Look who's coming to the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Events are at the library's main branch on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Deepak Chopra | What Are You Hungry For?: The Chopra Solution to Permanent Weight Loss, Well-Being, and Lightness of Soul
Monday, November 18, 2013 at 7:30 PM; buy tickets online>>
 "The poet-prophet of alternative medicine" (Time), Deepak Chopra is the author of more than 70 books on mind-body health, spirituality, and peace, including numerous New York Timesbestsellers. One of Time's top 100 heroes and icons of this century, he is the founder of the Chopra Foundation and the Chopra Center for Well Being. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and a Senior Scientist at the Gallup organization. In his new book, Chopra reveals how overeating is often a symptom of hunger for love and happiness, and outlines an approach to eating that will lead to permanent weight loss and spiritual well-being. |
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 7:30 PM; FREE
No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341
Robert Stone is celebrated for his nuanced portrayals of men disintegrating under social pressure. His seven novels include Dog Soldiers, winner of the National Book Award; Damascus Gate; and the story collection Bear and His Daughter, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Prime Green, his memoir about Ken Kesey's Merry Prankster crew and Haight-Ashbury San Francisco captured the "maelstrom of youthful passion, heedless idealism and dangerous excess" (New York Times). His new book Death of the Black-Haired Girl is a story of infidelity, accountability, and madness on a New England college campus. In conversation with novelist and critic Andrew Ervin.
Joe Sacco | The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 7:30 PM; FREENo tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341
"The heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman" (Economist), cartoon journalist Joe Sacco exposes the bloody reality of war. His books include the American Book Award recipientPalestine, Safe Area Gorazde, and the bestselling book Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, coauthored with Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges. Sacco is a two-time Eisner Award winner and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. In The Great War, he time-travels to the blackened French countryside and finds a high promontory from which he illustrates a 24-foot-long, single-panel elegy. In conversation with Dan DeLuca,Philadelphia Inquirer Music Critic and Pop Culture writer.
"The heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman" (Economist), cartoon journalist Joe Sacco exposes the bloody reality of war. His books include the American Book Award recipientPalestine, Safe Area Gorazde, and the bestselling book Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, coauthored with Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges. Sacco is a two-time Eisner Award winner and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. In The Great War, he time-travels to the blackened French countryside and finds a high promontory from which he illustrates a 24-foot-long, single-panel elegy. In conversation with Dan DeLuca,Philadelphia Inquirer Music Critic and Pop Culture writer.
Leading Voices: Erik Prince | Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror
Friday, November 22, 2013 at 8:00 AM; buy tickets online>>
Founder of Blackwater USA, the "most recognizable brand name in the booming field of private security contracting" (New York Times), Erik Prince served as its CEO and later as chairman until he resigned and sold it in 2010. Former Navy SEAL, White House intern, CIA spy, and heir to an auto-parts fortune, the scope and mystique of Prince's life outmatches even that of his former company's. In Civilian Warriors, Prince, now free to tell his story, seeks to set the record straight about the rise and shocking fall of one of the world's most controversial military contractors. From the ubiquitous firm's thousands of often-dangerous security missions to the political, media, and cultural forces that threatened to bring it down, Prince's own story is inextricably linked to Blackwater's. In conversation with Tracey Matisak.
Ticket price includes a book and a continental breakfast in the lobby of the Library sponsored by the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia beginning at 7:30 a.m. Sponsored by Brandywine Realty Trust.
Note: The library encourages you to have your tickets shipped to your home in order to avoid lines at the event.
Friday, November 22, 2013 at 8:00 AM; buy tickets online>>
Founder of Blackwater USA, the "most recognizable brand name in the booming field of private security contracting" (New York Times), Erik Prince served as its CEO and later as chairman until he resigned and sold it in 2010. Former Navy SEAL, White House intern, CIA spy, and heir to an auto-parts fortune, the scope and mystique of Prince's life outmatches even that of his former company's. In Civilian Warriors, Prince, now free to tell his story, seeks to set the record straight about the rise and shocking fall of one of the world's most controversial military contractors. From the ubiquitous firm's thousands of often-dangerous security missions to the political, media, and cultural forces that threatened to bring it down, Prince's own story is inextricably linked to Blackwater's. In conversation with Tracey Matisak.Ticket price includes a book and a continental breakfast in the lobby of the Library sponsored by the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia beginning at 7:30 a.m. Sponsored by Brandywine Realty Trust.
Note: The library encourages you to have your tickets shipped to your home in order to avoid lines at the event.
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