Books

Lama Marut Signs and Presents A Spiritual Renegade’s Guide the Good Life

What: Lama Marut signs and presents A Spiritual Renegade’s Guide to the Good Life (Atria Books/Beyond Words). Where: Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89509 When: Tuesday, May 29, 3 – 4 p.m. About the Book Delivered with fearless candor and disarming humor, Lama Marut...

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Reno author to present ‘Egyptian Intrigue’ book launch

MAGGY ANTHONY NEWS RELEASE Join noted mystery series author Maggy Anthony for “Egyptian Intrigue: Thea Stangos Meets King Tut,” a free lecture, book launch and discussion, Sunday, May 20 from 2-3 p.m. at the Wilbur D. May Museum, 1595 N. Sierra St. at Rancho...

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Lawrence Coates to sign and present The Garden of the World at Sundance

SUNDANCE NEWS RELEASE What: Lawrence Coates will give a talk about California wine and Prohibition, followed by a reading from his latest novel The Garden of the World (University of Nevada Press). Where: Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave. When: Thursday, May 17,...

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Kristen Simmons to sign and present ARTICLE 5 at Sundance Books and Music

SUNDANCE NEWS RELEASE What: Kristen Simmons signs and presents her young adult debut ARTICLE 5 (A Tor Teen, January 2012). Set in a chilling not-so-far-future America, where the moral right has taken over, ARTICLE 5 tells the tale of a young woman, more Katniss...

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Gruell, Swanson to sign copies of new book on Nevada’s wildlife habitat at Sundance

UN PRESS NEWS RELEASE George E. Gruell and Sherman Swanson will be signing copies of their new book, Nevada’s Changing Wildlife Habitat, at Sundance Books and Music in Reno at 1 p.m. May 5. For millennia the ecology of the Great Basin has evolved...

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Reno author re-examines Yosemite’s past

JEN HUNTLEY NEWS RELEASE Ever wonder why America has national parks, wilderness areas and other conserved landscapes?  Initiated in 1864 with Yosemite Grant, “America’s Best Idea” –the concept of protecting special areas from development—has  spread around the world, shaping the relationship between humans and...

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Incline and Spanish Springs library hours changing

WCLS NEWS RELEASE Beginning Monday, May 7, Incline Village Library at 845 Alder Ave. and Spanish Springs Library at 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway will change public hours in response to reduced staffing levels The new hours for the Incline Village Library will be Tuesday...

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New Issue of The Nevada Review released

New Issue of The Nevada Review released

SUBMITTED BY THE NEVADA REVIEW The editors of The Nevada Review have announced that the latest issue is now available.  Volume 4, Number 1 (Spring 2012), is the sixth volume to be published since the journal started in October of 2009, and represents a...

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Acclaimed translator and poet to read at Sundance Books and Music

SUNDANCE BOOKS NEWS RELEASE What: Translator and poet William O’Daly will read from his eight books of Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda translations and will intersperse some of his own recently published poetry. He’ll discuss the nexus of his translations and his writing practices. The...

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Celebrate National Library Week next week

WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS RELEASE “You belong @ Your Library®” is the theme of this year’s National Library Week, April 8-14.  Whether you are a job seeker looking for resources to land a new position, a parent looking for free activities for the family...

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OPINION: Nevada newspaper goes behind the wall…to die

SUBMITTED BY PAUL KISER The Reno Gazette-Journal recently decided to lock themselves behind a wall and it will cost you at least $12/month to see what...

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