BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//69.16.250.29//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8012@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with New York Times Best Selling author and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Alka Joshi as she discusses her bests elling books\, The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur.\nAlka Jos hi was born in India and immigrated to the US when she was nine years old\ , and published her debut novel\, The Henna Artist\, at the age of 62. The Henna Artist transports readers back to 1950s India and follows Lakshmi S hastri\, a skilled henna artist\, and herbalist. While working for Jaipur’ s elite\, Lakshmi hides an abusive marriage she ran away from 13 years ago . Unfortunately\, her husband finds her and appears with a sister Lakshmi knew nothing about. Lakshmi’s well-thought-out future is severely disrupte d.\nIn this interview\, Alka will share her inspirations for her work\, ho w her mother’s life story has influenced her writing\, and what it’s been like working on creating a Netflix series based on her books\, and will an swer questions from the audience.\n\nRegister for this author talk and che ck out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary \n\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18759. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220707T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220707T220000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Alka Joshi – The Henna Artist URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-alka-joshi-the-henna- artist/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nJoin us for an evening with New York Times Best Selling author and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Alka Joshi as sh e discusses her bestselling books\, The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur.
\nAlka Joshi was born in India and imm igrated to the US when she was nine years old\, and published her debut no vel\, The Henna Artist\, at the age of 62. The Henna Artist trans ports readers back to 1950s India and follows Lakshmi Shastri\, a skilled henna artist\, and herbalist. While working for Jaipur’s elite\, Lakshmi h ides an abusive marriage she ran away from 13 years ago. Unfortunately\, h er husband finds her and appears with a sister Lakshmi knew nothing about. Lakshmi’s well-thought-out future is severely disrupted.
\nIn this interview\, Alka will share her inspirations for her work\, how her mother ’s life story has influenced her writing\, and what it’s been like working on creating a Netflix series based on her books\, and will answer questio ns from the audience.
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary /18759.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18759 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8008@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us as we sit down in conversation with New York Times Best Selling author David Allen\, one of the world’s most influential thinkers on personal productivity. David’s thirty-five years of experience as a ma nagement consultant and executive coach has earned him worldwide and Forbe s’ recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the U.S. His Ne w York Times bestselling book\, “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Fr ee Productivity\,” has sold millions of copies and has been published in t hirty languages\, and the “GTD” methodology it describes has become a glob al phenomenon\, being taught by training companies in more than ninety cou ntries.\nDavid Allen’s GTD Methodology has shown millions how to transform a fast-paced\, overwhelming\, overcommitted life into one that is balance d\, integrated\, relaxed\, and has more successful outcomes. GTD’s broad a ppeal is based on the fact that it applies from the boardroom to the livin g room to the classroom. It is hailed as “life-changing” by students\, bus y parents\, entrepreneurs\, and corporate executives.\n\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://library c.org/lebanonlibrary\n\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/187 60. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220714T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220714T130000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with David Allen – Getting Things Done: The Art of Stre ss Free Productivity URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-david-allen-getting-t hings-done-the-art-of-stress-free-productivity/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us as we sit down in conversation with New York Times Best Selling author David Allen\, one of the world’s most infl uential thinkers on personal productivity. David’s thirty-five years of ex perience as a management consultant and executive coach has earned him wor ldwide and Forbes’ recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the U.S. His New York Times bestselling book\, “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity\,” has sold millions of copies and has bee n published in thirty languages\, and the “GTD” methodology it describes h as become a global phenomenon\, being taught by training companies in more than ninety countries.
\nDavid Allen’s GTD Methodology has shown mi llions how to transform a fast-paced\, overwhelming\, overcommitted life i nto one that is balanced\, integrated\, relaxed\, and has more successful outcomes. GTD’s broad appeal is based on the fact that it applies from the boardroom to the living room to the classroom. It is hailed as “life-chan ging” by students\, busy parents\, entrepreneurs\, and corporate executive s.
\nT ickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18760.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18760 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8005@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us in conversation with Dr. Marcia Chatelain as she discus ses her Pulitzer prize-winning book\, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Blac k America. \nDr. Marcia Chatelain set out to answer the question of how fa st-food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods. McDonald’s has often been blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans. In Franchise\, Chatelain uncovers a surprising history of cooperation among fast-food companies\, black capitalists\, and civil rig hts leaders\, who–in the troubled years after King’s assassination–believe d they found an economic answer to the problem of racial inequality.\n\nRe gister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanon library/18761. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220803T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220803T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk With Historian and Pulitzer Prize Winner\, Dr. Marcia C hatelain URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-historian-and-pulitze r-prize-winner-dr-marcia-chatelain/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nDr. Marcia Chatelain set out to answer the question of how fast-food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods. McDonald’s has often been blamed for the rising rate s of obesity and diabetes among black Americans. In Franchise\, C hatelain uncovers a surprising history of cooperation among fast-food comp anies\, black capitalists\, and civil rights leaders\, who–in the troubled years after King’s assassination–believed they found an economic answer t o the problem of racial inequality.
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/ lebanonlibrary/18761.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18761 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8017@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with New York Times Bestselling author L iz Moore as she discusses her international bestseller\, Long Bright River \, and her other works. \nThe novel takes place in Philadelphia\, where Mo ore has lived for a decade. She traces the story of two sisters estranged from each other but bonded by their choices. Mickey is a cop\, and Kacey l ives on the streets in the vice of addiction. When Kacey disappears\, Mick ey panics over her sister’s safety—obsessed with finding the culprit and h er sister before it’s too late.\nDrawing on deeply personal volunteer work \, Liz Moore spins a story that is both graphically honest and dignified. Long Bright River puts a very human face on the effect that addiction can have on generations of families and communities.\n\nRegister for this auth or talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org /lebanonlibrary\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18763. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220809T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220809T220000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Liz Moore – Long Bright River URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-liz-moore-long-bright -river/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for an evening with New York Times Bestselling author Liz Moore as she discusses her internati onal bestseller\, Long Bright River\, and her other works. em>
\nThe novel takes place in Philadelphia\, where Moore has lived for a decade. She traces the story of two sisters estranged from each othe r but bonded by their choices. Mickey is a cop\, and Kacey lives on the st reets in the vice of addiction. When Kacey disappears\, Mickey panics over her sister’s safety—obsessed with finding the culprit and her sister befo re it’s too late.
\nDrawing on deeply personal volunteer work\, Liz Moore spins a story that is both graphically honest and dignified. Long Br ight River puts a very human face on the effect that addiction can have on generations of families and communities.
\nTickets: https://library c.org/lebanonlibrary/18763.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18763 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8021@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Michele Harper is a female African American emergency room phys ician in an overwhelmingly male and white profession. Brought up in Washin gton\, D.C.\, in a complicated family\, she went to Harvard\, where she me t her husband. They stayed together through medical school until two month s before she was scheduled to join the staff of a hospital in central Phil adelphia when he told her he couldn’t move with her. Her marriage at an en d\, Harper\, began her new life in a new city\, in a new job\, as a newly single woman.\nAs Harper learned to become an effective ER physician in th e ensuing years\, bringing insight and empathy to every patient encounter\ , she understood that each of us is broken—physically and emotionally. How we recognize those breaks\, how we try to mend them\, and where we go fro m there are all crucial parts of the healing process.\nThis author talk wi th Michele Harper will cover many of the lessons she’s learned on her insp iring personal journey and the success of her New York Times bestselling m emoir\, The Beauty in Breaking.\n\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n Tickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18762. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220822T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220822T220000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Michele Harper – The Beauty in Breaking URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-michele-harper-the-be auty-in-breaking/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nMichele Harper is a female A frican American emergency room physician in an overwhelmingly male and whi te profession. Brought up in Washington\, D.C.\, in a complicated family\, she went to Harvard\, where she met her husband. They stayed together thr ough medical school until two months before she was scheduled to join the staff of a hospital in central Philadelphia when he told her he couldn’t m ove with her. Her marriage at an end\, Harper\, began her new life in a ne w city\, in a new job\, as a newly single woman.
\nAs Harper learned to become an effective ER physician in the ensuing years\, bringing insig ht and empathy to every patient encounter\, she understood that each of us is broken—physically and emotionally. How we recognize those breaks\, how we try to mend them\, and where we go from there are all crucial parts of the healing process.
\nThis author talk with Michele Harper will co ver many of the lessons she’s learned on her inspiring personal journey an d the success of her New York Times bestselling memoir\, The Beauty in Breaking.
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18762 .
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18762 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8026@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us as we sit down in conversation with Liz Wiseman\, New Y ork Times Best Selling author\, researcher\, and executive adviser. Liz wi ll talk about her latest book\, Impact Players: How to Take the Lead\, Pla y Bigger and Multiply Your Impact\, and her other work.\nIn Impact Players \, Liz asks the question\, why do some people break through and make an im pact while others get stuck going through the motions? In every organizati on\, impact players are indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunities. Managers know who these top players are\, understand th eir worth\, and want more of them on their team\, whether on center stage or behind the scenes.\nWiseman reveals the secrets of these stellar profes sionals who play the game at a higher level. Drawing on insights from lead ers at top companies\, Wiseman explains what the most influential players are doing differently\, how small and seemingly insignificant differences in how we think and act can make an enormous impact\, and why– with a litt le coaching–this mindset is available to everyone who wants to contribute at their highest level and do more meaningful work.\n\nRegister for this a uthor talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc. org/lebanonlibrary\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18765. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220825T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220825T130000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Liz Wiseman – Impact Players: How to Take the Lead \, Play Bigger and Multiply Your Impact URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-liz-wiseman-impact-pl ayers-how-to-take-the-lead-play-bigger-and-multiply-your-impact/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us as we sit down in co nversation with Liz Wiseman\, New York Times Best Selling author\, researc her\, and executive adviser. Liz will talk about her latest book\, Imp act Players: How to Take the Lead\, Play Bigger and Multiply Your Impact\, and her other work.
\nIn Impact Players\, Liz asks th e question\, why do some people break through and make an impact while oth ers get stuck going through the motions? In every organization\, impact pl ayers are indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situa tions and consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunit ies. Managers know who these top players are\, understand their worth\, an d want more of them on their team\, whether on center stage or behind the scenes.
\nWiseman reveals the secrets of these stellar professionals who play the game at a higher level. Drawing on insights from leaders at top companies\, Wiseman explains what the most influential players are doi ng differently\, how small and seemingly insignificant differences in how we think and act can make an enormous impact\, and why– with a little coac hing–this mindset is available to everyone who wants to contribute at thei r highest level and do more meaningful work.
\nTickets: https:/ /libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18765.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18765 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8097@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us in conversation with bestselling author and expert in c hild development\, Dr. Michele Borba\, as she discusses her book\, Thriver s: Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine.\nData shows that today’s youth are the loneliest\, most stressed\, and risk-averse on record. Though well-educated\, they are failing to launch in real life. S o how can we teach them to be mentally strong and more successful? Dr. Mic hele Borba empowers educators and parents to help kids thrive in today’s f ast-paced\, digital-driven\, often uncertain world. Through her research\, she found the difference between those who struggle and those who succeed comes down to the personal traits that set Thrivers apart and set them up for happiness and a greater potential later in life. She offers practical \, actionable ways to develop these Thrivers traits for kids and shows you how to teach them to cope today so that they can flourish tomorrow in sch ool and life. These are lessons that will last a lifetime.\n\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://li braryc.org/lebanonlibrary\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18 766. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220908T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Dr. Michele Borba – Raising Thrivers: Parenting Ti ps & Tools to Help Kids Thrive in an Uncertain World URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-dr-michele-borba-rais ing-thrivers-parenting-tips-tools-to-help-kids-thrive-in-an-uncertain-worl d/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us in con versation with bestselling author and expert in child development\, Dr. Mi chele Borba\, as she discusses her book\, Thrivers: Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine.
\nData shows that tod ay’s youth are the loneliest\, most stressed\, and risk-averse on record. Though well-educated\, they are failing to launch in real life. So how can we teach them to be mentally strong and more successful? Dr. Michele Borb a empowers educators and parents to help kids thrive in today’s fast-paced \, digital-driven\, often uncertain world. Through her research\, she foun d the difference between those who struggle and those who succeed comes do wn to the personal traits that set Thrivers apart and set them up for happ iness and a greater potential later in life. She offers practical\, action able ways to develop these Thrivers traits for kids and shows you how to t each them to cope today so that they can flourish tomorrow in school and l ife. These are lessons that will last a lifetime.
\nTickets: ht tps://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18766.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18766 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8104@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with prolific British-American write r\, journalist\, and consummate adventurer Simon Winchester. This author t alk will cover many aspects of his work across myriad fields of history\, technology\, and geology as well as the author’s personal expeditions\, in cluding his path to becoming the acclaimed best selling author he is today . A master storyteller\, Winchester’s narrative is like a journey through time. His keen intellect and ability to precisely and expertly weave ever yday life into historical examination leaves his readers feeling awestruck at the world surrounding them.\nWinchester is a New York Times Bestsellin g author with an omnibus of more than 30 titles\, including The Professor and the Madman\, Pacific\, The Perfectionists\, and most recently\, Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World. Beginning his writin g career in journalism\, Winchester has found renowned success in the worl d of non-fiction and now works almost exclusively as an author.\n\nRegiste r for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https ://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibra ry/18768. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Simon Winchester URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-simon-winchester/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for a conversation w ith prolific British-American writer\, journalist\, and consummate adventu rer Simon Winchester. This author talk will cover many aspects of his work across myriad fields of history\, technology\, and geology as well as the author’s personal expeditions\, including his path to becoming the acclai med best selling author he is today. A master storyteller\, Winchester’s narrative is like a journey through time. His keen intellect and ability t o precisely and expertly weave everyday life into historical examination l eaves his readers feeling awestruck at the world surrounding them.
\nWinchester is a New York Times Bestselling author with an omnibus of more than 30 titles\, including The Professor and the Madman\, Pa cific\, The Perfectionists\, and most recently\, Land: H ow the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World. Beginning his wr iting career in journalism\, Winchester has found renowned success in the world of non-fiction and now works almost exclusively as an author.
\n< /div>\nTicke ts: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18768.
< /HTML> X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18768 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8112@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon with Pulitzer Prize finalist and PEN/F aulkner Award winner Hernan Diaz\, author of In the Distance and Trust. Di az holds a Ph.D. from NYU and edits\, the Spanish-language journal Revista Hispánica Moderna\, at Columbia University.\nDiaz’s new book\, Trust\, is set during the roar of the 1920s around the Wall Street tycoon Benjamin R ask and his wife\, Helen. Together\, they have risen to the top of the wor ld of seemingly endless wealth–all as a decade of excess and speculation d raws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds\, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit.\nHernan Diaz’s Trust elegantly puts these co mpeting narratives into conversation with one another—and in tension with the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fiction. The result is a novel that spans over a century and becomes more exhilarating with each new revelation.\n\nRegister for this author talk and check out o ther online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\nTicket s: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18764. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T170000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Hernan Diaz – Trust URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-hernan-diaz-trust/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for an afternoon wit h Pulitzer Prize finalist and PEN/Faulkner Award winner Hernan Diaz\, auth or of In the Distance and Trust. Diaz holds a Ph.D. from NYU and edits\, the Spanish-language journal Revista Hispánica Moderna\, at Columbia University.
\nDiaz’s new book\, Trust\, is set during the roar of the 1920s around the Wall Street tycoon Benjamin Rask a nd his wife\, Helen. Together\, they have risen to the top of the world of seemingly endless wealth–all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds\, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit.
\nHernan Diaz’s Trust elegantly pu ts these competing narratives into conversation with one another—and in te nsion with the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fi ction. The result is a novel that spans over a century and becomes more ex hilarating with each new revelation.
\nTickets: https://library c.org/lebanonlibrary/18764.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18764 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8607@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for a talk with Dr. Aziz Gazipura\, on e of the world’s leading experts on social confidence as he discusses how to stop being too nice and worrying about what others might think.\nAre yo u too nice? Do you find it hard to be assertive and ask for what you want? Did you know millions of people struggle with being “too nice”? Being nic e can make it hard to speak up\, say “no\,” or do something that might ups et someone. This talk will teach participants that the opposite of nice is not mean but rather real. You’ll learn how to say “no” when you want and need to\, confidently ask for what you want and eliminate feelings of guil t\, anxiety\, and worry about what others will think.\n\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://library c.org/lebanonlibrary\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18767. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T170000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Dr. Aziz Gazipura – Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing \, Staying Silent\, & Feeling Guilty URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-dr-aziz-gazipura-not- nice-stop-people-pleasing-staying-silent-feeling-guilty/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nWe invite you to join us for a talk with Dr. Aziz Gazipura\, one of the world’s leading experts on soc ial confidence as he discusses how to stop being too nice and worrying abo ut what others might think.
\nAre you too nice? Do you find it hard to be assertive and ask for what you want? Did you know millions of people struggle with being “too nice”? Being nice can make it hard to speak up\, say “no\,” or do something that might upset someone. This talk will teach participants that the opposite of nice is not mean but rather real. You’l l learn how to say “no” when you want and need to\, confidently ask for wh at you want and eliminate feelings of guilt\, anxiety\, and worry about wh at others will think.
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonli brary/18767.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18767 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8619@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us in conversation with popular CNN Anchor\, Zain E. Asher \, as she discusses her moving and inspiring memoir Where the Children Tak e Us.\nIn Where the Children Take Us\, Zain E. Asher\, tells the story of her mother’s harrowing fight to raise four children as a widowed immigrant in South London. There is tragedy in this tale\, but it is not a tragedy. Drawing on tough-love parenting strategies\, Obiajulu Ejiofor teaches her sons and daughters to overcome the daily pressures of poverty\, crime and prejudice–and much more. With her relentless support\, the children excee d all expectations–becoming a CNN anchor\, an Oscar-nominated actor–Asher’ s older brother Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)–a medical doctor\, and a thriving entrepreneur.\nWhen grief threatens to engulf her fractured fa mily after a fatal accident\, Obiajulu\, suddenly a single mother in a for eign land\, refuses to accept defeat. As her children veer down the wrong path\, she instills a family book club with Western literary classics\, te sting their resolve and challenging their deeper understanding. Desperate for inspiration\, she plasters newspaper clippings of Black success storie s on the walls and hunts for overachieving neighbors to serve as role mode ls\, all while running Shakespeare theatre lines with her son and finishin g homework into the early morning with Zain. When distractions persist\, s he literally cuts the TV cord and installs a residential pay phone.\nThe s tory of a woman who survived genocide\, famine\, poverty\, and crushing gr ief to rise from war torn Africa to the streets of South London and eventu ally the drawing rooms of Buckingham Palace\, Where the Children Take Us i s an unforgettable portrait of strength\, tenacity\, love\, and perseveran ce embodied in one towering woman.\n\nRegister for this author talk and ch eck out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrar y\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/19947. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T170000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Zain E. Asher – Where The Children Take Us URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-zain-e-asher-where-th e-children-take-us/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us in conversation with popular CNN Anchor\, Zain E. Asher\, as she discusses her moving and insp iring memoir Where the Children Take Us.
\nIn Where the Children Take Us\, Zain E. Asher\, tells the story of her mother’s h arrowing fight to raise four children as a widowed immigrant in South Lond on. There is tragedy in this tale\, but it is not a tragedy. Drawing on to ugh-love parenting strategies\, Obiajulu Ejiofor teaches her sons and daug hters to overcome the daily pressures of poverty\, crime and prejudice–and much more. With her relentless support\, the children exceed all expectat ions–becoming a CNN anchor\, an Oscar-nominated actor–Asher’s older brothe r Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)–a medical doctor\, and a th riving entrepreneur.
\nWhen grief threatens to engulf her fractured family after a fatal accident\, Obiajulu\, suddenly a single mother in a f oreign land\, refuses to accept defeat. As her children veer down the wron g path\, she instills a family book club with Western literary classics\, testing their resolve and challenging their deeper understanding. Desperat e for inspiration\, she plasters newspaper clippings of Black success stor ies on the walls and hunts for overachieving neighbors to serve as role mo dels\, all while running Shakespeare theatre lines with her son and finish ing homework into the early morning with Zain. When distractions persist\, she literally cuts the TV cord and installs a residential pay phone.
\nThe story of a woman who survived genocide\, famine\, poverty\, and c rushing grief to rise from war torn Africa to the streets of South London and eventually the drawing rooms of Buckingham Palace\, Where the Chil dren Take Us is an unforgettable portrait of strength\, tenacity\, lo ve\, and perseverance embodied in one towering woman.
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/19947.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/19947 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8631@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for a captivating conversation with historical fiction writer Kate Quinn as she discusses her newest release\, The Diamond Eye\, and her other works. Quinn is the author of several New York Times bestsel lers\, including The Alice Network\, The Huntress\, and The Rose Code.\nQu inn’s latest book\, The Diamond Eye\, offers an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. B ased on a true story.\nIn 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv)\, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her li fe around her library job and her young son – but Hitler’s invasion of Ukr aine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to j oin the fight\, Mila must forge herself from studious young woman to deadl y sniper – a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine\, Mila finds herself tor n from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour.\nStill reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss\, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washingt on\, DC – until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. But when an old enemy from Mila’s past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows\, Lady Death finds he rself battling her own demons\, and enemy bullets\, in the deadliest duel of her life.\nBased on a true story\, The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation\, of a woman and mother who became a soldie r and who found her place in the world that changed the course of history forever.\n\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online autho r talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\nTickets: https://librar yc.org/lebanonlibrary/18769. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Kate Quinn – The Diamond Eye URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-kate-quinn-the-diamon d-eye/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for a captiva ting conversation with historical fiction writer Kate Quinn as she discuss es her newest release\, The Diamond Eye\, and her other works . Quinn is the author of several New York Times bestsellers\ , including The Alice Network\, The Huntress\, and The Rose C ode.
\nQuinn’s latest book\, The Diamond Eye\, offers< strong> an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm wh o becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story.
\n< p>In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv)\, wry and book ish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son – but Hitler’s invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight\, Mila must forge herself from studious young woman to deadly sniper – a lethal h unter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine\, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody bat tlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. \nStill reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss\, Mila finds her self isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington\, DC – unti l an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even m ore unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibilit y of happiness. But when an old enemy from Mila’s past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows\, Lady Death finds herself battling her own demons\, and enemy bullets\, in the deadliest duel of her life. p>\n
Based on a true story\, The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of hero ism born of desperation\, of a woman and mother who became a soldier and w ho found her place in the world that changed the course of history forever .
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18769.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/18769 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8778@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to an enlightening hour with highly acclaimed wr iter\, journalist\, broadcaster\, and speaker Lisa Napoli as she discusses her group biography of the four women whose voices defined NPR\, Susan\, Linda\, Nina\, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR.\nIn the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, women in the wo rkplace still found themselves relegated to secretarial positions or locke d out of jobs entirely. This was especially true in the news business\, a backwater of male chauvinism where a woman might be lucky to get a foothol d on the “women’s pages.” But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public Radio came along in the 1970s\, and the door to serious journalism opened a crack\, four remarkable women came along and blew it off the hing es.\nSusan\, Linda\, Nina\, and Cokie is journalist Lisa Napoli’s captivat ing account of these four women\, their deep and enduring friendships\, an d the trail they blazed to becoming icons. They had radically different st ories. Cokie Roberts was born into a political dynasty\, roamed the halls of Congress as a child\, and felt a tug toward public service. Susan Stamb erg\, who had lived in India with her husband who worked for the State Dep artment\, was the first woman to anchor a nightly news program and pressed for accommodations to balance work and home life. Linda Wertheimer\, the daughter of shopkeepers in New Mexico\, fought her way to a scholarship an d a spot on-air. And Nina Totenberg\, the network’s legal affairs correspo ndent\, invented a new way to cover the Supreme Court. Based on extensive interviews and calling on the author’s deep connections in news and public radio\, Susan\, Linda\, Nina\, and Cokie is as beguiling and sharp as its formidable subjects.\n\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\nTickets: h ttps://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/20147. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T170000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Lisa Napoli – The Extraordinary Story of the Found ing Mothers of NPR URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-lisa-napoli-the-extra ordinary-story-of-the-founding-mothers-of-npr/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nYou’re invited to an enlightening hour with highly acclaimed writer\, journalist\, broadcaster\ , and speaker Lisa Napoli as she discusses her group biography of the four women whose voices defined NPR\, Susan\, Linda\, Nina\, and Cokie: Th e Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR.
\nIn the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, women in the workplace still fo und themselves relegated to secretarial positions or locked out of jobs en tirely. This was especially true in the news business\, a backwater of mal e chauvinism where a woman might be lucky to get a foothold on the “women’ s pages.” But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public Radio cam e along in the 1970s\, and the door to serious journalism opened a crack\, four remarkable women came along and blew it off the hinges.
\nSusan\, Linda\, Nina\, and Cokie is journalist Lisa Napoli’s captivat ing account of these four women\, their deep and enduring friendships\, an d the trail they blazed to becoming icons. They had radically different st ories. Cokie Roberts was born into a political dynasty\, roamed the halls of Congress as a child\, and felt a tug toward public service. Susan Stamb erg\, who had lived in India with her husband who worked for the State Dep artment\, was the first woman to anchor a nightly news program and pressed for accommodations to balance work and home life. Linda Wertheimer\, the daughter of shopkeepers in New Mexico\, fought her way to a scholarship an d a spot on-air. And Nina Totenberg\, the network’s legal affairs correspo ndent\, invented a new way to cover the Supreme Court. Based on extensive interviews and calling on the author’s deep connections in news and public radio\, Susan\, Linda\, Nina\, and Cokie is as beguiling and sha rp as its formidable subjects.
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/ lebanonlibrary/20147.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/20147 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8793@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dazzlingly entertaining virtual chat with author Bonnie Garmus as she discusses her debut New York Times bestselling novel Lessons in Chemistry. \nLessons in Chemistry is set in 1960s California an d features the singular voice of Chemist Elizabeth Zott\, a scientist whos e career takes an unexpected detour. Elizabeth Zott is not your average wo man. In fact\, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there i s no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all- male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans\; the lonely\, brilliant\, Nobel-p rize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with–of all things–her mind . True chemistry results.\nBut like science\, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single m other\, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supp er at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoo n acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows\, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out\, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to cha nge the status quo.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other onl ine author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: htt ps://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/20321. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Bonnie Garmus – Lessons in Chemistry URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-bonnie-garmus-lessons -in-chemistry/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for a dazzlin gly entertaining virtual chat with author Bonnie Garmus as she discusses h er debut New York Times bestselling novel Lessons in Chemistr y.
\nLessons in Chemistry is set in 1960s California and features the singular voice of Chemist Elizabeth Zott\, a scientist wh ose career takes an unexpected detour. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact\, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s a nd her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscienti fic view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans\; the lonely\, brillian t\, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with–of all thin gs–her mind. True chemistry results.
\nBut like science\, life is un predictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself n ot only a single mother\, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cook ing (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows\, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out\, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to coo k. She’s daring them to change the status quo.
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: http s://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: h ttps://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/20321.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/20321 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8808@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an enlightening hour with bestselling author Kwame Christian as he chats about his new book How to Have Difficult Conversatio ns About Race: Practical Tools for Necessary Change in the Workplace and B eyond.\nHow to Have Difficult Conversations About Race helps readers gain the confidence to not only talk about race\, but actually make a differenc e when you do. Negotiation expert Kwame Christian’s motto is: “The best th ings in life are on the other side of difficult conversations.” If we want a more equitable workplace\, and a more equitable world\, we have to talk to each other about race. But\, for so many of us\, that’s easier said th an done. Many people avoid conversations about race because of fear: fear of discomfort\, damaging important relationships\, being misunderstood\, “ cancelled\,” or ostracized. How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race equips you with the skills you need to make these crucial conversations e asier and more productive. Whether you’re looking to create change for you rself and other BIPOC\, or a white ally seeking to support your coworkers or clients\, you’ll learn how to:\n\nOvercome your internal barriers to ta lking about diversity\, equity\, and inclusion (DEI).\nWork around others’ barriers to productive discussion.\nBe strategic about the outcome you wa nt\, and guide the conversation accordingly.\nUse “Compassionate Curiosity ” to connect and persuade.\nAvoid common mistakes.\nCommunicate more effec tively over email\, when you can’t talk face to face.\n\nIf you’ve ever st ruggled to turn that passion into persuasion\, or been too afraid to speak up at work (or outside of it)\, this talk is for you. The first step towa rd lasting social change is productive discussion. With Kwame Christian gu iding you\, you’ll never shy away from those important conversations again –instead approaching them with courage and conviction.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc .org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21257. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T130000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Kwame Christian – How to Have Difficult Conversati ons About Race URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-kwame-christian-how-t o-have-difficult-conversations-about-race/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for an enligh tening hour with bestselling author Kwame Christian as he chats about his new book How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race: Practical Too ls for Necessary Change in the Workplace and Beyond.
\nHow to Have Difficult Conversations About Race helps readers gain the con fidence to not only talk about race\, but actually make a difference when you do. Negotiation expert Kwame Christian’s motto is: “The best things in life are on the other side of difficult conversations.” If we want a more equitable workplace\, and a more equitable world\, we have to talk to eac h other about race. But\, for so many of us\, that’s easier said than done . Many people avoid conversations about race because of fear: fear of disc omfort\, damaging important relationships\, being misunderstood\, “cancell ed\,” or ostracized. How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race equips you with the skills you need to make these crucial conversations easier and more productive. Whether you’re looking to create change for y ourself and other BIPOC\, or a white ally seeking to support your coworker s or clients\, you’ll learn how to:
\nIf you’ve ever stru ggled to turn that passion into persuasion\, or been too afraid to speak u p at work (or outside of it)\, this talk is for you. The first step toward lasting social change is productive discussion. With Kwame Christian guid ing you\, you’ll never shy away from those important conversations again–i nstead approaching them with courage and conviction.
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21257.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21257 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9032@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting virtual chat with the highly-acclaimed and award winning novelist\, Geraldine Brooks in conversation about her mo st recent New York Times Bestselling novel Horse. Brooks braids a sweeping story of spirit\, obsession\, and injustice across American history.\nKen tucky\, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond o f understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories acro ss the South. When the nation erupts in civil war\, an itinerant young art ist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night\, he reunites with the stallion and his gro om\, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.\nNew York City\, 1954. Mar tha Jackson\, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contempo rary painters\, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.\nWashington\, DC\, 2019. Jess\, a Smith sonian scientist from Australia\, and Theo\, a Nigerian-American art histo rian\, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interes t in the horse–one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power an d endurance\, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black ho rsemen who were critical to his racing success.\nBased on the remarkable t rue story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington\, Horse is a novel of art and science\, love and obsession\, and our unfinished reckoning wi th racism.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online autho r talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libr aryc.org/lebanonlibrary/20815. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Geraldine Brooks URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-geraldine-brooks/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for an exciti ng virtual chat with the highly-acclaimed and award winning novelist\, Ger aldine Brooks in conversation about her most recent New York Times Bestselling novel Horse. Brooks braids a sweeping story of spir it\, obsession\, and injustice across American history.
\nKentucky\, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of under standing that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war\, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Uni on. On a perilous night\, he reunites with the stallion and his groom\, ve ry far from the glamor of any racetrack.
\nNew York City\, 1954. Mar tha Jackson\, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contempo rary painters\, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.
\nWashington\, DC\, 2019. Jess\, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia\, and Theo\, a Nigerian-American ar t historian\, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse–one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his p ower and endurance\, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung B lack horsemen who were critical to his racing success.
\nBased on th e remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington\, Ho rse is a novel of art and science\, love and obsession\, and our unfinishe d reckoning with racism.
\nRegister fo r this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/leban onlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/le banonlibrary/20815.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/20815 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9365@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online chat with bestselling author Fredrik Back man as we discuss his outstanding body of work\, including his breathtakin g new novel\, The Winners\, the third installment of the Beartown series. \nIn the beautifully written Beartown—which inspired the HBO series of the same name—a small town obsessed with the local junior hockey team is rock ed by a shocking act of violence. As accusations and rumors fly\, the town must grapple with its identity as never before.\nThe series continues and tensions rise when it’s rumored that the Beartown hockey team will be dis banded in Us Against You. The entire future of the team and the town hinge s on an upcoming game that could change everything forever.\nFinally\, the series comes to an evocative conclusion with The Winners. The Winners ret urn to the close-knit\, resilient community of Beartown for a story about first loves\, second chances\, and last goodbyes. In the two years since t he events of Beartown\, the residents must face difficult questions and de termine just what they are willing to sacrifice for their home.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https:/ /libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibra ry/22429. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221210T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Fredrik Backman – Bestselling Author of A Man Call ed Ove URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-fredrik-backman-bests elling-author-of-a-man-called-ove/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for an online chat with bestselling author Fredrik Backman as we discuss his outstandin g body of work\, including his breathtaking new novel\, The Winners\, the third installment of the Beartown series.
\nIn the beautifully written Beartown—which inspired the HBO series of th e same name—a small town obsessed with the local junior hockey team is roc ked by a shocking act of violence. As accusations and rumors fly\, the tow n must grapple with its identity as never before.
\nThe series conti nues and tensions rise when it’s rumored that the Beartown hockey team wil l be disbanded in Us Against You. The entire future of the team a nd the town hinges on an upcoming game that could change everything foreve r.
\nFinally\, the series comes to an evocative conclusion with The Winners. The Winners return to the close-knit\, resilien t community of Beartown for a story about first loves\, second chances\, a nd last goodbyes. In the two years since the events of Beartown\, the resi dents must face difficult questions and determine just what they are willi ng to sacrifice for their home.
\nRegi ster for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: span>https://libraryc.or g/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc .org/lebanonlibrary/22429.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/22429 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9052@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to explore early-American history during an onli ne afternoon conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning historian Nicole Eus tace as she discusses her 2022 award winning book Covered With Night: A St ory of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America.\nOn the eve of a ma jor treaty conference between Iroquois leaders and European colonists in t he distant summer of 1722\, two white fur traders attacked an Indigenous h unter and left him for dead near Conestoga\, Pennsylvania. Though virtuall y forgotten today\, this act of brutality set into motion a remarkable ser ies of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations that challe nged the definition of justice in early America.\nIn Covered with Night\, Dr. Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath\, bringing us into th e overlapping worlds of white colonists and Indigenous peoples in this for mative period. As she shows\, the murder of the Indigenous man set the ent ire mid-Atlantic on edge\, with many believing war was imminent. Isolated killings often flared into colonial wars in North America\, and colonists now anticipated a vengeful Indigenous uprising. Frantic efforts to resolve the case ignited a dramatic\, far-reaching debate between Native American forms of justice—centered on community\, forgiveness\, and reparations—an d an ideology of harsh reprisal\, unique to the colonies and based on Brit ish law\, which called for the killers’ swift execution. As Eustace powerf ully contends\, the colonial obsession with “civility” belied the reality that the Iroquois\, far from being the barbarians of the white imagination \, acted under a mantle of sophistication and humanity as they tried to ma ke the land- and power-hungry colonials understand their ways.\nRegister f or this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https:// libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrar y/21009. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T130000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Nicole Eustace – A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-nicole-eustace-a-stor y-of-murder-and-indigenous-justice-in-early-america/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nYou’re invited to exp lore early-American history during an online afternoon conversation with P ulitzer Prize winning historian Nicole Eustace as she discusses her 2022 a ward winning book Covered With Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America.
\nOn the eve of a major treaty confe rence between Iroquois leaders and European colonists in the distant summe r of 1722\, two white fur traders attacked an Indigenous hunter and left h im for dead near Conestoga\, Pennsylvania. Though virtually forgotten toda y\, this act of brutality set into motion a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations that challenged the definit ion of justice in early America.
\nIn Covered with Night\, Dr. Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath\, bringing us into th e overlapping worlds of white colonists and Indigenous peoples in this for mative period. As she shows\, the murder of the Indigenous man set the ent ire mid-Atlantic on edge\, with many believing war was imminent. Isolated killings often flared into colonial wars in North America\, and colonists now anticipated a vengeful Indigenous uprising. Frantic efforts to resolve the case ignited a dramatic\, far-reaching debate between Native American forms of justice—centered on community\, forgiveness\, and reparations—an d an ideology of harsh reprisal\, unique to the colonies and based on Brit ish law\, which called for the killers’ swift execution. As Eustace powerf ully contends\, the colonial obsession with “civility” belied the reality that the Iroquois\, far from being the barbarians of the white imagination \, acted under a mantle of sophistication and humanity as they tried to ma ke the land- and power-hungry colonials understand their ways.
\nTicket s: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21009.
HTML> X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9067@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an action-packed online conversation with New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Ones Series in a discussion about h er second installment in the series\, The Merciless Ones. \nIn Forna’s fir st New York Times Bestselling book\, The Gilded Ones\, readers are introdu ced to sixteen-year-old Deka\, who lives in fear and anticipation of the b lood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural int uition\, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs . But on the day of the ceremony\, her blood runs gold\, the color of impu rity–and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.\nThen a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submi t to her fate\, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki–near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire’s greatest threat.\nKnowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance\, Deka decides to leave the only life she’s ever known. Uncovering mysteries surrounding herself and the kingdom all along the way.\nThe second thrilling installment\, The Merciless Ones\, picks up six months since Deka freed the goddesses in th e ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is… but war is wa ging across the kingdom\, and the real battle has only just begun. For the re is a dark force growing in Otera—a merciless power that Deka and her ar my must stop.\nYet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing\, Deka must discover if she holds t he key to saving Otera… or if she might be its greatest threat.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https:/ /libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibra ry/21648. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230107T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230107T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Namina Forna – The Gilded Ones Series URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-namina-forna-the-gild ed-ones-series/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for an action -packed online conversation with New York Times bestselling autho r of The Gilded Ones Series in a discussion about her second inst allment in the series\, The Merciless Ones.
\nIn Forna’s f irst New York Times Bestselling book\, The Gilded Ones\, readers are introduced to sixteen-year-old Deka\, who lives in fear and a nticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will bec ome a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition\, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally f eel like she belongs. But on the day of the ceremony\, her blood runs gold \, the color of impurity–and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.
\nThen a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: st ay in the village and submit to her fate\, or leave to fight for the emper or in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki–near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire’s gre atest threat.
\nKnowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance\, Deka decides to leave the only life she’s ever known. Uncover ing mysteries surrounding herself and the kingdom all along the way.
\nThe second thrilling installment\, The Merciless Ones\, picks up six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Ote ra and discovered who she really is… but war is waging across the kingdom\ , and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growi ng in Otera—a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop.
\nYe t hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with h er own gifts changing\, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera… or if she might be its greatest threat.
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: http s://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: h ttps://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21648.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21648 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9082@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to start your new year calm and collected by lea rning to become better organized and clutter-free with Dana K. White\, cre ator of popular podcast and blog\, A Slob Comes Clean\, as she imparts tip s from her books Organizing for the Rest of Us and Decluttering at the Spe ed of Life.\nWhile the world seems to be in love with the idea of tiny hou ses and minimalism\, many of us simply can’t purge it all and start from n othing. Yet\, a home with too much stuff is difficult to maintain\, so whe re do we begin? Add in paralyzing emotional attachments and constant life challenges\, and it can feel almost impossible to make real decluttering p rogress. If the thought of decluttering overwhelms you\, decluttering exp ert and bestselling author Dana White’s humor and practical\, reality-base d tips will give you exactly what you need to start making an impact on yo ur space. In this deep-dive webinar\, Dana will share actionable mindset s hifts that will free you to make fast decluttering progress using minimal emotional energy. In addition\, she offers sustainable ideas to simplify a nd manage your home and will teach you how to make great strides with mini mal effort in every room of our home.\nRegister for this author talk and c heck out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibra ry\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21855. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Dana K. White – Decluttering to Start Your New Yea r URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-dana-k-white-declutte ring-to-start-your-new-year/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nYou’re invited to sta rt your new year calm and collected by learning to become better organized and clutter-free with Dana K. White\, creator of popular podcast and blog \, A Slob Comes Clean\, as she imparts tips from her books Or ganizing for the Rest of Us and Decluttering at the Speed of Life .
\nWhile the world seems to be in love with the idea of tiny h ouses and minimalism\, many of us simply can’t purge it all and start from nothing. Yet\, a home with too much stuff is difficult to maintain\, so w here do we begin? Add in paralyzing emotional attachments and constant lif e challenges\, and it can feel almost impossible to make real decluttering progress. If the thought of decluttering overwhelms you\, decluttering e xpert and bestselling author Dana White’s humor and practical\, reality-ba sed tips will give you exactly what you need to start making an impact on your space. In this deep-dive webinar\, Dana will share actionable mindset shifts that will free you to make fast decluttering progress using minima l emotional energy. In addition\, she offers sustainable ideas to simplify and manage your home and will teach you how to make great strides with mi nimal effort in every room of our home.
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://lib raryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https:// libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21855.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/21855 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9097@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Please join for what is sure to be the most fun-filled hour of the day as we chat online with Randall Munroe about his new book What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. \nThe millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? stil l have questions\, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodnes s xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pol e from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. H oping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer door at the sam e time? Maybe it’s time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want t o know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade\, built a billion- story building\, made a lava lamp out of lava\, or jumped on a geyser as i t erupted? Okay\, if you insist.\nBefore you go on a cosmic road trip\, fe ed the residents of New York City to a T. rex\, or fill every church with bananas\, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. U nfazed by absurdity\, Randall consults the latest research on everything f rom swing-set physics to airplane-catapult design to clearly and concisely answer his readers’ questions. As he consistently demonstrates\, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extre me circumstances.\nFilled with bonkers science\, boundless curiosity\, and Randall’s signature stick-figure comics\, What if? 2 provides his best an swers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to ask.\nRegister fo r this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://l ibraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary /22062. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Randall Munroe – xkcd Webcomic and What if? Series Creator URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-randall-munroe-xkcd-w ebcomic-and-what-if-series-creator/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nPlease join for what is sure to be the most fun-filled hour of the day as we chat online with R andall Munroe about his new book What If? 2: Additional Serious Scient ific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.
\nThe millions o f people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions\, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping t o cool the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer door at the same time? Maybe it’s time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade\, built a billion-story b uilding\, made a lava lamp out of lava\, or jumped on a geyser as it erupt ed? Okay\, if you insist.
\nBefore you go on a cosmic road trip\, fe ed the residents of New York City to a T. rex\, or fill every church with bananas\, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. U nfazed by absurdity\, Randall consults the latest research on everything f rom swing-set physics to airplane-catapult design to clearly and concisely answer his readers’ questions. As he consistently demonstrates\, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extre me circumstances.
\nFilled with bonkers science\, boundless curiosit y\, and Randall’s signature stick-figure comics\, What if? 2 prov ides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to a sk.
\nRegister for this author talk an d check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\n div>\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/22062.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/22062 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10433@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for a magical evening with New York Times bestselling a uthor Lana Harper as she discusses the enchanting third installment of her immensely popular The Witches of Thistle Grove series\, Back in a Spell. \nBack in a Spell follows Nineve Blackmoore and even though she won’t deny her love for pretty (and pricey) things\, Nineve Blackmoore (known by Nin a by most) is almost painfully down-to-earth and sensible by Blackmoore st andards. But after a year of nursing a broken heart inflicted by the fianc ée who all but ditched her at the altar\, the powerful witch is sick of fe eling low and is ready to try something drastically different: a dating ap p.\nAt her best friend’s urging\, Nina goes on a date with Morty Gutierrez \, the nonbinary\, offbeat soul of spontaneity and co-owner of the Shamroc k Cauldron. Their date goes about as well as can be expected of most onlin e dates—awkward and terrible. To make matters worse\, once Morty discovers Nina’s last name\, he’s far from a fan\; it turns out that the Blackmoore s have been bullishly trying to buy the Shamrock out from under Morty and his family.\nBut when Morty begins developing magical powers—something tha t usually only happens to committed romantic partners once they officially join a founding family—at the same time that Nina’s own magic surges beyo nd her control\, Nina must manage Morty’s rude awakening to the hidden mag ical world\, uncover its cause\, and face the intensity of their own burge oning connection. But what happens when that connection is tied to Nina’s power surge\, a power she’s finding nearly as addictive as Morty’s presenc e in her life?\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online a uthor talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https:// libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/22791. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Lana Harper – Back in a Spell URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-lana-harper-back-in-a -spell/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for a magical evening with New York Times bestselling author Lana Harp er as she discusses the enchanting third installment of her immensely popu lar The Witches of Thistle Grove series\, Back in a Spell.
\nBack in a Spell follows Nineve Blackmoore and even tho ugh she won’t deny her love for pretty (and pricey) things\, Nineve Blackm oore (known by Nina by most) is almost painfully down-to-earth and sensibl e by Blackmoore standards. But after a year of nursing a broken heart infl icted by the fiancée who all but ditched her at the altar\, the powerful w itch is sick of feeling low and is ready to try something drastically diff erent: a dating app.
\nAt her best friend’s urging\, Nina goes on a date with Morty Gutierrez\, the nonbinary\, offbeat soul of spontaneity an d co-owner of the Shamrock Cauldron. Their date goes about as well as can be expected of most online dates—awkward and terrible. To make matters wor se\, once Morty discovers Nina’s last name\, he’s far from a fan\; it turn s out that the Blackmoores have been bullishly trying to buy the Shamrock out from under Morty and his family.
\nBut when Morty begins develop ing magical powers—something that usually only happens to committed romant ic partners once they officially join a founding family—at the same time t hat Nina’s own magic surges beyond her control\, Nina must manage Morty’s rude awakening to the hidden magical world\, uncover its cause\, and face the intensity of their own burgeoning connection. But what happens when th at connection is tied to Nina’s power surge\, a power she’s finding nearly as addictive as Morty’s presence in her life?
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: http s://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
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X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/22791 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10451@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to an insightful chat with award-winning author Grace M. Cho as she discusses her memoir\, Tastes Like War:\nGrace M. Cho grew up as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and the Korean bar hostess he met abroad. They were one of few immigrants in a xenophobi c small town during the Cold War\, where identity was politicized by every day details—language\, cultural references\, memories\, and food. When Gra ce was fifteen\, her dynamic mother experienced the onset of schizophrenia \, a condition that would continue and evolve for the rest of her life.\nP art food memoir\, part sociological investigation\, Tastes Like War is a h ybrid text about a daughter’s search through intimate and global history f or the roots of her mother’s schizophrenia. In her mother’s final years\, Grace learned to cook dishes from her mother’s childhood in order to invit e the past into the present\, and to hold space for her mother’s multiple voices at the table. And through careful listening over these shared meals \, Grace discovered not only the things that broke the brilliant\, complic ated woman who raised her—but also the things that kept her alive.\nRegist er for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: http s://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonli brary/23013. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T140000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Grace M. Cho – Tastes Like War URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-grace-m-cho-tastes-li ke-war/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nGrace M. Cho grew up as the daughte r of a white American merchant marine and the Korean bar hostess he met ab road. They were one of few immigrants in a xenophobic small town during th e Cold War\, where identity was politicized by everyday details—language\, cultural references\, memories\, and food. When Grace was fifteen\, her d ynamic mother experienced the onset of schizophrenia\, a condition that wo uld continue and evolve for the rest of her life.
\nPart food memoir \, part sociological investigation\, Tastes Like War is a hybrid text about a daughter’s search through intimate and global history for the roots of her mother’s schizophrenia. In her mother’s final years\, Grace learned to cook dishes from her mother’s childhood in order to invite the past into the present\, and to hold space for her mother’s multiple voices at the table. And through careful listening over these shared meals\, Gra ce discovered not only the things that broke the brilliant\, complicated w oman who raised her—but also the things that kept her alive.
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/23013.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/23013 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10469@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting evening online as we chat with mega-bes tselling author\, Cassandra Clare\, about her newest and final book in The Last Hours series\, Chain of Thorns.\nIn Chain of Gold\, the first book o f The Last Hours Series\, the readers meet Cordelia. Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter\, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime\, she and her brother travel to London in hopes of preventing the family’s ruin. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world of glittering ballrooms\, secret assignations\, and supernatural salons\, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians. All the w hile\, she must hide her secret love for James\, who is sworn to marry som eone else. But Cordelia’s new life is blown apart when a shocking series o f demon attacks devastate London. Trapped in the city\, Cordelia and her f riends discover that their own connection to a dark legacy has gifted them with incredible powers—and will soon learn the true cruel price of being a hero.\nChain of Iron\, the second book in the series\, Cordelia seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale\, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’ charming companions\, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bea rs the sword Cortana\, a legendary hero’s blade. Together with the Merry T hieves\, Cordelia\, James\, and Lucie must follow the trail of the knife-w ielding killer through the city’s most dangerous streets. All the while\, each is keeping a shocking secret: Lucie\, that she plans to raise Jesse f rom the dead\; Cordelia\, that she has sworn a dangerous oath of loyalty t o a mysterious power\; and James\, that he is being drawn further each nig ht into the dark web of his grandfather\, the arch-demon Belial. And that he himself may be the killer they seek.\nIn the third and final installmen t in the series\, Chain of Thorns\, Cordelia has lost everything that matt ers to her. Even worse\, she is now bound to an ancient demon\, Lilith\, s tripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter. After fleeing to Paris\, Cord elia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city’s glittering nightlife. But r eality intrudes when shocking news comes from home: London is under new th reat by the Prince of Hell\, Belial. Cordelia returns to a London riven by chaos and dissent. The long-kept secret that Belial is James and Lucie’s grandfather has been revealed by an unexpected enemy\, and the Herondales find themselves under suspicion of dealings with demons. Left alone in a s hadowy London\, they must face Belial’s deadly army. If Cordelia and her f riends are going to save their city—and their families—they will have to m uster their courage\, swallow their pride\, and trust one another again. F or if they fail\, they may lose everything—even their souls.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://li braryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/ 23235. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T210000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Cassandra Clare – The Mortal Instruments Series URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-cassandra-clare-the-m ortal-instruments-series/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for an excitin g evening online as we chat with mega-bestselling author\, Cassandra Clare \, about her newest and final book in The Last Hours series\, Chain of Thorns.
\nIn Chain of Gold\, the first book of The Last Hours Series\, the readers meet Cordelia. Cordelia Ca rstairs is a Shadowhunter\, a warrior trained since childhood to battle de mons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime\, she and her brother travel to London in hopes of preventing the family’s ruin. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into t heir world of glittering ballrooms\, secret assignations\, and supernatura l salons\, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians. All the while\, she must hide her secret love for James\, who is sworn to marry someone else. But Cordelia’s new life is blown apart when a shockin g series of demon attacks devastate London. Trapped in the city\, Cordelia and her friends discover that their own connection to a dark legacy has g ifted them with incredible powers—and will soon learn the true cruel price of being a hero.
\nChain of Iron\, the second book in the series\, Cordelia seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale\, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’ charm ing companions\, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her b eloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana\, a legendary hero’s blade. Together with the Merry Thieves\, Cordelia\, James\, and Lucie must follo w the trail of the knife-wielding killer through the city’s most dangerous streets. All the while\, each is keeping a shocking secret: Lucie\, that she plans to raise Jesse from the dead\; Cordelia\, that she has sworn a d angerous oath of loyalty to a mysterious power\; and James\, that he is be ing drawn further each night into the dark web of his grandfather\, the ar ch-demon Belial. And that he himself may be the killer they seek.
\nIn the third and final installment in the series\, Chain of Thorns\, Cordelia has lost everything that matters to her. Even worse\, she is now bound to an ancient demon\, Lilith\, stripping her of her power as a S hadowhunter. After fleeing to Paris\, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city’s glittering nightlife. But reality intrudes when shocking ne ws comes from home: London is under new threat by the Prince of Hell\, Bel ial. Cordelia returns to a London riven by chaos and dissent. The long-kep t secret that Belial is James and Lucie’s grandfather has been revealed by an unexpected enemy\, and the Herondales find themselves under suspicion of dealings with demons. Left alone in a shadowy London\, they must face B elial’s deadly army. If Cordelia and her friends are going to save their c ity—and their families—they will have to muster their courage\, swallow th eir pride\, and trust one another again. For if they fail\, they may lose everything—even their souls.
\nRegist er for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/ lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.o rg/lebanonlibrary/23235.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/23235 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10836@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION: \nYou’re invited to a conversation with New York Times bestsel ling author David Epstein as he chats about his most recent book\, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.\nWhat’s the most effective path to success in any domain? It’s not what you think.\nPlenty of expert s argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill\, play an instrument\, or lead their field should start early\, focus intensely\, and rack up as ma ny hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay\, you’ ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research on the world’s top performers\, from professional athletes to No bel laureates\, shows that early specialization is the exception\, not the rule.\nDavid Epstein examined the world’s most successful athletes\, arti sts\, musicians\, inventors\, forecasters\, and scientists. He discovered that in most fields—especially those that are complex and unpredictable—ge neralists\, not specialists\, are primed to excel. Generalists often find their path late\, juggling many interests rather than focusing on one. The y’re also more creative\, agile\, and able to make connections their more specialized peers can’t see.\nProvocative\, rigorous\, and engrossing\, Ra nge makes a compelling case for actively cultivating inefficiency. Failing a test is the best way to learn. Frequent quitters end up with the most f ulfilling careers. The most impactful inventors cross domains rather than deepening their knowledge in a single area. As experts silo themselves fur ther while computers master more of the skills once reserved for highly fo cused humans\, people who think broadly and embrace diverse experiences an d perspectives will increasingly thrive.\nRegister for this author talk an d check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonli brary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/24452. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230313T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230313T140000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with David Epstein – RANGE and THE SPORTS GENE URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-david-epstein-range-a nd-the-sports-gene/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nYou’re invited to a conv ersation with New York Times bestselling author David Epstein as he chats about his most recent book\, Range: Why Generalists Triumph i n a Specialized World.
\nWhat’s the most effective path to succ ess in any domain? It’s not what you think.
\nPlenty of experts argu e that anyone who wants to develop a skill\, play an instrument\, or lead their field should start early\, focus intensely\, and rack up as many hou rs of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay\, you’ll nev er catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at resea rch on the world’s top performers\, from professional athletes to Nobel la ureates\, shows that early specialization is the exception\, not the rule.
\nDavid Epstein examined the world’s most successful athletes\, art ists\, musicians\, inventors\, forecasters\, and scientists. He discovered that in most fields—especially those that are complex and unpredictable—g eneralists\, not specialists\, are primed to excel. Generalists often find their path late\, juggling many interests rather than focusing on one. Th ey’re also more creative\, agile\, and able to make connections their more specialized peers can’t see.
\nProvocative\, rigorous\, and engross ing\, Range makes a compelling case for actively cultivating inefficiency. Failing a test is the best way to learn. Frequent quitters end up with th e most fulfilling careers. The most impactful inventors cross domains rath er than deepening their knowledge in a single area. As experts silo themse lves further while computers master more of the skills once reserved for h ighly focused humans\, people who think broadly and embrace diverse experi ences and perspectives will increasingly thrive.
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online auth or talks here: ht tps://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/24452.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/24452 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10857@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:A talk that will leave you starving for more! Join us as we cha t with celebrity chef Jernard Wells about his newest cookbook Southern Ins pired: More Than 100 Delicious Dishes from My American Table to Yours.\nDe licious and inventive recipes that remix the traditional flavors and class ic dishes of Southern food and celebrate African-American culinary contrib utions to tables worldwide—from the host of CLEO TV’s New Soul Kitchen. Af ter growing up in Mississippi\, Jernard Wells brought the familiar dishes and bold flavors of the South along his culinary journey to become a chef\ , restaurateur\, and TV host. With Southern Inspired\, Jernard continues h is journey—retracing the steps of generations of African American cooks wh ose creations have contributed to global kitchen tables since slavery. Sou thern food defines American food at large\, and Chef Jernard takes it to a whole new level while still honoring its roots. Chef Jernard also brings in flavors from the Caribbean\, Latin America\, Asia\, and Europe\, always with his signature Southern flair. This cookbook shares 100 recipes that are approachable for both beginners and more experienced cooks.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https:/ /libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibra ry/24704. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T170000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Celebrity Chef Jernard A. Wells – Southern Inspire d URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-celebrity-chef-jernar d-a-wells-southern-inspired/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nA talk that w ill leave you starving for more! Join us as we chat with celebrity chef Je rnard Wells about his newest cookbook Southern Inspired: More Than 100 Delicious Dishes from My American Table to Yours.
\nDelicious and inventive recipes that remix the traditional flavors and classic dishe s of Southern food and celebrate African-American culinary contributions t o tables worldwide—from the host of CLEO TV’s New Sou l Kitchen. After growing up in Mississippi\, Jernard Wells brought th e familiar dishes and bold flavors of the South along his culinary journey to become a chef\, restaurateur\, and TV host. With Southern Inspired \, Jernard continues his journey—retracing the steps of generations o f African American cooks whose creations have contributed to global kitche n tables since slavery. Southern food defines American food at large\, and Chef Jernard takes it to a whole new level while still honoring its roots . Chef Jernard also brings in flavors from the Caribbean\, Latin America\, Asia\, and Europe\, always with his signature Southern flair. This cookbo ok shares 100 recipes that are approachable for both beginners and more ex perienced cooks.
\nRegister for this a uthor talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrar y
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlib rary/24704.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/24704 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10878@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting trip through time as we chat with New Y ork Times bestselling historical fiction author Pam Jenoff about her newes t book Code Name Sapphire!\nIn Code Name Sapphire\, A woman must rescue he r cousin’s family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale o f bravery and resistance.\nIt’s 1942 and Hannah Martel has narrowly escape d Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in a pogrom. When her ship boun d for America is turned away at port\, she has nowhere to go but to her co usin Lily\, who lives with her family in Brussels. Fearful for her life\, Hannah is desperate to escape occupied Europe. But with no safe way to lea ve\, she must return to the dangerous underground work she thought she had left behind.\nSeeking help\, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line\, a secret re sistance network led by a mysterious woman named Micheline and her enigmat ic brother Mateo. But when a grave mistake causes Lily’s family to be arre sted and slated for deportation to Auschwitz\, Hannah finds herself torn b etween her loyalties. How much is Hannah willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves? Inspired by incredible true stories of courage and sacri fice\, Code Name Sapphire is a powerful novel about love\, family and the unshakable resilience of women in even the hardest of times.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://li braryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/ 24956. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Pam Jenoff – The Lost Girls of Paris URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-pam-jenoff-the-lost-g irls-of-paris/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nIn Code Name Sapphire\, A woman must resc ue her cousin’s family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting t ale of bravery and resistance.
\nIt’s 1942 and Hannah Martel has nar rowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in a pogrom. When h er ship bound for America is turned away at port\, she has nowhere to go b ut to her cousin Lily\, who lives with her family in Brussels. Fearful for her life\, Hannah is desperate to escape occupied Europe. But with no saf e way to leave\, she must return to the dangerous underground work she tho ught she had left behind.
\nSeeking help\, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line\, a secret resistance network led by a mysterious woman named Michel ine and her enigmatic brother Mateo. But when a grave mistake causes Lily’ s family to be arrested and slated for deportation to Auschwitz\, Hannah f inds herself torn between her loyalties. How much is Hannah willing to sac rifice to save the people she loves? Inspired by incredible true stories o f courage and sacrifice\, Code Name Sapphire is a powerful novel about love\, family and the unshakable resilience of women in even the har dest of times.
\nRegister for this aut hor talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary< /a>
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibra ry/24956.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/24956 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11579@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for an enlightening hour online with highly-acclaimed K ate Beaton\, the New York Times bestselling author of Hark! A Vagrant! And Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.\nBefore there was Kate Beaton\, New Yo rk Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant! fame\, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons\, specifically Mabou\, a tight-knit sea side community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches\, fiddles\, and Gaelic folk songs. Her first full-length graphic narrative follows Beaton after university as she heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush\, part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful emplo yment elsewhere when they can’t find it in the homeland they love so much. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans\, what the journey will actually cost Beaton will be far more than she anticipates.\nArrivin g in Fort McMurray\, Beaton finds work in the lucrative camps owned and op erated by the world’s largest oil companies. Being one of the few women am ong thousands of men\, the culture shock is palpable. It does not hit home until she moves to a spartan\, isolated worksite for higher pay. She enco unters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands where trauma is an every day occurrence yet never discussed. Her wounds may never heal.\nBeaton’s n atural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machine ry and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlif e\, Northern Lights\, and Rocky Mountains. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil San ds is more than a memoir\, it’s also an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simul taneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its p eople.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author ta lks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc .org/lebanonlibrary/25208. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Kate Beaton – Bestselling Cartoonist of Hark! A Va grant! URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-kate-beaton-bestselli ng-cartoonist-of-hark-a-vagrant/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nBefore there was Kate Beaton\, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant! fame\, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons\, specifically Mabou\, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches \, fiddles\, and Gaelic folk songs. Her first full-length graphic narrativ e follows Beaton after university as she heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush\, part of the long tradition of East Coasters who se ek gainful employment elsewhere when they can’t find it in the homeland th ey love so much. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans\, what the journey will actually cost Beaton will be far more than she antic ipates.
\nArriving in Fort McMurray\, Beaton finds work in the lucra tive camps owned and operated by the world’s largest oil companies. Being one of the few women among thousands of men\, the culture shock is palpabl e. It does not hit home until she moves to a spartan\, isolated worksite f or higher pay. She encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands w here trauma is an everyday occurrence yet never discussed. Her wounds may never heal.
\nBeaton’s natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublim e Albertan backdrop of wildlife\, Northern Lights\, and Rocky Mountains. < em>Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
is more than a memoir\, it’s als o an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitari an ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riche s of its land and the humanity of its people.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https ://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
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X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/25208 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11601@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:You are in for a riveting hour online with New York Times bests elling author William Kent Krueger! Join us as he discusses his newest boo k in the Cork O’Connor series Fox Creek and his other works!\nFox Creek fo llows Cork O”Connor in a race against time to save his wife\, a mysterious stranger\, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries. The ancien t Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks th e Northwoods in solitude\, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill t he woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau\, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom. Meloux guides this stranger and his great niece\, Cork O’Connor’s wife\, to safety deep into the Boundary Waters\, his home for more than a century. Meanwhile\, in Aur ora\, Cork works feverishly to identify the hunters and the reason for the ir relentless pursuit\, but he has little to go on. He knows only too well that with each passing hour time is running out. But his fiercest enemy i n this deadly game of cat and mouse may well be his own deep self-doubt ab out his ability to save those he loves.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlib rary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/25460. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T210000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with William Kent Krueger – Ordinary Grace URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-william-kent-krueger- ordinary-grace/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFox Creek follows Cork O”Connor in a race against time to save his wife\ , a mysterious stranger\, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenari es. The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude\, he tries to prepare himself peace fully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau\, a strange r who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom. Melou x guides this stranger and his great niece\, Cork O’Connor’s wife\, to saf ety deep into the Boundary Waters\, his home for more than a century. Mean while\, in Aurora\, Cork works feverishly to identify the hunters and the reason for their relentless pursuit\, but he has little to go on. He knows only too well that with each passing hour time is running out. But his fi ercest enemy in this deadly game of cat and mouse may well be his own deep self-doubt about his ability to save those he loves.
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/25460.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/25460 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12060@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Are you committed to building an antiracist family environment for your children? Raising antiracist children is a noble goal for any par ent\, caregiver\, or educator\, but it can be hard to know where to start. Let Britt Hawthorne—a nationally recognized teacher and advocate—be your guide. Raising Antiracist Children acts as an interactive guide for strate gically incorporating the tools of inclusivity into everyday life and pare nting. In her book\, Hawthorne breaks down antiracist parenting into four comprehensive sections and in this webinar you will learn about:\n\nHealth y bodies—Establishing a safe and body-positive home environment to combat stereotypes and create boundaries.\nRadical minds—Encouraging children to be agents of change\, accompanied by scripts for teaching advocacy\, givin g and taking productive feedback\, and becoming a co-conspirator for chang e.\nConscious shopping—Raising awareness of how local shopping can empower or hinder a community’s ability to thrive\, and teaching readers of all a ges how to create shopping habits that support their values.\nThriving com munities—Acknowledging the personal power we have to shape our schools\, t owns\, and worlds\, accompanied by exercises for instigating change.\n\nRa ising Antiracist Children is a must-have\, practical guide essential for p arents and caregivers everywhere.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n Tickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/25952. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T140000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Britt Hawthorne – Raising Anti-Racist Children URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-britt-hawthorne-raisi ng-anti-racist-children/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nAre you committed to building an antiracist family environment for your children? Raising antiracist children is a noble goal for any parent\, car egiver\, or educator\, but it can be hard to know where to start. Let Brit t Hawthorne—a nationally recognized teacher and advocate—be your guide. span>Raising Antiracist Children acts as an interactive guide for strategically incor porating the tools of inclusivity into everyday life and parenting. In her book\, Hawthorne breaks down antiracist parenting into four comprehensive sections and in this webinar you will learn about:
\nRaising Antiracist Childre n is a must-have\, practical guide essential for parents and caregive rs everywhere.
\nRegister for this aut hor talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary< /a>
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X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/25952 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12084@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Growing up\, Jena Friedman didn’t care about being likable. And she never wanted to be a comedian\, either. A child of the 90s\, she woul dn’t discover her knack for the funny business until research for her coll ege thesis led her to take an improv class in Chicago.\nThat anthropology paper\, written on race\, class\, and gender in the city’s comedy scene\, was\, in Jena’s own words\, “just as funny as it sounds.” But it did lay t he groundwork for a career that has seen her write and produce for The Dai ly Show with Jon Stewart\, the Late Show with David Letterman\, and the Os car nominated Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.\nFriedman’s debut collection\, N ot Funny\, takes on the third rails of modern life in Jena’s bold and subv ersive style\, with essays that explore cancel culture\, sexism\, work\, c elebrity worship\, and…dead baby jokes.\nIn a moment where women’s rights are being rolled back\, fascism is on the rise\, and so many of us could u se a breather as we struggle to get by\, Jena applies her unique gifts to pull a laugh from things deemed too raw\, too precious\, and too scary to joke about. She shares her stories of taking on those who told her she was too brash\, too edgy\, and too “unlikable” to make it. She deftly dissect s how we get coerced into silence on the issues that matter most\, until t hey’ve gone too far afield to be turned back around again. And she shares her struggles to make it (-ish) in a world that\, more often than not\, wo uld rather tune out than listen to a woman confronting the indignities we’ ve been told to bear.\nRegister for this author talk and check out other o nline author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\nTickets: htt ps://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/26212. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T210000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Jena Friedman – Not Funny URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-jena-friedman-not-fun ny/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nGrowing up\, Jena Fr iedman didn’t care about being likable. And she never wanted to be a comed ian\, either. A child of the 90s\, she wouldn’t discover her knack for the funny business until research for her college thesis led her to take an i mprov class in Chicago.
\nThat anthropology paper\, written on race\ , class\, and gender in the city’s comedy scene\, was\, in Jena’s own word s\, “just as funny as it sounds.” But it did lay the groundwork for a care er that has seen her write and produce for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart \, the Late Show with David Letterman\, and the Oscar nominated Borat Subs equent Moviefilm.
\nFriedman’s debut collection\, Not Funny\, takes on the third rails of modern life in Jena’s bold and subversive style\, wi th essays that explore cancel culture\, sexism\, work\, celebrity worship\ , and…dead baby jokes.
\nIn a moment where women’s rights are being rolled back\, fascism is on the rise\, and so many of us could use a breat her as we struggle to get by\, Jena applies her unique gifts to pull a lau gh from things deemed too raw\, too precious\, and too scary to joke about . She shares her stories of taking on those who told her she was too brash \, too edgy\, and too “unlikable” to make it. She deftly dissects how we g et coerced into silence on the issues that matter most\, until they’ve gon e too far afield to be turned back around again. And she shares her strugg les to make it (-ish) in a world that\, more often than not\, would rather tune out than listen to a woman confronting the indignities we’ve been to ld to bear.
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/26212.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/26212 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12109@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis discovers the dead body of t hirteen-year-old Ashley James\, she teams up with Ashley’s older sister\, Nora\, to find and bring the killer to justice before he strikes again. Bu t their investigation throws Georgia into a world of unimaginable privileg e and wealth\, without conscience or consequence\, and as Ashley’s killer closes in\, Georgia will discover when money\, power and beauty rule\, it might not be a matter of who is guilty—but who is guiltiest.\nA spiritual successor to the 2018 breakout hit\, Sadie\, I’m the Girl is a masterfully written\, bold\, and unflinching account of how one young woman feels in her body as she struggles to navigate a deadly and predatory power structu re while asking readers one question: if this is the way the world is\, do you accept it?\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\nTickets: https://l ibraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/26472. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Courtney Summers – New York Times Bestselling YA A uthor URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-courtney-summers-new- york-times-bestselling-ya-author/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nWhen sixteen-year-ol d Georgia Avis discovers the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James\, she teams up with Ashley’s older sister\, Nora\, to find and bring the ki ller to justice before he strikes again. But their investigation throws Ge orgia into a world of unimaginable privilege and wealth\, without conscien ce or consequence\, and as Ashley’s killer closes in\, Georgia will discov er when money\, power and beauty rule\, it might not be a matter of who is guilty—but who is guiltiest.
\nA spiritual successor to the 2018 br eakout hit\, Sadie\, I’m the Girl is a masterfully writt en\, bold\, and unflinching account of how one young woman feels in her bo dy as she struggles to navigate a deadly and predatory power structure whi le asking readers one question: if this is the way the world is\, do you a ccept it?
\nRegister for this author t alk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary p>\n
Tickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/26472.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/26472 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-13002@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Virtually step into the Smithsonian Institution’s National Muse um of American History with Curator Paula Johnson as she discusses the boo k Smithsonian American Table: The Foods\, People\, and Innovations That Fe ed Us.\nAmerican Table is a sweeping history of food and culture that summ ons everyone to the table for a fresh look at some of the people\, ingredi ents\, events\, and movements that have shaped how and what we eat.\nJohns on\, curator and project director of the American Food History Project\, w ill discuss several stories featured in the volume\, with an emphasis on t hose that intersect most directly with the Smithsonian’s research\, collec ting\, and programming around food history.\nDuring this event\, Johnson w ill engage viewers in discovering the connections between food and America n history:\n\nHow immigration and migration has shaped (and continues to s hape) American tables\,\nHow food companies have influenced home cooks thr ough advertising\, from Jell-O salads to Crock-pots.\nHow individuals from Brownie Wise to James Beard and Julia Child inspired generations of cooks and eaters across the United States.\nAnd show viewers how uniting in the kitchen can change the shape of our collective futures\, specifically hig hlighting growers and chefs who are reclaiming and reinventing regional an d cultural traditions\, including Indigenous ingredients and cooking techn iques.\n\nAfter this enlightening\, enriching\, and entertaining webinar\, you can cook your way through the recipes that are featured in the volume that reflect American history and culture. Hungry for more? Register no w!\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org /lebanonlibrary/44349. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Smithsonian Curator Paula J. Johnson – The Foods\, People\, and Innovations That Feed Us–A Sweeping History of Food and Cult ure URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-smithsonian-curator-p aula-j-johnson-the-foods-people-and-innovations-that-feed-us-a-sweeping-hi story-of-food-and-culture-2/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nVirtually step into the Smithsonian In stitution’s National Museum of American History with Curator Paula Johnson as she discusses the book Smithsonian American Table: The Foods\, Peo ple\, and Innovations That Feed Us.
\nAmerican Table i s a sweeping history of food and culture that summons everyone to the tabl e for a fresh look at some of the people\, ingredients\, events\, and move ments that have shaped how and what we eat.
\nJohnson\, curator and project director of the American Food History Project\, will discuss sever al stories featured in the volume\, with an emphasis on those that interse ct most directly with the Smithsonian’s research\, collecting\, and progra mming around food history.
\nDuring this event\, Johnson will engage viewers in discovering the connections between food and American history:
\nAfter this enlightenin g\, enriching\, and entertaining webinar\, you can cook your way through t he recipes that are featured in the volume that reflect American history a nd culture. Hungry for more? Register now!
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author t alks here: https: //libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: htt ps://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/44349.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/44349 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12986@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us for a one-of-a-kind conversation with National Book Awa rd-winner Colum McCann as he is joined by Diane Foley\, the inspiration be hind the heartrending book American Mother.\nAmerican Mother is the story of a mother who\, in the course of confronting her son’s killer\, gets to the elemental heart of violence and forgiveness. Diane Foley is the mother of Jim\, a freelance journalist captured and beheaded by ISIS in 2014\, a n image that became one of the most iconic of the 21st century. Seven year s later\, Diane gets the chance to spend three days with the murderer of h er son in a Virginia courthouse\, inspiring her to tell her life story. Wh at unfolds is one of the most compelling narratives in recent literary his tory\, channeled into searing reality by New York Times bestselling author Colum McCann\, who brings us on a journey of strength\, resilience\, and radical empathy. You are sure to be moved by McCann’s writing and Foley’s uncompromising love\, register now!\nRegister for this author talk and che ck out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary \n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/44754. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T150000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Diane Foley & Colum McCann – From Murder to Atonem ent–Confronting My Son’s Killer URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-smithsonian-curator-p aula-j-johnson-the-foods-people-and-innovations-that-feed-us-a-sweeping-hi story-of-food-and-culture/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us for a one-of-a-kind conversati on with National Book Award-winner Colum McCann as he is joined by Diane F oley\, the inspiration behind the heartrending book American Mother.
\nAmerican Mother is the story of a mother who\, in the course of confronting her son’s killer\, gets to the elemental heart of v iolence and forgiveness. Diane Foley is the mother of Jim\, a freelance jo urnalist captured and beheaded by ISIS in 2014\, an image that became one of the most iconic of the 21st century. Seven years later\, Diane gets the chance to spend three days with the murderer of her son in a Virginia cou rthouse\, inspiring her to tell her life story. What unfolds is one of the most compelling narratives in recent literary history\, channeled into se aring reality by New York Times bestselling author Colum McCann\, who brings us on a journey of strength\, resilience\, and radical empathy . You are sure to be moved by McCann’s writing and Foley’s uncompromising love\, register now!
\nRegister for th is author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonli brary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebano nlibrary/44754.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/44754 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-13020@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:We cannot wait for you to join us as we chat with award-winning and bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez about her newest novel Anita de M onte Laughs Last. \nAnita de Monte Laughs Last is a propulsive\, witty exa mination of power\, love\, and art\, daring to ask who gets to be remember ed and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite. In 1985. Ani ta de Monte\, a rising star in the art world\, is found dead in New York C ity\; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 An ita’s name had been all but forgotten―certainly by the time Raquel\, a thi rd-year art history student was preparing her final thesis. On College Hil l\, surrounded by privileged students whose futures are already paved out for them\, Raquel feels like an outsider. Students of color\, like her\, a re the minority there\, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the sam e opportunities is no secret. But when Raquel becomes romantically involve d with a well-connected older art student\, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ranks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds\, she stumbles upon Anita’s story\, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relationship\, which eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist.\nMo ving back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of both An ita and Raquel\, this is sure a novel (and a conversation) that you don’t want to miss. Register now!\nRegister for this author talk and check out o ther online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTick ets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/45159. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T210000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Xochitl Gonzalez – A Literary Examination of Power \, Love\, and Art URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-xochitl-gonzalez-a-li terary-examination-of-power-love-and-art/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nWe cannot wait for you to join us as w e chat with award-winning and bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez about he r newest novel Anita de Monte Laughs Last.
\nAnita de Monte Laughs Last is a propulsive\, witty examination of power\, love \, and art\, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behin d in the rarefied world of the elite. In 1985. Anita de Monte\, a rising s tar in the art world\, is found dead in New York City\; her tragic death i s the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name had been all but forgotten―certainly by the time Raquel\, a third-year art history stud ent was preparing her final thesis. On College Hill\, surrounded by privil eged students whose futures are already paved out for them\, Raquel feels like an outsider. Students of color\, like her\, are the minority there\, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is no se cret. But when Raquel becomes romantically involved with a well-connected older art student\, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ra nks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds\, she stumbles upon Anita’s s tory\, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relationship\, whic h eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist.
\nMoving back and for th through time and told from the perspectives of both Anita and Raquel\, this is sure a novel (and a conversation) that you don’t want to miss. Reg ister now!
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary< /p>\n
Tickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/4 5159.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/45159 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-13036@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Join us as we chat with New York Times bestselling author\, Dou glas Brunt\, about instant bestselling debut non-fiction work The Mysterio us Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius\, Power\, and Deception on the Eve of Wor ld War I. This book reveals the hidden history of Rudolf Diesel\, one of t he world’s greatest inventors\, and his mysterious disappearance on the ev e of World War I.\nSeptember 29\, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway b etween Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world\, Rudolf Diesel\, whose new internal combustion engine is on the ver ge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the wo rld wonder if it was an accident\, suicide\, or murder.\nAfter rising from an impoverished European childhood\, Diesel had become a multi-millionair e with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so\, he became not only an international celebrity but als o the enemy of two extremely powerful men -– Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller\, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of the wo rld.\nBrunt reopens the case and provides a compelling new conclusion abou t Diesel’s fate. Register now to see how the mystery unfolds!\nRegister fo r this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://l ibraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary /46474. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T160000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Douglas Brunt – Genius\, Power\, and Deception on the Eve of World War I URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-douglas-brunt-genius- power-and-deception-on-the-eve-of-world-war-i/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us as we chat with New York T imes bestselling author\, Douglas Brunt\, about instant bestselling d ebut non-fiction work The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius\, P ower\, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. This book reveals the hidden history of Rudolf Diesel\, one of the world’s greatest inventors\, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
\nSepte mber 29\, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and Engla nd. On board is one of the most famous men in the world\, Rudolf Diesel\, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing gl obal industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He van ishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident\, suicide\, or murder.
\nAfter rising from an impoverished European childhood\, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerf ul engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing s o\, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of tw o extremely powerful men -– Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rocke feller\, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finall y allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intend ed for his engine to be used for the betterment of the world.
\nBrun t reopens the case and provides a compelling new conclusion about Diesel’s fate. Register now to see how the mystery unfolds!
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online a uthor talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/46474.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/46474 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-13052@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door.\nYou’ re invited to join Nina Simon online as she chats about her lighthearted w hodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths\, Mot her-Daughter Murder Night.\nMother-Daughter Murder Night follows high-powe red business woman Lana Rubicon. She has a lot to be proud of with her kee n intelligence\, impeccable taste\, and the L.A. real estate empire she’s built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city\, co nvalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teena ge granddaughter Jack\, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square fo otage—and hoping that boredom won’t kill her before the cancer does.\nIn a turn of events\, when Jack happens upon a dead body while kayaking she qu ickly becomes a suspect in the homicide investigation\, and the Rubicon wo men are thrown into chaos. Beth thinks Lana should focus on recovery\, but Lana has a better idea. She’ll pull on her wig\, find the true murderer\, protect her family\, and prove she still has power. With Jack and Beth’s help\, Lana uncovers a web of lies\, family vendettas\, and land disputes lurking beneath the surface of a community populated by folksy conservatio nists and wealthy ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into ev er-more dangerous territory\, the headstrong Rubicon women must learn to d o the one thing they’ve always resisted: depend on each other.\nHarness yo ur inner detective and sign up for the investigation. Register now!\nRegis ter for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: htt ps://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonl ibrary/46893. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Nina Simon – A Murder Mystery\, Family Story\, & L ove Letter to Strong Women Everywhere URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-nina-simon-a-murder-m ystery-family-story-love-letter-to-strong-women-everywhere/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nNothing brings a family together like a murder next door.
\nYou’re invited to join Nina Simon online as sh e chats about her lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daught er trio of amateur sleuths\, Mother-Daughter Murder Night.
\n< p>Mother-Daughter Murder Night follows high-powered busi ness woman Lana Rubicon. She has a lot to be proud of with her keen intell igence\, impeccable taste\, and the L.A. real estate empire she’s built. B ut when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city\, convalesci ng in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage grand daughter Jack\, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage—an d hoping that boredom won’t kill her before the cancer does.\nIn a turn of events\, when Jack happens upon a dead body while kayaking she qui ckly becomes a suspect in the homicide investigation\, and the Rubicon wom en are thrown into chaos. Beth thinks Lana should focus on recovery\, but Lana has a better idea. She’ll pull on her wig\, find the true murderer\, protect her family\, and prove she still has power. With Jack and Beth’s h elp\, Lana uncovers a web of lies\, family vendettas\, and land disputes l urking beneath the surface of a community populated by folksy conservation ists and wealthy ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into eve r-more dangerous territory\, the headstrong Rubicon women must learn to do the one thing they’ve always resisted: depend on each other.
\nHarn ess your inner detective and sign up for the investigation. Register now!< /p>\n
Register for this author talk and ch eck out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/46893. p> X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:18 &\; up X-TICKETS-URL:https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/46893 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-13068@lebanonlibrary.org DTSTAMP:20240328T084145Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Author Talk CONTACT:Dylan Posa\; dylanposa@lebaonlibrary.org DESCRIPTION:We welcome you to register for a thrilling conversation with Re becca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel\, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of dive rsity\, racism\, and cultural appropriation\, as well as the terrifying al ienation of social media.\nIn Yellowface\, Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darlin g. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white g irls\, June thinks.\nSo when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak acci dent\, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece\ , an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.\nSo what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Does n’t this piece of history deserve to be told\, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims\, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. \nBut June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow\, and emerging evidence thr eatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret\, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep wha t she thinks she deserves.\nWhite lies\, dark humor\, and deadly consequen ces await within the pages of Yellowface. With its totally immersive first -person voice\, Kuang’s novel is timely\, razor-sharp\, and eminently read able. Register to join the conversation!\nRegister for this author talk an d check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonli brary\n\nTickets: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary/47312. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Rebecca F. Kuang – Asian American Representation i n Literature URL:https://lebanonlibrary.org/event/author-talk-with-rebecca-f-kuang-asian -american-representation-in-literature/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/20 22/06/Author-Talk-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://lebanonlibrary .org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk-300x167.png\;300\;167\;1\,larg e\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Author-Talk.png\; 625\;347\;\,full\;https://lebanonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Au thor-Talk.png\;810\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nWe welcome you to register for a thril ling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel\, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity\, racism\, and c ultural appropriation\, as well as the terrifying alienation of social med ia.
\nIn Yellowface\, Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu w ere supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. Jun e Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls\, June thinks.
\nSo when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak acc ident\, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece \, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborer s during World War I.
\nSo what if June edits Athena’s novel and sen ds it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author pho to? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told\, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims\, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.
\nBut June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow\, an d emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret\, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
\nWhite lies\, dar k humor\, and deadly consequences await within the pages of Yellowface . With its totally immersive first-person voice\, Kuang’s novel is ti mely\, razor-sharp\, and eminently readable. Register to join the conversa tion!
\nRegister for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/lebanonlibrary
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