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This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location.

Join us on October 16 at 7pm for Mark Bailey and Edward Hemingway's Of all the gin joints: Stumbling Through Hollywood History. With free whiskey (let's say that again: FREE WHISKEY SAMPLES) samples provided by High West Distillery, it's going to be a night of Hollywood history and highballs.

Event moderated by Steven Johnson.

Facebook RSVP suggested, but not required.

Location: Street: 1231 9th Ave. City: San Francisco, Province: California Postal Code: 94122 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)

Location: Board Room, 3rd Floor

Join fellow readers the last Friday of every month, 12 noon, for our lively discussion about books, movies, culture, current events and anything else that pops up for discussion. Lots of fun and everyone welcome.

This April, the Friday Book Club will be discussing two very different books. First is Steven Johnson's non-fiction book The Ghost Map. We'll also be looking at Swedish crime fiction from Lars Kepler—The Hypnotist.

For free reading copies and more information, please call Diego at 780-496-7000 or send an e-mail to: dibarra@epl.ca (DiegoIbarra)… (lisätietoja)

Having nailed down Where good ideas come from, the versatile historian, cultural critic, and visionary combines his numerous areas of expertise to outline a brave new world, one based on the potential available in digital connectedness, but not dependent on technology.

Street: 5015 Connecticut Ave NW City: Washington, Province: District Of Columbia Postal Code: 20008 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)

Title to be Discussed: Ghost map: London's Cholera Epidemic

Author: Steven Johnson

*{There is no fee, however, all titles selected must be purchased at Centuries & Sleuths to be part of the Discussion Group & voice your opinion on the assigned book.}

Description

A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year

It's the summer of 1854, and London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world. But lacking the infrastructure-garbage removal, clean water, sewers-necessary to support its rapidly expanding population, the city has become the perfect breeding ground for a terrifying disease no one knows how to cure. As the cholera outbreak takes hold, a physician and a local curate are spurred to action-and ultimately solve the most pressing medical riddle of their time.

In a triumph of multidisciplinary thinking, Johnson illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of disease, the rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry, offering both a riveting history and a powerful explanation of how it has shaped the world we live in.

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About the Author

Steven Johnson is the author of the national bestsellers Everything Bad Is Good for You and Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life, as well as Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software and Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate.

Location: Street: 7419 Madison St. City: Forest Park, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60130-1502 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)

Steven Johnson keskustelee teoksesta The Invention of Air: A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America.

Bestselling author Steven Johnson (The Ghost Map, Everything Bad Is Good for You, and Mind Wide Open) is back with The Invention of Air, a compelling narrative of world-changing ideas, genius, violence and friendship in the midst of sweeping historical change. It is the story of Joseph Priestly—scientist and theologian, friend of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson—an eighteenth-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the discovery of oxygen, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the United States. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. (KingRat)… (lisätietoja)

Steven Johnson keskustelee teoksesta The Invention of Air: A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America.

Acclaimed science author Steven Johnson, whose previous books, including Everything Bad Is Good For You, and The Ghost Map, have been bestselling works over an extended period, makes this welcome appearance, the first of a few on this swing through Seattle, to discuss his newest book, The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America (Riverhead). This book's publication is especially timely as a momentous presidential inauguration approaches, one whose import has people paying more heed to history. This book will help with aspects of that. (KingRat)… (lisätietoja)