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Harvard Griffin GSAS Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters, Andrew H. Knoll

A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

Andrew H. Knoll
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GSAS @HarvardAlumni Andrew Knoll, PhD ’77, shares a few facts from his new book, “A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters.” #EarthDay #EarthDay22 https://t.co/LWoL9aZDEz

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: India: A Sacred Geography, Diana L. Eck

India: A Sacred Geography

Diana L. Eck
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Professor Diana Eck talks about her decades of work studying the religious traditions of India, the founding of the Pluralism Project, and how she learned to teach as a student at GSAS. @HarvardAlumni #HarvardGSAS150 https://t.co/RgHxwmgRPB

Paperback, 2013

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Old Babes in the Wood: Stories, Margaret Atwood

Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood discusses her new story collection, “Old Babes in the Wood,” with WBUR Boston’s Scott Tong at Sanders Theatre. https://t.co/6LoVSY4BNJ

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China, William C. Kirby

Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China

William C. Kirby
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Will Chinese universities threaten the global preeminence of those in the United States? In his new book, Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China, Professor William Kirby, PhD ’81, turns to history for answers. https://t.co/bsjqDZuVac

Hardcover, 2022

$39.00$19.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Works

Hannah More
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This past spring, recent PhD graduate Hannah Cohen shed light on the work of craftspeople through a look at one of the century's most arresting works of art: #Shibboleth. 💡 Learn more about Harvard Horizons and listen to the new #podcast today: https://t.co/vbGfjayiA4 https://t.co/cas4P7R5rQ

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Book Cover for: Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight, Herman Pontzer

Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight

Herman Pontzer
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#6. Evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer, PhD '06, explains why the calories we burn every day stay within a fairly narrow range whether we’re gym rats or couch potatoes. https://t.co/4eperQVL9w

Paperback, 2022

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Book Cover for: Emotional Intelligence: 3 Books in 1: Retraining Your Brain, Improve Your Social Skills, Anxiety in Relationships. A Guide to Overcome Panic A, Daniel Harvard

Emotional Intelligence: 3 Books in 1: Retraining Your Brain, Improve Your Social Skills, Anxiety in Relationships. A Guide to Overcome Panic A

Daniel Harvard
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@Harvard @HarvardAlumni @BerkeleyLab @theNASciences @americanacad @AACR @IAU_org @SKAO @ubaglobal @CEA_Officiel @MIT @AmherstCollege @george_peabody The 2023 Centennial Medal was awarded to Daniel Goleman, PhD ’74, for his unrivaled excellence in communicating science and psychology to broad audiences, and for his foundational work on the concept of emotional intelligence. @caselorg https://t.co/7iXjhIMyGU

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Book Cover for: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Daniel Goleman

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Daniel Goleman
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@Harvard @HarvardAlumni @BerkeleyLab @theNASciences @americanacad @AACR @IAU_org @SKAO @ubaglobal @CEA_Officiel @MIT @AmherstCollege @george_peabody The 2023 Centennial Medal was awarded to Daniel Goleman, PhD ’74, for his unrivaled excellence in communicating science and psychology to broad audiences, and for his foundational work on the concept of emotional intelligence. @caselorg https://t.co/7iXjhIMyGU

Paperback, 2005

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Gnostic Gospels, Elaine Pagels

The Gnostic Gospels

Elaine Pagels
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New Testament scholar Elaine Pagels, PhD '70, says that the “Gnostic Gospels” contain the secret teachings of Jesus. So why were they labeled heresy by the Catholic Church over 1,600 years ago? Listen to the latest episode of the Colloquy #Podcast today! https://t.co/U9ltpq7HGN https://t.co/k0oHpe9zSj

Paperback, 1989

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Furrows, Namwali Serpell

The Furrows

Namwali Serpell
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Professor of @English_Harvard Namwali Serpell, PhD ’08, plunges into her own experiences of grief — the heartbreaking loss of her older sister, who died at age 22 — for her anxiously awaited and soul-stirring new novel, “The Furrows.” @HarvardAlumni https://t.co/V1WFZiEwo9

Paperback, 2023

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