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It's New Year's Eve! If you still don't have plans for this evening, swing by the store and snag a First Night button. While you're in, you can also spend $100 or more (bring your New Year's resolution reading list!) and receive a free Harvard Book Store tote bag--AND be eligible to win a year's subscription to the Signed First Edition Club. The contest is open until the store closes tonight at 9pm. It's also a good time to pick out your 2011 calendar and stock up on greeting cards for next year, as all calendars and holiday cards are now 50% off!
Cheers to the New Year!
Heather
|  | New on Our Shelves: The Latest in Fiction, Nonfiction, Scholarly Books, & In Store Book Printing
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| | Dream of Ding Village
by Yan Lianke
$24
Grove Press, hardcover
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| | Set in a poor village in Henan Province, Dream of Ding Village is a moving novel about a blood-selling scandal in contemporary China. The Ding Village directors hope to drain the townspeople of their blood and sell it, but the rampant selling leads to an outbreak of disease and a huge loss of life.
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| | The 4-Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
by Richard Panek
$26
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, hardcover
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Recently, scientists have been racing to explain a perplexing aspect of our universe: only four percent consists of the matter that makes up every star and planet. The remaining 96 percent is completely unknown.
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Each week, we'll feature a book printed in Harvard Book Store on Paige, our book-making machine. Featured books will range from fresh works from local authors to near-forgotten titles discovered in our extensive print-on-demand database.
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The Last Days of Pompeii
by Sir. E. Lytton Bulwer
Originally printed in London, 1839
$16
Print on Demand, paperback
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| | A classic Victorian tale of the last days of Pompeii, the doomed city that lay at the feet of Mount Vesuvius. From poets to flower-girls, gladiators to Roman tribunes, here is a plausible story of their lives, their loves, and the tragic fate that awaited them.
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints
edited by Nadine M. Orenstein
$29.99, hardcover (originally $65.00)
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a consummate draftsman and his print designs were imitated for several generations. This catalog accompanied a past exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and according to Library Journal: "is essential for art collections."
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The Origins of the Inquisition in 15th Century Spain
by Benzion Netanyahu
$17.99, paperback (originally $37.50)
| "Stately, vastly learned, sophisticated...remarkable. The power of Mr. Netanyahu's intellect, the grandeur of his themes and his moral passion give The Origins of the Inquisition great narrative power." - Richard Bernstein, The New York Times
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Yiddish Civilisation
by Paul Krizwaczek
$9.99, hardcover (originally $27.50)
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Combining intimate family anecdote, travelogue, historical research, and interviews with scholars, Kriwaczek retraces the history of this nearly extinguished civilization to give us a celebration of what remains of Yiddish culture in our own time.
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| | An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories
edited by Ivan Brunetti
$9.99, hardcover (originally $28.00)
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Cartoonist Ivan Brunetti offers selections from the works of more than seventy-five avant-garde comic artists. Luxuriously produced and printed in four-color throughout, the book is a must-have for collectors, aficionados, readers of comics, and those interested in cutting-edge art and literature.
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Featured used books go fast, so if any titles interest you, stop in to check them out soon. We will hold the book if you are the first caller to reserve it. To reserve a book, call (617) 661-1515 and ask for our Used Department. We're also always looking for books to buy. Learn about selling your used books, including textbooks, here.
| | Les Méthodes Nouvelles de la Mécanique Céleste
by Henri Poincaré
Originally published by Dover in 1957
$90.00 (softcover) for three volumes in Good condition
| This is the complete French text of one of Poincaré's most important monographs. No knowledge of astronomy is needed to follow the presentation, which demonstrates the clarity for which Poincaré is famous.
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| | Linda Connor: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 20, 1982 - January 2, 1983s
by Linda Connor
Originally published by The Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1982
$20.00 (pamphlet) in Very Good condition
| This catalog presents photographs taken in India and Nepal during three months in 1979-80, and images of North American petroglyphs. These photographs continue Connor's concerns with myth and symbol and extend her eloquent vision.
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| | Living in Motion: Design and Architecture for Flexible Dwelling
edited by Mathias Schwartz-Clauss
Originally published by Vitra Design Museum in 2002
$50.00 (softcover) in Very Good condition
| Living in Motion is the first interdisciplinary account of the different types of flexible living. This catalog presents works by modernist and contemporary architects and designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Buckminster Fuller, and Jean Prouvé, contrasting them with the flexible houses and installations featured in non-European cultures.
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Author Events
Our January 2011 event calendar is now online! subscribe to the Harvard Book Store Google Event Calendar here.
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| Spend $100 or more, and be eligible to win a year's subscription in our Signed First Edition Club!
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Barbara Almond
Mon, Jan 10, 7PM
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| | Stanford professor and psychoanalyst Barbara Almond discusses The Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood. | At Harvard Book Store .gif)
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Richard Wolffe
Tues, Jan 12, 7PM
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| | Journalist and MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe discusses Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House. | At Harvard Book Store
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Rachel Polonsky
Thurs, Jan 13, 7PM
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| | Journalist Rachel Polonsky discusses her new exploration of Russian cultural history, Molotov's Magic Lantern: Travels in Russian History. | At Harvard Book Store
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Mira Bartók
Tues, Jan 18, 7PM
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| Essayist Mira Bartók reads from her new memoir The Memory Palace. "A disturbing, mesmerizing personal narrative about growing up with a brilliant but schizophrenic mother.... Richly textured, compassionate and heartbreaking."
--Kirkus (starred) | At Harvard Book Store
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The Philosophy Café
Wed, Jan 19, 7:30PM
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| The Philosophy Café at Harvard Book Store is a monthly gathering meant for the informal, relaxed, philosophical discussion of topics of mutual interest to participants.
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Allen Shawn
Thurs, Jan 20, 7PM
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| | Pianist and composer Allen Shawn discusses his newest memoir, Twin, about growing up as the twin brother of a sister with autism. | At Harvard Book Store
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Seth Mnookin
Mon, Jan 24, 7PM
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| | Journalist Seth Mnookin explores the controversy around childhood vaccines in his new book The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear. | At Harvard Book Store
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Amy Bloom
Tues, Jan 25, 7PM
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| | Award-winning novelist and short story writer Amy Bloom reads from her collection of linked stories, Where the God of Love Hangs Out. | At Harvard Book Store
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We appreciate the feedback we get from readers of this newsletter. Please send your comments and suggestions to Heather at hgain@harvard.com. Thanks for reading, and we hope to see you in the store!
Heather Gain
Marketing Manager
hgain@harvard.com
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