Memphis Events

Local AuthorTEMPLE KING signs Feelings Saturday, August 5 at 1:00 pm Feelings is a coming of age piece about a group of friends with Southern roots struggling through the pressures of pleasing parents and friends to find their true callings in life.	JENNIFER PADDOCK signs Point Clear Monday, August 21 at 6:00 pm Caroline Berry is lost at twenty-seven, living in New York--not as the writer she once hoped to be but as an assistant at two part-time jobs. In an attempt to figure out a next step, she heads for Point Clear, Alabama, to spend several weeks relaxing at an old southern hotel on Mobile Bay--unaware that it will soon lie in the direct path of Hurricane Ivan. Point Clear is a compelling tale of one woman's quest for self-- ho finds it only when searching for another.
MURRAY SILVER signs When Elvis Meets the Dalai Lama Tuesday, August 8 at 6:00 pm The author of Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis recounts his favorite stories of how he started out in life as a rock concert promoter in the late 1960’s and ended up as a special assistant to His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. A magical mystery tour of pop culture spanning the 50’s through the 90’s, with anecdotes about Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, professional wrestler Harley Race, pornographer Gail Palmer, and the Tibetan Buddhist monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery. Never before published photographs throughout!	HOWARD BAHR signs The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War Thursday, August 24 at 6:00 pm In this epic novel of violence and redemption by the author of The Black Flower, a Civil War veteran travels back over old battlefields toward a reckoning with the past. Moving between harrowing scenes of battle and the novel's present-day quest, Howard Bahr re-creates this era with devastating authority, proving himself once again to be the preeminent contemporary novelist of the Civil War.
JERRY SCHILLING signs Me and a Guy Named Elvis Saturday, August 12 at 1:00 pm Forty-year entertainment industry veteran Jerry Schilling offers an intimate memoir of his friendship with Elvis Presley, taking readers from the late-night parties at Graceland to the bright lights of Hollywood sets and glittering stages of Las Vegas.	BRENDA SINQUEFIELD signs Moody Saturday, August 26 at 1:00 pm
GREG REECE signs Elvis Religion: The Cult of the King Monday, August 14 at 6:00 pm Reece makes a journey to discover the Jumpsuit Jesus for himself, taking him into the heart of fan obsession. Along the way, he discovers that if Elvis Saves, it is because the Memphis Messiah seems like a prophet for our times.	JOSEPH CAREY signs Chef on Fire: The Five Techniques for Using Heat Like a Pro Tuesday, August 29 at 6:00 pm By demonstrating that all cooking breaks down to five simple procedures, Chef on Fire enables you to look at any recipe and instantly grasp the technique involved in it's cooking. By juxtaposing various ethnic and regional recipes in each chapter, Carey demonstrates that applying the same five techniques consistently makes good food in every culture.
KARIN GILLESPIE sign Dollar Daze: The Bottom Dollar Girls in Love Tuesday, August 15 at 6:00 pm Moons and Junes are the flavors of the month for the Bottom Dollar Girls, whose sudden fondness for wooing and cooing has them in a "Dollar Daze." From the night of the Sweetheart Dance, love begins blooming all over Cayboo Creek. Though every rose must have its thorn, it's up to the Bottom Dollar Girls to follow their hearts.	JEANETTE MARTIN and LILLIAN CHANEY sign Global Business Etiquette Wednesday, August 30 at 6:00 pm The breakneck speed at which business is "going global" requires a new breed of executives, managers, and front-line employees who are adept at the art of cross-cultural communication. Drawing from their many years of research and training in the field the authors present a practical approach to interpreting signals and symbols around the world, overcoming stereotypes, and mastering the nuances of international communication.
LARA PARKER signs Dark Shadows: The Salem Branch Thursday, August 17 at 6:00 pm Barnabas Collins, the vampire hero of the series, has recently become a human again through the efforts of his devoted descendent Dr. Julia Hoffman and is living in current day Collinsport, Maine trying to adjust to normal life.