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	Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars by Camille Paglia Our Price $24.00 Hardcover Special Order

Camille Paglia

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Glittering Images:
A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars

$5 tickets go on sale Tuesday, September 25

Date

Oct

Tuesday
October 16, 2012
6:00 PM

Location

Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Tickets

$5.00 - On Sale September 25, 2012

Harvard Book Store is pleased to welcome cultural critic CAMILLE PAGLIA for a discussion of her new book, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars.

From the best-selling author of Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn, Glittering Images is an enthralling journey through Western art’s defining moments, from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Queen Nefertari to George Lucas’s volcano planet duel in Revenge of the Sith.

Passionately argued, brilliantly written, and filled with Paglia’s trademark audacity, Glittering Images takes us on a tour through more than two dozen seminal images, some famous and some obscure or unknown—paintings, sculptures, architectural styles, performance pieces, and digital art that have defined and transformed our visual world. She combines close analysis with background information that situates each artist and image within its historical context—from the stone idols of the Cyclades to an elegant French rococo interior to Jackson Pollock’s abstract Green Silver to Renée Cox’s daring performance piece Chillin’ with Liberty.

Written with energy, erudition, and wit, Glittering Images is destined to change the way we think about our high-tech visual environment.

Win front-row seats to see Camille Paglia on October 16! Pre-order Glittering Images, a Harvard Book Store Buzz List selection, by its scheduled release date (October 16) to receive a 20% discount and a chance to win 2 seats at our October 16 event.

Our winner will be notified on October 16. Pre-payment is required for discount and contest entry. (Note: If you purchase tickets and then win, you can present up to two tickets for a refund. Refund instructions will be included in your notification. However, if you don't win, our usual policy that tickets are non-returnable will apply.)

Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is the author of Break, Blow, Burn; Sexual Personae; Sex, Art, and American Culture; and Vamps & Tramps. She has also written The Birds, a study of Alfred Hitchcock.

Tickets purchased online are non-refundable and are exchangeable for $5 coupons towards the purchase of a book (valid up to 30 days after the event). Additionally, tickets may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event, and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand. Please note that tickets only guarantee you a seat up until five minutes before the event begins.

Tickets are also available at the store and over the phone at 617-661-1515.

Walking from the Harvard Square T station: 10 minutes

As you exit the station, cross Mass. Ave. and look for the newsstand Crimson Corner on the right side of the street and Curious George book shop on the left side of the street. Keeping the newsstand to your right, proceed along Brattle St. (you will pass the restaurant Tory Row). Follow Brattle St. as it curves to the right in Brattle Square (follow the sidewalk on the right side of the street). The Brattle will be on the left-hand side of the street. The building is shared with Algiers Cafe, Casablanca Restaurant, and Harvard Square Optical, and the theatre entrance is on the left side of the building—look for the sidewalk poster case and marquee.

Unable to attend a Harvard Book Store author event? You can still pre-order a signed book by one of our visiting authors.

While we can't guarantee fulfillment of a signed book pre-order, our authors are almost always able to sign extra books to fulfill such orders.

Ordering a signed book on harvardsquarebookstore.com:

Add the book to your shopping cart and then click Checkout.
Specify in Order Comments that you want a signed copy of the book.
Please note: online orders for signed copies must be placed at least one business day before the event. If you are ordering the day of, please call us instead.

Ordering a signed book by phone:

Call us at (617) 661-1515 and one of our booksellers will take your order. Specify you'd like a signed copy.
If you are requesting a personalized inscription and/or requesting your book be shipped, we'll need to take down credit card information. If you are planning to pick up the signed book in the store, you can pay on pick-up.

FAQ:

Can I request a personalized inscription?
We are happy to take requests for the author to sign your book to a specific person, but we can't guarantee it. If you do get a personalized inscription, the book will be non-returnable. We will require credit card information when you place the order.

Do signed books cost more?
There is no extra fee for a signed book!

Do I have to pick it up in the store, or can you deliver my signed book?
As with all web or phone orders, we can hold your book for in-store pickup, or ship it anywhere in the country.

I am planning to attend an author event. Do I need to pre-order a book?
No need. We'll be selling books at the event, and nearly all of our events include a signing at the end of the talk.

More questions? Give us a call!

General Info
(617) 661-1515
info@harvardsquarebookstore.com

Media Inquiries
(617) 661-1424 x1
tmetal@harvardsquarebookstore.com