Events

Sportswriter, author, and NPR correspondent Howard Bryant will be joining us in the side room to read from his newest book, Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron. Based on meticulous research and interviews with former teammates, family, two former presidents, and Aaron himself, The Last Hero chronicles
Aaron’s childhood in segregated Alabama, his brief stardom in the Negro
Leagues, his complicated relationship with celebrity, and his historic
rivalry with Willie Mays—all culminating in the defining event of his
life: his shattering of Babe Ruth’s all-time home-run record.
Eloquently written, detailed and penetrating, Bryant's biography is a revelatory
portrait of a complicated, private man who became an
enduring American icon.

Join us for this opportunity to meet the author, hear him read some of his
favorite moments from the biography, and pick up a signed copy of The Last
Hero. See you there.

We're thrilled to be hosting one of our favorite authors, Howard Norman, as he reads from and signs copies of his newest novel, What Is Left The Daughter.

Norman, widely regarded as one of this country’s finest novelists, has returned to the mesmerizing fictional terrain of his major books with this stirring and morally complex story of seventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer. Wyatt's account of his life starting with the double suicide of his parents and leading up to the birth of his daughter unfolds in a confession that speaks profoundly of the mysteries of human character in wartime.

Howard Norman is a three-time winner of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and a winner of the Lannan Award for fiction. His 1987 novel, The Northern Lights, was nominated for a National Book Award, as was his 1994 novel, The Bird Artist (a long time staple of our Staff Favorites display). We can't wait to welcome Howard to Green Apple, and hope you'll join us to meet and mingle and grab your signed copy of What Is Left the Daughter.

Local writer and microblogger extraordinaire Matt Stewart will be paying us a visit at Green Apple to read from and sign copies of his new book, The French Revolution.

The French Revolution is the hilarious, tragic, and deeply imaginative story of a San Francisco family forging its place in history. In this debut novel, first published in 140 character bursts on Twitter, Stewart blends vibrant prose, unforgettable characters, and a multi-layered plot based on the extremes of the historical French Revolution for a relentlessly entertaining debut novel. And, as Andrew Leland wrote in a recent review of the book for SFGate, "the real tour de force comes when he lets his sentences run off-leash through the streets of San Francisco. The city Stewart describes will be instantly recognizable to anyone who lives here."

We hope you'll join us on August 12th to celebrate the City, the combined power of social networking and good old fashioned publishing, and of course, la revolution.

Joing us as Robert Elias slides into Green Apple Books to celebrate his newly released investigation into the history of baseball, The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad.

From the Civil War to George W. Bush and the Iraq War, Elias has tracked baseball's role in developing the American empire, first at home and then beyond our shores. Elias assesses the effects of this relationship both on our foreign policies and on the sport itself. Driven by compelling stories, unusual events, and unique individuals, the seamless integration of original research and compelling analysis makes this a baseball book that's about more than just sports.

Come meet Robert Elias, talk a little baseball, and pick up a signed copy of The Empire Strikes Out, a must have for lovers of the great--and complex-- American game.

Portland author Loretta Stinson will be journeying south to Green Apple in celebration of her debut novel, Little Green.

Little Green is a spellbinding and often harrowing story of a sixteen year old girl named Janie who, at the start of the novel,  is on the run from her troubled past into an even more troubled young adulthood in mid 1970s America. Stinson captures the particular daemons of the era's drug culture, sex work, and abusive relationships with unnerving precision. But despite all its darkness, this novel manages to be, at its core, a story of redemption, recovery and hope.

Join us to hear Stinson read from her dramatic debut and sign copies of Little Green on August 25th.