Monday Eliot Tiegel presents The Latinization of America 6:30pm @ Book Soup Judith Freeman discusses and signs The Long Embrace 7pm @ Vroman's Roz Chast discusses Theories of Everything 7pm @ Central Library Robert Kuttner in conversation with Arianna Huffington about The Squandering of America 8pm @ James Bridge Theater, UCLA Tuesday Cesar Millan presents Be the Pack Leader 7pm @ Borders, Pasadena Frank McCourt presents Angela and the Baby Jesus 7pm @ Borders,......

Monday Will Beall presents L.A. Rex 7pm @ Book Soup Robert Alter & Jonathan Kirsch discuss The Book of Psalms with David Ulin 7pm @ Central Library Mark Schapiro signs Exposed 7pm @ Dutton's Richard King presents Spirituality in the Workplace 7pm @ Vroman's Alan Alda presents Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself 7pm @ Borders, Westwood Tuesday Bill Clinton presents Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World 2pm @ Vroman's......

Monday Anne Fadiman presents At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays 7pm @ Vroman's Susan Kandel presents Christietown 7pm @ Book Soup Lori Andrews signs The Silent Assassin 7pm @ Dutton's Tuesday Todd McCarthy presents Fast Women: The Legendary Ladies of Racing 7pm @ Book Soup Lauren Kessler presents Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's 7pm @ Central Library Wednesday Armistead Maupin presents Michael Tolliver Lives 7pm @ Central Library......

- So many horror movies, so little time. Or is it that the 42 horror films this year are not as killer as the past has shown. - Whole Foods anticipated buyout of Wild Oats is not going come and go without a fight. While the two largest organic supermarkets talk, the USDA is considering relaxing some organic food standards. - Grocery Strike Watch: "We've been negotiating for six months," said Rick Icaza, president of......

Kyle Bunch watches the blogosphere every day as head honcho of Blogebrity. Prepare as he breaks down the top 10 Blogebrities and sneaks in an eleventh when noone's lookin: Per Tony's mission to load LAist with as many Top 10's of 2006 as possible, we humbly submit our list of The Top 10 Blogebrities of 2006*, in order from coffee hot (thousands of links) to magma hot (magazine covers, development deals, merchandising rights, etc.),......

The jacket of Jonathan Tropper's new book, Everything Changes, shows a man on a tightrope, carrying an umbrella, trying to make his way across the perils of a woman's body. He seems to have gotten stuck right around her crotch. This is an unfortunately accurate depiction of what seems to have happened to Tropper's writing - it revolves around sex and very little else. Everything Changes is supposed to be the story of a......

What's Los Angeles reading these days? Here's the Top 10 Titles requested from the Los Angeles Public Library system: 1) The Da Vinci code : a novel Brown, Dan, 1964 2003 2) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003 3) The narrows : a novel Connelly, Michael, 1 2004 4) Angels & demons Brown, Dan, 1964 2000 5) "R" is for ricochet Grafton, Sue. 2004 6) * My life......