 The
Brown Bag Lecture Series features best-selling authors from
Maine and New England as well as from across the nation and world.
Programs are scheduled from noon-1:00 pm in the Rines
Auditorium unless otherwise noted. Bring your lunch and
enjoy...Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be provided.
All programs are free and open to
the public, and are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
The 2007-2008 Brown
Bag Lecture Series
is Generously
Sponsored by
Special
thanks to our Coffee provider
Books
on sale at each lecture courtesy of Longfellow
Books, who generously donates a portion of the
proceeds to the Portland Public Library.
Questions
about our Brown Bag Lectures or to be added to our weekly calendar
e-mail, send us an e-mail!
Upcoming guest
speakers include:
June
18,
 Meg Wolff, Becoming
Whole
Meg
Wolff of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is a two-time cancer survivor. She
lost a leg to bone cancer at age 33, and had a mastectomy for
invasive breast cancer at age 41. After radiation and chemo, she
was so close to death that doctors offered no hope. By a
life-saving chance, she learned about the macrobiotic diet (based
on whole grains, vegetables and beans), and got to work trying it.
Many family members and friends considered her pathetic for
believing that dramatically altering her diet could save her life
... yet nine years later, at age 50, she is far healthier than
most people.
Becoming Whole is a memoir about her journey back to health and
happiness that also contains many easy-to-make healthy recipes and
a wealth of helpful resources.
Meg
has been working hard to spread the message of the vital
link between good nutrition and health. She considers herself
living proof of that connection. Meg calls this information the
“missing piece of the cancer puzzle” and she hopes more
doctors will one day emphasize this link to their patients. Through her Web site (www.megwolff.com) and blog (www.becoming-whole.com)
and a myriad of speaking engagements around the country, Meg has
been building a community of people who share an interest in
living a healthier life.
June
25
,  Marc Songini, The
Lost Fleet: A Yankee Whaler’s Struggle Against the Confederate
Navy and Arctic Disaster
--CANCELLED--STAY TUNED FOR RESCHEDULED
DATE!
It’s
the mid-19th century and the American whaling fleet, the wonder
and envy of the maritime nations of the world, is struck by one
hammer blow after another. Yankee whalers are contending with
icebergs, storms, rogue whales, sharks, hostile natives, and
disease. Now conditions are getting even worse, and the chances
become ever slimmer a whaling master and his crew will return from
a voyage safe and profitable. The scarcity of whales, the
increasing dangers of going further into the Arctic, and the
roving Confederate privateers are making this already difficult
profession ever riskier. Many whalers give up the life—but some
carry on the vocation. One such man is a tall captain from
Wethersfield, Connecticut, Thomas William Williams. Not only does
he go out on voyage after voyage, but he even takes on board with
him his tiny wife, Eliza, and his infant son and daughter. The
Lost Fleet thrilling narrative recounts Williams' remarkable
career, including a daring escape from the Confederate cruiser
Alabama and a daring rescue and salvage of lost ships off Alaska's
coast. A family saga, a true narrative of adventure and death on
the high seas and a detailed and well-researched look at the
demise of Yankee whaling–Songini has crafted an historical
masterpiece.
Marc
Songini is a Boston-area journalist whose work has appeared in the
Boston Book Review, the Boston Herald, and the Boston Globe.
The Lost Fleet is his fourth book, and third book on New England
history. He has lived in the greater Boston area for most of his
life.
July
16, Philip
Shelton and Dr. Amy Wood, authors of World Voyagers: The True
Story of a Veterinarian, A Renaissance Man, and Stewart the Cat
July
23, Nicholson
Baker, author of Human Smoke
July
30, Linda Greenlaw, author of Fisherman's Bend
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