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While seats for our April 10th event with former poet laureate Billy Collins have sold out, fans without tickets are welcome to come listen to the reading in the bookstore and--with your Harvard Book Store receipt in hand--you can also join the signing line following his talk. Learn more about the event here and be entertained by an awesome three year-old kid reciting Collins's poetry here.
David Foster Wallace's posthumously published novel, The Pale King, has arrived!  This sprawling, intimate novel set primarily in an IRS office is the final piece in Wallace's amazing career... and an odd reminder that taxes are due frightfully soon. Come in, call us, or order your copy here--and you can read Michiko Kakutani's review of the book in the New York Times here.
This week's sprightly Publisher Focus window highlights the fine books of Continuum Press, an indie academic publisher that is, according to their website, "unconstrained by the interests of any global media group or academic institution." Rad. Check out their extensive range of books, including Shelter: Where Harvard Meets the Homeless, a study of the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter: the only student-run shelter in the United States, and critical exploration of Kraftwerk, the influential seventies pop group.
Happy reading,
Heather
|  | New on Our Shelves: The Latest in Fiction, Nonfiction, Scholarly Books, & In Store Book Printing
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The Beauty of Humanity Movement: A Novel
by Camilla Gibb
$25.95
Penguin, hardcover
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| | "It begins and ends with pho--in a noodle shop in Old Hanoi. Old man Hung is a true professional--his delicious soup is a metaphor for a dying way of life.... Camilla Gibb drapes her story over good strong bones--characters (including the grandson of a poet friend of Hung's) that span several generations, the nobility of the artists in contrast to the war and its political players. But the true beauty of the novel radiates from the details--the smell of the soup, the feeling of the early-morning streets, the sense of community in poverty and the community woven by memories." --The Los Angeles Times
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Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
by Andrea Wulf
$30
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"Surely, the author goes too far to say that 'it's impossible to understand the making of America without looking at the founding fathers as farmers and gardeners.' Yet, by the time she concludes her brilliant discussion of plants and politics, how the Founders' enthusiasm for nature and agriculture, for gardening expansively defined, influenced, and reflected their notions about government, readers will happily succumb to her boldness.... Wulf's scholarship, passion, and pleasing prose make for a happy combination: a history book for gardeners, a gardening book for historians." --Kirkus Reviews
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| | Understanding Global Trade
by Elhanan Helpman $23.95 Belknap Press, hardcover |
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Global trade is of vital interest to citizens as well as policymakers, yet it is widely misunderstood. Understanding Global Trade provides a thorough explanation of what shapes the international organization of production and distribution and the resulting trade flows. It reviews the evolution of knowledge in this field from Adam Smith to today as a process of theoretical modeling, accumulation of new empirical data, and then revision of analytical frameworks in response to evidence and changing circumstances.
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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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Revere Beach Elegy: A Memoir of Home and Beyond
by Roland Merullo
$16
Print on Demand, paperback
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| | In Revere Beach Elegy, Roland Merullo, author of ten novels and two other books of nonfiction, reflects on family, friends, and a series of experiences that include a stint in the Peace Corps, service in the former Soviet Union, and excursions to Europe.
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| | | Bargain Books | Bargain Books are new books at used book prices. Limited copies are available of these titles, so if you see something that you're interested in, come in and check it out soon.
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High Financier: The Lives and Times of Sigmund Warburg
by Niall Ferguson
$12.99, hardback (originally $35.00)
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In this path-breaking new biography, based on more than 10,000 hitherto unavailable letters and diary entries, best-selling author Ferguson returns to his roots as a financial historian to tell the story of legendary financier Siegmund Warburg.
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The Children's Hospital
by Chris Adrian
$5.99, paperback (originally $14.95)
| Chris Adrian, a pediatrician and former divinity student at Harvard, has produced a work of stunning scope, mesmerizing detail, and wrenching emotion. "The genius of his writing lies in its compassion, its ability to make what is broken whole again."
--Julie Orringer, How to Breathe Underwater
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Keynes: The Return of the Master
by Robert Skidelsky
$7.99, hardback (originally $25.95)
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Award-winning biographer Robert Skidelsky brilliantly synthesizes the economist's career and life, the aspects of his thinking that apply most directly to the world in which we reside.
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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.
| | Pierre Puvis De Chavanes
by Aimée Brown Price
Originally published by Yale University Press in 2010
$150.00 for set of 2 (hardcover) in slipcase in Very Good condition
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These two companion volumes--a critical study of this pivotal artist's life and art, and a catalogue raisonné of his paintings--introduce many of Puvis's works for the first time, assess his contribution, and restore him to the pantheon of modern masters.
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by Sebastião Salgado
Originally published by Aperture Foundation in 1993
$50.00 (softcover) in Very Good condition | |
"This book is the photography of humanity." --Gabriel García Márquez.
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by James Warren
Originally published by Dynamite Entertainment in 2010
$26.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition | |
Reprinted in its original magazine-sized format, this handsome volume collects the first five terrifying issues of this classic 1970s horror series. This edition includes a stunning cover by legendary artist Frank Frazetta.
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Author Events
Tickets for our events with Governor Deval Patrick (4/15), Judge Nancy Gertner (4/26), and Francis Fukuyama (4/27) are on sale now! Tickets may be purchased at Harvard Book Store, online at harvard.com, or over the phone with a credit card at 617.661.1515.
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Jacqueline Winspear
Fri, April 1, 7pm
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| Jacqueline Winspear reads from A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth novel in her Maisie Dobbs mystery series.
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Harlow Giles Unger
Mon, April 4, 7PM
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| Journalist and historian Harlow Giles Unger discusses our local stake in the American Revolution and his new book, American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution.
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Peter Godwin
Tues, April 5, 7PM
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| Journalist and human rights lawyer Peter Godwin presents his latest work of reportage on recent events in Africa, The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe.
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Anne Lamott
Wed, April 6, 7PM
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| Bestselling author Anne Lamott reads from her most recent novel, Imperfect Birds, newly out in paperback.
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Marc Freedman
Thurs, April 7, 7PM
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| Social entrepreneur Marc Freedman presents his newest book, The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Mid-Life.
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Thomas Teal Fri, April 8, 3PM
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Award-winning translator Thomas Teal discusses his work translating the novels of Tove Jansson from the original Swedish.
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Rye Barcott
Fri, April 8, 7PM
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| Former Marine, NGO founder, TED fellow, and Harvard graduate Rye Barcott discusses his memoir, It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace.
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Billy Collins
Sunday, April 10, 4PM
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| Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads from his newest collection of poetry, Horoscopes for the Dead.
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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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