Harvard Griffin GSAS Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Andrew H. Knoll
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
India: A Sacred Geography
Diana L. Eck
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
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Margaret Atwood
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
Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China
William C. Kirby
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
Works
Hannah More
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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Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight
Herman Pontzer
#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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Emotional Intelligence: 3 Books in 1: Retraining Your Brain, Improve Your Social Skills, Anxiety in Relationships. A Guide to Overcome Panic A
Daniel Harvard
@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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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Daniel Goleman
@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
The Gnostic Gospels
Elaine Pagels
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
The Furrows
Namwali Serpell
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
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book