Edward Humes discusses Monkey Girl March 1, 2007

Here are three great reasons to go to Barnes & Noble Marina Pacifica this Thursday evening:

1. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes will be discussing and signing his critically acclaimed new book, Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, and the Battle for America's Soul. Join him at 7 p.m.

2. In conjunction with Humes' bookstore visit, C-SPAN2's Book TV is bringing its Book TV Mobile Production Bus to Long Beach from 6:15 to 9 p.m Thursday. The BookTV Bus will be parked right outside Barnes & Noble and will offer tours of its studio set, participation in an interactive demonstration about BookTV programming, and the opportunity to learn how a television show is produced. This is great fun for kids of all ages. [http://www.booktv.org/]

3. Barnes & Noble Marina Pacifica is generously donating a portion of sales from tonight's Long Beach event to Project SEEK, to help support arts and literacy programs at McGaugh School in Seal Beach. (Be sure to mention Project SEEK at the register when you make purchases.)


Here are a few recent Monkey Girl reviews:

From the Los Angeles Times: "Humes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has opened my eyes. I only wish I could close them again... Monkey Girl is full of vivid descriptions and interesting facts... "

From the Chicago Tribune: "Why Americans continue to pit religion against science... is the question at the heart of Edward Humes' compelling Monkey Girl... Clearly based on exhaustive reporting that takes the reader from the hard benches of a Harrisburg, Pa., federal district courtroom to the kitchen tables of Dover families whose children were taunted as "monkey girls," Humes' fast-moving, richly detailed book reads like a suspense novel.... Humes may be the most successful so far in making a complicated issue accessible and in putting human faces on both sides of the evolution divide."

Ed Humes also will sign copies of his other books, including Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream and My California: Journeys by Great Writers.

Official Website: http://edwardhumes.com