Traverse City Record-Eagle

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July 4, 2009

Books in Brief: 07/05/2009

'World Peace Diet' author in town

TRAVERSE CITY -- Will Tuttle, a pianist, composer, educator and author, will be signing copies of "The World Peace Diet" Tuesday, 7 p.m., at Horizon Books in downtown Traverse City.

Tuttle's doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, focused on education intuition in adults. He has taught courses in creativity, humanities, mythology, religion and philosophy.

"The World Peace Diet" has been called one of the most important books of the 21st century because it explains the connections between our meals and our problems -- psychological, social and spiritual as well as health and environmental.

For more information, go to www.worldpeacediet.org.

Collection is for inmates, prison staff

TRAVERSE CITY -- Traverse City native Laura Hayes Lagana and her husband, Tom Laganza, have put together a collection of stories, poems, cartoons and quotations for inmates, prison staff and volunteers.

"Serving Productive Time: Stories, Poems, and Tips to Inspire Positive Change from Inmates, Prison Staff, and Volunteers" is published by Health Communications of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and includes two stories from a correctional officer in Washtenaw County as well as stories from inmates in Adrian, Kincheloe, Lapeer and Muskegon Heights.

The Laganas have also co-authored "Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul," "Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul" and "Serving Time, Serving Others." The couple hopes to send at least one book to every prison, jail and youth detention center in the U.S.

For more information, go to www.tomlagana.com.

Memoir offers look raising autistic son

ANN ARBOR -- Michigan author Annie Lehmann has published a memoir, "The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from My Silent Son," about raising her severely autistic son.

She recounts the myriad methods the family tried when dealing with Jonah, most of which ended in disappointment.

"Jonah turned 25 last fall, and when I look at him I can't help wondering if the past years weren't some heaven-directed scheme meant to humble us and teach us the value of acceptance," Lehmann said.

The book is published through the University of Michigan Press. For more information, go to www.press.umich.edu.

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