After publishing more than 50 books, Lester Brown now releases his autobiography, an inspirational memoir tracing his life as the son of a sharecropper to one who dines with heads of state. A pioneer in providing models for sustainable economies, Lester Brown founded the first institute devoted to analyzing environmental issues on a global basis, Worldwatch Institute, and later, Earth Policy Institute.

He's the winner of a MacArthur Genius Award and the United Nation's Environmental Prize. He has brought to the fore such issues as climate change, overpopulation, women's education, lagging agricultural productivity and the global economy, using impeccable research while proposing pragmatic, employable solutions.

Brown will sign books and greet fans at the end of the evening.