For Immediate Release Date: Jan 22, 2013 Contact: Tony Clark, 404-865-7109 [email protected] NEWS13-03 Politics Takes Center Stage At Carter Library Former Congressman Tom Allen & Vice Pres. Al Gore
Atlanta, GA. – The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library Author Series focuses on politics with its next two author lectures. On Thursday, January 24th at 7:00 pm, former Maine Congressman Tom Allen discusses the gridlock in Washington. His new book is Dangerous Convictions: What’s Really Wrong with the U.S. Congress. Publishers Weekly says "Tom Allen, a former Democratic congressman from Maine and current president and CEO of the American Association of Publishers, offers a panoramic critique of Congress based on his 12 years in office (1997-2009), covering policy areas from the budget to health care....Allen's pragmatism and reason help frame major issues for Americans hungering for some legislative wisdom after the election." This is a free event and will be held in the Carter Museum Theater. ACappella Books will have copies of Dangerous Convictions available for purchase and signing. On Friday, February 1st, the Carter Library welcomes former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Al Gore for a discussion of his new book The Future. This event will be held at 7pm in the Carter Center Day Chapel. Tickets are available at www.acappellabooks.com. The ticket price includes a pre-signed, first edition copy of The Future. Because of his schedule, Vice President Gore will not be personalizing books. Vice President Gore gives a frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers of global change in the decades ahead. The Future is a map of the world to come, from a man who has looked ahead before and been proven all too right. The event is co-sponsored by the Sierra Club of Georgia and GreenLaw. For more information, call 404-865-7109. You can keep up with the Carter Library events on the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library page on Facebook and follow the CarterLibrary on Twitter. If you wish to unsubscribe to these news releases, simply email [email protected] and put “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject line.