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Contact: Claire Wynn, publicist (to schedule interview)
Phone: 650-520-6142
Email: clairewynnpub@aol.com
Website: www.sumserbooks.com
Turlock, CA – August 15, 2007 – CSU Stanislaus announces "A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan" has been selected for the 2007 Summer Reading Program. The Office of Student Affairs states, "The Summer Reading Program is a common reading experience that was designed to provide a strong intellectual and social experience for incoming students, strengthen students' connection to campus and contribute to their academic success. Free books are distributed to freshmen at orientation. The book for 2007 is A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan by Dr. John Sumser.
This year, we have two student readers who will be posting their thoughts and asking questions about the book online. Also, Dr. Sumser has written study questions and will be posting online, click to join the discussion, http://www.myspace.com/csussummerread
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Claire Wynn, publicist (to schedule interview)
Phone: 650-520-6142
Email: clairewynnpub@aol.com
Website: www.sumserbooks.com
Turlock, CA – February 5, 2007 – John Sumser will introduce his lastest book, “A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan,” in Northern California with an appearance at:
Copperfield’s Books, 138 North Main Street, Sebastopol, CA (707) 823-2618 Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Claire Wynn, publicist
clairewynnpub@aol.com
sumserbooks.com
Turlock, September, 2006 --- See and listen to John Sumser present "A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan," on www.fora.tv, click on Middle East and scroll to John Sumser, June 6. Or, listen to an interview with Kathryn Petreccelli on www.kusp.org, Talk of the Bay, archived Friday, September 8, 2006.
"A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan" selected best non-fiction read in North Tahoe Living.
Don't miss upcoming book readings and signings in 2007. Check Event Calendar on www.sumserbooks.com starting in December, 2006.
If you're in San Antonio, TX catch John at The Twig Book Shop on Saturday, November 18 at 3:00 p.m.
Check out what people are saying about "A Land Without Time," check Reviews on www.sumserbooks.com.
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Contact: Claire Wynn, Publicist (To schedule interviews or readings)clairewynnpub@aol.com(650) 520-6142"A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan," John Sumser (Academy Chicago Publishers, Trade Paper, $17.95, 200 pp)Turlock, August 9, 2006 -- John Sumser will be reading and signing his latest book, "A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan," at the following independent bookstores:
Book Passage51 Tamal Vista Blvd. Corte Madera, CA(800) 999-7909Wednesday, August 9 at 7:00 p.m.Capitola Books Cafe1475 41st Ave. Capitola, CA(831) 462-4415Thursday, August 10 at 7:30 p.m.The Avid Reader 617 2nd Street Davis, CA(530) 758-4040Friday, August 18 at 7:30 p.m.Black Oak Books1491 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA(510) 486-0698Thursday, September 7 at 7:30 p.m.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Claire Wynn, publicist (author interviews and book talks)
Phone: 650-520-6142
Email: clairewynnpub@aol.com
Website: www.sumserbooks.com
Turlock, CA – June 7, 2006 – Big turn out and brisk sales greeted John Sumser in Bay Area bookstores June 4-June 6 as he launched his new book, “A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan.” A web broadcast of the author’s appearance at Books Inc. in Palo Alto is available on www.fora.tv .
For more information about previous events or to book the author for an event in your bookstore, please contact Claire Wynn (650) 520-6142.
A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan, (Academy Chicago Publishers, June, 2006, Trade Paper, $17.95, 0-89733-543-0) available through Ingram.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Claire Wynn, Publicist
Phone: 650-520-6142
Email: clairewynnpub@aol.com
Website: www.sumserbooks.com
A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan, (Academy Chicago Publishers, June, 2006, Trade Paper, $17.95, 0-89733-543-0)
Turlock, CA - May 4, 2006 - "San Josean Seized as Spy in African Coup Freed" (San Jose Mercury-News, June , 1978). "There was a time not so long ago when Afghanistan was just another obscure part of the world; a dusty, lumpy patch of rocky land which kept Pakistan from collapsing into Iran. When news of my arrest as a spy was reported in the San Jose Mercury-News over twenty years ago, the headline shouted "San Josean Seized as Spy in African Coup Freed." Today everyone knows Afghanistan is not in Africa, but I am afraid that Afghanistan is becoming less the name of a place and more the name of a war...or of a part of a war," writes John Sumser. the author of A Land Without Time: A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan.
While there are currently many books about Afghanistan, no other book offers such a humane, often times humorous, and unique perspective, For the first time, the story of Afghanistan prior to, and during, the communist coup of 1979 is told from the perspective of an American working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan - learning to adapt to exotic food, mysterious customs and primitive hygiene; and ultimately finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
John Sumser, earned an MA in Philosophy at San Jose State University and an MA and PhD in Sociology at Stony Brook University. He is a Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Stanislaus.
The author is available for book talks and interviews. For availability, please contact,
Claire Wynn 650-520-6142 clairewynnpub@aol.com
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