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New ‘Beyond the Shelf’ column: Making La Jolla’s library engaging and inclusive is No. 1 in our book
Here the La Jolla Light introduces “Beyond the Shelf,” a new monthly column about the activities and people at the La Jolla/Riford Library.
The ‘Sideways’ author and former UCSD student wrote and researched much of the new thriller at the La Jolla campus’s Geisel Library.
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Cappy McGarr leads with laughter wherever he goes, including the Oval Office.
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Hoping to demystify the methods he uses with his patients daily, Dr.
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“I felt I needed to write this book.
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La Jolla native Erica Barry knows the power of social media and content creation — from a recipe going viral when she was 16 to creating channels on various platforms with more than 30,000 followers.
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Hooked on unsolved mysteries and “old crime,” local author James Stewart believes he’s solved one of San Diego’s own mysteries and has published his first book detailing the case, which has a La Jolla connection.
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To remember and share his mother’s creativity, Bill Einhorn, a past and future resident of La Jolla, compiled a book featuring her writings and more than 100 watercolor paintings that he discovered only after she died.
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Expanding on her longtime habit of writing as a method of processing her experiences, La Jollan Sally Buffington has written her first book, “A Place Like This: Finding Myself in a Cape Cod Cottage.”
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To help others compose the performance of their lives, local concert pianist Jeeyoon Kim made a switch from piano keys to computer keys to write her first book, “Whenever You’re Ready: How to Compose the Life of Your Dreams.”
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In ‘All’s Well,’ Mona Awad crafts a Shakespearean tragicomedy.
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For much of her 104 years, especially during her 68 years in La Jolla, Patricia Weber has been a writer.
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Dennis Wills was sitting in a chair pricing items June 29 at his D.G.
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‘Thinking While Walking’: La Jolla author shares philosophical thoughts from the Pacific Crest Trail
In an attempt to promote philosophy for a general audience, retired Rutgers University philosophy professor Martin Bunzl has authored a book expounding on the connection between humans and nature.
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Combining her love of travel with her desire to teach others about puppy adoption, La Jolla resident Amy Baklund has published her first book, a story for children called “Charlie Enzo Needs a Home: A Dog Rescue Story.”
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When it came to establishing the latest in the Little Free Libraries scattered across La Jolla, Brian Bigley, Marko Barron and Bo Fellows set out to create something to encourage literacy, generate a new “life cycle” for books and pay homage to a long-gone but beloved La Jolla bookstore.
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“We’re always maturing as readers and writers,” said Lenore Ringler, adding that literacy learning starts in infancy.
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When the Scripps Institution of Oceanography was founded more than a century ago, the term “oceanography” as we know it barely existed.
