The Boston Traveler

The latest Major League Baseball regular season is now roaring into full swing, so what better way to get into the groove of America’s favorite pastime than with a longtime observer, knowledgeable insider, and successful author? You couldn’t do so in a better place than here in Boston, either, where the home team Boston Red Sox are the reigning 2007 World Series Champions.
On Monday, April 7, Harvard Book Store (1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 617-661-1515) will welcome Michael Holley. The current co-host of radio’s Dale & Holley Show on local sports station WEEI is also the author of Patriot …read more

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Here’s an event that’s worth attending, even if you’re not really into books or libraries — the “fascinating” factor alone is a sufficient draw. Tonight at 7:30pm EST, Sophie Freud, the granddaughter of renowned and still influential Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, will make an appearance at Waltham Public Library (735 Main Street, Waltham, 781-314-3425).
Last year, Praeger Publishers released Sophie Freud’s captivating memoir Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family. The autobiographical book recounts her life during the previous century, when she lived in Europe and the United States with her mother Esti, who was married to Sigmund …read more

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February and Black History Month are just around the corner, and Harvard Book Store (no affiliation with the university, except by virtue of location—it’s right across the street from Harvard Yard) is getting a jump start on the occasion.
At 7pm EST on Tuesday, January 29th, the popular and well-stocked shop will host an appearance by African-American author and Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy, a leading researcher on race relations. In his latest book, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Disloyalty, the attorney examines what it means for a black person to be burdened with the label “sellout,” a term …read more

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