booknotes
 | March 1Distrust That Particular Flavor |
 | Feb. 23Indra’s Net and the Midas Touch: Living Sustainably in a Connected WorldBy Leslie Paul Thiele - The MIT Press |
 | Feb. 16Plato’s Revenge: Politics in the Age of EcologyBy William Ophuls - MIT Press |
 | Feb. 2Pity the Billionaire: The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the RightBy Thomas Franks - Metropolitan Books |
 | Jan. 26Eagles: Taking It To The LimitBy Ben Fong-Torres - Running Press |
 | Jan. 19Living in a Modern Way: California Design 1930-1965edited by Wendy Kaplan - MIT Press |
 | Jan. 5Coffee Talk: The Stimulating Story of the World’s Most Popular BrewBy Morton Satin - Prometheus Books |
 | Dec. 29, 2011Pulpheadby John Jeremiah Sullivan - Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
 | Dec. 29, 2011The Dead Celebrity Cookbookby Frank DeCaro — Health Communications Inc. |
 | Dec. 22, 2011Herzog’s Top Five Books (+5) |
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Lone Survivors: How We Came To Be The Only Humans On Earth
By Chris Stringer - Times Books
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Rock 'n' Roll Women: Portraits of a Generation
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April 19
Psychology’s Ghosts: The Crisis in the Profession and the Way Back
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Today
Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Vidagua CD Release
STAFF PICK / music / 9 p.m. Red Fox Tavern, 415 5th St., Eureka. Reggae-meets-Latin bilingual vocal duo Vidagua is celebrating the release of a self-titled CD. theredfoxtavern.com. 269-0282.
Flow 2012 Fashion Show
STAFF PICK / events / 8 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Student designed and produced clothing. Fundraiser for Arcata Arts Institute. $35/$25 students. artsinstitute.net. 822-1220.
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