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Start: 2:00 pm
As a specialized form of pot luck, a cookie swap has all the same traits that make a potluck so effortless to host. Guests share in the baking and cost burden bybringing their favorite recipes. Cookie Swap takes the popular idea ofthe cookie exchange party to new heights and in new directions. With dozens ofdecorating and invitation ideas, 58 delectable recipes, mouthwatering photos,and tips on hosting the best swap possible, this book is sure to get readers'creative juices flowing in bringing together friends through the generosity offood and spirit. Julie Usher, a celebrated pastry chef and food writer, hasdesigned desserts for Chocolatier, Better Homes and Gardens, Bon Appetit,and Modern Bride. She lives in St. Louis and Maine. She will do a cookingdemo and book signing at this event. | 21
Start: 7:00 pm
Judy Shepard, the mother ofMatthew Shepard, shares her story about her son's death and the choice she madeto become an international gay rights activist. For the first time in bookform, Shepard speaks about her loss, sharing memories of Matthew, their life asa typical American family, and the pivotal event in the small college town thatchanged everything. The Meaning of Matthew not only captures thehistorical significance and complicated civil rights issues surrounding oneman's life and death, but it also chronicles one ordinary woman's struggle tocope with the unthinkable. On the International Day of Peace, Judy Shepard willdiscuss and sign The Meaning of Matthew. | 22
Start: 7:30 pm
The celebrated pioneer in the field of no-punishment dog training and author of the bestseller Don’t Shoot the Dog! Explains her innovative training method that has changed the lives of millions of animals in Reaching the Animal Mind. Karen Pryorwas a founder of Sea Life Park in Hawaii, where she pioneered many dolphin-training techniques. She is the author of numerous papers and several books, and shehas served on the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission. Tickets are $25. Register at www.hsmo.org by clicking on “Events and Programs” or call 314.951.1545. This event is co-sponsored by the St. Louis Zoo and the Humane Society of Missouri. | 23
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Three Cups of Tea is the astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard. Greg Mortenson was a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, became inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished moutain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially for girls—that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. | 24
Start: 7:30 pm
In this remarkable history of father-son relationships in his family, Alexander Waugh exposes the dynamic fraught with love and strife that has produced a succession of successful authors. Based on the recollections of his father and on a mine of hitherto unseen documents relating to his grandfather, the book skillfully traces the threads that have linked father to son across a century of war, conflict, turmoil, and change. | 25
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