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The Good Life: books for better living events are interactive evenings of conversation with authors on tools for creating “the good life.” These events will take place at either Tom Douglas' Palace Ballroom or the Hotel Andra Ballroom, where we will gather together to enjoy appetizers and beverages and an onstage interview of the author by Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report.
Read what Danielle Greger-Babbit says at examiner.com
Tickets for the events listed are $35 per person. Reservations are required, and can be purchased here on our website by clicking on the Brown Paper Tickets link for each event.
A copy of each author’s new book is included in the ticket price as are appetizers and bites of Theo Chocolate that evening. There will be a cash bar available.
Winter/Spring Season 2010
February 17
Eric Liu
IMAGINATION FIRST: Unlocking the Power of Possibility
Time: 6:30 pm
Cost: $35/person (includes all appetizers
and a copy of the featured book)
Location: Hotel Andra
2000 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
The best companies know that innovative thinking is the only competitive advantage that can’t be outsourced, and the best schools are those with deep cultures of creative problem solving. But both innovation and creativity depend on imagination first: the ability and willingness to conceive of what is not. Fortunately, it is something we can all cultivate—with practice.
This books shows us how, with 28 (and a half) universal practices for opening minds at work, home and play. All of them are designed to enable anyone-from corporate executive to preschool teacher-to get unstuck, to reframe challenges and to help others do the same.
Eric Liu
Eric Liu is the founder of the Guiding Lights Network, dedicated to mindful and imaginative mentorship. His previous books include Guiding Lights: How to Mentor and Find Life’s Purpose, The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker and the national bestseller The True Patriot. Liu is a former White House speechwriter and senior advisor to President Bill Clinton, and is now an educator ad entrepreneur living in Seattle.
March 9
Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen
THE POWER OF HALF: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back.
Time: 6:30 pm
Cost: $35/person (includes all appetizers
and a copy of the featured book)
Location: Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom
2030 5th Avenue (at Lenora), Seattle, 98121
Until that day the Salwens had been caught up in the American Dream: providing a good life for their children, accumulating more stuff. As a family they made the extraordinary decision to sell their Atlanta mansion, downsize to a house half the size and give half the profit to a worthy charity.
Their plan eventually transported them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone, and in the end they learned that they had the power to change a little corner of their world. And they found themselves changing, too.
Kevin Salwen was a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal for more than 18 years and a founder of the magazine Motto. He serves on the board of Habitat for Humanity. Hannah Salwen is a junior at the Atlanta Girl’s School, where she plays for the varsity volleyball team. Hannah has volunteered since 5th grade at the Atlanta Community Food Bank and Café 458.
April 15
Anna Lappe
DIET FOR A HOT PLANET: The Climate Crisis at the End of your Fork and What You Can Do about it
Time: 6:30 pm
Cost: $35/person (includes all appetizers
and a copy of the featured book)
Location: Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom
2030 5th Avenue (at Lenora), Seattle, 98121
Beyond what we already know about “food miles” and eating locally, the global food system is a major contributor to climate change, producing as much as one third of greenhouse gas emissions. How we farm, what we eat, and how our food gets to the table all have an impact.
Anna Lappe
Anna Lappe is the coauthor of Grub, Hope’s Edge and currently host of MSN’s Practical Guide to Healthy Living, and co host of PBS’s The Endless Feast. Lappe will outline a vision of the future in which our food system does more good than harm, with six principles for an earth-friendly diet, fueled by sustainable farming.
April 28
Pia Catton and Califia Suntree
BE THRIFTY: How to Live Better with Less
Time: 6:30 pm
Cost: $35/person (includes all appetizers
and a copy of the featured book)
Location: Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom
2030 5th Avenue (at Lenora), Seattle, 98121
Be Thrifty is not about being cheap — it is about being smart and self sufficient. Drawing on the works of experts in every field, it shows how to cut your food bills, cut your credit card debt, even cut your own hair. Also! The twenty best bottles of wine under $10, how to make your own mozzarella, negotiate a killer deal on a car, repurpose your wool sweaters, what you should and shouldn’t buy in bulk and much more.
Pia Catton and Califia Suntree
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Kim Ricketts/Book Events connects people by creating author events in non-traditional venues. When authors visit Seattle, we find innovative ways to celebrate their books. Keep an eye out for our WORDS & WINE intimate evenings with interesting people and COOKS & BOOKS visiting chef series events taking place at great restaurants about town. For more information about Kim Ricketts/Book Events, to inquire about a private event, or to sign-up for our email list, call (206) 632-2419 or contact us.
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