Tattered Cover presents...
Past, Present, Future
History, Memoir, & Biography Events
June 2018
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Political Science Book Talk & Signing
Thursday, June 7, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Charlie LeDuff, Pulitzer-prize winner and bestselling author of
Detroit: An American Autopsy
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Sh*tshow!: The Country's Collapsing...and the Ratings Are Great
($27.00 Penguin Press), a daring, firsthand, and utterly-unscripted account of crisis in America, from Ferguson to Flint to Cliven Bundy's ranch to Donald Trump's unstoppable campaign for President.
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Memoir Book Talk & Signing
Monday, June 11, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Pilot Kitty Banner will discuss and sign
Wings of Her Dreams: Alaska Bush & Glacier Pilot, Kitty Banner
($27.95 Finney Company), a reflection and look at the adventures during her time in Alaska. Kitty flew as a Bush Pilot and as a Glacier Pilot, mastering a variety of aircraft and flying with exterior loads as well as exterior mounted cameras for aerial filming and action photography.
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Memoir Book Talk & Signing
Thursday, June 14, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
When Kevin Tuerff and his partner boarded their flight from France to New York City on September 11, 2001, they had no idea that a few hours later the world -- and their lives -- would change forever. He will discuss and sign
Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11
($14.95 House of Anansi Press Inc).
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Memoir Book Talk & Signing
Tuesday, June 19, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Michelle Kuo taught English at an alternative school, attended Harvard Law School, and now currently teaches courses on race, law, and society at the American University in Paris. She will discuss and sign
Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
($16.00 Random House Trade), a memoir of the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta.
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Memoir Book Talk & Signing
Friday, June 22, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Author and journalist Daniel de Vis
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will discuss and sign
The Comeback: Greg Lemond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France
($27.00 Atlantic Monthly Press). This book chronicles the life of one of America's greatest athletes, from his roots in Nevada and California to the heights of global fame, to a falling out with his own family and a confrontation with Lance Armstrong over doping allegations--a campaign LeMond would wage on principle for more than a decade before Armstrong was finally stripped of his own Tour titles.
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Memoir Book Talk & Signing
Friday, June 22, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
Joe Donnelly, award-winning journalist and editor, will discuss and sign
L.A. Man: Profiles from a Big City and a Small World
($16.95 Rare Bird Books). During his many years writing for publications such as
LA Weekly
,
Los Angeles Times
, and more, Donnelly has driven to Texas with Wes Anderson, shot pool with Sean Penn, sparred (verbally) with Christian Bale, and listened to tall tales told by Werner Herzog. This collection manages to show Los Angeles' biggest export in a light in which it is rarely seen.
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History Book Talk & Signing
Friday, June 22, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Nikola Tesla invented the radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories, yet he has been largely overlooked by history. Author Richard Munson will discuss and sign
Tesla: Inventor of the Modern
($26.95 W. W. Norton & Company), a comprehensive portrait of this farsighted and under-appreciated mastermind.
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History Book Talk & Signing
Monday, June 25, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
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Memoir Book Talk & Signing
Wednesday, June 27, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he's covered more than a million miles packing, loading, and hauling people's belongings all over America. Finn Murphy will discuss and sign his memoir
The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
($16.95 W. W. Norton & Company), in which he offers a trucker's-eye view of America on the move.
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History Book Talk & Signing
Wednesday, June 27, 7:00 pm, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Sloans Lake
Author and director Jared Brock will discuss and sign
The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War
($28.00 PublicAffairs). This sweeping biography immortalizes the man who was the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's
Uncle Tom's Cabin
in an epic tale of courage and bravery in the face of unimaginable trials.
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Memoir Book Talk & Signing
Friday, June 29, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Lawyer and writer Elizabeth Katkin will discuss and sign
Conceivability: What I Learned Exploring the Frontiers of Fertility
($26.00 Simon & Schuster). Part memoir, part guide, this personal and deeply informative account of one woman's journey through the global fertility industry in search of the solution to her own "unexplained infertility" exposes eye-opening information about the medical, financial, legal, scientific, emotional, and ethical issues at stake.
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Tuesday, June 12, 12:30 pm, Aspen Grove
Join Active Minds for a discussion of recent developments as well as a review of North Korean history.
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Tuesday, June 26, 5:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Join Active Minds 70 years later as we review this historic initiative and discuss its relevance in the world today.
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Upcoming Events
Thursday, July 12, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Monday, July 23, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Thursday, August 9, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Saturday, August 11, 2:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Tuesday, August 21, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Tuesday, September 11, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Sunday, September 16, 2:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Sunday, September 16, 2:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Thursday, September 20, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Monday, October 1, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
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Every Day, Another Language Dies
Pressed with copper, inked on vellum, Ortelius's 1570 Theatrum orbis terrarum (the Theatre of the World) was an atlas of the visible, the earth as stage, the seas as audience, 160 maps graphing possibility, illuminating the desire for the unexplored.
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Enemies: A Train Story
A railroad journey from New York to San Francisco is a trip through time. It begins like an archeological dig-as I found recently when I crossed the continent on Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited and California Zephyr, two storied trains that connect...
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www.amtrakthenational.com
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How to Tell Your Family That You're Writing a Memoir
I didn't intend for it to be a memoir. I swear. It just kept tilting in that direction. The only scenes that felt real and true were those with my wife and two sons. Still, it took a few years of w...
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