichment for those who live\, work and play in Carlsbad. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jean-kwok-10-20-2023/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Jean-Kwok-Carlsbad-10.20.23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231019T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231019T200000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230607T233427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185847Z UID:10000389-1697738400-1697745600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Chinese Dinner Adventure featuring New York Times and international bestselling author Jean Kwok DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“A heart-tugging exploration of love\, belonging and the meaning of family.”\n—Ruth Ware\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The It Girl \nWe invite you to celebrate the release of New York Times bestselling author Jean Kwok’s new book\, which explores the complexities of identity\, motherhood and family through the harsh reality of China’s controversial One Child Policy\, in this Chinese Dinner Adventure! \nJoin us at Mandarin House Chinese Restaurant for dinner and a lively book discussion. Experience the delicious joys of authentic\, Chinese cuisine from a classic\, San Diego establishment and chat with Jean about the inspirations behind her new book\, which tells the story of two unforgettable women on a shocking collision course. They’re in a divided city—separated by severe economic and cultural differences yet bound by a deep emotional connection to a child. \nYour Adventure includes a delicious\, authentic Chinese dinner\, hot tea\, tax\, gratuity\, a hardcover copy of The Leftover Woman to be signed at the event\, and an opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in an intimate setting. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nJean Kwok is the award-winning\, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Leftover Woman\,Searching for Sylvie Lee\, Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. Her work has been published in twenty countries and taught in universities\, colleges and high schools across the world. \nJean immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood while living in an unheated\, roach-infested apartment. In between her undergraduate degree at Harvard and MFA in fiction at Columbia\, she worked for three years as a professional ballroom dancer. Jean is trilingual\, fluent in Dutch\, Chinese and English\, and studied Latin for seven years. She divides her time between the Netherlands and New York City. \nThe Leftover Woman is an evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women. Jasmine Yang arrives in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support\, fleeing a controlling husband\, on a desperate search for the daughter who was taken from her at birth. But with her husband on her trail\, the clock is ticking\, and she’s forced to make increasingly desperate decisions if she ever hopes to be reunited with her daughter. \nMeanwhile\, publishing executive Rebecca Whitney seems to have it all: a prestigious family name and the wealth that comes with it\, a high-powered career\, a beautiful home\, a handsome husband\, and an adopted Chinese daughter she adores. But when an industry scandal threatens to jeopardize not only Rebecca’s job but her marriage\, this perfect world begins to crumble and her role in her own family is called into question. \n  \nAbout Mandarin House\nThe Mandarin House is ultimately the result of an improbable meeting of two young friends randomly meeting again after 5 years at an airport on the way to America. John – Tat – Law and Bill – Wai Choi – Man were young teenagers growing up working and cooking in the restaurants of Hong Kong in the 1960’s. A chance meeting brought them back together and sent the pair on a journey from the East coast of America to beautiful San Diego over a span of multiple years and working and cooking in multiple restaurants along the way. \nBut with a chance to finally do something of their own\, the young chefs found an opportunity to transform an old diner into their dream and\, in 1977\, The Mandarin House of La Jolla was born. They serve all the best versions of all the classic Chinese dishes that you know and love in a fun\, retro yet modern environment. Their classically trained chefs are still using traditional techniques coupled with their original recipes to bring you a dining experience unlike anywhere else in the world. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jean-kwok-10-19-23/ CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Jean-Kwok-chinese-dinner-10.19.23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T173000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230810T075217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185853Z UID:10000447-1697644800-1697650200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Book Bingo (Thriller\, Suspense and Mystery Picks): a Virtual Adventure featuring bestselling and fan-favorite authors Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg\, Michelle Cox\, Greta Kelly\, Brian J. Morra\, Kaira Rouda\, and Katherine St. John DESCRIPTION:About the Virtual (Zoom) Event:\n“The true mystery of the world is the visible\, not the invisible.” – Oscar Wilde \nJust in time for Halloween\, we are pleased to announce another fun Book Bingo (Thriller\, Suspense and Mystery Picks): A Virtual Adventure. \nIf you are already familiar with our popular Southern California series that features NovelNetwork® authors\, you will understand why we receive so many requests to expand the program nationwide. Pivoting to virtual events has made this not only possible\, but offers up fun opportunities for exciting partnerships\, participation by more of our over 130 book club favorite authors\, and space to accommodate many more readers! \nDive into literary thrills and chills this Halloween season by playing book bingo with six bestselling and book club favorite authors: Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg\, Michelle Cox\, Greta Kelly\, Brian J. Morra\, Kaira Rouda\, and Katherine St. John.  Enjoy presentations by the authors\, while playing an interactive virtual game of bingo\, including fun prizes. All you have to do is show up (and why not invite your book club friends and fellow readers to join in as well) to learn about these great reads! \nWhile this event is free\, your purchase of a book(s) below (to be shipped to you within the U.S.) provides much-needed support to these authors. \nYour Adventure includes a book discussion with all six authors\, an interactive virtual game of Book Bingo\, Q&A\, prizes\, and the opportunity to meet the authors via Zoom. Books may be ordered below for shipping within the U.S. and will include a signed bookplate. See below for registration information. \n  \nAbout the Authors\n \nJeanne McWilliams Blasberg is an award-winning and bestselling author and essayist. Her most recent book\, The Nine (She Writes Press 2019) was honored with the 2019 Foreword Indies Gold Award in Thriller & Suspense\, and the Gold Medal and Juror’s Choice in the 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards\, among others. Her debut novel\, Eden (She Writes Press 2017)\, won the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for Best New Voice in Fiction and was a finalist for the Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction. \nBoth a coming-of-age novel and a portrait of an evolving mother-son relationship\, The Nine is the story of young man who chooses to expose a corrupt world operating under its own set of rules—even if it means jeopardizing his mother’s hopes and dreams. \nHannah Webber fears she will never be a mother\, but her prayers are finally answered when she gives birth to a son. In an era of high-stakes parenting\, nurturing Sam’s intellect becomes Hannah’s life purpose. She invests body and soul into his development\, much to the detriment of her marriage. She convinces herself\, however\, that Sam’s acceptance at age fourteen to the most prestigious of New England boarding schools overseen by an illustrious headmaster\, justifies her choices. \nWhen he arrives at Dunning\, Sam is glad to be out from under his mother’s close watch. And he enjoys his newfound freedom—until\, late one night\, he stumbles upon evidence of sexual misconduct at the school and is unable to shake the discovery. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jeanne or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \n \nMichelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore\,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents.  She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and\, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around\, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally\, her books have been praised by Kirkus\, Library Journal\, Publishers Weekly\, Booklist and many others\, so she might be on to something. \nHer novel\, A Haunting at Linley\, is the seventh book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series. \nClive and Henrietta return to England to find Castle Linley in financial ruin. When Clive’s cousin\, Wallace\, invites an estate agent in to assess the home’s value\, the agent is later found poisoned\, throwing all of the Castle’s guests into suspicion. Clive and Henrietta are soon drawn into an investigation\, which is slowed by an incompetent local inspector and several unexplained phenomena—the cause of which many\, especially the frail Lady Linley\, believe to be the workings of the ghost of a hanged maid. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Michelle or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \n \nGreta K. Kelly is (probably) not a witch\, death or otherwise\, but she can still be summoned with offerings of too-beautiful-to-use journals and Butterfingers candy. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her husband EJ\, daughters Lorelei and Nadia who are doing their level-best to take over the world. \nHer new novel\, The Queen of Days\, is an epic adventure that weaves together a flawed-but-lovable family of thieves\, a battle between fallen gods\, and stakes high enough to cause vertigo—perfect for fans of The Lies of Locke Lamora and Six of Crows. \nFor Balthazar and his family of thieves\, stealing a statue during the annual celebration of the god Karanis was just a good bit of fun…or a way to stick it to the governor who murdered his parents. And yeah\, the small fortune in reward doesn’t hurt—even if his boss also hired the mysterious Queen of Days to join the crew as “the weapon of last resort…” Whatever that means. But Bal doesn’t know the ceremony isn’t simply empty words and dusty tradition; it’s true magic. The kind of magic that rips open a portal for the god himself. Only the idol that Karanis planned on using for a body now lies broken at the Queen of Days’ feet. And half of it is missing. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Greta or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \n \nBrian J. Morra has spent his career in intelligence and national security beginning with his time as a decorated Air Force Intelligence officer and through his many years as a senior executive in the aerospace and defense industry. Brian was encouraged to write the story of The Able Archers by many friends who convinced him that his unique\, personal insight could bring the story to life of how humanity narrowly avoided extinction in the fall of 1983. His writing is based on first-hand experience and the stories of the many intriguing people he’s encountered over the years. \nHis novel\, The Able Archers\, was also the winner of the Military Fiction category and a finalist in the Historical Fiction category in the 16th annual National Indie Excellence Awards. Additionally. it was a finalist in the Historical Fiction category in the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The book has also been optioned by Legendary Entertainment for them to produce a limited TV series based on the book. \nIn 1983\, the world stands at the brink of nuclear annihilation\, and only a few people are aware of it. A riveting story of how two men’s lives intersect in the midst of an existential crisis\, The Able Archers is told through the eyes of two key participants: a young American intelligence officer\, Captain Kevin Cattani; and his more experienced Soviet counterpart\, Colonel Ivan Levchenko.The story plays out from the skies over Siberia to the gritty\, dangerous streets of East Berlin. The radically different worldviews of Cattani and Levchenko punctuate the deep divisions of the Cold War. The evolving relationship between the two men also highlights the humanity common to both sides. Only by working together will Cattani and Levchenko find a way to prevent a global nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Brian or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \n \nKaira Rouda is an award-winning USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novel\, The Next Wife\, won two Silver Falchion Awards for Best Suspense Novel and runner up to Best Book of the Year. To date\, her novels have been translated into a dozen languages. A former magazine editor and society columnist\, Kaira won the Stevie Award for Women in Business for creating the first female-focused residential real estate brand\, Real Living\, and growing the brand to more than 22 states before its sale to Berkshire Hathaway. Her first book\, Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs led to a national speaking tour where she inspired thousands. \nIn her latest book\, Beneath the Surface\, on a weekend voyage\, the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire are unprepared for a storm of deceptions. \nAn invitation to Catalina Island from billionaire CEO Richard Kingsley. For his sons\, Ted and John\, and their wives\, it’s an opportunity to curry favor\, gain control of a real estate empire\, and secure their family’s futures. For the controlling patriarch\, succession is a contest. He and his newest wife won’t make it an easy win. Let the games begin for a family who has everything money can buy\, and has used lies\, deception\, and more to keep it. This weekend one of them will be crowned heir. One is in line to lose everything. That’s the plan. But in the coming storm\, so much can go dangerously wrong. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kaira or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \n \nKatherine St. John is a native of Mississippi and a graduate of the University of Southern California who spent over a decade in the film industry as an actress\, screenwriter\, and director before turning to penning novels. When she’s not writing\, she can be found hiking or on the beach with a good book. Katherine currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and two daughters. \nHer newest book\, The Vicious Circle\, is a twisty\, escapist suspense about a mysterious jungle retreat center harboring violent secrets. \nOn a river deep in the Mexican jungle stands the colossal villa Xanadu\, home to an ardent spiritual group devoted to self-help guru Paul Bentzen and his enigmatic wife Kali. But when Paul mysteriously dies\, his entire estate—including Xanadu—is left not to Kali\, but to his estranged niece Sveta. Shocked and confused\, Sveta travels from New York City to Mexico to pay her respects. At first\, Xanadu seems like a secluded paradise with its tumbling gardens\, beautiful people\, and transcendent vibe. But soon the mystical façade wears thin\, revealing a fanatical group drunk on promises of an impossible utopia\, guided by a disturbing belief system and a charismatic\, dangerously capable leader. As the sinister forces surrounding Sveta become apparent\, she realizes\, too late\, she can’t escape. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Katherine or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nFor Book Clubs or Author Live Chats\n \nAre you in a book club\, library reading group\, or are your group of friends\, colleagues\, and family members seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that most\, if not all\, of the featured authors are members of our wonderful community of over 130 NovelNetwork authors available to meet with small groups via video chat. \nNovelNetwork is the nation’s first and only match(dot)com for authors and book clubs to find each other\, so check it out today. Book clubs join for free and gain access to our database of dozens of authors\, from NYT and international bestsellers to debut authors\, cookbook authors\, mystery and non-fiction authors\, and representing various regions of the United States\, and even Alaska and Hawaii\, all of whom want to meet with you! \nTo schedule a visit with any of our authors\, join FOR FREE  here. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/bingo-mystery-10-18-23/ CATEGORIES:Book Bingo,Event,Virtual Adventure ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thriller-suspense-10.18.23-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231011T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231011T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230803T053523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185853Z UID:10000445-1697043600-1697050800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Through the Decades: an Old Hollywood Dinner Adventure featuring USA Today and international bestselling author Noelle Salazar DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“Hollywood is a very inspiring place.” – Donatella Versace. \nTake a trip through classic decades with USA Today and international bestselling author Noelle Salazar in this Old Hollywood Dinner Adventure to celebrate her new book The Roaring Days of Zora Lily which follows the story of a young seamstress in the 1920’s who dreams of becoming a designer and how her quest for her dreams become more than she bargained for. \nJoin us at Studio Diner for dinner and a lively book discussion! Immerse yourself into the 1940’s aesthetic of this unique restaurant while learning from Noelle about the life and times of Zora Lily\, an inspiring designer living in the 1920’s whose work gets discovered by a costume conservator in 2023. Enjoy some classic\, American food and a soft beverage with friends and transport yourself back to the glamour and opulence of Old Hollywood. \nYour Adventure includes a delicious dinner\, a soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, a paperback copy of The Roaring Days of Zora Lily to be signed at the event\, and an opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in an intimate setting. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nNoelle Salazar was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest\, where she’s been a Navy recruit\, a medical assistant\, an NFL cheerleader\, and always a storyteller. As a novelist\, she has done extensive research into the Women Airforce Service Pilots\, interviewing vets and visiting the training facility—now a museum dedicated to the WASP—in Sweetwater\, Texas. She is a USA Today and international bestselling author of The Flight Girls and Angels of the Resistance. \nHer newest novel\, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily\, is about the discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown which unearths the story of a talented young seamstress and her journey from the smoke-filled speakeasies of Jazz Age Seattle to the costume houses of Hollywood. \nIn 2023\, a costume conservator is preparing an exhibition featuring movie costumes from the 1920s to present day. As she gingerly places a gown once worn by Greta Garbo on a mannequin\, she discovers another name hidden beneath the designer’s label\, leaving her to wonder—who is Zora Lily? \nIn Seattle 1924\, Poverty-stricken Zora Hough spends her days looking after her younger siblings while sewing up holes and fixing hems for clients to bring in extra money\, working her fingers to the bone just to survive. But at night\, as she lies in the bed she shares with one of her three sisters\, she secretly dreams of becoming a designer like Coco Chanel and Jeanne Lanvin. \nWhen her best friend gets a job dancing in a club downtown\, Zora is lured in by her stories of music\, glittering dresses and boys. It’s a world she has only ever imagined\, and one with connections that could lead her to the life she’s always dreamed of. But as Zora’s ambition is challenged by tragedy and duty to her family\, she’ll learn that dreams come with a cost. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Noelle or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nAbout Studio Diner\nDo the time warp down Ruffin Road and feast your eyes on the neon-lighted Studio Diner. It’s an authentic trip back to the ’40s — in the middle of the Kearny Mesa Business District. Wrapped in chrome & Blue neon\, the Diner is a welcome roadside stop. Decorated with “behind-the-scenes” movie-making equipment and serving comfort food with an upscale vibe\, Studio Diner is fun for the senses. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/noelle-salazar-10-11-23/ CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/noelle-salazar-10.11.23.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231009T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231009T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230111T053836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185838Z UID:10000361-1696876200-1696879800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 4): a FREE in-person series featuring bestselling historical author Jennifer Coburn DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2023 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet five bestselling and fan-favorite authors\, Joe Stillman\, Kathi Diamant\, Amy Wallen\, Jennifer Coburn\, and Kitty Morse. \nOur part 4 features bestselling historical author Jennifer Coburn\, as she discusses her book\, Cradles of the Reich. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 4 featuring Jennifer Coburn: Monday\, October 9\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 5 featuring Kitty Morse: Monday\, November 13\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n  \n\nPart 4: Jennifer Coburn\n\n \n\nJennifer Coburn is the author of the highly-anticipated historical novel\, Cradles of the Reich\, about three very different women living at a Nazi Lebensborn breeding home at the start of World War ll. Jennifer has also published a mother-daughter travel memoir\, We’ll Always Have Paris\, as well as six contemporary women’s novels. Additionally\, Jennifer has contributed to five literary anthologies\, including A Paris All Your Own. \nWhen Jennifer is not going down historical research rabbit holes\, she volunteers with So Say We All\, a live storytelling organization\, where she is a performer\, producer\, and performance coach. She is also an active volunteer with Reality Changers\, a nonprofit that supports low-income high school students in becoming the first in their families to attend college. She specializes in college essay development\, interview prep\, and all-around tiger mothering. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nPart 5: Kitty Morse\n \nKitty Morse is the author of ten cookbooks\, including a memoir with recipes titled Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories\, named Best Book/Arab Cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Other titles include Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen (now in its tenth printing from Chronicle Books)\, The California Farm Cookbook\, and Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion with Recipes. \n Her 11th cookbook Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France — part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook — features recipes from Kitty’s Alsatian ancestors\, and is based upon original family documents and photographs chronicling living in Alsace during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kitty or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n\nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n\n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jennifer-coburn-10-9-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pt-loma-library-series-2023-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230111T053228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185837Z UID:10000360-1694457000-1694460600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 3): a FREE in-person series featuring bestselling author and baker Amy Wallen DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2023 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet five bestselling and fan-favorite authors\, Joe Stillman\, Kathi Diamant\, Amy Wallen\, Jennifer Coburn\, and Kitty Morse. \nOur part 3 event features bestselling author and baker Amy Wallen\, as she discusses her book\, How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 3 featuring Amy Wallen: Monday\, September 11\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 4 featuring Jennifer Coburn: Monday\, October 9\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 5 featuring Kitty Morse: Monday\, November 13\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n  \n\n\nPart 3: Amy Wallen\n\n \nAmy Wallen is the San Diego-based author of When We Were Ghouls\, A Memoir of Ghost Stories and the Los Angeles Times bestseller Moon Pies & Movie Stars. Her essays have been published in The Gettysburg Review\, The Normal School\, Country Living and other national magazines and anthologies. \nHer book\, How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies is a charming illustrated book on her journey writing a novel\, some of her teaching experience\, and some recipe-stories on pies\, because it was through pie that she claims she survived novel writing. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Amy or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n\n  \nPart 4: Jennifer Coburn\n\n \n\nJennifer Coburn is the author of the highly-anticipated historical novel\, Cradles of the Reich\, about three very different women living at a Nazi Lebensborn breeding home at the start of World War ll. Jennifer has also published a mother-daughter travel memoir\, We’ll Always Have Paris\, as well as six contemporary women’s novels. Additionally\, Jennifer has contributed to five literary anthologies\, including A Paris All Your Own. \nWhen Jennifer is not going down historical research rabbit holes\, she volunteers with So Say We All\, a live storytelling organization\, where she is a performer\, producer\, and performance coach. She is also an active volunteer with Reality Changers\, a nonprofit that supports low-income high school students in becoming the first in their families to attend college. She specializes in college essay development\, interview prep\, and all-around tiger mothering. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nPart 5: Kitty Morse\n \nKitty Morse is the author of ten cookbooks\, including a memoir with recipes titled Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories\, named Best Book/Arab Cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Other titles include Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen (now in its tenth printing from Chronicle Books)\, The California Farm Cookbook\, and Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion with Recipes. \n Her 11th cookbook Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France — part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook — features recipes from Kitty’s Alsatian ancestors\, and is based upon original family documents and photographs chronicling living in Alsace during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kitty or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n\nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n\n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n  \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/amy-wallen-9-11-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pt-loma-library-series-2023-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230420T035142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185846Z UID:10000384-1694435400-1694440800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:The River We Remember: a Carlsbad City Library Adventure featuring NYT bestselling author William Kent Krueger DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Adventure\n\n Vicious rumors… Tragic town histories… And an unsolved murder\, born from the demons of his own past. \nNew York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger returns with The River We Remember\, a spellbinding murder mystery about midcentury American life. Join William at the Carlsbad City Library for an afternoon of suspense\, as William takes an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at home. \n  \nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is not required\, as it is free and open to the public. The Carlsbad City Library will distribute tickets to the event (at no cost)\, on a first-come\, first-served basis. Contact the Library for further information on ticket distribution. \nCopies of The River We Remember are available for pre-sale below and they will be delivered to the event for signing. Books will be also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nRaised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon\, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University—before being kicked out for radical activities. After that\, he logged timber\, worked construction\, tried his hand at freelance journalism\, and eventually ended up researching child development at the University of Minnesota. He’s been married for nearly fifty years to a marvelous woman who is a retired attorney. He makes his home in St. Paul\, a city he dearly loves. \nKrueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor\, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe. His work has received a number of awards\, including the Minnesota Book Award\, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award\, the Anthony Award\, the Barry Award\, the Dilys Award\, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last nine novels were all New York Times bestsellers. \nIn his new standalone novel\, The River We Remember\, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen\, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances. \n  \nAbout the Carlsbad City Library\n \n\nCarlsbad City Library provides community members of all ages with convenient access to high-quality resources and services to inform and enrich individual and community life. Carlsbad City Library is the destination for information\, enjoyment of reading\, lifelong learning\, and cultural enrichment for those who live\, work and play in Carlsbad. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/william-kent-krueger-9-11-23-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,SoCal Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/william-kent-krueger-Carlsbad-9.11.23-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230910T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230910T153000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230420T044043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185846Z UID:10000383-1694354400-1694359800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:The River We Remember: a La Jolla Library Adventure featuring NYT bestselling author William Kent Krueger DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Adventure\n\n Vicious rumors… Tragic town histories… And an unsolved murder\, born from the demons of his own past. \nNew York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger returns with The River We Remember\, a spellbinding murder mystery about midcentury American life. Join William at the La Jolla/Riford Library for an afternoon of suspense\, as William takes an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at home. \nThis event is expected to sell out\, so we recommend that you purchase a VIP registration below\, which not only guarantees your seat (while supplies last)\, but also includes a hardcover copy of The River We Remember to be delivered to you at the event for signing. Books will be also be available for purchase at the event.  \n  \nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is not required\, as it is free and open to the public. However\, seating is available on a first-come fist-serve basis. You can guarantee a seat (while supplies last) by purchasing the VIP registration below\, which includes a copy of The River We Remember to be delivered to the event for signing. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nRaised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon\, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University—before being kicked out for radical activities. After that\, he logged timber\, worked construction\, tried his hand at freelance journalism\, and eventually ended up researching child development at the University of Minnesota. He’s been married for nearly fifty years to a marvelous woman who is a retired attorney. He makes his home in St. Paul\, a city he dearly loves. \nKrueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor\, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe. His work has received a number of awards\, including the Minnesota Book Award\, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award\, the Anthony Award\, the Barry Award\, the Dilys Award\, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last nine novels were all New York Times bestsellers. \nIn his new standalone novel\, The River We Remember\, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen\, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances. \n\n  \nAbout the La Jolla/Riford Library\nWith a unique connection to San Diego’s biotech industry\, the La Jolla-Riford Library is believed to be the first in the country to feature a public biotech laboratory. The Bio Lab is part of an innovation space at the library that also includes 3D printers and a 50-person capacity classroom. \nLa Jolla-Riford Library opened in 1989\, thanks to a generous land donation from Ms. Florence Riford. At 25\,000 square feet\, the library features a cozy fireplace\, enclosed outdoor reading patio\, spacious community room with a piano and art gallery\, and the History Room which houses a comprehensive collection of La Jolla historical documents and newspaper archives. \n\n \n\n\n\n  URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/william-kent-krueger-9-10-23-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,SoCal Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/william-kent-kruger-lajolla-9.10.23-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230831T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230831T170000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230608T041251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185848Z UID:10000437-1693494000-1693501200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Mayhem on a Megayacht: a Pre-Bouchercon Happy Hour Adventure with USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\nThis event is SOLD OUT. To join the waitlist\, please email admin@adventuresbythebook.com.\n\nWhat happens on an overnight voyage on the Splendid Seas… \n…is the imagination of USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda\, in her soon-to-be-released novel\, Beneath the Surface\, a pulse-pounding thriller about a family on a weekend voyage who has everything money can buy\, and has used lies and so much more to keep it. \nIn anticipation of Bouchercon World Mystery Convention\, the annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction that will be held in San Diego this year\, you are invited to a very special VIP event with USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda\, complete with wine\, charcuterie\, swag bags\, a free book\, and the opportunity to connect with this talented author of suspense and intrigue in a fun pre-launch happy hour Adventure. \nJoin Kaira at San Pasqual Winery tasting room in Seaport Village and brace yourself for a storm of deceptions. \nFor only $15\, your Adventure includes: \nSwag bag \nWine tasting \nOne FREE book of your choice (The Widow\, Somebody’s Home\, or The Next Wife – Please list your choice in the notes section at checkout\, thank you!) \nCharcuterie box \nTax and gratuity \nAnd the opportunity to meet the author live and in-person. \nSpaces are limited and this event is expected to sell out\, so we recommend that you act quickly (see below registration) . Books will also be available for purchase at the event.  \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKaira Rouda is an award-winning USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novel\, The Next Wife\, won two Silver Falchion Awards for Best Suspense Novel and runner up to Best Book of the Year. To date\, her novels have been translated into a dozen languages. \nA former magazine editor and society columnist\, Kaira won the Stevie Award for Women in Business for creating the first female-focused residential real estate brand\, Real Living\, and growing the brand to more than 22 states before its sale to Berkshire Hathaway. Her first book\, Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs led to a national speaking tour where she inspired thousands. \nIn her latest book\, Beneath the Surface\, on a weekend voyage\, the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire are unprepared for a storm of deceptions. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kaira or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nAbout San Pasqual Winery\nSan Pasqual Winery is a small\, family owned winery located in La Mesa\, California – about 15 miles east of San Diego. Although the namesake dates to the 1970’s when it was located in the San Pasqual Valley\, the winery was later “reinvented” as San Diego’s first urban winery\, earning it a spot on Sunset Magazine’s list of “Hot 100 West Coast Trends.” The winery is now located in the industrial area of La Mesa\, with offsite tasting rooms nearby in the Village of La Mesa and downtown San Diego at Seaport Village. \nWith annual production ranging from three to four thousand cases\, most of their wine is sold directly from the winery and tasting room locations\, allowing a more personal connection with the people who enjoy their wines. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kaira-rouda-8-31-23-2-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Happy Hour Adventures,SoCal Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/kaira-rouda-8.31.23-1-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230831T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230831T170000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230607T211251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T163836Z UID:10000391-1693494000-1693501200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Murder at the Marina: a Pre-Bouchercon Happy Hour Adventure with USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n\nYou are cordially invited to an overnight virtual voyage on the Splendid Seas… \n…with USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda\, to celebrate her soon-to-be-released novel\, Beneath the Surface\, a pulse-pounding thriller about a family on a weekend voyage who has everything money can buy\, and has used lies and so much more to keep it. \nIn anticipation of Bouchercon World Mystery Convention\, the annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction that will be held in San Diego this year\, you are invited to a very special VIP event with USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda\, complete with wine\, charcuterie\, swag bags\, a free book\, and the opportunity to connect with this talented author of suspense and intrigue in a fun pre-launch happy hour Adventure. \nJoin Kaira at San Pasqual Winery tasting room in Seaport Village and brace yourself for a storm of deceptions. \nFor only $15\, your Adventure includes: \nSwag bag \nWine tasting \nOne FREE book of your choice (The Widow\, Somebody’s Home\, or The Next Wife – Please list your choice in the notes section at checkout\, thank you!) \nCharcuterie box \nTax and gratuity \nAnd the opportunity to meet the author live and in-person. \nSpaces are limited and this event is expected to sell out\, so we recommend that you act quickly (see below registration) . Books will also be available for purchase at the event.  \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKaira Rouda is an award-winning USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novel\, The Next Wife\, won two Silver Falchion Awards for Best Suspense Novel and runner up to Best Book of the Year. To date\, her novels have been translated into a dozen languages. \nA former magazine editor and society columnist\, Kaira won the Stevie Award for Women in Business for creating the first female-focused residential real estate brand\, Real Living\, and growing the brand to more than 22 states before its sale to Berkshire Hathaway. Her first book\, Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs led to a national speaking tour where she inspired thousands. \nIn her latest book\, Beneath the Surface\, on a weekend voyage\, the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire are unprepared for a storm of deceptions. \n  \nAbout San Pasqual Winery\nSan Pasqual Winery is a small\, family owned winery located in La Mesa\, California – about 15 miles east of San Diego. Although the namesake dates to the 1970’s when it was located in the San Pasqual Valley\, the winery was later “reinvented” as San Diego’s first urban winery\, earning it a spot on Sunset Magazine’s list of “Hot 100 West Coast Trends.” The winery is now located in the industrial area of La Mesa\, with offsite tasting rooms nearby in the Village of La Mesa and downtown San Diego at Seaport Village. \nWith annual production ranging from three to four thousand cases\, most of their wine is sold directly from the winery and tasting room locations\, allowing a more personal connection with the people who enjoy their wines. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kaira-rouda-8-31-23-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Happy Hour Adventures,SoCal Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Kaira-Rouda-20230831.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230827T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230827T150000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230606T111837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185847Z UID:10000390-1693141200-1693148400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Inside the Author's Studio Adventure featuring Moroccan-born chef and cookbook author Kitty Morse DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\nThis event is SOLD OUT. To join the waitlist\, please email admin@adventuresbythebook.com.\n\n“But what was the tattered black leather valise doing there\, hidden behind a crocheted comforter on the top shelf of my late mother’s closet? The tarnished brass locking mechanism had already been sprung. I held my breath and lifted the lid…” \nWhen award-winning author and Morocco-born chef Kitty Morse was sorting through her late mother’s belongings\, she never could have imagined the astonishing story that would unfold from those long-forgotten objects. Now\, in her new book – part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook – Kitty delivers Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France\, featuring recipes and the untold true accounts of her Alsatian ancestors during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \nJoin us at Kitty’s Moroccan-themed Vista home for the next in our Inside the Author’s Studio series\, where you will have the opportunity to meet the author up close and personal to learn more about the remarkable story behind her new book\, Bitter Sweet. \nYour Adventure includes  a tasting of savory and sweet bites from her heirloom recipes\, tea\, a slide show of Kitty’s recent remarkable trip to France to visit the sites in her book\, an autographed copy of Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France to be delivered and signed at the event\, tax\, book presentation\, and the opportunity to engage with Kitty live and in-person. \nDue to the special nature of this event\, only a limited number of spaces are available and event is expected to sell out. \nRegistration\nTo register for the in-person event\, simply select the Event Registration (8/27/23) option below\, and the address to Kitty’s private Vista residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKitty Morse is the author of ten cookbooks\, including a memoir with recipes titled Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories\, named Best Book/Arab Cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Other titles include Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen (now in its tenth printing from Chronicle Books)\, The California Farm Cookbook\, and Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion with Recipes. \nKitty’s career as an author\, travel writer\, cooking teacher\, and tour organizer spans more than twenty-five years\, including a 2019 Moroccan Adventure by the Book trip. Once a food columnist for the Los Angeles Times\, Kitty has written for most major food publications including Fine Cooking\, Sunset\, and Bon Appetit. She hosted 2 television series of her own\, and has appeared on national television in the US and abroad. \nShe has been a guest lecturer and presenter at venues in California and beyond: from the Los Angeles Public Library\, to the City of Chicago\, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC\, cooking schools\, museums\, and universities. She taught Moroccan cuisine at the famed Rancho La Puerta Spa in Tecate\, Mexico\, for several years. Her monthly enewsletter\, The Kasbah Chronicles\, is now in its thirteenth year. \n Her 11th cookbook Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France — part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook — features recipes from Kitty’s Alsatian ancestors\, and is based upon original family documents and photographs chronicling living in Alsace during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \n\n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Kitty or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork® URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kitty-morse-8-27-23/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/kitty-morse-author-studio-8.27.23-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230824T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230824T173000 DTSTAMP:20260525T233522 CREATED:20230621T065358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185851Z UID:10000439-1692892800-1692898200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Fall into Reading PitchFest: a FREE "Choose Your Fall/Winter 2023 Reads" virtual Adventure with 16 fan-favorite authors DESCRIPTION:About PitchFest\n\nAre you so overwhelmed with the dazzling array of books published each year that you have a difficult time choosing your next read? Whether you are part of a book club\, a library\, other reading group\, or an individual reader who could use a little assistance in choosing your 2023 reads\, allow us to Pitch in and help you decide with our PitchFest: a FREE Choose Your Fall/Winter 2023 Reads virtual Adventure! \nPrepare your fall/winter reading list by meeting an incredible lineup of 16 fan-favorite authors\, including New York Times\, international\, and bestselling authors\, as well as authors you may be meeting for the first time. We will even provide you with a PitchFest “cheat sheet” with information about the authors and their new book releases\, and a section for you to take notes during the presentation (emailed the week of the event). \nAnd\, there will be book giveaways\, so you won’t want to miss it! \nTo top it all off\, there’s even more great news: a little birdie told us that all 16 authors are part of NovelNetwork\, meaning that every single one of them is available to meet with your book club\, library\, or reading group to chat about their incredible new books. Visit NovelNetwork or click on the direct links below to schedule an author visit now and avoid the rush\, or plan a visit with your favorites after PitchFest. \nYour FREE Adventure includes 16 fast-paced and fun presentations by all 16 authors that are sure to help you choose your 2023 fall/winter reads\, a Q&A\, and the opportunity to meet the authors virtually via Zoom. \n\nBook Pre-Orders\nBooks are available for pre-order below to be shipped to you. Please note some titles below have not yet been published\, and you will receive your book(s) once they have been published. \n  \nRegistration\nThis event is FREE and open to the public. Simply select the Free PitchFest Registration (8/24/23) option below and a Zoom link and a Pitchfest Cheat Sheet will be emailed to you 3 days before the event. \n  \nAbout the Authors\nJamie Beck’s realistic and heartwarming stories have sold more than three million copies. She is a two-time Booksellers’ Best Award finalist\, a National Readers’ Choice Award winner\, and critics at Kirkus\, Publishers Weekly\, and Booklist have respectively called her work “smart\,” “poignant\,” and “entertaining.” In addition to writing novels\, she enjoys dancing around the kitchen while cooking and hitting the slopes in Vermont and Utah. Her new novel\, The Beauty of Rain\, follows two devoted sisters at a tragic breaking point who discover the beautiful and painful truths of being alive. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jamie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nFlorence Reiss Kraut has published personal essays for the New York Times and her fiction has appeared in journals such as The Evening Street Press\, SNReview\, The Westchester Review and others. She lives with her husband in Rye\, New York. Florence’s first book\, How To Make A Life\, came out to critical acclaim and has been shortlisted for several prizes. Her second novel\, Street Corner Dreams\, is a suspenseful family saga\, love story\, and gangster tale\, wrapped into one great book club read. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Florence or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nMadeline Martin is a New York Times and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance. She is a die-hard history lover who will happily lose herself in research any day. The Keeper of Hidden Books is a heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together\, inspired by the true story of the underground library in WWII Warsaw. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Madeline or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \n  \nSarah McCoy is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and international bestselling author of Marilla of Green Gables\, The Mapmaker’s Children\, and The Baker’s Daughter\, a 2012 Goodreads Choice Award Best Historical Fiction nominee. Her work has been featured in Newsweek\, Real Simple\, The Millions\, Literary Hub\, Writer’s Digest\, Huffington Post\, and other publications. Mustique Island explores a sun-splashed romp with a rich divorcée and her two wayward daughters in 1970s Mustique\, the world’s most exclusive private island. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Sarah or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nLaura Morelli holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University and is an award-winning\, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling historical novelist. She is the author of the popular guidebook series that includes Made in Italy. Her historical novels\, including The Night Portrait and The Last Masterpiece\, bring the stories of art history to life. Laura has taught college students in the U.S. and in Italy\, and shares her passion for the history of Italian art in her online programs. Her new novel\, The Last Masterpiece\, follows two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—as they hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Laura or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nKitty Morse is the author of 10 cookbooks\, including a memoir with recipes\, Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories\, named Best Book/Arab Cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Her 11th cookbook Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France — part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook — features recipes from Kitty’s Alsatian ancestors\, and is based upon original family documents and photographs chronicling living in Alsace during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kitty or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nGill Paul is the bestselling author of 12 historical novels\, many of them about real women from the past whom she thinks have been marginalized or misjudged by historians. Her novels have reached the top of the USA Today\, Wall Street Journal\, and Toronto Globe & Mail charts\, and have been translated into 22 languages. A Beautiful Rival reveals the unknown history of cosmetic titans Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein and their infamous rivalry. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Gill or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nAimie K. Runyan is a multi-published and international bestselling author of historical fiction. She has been nominated for a Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer of the Year award and 4 Colorado Book Awards. A Bakery in Paris is a captivating historical novel set in the nineteenth-century and post–World War II Paris which follows two fierce women of the same family\, generations apart\, who find that their futures lie in the four walls of a simple bakery in a tiny corner of Montmartre. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Aimie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nNoelle Salazar was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest\, where she’s been a Navy recruit\, a medical assistant\, an NFL cheerleader\, and always a storyteller. As a novelist\, she has done extensive research into the Women Airforce Service Pilots\, interviewing vets and visiting the training facility—now a museum dedicated to the WASP—in Sweetwater\, Texas. Her newest novel\, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily\, is about the discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown which unearths the story of a talented young seamstress and her journey from the smoke-filled speakeasies of Jazz Age Seattle to the costume houses of Hollywood. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Noelle or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nDr. Puja Shah is a philanthropist and visionary poet who shares her voice through written and spoken word\, guided meditations\, and teaching. With over a decade of nonprofit experience\, she has aligned with girls rights awareness causes for her triple award winning debut novel\, For My Sister. For My Sister is a heartfelt novel about the deep bond of twin sisters from India who lose their freedom… and their irrepressible hope\, love\, and courage throughout. A story of girls rising up against all odds\, it was recently a San Diego Fox 5 News book club pick and featured on Sony Entertainment Television as a must read. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Puja or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nElizabeth L. Silver is the author of The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty\, and Amazon Best Book of the Year The Execution of Noa P. Singleton. Her work has been called “masterful” by The Wall Street Journal\, has been published in 7 languages\, and optioned for film. The Tincture of Time was featured on PBS and NPR\, and was an O Magazine/Oprah’s “Ten Books to Pick up Now.” Her forthcoming novel\, The Majority\, is a riveting novel of love and friendship\, motherhood and ambition\, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nKatherine St. John is a native of Mississippi and a graduate of the University of Southern California who spent over a decade in the film industry as an actress\, screenwriter\, and director before turning to penning novels. When she’s not writing\, she can be found hiking or on the beach with a good book. Katherine currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and two daughters. Her newest book\, The Vicious Circle\, is a twisty\, escapist suspense about a mysterious jungle retreat center harboring violent secrets. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Katherine or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nCarol Van Den Hende is the award-winning author of the Goodbye\, Orchid series which won 20+ literary awards including the American Fiction Award\, Pinnacle Achievement Award\, IAN for Best First Novel\, two Royal Dragonfly’s\, and Kops-Fetherling Award. When she’s not penning stories of resilience and hope\, Carol applies her MBA to global marketing and digital strategy. Always Orchid\, the riveting third book in the Goodbye\, Orchid contemporary fiction series\, was shortlisted for the Hawthorne Prize for fiction\, selected by The Pulpwood Queens 2024 Book-of-the-Month\, and is\, according to Kirkus Reviews\, “An engrossing\, inspiring depiction of traumatized individuals growing amidst challenges.” \nTo schedule a book club visit with Carol or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nMichelle Webster-Hein and her family work a small homestead in the southern Michigan countryside where she was born and raised. She earned my MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and her work has been nominated four times for a Pushcart Prize\, recognized in the Best American series\, and featured on the show “Stateside” from Michigan Radio. She has also been published in Modern Farmer\, Ruminate Magazine\, LitHub\, River Teeth\, and Hunger Mountain\, among other places. Out of Esau\, her debut novel\, was published in October of 2022 by Counterpoint Press and it follows the story of a woman questioning her marriage who encounters the steadfast pastor of her small town and they are both forced to reconsider their pasts\, their faith\, and their future. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Michelle or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nKaren White is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 34 books\, including the Tradd Street series\, The Last Night in London\, Dreams of Falling\, The Night the Lights Went Out\, Flight Patterns\, The Sound of Glass\, and A Long Time Gone. She is the coauthor of The Lost Summers of Newport\, All the Ways We Said Goodbye\, The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. A woman is haunted—both literally and figuratively—by ghosts of the past in her second novel of the Royal Street series\, The House on Prytania. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Karen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nTracey Enerson Wood has always had a writing bug. While working as a Registered Nurse\, starting her own Interior Design company\, raising two children\, and bouncing around the world as a military wife\, she indulged in her passion as a playwright\, screenwriter and novelist. She has authored magazine columns and other non-fiction\, written and directed plays of all lengths\, including Grits\, Fleas and Carrots\, Rocks and Other Hard Places\, Alone\, and Fog. Her next novel\, The President’s Wife\, is an astonishing portrait of a courageous First Lady\, Edith Bolling Wilson\, and the sacrifices she made to protect her husband and her country at all costs. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Tracey or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork® URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/fall-pitchfest-a-free-choose-your-2023-reads-virtual-adventure-with-15-fan-favorite-authors-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual Adventure ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PitchFest-8.24.23-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR