BOOKS Baghdad to Bombay to Bay Area While growing up in Queens, I was fascinated by the stories of the Sofaers across the street. The family came from India, but their roots were in Baghdad. They were Jewish, bu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jul 12, 2008 at 9:44 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 7, 2008 at 11:46 pm.
BOOKS A Book Relevant to Palo Alto Hello,
In case anyone is interested, I've recently published a book that's relevant to Palo Alto. It's called "Authoritas: One Student's Harvard Admissions and the Founding... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Aaron Greenspan, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Jul 9, 2008 at 9:18 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 10, 2008 at 2:32 pm.
BOOKS Plenty of swim
showdowns
in annual meet Stanford grad Tara Kirk may get her rematch with world recordholder Leisel Jones of Australia in the 100 breast on Saturday. Stanford grad Ben Wildman-Tobriner can continue to... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 26, 2008 at 7:57 am
BOOKS Guest Opinion: 21st century libraries are good investment In an earlier opinion piece on the November library bond, Diana Diamond argued that we should cut the proposed bond measure by as much as one-third in the hope that the lower ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 11, 2008 at 12:07 pm There have been 171 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 23, 2008 at 7:28 pm.
BOOKS The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency I would like to recommend this book to all. It is by Alexander McCall Smith and it is about Africa, but not in the way you expect. It is a mystery, but not in the way you expe... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Reader, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2008 at 7:58 pm
BOOKS John Adams, David McCullough--Share the journey I'm more than a little late in getting to this Pulitzer winning book, but come along and make a conversation.-
Within the first 20 pages I'm floored by the fact that by 1776,... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Elizabeth Henin Misich, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2008 at 4:09 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2008 at 11:33 am.
BOOKS Compulsions out of control Alex, patient of Stanford psychiatrist Elias Aboujaoude, described himself succinctly to the therapist.
Read the full story here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.ph... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 18, 2008 at 5:01 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 18, 2008 at 5:01 pm.
BOOKS Stanford gets Stephen Jay Gould's books Stanford University Libraries has acquired the collection of books, papers and artifacts of the late Harvard paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, autho... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 14, 2008 at 3:11 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2008 at 3:11 pm.
BOOKS Guest Opinion: Two campaigns for the heart of the community The heart of a community is its civic spaces and its commitment to finding common ground on which its residents can come together, learn and exchange ideas.
Read the full st... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 29, 2008 at 4:23 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 1, 2008 at 8:54 am.
BOOKS Guest Opinion: Are books and libraries out of date? One might think that holding books in a library-style building is an idea that's dead as a dodo. One would be wrong.
Read the full story here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 8, 2008 at 4:09 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 9, 2008 at 3:12 pm.
BOOKS Peering behind the curtain While the other little girls in her dance class nurtured dreams of becoming ballerinas, Stanford associate professor Janice Ross pointed her toes toward a different path.
Rea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 12, 2008 at 5:19 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 12, 2008 at 5:19 pm.
BOOKS 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.
Re... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 9, 2008 at 11:55 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 5, 2012 at 4:32 pm.
BOOKS Read "Gotcha Capitalism"!!! I recommend the new book "Gotcha Capitalism - How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day - And What You Can Do About It"
Reading this book has been an emotional experience - no... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by A.L., a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood, on Jan 16, 2008 at 12:35 pm There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 7, 2008 at 9:31 am.
BOOKS Healing hands The "laying on of hands" in the biblical sense, may rely on faith, but for women with breast cancer, hands can be the conduits of healing through one's own energy.
Read the f... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 13, 2008 at 5:36 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 13, 2008 at 5:36 pm.
BOOKS UCLA upsets No. 2 Stanford women in hoops' shocker The Stanford women's basketball team let its game against host UCLA get away early and could never recover in a 69-56 Pac-10 Conference setback on Friday night in Pauley Pavil... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 5, 2008 at 10:36 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 5, 2008 at 10:36 am.
BOOKS Chef shows he has no reservations He's a celebrity chef who is famous for traveling around the world, eating in the back alleys where most tourists fear to tread, writing books about his culinary and worldly e... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Nov 29, 2007 at 12:52 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 2, 2007 at 3:39 pm.
BOOKS Palo Alto man wins Sudoku championship Thomas Snyder of Palo Alto took just 7 minutes, 9 seconds to solve an advanced Sudoku puzzle and win the U.S. Sudoku Championship in Philadelphia last Saturday.
Read the full... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Nov 4, 2007 at 3:39 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Nov 4, 2007 at 3:39 pm.
BOOKS CSPAN2 goes missing from cable TV Subscribers to Comcast cable television in Palo Alto and neighboring cities have lost CSPAN2 from their channel offerings, unless they have digital cable service.
Read the fu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 29, 2007 at 5:50 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 11, 2009 at 5:07 pm.
BOOKS Goodbye Harry Potter I have reread all of the Harry Potter books and have just finished rereading "The Deathly Hallows". On my second reading of book 7 I have changed my opinion of it. At first, ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by nat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Oct 9, 2007 at 1:54 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 13, 2007 at 6:30 pm.
BOOKS More dead bodies, please What's wrong with Silicon Valley as a setting for a mystery?
Read the full story here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=6565 posted Wednesday, October 3... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 3, 2007 at 12:10 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 10, 2007 at 1:16 pm.
BOOKS San Mateo County is Reading Daughter of Fortune this Fall Welcome to our second fall community read! Our first community reading event was launched last year with The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. The libraries of San Mateo County... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Kathleen Beasley, a resident of Atherton, on Sep 19, 2007 at 5:57 pm
BOOKS Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
This book is the 2008 Silcon Valley Reads selection.
It is available now at the Palo Alto City Library. People all over Santa Clara County will be reading it and going to e... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by abbyboyd, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood, on Sep 18, 2007 at 6:36 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 19, 2008 at 2:00 pm.
BOOKS Google to sponsor race to the moon Google announced a competition today in which a private team can win as much as $25 million by landing a robotic rover on the moon and completing a specific set of tasks.
Rea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 14, 2007 at 9:25 am
BOOKS Library Hosts Teen Video Or Comic Contest The Palo Alto City Library is celebrating Teen Read Week 2007 from October 14-19. The theme this year is "LOL@YourLibrary" and the Library is sponsoring a "TEEN VIDEO OR COMI... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Laurie Hastings, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Sep 11, 2007 at 7:53 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 12, 2007 at 12:29 pm.
BOOKS Book Discussion Group for Diana Gabaldon Outlander Novels I've been reading and enjoying very much the "Outlander" Novels. I know that there are many online discussion groups for these books but I was hoping to meet some area fans fo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by carol riso, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on Sep 8, 2007 at 3:16 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 19, 2008 at 1:56 pm.
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