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While it is now (understandably?) out of stoc k everywhere, I couldn't resist sharing this little gem in celebration of today's across-the-pond affair. Please note the corgis.
TOMORROW! 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. And don't forget, Sunday is the 28th Annual MayFair!
Happy reading,
Heather
|  | New on Our Shelves: The Latest in Fiction, Nonfiction, Scholarly Books, & In Store Book Printing
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The Sly Company of People Who Care
by Rahul Bhattacharya
$26
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hardcover
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| | "The narrator of this debut, an Indian national, is a 22-year-old cricket reporter who has left Bombay to explore Guyana's exotic landscape and people, many of whom he befriends. In vigorous yet lyrical prose employing a pungent vernacular, Bhattacharya describes Guyana's horrid heat and thunderous rain in sensuous detail.... A dark undercurrent of dread haunts the novel, and what begins as a desultory adventure story delivers the shock of multiple betrayals. Bhattacharya's distinctive voice, which incorporates both Guyanese and Indian dialects, results in an authentic and sybaritic tale." --Publishers Weekly
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Born in Africa: The Quest for the Origins of Human Life
by Martin Meredith
$26.99
PublicAffairs, hardcover
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Africa does not give up its secrets easily. Buried there lie answers about the origins of humankind. After a century of investigation, scientists have transformed our understanding about the beginnings of human life. In Born in Africa, Martin Meredith follows the trail of discoveries about human origins made by scientists over the last hundred years. They have revealed how early technology, language ability, and artistic endeavor all originated in Africa; and they have shown how small groups of Africans spread out from Africa in an exodus sixty thousand years ago to populate the rest of the world.
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| | Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places
by Sharon Zukin $18.95 Oxford University Press, paperback |
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"Sociologist Sharon Zukin traces the evolution of New York in the decades since the battle between [Jane] Jacobs and Robert Moses left Moses...in disrepute while elevating Jacobs to the pantheon of 20th-century urban visionaries. Cities the world over have learned from New York how to realize Jacobs's concept of the 'urban village.' But, says Zukin, they have preserved--or invented--these urban oases through Moses's agenda of gentrifying and privatizing the modern metropolis.... This is scholarship with its boots on the ground, challenging us to look at the familiar in a new light." --The Boston Globe.
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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 Passing of the Pink Elephant
by Frank Vincent Waddy
$6.59
Print on Demand, paperback
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| | A guide to delerium tremens and a compendium of non-existent creatures. Originally published in 1919, this little book is now back in print!
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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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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
$7.99, hardcover (originally $21.95)
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"Pollan's accessible, meticulously researched book will be essential reading for anyone who takes food seriously." --The Boston Globe
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The Girl I Left Behind: A Narrative History of the Sixties
by Judith Nies
$4.99, hardcover (originally $24.95)
| Cambridge resident and scholar Judith Nies pairs a heartfelt memoir with a piercing social commentary. The Girl I Left Behind is a candid evaluation of the effect of the 1960s feminist movement on the women who made it happen--and on the daughters born in their wake.
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| The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America
by Joe Ortiz $9.99, hardcover (originally $27.95) | |
This collection of nearly 100 recipes from the village bakers of France, Italy, Germany, and regional America are full of healthy and delicious departures from the usual array of baked goods.
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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.
| | Latin Palaeography
by Bernard Bischoff
Originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1990
$18.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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This work by the greatest living authority on medieval palaeography, offers the most comprehensive account in any language of the history of Latin script. With a detailed account of the role of the book in cultural history, Bischoff provides an unrivalled introduction to the nature of medieval Latin culture.
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| | Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective
edited by Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson
Originally published by Guggenheim Museum Publications in 1997
$150.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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This lavishly illustrated monograph addresses the full scope and complexity of Rauschenberg's artwork. With five essays by the exhibition's curators, 490 full-color and 245 black-and-white reproductions, plus an extensive bibliography, this catalog is the definitive source on the artist who shaped postwar art.
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| | The Sandman Papers
edited by Joe Sanders
Originally published by Fantagraphics Books in 2006
$10.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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This is the first collection of critical essays about Gaiman's groundbreaking work, with twelve wide-ranging articles of criticism, exploration, and appreciation. Includes an introduction by Neil Gaiman.
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Author Events
Tickets for our events with 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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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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David Bezmozgis
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Thurs, May 5, 7PM
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Bestselling short story writer, and one of The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 fiction writers, David Bezmozgis reads from his debut novel, The Free World.
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Geraldine Brooks
Fri, May 6, 7PM
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| Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks reads from her newest novel, Caleb's Crossing.
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Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo
Tues, May 10, 7pm
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| MIT professors of economics Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo discuss their recent treatise, Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty.
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Francine Prose Wed, May 11, 7PM
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| Bestselling author and president of the PEN American Center Francine Prose reads from her most recent novel, My New American Life.
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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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