St. Louis Public Library

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY'S APRIL AUTHORS @ YOUR LIBRARY SERIES LINEUP

 The St. Louis Public Library is proud topresent Eloisa James, Jerroll Sanders, Rabbi Mark Shook, Diane Rademacher, and Dr. Blanche Touhill as part of the April installment of its popular Authors @ Your Library series.

 

Plus H.W. Brands and Kenneth Oppel are this month's Read St. Louis authors.  Read St. Louis is a community-wide initiative in which the Library partners with St. Charles City-County Library and Saint Louis County Library to encourage St. Louisans to read and discuss books.

 

All events are FREE and open to the public.

 

* Rabbi Mark Shook discusses and signs his book, The Ezra Scroll. The event takes place at the Schlafly Branch, 225 N. Euclid Ave., on April 10 at 7 p.m.

Weaving 2,500 years of ancient and modern Jewish history, The Ezra Scroll grips the reader with Shook's compelling fact-based narrative. "The literary traditions found in the Bible contain it all—treachery, intrigue, betrayal, unlikely romance, bursts of humor, and bloodshed," says Shook. "The Ezra Scroll explains how and why Western Civilization's most important book came into existence."  

Rabbi Shook teaches Jewish Philosophy at Saint Louis University. He is a regular commentator on St. Louis Public Radio (90.7 KWMU) and currently serves as the Chaplain Coordinator for the St. Louis County Police Department. 

Books available for purchase courtesy of the author.

 

 

 * New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James discusses and signs her book, Three Weeks With Lady X. The event takes place at the Buder Branch, 4401 Hampton Ave.,on April 12 at 9:30 a.m.

 

Having made a fortune, Thorn Dautry, the powerful illegitimate son of a duke, decides that he needs a wife. But to marry a lady, he must acquire a gleaming, civilized façade, the specialty of Lady Xenobia India.

James has penned more than 25 romance novels plus a bestselling memoir, Paris in Love. In 2014, she was nominated for a career achievement award by Romantic Times Book Review. 

Books available for purchase courtesy of Left Bank Books. 

 

* Jerroll Sanders discusses and signs her book The Physics of Money: If You've Got My Dollar, I Don't. The event takes place at the Schlafly Branch, 225 N. Euclid Ave., on April 24 at 7 p.m.

 

Sanders delivers what Americans have long awaited: a detailed, step-by-step action plan that provides economic empowerment for African Americans while serving as a potent prescription for improved race relations.

 

Author, inventor/U.S. patent holder, entrepreneur, and diversity expert, Sanders segued into the political arena in 2009 and became a top contender during her bid to become Mayor of Detroit. She is a fierce advocate for human rights and equality. 

Books available for purchase courtesy of the author.

 

*  Diane Rademacher discusses and signs her book, Famous Firsts of St. Louis: A Celebration of Facts, Figures, Food and Fun.  The event takes place at the Barr Branch, 1701 S. Jefferson Ave.,on April 26 at 2 p.m. 

In this elegantly designed 216-page volume, Rademacher presents a fully illustrated compilation of more than 150 St. Louis firsts that are sure to generate civic pride as the city celebrates its 250th anniversary. The book also contains a foreword by Ron (Johnny Rabbitt) Elz. 

Rademacher is a native St. Louisan and lifelong city resident. In 2003, her first book, StillShining! Discovering Lost Treasures from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, was published to celebrate the Fair's centennial. 

Books available for purchase courtesy of the author.

 

 

* Dr. Blanche Touhill discusses and signs her book A Photographic History of the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The event takes place in the Central Library's Carnegie Room, 1301 Olive St., on April 30 at 6:30 p.m.

 

The 192-page coffee table book takes a look back at the development of the UM-St. Louis' mission, its identity, and its aspirations for the future. Published to coincide with UMSL's Golden Jubilee celebrations, Touhill invites readers to witness the inspiring story of how an urban university, dedicated to the welfare of the people, became a university of excellence and an important community center.

 

Touhill served as Chancellor and Professor of History and Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis from 1991 to 2002.

 

Books available for purchase courtesy of The Missouri History Museum.

 

 

* H.W. Brands discusses and signs The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace. The event takes place at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. on April 4 at 7 p.m.

 

Brands is the Read St. Louis 2014 author of Distinguished Literary Achievement.

 

 

* Kenneth Oppel discusses and signs The Boundless.  The event takes place at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. on April 30 at 6:30 p.m.

 

Brands is the Read St. Louis 2014 author of  Young Readers' Fiction.

 

For more information, call 314-880-8759.

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