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May 8th is Mother's Day! We've just put out a fresh batch of fabulous cards for Mom and the store is also stock-full of great gift ideas, from Nancy Gertner's new book In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate to signed copies of Arthur Phillips's deceptive and literary new novel, The Tragedy of Arthur. We have a pretty ridiculous spread of chocolate, too.
Saturday, April 30th is Harvard Square's 4th Annual Bookish Ball. Come to the Square for a day of Shakespearean presentations and more--and here at Harvard Book Store, we're offering a 20% discount to all holders of a Bookish Ball Passport.
The Boston Independent Film Festival (IFF) is also in town soon, featuring a massive line-up. Foodies, please note this documentary feature on El Bulli, where viewers can peer inside the kitchen of Ferran Adria's internationally lauded restaurant.
A final reminder that our Used Books Department will be counting all those piles o' paperbacks on April 26th and 27th--and so will not be available to buy back books on those days. Regular buy-back hours resume on the 28th.
And ecstatic congratulations to longtime HBSer Churchill P. and his wife Amy upon the arrival of their son, Calder. The kid no doubt already has an enviable library, so when you add in awesome parents and such an arresting name, it's obvious that little Calder is destined for great things.
Happy reading,
Heather 
|  | New on Our Shelves: The Latest in Fiction, Nonfiction, Scholarly Books, & In Store Book Printing
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Bye-and-Bye: Selected Late Poems
by Charles Wright
$30
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hardcover
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| | Bye-and-Bye, which brings together selections from Wright's more recent work, showcases the themes and images that have defined his mature work: the true affinity between writer and subject, human and nature; the tenuous relationship between description and actuality; and the search for a truth that transcends change and death. "[Wright's] images, changing with the seasons, set the musical tone for each poem, and they are conceived in a manner that never ceases to astonish.... He sounds like nobody else, and he has remained faithful to insights and intuitions--of darkness as of light--less than common in contemporary America." --The New Republic
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The Churchills: In Love and War
by Mary S. Lovell
$30
W.W. Norton, hardcover
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The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to honor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers, and were saddled with the ruinous upkeep of Blenheim. The Churchills were an extraordinary family: ambitious, impecunious, impulsive, brave, and arrogant. Winston--recently voted "The Greatest Briton"--dominates them all. His failures and triumphs are revealed in the context of a poignant and sometimes tragic private life.
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| | Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music
by Ellen Willis $22.50 University of Minnesota Press, paperback |
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In 1968, The New Yorker hired Ellen Willis as its first popular music critic. Her column ran for seven years and established Willis as a leader in cultural commentary and a pioneer in the nascent and otherwise male-dominated field of rock criticism. As a writer for a magazine with a circulation of nearly half a million, Willis was also the country's most widely read rock critic. Out of the Vinyl Deeps reintroduces Willis's singular approach and style--her use of music to comment on broader social and political issues, critical acuity, vivid prose, against-the-grain opinions, and distinctly female (and feminist) perspective--to a new generation of readers.
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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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Common Threads: Seven Poems and a Wealth of Readers
by Massachusetts Poetry Festival
$10
Print on Demand, paperback
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| | Common Threads seeks to connect a small amount of text--seven poems--to as large and broad a community of readers as possible. This microcollection connects seven poets who've written, lived, or worked in Massachusetts to thousands of people in libraries, homes, schools, senior centers, and other settings, all reading and discussing the same poems. MassPoetry hopes that after April's experience with these poems and their poets, many of you will come together to experience the work of additional poets at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, May 13-14, in Salem.
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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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The Acme Novelty Library
by Chris Ware
$7.99, hardcover (originally $27.50)
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"With all his literary accolades and awards, it's easy to forget Chris Ware is one of the warmest, funniest cartoonists in America. The Acme Novelty Library collects a few issues of Ware's comic book series...and adds plenty of new pages and visual delights." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation
by Nandan Nilekani
$6.99, paperback (originally $17.00)
| In this far-ranging look at the central ideas that have shaped India's recent economic boom, Nilekani offers a definitive and original interpretation of the country's financial past, present, and future.
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Car Talk:
Maternal Combustion: Calls About Moms and Cars
by Tom and Ray Magliozzi
$4.99, compact disc (originally $13.95)
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Maternal Combustion features some of the Tappet Brothers' favorite calls, ranging across motherly conundrums, from practical to aesthetic to ethical. In this Car Talk collection, these award-winning broadcasters and Cambridge residents give their due respect to mothers.
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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.
| | Diary, from March 5, 1861 to November 12, 1862
by Adam Gurowski
Originally published by Lee and Sheppard in 1862
$50.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Gurowski, a Polish count and advocate of abolitionism, disarmed audiences with critical humor. The New York Evening Post called Diary "a book to be carefully read. Under its rough and prickly burr there is a nutritive nut."
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| | Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston
edited by Keith N. Morgan
Originally published by University of Virginia Press in 2009
$45.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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The Society of Architectural Historians analyzes the architecture, landscape, and planning patterns of Boston and forty-one surrounding towns. Extensively illustrated with photographs and maps, and supplemented with a glossary and bibliography.
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| | Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine
by René Redzepi
Originally published by Phaidon Press in 2010
$26.00 (hardcover) in Very Good conditionn
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"Those unable to secure a seat at the World's Best Restaurant 2010, the 12-table Noma, will have to settle for this massive study of the restaurant and its chef, René Redzepi. Even a casual flip will reveal why Redzepi's imaginative combinations and fiercely local approach to sourcing vaulted him over stalwarts like El Bulli." --Publishers Weekly
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Author Events
Tickets for our events with Judge Nancy Gertner (4/26), Francis Fukuyama (4/27), Gary Shteyngart (5/18), China Mieville (5/24), and Romeo Dallaire (5/25) 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.
Subscribe to the Harvard Book Store Google Event Calendar here.
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Acclaimed poet and translator David R. Slavitt discusses his new translation of Love Poems, Letters, and Remedies of Ovid.
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Harvard Square Book Circle
Mon, April 25, 7PM
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| Our in-store book club will discuss Nicholson Baker's novel The Anthologist, in honor of National Poetry Month..
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Nancy Gertner
Tues, April 26, 6PM
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| U.S. Federal District Judge Nancy Gertner discusses her memoir, In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate.
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Francis Fukuyama
Wed, April 27, 6pm
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| Prominent political thinker Francis Fukuyama presents his latest treatise, The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution.
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Andrea Levy Thurs, April 28, 7PM
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| Orange Prize-winning novelist Andrea Levy reads from her latest book, The Long Song, newly out in paperback.
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Sugata Bose
Fri, April 29, 3PM
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| Harvard history professor Sugata Bose discusses his newest work of scholarship, His Majesty's Opponent: Subhas Chandra Bose and India's Struggle Against Empire.
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Ann Packer
Tues, May 3, 7PM
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| Short story writer and bestselling novelist Ann Packer reads from her latest work, Swim Back to Me.
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PEN World Voices Tour
Wed, May 4, 7PM
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| Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Elif Shafak, Daniel Orozco, and Leila Aboulela join us for a panel discussion about their recent work and about the international literary community, moderated by Richard Hoffman, Chairman of PEN New England.
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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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