Addiction on Trial

Addiction on Trial: Tragedy in Downeast Maine, with Steven Kassels

Thursday, October 27th, 2016, 5:30 p.m.

http://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/event/addiction-on-trial

Addiction and Emergency Medicine physician and internationally acclaimed author, Dr. Steven Kassels, will discuss his book Addiction on Trial: Tragedy in Downeast Maine, and his medical experiences. He will also discuss the reasons why we are experiencing a heroin/opioid epidemic and possible solutions.

Q & A to follow.

About the author: Doctor Steven Kassels has had the privilege of treating patients from all walks of life during his years of practice in both Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine. He believes that everyone deserves compassion and access to medical care regardless of the nature of the illness. He wrote Addiction on Trial to both entertain and educate, and to depict the struggles of addiction for an audience of avid readers who may expand their understanding of addiction on the basis of evidence. Doctor Kassels lives in Downeast Maine and Massachusetts with his wife, Ali; and enjoys spending time with their four children and life partners; and four delightful grandchildren. Dedicated to his work in Addiction Medicine, he is also passionate about tennis, backcountry skiing, biking, music, and the Boston Red Sox.

Dr. Kassels will be donating his author proceeds to the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness

Event date: 

Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 5:30pm

Event address: 

45 South Main St

Concord, NH 03301

Dr. Kassels was a guest on The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen on October 14. It was an important and enlightening discussion - and we urge you to attend his author event. 

http://www.wnhnfm.org/attitude-arnie-arnesen-october-14-2016/

Melting Ice - Shifting Sands

Go meet Marjorie and hear her story. It's a love story, it's an Alzheimer's story - and it's a story told with honesty and humor. You can hear Marjorie talk about the book on The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, in the second half of this podcast: 
http://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-with-arnie-arnesen-september-9-2016/

Melting Ice - Shifting Sands

with Marjorie Burke 

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016, 5:30 p.m 

In partnership with the Concord Regional Visiting Nurses Association we present Melting Ice-Shifting Sand, written by Marjorie Burke of Weare, which chronicles her and her husband's experience with Alzheimer's Disease - her as the caregiver and Donald as the one living with the disease. A deeply honest and moving account of their struggle with this awful disease. Join us for a presentation and Q and A. 

Event date: 

Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 5:30pm

Event address: 

45 South Main St

Concord, NH 03301

http://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/event/melting-ice

An Evening with John Nichols in Concord, January 25

Monday, January 25th, 2016, at 5:30 p.m.

John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation, joins Gibson's Bookstore for a discussion of democratic socialism in the United States!

During the Cold War it became a dirty word in the United States, but socialism runs like a red thread through the nation's history, an integral part of its political consciousness since the founding of the republic. In this unapologetic corrective to today's collective amnesia, John Nichols calls for the proud return of socialism in American life. He recalls the reforms lauded by Founding Father Tom Paine; the presence of Karl Marx's journalism in American letters; the left leanings of founders of the Republican Party; the socialist politics of Helen Keller; the progressive legacy of figures like Chaplin and Einstein. Now in an updated edition, The S Word makes a case for socialist ideas as an indispensable part of American heritage. A new final chapter considers the recent signs of a leftward sea change in American politics in the face of increasing and historic levels of inequality.

Event date: 

Monday, January 25, 2016 - 5:30pm

Event address: 

45 South Main St

Concord, NH 03301

http://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/event/john-nichols

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