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Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University. Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into... (more)

The Class

by Erich Segal

Five members of a fictional Harvard class are traced through 25 tumultuous years, culminating in a dramatic reunion at which they confront their classmates and their own lives.

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

by Katherine Howe

"A fresh present-day story infused with an original take on popular history. Forget broomsticks and pointy hats; here are witches that could well be walking among us today. This debut novel flows with poetic charm and eloquence that achieves high literary merit while concocting a gripping supernatural puzzler. Katherine Howe's talent is spellbinding." --Matthew Pearl, author of The Poe Shadow and The Dante... (more)

The Accidental Billionaires

The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

by Ben Mezrich

The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook. Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends–outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math and a geeky awkwardness with women. Eduardo figured... (more)

Love Story

by Erich Segal

Lose your heart to the novel that defined a generation then...and now. Love Story Love means never having to say you're sorry... He is Oliver Barrett IV, a rich jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law. She is Jenny Cavilleri, a wisecracking, working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe. Opposites in nearly every way, Oliver and Jenny immediately attract, sharing a... (more)

The Fifties

by David Halberstam

The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American... (more)

How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got A Life: A Novel

How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got A Life: A Novel

by Kaavya Viswanathan

In this outrageously funny debut novel, an overachieving teenage girl discovers that, in order to get into the college of her dreams, she needs to have more fun. A movie is currently in development with Dreamworks.

Doctors

by Erich Segal

Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class , Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School's class of 1962. His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors--what makes them tick, scheme, hurt . . . and love. From the crucible of med school's merciless training through the demanding hours of internship and residency to the triumphs--and sometimes tragedies--beyond, ... (more)

Truth Machine

by James L Halperin

Prepare to have your conception of truth rocked to its very foundation. It is the year 2004. Violent crime is the number one political issue in America. Now, the Swift and Sure Anti-Crime Bill guarantees a previously convicted violent criminal one fair trial, one quick appeal, then immediate execution. To prevent abuse of the law, a machine must be built that detects lies with 100 percent accuracy. Once... (more)

Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations

Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations

by Simon Rich

In Ant Farm , former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places. Armed with a sharp eye for the absurd and an overwhelming sense of doom, Rich explores the ridiculousness of our everyday lives. The world, he concludes, is a hopelessly terrifying place–with endless comic potential. –If your girlfriend gives you some “love coupons” and then breaks up with you, are the coupons... (more)

The University: An Owner's Manual

by Henry Rosovsky

Drawing on 11 years as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, Henry Rosovsky offers a wise and witty view of America's colleges and universities; how they are run and the challenges they face, with special consideration to each of their "owners"--students, faculty, alumni, trustees, and others.

Robert Langdon: Book 1

Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati.... (more)

Rabbit Redux

by John Updike

The assumptions and obsessions that control our daily lives are explored in tantalizing detail by master novelist John Updike in this wise, witty, sexy story. Harry Angstrom--known to all as Rabbit, one of America's most famous literary characters--finds his dreary life shattered by the infidelity of his wife. How he resolves--or further complicates--his problems makes a compelling read.

Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business

Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business

Strategic execution drives business success. This book covers strategy from the ground up, explaining what strategy is, how to put together a strategic plan, what tools and resources are necessary to execute it, and how to measure results. The New Manager's Guide and Mentor The Harvard Business Essentials series is designed to provide comprehensive advice, personal coaching, background information,... (more)

Hacking Harvard

by Robin Wasserman

It's the ultimate challenge: breaking into the Ivy League. The hack: To get one deadbeat, fully unqualified slacker into the most prestigious school in the country. The crew: Eric Roth -- the good guy, the voice of reason. Max Kim -- the player who made the bet in the first place. Schwartz -- the kid genius already on the inside...of Harvard, that is. Lexi -- the beauty-queen valedictorian who... (more)

The Unofficial Guide to Life At Harvard (2000-2001)Art Koski-Karell et al

The Unofficial Guide to Life At Harvard (2000-2001)

by Art Koski-Karell et al

Contains unofficial history, on-campus transportation, housing, religion, sports, arts, clubs and much more.

Toughing It Out at Harvard: The Making of a Woman MBAFran Worden Henry

Toughing It Out at Harvard: The Making of a Woman MBA

by Fran Worden Henry

What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

by Sonya Sones

My name is Robin. This book is about me. It tells the story of what happens when after almost 15 pathetic years of loserdom, the girl of my dreams finally falls for me. That seems like it would be a good thing, right? Only it turns out to be a lot more complicated than that Because I'm not gonna lie to you -- there are naked women involved. Four of them, to be exact. Though not in the way you might think. Don't... (more)

What They Teach You at Harvard Business School: My Two Years Inside the Cauldron of Capitalism

What They Teach You at Harvard Business School: My Two Years Inside the Cauldron of Capitalism

Villages: A Novel

by John Updike

John Updike’s twenty-first novel, a bildungsroman, follows its hero, Owen Mackenzie, from his birth in the semi-rural Pennsylvania town of Willow to his retirement in the rather geriatric community of Haskells Crossing, Massachusetts. In between these two settlements comes Middle Falls, Connecticut, where Owen, an early computer programmer, founds with a partner, Ed Mervine, the successful firm of E-O Data, which... (more)

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by Lisa Genova

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by Katherine Howe

The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

by Ben Mezrich

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by David Halberstam

by Kaavya Viswanathan

by Erich Segal

by James L Halperin

by Simon Rich

by Henry Rosovsky

by Dan Brown

by John Updike

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