More Than Words is pleased to host author RACHEL HERZ as she discusses her new book, Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind our Relationship with Food. A world-renowned expert on the psychology of smell, Dr. RACHEL HERZ is a published author of books and numerous research publications. She is also a valued consultant to the world’s largest aromachemical companies, an entrepreneur, and teaches at Brown University and Boston College. “Eating can be a pleasure or a compulsion,…

Join More Than Words for an author event with comedian and motivational speaker DREW TARVIN as he takes readers on a cross-country journey filled with quirky people and oddball experiences in his new memoir, "The United States of Laughter." The former computer engineer and self-described nerd, who traded a corporate job for the comedy spotlight, will discuss and sign copies of his book. Tarvin, who once worked for Procter & Gamble, now owns a corporate-humor consulting business called Humor That Works,…

Local author Michael Patrick Murphy visits More Than Words bookstore to talk about Neighborhood Lines, his novel based on racial divies and class conflicts of Boston in the late 1980's and early 1990's. This event is free and open to the public. Neighborhood Lines will be available for purchase. Since 2004, More Than Words has empowered youth ages 16-24 who are court-involved, in the foster care system, out-of-school or homeless to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.

Join Jawara Griffin as he shares his story and discusses his memior, Homeboy. At the age of eight, Jawara Griffin was left alone with three of his brothers and one sister in their dilapidated home in North Philadelphia. He struggled, stole and somehow made it through with just a few shared pieces of clothing and torn up pair of sneakers. Later, wrenched away from his siblings due to his mother's drug addiction, Jawara was moved from group home to group home and…