Week of June 11, 2009
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BOOKS Thursday 6/11 THE COST OF WARAna Menendez comes to Books & Books to discuss her novel "The Last War." The story reveals the personal costs of combat journalism while examining the long-standing controversies in cruelty, violence, love and identity. 8 p.m. Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. Details: (305) 442-4408 or www.booksandbooks.com. Saturday 6/13 A CHANGING WORLDAli Sethi, author of "The Wishmaker," comes to Coral Gables to read and sign her book. The story follows two young Pakistani children and their family as the world drastically changes after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. 5 p.m. Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. Details: (305) 442-4408 or www.booksandbooks.com. THE INVINCIBLE MAN Herschel McKee was a French Foreign legionnaire, fighter pilot with the Lafayette Flying Corps, prisoner-of-war escapee, race car driver, WWII bomber-wing commander and a test pilot. Stephen Olvey chronicles Mr. McKee's life in "The Man Who Would Not Die." He will be signing and discuss the biography. 7 p.m. Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. Details: (305) 442-4408 or www.booksandbooks.com. THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS Forensic expert and star of HBO's "Autopsy" Michael Baden comes to Books & Books to read and sign his latest book "Skeleton Justice." In it, a world-famous pathologist and a top litigator chase down one of New York City's oddest serial killers. Books & Books, 9700 Collins Ave., Bal Harbour. Details: (305) 532-3222 or www.booksandbooks.com.
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