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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
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Monday
David Maraniss discusses and signs Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World 7pm @ Vroman's
Christopher Reich signs Rules Of Deception 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Tuesday
Christian Lander presents and signs Stuff White People Like 7pm @ Book Soup
Kai Chen discusses and signs One in a Billion: Journey to Freedom 7pm @ Vroman's
Adrienne Barbeau signs Vampyres of Hollywood 7pm @ Mysteries to Die For
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Wednesday
Christopher Ciccone presents and signs Life with My Sister Madonna 7pm @ Book Soup
Ernest Borgninesigns Ernie 7pm @ Borders, West Hollywood
Julia Reed discusses and signs The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story 7pm @ Vroman's
T.J. English signs Havana Nocturne 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Thursday
Vincent Bugliosi discusses and signs The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder 7pm @ Vroman's
Grant Cardone presents and signs Selling the Secret to Success 7pm @ Book Soup
Don Felder signs Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles 7pm @ Borders, Sherman Oaks
Friday
James Scott Bell discusses and signs Try Darkness 7pm @ Vroman's
Breaking Dawn Release Party 10pm @ every Barnes & Noble, Borders & Vroman's bookstores
Saturday
Denise Hamilton signs The Last Embrace 1pm @ Mysteries to Die For
Tom Zimmerman discusses Paradise Promoted 5pm @ DWR, Beverly Hills
Ernest Borgnine presents and signs Ernie 5pm @ Book Soup
Adrienne Barbeau presents and signs Vampyres of Hollywood 7:30pm @ Book Soup
Sunday
Herbert Gold presents and signs Still Alive: A Temporary Situation 4pm @ Book Soup
Evan Kilgore presents and signs The Children of Black Valley 7pm @ Book Soup
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