Local Author Book Signing Today!
While you’re out and about today, pop into the air-conditioned Oakridge mall and visit Borders Books. Local author Tiffany Turner will be in store for a book signing of her newest children’s book....
View ArticleSilicon Valley Reads announces 2011 book selection
Silicon Valley Reads, the program that’s meant to get everyone in Silicon Valley reading, and talking about, one book each year, has chosen The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond as its subject for...
View ArticleMike Huckabee in San Jose December 2nd
Mike Huckabee will be in San Jose to sign copies of his Christmas books. * Can’t Wait Till Christmas * A Simple Christmas ~ Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit. Thursday, December 2...
View ArticleRemembering the Mid-Century by the Bay
When we think about historic architecture in the Bay Area, we often think of our very oldest structures, like the Spanish Missions, the Peralta Adobe, or possibly Victorian and early 20th-century...
View ArticleImages of America: Silicon Valley
This recent (2009) addition to Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series covers a huge segment of local history, roughly from Victorian times to the present day. Like other books in the series, it...
View ArticleMICHELLE RICHMOND – THE YEAR OF FOG
San Jose: Local (Northern California) author Michelle Richmond will discuss her book – The Year of Fog. As an avid reader I appreciate an author who can captivate my thoughts, and Michelle’s writings...
View ArticleProp 8 Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional – Torn Apart the Novel
Saying that “Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California,” the U.S. 9th Circuit Court has ruled that...
View ArticleLibrary on a stick
I just spotted this in front of a home on the 500 block of Arleta Avenue in the Burbank neighborhood of central San Jose. Inside were a couple of dozen books available for borrowing — mostly...
View ArticleStephen Elliott at SJSU this week – You’re invited!
It appears we’re a little short on posts here at Metblogs, but never fear, I’m here to bring some excitement to your lives. Er, I’m here to tell you about someone who will bring you some excitement...
View ArticleThe Photography of Modernist Cuisine with Nathan Myhrvold
It’s not a surprise that techies and geeks love our food, and the science behind food, the how and why and what if of cooking. It is a bit of a surprise to find someone who has a gift for cooking and...
View ArticleDirector brings Craig Clevenger novel to Cinequest screens
Craig Clevenger is the San Franciscan author of The Contortionist’s Handbook and Dermaphoria. Director Ross Clarke brings the film version of Dermaphoria to the big screen at Cinequest this week. This...
View ArticleRadio Girls, by UCSC alumna Sarah-Jane Stratford
Coming June 14 Summer is almost upon us, and we should all be starting our beach reading lists. There is a book called Radio Girls that PopSugar recommends for Best 2016 Summer reading, and you should...
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