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Scheer, whose profiles of and interviews with U.S. presidents have helped shape journalism history, will be presenting his newest book, THE PORNOGRAPHY OF POWER on Sunday, September 7. In it, he takes aim at America's defense policy and bloated military budget with a pugnacious and rigorously researched ... (mere)polemic, vigorously arguing that war cannot defeat terrorism. About the Author: Robert Scheer is currently Editor-in-Chief of Truthdig.com, 2007 Webby Award winner for best political blog. Between 1964 and 1969, he was Vietnam correspondent, managing editor and editor in chief of Ramparts magazine. From 1976 to 1993, he served as a national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, writing on diverse topics such as the Soviet Union, arms control, national politics and the military. In 1993 he launched a nationally syndicated column based at the Los Angeles Times, where he was named a contributing editor. That column ran weekly for the next 12 years and is now based at the San Francisco Chronicle. Scheer can be heard on the political radio program Left, Right and Center on KCRW, the National Public Radio affiliate in Santa Monica, CA. He has written seven books, including With Enough Shovels: Reagan, Bush and Nuclear War. He is a contributing editor for The Nation as well as a Nation Fellow. He has also been a Poynter fellow at Yale, and was a fellow in arms control at Stanford.

Margaret Benefiel draws on interviews with outstanding leaders and demonstrates the principle that soulfulness at work is a way of being and doing. The Soul of a Leader provides new perspectives on the qualities of leadership with three main sections elaborating on the themes of choosing the path, staying ... (mere)on track, and persevering to the end.

The Beijing Olympics offered people a tantalizing look at China. Now freelance journalist and food writer Jen Lin-Liu takes us beyond the Bird’s Nest on a cook's tour of today's China. From her days as a cooking student to noodle-stall and dumpling-house apprentice to intern at a chic Shanghai restaurant, ... (mere)she presents an unforgettable slice of contemporary China in the full swing of social and economic transformation.

Local author Betty J. Iverson will discuss and sign copies of her book, Journeys to Survival.

Tuesday, September 9th Books Inc. Palo Alto welcomes David Harris, author of The Genius: How Bill Walsh Reinvented Football and Created an NFL Dynasty. The Genius is the gripping and definitive account of Bill Walsh's career and how he built a football dynasty from the rubble of a fallen franchise. ... (mere)David Harris gives a stellar account of the silver-haired sophisticate from humble working-class roots who was hired as head coach and general manager of the San Francisco Forty Niners in January 1979 and became the architect of what is arguably the greatest ten-year run in NFL history. With unmatched access to players, fellow coaches, executives, the reporters who covered the Niners' heyday, and Walsh himself, Harris recounts how Walsh, through tactical and organizational genius, created a football juggernaut. There were also the demons that pushed and haunted Walsh throughout his career: his clash with his former mentor, Paul Brown, who denied Walsh his first pro head-coaching job with the Cincinnati Bengals; Walsh's struggle with self-doubt and criticism; the toll his single-minded devotion to football exacted on his family; and his complex relationship with the Forty Niners' owner, Edward DeBartolo, Jr. In the annals of sport, few individuals have had as great an impact on their game-or on its relevance to life outside the lines-as Bill Walsh. With knowledge, skill, passion, and a critical eye, David Harris reveals the brilliant man behind the coaching legend.

Last year, actress and math genius Danica McKellar made waves nationwide, challenging the “math nerd” stereotype—and giving girls the tools to ace tests and homework in her unique just-us-girls style. Now, in Kiss My Math, McKellar empowers a new crop of girls—7th to 9th graders—taking on the ... (mere)next level of mathematics: pre-Algebra.

JANIS IAN talk & booksigning for "Society's Child: My Autobiography" Tuesday, September 9 at 7:30 pm Janis Ian has inspired generations of fans, and in "Society's Child: My Autobiography," the Grammy Award winner shares the fascinating story of her life in music. In this moving memoir, Ian tells ... (mere)the story behind her controversial 1966 hit “Society’s Child” (written when the musician was just 15 years old) and the equally acclaimed 1975 smash “At Seventeen,” which earned two Grammys and five nominations. Janis Ian is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, singer, multi-instrumental musician, columnist, and science fiction fan-turned-author. She had a highly successful singing career in the 1960s and 1970s, and has continued recording into the 21st century. Ian has been a regular columnist for and continuing contributor to the LGBT magazine The Advocate. This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street in San Francisco). For further information, call 415-863-8688 or visit www.booksmith.com If you can't attend this event and would like to order a signed copy of the author's new book, please email or phone our store.

Esteemed consultant and coach Michelle DeAngelis shows that while life can suck, it doesn’t have to. In Get a Life That Doesn’t Suck she offers a combination of street smart wisdom and cheerful irreverence as she introduces foundational tools and effective techniques to take readers from “crappy ... (mere)to happy.”

Wednesday, September 10th Inked Books, The Graphic Novel Book Group will discuss Frank Miller’s Ronin. An unspeaking, unstoppable Japanese warrior of the 13th century is reborn into 21st-century New York as the city is being conquered by his ancient enemy, the demon Agat. This fast-paced graphic ... (mere)novel sends the Ronin into battle against futuristic gangs and malevolent, computerized overlords as he attempts to redeem his soul.

Books Inc. in the Castro in association with the SF LGBT Center and Three Dollar Bill Café is pleased to announce our next Book Group selection: Dry, by Augusten Burroughs. From the best-selling author of "Running with Scissors" comes "Dry"--the hilarious, moving, and no less bizarre account of what ... (mere)happened next. You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bar