St. Louis Producer
Left Bank Books is pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with Steve Schankman at 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 23. Featured will be his book, Produced by Contemporary (Virginia Publishing, $39.95).
This event will take place at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid in the Central West End. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
Produced by Contemporary is the story of how two kids from St. Louis began booking local rock ‘n’ roll bands and in 30 years built the company into one of the country’s top five entertainment promotion companies. From a 1968 concert at the Fox Theatre with the Grateful Dead… to a 1978 surprise concert by the Rolling Stones… to the 1999 visit to St. Louis by Pope John Paul II at the 110,000-seat TWA Dome, Contemporary Productions set the standard for event promotion in St. Louis and nationwide. This full-color coffee-table book contains more than 500 images from the company’s archives, including rare “behind the scenes” concert photos, tickets, backstage passes and artist photos of the biggest rock shows in St. Louis from the late 1960s to 2000.
With decades of producing and selling concert tickets to teenagers, Steve wanted to give back to the community and founded a non-profit organization called INOBTR "I Know Better," to educate Missouri's teens, parents and educators about the importance of Internet Safety. Launched March 2007, INOBTR's website www.INOBTR.org serves as an online resource that features Internet Safety tips, home Internet guidelines and most importantly how to act if threatened on the Internet.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Friday, October 17, 2008
Teresa Allen
Lesbian Fiction Writer TERESA ALLEN
Left Bank Books is pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with Teresa Allen at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 21. Featured will be her book, Marti Brown and the House of Face (Alpha World Press, $16.99).
This event will take place at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid in the Central West End. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
A trip to New York City creates an intriguing new chapter in the life of Marti Brown. A successful writer who travels to the Big Apple to track down her literary agent, Marti Brown finds herself in the middle of murder and mayhem. The mystery unfolds and follows her back home to Albuquerque, where she and her life partner are challenged to look at their spirituality and the potential of their lives ending sooner than expected as dark forces interrupt their domestic bliss. Police Captain Catherine O’Brian joins Marti in her search for her agent and her definition of self as her world becomes a sequence of events, twisting and turning reality into terrifying results.
Teresa Allen lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She holds a BA from Lyons College and a Master of Social Work from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Teresa has enjoyed writing stories and poems since she was 14 years old.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Left Bank Books is pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with Teresa Allen at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 21. Featured will be her book, Marti Brown and the House of Face (Alpha World Press, $16.99).
This event will take place at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid in the Central West End. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
A trip to New York City creates an intriguing new chapter in the life of Marti Brown. A successful writer who travels to the Big Apple to track down her literary agent, Marti Brown finds herself in the middle of murder and mayhem. The mystery unfolds and follows her back home to Albuquerque, where she and her life partner are challenged to look at their spirituality and the potential of their lives ending sooner than expected as dark forces interrupt their domestic bliss. Police Captain Catherine O’Brian joins Marti in her search for her agent and her definition of self as her world becomes a sequence of events, twisting and turning reality into terrifying results.
Teresa Allen lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She holds a BA from Lyons College and a Master of Social Work from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Teresa has enjoyed writing stories and poems since she was 14 years old.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Gail Milissa Grant
Presenting a Memoir about Civil Rights in St. Louis, GAIL MILISSA GRANT
Left Bank Books is pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with Gail Milissa Grant at 7:00 pm on Monday, October 20. Featured will be her memoir, At the Elbows of My Elders: One Family’s Journey Toward Civil Rights (Missouri Historical Society Press, $24.95).
This event will take place at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid in the Central West End. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
During the 1950s the Grant family home on the predominantly white south side of St. Louis provided a refuge for many celebrated African American entertainers and political leaders who were refused accommodations by the major hotels. Josephine Baker, Thurgood Marshall, and Grant’s godfather, Cab Calloway, are just some of the people who stayed at her house. St. Louis was still in the grips of Jim Crow laws, which divided blacks from whites—in schooling, housing, and most public facilities. The black community chafed under these conditions, but they also built their own institutions while fighting against the restrictions that barred them from full participation in society. It is the tension between what they could and could not do for themselves that energizes this memoir.
Gail Milissa Grant was a foreign service officer with the U.S. Information Agency for more than twenty years, managing international cultural and educational exchange programs overseas. A former assistant professor of art and architectural history at Howard University, she is now a writer and public speaker based in Rome.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Left Bank Books is pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with Gail Milissa Grant at 7:00 pm on Monday, October 20. Featured will be her memoir, At the Elbows of My Elders: One Family’s Journey Toward Civil Rights (Missouri Historical Society Press, $24.95).
This event will take place at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid in the Central West End. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
During the 1950s the Grant family home on the predominantly white south side of St. Louis provided a refuge for many celebrated African American entertainers and political leaders who were refused accommodations by the major hotels. Josephine Baker, Thurgood Marshall, and Grant’s godfather, Cab Calloway, are just some of the people who stayed at her house. St. Louis was still in the grips of Jim Crow laws, which divided blacks from whites—in schooling, housing, and most public facilities. The black community chafed under these conditions, but they also built their own institutions while fighting against the restrictions that barred them from full participation in society. It is the tension between what they could and could not do for themselves that energizes this memoir.
Gail Milissa Grant was a foreign service officer with the U.S. Information Agency for more than twenty years, managing international cultural and educational exchange programs overseas. A former assistant professor of art and architectural history at Howard University, she is now a writer and public speaker based in Rome.
Posted by Judy Moresi
John Dear
Priest and Peace Activist JOHN DEAR
Left Bank Books and Trinity Episcopal Church are pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with John Dear at 7:00 pm on Monday, October 20. Featured will be his book A Persistent Peace: One Man’s Struggle for a Nonviolent World (Loyola Press, $22.95).
This event will take place at Trinity Episcopal Church, 600 N. Euclid in the Central West End. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, John Dear, SJ, has been arrested more than 75 times. He has spent more than a year of his life in jail. He has been mocked by armed U.S. soldiers standing outside the doors to his New Mexico parish. All this because he so fervently believes in peace.
Dear’s unflappable persistence in speaking and acting on behalf of peace stems from his life-changing decision in college to leave behind his frat-boy, party-all-night lifestyle and instead become a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. In turn, that decision has, over many years, led him to live out the Beatitudes of the nonviolent Jesus in every dimension of his life rather than simply quote them when convenient from time to time.
From his conversion to Christianity, to his calling to become a Jesuit, to the extreme dangers and delights of a life dedicated to truly living out the radical, forgiving love of Jesus, Dear’s incredible story will touch anyone who believes in the power of peace.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Left Bank Books and Trinity Episcopal Church are pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with John Dear at 7:00 pm on Monday, October 20. Featured will be his book A Persistent Peace: One Man’s Struggle for a Nonviolent World (Loyola Press, $22.95).
This event will take place at Trinity Episcopal Church, 600 N. Euclid in the Central West End. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, John Dear, SJ, has been arrested more than 75 times. He has spent more than a year of his life in jail. He has been mocked by armed U.S. soldiers standing outside the doors to his New Mexico parish. All this because he so fervently believes in peace.
Dear’s unflappable persistence in speaking and acting on behalf of peace stems from his life-changing decision in college to leave behind his frat-boy, party-all-night lifestyle and instead become a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. In turn, that decision has, over many years, led him to live out the Beatitudes of the nonviolent Jesus in every dimension of his life rather than simply quote them when convenient from time to time.
From his conversion to Christianity, to his calling to become a Jesuit, to the extreme dangers and delights of a life dedicated to truly living out the radical, forgiving love of Jesus, Dear’s incredible story will touch anyone who believes in the power of peace.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Obert Skye
Children’s Book Author OBERT SKYE discusses and signs
Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra
Left Bank Books and the New City School are pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with Omar Tyree at 7:00 pm on Saturday, October 18. Featured will be his book Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra (Shadow Mountain, $19.95).
This event will take place at New City School Auditorium, 5209 Waterman Blvd. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
Be careful the next time you’re standing on an imperfectly joined piece of sidewalk. If the temperature is divisible by seven and the night sky displays the splendor of shooting stars, you may very well find yourself whisked away to Foo. Foo is the place between the possible and the impossible—a realm inside the minds of all of us that allows mankind the power to hope and imagine and dream.
In this fourth volume in the Leven Thumps series, Leven continues his quest to save the hopes and dreams of all mankind.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra
Left Bank Books and the New City School are pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with Omar Tyree at 7:00 pm on Saturday, October 18. Featured will be his book Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra (Shadow Mountain, $19.95).
This event will take place at New City School Auditorium, 5209 Waterman Blvd. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
Be careful the next time you’re standing on an imperfectly joined piece of sidewalk. If the temperature is divisible by seven and the night sky displays the splendor of shooting stars, you may very well find yourself whisked away to Foo. Foo is the place between the possible and the impossible—a realm inside the minds of all of us that allows mankind the power to hope and imagine and dream.
In this fourth volume in the Leven Thumps series, Leven continues his quest to save the hopes and dreams of all mankind.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Friday, October 3, 2008
HARRY POTTER PROGRAM TO BENEFIT CASA
Special Harry Potter Program to Benefit Area CASA Chapters
Contact: Danielle Borsch (314) 367-6731 danielle@left-bank.com
Left Bank Books, which just last year hosted one of the biggest Harry Potter parties in the country, will donate $1 in book credit to area CASA chapters for each copy of J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard pre-ordered by customers at Left Bank Books from now until the book’s release date of December 4, 2008.
Local chapters of the National CASA Association recruit, train and support volunteer advocates who will speak up in Family Court for abused and neglected children to ensure they are placed in safe, permanent homes where they have the chance to reach their full potential.
The Children's High Level Group (CHLG), the English charity co-founded by J K Rowling and Emma Nicholson MEP to help children suffering in institutions, published The Tales of Beedle the Bard in conjunction with Schlolastic. All net proceeds from the sale of the books will be donated to CHLG. The charity works to make life better for vulnerable children across Europe, where over a million children and teenagers are growing up in unacceptable conditions in large residential institutions. In most cases they are without adequate human or emotional contact and stimulation, while many only just survive without life's basics such as adequate shelter and food.
Containing clues that were to prove crucial to Harry Potter's final mission to destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is the volume of five wizarding fairy tales left to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore in the seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Only one—“The Tale of the Three Brothers”—is recounted in the book. In The Tales of Beedle the Bard, the four remaining stories are revealed for the very first time.
To pre-order a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and support local CASA chapters and CHLG, customers should contact Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid in the Central West End, 314.367.6731, www.left-bank.com. This special book credit donation program will run from now until December 4, 2008.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Contact: Danielle Borsch (314) 367-6731 danielle@left-bank.com
Left Bank Books, which just last year hosted one of the biggest Harry Potter parties in the country, will donate $1 in book credit to area CASA chapters for each copy of J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard pre-ordered by customers at Left Bank Books from now until the book’s release date of December 4, 2008.
Local chapters of the National CASA Association recruit, train and support volunteer advocates who will speak up in Family Court for abused and neglected children to ensure they are placed in safe, permanent homes where they have the chance to reach their full potential.
The Children's High Level Group (CHLG), the English charity co-founded by J K Rowling and Emma Nicholson MEP to help children suffering in institutions, published The Tales of Beedle the Bard in conjunction with Schlolastic. All net proceeds from the sale of the books will be donated to CHLG. The charity works to make life better for vulnerable children across Europe, where over a million children and teenagers are growing up in unacceptable conditions in large residential institutions. In most cases they are without adequate human or emotional contact and stimulation, while many only just survive without life's basics such as adequate shelter and food.
Containing clues that were to prove crucial to Harry Potter's final mission to destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is the volume of five wizarding fairy tales left to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore in the seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Only one—“The Tale of the Three Brothers”—is recounted in the book. In The Tales of Beedle the Bard, the four remaining stories are revealed for the very first time.
To pre-order a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and support local CASA chapters and CHLG, customers should contact Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid in the Central West End, 314.367.6731, www.left-bank.com. This special book credit donation program will run from now until December 4, 2008.
Posted by Judy Moresi
ANTONY JOHN
St. Louis Young Adult Author ANTONY JOHN discusses and signs
Busted
Confessions of an Accidental Player
Left Bank Books is pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with Antony John at 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 16. Featured will be his book Busted: Confessions of an Accidental Player (Flux, $16.95).
This event will take place at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid in the Central West End. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
It was all a misunderstanding. Up until two weeks ago, the sexiest thing Kevin Mopsely had touched his lips to was the spit-filled mouthpiece of his flute. But when he accidentally volunteers for the jocks’ Graduation Rituals, Kevin’s social stock—and his make-out record—soars. All he has to do to preserve his alpha male status is compile the annual Book of Busts, a record of the chest size of every girl in the senior class.
Antony John was born in England and raised on a balanced diet of fish and chips, obscure British comedies, and ABBA’s Greatest Hits. In a fit of teenage rebellion, he decided to pursue a career in classical music, culminating in a BA from Oxford University and a PhD from Duke University. Along the way, he worked as an ice cream seller on a freezing English beach, a tour guide in the Netherlands, a chauffeur in Switzerland, a barista in Seattle, and a university professor. Writing by night, he spends his days as a stay-at-home dad—the only job that allows him to wear his favorite pair of sweatpants all the time. He lives in St. Louis with his family.
Posted by Judy Moresi
Busted
Confessions of an Accidental Player
Left Bank Books is pleased to announce a discussion and book signing with Antony John at 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 16. Featured will be his book Busted: Confessions of an Accidental Player (Flux, $16.95).
This event will take place at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid in the Central West End. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Left Bank Books at (314) 367-6731 or visit www.left-bank.com.
It was all a misunderstanding. Up until two weeks ago, the sexiest thing Kevin Mopsely had touched his lips to was the spit-filled mouthpiece of his flute. But when he accidentally volunteers for the jocks’ Graduation Rituals, Kevin’s social stock—and his make-out record—soars. All he has to do to preserve his alpha male status is compile the annual Book of Busts, a record of the chest size of every girl in the senior class.
Antony John was born in England and raised on a balanced diet of fish and chips, obscure British comedies, and ABBA’s Greatest Hits. In a fit of teenage rebellion, he decided to pursue a career in classical music, culminating in a BA from Oxford University and a PhD from Duke University. Along the way, he worked as an ice cream seller on a freezing English beach, a tour guide in the Netherlands, a chauffeur in Switzerland, a barista in Seattle, and a university professor. Writing by night, he spends his days as a stay-at-home dad—the only job that allows him to wear his favorite pair of sweatpants all the time. He lives in St. Louis with his family.
Posted by Judy Moresi
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