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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
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Monday
Stephanie Klein presents and signs Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp 7pm @ Book Soup
Tom Zimmerman discusses and signs Paradise Promoted 7pm @ Vroman's
Paul Roberts discusses The End of Food with Lisa Brenneis & Bill Fujimoto 7pm @ Central Library
Tuesday
Jeffrey Lewis presents and signs Adam the King 7pm @ Book Soup
Stephanie Klein discusses & signs Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp 7pm @ Vroman's
Jessica Brody signs The Fidelity Files 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
John Land signs The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending 7pm @ Borders, Pasadena
Emily Giffin signs Love the One You're With 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Richard Engel discusses War Journal, My Five Years in Iraq 7:30pm @ UCLA Faculty Center
Janelle Brown presents and signs All We Ever Wanted Was Everything 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
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Wednesday
Terri Cheney presents and signs Manic: A Memoir 7pm @ Book Soup
Leonard Mlodinow discusses and signs The Drunkard's Walk 7pm @ Vroman's
Lauren Weisberger signs Chasing Harry Wintson 7pm @ Santa Monica Main Library
Alex Abella discusses Soliders of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire 7pm @ Central Library
Thursday
Robert Scheer discusses The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America 7pm @ Central Library
Christian Esquevin presents and signs Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label 7pm @ Book Soup
Kevin Nealon discusses & signs Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? 7pm @ Vroman's
Norman Thrower signs Maps & Civilization 7:30pm @ Village Books
Walter Mirisch discusses I Thought We Were Making Movies 8pm @ Skirball Cultural Center
Friday
Jon Land presents and signs The Seven Sins 7pm @ Book Soup
Daniel Olivas, S Ramos O'Briant, Victorio Barragan, Condrad Romo & Lydia Alvarez read from Latinos in Lotusland 7pm @ Vroman's
Saturday
Anna Sklar discusses Brown Acres: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers 2pm @ Ocean Park Branch Library
Joe Nick Patoski presents and signs Willie Nelson: An Epic Life 2pm @ Book Soup
Salman Rushdie discusses and signs Enchantress of Florence 5pm @ Vroman's
Francesca Marciano presents and signs The End of Manners 5pm @ Book Soup
Jules Asner presents & signs Whacked! 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Sunday
Anne Broyles signs Priscilla and the Hollyhocks 3pm @ Diesel, A Bookstore
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