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Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs, and Steel




  
Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451




  
Reader Submission: Title and Redesign by Stephanie Jacobs Andres Dubus III: House of Sand and Fog

Reader Submission: Title and Redesign by Stephanie Jacobs

Andres Dubus III: House of Sand and Fog




  
Anne Lamott: Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott: Bird by Bird




  
Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome




  
Dennis Lehane: Mystic River Reader Submission: Title by John Molina.

Dennis Lehane: Mystic River

Reader Submission: Title by John Molina.




  
Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse




  
John Updike: The Centaur

John Updike: The Centaur




  
Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Brothers Karamazov Reader Submission: Title by man of many talents, Mike Molina.

Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Brothers Karamazov

Reader Submission: Title by man of many talents, Mike Molina.




  
(right click to enlarge) BetterBookTitles.com presents its very first FREE LIVE show at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe 10/19/2011! w/ Special Guests:Adam Ross (Author of Mr. Peanut and Ladies and Gentlemen)Kambri Crews (Author of Burn Down the Ground, a new memoir about growing up in Texas with a Dad who tried to kill her mom.)Christian Finnegan (Husband of Kambri Crews. Comedian from “Are We There Yet?” on TBS and his own Comedy Central Special, Au Contraire)Hosted by Dan Wilbur (Betterbooktitles.com, Onion News Network on IFC), the Better Book Club will feature stand-up, a panel discussion of this month’s book, and an audience Q&A.Subjects up for discussion for Oct. 19th: the dark side of marriage, meta-fiction, eating disorders, Alfred Hitchcock, video game writing, and terrible vacations.About this month’s book, Mr. Peanut (2010):  David Pepin is caught with his hands in his wife’s mouth, force-feeding (or retrieving?) a lethal serving of peanuts she’s allergic to. The two detectives on the case? Real-life possible wife-murderer, Dr. Sam Sheppard and his partner Ward Hastroll, a re-envisioning of the murderer in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window. Listed in the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010.**Buy the book here and come prepared to join the discussion**http://adam-ross.com/buy-the-book/HOW TO PREPARE: You have over a month to read the book, however, like any good book club, you can get away with not reading anything and still enjoy the night’s discussion!Housing Works Bookstore Cafe 126 Crosby St. New York, NYWednesday, October 19th @ 7:00 PMFREE!Beer, coffee, and food available during the show! RSVP here For more info, contact Amanda: events@housingworksbookstore.org or 212-966-0466 ext. 1104Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is a nonprofit bookstore, cafe, and event space that raises money to fight AIDS and homelessness. LOGO and Poster by Anya Garrett.

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BetterBookTitles.com presents its very first FREE LIVE show at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe 10/19/2011!

w/ Special Guests:

Adam Ross (Author of Mr. Peanut and Ladies and Gentlemen)
Kambri Crews (Author of Burn Down the Ground, a new memoir about growing up in Texas with a Dad who tried to kill her mom.)
Christian Finnegan (Husband of Kambri Crews. Comedian from “Are We There Yet?” on TBS and his own Comedy Central Special, Au Contraire)

Hosted by Dan Wilbur (Betterbooktitles.com, Onion News Network on IFC), the Better Book Club will feature stand-up, a panel discussion of this month’s book, and an audience Q&A.

Subjects up for discussion for Oct. 19th: the dark side of marriage, meta-fiction, eating disorders, Alfred Hitchcock, video game writing, and terrible vacations.

About this month’s book, Mr. Peanut (2010):  David Pepin is caught with his hands in his wife’s mouth, force-feeding (or retrieving?) a lethal serving of peanuts she’s allergic to. The two detectives on the case? Real-life possible wife-murderer, Dr. Sam Sheppard and his partner Ward Hastroll, a re-envisioning of the murderer in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window. Listed in the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010.

**Buy the book here and come prepared to join the discussion**
http://adam-ross.com/buy-the-book/

HOW TO PREPARE: You have over a month to read the book, however, like any good book club, you can get away with not reading anything and still enjoy the night’s discussion!

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby St. New York, NY
Wednesday, October 19th @ 7:00 PM
FREE!
Beer, coffee, and food available during the show!

RSVP here

For more info, contact Amanda: events@housingworksbookstore.org or 212-966-0466 ext. 1104

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is a nonprofit bookstore, cafe, and event space that raises money to fight AIDS and homelessness.

LOGO and Poster by Anya Garrett.




  
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein Reader Submission: Title by Lauren (A back-to-school redo. Here’s the original Better Book Title for Frankenstein.)

Mary Shelley: Frankenstein

Reader Submission: Title by Lauren

(A back-to-school redo. Here’s the original Better Book Title for Frankenstein.)




  
Erskine Caldwell: Tobacco Road Reader Submission: Title and Redesign by Carlye Knight

Erskine Caldwell: Tobacco Road

Reader Submission: Title and Redesign by Carlye Knight