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Louv argues that kids are so plugged into television and video games that they have lost their connection to the natural world. Louv is the recipient of this year's Audubon Medal. He has been a columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune and has written for publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor. The author of seven books about family, nature, and community, Louv is the chairman of the Children and Nature Network.

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Full title: Whoa, My Boss is Naked!: A Career Book for People Who Would Never Be Caught Dead Reading a Career Book

In Whoa, My Boss Is Naked, strategy consultant (and twentysomething) Jake Greene uses pop-culture references from the '80s, the '90s, and today to school young professionals on every stage of the entry-level experience.

Greene earned a master's degree in sociology from Stanford University, worked as an analyst for a Fortune 500 company, and served as Director of Client Development for a retail development start- up. He lives in Nashville.

Fall of Frost is told in short chapters, each of which presents an emblematic incident in Frost's life with intensity and immediacy. The novel weaves together the earlier parts of Frost's life with his final year, 1962, when, at age 88, and under the looming threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis, he made a visit to Russia and met with Khrushchev.

Brian Hall is the author of three novels, including I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company, his acclaimed story of the Lewis and Clark expedition, as well as three works of nonfiction.

Lois Lowry is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver.

Highlighting culinary treasures from India, Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia and Korea, The Asian Vegan Kitchen includes a wide range of dishes--from soups and salads to rice dishes, noodles, breads, drinks and desserts--and all ingredients can readily be found in the United States.

Hoffman weaves a magical and stunningly original story that charts the lives of three women in love with the wrong men: headstrong Madeleine Heller finds herself hopelessly attracted to her sister's fiance. Frieda Lewis, a doctor's daughter and a runaway, becomes the muse of an ill-fated rock star. And beautiful Bryn Evans is set to marry an Englishman while secretly obsessed with her ex-husband.

[Uncle Bobby's Wedding] is SUCH a charming book. It's about time."
--Tomie Depaola author of Tomie DePaola's Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers

"A simple text and gentle watercolor illustrations, organized by habitat, reveal how in forests, fields, wetlands and deserts 22 different species respond...this should appeal to very young listeners curious about the natural world." --Kirkus Reviews

Alterra is a pseudonym for E. S. Goldman, an award-winning fiction writer who publishes frequently in the Atlantic; he has published a novel and two volumes of short stories.

"A touchingly exact and superbly composed account written by a real writer. This is the best and most expert book on Alzheimer's that I have read." -- John Bayley, author of Iris and Her Friends: A Memoir of Memory and Desire

Finch spent the greater part of a decade traveling around the island of Newfoundland. In these evocative sketches, stories, and essays, he explores the people, geography, and wildlife of a remote and lovely, but often dangerously inhospitable place.

Note: This event is part of the monthly PEN/NE reading series at the Hotel Marlowe. Please see our website for details and directions.