Off the Shelf
An editorial sampling of recent books with Harvard connections
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"Working Sisters"
Pan Tianshu reviews Leslie Chang’s new book Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
1.1.09
Storytelling Scholar
Marie Rutkoski blends sixteenth-century history with fantasy in The Cabinet of Wonders, a new novel for young adults.
1.1.09
Stinging the Dinosaurs
An excerpt from The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies, by Bert Hölldobler and E. O. Wilson
11.1.08
Carpenter Center's Craftsman
A new book, Le Corbusier Le Grand, pulls together the career of Le Corbusier, with material on Harvard’s Carpenter Center.
11.1.08
Art as Chattel
James Cuno reviews Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures, by Cynthia Saltzman
11.1.08
Blindspot: A Novel
History professor Jill Lepore is the coauthor, with Jane Kamensky, of the historical novel Blindspot, set in colonial Boston.
11.1.08
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
11.1.08
Faust Book a Contender for National Book Award
This Republic of Suffering is among the finalists in the nonfiction category…
10.15.08
Tall Tales
Arianne Cohen ’03—a onetime Harvard Magazine Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow— is publishing a second book—The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life on High, which promises “a fascinating and informative look into the world of tall people”…
9.12.08
Felonious Mayhem
Enron and other capitalist calamities
9.1.08
"A Liar's Biography"
An art forger’s success has less to do with his prowess as a visual artist than with his use and misuse of history.
9.1.08
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
9.1.08
Self-Definition
Joel Derfner’s new book reveals some hidden depths.
9.1.08
An Intimate Look at Zuckerberg and Other High-Tech Figures
Hafner writes that Lacy’s “explanation of how venture capital works is instructive and clear, perhaps one of the best yet written for a general readership.”