Seminary Co-op Bookstore

FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH AT 6 PM 57TH STREET BOOKS 1301 E. 57TH STREET PHONE: 773.684.1300

"Richard is willing to sign anything people bring on the condition that they’ve bought a copy of TRAMP at the event."

http://www.harpercollins.com/Author/Tour.aspx?authorID=39246

Hell was significantly responsible for creating CBGB as punk ground zero; his Voidoids toured notoriously with the Clash, and Malcolm McLaren would credit Hell as inspiration for the Sex Pistols. There were kinetic nights in New York's club demi-monde, descent into drug addiction, and an ever-present yearning for redemption through poetry, music, and art.

Since retiring from music in 1984, Richard Hell has focused primarily on writing. He lives in New York.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH AT 6 PM SEMINARY CO-OP BOOKSTORE 5751 S. WOODLAWN AVE. PHONE: 773.752.4381

Norman Mailer was the one of the most famous writers of his generation, a figure as notorious for his stormy romances and quarrels with other writers as he was respected for his numerous bestsellers and literary accolades. In this candid biography, J. Michael Lennon brings a wealth of research informed by his years of personal acquaintance with Mailer, as well as the cooperation of Mailer’s family, to reveal the life and work of an American legend.

J. Michael Lennon is Emeritus Vice President for Academic Affairs and Emeritus Professor of English at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. In addition to being chair of the editorial board of The Mailer Review, he has written or edited several books about and with Mailer.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH AT 6 PM SEMINARY CO-OP BOOKSTORE 5751 S. WOODLAWN AVE. PHONE: 773.752.4381

Furniture making, practiced as a craft in the twenty-first century, is a decidedly marginal occupation. Yet the view from the periphery can be illuminating. For woodworker Peter Korn, the challenging work of bringing something new and meaningful into the world through one's own volition – whether in the arts, the kitchen, or the marketplace – is exactly what generates the authenticity, meaning, and fulfillment for which many of us yearn.

Peter Korn is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, a non-profit school in Rockport, Maine. A furniture maker since 1974, he is also the author of several how-to books, including the bestselling Woodworking Basics: Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship (Taunton Press, 2003). His furniture has been exhibited nationally in galleries and museums.

http://www.peterkorn.com/

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND AT 6 PM SEMINARY CO-OP BOOKSTORE 5751 S. WOODLAWN AVE. PHONE: 773.752.4381

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake large enough to knock the earth from its axis sent a massive tsunami speeding toward the Japanese coast and the aging and vulnerable Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors. Over the following weeks, the world watched in horror as a natural disaster became a man-made catastrophe: fail-safes failed, cooling systems shut down, nuclear rods melted.

Fukushima combines a fast-paced, riveting account of the tsunami and the nuclear emergency it created with an explanation of the science and technology behind the meltdown as it unfolded in real time.

Edwin Lyman is a senior scientist in the Global Security Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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MONDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2014 ~ 5:30pm - 8:30pm IDA NOYES HALL LIBRARY 1212 E. 59th St. PHONE: 773.702.1673 pge@uchicago.edu Program on the Global Environment

Join us as we celebrate the book launch for the new edited volume, The Social Lives of Forests. Stemming from our May 2008 conference of the same name, this book explores woodland resurgance and how forests throughout the world are closely integrated into the lives of their inhabitants, be they in the city of Chicago or in the Amazon.

Editors Susanna B. Hecht (UCLA) and Kathleen D. Morrison (University of Chicago) will discuss the book and its impact on the growing field of political ecology. The event will be followed by a book signing and reception. More information about The Social Lives of Forests can be found at:

http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo16382078.html

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