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	Saturday, January 14, 3 PM Discussion & Book Signing Author Tom Mates leads a lively discussion of politics, religion, and American history, introducing his new book: A Judeo-Islamic Nation: The Evolution of America's Political Theology Far from being a fixed source of moral absolutes, religious beliefs vary greatly from believer to believer and from age to age. In the case of Christianity, prevailing beliefs have evolved to the point of bearing almost no relation at all to the original religion. In fact the religion regularly injected into American politics, because of its worldly orientation, bears a stronger resemblance to Judaism and Islam than it does to actual Christianity. This new book explains America's Judeo-Islamic faith, and explores some of the ways in which it has evolved during our nation's history.
	Tuesday, January 17 / 8:00 p.m. Dr. Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child North America, will lecture on "Damned Nations: Ending the Global War Against Women and Children" Fleischmann Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara The Book Den will be selling copies of Dr. Nutt's book, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid at this free event sponsored by the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at UCSB - Wade Clark Roof Lecture on Human Rights
	Thursday, January 19 / 7:00 p.m. A Conversation with Kim Phuc "The Girl in the Picture": 40 Years of Forgiveness at the Lobero Theatre www.lobero.com Kim Phuc, the Vietnam War's famous child survivor, shares historical footage and personal testimony of the accidental bombing, the photograph, and her journey to forgiveness. A generation of people will never forget Nick Ut's Life Magazine cover image in 1972. President Nixon doubted its authenticity. Historians credit it with helping end the Vietnam War. The Book Den will be selling copies of Denise Chong's book The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War at this event.
	Monday, January 23 / 7:30 p.m. "An Evening with Dara Horn" Dara Horn is the award-winning author of In the Image, The World to Come, and her most recent novel, All Other Nights. She has taught Jewish Literature and Israeli History at Harvard and Sarah Lawrence. Congregation B'nai B'rith, 1000 San Antonio Creek Road, Santa Barbara The Book Den will be selling copies of Dr. Horn's books at this free event sponsored by the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSB.
	1st Thursday, Feb. 2nd, 5 to 8 PM Actress, screenwriter, director, and now author Darlene Craviotto will be on-hand to discuss and sign copies of her new book An Agoraphobic's Guide to Hollywood: How Michael Jackson Got Me Out of the House. Before Michael Jackson's death, Darlene Craviotto was invited to write a Peter Pan film for Steven Spielberg to star Michael Jackson. Only problem was, since an auto accident years earlier, she had been battling agoraphobia and was afraid to leave the house.