Sacramento resident Judie Panneton, author of “Proud Americans: Growing Up As Children Of Immigrants,” was at Time Tested Books on 1114 21st St. on Thursday to read excerpts from her book and sign books for the audience. “I was a child of immigrants, and my parents were Holocaust survivors,” Panneton said. “I felt really, really different. I just wondered if any other children of immigrants felt different.” The book, a collection of stories from various people Panneton talked to over the seven years it took her to complete the book, gives a glimpse into the lives of children of immigrants and their parents who came from all over the world. “Just about everybody knows somebody in Sacrame

David Prybil will be reading from and signing his new book “Golden State” at Time Tested Books on Monday at 7 p.m. Prybil is a Los Angeles resident who has been a producer with Paramount for over 15 years. He worked on “Saved!,” “Lost in Space,” “Black Dog,” and “Dancer Texas, Pop. 81.” “Golden State” is the story of four people in Sacramento living their versions of the California dream. The Sacramento Press asked Prybil what inspired him to write “Golden State.” “It seems in general that California as a state attracts dreamers, people that are looking for more, whatever that may be. Whether it’s the Gold Rush that helped found Sacramento or coming to Hollywood to be discovered as a s

A fascinating new book about North Sacramento will have it’s exclusive premier at a special event scheduled for Thursday evening, September 16th at 1616 Del Paso Blvd. from 5:30 until 7:30PM. This free event will feature a talk and visual presentation by the author, Veronica Ehrenreich-Risner, a librarian and professor at CSUS who has worked for the past 3 years to assemble this stirring volume of vintage imagery, and will allow time for questions and answers, as well as a book signing. This will be the first opportunity to purchase this latest title in the “Images of America” series from the county’s leading publisher of local and regional history books. Relive this exciting time when a

Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's book"'Mount Pleasant" has hit the New York Times Bestseller list today, all but beating out his rival for California's coveted Gov. seat, Meg Whitman and her book "The Power of Many". Last night Poizner spent two hours with potential consitutuents at the Borders bookstore on Fair Oaks Blvd., signing autographed copies of his book, posing for pictures, and fielding questions from some folks who are still decidedly on the fence with regards to his candidacy. Poizner handled himself gracefully under fire, and with poise(pun intended). He was clear and concise, stating matter of factly what he envisions for the state and what his stance is on many of Cal

On Sunday, September 20, 2009, the Center For Land-Based Learning is hosting the 5th in its series of “Author Gatherings” at the Farm on Putah Creek in Winters, CA. Past authors have included John Scharffenberger, Michael Pollan, David “Mas” Masumoto, and Alice Waters. Mas Masumoto is once again visiting the Farm to talk about his latest book, Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land.   David "Mas" Masumoto is an organic peach and grape farmer and author of Epitaph for a Peach (1995), Letters to the Valley, A Harvest of Memories (2004), Four Seasons in Five Senses, Things Worth Savoring (2003) and Harvest Son and Planting Roots in American Soil (1998). His new book, W