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Tag: ” Books
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Little Did I Know: Excerpts from Memory
Stanley Cavell, the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value Emeritus, presents an autobiography that details his musical studies before discovering philosophy, and his many, many years at Harvard.
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The whither and why of books
A Harvard conference discusses venerable, vulnerable print and its fate in the digital age.
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Art during wartime
Alan Riding, the former European cultural correspondent for The New York Times, discussed his new book, “And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris,” in a panel event at Harvard.
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Rule of Law, Misrule of Men
Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, confronts the Bush administration’s legislative crimes, and calls for prosecutorial action to restore democracy.
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Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos
Professor of History Peter E. Gordon recreates the Davos, Switzerland, meeting between philosophers Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer, and their divided opinions on those heady questions of what is truth and what it means to be human.
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Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance
Wall Street’s stars are frequently lured to new firms, where their performance often declines. Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor of Business Administration Boris Groysberg examines workplace performance and offers a guide on how to strategically manage your career.
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A ‘whif’ of a breakthrough
In David Edwards’ new book, “The Lab: Creativity and Culture,” he argues for a new model — the “artscience” lab — that “expands the possibilities of experimentation beyond those of traditional science labs.”
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How to Unspoil Your Child Fast: A Speedy, Complete Guide to Contented Children and Happy Parents
Nearly 95 percent of parents think their own children are overindulged; now Bromfield, a clinical instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychology, lays down rules — “take back the power!” — to parenting, the hardest job in the world.
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Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning
Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government Peterson traces American public schools through their reformers, and addresses a new era of virtual learning in which families have greater choice and control over their children’s education than ever.
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Poetry and the Police: Communication Networks in Eighteenth-Century Paris
Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library, backtracks to 18th century Paris and the police crackdown on poetry. But verse persevered through a “viral” network of citizens, who smuggled poetry by any means they could.
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Spouting off
In their new book, “Running Out of Water: The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve Our Most Precious Resource,” Peter Rogers and Susan Leal outline water’s global predicament as the world’s population soars to 8 billion.
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Halberstam honored with square
A square at the intersection of Linden, Bow, and Mt. Auburn streets has been named in honor of the late David L. Halberstam ’55, a journalist who wrote for The Harvard Crimson as an undergraduate.
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The golden ruling
“In Brown’s Wake,” the new book by Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, tackles the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education.
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The 24/7 Baby Doctor: A Harvard Pediatrician Answers All Your Questions from Birth to One Year
This valuable handbook for new parents, written by McEvoy, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, offers evidence-based solutions and covers everything from spit-up to vaccinations.
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Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd
Youngme Moon, the Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, says mediocrity in competition is rampant, but it’s adventurousness that spells success. Just ask Google or Apple.
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The problematic growth of AP testing
New book suggests that Advanced Placement teaching has expanded so much that it now serves many students who can’t handle the rigors of its coursework.
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Vendler on Dickinson
Renowned critic Helen Vendler takes on Amherst’s own Emily Dickinson in her new book, “Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries.”
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A Short History of Cape Cod
Historian Robert Allison colors in Cape Cod’s record with photographs, historical figures, and far-from-dry tales in “A Short History.”
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Divinity School professor wins book award for excellence
Divinity School professor Kimberley C. Patton has received an award for excellence in religion for analytical-descriptive studies from the American Academy of Religion for her book “Religion of the Gods: Ritual, Paradox, and Reflexivity.”
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Pecos Pueblo Revisited: The Biological and Social Context
Peabody Museum Associate Curator Michèle Morgan and authors review significant findings at the historical New Mexico reserve, answering many questions about the population and behavior of the Pecos pueblo.
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Saturday Is for Funerals
Max Essex, the Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences, and Unity Dow track the Botswana HIV/AIDS crisis through heartrending narratives of those affected by the disease — an estimated one out of four adults.
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Innovations from southern Europe
Gabriel Paquette, author and research associate at Harvard’s DRCLAS, says southern Europe and its Atlantic colonies in the 18th century were hardly the backward regions that people believe they were.
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What they’re reading
A survey of top Harvard faculty shows what books they’re reading and enjoying on summer’s edge.
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Slavery in the North, and more
Du Bois Institute hosts a book party celebrating former and current fellows’ recent publications, including a title that examines little-known slavery in the North.
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What comes after
Joanna Klink, the Briggs-Copeland Poet in the English Department, is out with a new book chronicling a failed relationship.
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Nancy Rappaport wins book award
Nancy Rappaport, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, has won the 2010 Julie Howe Book Award for her memoir, “In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother’s Suicide.”
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Rebels to some, achievers to others
For two lecturers, the achievements of American radicals have been too long ignored. They argue that a reappraisal is due.
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The invention of childhood innocence
In a new book, Harvard professor Robin Bernstein says that the concept of childhood innocence only dates to the 19th century, and was only applied to whites.
