July 2014 Events - Harvard Book Store 2014 Events Tuesday, July 1 / 7:00pm ... Ben Franklin, Stewart proposes that ... coverup through laborious culling

July 2014 EventsTuesday, July 1 / 7:00pm

Dan EpsteinStars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ‘76

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Award-winning journalist and pop culture historian Dan Epstein discusses Stars and Strikes, a colorful look at the tumultuous year of 1976 — when the nation erupted in a red-white-and-blue explosion celebrating its two hundredth year of independence and the national pastime, baseball.

Wed., July 2 / 7:00pm

Matthew StewartNature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic


Philosopher and author Matthew Stewart questions the foundational philosophical ideals that would become the cornerstone of American democracy in his latest book, Nature’s God. From Thomas Jefferson to Ben Franklin, Stewart proposes that the the ideas that inspired these radicals were not distinctly British nor Christian, but largely far more ancient and pagan in origin.

Friday, July 4 / 9:00am–11:00pm

Fiction Fridays


Get started on that summer reading list and let us help you find some fabulous fiction. All summer long fiction purchases at Harvard Book Store will be 15% off on Fridays. Please note that this promotion does not apply to used or remaindered titles, already discounted books, or harvard.com purchases.

Tuesday, July 8 / 7:00pm

Kim ElkinsWhat Is Visible: A Novel


Kim Elkins tells the true-life story of Laura Bridgman in her novel, What Is Visible. At the age of two, Laura lost four of her five senses to scarlet fever. She would later go on to become one of the most famous women of the nineteenth century, having mastered language and charmed the world with her brilliance.

Thursday, July 10 / 7:00pm

James CarrollWarburg in Rome: A Novel


National Book Award–winning author James Carroll reads from his latest novel, Warburg in Rome. David Warburg, newly minted director of the U.S. War Refugee Board, arrives in Rome at World War Two’s end, determined to bring aid to the destitute European Jews streaming into the city. But he discovers one of history’s great scandals instead, the Vatican ratline, an escape route maintained by the Church to provide secret passage for Nazi war criminals to Argentina.


Fiction Fridays


All summer long fiction purchases at Harvard Book Store will be 15% off on Fridays. Please note that this promotion does not apply to used or remaindered titles, already discounted books, or harvard.com purchases.

Friday, July 11 / 7:00pm

Grub Street Launch Lab: Thieves, Idealists, Scholars, and SleuthsFeaturing authors: MICHAEL BLANDING CHRISTINE CIPRIANI JENNIFER DE LEON DEBORAH HALBER


Local authors from the Grub Street Launch Labs join us for a panel discussion on the true stories of people who charted new territory. Their books tell the stories of an obsessive rare-map dealer gone bad, amateur detectives insinuating themselves in law enforcement, first-generation Latina college students, and ambitious modern architects in a historic Cape Cod town.

The Launch Lab is a pioneering program that equip’s writers with the knowledge and tools they need to be effective in their efforts while also facilitating friendships and community so that they remain inspired, connected, and engaged in the process.

Tuesday, July 15 / 7:00pm

Gary J. BassThe Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide


“A profoundly disturbing account of the hitherto hidden role of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands. Bass has defeated the attempted coverup through laborious culling of relevant sections of the Nixon White House tapes, declassified State Department documents and interviews with former officials, American and Indian, who were involved . . . After reading Bass’s account of this shameful episode, one has to . . . conclude that where the Bengalis were concerned, Kissinger and Nixon simply did not give a damn.” —The Washington Post


Will ChancellorA Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall: A Novel


Will Chancellor reads from his debut novel, A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall. When Olympics-bound athlete Owen Burr is blinded in one eye, he flees to Berlin and becomes lost in the art scene. His father, Joseph, is determined to discover just where his son has disappeared to and embarks on a journey to find his son.

Thursday, July 17 / 7:00pm

David RoseEnchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things


David Rose, award-winning entrepreneur and MIT Media Lab scientist, discusses his notion of the Internet of Things, connected technology that will soon be embedded in hundreds of everyday objects we already use.


Fiction Fridays



Tuesday, July 22, / 7:00pm

Sukey ForbesThe Angel in My Pocket: A Story of Love, Loss, and Life After Death


Local author Sukey Forbes discusses her memoir The Angel in My Pocket. Reflecting on the death of her six-year-old daughter, Forbes recounts her life before and after her daughter’s death. Dipping into the world of clairvoyants to reconnect with Charlotte, Forbes chronicles a world of ghosts and a lost American spiritual tradition.

Wed., July 23, / 7:00pm

Judith FrankAll I Love and Know: A Novel


“In her second novel after Crybaby Butch, Frank not only explores the complexities of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict but also presents the difficulties gay partners face in navigating the court system. Above all, though, this is a compassionate, utterly compelling story of how family members, torn apart by tragedy, must reach deep within themselves to meet their greatest challenge.” —Booklist

Friday, July 25, / 9:00am–11:00pm

Fiction Fridays



Monday, July 28 / 7:00pm

The Harvard Square Book Circlediscusses Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son


Join our in-store book club for a discussion of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Orphan Master’s Son. Part thriller and part story of romantic love, Johnson’s novel reveals a North Korea rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty, but also camaraderie and love.

Tuesday, July 29/ 7:00pm

Mark EpsteinThe Trauma of Everyday Life


“Mark Epstein’s book is a rare and remarkable achievement. It fuses deep scholarship with deep tenderness in the spirit of the greatest Buddhist teachers to investigate the nature and psychic repercussions of trauma. The fact that Epstein can effortlessly transit between the ancient truths of Buddhism and the most contemporary understanding of trauma is a testament to his agility as a thinker. This is a wise and important book.” —Siddhartha Muhkerjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies


Stephen L. CarterBack Channel: A Novel


Stephen L. Carter, Willam Nelson Cromwell Professor at Law at Yale University, reads from his latest novel, Back Channel. A suspenseful retelling of the Cuban Missile Crises in which the fate of the world rests unexpectedly on the shoulders of a young college student.

July 2014 Events, continued

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