Evening everyone. Im tracy diamond from the programs and Locations Department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library and welcome to writers lives at the Maryland State Library for the blind and handicapped. Thank you for joining us to welcome doctor lydia kang to baltimore. We hope you will join us for some of our upcoming events. And stearns, author of redefining age a caregivers guide to living your best life will be reading on wednesday, november 29 at 12 pm at the Hatton Senior Center in canton and we are hosting, same day, mark oden, author of play 1968 a turning point of the american war in vietnam and conversation with Steve Luxenberg at 7 pm at church of the redeemer and you can sign up for our email list or pick up a liar on the table to the right. So tonight, doctor lydia kang, a practicing internal medicine physician and author of adult and the young Adult Fiction will share from her book quackery a brief history of the worst ways to cure anything cowritten with nate peterson, a li
Wednesday w november 29 at 12 p. At the 2 Senior Center in canto. And thenn were hosting, same day, mark bowden, author of 1968, turning point of the american war b in vietnam in conversation with Steve Luxenberg at 7 p. M. At church of the redeemer. You can sign up for our email el list or pick up a flyer copy of compass on the table to the right. So tonight dr. Lydia kang, a practicing internal medicine physician and author of adult and young Adult Fiction will hear from her book quackery a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything. Cowritten withwr Nate Pedersen, and library income historian, and freelance journalist with over 400 publications in print and online. So quackery offers to seven tales about outlandish treatments complete with vintage illustrations, photographs and advertisements. Youll read about times when a cute chalice was in vogue or have families passed down heroin pills. Yes, think that i haveoooo to ps those down. They write with fascination for and a tu
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