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In This Newsletter:
Historian Donald Worster - Tuesday, January 13th at 7:00 PM
6th Annual SF Yoga Journal Conference - January 16-19th at the Hyatt Embarcadero
Mind-Body Health Writing Workshop with Dr. Abby Caplin - begins this Sunday, January 18th
Learning to Knit Beginner Classes - start Sunday, January 25th
Author events coming up in February

Historian DONALD WORSTER discusses
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir
Tuesday, January 13th at 7 PM

Renowned environmental historian Donald Worster's new book should stand as the definitive John Muir biography. Based on Muir's private correspondence, A Passion for Nature uncovers the complex inner life behind the legend of the solitary mountain man. "I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer," Muir wrote. "Civilization and fever and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me has not dimmed my glacial eye, and I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness. My own special self is nothing."

Worster fully explores Muir's "special self" — the struggling writer, self-made man, world traveler, father and husband, scientist, great thinker, and champion for natural wonders like Yosemite — as well as Muir's extraordinary ability, then and now, to get others to see the sacred beauty of the natural world. This biography is the most complete account of the great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club ever written.

"A towering biography of a towering figure! John Muir is one of those very few Americans who reshaped the way we saw the world. This volume, from one of our most eminent historians, makes clear both the sources and the meaning of Muir's great and wild epiphany." - Bill McKibben, author of The Bill McKibben Reader

6th Annual Yoga Journal
San Francisco Conference
January 16-19th at the
Hyatt Embarcadero

Our last reminder not to miss the 6th Annual Yoga Journal San Francisco Conference, January 16-19, 2009 at the Hyatt Embarcadero. Classes for all levels available. Cruise the Yoga Marketplace for the latest yoga products, stylish yoga wear, CDs, DVDs, books and more.

Register online at www.yjevents.com
or call: 800.561.9398.

SPECIAL BONUS for our loyal customers: mention promo code VEND and receive $100 off the Main Conference!

Mind-Body Health Writing Workshop
with Dr. Abby Caplin
Begins this Sunday, January 18th at 7 PM

Discover how therapeutic writing can help you feel accepted and confident. Dr. Abby Caplin will guide you through a process of reflection, writing and optional sharing. Absolutely no writing experience is necessary! Just come with an open mind and notebook. Visit our website for more details.

Learning To Knit with Thea Gray
Beginner Classes Start
Sunday, January 25th at 10:30 AM

Learn all the basic skills you need for your first scarf or hat, focusing on (but not limited to) casting on, knitting and purling using the English (aka American or throw) method, increasing and decreasing, and casting off. Visit our website for more details.

Don't Miss These Upcoming Events in February:

JONAH LEHRER explains
How We Decide
Tuesday, February 17th at 7 PM

DAVID THOMSON discusses
Try To Tell The Story: A Memoir
Tuesday, February 24th at 7 PM

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