Humanitarian and adventurer Greg Mortenson will make a special appearance at Huron High School Auditorium as part of the nation-wide tour for the new Youth and Teen versions of his book, "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace... One School At A Time." Greg is the co-founder of the nonprofit organizations Central Asia Institute and Pennies for Peace, as well as co-author of the New York Times bestseller "Three Cups of Tea." This event includes a book signing, with books for sale courtesy of Nicola's Books. There is no charge for admission and tickets are not required.Stumbling, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village in Pakistan after a failed climb up K2, Greg Mortensen's life was saved by the villagers. He vowed to return and build them a school. Over the next 15 years, Greg established more than 78 schools in rural, often volatile, areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The schools provide education to more than 28,000 children, including 18,000 girls, where few educational opportunities existed before. He has endured death threats, a kidnapping, and more to dedicate his life to building literacy and peace, one child at a time.

Campus sit-ins, Vietnam War protests and the Black Panther Party: In "War As They Knew It," Michael Rosenberg perfectly captures what life was like both on and off the football fields of college campuses during the remarkable era of the 1960s - '70s. He details how both Schembechler and Hayes strived to make their football programs a model for the rest of society ???????? a counter to the counter-culture.

Dr. Eiss will cover the four major views of children through European and American history, using slides to demonstrate the resulting works of children's literature. Important theorists, authors, and illustrators will be highlighted. This event is held in collaboration with the UM Special Collections Library and in conjunction with A Century of Popular Children's Literature: Decade By Decade, the October-November exhibit at the Downtown Library.Dr. Harry Eiss currently teaches numerous courses in children's literature in the English Dept. at Eastern Michigan University.

At the start of World War II, Gisèle Naichouler Feldman was separated from her family. Although this was not the first time, this separation would prove to be life saving. Through the help of many people, now known as the Righteous, Gisèle found herself at the steps of a great castle once owned by French freedom fighter General Lafayette. As a hidden child, instructed to forget her Jewish heritage and pretend to be Catholic, Gisèle spent two and a half years in the castle. "Saved By the Spirit of Lafayette" tells of many hidden children -- hidden from the outside terrors of the Nazi regime - and takes the opportunity to thank all of those who earned the right to be called the Righteous. This event includes a book signing with books available for purchase.

Helene Cooper is a native of Liberia who came to the United States at 14 years of age. She grew up at Sugar Beach, a mansion by the sea, and lived a childhood filled wealth and advantages. It was also an African childhood, filled with knock foot games and hot pepper soup, heartmen and neegee. But after the coup d'etat in 1980, Helene, her mother, and her sister fled Liberia for America. Helene will discuss her memoir, a deeply personal story and an examination of a violent and stratified country. It is also the story of Helene Cooper's long voyage home. Ms.

For more than a year and a half, award-winning YA novelist John Green ("Looking for Alaska," "An Abundance of Katherines," and his new book "Paper Towns") and his brother Hank, founder and editor of EcoGeek.org, have been communicating through videoblogs. Together, they are the vlogbrothers -- one of the most popular channels in the history of YouTube. What began as an experiment in bringing long-distance siblings closer has become a sprawling community devoted to books, social activism, and the love of all things nerdy.

AADL's Community Relations manager, Tim Grimes, talks over tea with Marilynn and Sheila Brass, aka the Brass Sisters. With their trademark sisterly banter, the sisters discuss their devotion to heirloom cooking and its influence on their lives and careers as writers and television hosts of The Brass Sisters: Queens of Comfort Food.

They're back! Now television stars of their own PBS series, "The Brass Sisters: Queens of Comfort Food" on WGBH in Boston, Marilynn and Sheila Brass return to the Library on their national tour for their new book, "Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters." They will also help celebrate the first anniversary of AADL's online database of cookbooks and recipes, Ann Arbor Cooks.

As publisher of Michigan's Streamside Journal, Jeff Counts has explored the rivers, lakes, and backcountry of his home state to bring readers the essential stories of the outdoors. Counts' new book "Michigan: An Explorer's Guide," recently released by The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton, is the state's first comprehensive guidebook, with an emphasis on the outdoors, especially in the remote areas of the Upper Peninsula. Jeff will discuss the many familiar and unfamiliar regions of Michigan which are highlighted in this new guidebook.

Ann Packer's debut novel, "The Dive from Clausen's Pier," was a nationwide best seller that established her as a gifted chronicler of the interior lives of women. Her second novel, "Songs Without Words," explores the lifelong friendship of two women, the confining roles we sometimes take upon ourselves, and the deep connection in a friendship that is pushed to the breaking point. Ann will discuss the novel, recently released in paperback.