This Week at Brown Bookstore
February 27th to March 6th, 2010
244 Thayer Street, Providence, RI 02912 • (401)863-3168
• bookstore.brown.edu • shopbrown.com
Saturday, February 27th at 2:00pm
Cub Explorer Program
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Join us with special guest Basma Samira (hopi/carib) as we learn about Native American crafts, their uses in home life, ceremony, and culture. We will also make a small Native American craft to bring home.
Location: Bookstore Community Room
Monday, March 1st at 3:30pm
Watson Institute Presents
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A Liberal Education
Book signing at 3:30 p.m. At 4:00 p.m., join Brown History Professor Emeritus Abbott (Tom) Gleason in a reading and discussion of his newly published memoir, A Liberal Education (Tidepool Press, February 2010).
Location: Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum
111 Thayer Street, Providence, RI
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
New Fiction from Simon & Schuster
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"Jodi Picoult is a skilled wordsmith, and she beautifully creates situations that not only provoke the mind but touch the flawed souls in all or us"
--The Boston Globe
Call us at (401)863-3618 or e-mail us at general_books(at)brown.edu to reserve a copy.
Look for House Rules on our New Fiction display table
Wednesday, March 3rd at 5:00pm
Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning
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Teaching Forum on "Tethered Teens"
"I would rather text than talk," says a sixteen-year old high school junior. She is not alone. Prof. Sherry Turkle will discuss a new generational sensibility - how teens are tethered to their social network technologies. Book signing to follow.
Location: Salomon Center, Room 101
69-91 Waterman Street, Providence, RI
Thursday, March 4th at 5:00pm
Year of India Event
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New York Times Reporter
Brown University continues its "Year of India" with an event featuring New York Times' reporter Anand Giridharadas.
*There will be no book signing at this event.
Location: Brown Bookstore
Saturday, March 6th at 12:00pm
Cub Explorer Program
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Meet up for a wacky math afternoon event with author and math professor Richard Evan Schwartz as he introduces you to the fun of learning numbers.
Location: Bookstore Community Room
New in Medical Reference
Drew Oliver's GIANT microbes
Credit: Percy Sutton
Now featuring Drew Oliver's GIANT microbes in our Medical Reference section on the mezzanine level.
Be the first on your block to get (or give) mad cow, ebola, swine flu, and bad breath among others, and enjoy it!
Campus Shop Special
Black Quilted Tote Bag on Sale
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This handsome, quality quilted bag is at a special price while supplies last.
Original price: $44.99 now only $22.50
Every Saturday Morning
Story Time at 11:00 a.m.
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Join us for a story every Saturday in our cozy Children's Books section.