July 9th. 7:00 pm -The Sky Rained Heroes

Meet author Frederick LaCroix Thursday, July 9th (700 PM) Art Walk

During World War II in the Philippines, an American pilot receives a slain Japanese officer’s Imperial battle flag. Years later, the pilot’s son, Frederick E. LaCroix, inherits the flag, which, coupled with his father’s wartime correspondence, propels him on a six-year journey across eastern Asia to find the dead officer’s family and return the flag. The Sky Rained Heroes details the emotional true stories of these two soldiers and the diverse paths that led them to their fatal meeting. For over twenty years, Frederick E. LaCroix, has lived in and traveled throughout Asia, where he works to develop poor communities, expand rural electrification, and create new economic and educational opportunities.

Lunchtime with Business Guru Thembisa Mshaka

Spend Your Lunchtime with Business Guru and Motivation Speaker Thembisa S. Myshaka
Tuesday June 30th. 12:30 pm

There is a great mystique about the entertainment industry and a fervent desire in many to be part of it. But what many women don't realize is that most entertainment career guides are written from the point of view of the male executive, or are filled with industry and legal jargon-making them difficult to read and understand. Now, in PUT YOUR DREAMS FIRST, Thembisa Mshaka uses her 15 years of experience in the music industry to expose the hidden truths that women need to know as they aspire toward entertainment careers, such as how to avoid compromising one's self-respect and the little-known fact that women run a large part of the business. This highly informative guide is for every woman wanting to know how to navigate the entertainment superhighway and find that job of a lifetime. A cornerstone of integrity and stability in a highly competitive business, Thembisa has worked for over 17 years in service to the entertainment industry, spanning the areas of touring and management, magazine publishing, recorded music and technology, advertising, music supervision for film, voice over and most recently, television in her role as the Telly Award-winning Copy Director for BET Networks. The former GAVIN rap editor has also written for Honey, essence.com, LAUNCH, and served as contributing editor for The Hotness.com and BLAZE. A native of Los Angeles, Thembisa is an alumna of Mills College in Oakland, California. She now resides in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn with her husband and son.

Thriller Author-Andie Ryan Sat June 20th. 4:00 pm

Andie Ryan is a Wall Street insider with more than twenty years of risk oversight experience at major financial services firms in New York and San Francisco. She has held senior management roles in internal audit and compliance functions, most recently as Managing Director. A Berkeley native, she now lives in New York City. Shakedown is her first novel.

June 13th. 4:00 pm-Anthony Parnell

The 7 Laws of Stress Management is a workbook designed to challenge readers to commit to writing and self-exploration on a daily basis as a means to effectively managing stress. A variety of writing exercises are presented throughout the book to assist readers in identifying key areas of stress and in implementing a written stress management plan. Additionally, The 7 Laws of Stress Management identifies seven laws or guidelines for maintaining balance in one's personal and professional life. Stress is a daily challenge confronted by all individuals in their personal and professional lives. The 7 Laws of Stress Management is an excellent tool for empowering individuals to be proactive in developing and implementing daily habits of living (a lifestyle) that fosters growth, balance and well-being. It provides a roadmap for consistently addressing the needs of one's mind, body, and spirit.
Anthony D. Parnell is the Founder and President of New Thought Management, Inc. a company that specializes in management consulting services and empowerment workshops for individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations. He is the author of four publications entitled, The 7 Laws of Stress Management: Life-Changing Strategies for Maintaining Balance in your Personal and Professional Life, Healing through Writing: A Journaling Guide to Emotional & Spiritual Growth, Mind Games and In Search of Soul. A native of Akron, Ohio, Anthony D. Parnell is a graduate of the State University of West Georgia, Clark Atlanta University's Graduate School of Social Work and has studied at the Universidad of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain.

Guy Fieri Signing cookbooks for the store

Here is a photo of Guy Fieri signing cookbooks for our store. He was in town to film an episode of Diners, Drive ins and Dives at the Nickel Diner. http://www.5cdiner.com/

Book Club meeting-June 6th. 6:00 pm

Our book club will be meeting on June 6th. to discuss Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

June 6th. 4:00 pm Dr. Nancy Irwin- You Turn

Nancy Irwin, a Los Angeles-based psychotherapist, released a nonfiction titled YOU-TURN: Changing Direction in Midlife. This collection of “over 40 stories of people over 40” chronicles successful transitions in people’s personal and/or professional lives. Originally from Atlanta, where she trained as an opera singer, Dr. Irwin moved to New York City in 1985 to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. She worked all over the country and abroad, and moved to L.A. in 1994 when she heard that Hollywood needed more blondes…She quips: “The road from comedy to mental health is very short, indeed.”
Dr. Nancy experienced an epiphany when she began volunteering for a shelter for sexually abused children. It changed her life, and prompted her to pursue a doctorate in psychology and to specialize in the prevention and healing of child sexual abuse. You-Turn not only shares her own story, but also 43 other youturns from a variety of people - - some simple, some dramatic: a convicted crack dealer who became a real estate investor, a mother of nine who started a foundation for the leprosy-affected, a monk who became a motivational speaker, a recovering pedophile, a man who became a spouse and parent after 40, a woman who finally embraced her sexual identity after years of denial and abuse, and more. The stories are divided into two parts: change by default (injury, break-up, lay-off, etc.) and change by choice (boredom, lack of fulfillment, etc).
Like a Chicken Soup for the Soul for Baby Boomers, this book is for the fearful and frozen….anyone who feels stuck in struggle yet really wants to move forward. Dr. Irwin states: “I’ve included some professional tips on navigating change at any age, but the emphasis of the book is on the stories told in first person. Everyone can identify with one or more of the stories in this book. I did not want to write an academic ‘do-this-in-order-to-feel-that’ book, because what has helped me reinvent myself so many times was seeing real-life people do amazing things. I figured if they could do it, why couldn’t I? It is my hope that we all begin seeing you-turns everywhere, so they become the rule rather than the exception. Twenty- and thirty-somethings especially can benefit from these stories so they will feel free to explore, question choices, and change directions, to avert what used to be called a “middle age crisis.” We now call it a middle age blaze!!!”