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SUMMARY:Empire of Ashes // James Scott's Latest
DESCRIPTION:Look forward to the return of Pulitzer Prize finalist\, New York Times bestseller\, and Scholar in Residence at the Citadel\, James Scott\, for the pub-week launch of his new release\, Empire of Ashes\, joined on stage by Brian Jones\, Dean of the Citadel. As an acclaimed Pacific War Historian for a number of books\, including Black Snow\, Rampage\, and The War Below\, as well as Targeted: Beirut\, which he co-authored with Jack Carr\, his perspective on the harrowing story of America’s bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the struggle to end World War II is highly anticipated. \nPurchase Tickets HERE! \nPlease note\, we’ve updated our ticketing system—purchases now go through Neon Events for a smoother registration experience. For any issues\, please call our Front Desk at 843-723-9912. \nIf you are unable to attend the event\, but would like to purchase one or more signed copies\, please visit Buxton Books here. \nAbout the Book \nOver three days in August 1945\, a nation once morally opposed to the bombing of civilians killed 120\,000 men\, women\, and children; doomed tens of thousands more to agonizing death in the weeks and months ahead; and annihilated two cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Empire of Ashes explores the final brutal months of the war in the Pacific\, featuring the voices of never-before-heard victims of the atomic bombs. Through interviews with survivors and accounts gleaned from Japanese sources\, New York Times best-selling author James M. Scott combines the attacks’ heart-wrenching details with their causes and consequences\, from debates within the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos\, Oakridge\, and Hanford to the fallout that would alter decades of life in Japan. From “an exceptional writer with a keen eye for dazzling detail and gripping\, suspenseful storytelling” (Henry Richard Maar III\, Journal of Military History)\, Empire of Ashes illuminates the moral dilemma at the center of America’s decision to inflict total war upon Japan with startling immediacy. \nAbout James M. Scott \nA Pulitzer Prize finalist and former Nieman Fellow at Harvard\, James M. Scott is the author of Target Tokyo\, Black Snow\, Rampage\, The War Below\, and The Attack on the Liberty. In addition\, Scott is a sought-after public speaker who leads battlefield tours and lectures at institutions around the world. He lives with his wife and two children in Charleston\, South Carolina\, where he is the Scholar in Residence at The Citadel. Visit him at JamesMScott.com.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/empire-of-ashes-james-scotts-latest/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Myths of American Capitalism
DESCRIPTION:Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution\, capitalism has unleashed unimaginable growth in opportunity and prosperity. We are honored to welcome Senator Phil Gramm\, economist\, retired congressman\, and one of America’s premier public policy advocates\, to share his latest book\, Triumph of Economic Freedom\, and expound upon seven pivotal moments in our country’s economic history that have largely defined the role of government and how the 21st-century world works. \nPurchase Tickets HERE! \nPlease note\, we’ve updated our ticketing system—purchases now go through Neon Events for a smoother registration experience. For any issues\, please call our Front Desk at 843-723-9912. \nIf you are unable to attend the event\, but would like to purchase one or more copies\, please visit Buxton Books here. \n\n\nAbout the Book \nSince the dawn of the Industrial Revolution\, capitalism has unleashed unimaginable growth in opportunity and prosperity. And yet\, at key points in American history\, economic disruption has led to a greater role for government\, ostensibly to protect against capitalism’s excesses. Today\, the government regulates\, mandates\, subsidizes\, and controls a growing share of the American economy. In this book\, Phil Gramm\, one of America’s premier public policy advocates\, and noted economist Donald J. Boudreaux look at the seven events and issues in American history that define\, for most Americans\, the role of government and how the 21st-century world works. To many Americans\, these 5 periods of American history-the Industrial Revolution\, Progressive Era\, Great Depression\, decline of America’s postwar preeminence in world trade\, and the Great Recession—along with the existing levels of income inequality and poverty\, represent strong evidence for expanding government in American life. Gramm and Boudreaux argue that the evidence points to a contrary verdict: government interference and failed policies pose the most significant threat to economic freedom. Setting up each topic with a “just the facts” approach that defies partisanship\, Gramm and Boudreaux provide a compelling and highly readable\, powerful reassessment that will challenge open-minded readers to rethink the conventional wisdom and the policies that spring from it. \nAbout the Author \n\n\nSenator Gramm joined Lone Star Funds as Vice Chairman in December 2012. He served as Vice Chairman of UBS Investment Bank from December 2002 to December 2011. At UBS\, he provided senior leadership in such landmark IPOs as Visa\, the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO)\, the China Merchants Bank\, and LG Phillips in Korea. He was instrumental in the follow-on equity offering for the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China\, the privatization of Telstra in Australia\, and the sale of 20% of Akbank in Turkey to Citibank. Senator Gramm served six years in the US House and eighteen years in the US Senate. His legislative record includes landmark bills like the Gramm-Latta Budget\, which reduced federal spending\, rebuilt national defense\, and mandated the Reagan tax cut\, and the Gramm-Rudman Act\, which placed the first binding constraints on federal spending. As Chairman of the Banking Committee\, Senator Gramm steered through legislation modernizing banking\, insurance\, and securities law\, which had been languishing in Congress for 60 years. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act allowed banks\, securities firms\, and insurance companies to affiliate as part of a Financial Services Holding Company. Gramm is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Phil Gramm holds a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in economics\, the subject he taught at Texas A&M University for 12 years. He has published numerous articles and books\, including The Myth of American Inequality\, published in 2022. He is married to Dr. Wendy Lee Gramm\, former Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission under Presidents Reagan and Bush. They have two sons and five grandchildren.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/myths-of-american-capitalism/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:August New Member Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our New Member Orientation! Every second Monday of the month\, we host our newest members of the CLS family for a fun and informative tour of the facility\, including key information on utilizing Library resources\, an exploration of some of the treasures from the CLS archives\, a visit to the Igoe Shakespeare Library\, concluding with a tour of our bindery and information about our conservation efforts. Feel free to ask questions throughout our time together. \nThe tour starts at 5 pm and generally ends around 6 pm. The tour schedule includes:\n5:00 – 5:10 pm Welcome\n5:10 – 5:20 pm Introduction of staff and an overview of the Main Reading Room and Exhibits\n5:20 – 5:40 pm Tour of key areas of the Library\, including the Melvin P. Seiden Gallery\, the Kellogg Family Map Room\, the Ruth and Bill Baker Conference Room\, the Igoe Shakespeare Library\, and the Stephen F. Gates Vaults\n5:40 – 6:00 pm  Tour of Dorothy’s Book Bindery and the Jerrold and Ann Mitchell Conservation Lab; Q&A \nReserve your spot HERE. We look forward to seeing you! \n*Please note: if this session fills to capacity\, RSVP for September’s New Member Orientation! 
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/august-new-member-orientation-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:'Obstinate Daughters' Debut
DESCRIPTION:From the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls of Atomic City and The Last Castle comes a sweeping chronicle challenging the traditional mythology of the nation’s beginnings and championing the unsung women behind the American Revolution.  While history has traditionally celebrated the “Founding Fathers\,“ it often omits the women who kept the colonies running and liberty alive. Appropriately timed for this year’s 250th\, Denise Kiernan’s Obstinate Daughters rewrites the story through the courageous\, resourceful women from the battlefields to the printing press who fought\, spied\, published\, preached\, farmed\, and organized – unsung heroines who turned the tide. \nPurchase Tickets HERE! \nPlease note\, we’ve updated our ticketing system—purchases now go through Neon Events for a smoother registration experience. For any issues\, please call our Front Desk at 843-723-9912. \nIf you are unable to attend the event\, but would like to purchase one or more copies\, please visit Buxton Books here. \n\n\nAbout the Book \nHistory has always celebrated the “Founding Fathers“—the sly but victorious tactics of Washington\, the daring exploits of Lafayette\, the grand ideas of Jefferson. Yet we rarely hear of the women who kept the colonies running and liberty alive. Obstinate Daughters finally rewrites the story of America’s birth by revealing the courageous\, resourceful women whose actions shaped a nation. From the battlefields to the printing press\, from the plantations to the pulpit\, these women fought\, spied\, published\, preached\, farmed\, and organized. From the front lines to the home front\, from the colonies to the frontier\, these unsung heroines turned the tide. \nIn Obstinate Daughters\, readers will meet women who armed themselves and took matters into their own hands to defend their town. A Cherokee leader who warned patriot settlements of looming attacks\, risking the lives of her own people in the process. A British spy at the center of a plot to assassinate George Washington. Enslaved women who risked their lives while fighting a parallel battle for their own freedom\, embodying the very ideals the revolution claimed to uphold. The only woman to have her name on the Declaration of Independence. And many more. As she has done so many times before\, Kiernan masterfully weaves these individual stories together into a single\, compelling narrative and carves a place in history for these impactful females. With journalistic rigor and narrative flair\, Kiernan reminds us that the past is always open to challenge and that every untold story can inspire a new generation. \nAbout the Author \n\n\nDenise Kiernan is an author\, journalist\, and producer who has worked as a writer for more than 20 years. Her last two books—The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City—were both instant New York Times bestsellers in both hardcover and paperback. The Last Castle was a Wall Street Journal bestseller\, a finalist for the 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award\, and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. The Girls of Atomic City was aLos Angeles Times and NPR bestseller\, named one of Amazon’s “Top 100 Best Books of 2013\,” and has been published in multiple languages. Kiernan has been a featured guest on many radio and television shows\, including NPR’s “Weekend Edition\,” PBS NewsHour\, MSNBC’s Morning Joe\, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/obstinate-daughters-debut/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:CLS Book Club // 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' by Rachel Joyce
DESCRIPTION:CLS Book Club is FREE\, in-person\, and open to the public—and also member-researched and led through thoughtfully curated discussion. Whether you’ve finished the book or are thinking about picking it up. \nReserve your spot HERE. \nPlease note\, we’ve updated our ticketing system—purchases now go through Neon Events for a smoother registration experience. For any issues\, please call our Front Desk at 843-723-9912. \nFor a copy of the book\, check out our catalog here\, or shop local at Buxton Books. \nAbout Book Club \nOffered a few times a year\, the CLS Book Club aims to explore a diverse range of topics\, authors\, and perspectives in its book selections. For August\, Book Club’s own Clare Meyer and Susan Porter will revisit a 2012 bestseller\, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce – reminding us that books\, like friends\, are always worth a long and repeat visit. \nAbout the Book \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet Harold Fry\, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife\, Maureen\, who seems irritated by almost everything he does. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning\, a letter arrives\, addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl\, from a woman he hasn’t heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye. But before Harold mails off a quick reply\, a chance encounter convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. In his yachting shoes and light coat\, Harold Fry embarks on an urgent quest. Determined to walk six hundred miles to the hospice\, Harold believes that as long as he walks\, Queenie will live. A novel of charm\, humor\, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we all bury deep within our hearts\, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry introduces Rachel Joyce as a wise—and utterly irresistible—storyteller.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/cls-book-club-the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry-by-rachel-joyce/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:August Member Mingle
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to invite you to our latest addition to the social calendar – Member Mingle also known as Cocktail Hour\, Happy Hour or 5 o’clock somewhere – a meet and greet opportunity without any programmatic component. Held on the third Wednesday evening of each month and open to all members\, we hope you’ll join us from 5 to 6 PM in the Suzan D. Boyd Fellows Lounge to meet like-minded peers and others who share the love of all things CLS. \nIf you’ve been a member of the Library Society for a while you may be familiar with our New Member Orientations on Mondays (previously called New Member Mingle).  \nThis event has reached capacity\, but see other Member Mingles HERE.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/august-member-mingle-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:'WOOD' You Know?
DESCRIPTION:Dive into the surprisingly understudied history of SC’s forests and their impact on the state’s economy through this compendium edited by Jessica Elfenbein and Mark Kinzer that brings together essays from emerging and established scholars. Wood Basket of the World examines how lumbering\, wood-product manufacturing\, and forest conservation transformed the state’s sandhills and coastal plain from the late nineteenth century to the present\, shaping social\, economic\, and environmental landscapes today. \nPurchase Tickets HERE! \nPlease note\, we’ve updated our ticketing system—purchases now go through Neon Events for a smoother registration experience. For any issues\, please call our Front Desk at 843-723-9912. \nIf you are unable to attend the event\, but would like to purchase one or more copies\, please visit Buxton Books here. \n\n\nAbout the Book \nTracing South Carolina’s hidden history of lumber\, labor\, and forest conservation across two centuries. South Carolina’s forests have long shaped the state’s economy\, landscapes\, and labor practices\, but their history has remained surprisingly understudied. Wood Basket of the World brings together essays that explore how lumbering\, wood-product manufacturing\, and forest conservation transformed the state’s sandhills and coastal plain from the late nineteenth century to the present. Featuring contributions from both emerging and established scholars\, the essays in the volume examine how South Carolina became central to the global timber economy while also serving as a testing ground for labor organizing\, environmental reform\, and conservation movements. Engaging environmental\, economic\, and social history\, this collection offers new insight into the industries\, people\, and policies that have shaped South Carolina’s wooded landscapes—and the national conversations they continue to inform. \nAbout the Authors  \nJessica Elfenbein \nKnowing that history has the power to be a productive tool in community building moved Professor Elfenbein to become an historian and has informed and enriched her work in the fields of American urban and public history. Elfenbein’s career has been a combination of teaching\, scholarship\, and administration. Her current research has moved into environmental and business history through the multi-faceted Wood Basket of the World project. Previously\, she directed “Baltimore ’68: Riots and Rebirth”\, which won highest program honors from the National Council on Public History and the American Association of State and Local Historians.\n\nElfenbein has spent much of her career as an academic leader. From 2019-2025\, she served as Chair of USC’s History Department where she had the honor of championing the fascinating work of the University’s incredible faculty and students.  Elfenbein also served as Senior Associate Dean of USC’s Graduate School from 2012-2016\, an Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow for the Southeastern Conference in 2015-16\, and an American Council on Education Fellow in 2009-10.\nAbout Mark Kinzer \nMark Kinzer recently retired from the National Park Service\, where he worked as a planner and wilderness program manager for over twenty years. In 2022\, he received the Park Service’s national Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Award. Prior to his career with the Park Service\, he was a lawyer in private practice in Atlanta. He is the author of Nature’s Return: An Environmental History of Congaree National Park.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/wood-you-know/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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