Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Tuesday March 11th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Ella Alexander to the store to discuss and sign "The Sleeping Land". Joining her in conversation will be E. P. Tuazon. 

Less than two years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, three junior archeologists and their gloryhound advisor arrive at a remote cave in the heart of the Siberian wilderness to carry out the first extensive Western dig on Russian soil since the execution of the Czar. 

 Surrounded by a looming forest with eerie silences and flickering shadows, Valerie, Kit, and Mark begin their dig under the eccentric and charismatic guidance of the venerable George Auberon. The excavation yields fascinating discoveries, and excitement grows among the team, but George’s true motivations soon reveal themselves to be much less noble than he originally let on. 

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Sunday March 9th at 3:00 pm as they welcome Giada de Laurentiis to the store to discuss and sign "Super-Italian: More Than 110 Indulgent Recipes Using Italy's Healthiest Foods; A Cookbook".

Discover the Italian approach to healthful eating—where nothing is off the menu—with 100 delicious, superfood-packed recipes from New York Times bestselling author Giada De Laurentiis.

From the day Giada De Laurentiis started cooking professionally, her fundamental formula for making meals memorable has not changed: Good Cooking = Technique + Ingredients + Ambience. This same formula is the key to good health when you choose ingredients that promote wellness, cook them simply, and eat them joyfully. In her skillful hands, a pantry of Italian superfoods is the starting point to better health and longevity.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Wednesday March 5th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Beth Morrison and Boyd Morrison to the store to discuss and sign The White Fortress (Tales of the Lawless Land).

Croatia, 1351. Daring knight Gerard Fox and his adventurous wife Willa, fresh from a dangerous quest across Italy and Greece, soon find themselves embroiled in a new intrigue as they sail toward the walled city of Dubrovnik. Having inadvertently hindered a rescue mission, Fox and Willa make amends by helping a desperate Croatian couple forced into a terrible dilemma: either they betray their hometown to a treacherous nobleman and the brutal warlord he serves, or their abducted child will be murdered. A century-old prophecy and a lost codex written by fabled explorer Marco Polo are key to stopping the warlord's conquest, which could spark a devastating war along the entire Adriatic coast. Fox and Willa race against time to devise a plan for saving a child, a town, and a country – knowing it could cost them everything if they fail...

Visit Capitol to shop the Jamie Haller trunk show. Shop the very best basics and meet Jamie in-store!

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on on Tuesday March 4th at 6:30 pm as we welcome Emily Hodgson Anderson to the store to discuss and sign Shadow Work: Loneliness and the Literary Life.  Joining her in conversation will be Grace Franklin. 

How is it that reading and writing can at once isolate us and bring us closer to others? Blending personal narrative with literary criticism, Emily Hodgson Anderson considers what a life spent with books has taught her about loneliness and human connection. She delves into the unseen labor of women, authors, and mothers, and she argues that we can reimagine intimacy through books. Herself a book lover and writer, a teacher of literature, and a single mom, Anderson reflects on the loneliness—and the strength—that can come from living, writing, and parenting alone.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Sunday March 2nd at 3:00 pm as they welcome Lenny Rosenberg and Adaeze Nwanonyiri to the store to discuss and sign "It's a Sweet World: Recipes from Around the Globe at Bea's Bakery".

It's a Sweet World invites you to bring the rich, nostalgic flavors of Bea's Bakery, a California institution, into your home with a blend of Jewish, Nigerian, and global recipes perfect for any occasion.

Bea's Bakery has been a beloved part of California's Jewish baking heritage for over fifty years. Founded in 1968 by Sol Litwak and his son Jules, Bea's Bakery was named after Sol's wife, Beatrice--fondly called "Bea." Since then, it has stood as a comforting symbol of traditional Jewish bakeries in America, delighting the community with timeless treats and flavors that evoke family memories and bring people together.

Experience the rich legacy of Bea's Bakery in your own kitchen. In 2023, Bea's Bakery was entrusted to new owners, Lenny Rosenberg and Adaeze Nwanonyiri. This husband-and-wife duo brings their unique backgrounds and love for tradition to this debut cookbook. It's a Sweet World offers readers a journey through Bea's most cherished recipes, from classic Jewish staples to Nigerian-inspired delights and international favorites. With each recipe, readers can expect step-by-step instructions, heartwarming stories, and suggestions for enjoying these treats at special occasions, making it easy to recreate Bea's bakery magic at home.

Join Jenni Kayne in-store to celebrate the launch of our new spring collection, featuring a vibrant floral bar to create your own bouquet while supplies last!

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Thursday February 27th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Christina Clancy to the store to discuss and sign The Snowbirds. Joining her in conversation will be Rufi Thorpe. 

Kim and Grant are at a turning point. A couple for thirty years, their "separate but together" partnership is running up against the realities of late middle age: Grant’s mother has died, the college where he taught philosophy was shuttered, and their twin girls are grown and gone. Escaping the bitter cold of a Midwestern winter for the hot desert sun of Palm Springs seems as good a solution as any to the more intractable problems they face.

When they arrive at Le Desert, a quirky condo community where everyone knows everyone’s business, Kim immediately embraces the opportunity to make new friends and explore a more adventurous side of her personality. Meanwhile, Grant struggles to find his footing in this unfamiliar landscape, leaving Kim to wonder if their relationship can survive the snowbird season. But when Grant goes missing on a hike in the Palm Springs mountains, Kim is forced to consider two terrifying outcomes: either Grant is truly lost, or this time, he’s really left her.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Wednesday February 26th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Kerry Madden-Lunsford to the store to discuss and sign Werewolf Hamlet. Joining her in conversation will be Susan Kaiser Greenland.

Humor, heart, and Shakespeare abound in this middle-grade novel about Angus, a 10-year-old theater fanatic, his struggling family, and his changing relationship with big brother Liam. Perfect for fans of books that handle difficult subjects and family dynamics in a sensitive way, like Better Nate Than Ever and Rule of Threes.

Ten-year-old Angus is unique. He quotes Shakespeare and wants to stage a Werewolf Hamlet play for his 5th grade legacy project. Angus's 17-year-old brother, Liam, is like a werewolf now—Angus never knows if he'll be nice or mean or when he'll sneak out to get drunk or worse.

Meanwhile, tension continues to build for Liam's family in Los Angeles. Mom and Dad are going to default on the mortgage. Older sister Hannah is fed up and ready to move herself to Maine, and little sister Sidney doesn't really get what's happening. Then Liam goes missing, and Angus decides he has to find him.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Thursday February 20th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Lenny Rosenberg and Adaeze Nwanonyiri to the store to discuss and sign "It's a Sweet World: Recipes from Around the Globe at Bea's Bakery".

It's a Sweet World invites you to bring the rich, nostalgic flavors of Bea's Bakery, a California institution, into your home with a blend of Jewish, Nigerian, and global recipes perfect for any occasion.

Bea's Bakery has been a beloved part of California's Jewish baking heritage for over fifty years. Founded in 1968 by Sol Litwak and his son Jules, Bea's Bakery was named after Sol's wife, Beatrice--fondly called "Bea." Since then, it has stood as a comforting symbol of traditional Jewish bakeries in America, delighting the community with timeless treats and flavors that evoke family memories and bring people together.

Experience the rich legacy of Bea's Bakery in your own kitchen. In 2023, Bea's Bakery was entrusted to new owners, Lenny Rosenberg and Adaeze Nwanonyiri. This husband-and-wife duo brings their unique backgrounds and love for tradition to this debut cookbook. It's a Sweet World offers readers a journey through Bea's most cherished recipes, from classic Jewish staples to Nigerian-inspired delights and international favorites. With each recipe, readers can expect step-by-step instructions, heartwarming stories, and suggestions for enjoying these treats at special occasions, making it easy to recreate Bea's bakery magic at home.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Wednesday February 19th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Kenneth Turan to the store to discuss and sign Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation (Jewish Lives).

Kenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their role in creating the film industry as we know it
 
One was a tough junkman’s son, the other a cosseted mama’s boy, but they dreamed the same mighty dream: that the right movies could make a profit and change both the culture and individual lives. Sharing a religion and an evangelical zeal for film, Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957) and Irving Thalberg (1899–1936) were unlikely partners in one of the most significant collaborations in movie history. Over the course of their decade-long relationship, as key players at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and major players in Hollywood, they joined forces in redefining and mastering the template for the film industry.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Tuesday February 18th at 6:30 pm as they welcome  Cory Doctorow to the store to discuss and sign "Picks and Shovels: A Martin Hench Novel".

The year is 1986. The city is San Francisco. Here, Martin Hench will invent the forensic accountant--what a bounty hunter is to people, he is to money--but for now he's an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the invention of a revolutionary new technology that will change everything about crime forever, one we now take completely for granted.

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently Picks and Shovels (a followup to The Bezzle), The Bezzle (a followup to Red Team Blues) and The Lost Cause, a solarpunk science fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency. His most recent nonfiction book is The Internet Con: How To Seize the Means of Computation, a Big Tech disassembly manual.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Sunday February 16th at 3:00 pm as they welcome Shiza Shahid to the store to discuss and sign Dinner at Our Place: Recipes for Gathering. 

Our Place, the cookware brand that took the food world by storm, has always been about more than their brilliantly designed products—it’s about bringing people together, celebrating cultures, and cultivating connections. And what better way to do that, than through sharing a meal? Co-founder and CEO Shiza Shahid invited 11 pioneering tastemakers, chefs, and restauranteurs to take a month and throw a dinner party for you to join. In Dinner at Our Place, you’ll find more than 100 recipes and 12 specially curated dinner parties, plus playlists, mood lighting guides, plating philosophies, scripts for talking to your fishmonger, and so much more.

Visit Jenni Kayne on Valentine’s Day as they partner with The Qi Tea bringing the Shangri-La Rose and Royal Chrysanthemum teas to the shop.

The Qi is a healing brand that works with small family farms across Asia. All teas are sustainably sourced, handpicked and organically grown. Both teas are caffeine free. 

RSVP Link: brentwood@jennikayne.com

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Thursday February 13th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Nicole J. Sachs to the store to discuss and sign Mind Your Body: A Revolutionary Program to Release Chronic Pain and Anxiety. 

Learn how to free yourself from chronic pain, anxiety, fatigue, and myriad debilitating conditions through the transformative process of nervous system regulation in this accessible guide from psychotherapist and leading Mindbody clinician Nicole Sachs, LCSW. In Mind Your Body, Sachs teaches readers about Mindbody medicine—which helped her overcome her own debilitating pain and dark prognosis. She explains the essential practice of turning inward, using her revolutionary JournalSpeak method, which has enabled countless people to achieve striking mental, emotional, and physical healing. Mind Your Body takes chronic pain recovery into its next stage, for a new generation of readers who have been so underserved by our medical system.

Nicole J. Sachs, LCSW, is a speaker, writer, psychotherapist, retreat leader, and podcaster who has dedicated her work and her practice to the treatment of chronic pain and conditions.

It's Poppy Store's favorite holiday and to celebrate they're hosting heart-shaped cookie decorating for the littles. 

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Tuesday February 11th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Gregg Hurwitz to the store to discuss and sign "Nemesis: An Orphan X Novel (Orphan X #10)". Joining him in conversation will be Robert Crais.

In the next explosive novel in this New York Times bestselling series, Evan Smoak, having lived his life by the assassin’s Ten Commandments, finds himself at odds with his oldest friend in the world, where principles are in conflict with honor, no rules hold―and no one may get out alive. Evan Smoak was once a highly successful black ops assassin known as Orphan X, dedicated to a rigid set of operational rules. Even after going deep underground and remaking his life, Evan remains dedicated to his unbreakable code. But for the first time in his life, those principles have put him on a collision course with the man who might be his best friend in the world, Tommy Stojack.

In celebration of Valentine's Day, enjoy complimentary custom embroidery by CM Embroidery with any Jenni Kayne purchase. Personalize a new favorite piece, or create a one-of-a-kind gift for someone special.

Plus, they’ll be serving up handcrafted cocktails by 818 Tequila from 1pm to 4pm.

RSVP Link: brentwood@jennikayne.com

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Thursday February 6th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Kemper Donovan to the store to discuss and sign Loose Lips (Ghostwriter Mystery). 

The USA Today bestselling host of the "All About Agatha" podcast injects the spark and fizz of a Golden Age murder mystery into the present-day, as the ghostwriter’s skills are put to the test aboard a bestselling author’s decidedly insalubrious cruise.

Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. So goes the adage, but sometimes, even a first-rate ghostwriter and successful mystery author needs to make a buck. Even if that means setting foot on a cruise ship, something she vowed she’d never do. To top it off, the “Get Lit Cruise” is being organized by Payton Garrett, a very popular, bestselling author—and the ghostwriter’s long-time frenemy from back in their MFA days.

Over the years, Payton has reinvented herself. She gained a wife while ditching her journalist husband—who is also on board. And she’s acquired a rabid following who eagerly snapped up the invitations sent to a select few of her newsletter subscribers. The guests, all female, will receive personalized instruction from experts in five different writing genres, while basking in Payton’s reflected glow.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Wednesday February 5th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Christopher Farnsworth to the store to discuss and sign Robert B. Parker's Buried Secrets (Jesse Stone Novel).

Robert B. Parker’s iconic police chief, Jesse Stone, is back in Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets, written by beloved crime author Christopher Farnsworth. Putnam is thrilled to publish Farnsworth’s first Jesse Stone novel, and the twenty-second in the series. Chief of Police Jesse Stone is on his way home from a long shift when a call comes in for a welfare check on an elderly resident of the wealthy seaside town of Paradise, Massachusetts. Inside a house packed with junk and trash is a man’s dead body. It’s a sad, lonely end, but nothing criminal . . . until Jesse finds the photos of murder victims strewn around the corpse, on top of a treasure trove of $2 million in cash.

Jesse takes on the case and finds a trail leading to an aging mobster who will do whatever it takes to keep the past from coming to light. Before long, Jesse has a price on his head as hit men converge on Paradise to take back the cash and destroy any remaining evidence. But the real danger might be coming from inside his own department. Jesse Stone must unearth the truth buried under the wreckage of a dead man’s life. . . before he winds up in the ground himself.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Tuesday February 4th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Sonya Walger to the store to discuss and sign Lion. 

Lion is the story of a father and a daughter. The father is the unlikeliest of fathers. He is a charismatic bon vivant, a polo player, race-car driver, cocaine addict, ex-con, pilot, and skydiver. He is like a minor god who comes down to earth in a grand manner, falling in all the ways there are to fall. Lion moves back and forth between present-day Los Angeles, where the daughter lives and works as an actress, and the past of her peripatetic childhood in England, Argentina, and Peru. "It is hard to compete with adrenalin when you are a child," she writes, now a mother herself to young children whose settled upbringing prompts her to consider her unconventional youth and the source of its chaos.

Sonya Walger's stunning autobiographical debut is an emotionally acute palimpsest of a novel, full of drama and incident, love and tragedy. The legend of the father's life and her distinctive and imaginatively charged telling of it make for an engrossing and unforgettable family saga.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Sunday February 2nd at 3:00 pm as they welcome Kim Dower to the store to discuss and sign "What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria."

Kim (Freilich) Dower (City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood from October 2016 – October 2018) has published five highly acclaimed collections of poetry all from Red Hen Press. Her most recent book, the bestselling, I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom, an Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist, was called a “fantastic collection” by The Washington Post, “impressively insightful, thought-provoking, and truly memorable” by The Midwest Book Review and Shelf-Awareness said, “These gorgeous gems are energized by the sheer power of her wit and irreverent style.”

She teaches poetry workshops for Antioch University, UCLA Extension Writer’s Program, and the West Hollywood Library. Born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Kim lives with her family in West Hollywood, CA.

Celebrate La Chandeleur (French holiday dedicated to eating crepes) with Sézane on February 2nd with fresh crepes in store!

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Thursday January 30th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Robert Crais to the store to discuss and sign The Big Empty (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel). 

Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, race to find a terrifying, unidentified killer in this twisting, unpredictable thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.
Traci Beller was thirteen when her father disappeared in the sleepy town of Rancha, not far from Los Angeles. The evidence says Tommy Beller abandoned his family, but Traci never believed it. Now, ten years later, Traci is a high-profile influencer with millions of followers and the money to hire the best detective she can find: Elvis Cole.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Wednesday January 29th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Nick Owchar to the store to discuss and sign A Walker in the Evening. Joining him in conversation will be Marc Weingarten.

Austria-Hungary, 1909. From the moment Yuri Moroz sets out on an evening patrol of the Ukrainian village where he lives, he’s plunged into memories of the eerie circumstances that forced him to flee London and the priesthood to seek safety far from home. Eugenie, his wife, is having bad dreams and worries that he’s restless and misses his old life. That couldn’t be farther from the truth, but his protests have failed to convince her. Now, as he walks the village’s dusty lanes ... Yuri recalls his early years as a Catholic priest, his triumphs in the pulpit, a strange relic left for him by his father, his encounters with artists, dandies, ghosts, and spiritualists, and a selfish act that led to disaster ... [as] he struggles to figure out an explanation that will satisfy her by the time the sun rises—if the strange perils waiting for him in the dark don’t get him first.
A page-turning gothic tale, A Walker in the Evening brings together the contrasting worlds of 1880s literary London and a struggling Eastern European village in the life of one unforgettable character.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Tuesday January 28th at 6:30 pm as they welcome Ben Carpenter to the store to discuss and sign Fat Loss Habits: The No Bullsh*t Guide to Losing Weight. Joining him in conversation will be Sohee Carpenter. 

From the bestselling author of Everything Fat Loss, Fat Loss Habits is a myth-busting, action-focused guide that will transform your relationship with food for good. Good habits are powerful. Repeated actions bring about change one step at a time, and help us ensure that these changes become part of our lives. But when it comes to fat loss, too often the focus is on bad habits. We've all heard that snacking between meals, stress eating and mid-week takeaways won't help us lose weight— but that doesn't make it easier to stop doing these things. On top of this, we're constantly bombarded with articles and videos telling us why certain foods are bad, or toxic, or poison. This makes the search for basic nutrition advice almost impossible, and it's not surprising that so many people feel confused about what to eat. Ben Carpenter is a fitness coach, research nerd, and trusted source of no bullshit fat loss information who has spent his entire adult life working in the fitness industry, researching the real science and studies behind fat loss, and answering questions with simplified, unbiased answers. Ben's point is this: The best weight loss diet doesn't exist. From keto to intermittent fasting, no diet is superior. They all work in the short term, but are rarely sustainable for the long term, nor is it a good idea to be on a weight loss diet forever. The better solution is to maintain stronger, positive motivators that make us want to stay healthy; the easiest way to do this is through simple, effective habits.

A name, initials, special drawing... Give your favorite pieces a unique touch with complimentary leather painting by Melanie Loon. Perfect for a gift to your loved ones or yourself.

Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Join us on Saturday December 28th at 2:00 pm as they welcome Paul Small and Josh Freeman to the store share their book A Festival of Light: The Meaning of Hannukah. 

Josh Freeman and Paul Small will lead an activity-laden family program that revolves around the idea that, when we are able to identify the things we love, we exponentially grow the love we have to offer. They will be drawing, talking and maybe even singing about all the many things that make us feel good and enrich our lives. The event is for all ages. 

Join Sézane in-store for complimentary embroidery on your favorite Sézane pieces - your Tomboy, Gaspard, Le Crop ... the possibilities are endless!

A name, initials, special drawing... Give your favorite pieces a unique touch with complimentary leather painting by Melanie Loon. Perfect for a gift to your loved ones or yourself.