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A world of cooking
This year we have chosen a smorgasbord of cookbooks.
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on Dec 5, 2012 at 7:38 pm by Judy, a resident of Mountain View |
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Tomorrow's events (Dec. 6)
[Web Link Author talk: 'Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore']
A tale of global conspiracy, complex code-breaking, high-tech data visualization, y... |
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on Dec 5, 2012 at 12:09 pm by LVK, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Murphy plays solid at linebacker and that's no bull
Stanford football notebook
Trent Murphy went up against an 800-pound cow and lived to tell the story. Some 300-pound offensive lineman must seem like a featherweigh... |
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on Sep 25, 2012 at 7:07 pm by Mike, a resident of another community |
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Dynasty-scale dining
With more than 200 dishes covering nearly every permutation of meat, seafood, vegetables, rice and noodles, Ming's aims to please even the finickiest of appetites. There are s... |
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on Sep 7, 2012 at 12:40 pm by Betty Dunworth, a resident of Los Altos |
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Book Talk
SUMMER SOIREE ... As a kick-off to the Oct. 5-13 San Francisco Litquake, four authors will mingle and chat at the Sunny Sunday Summer Soiree at 4 p.m. on Aug. 19, at an... |
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on Sep 6, 2012 at 7:06 pm by Vidya, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Old, but still kicking
"Old Ladies," by Nancy Huddleston Packer, John Daniel & Company, McKinleyville, Ca., 174 pp., $15
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on Aug 21, 2012 at 1:41 pm by Bonnie Zare, a member of the Nixon School community |
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Smoking gun
"Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition" by Robert N. Proctor; University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London; 752... |
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on Jul 23, 2012 at 5:47 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Best Of Palo Alto 2012
On Your Mark ... Get Set ... Vote! In this year's Best Of we cheer the Olympian businesses that champion the Palo Alto area -- the Peninsula's gold-medal restaurants, retailer... |
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on Jul 8, 2012 at 2:58 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Artist, surgeon team up to illustrate medical techniques
As a longtime medical illustrator, Chris Gralapp has collaborated with many physicians. One of the most frequent copilots on her journeys is surgeon Robert K. Jackler, chair o... |
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on Jun 11, 2012 at 3:55 pm by <a href=”http://www.persuasivespeech1.com”>persuasive speech </a>, a resident of another community |
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Splendor in the glass
Stained-glass artist Judy Miller had a determination that took her places -- distances so far that her work is said to be in more than a thousand homes on four continents.
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on Jun 5, 2012 at 4:32 pm by John Lenihan, a resident of another community |
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Sign-up Now for Summer Reading Programs
The popular annual Kids, Teen and Adult Summer Reading Programs are back. For this year’s night-themed program, kids can “Dream Big READ!,” teens will “Own the Night,” and ad... |
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on Jun 2, 2012 at 10:06 am by Kathy Shields, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Menlo-Atherton grad behind the scenes of Facebook's IPO
When Tom Wirth graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School in 1975, not many people outside California had heard of Menlo Park. That all changed Friday, in part thanks to the ma... |
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on May 22, 2012 at 12:50 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Diekroeger blasts Stanford to nonconference victory
College baseball
Menlo School grad Kenny Diekroeger hit a home run and doubled twice to support Garrett Hughes' four-hitter over five innings in Stanford's 8-3 victory... |
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on Apr 12, 2012 at 5:06 pm by unanimus, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Palo Alto architect Jack Rominger dies
Jack Rominger, a longtime Palo Alto community member, died of a heart attack April 28 while traveling in Italy.
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on Feb 23, 2012 at 8:27 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Are You Planning a Wedding?
Drop into the Main Library at 1213 Newell Rd. and visit the display of wedding books. You will find everything to help you plan your special day from beginning to end. Topic... |
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on Feb 15, 2012 at 12:18 pm by Kathy Shields, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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The next parenting bestseller "Bringing up Bebe"
I predict this will be the next parenting book everyone will be talking about. I have already read two separate articles in separate publications recommending it and from what... |
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on Jan 25, 2012 at 11:16 am by Parent, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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A King remembrance in black and white
The faces staring out from 10 photographs at Stanford's Tresidder Memorial Union lounge seem eternal; as alive today as they were 46 years ago when photojournalist Bob Fitch t... |
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on Jan 16, 2012 at 8:42 pm by Mr. Fischer, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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First Person: A conversation with Kelly McGonigal
Stanford health psychologist Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., discusses her wide-ranging research and teaching with Lisa Van Dusen in this First Person video. [Web Link... |
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on Dec 15, 2011 at 11:38 pm by Inapppropriate style, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Local booksellers' top picks for 2011
With the holiday season upon us, the Palo Alto Weekly asked local booksellers Kepler's and Books Inc. to recommend their staffs' top five picks for 2011.
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on Dec 4, 2011 at 11:48 am by moi, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Kindle not elibrary compatible!
I'm shocked to learn that my Kindle is incompatible with the elibrary software. Will Amazon ever support e library books? Basically the answer is no... really never. http:/... |
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on Sep 21, 2011 at 2:26 pm by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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why does palo alto library not part of the santa clara county library
the county library has many more collections, newer books and multimedia material.
I wonder why we are still holding down the fort with our own library, with the older col... |
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on Jul 8, 2011 at 9:56 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Lee Hester's top five 'must read' graphic novels
1. "The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale," by Art Spiegelman.
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on Jul 6, 2011 at 12:42 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Staying Healthy All The Way
..It will be a necessity all the time to get healthy and fit. So let us take good care of our body and health by knowing some of its tips and guidelines.
How To Get Healthy... |
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on Jun 3, 2011 at 3:38 pm by Start with the libraries, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Local Zen Master Talk and Book Signing on Saturday April 30th at 11 AM
Les is the abbot of the Kannon Do Zen Center on Rock Street in Mountain View. While studying and practicing Zen, he worked in the hi-tech, corporate world for over thirty year... |
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on Apr 26, 2011 at 8:10 am by Chi, a resident of Mountain View |
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Stanford, Packard nurses ratify contract
Stanford and Lucile Packard hospitals nurses voted April 7 to accept a tentative contract hammered out by its union with the help of a federal mediator.
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on Apr 13, 2011 at 1:11 am by enough!, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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