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As those who watch our complete event listings closely may have already noticed, we've just announced a June 22nd booksigning with the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough! He'll be here to sign copies of his latest book, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. More on this event as we draw closer, but mark your calendars now!
Yet another reason to love Harvard Book Store booksellers. A little DIY book cover love has earned staffers Fiona, Jen, and Sam some serious internet fame. Check out how they've made a great book with shudder-inducing cover art safe to read in public.
Since the sad departure of much-loved Bob Slate Stationer, customers have been asking for more paper products here at the bookstore. In response, we've dramatically increased our selection of notebooks and greeting cards. We're also ramping up our calendar selection, and 2011-2012 academic calendars are already here!
Our friends over at the Four Seasons Hotel are hosting an intimate luncheon with our favorite Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on May 26. He'll be talking about his memoir and signing books following a fabulous Four Seasons lunch. To learn more or register, email authorevents.boston@fourseasons.com or call (617) 351-2161.
I hope to see you tomorrow at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Salem! I'll be there all day in Old Town Hall, mingling with some of the best poets writing today. See the schedule and plan your visit at masspoetry.org.
Happy reading,
Heather
|  | New on Our Shelves: The Latest in Fiction, Nonfiction, Scholarly Books, & In Store Book Printing
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| | The Language of the Sea
by James MacManus
$24.99
Thomas Dunne Books, hardcover
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| | "Leo Kemp, a marine biologist, is haunted by his childhood dream to 'become something else, a breathing sea creature, a seal, a whale, or dolphin, anything that gave him the freedom to escape and find a gypsy life at sea.'... The Language of the Sea is an ambitious and original debut novel set in a twilight zone between the thinking and unthinking realms. MacManus's vision, with its powerful narrative undertow, draws you down into the ocean's unseen currents.... [He] pushes our suspension of disbelief to the limit, but this is an atmospheric novel in which ideas surge upon the shoreline, creating a bracing place to build stories like sandcastles." --The Times (UK)
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| | One, Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics
by David Berlinski
$24.95
Pantheon, hardcover
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| | "Philosopher and mathematics populizer Berlinski takes on the challenge of explaining the logical foundation of the elementary operations of arithmetic.... [He] examines the world of integers, embracing positive and negative numbers, and then fractions, and he introduces many of the hallowed names of 20th-century mathematicians and logicians with charming asides and literary references.... Berlinski delivers a tour de force by a mathematician who wants the intellectually curious and logically minded student to understand the foundations and beauty of one of the major branches of mathematics." --Kirkus Reviews
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by R.T. Naylor
$29.95
McGill Queens University Press, hardcover
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| | Why do those who are extremely well off spend their money in socially and environmentally damaging ways? And why do so many of the less fortunate insist on slavishly emulating the über rich, spending way beyond what their limited means allow? Taking the reader inside today's luxury trades, R.T. Naylor visits gold mines spewing arsenic and diamond fields spreading human misery, knocks on the doors of purveyors of luxury seafood as the oceans empty, samples wares of merchants offering top-vintage wines (or at least top-vintage labels), and calls on companies running trophy-hunting expeditions and dealers in exotic pets high on endangered lists.
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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. | |
| | Open-Eyed Sneeze
by Jess Martin
$15.95
Print on Demand, paperback
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| | Just in time for graduation season comes Open-Eyed Sneeze, Jess Martin's awkwardly hilarious memoir. Returning to her childhood home after college, the author combats her overwhelming uncertainty concerning what comes next by watching The Price Is Right and sleeping for fourteen hours a day. While listening to the random suggestions of her parents, ("Would you ever consider getting involved with Riverdance?"), darting across grocery store aisles to avoid the inquiring minds of a small town, and attempting to keep depression at bay, Open-Eyed Sneeze explores the absurdities that serve as the parting gifts of an undergraduate education. A perfect gift for graduates attempting to make meaning of it all, this refreshing first work will keep you laughing through the most frustrating of post-collegiate questions: "Now what?"
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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. To see more of our Bargain Books section, visit our Bargain Books page.
| | Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
by Wells Tower
$5.99, paperback (originally $14.00) | Recommended by David Sedaris, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned is a profound collection of stories, written with electric prose and savage wit.
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| | Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention
by Gary Jonathan Bass
$7.99, hardcover (originally $35.00) | | Freedom's Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights activists in the 19th century, and shows how an emergent free press galvanized British, American, and French citizens to action by exposing them to distant atrocities. |
| The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Timothy Egan
$5.99, hardcover (originally $27.00) | "Historians will enjoy Egan's well-written book, featuring sparkling and dynamic descriptions of the land and people...while general readers will find his suspenseful account of the fires mesmerizing." --Library Journal
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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.
| | Harvard: An Architectural History
edited by Bainbridge Bunting and Margaret Henderson Floyd
Originally published by Harvard University Press in 1985
$15.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition | Ranging across time from the purchase of William Peyntree's house in 1638, to the opening of the Sackler Museum in 1985, this lively story of the Harvard University campus is a veritable microcosm of American architectural experience.
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| | Right or Wrong, God Judge Me: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth
edited by John Rhodehamel and Louise Taper
Originally published by University of Illinois Press in 2001
$12.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition | "Rhodehamel and Taper have pulled together the most extensive record of what remains [of Booth's writings], more than doubling what had been published previously. [They] have not only found new letters, but, through a useful introduction and extensive notes, put every document into context." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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| | Mirror-Travels: Robert Smithson and History
edited by Jennifer L. Roberts
Originally published by Yale University Press in 2004
$25.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition | Featuring new material from Smithson's personal papers and library, Harvard professor of art history Jennifer L. Roberts offers surprising new interpretations about Smithson's responses to the social, ideological, and material contradictions of his time.
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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!! Print this month's event flyer here. Or subscribe to the Harvard Book Store Google Event Calendar here.
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Martha C. Nussbaum
Fri, May 13, 7PM
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| University of Chicago professor of law and philosophy Martha C. Nussbaum discusses the individual side of development and her new book, Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach.
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Chris Adrian
Mon, May 16, 7PM
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| | Novelist and short story writer, and one of The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 fiction writers, Chris Adrian reads from his newest novel, The Great Night. | At Harvard Book Store
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Clea Simon
Tues, May 17, 7PM
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| Cambridge mystery maven Clea Simon reads from her newest book, Dogs Don't Lie, the first in a new "pet noir" series.
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Gary Shteyngart
Wed, May 18, 6PM
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| | Award-winning novelist, and one of The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 fiction writers, Gary Shteyngart reads from his most recent book, Super Sad True Love Story, just out in paperback. | At the Brattle Theatre
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Philosophy Café
Wed, May 18, 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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Michael Spence
Thurs, May 19, 7PM
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| Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence discusses his new book, The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World.
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Charles Sumner at 200
Thurs, May 19, 6PM
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| Cambridge Forum is pleased to present a celebration of the life, work, and legacy of
Charles Sumner. | At Harvard Book Store
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50 Years of Protecting Human Rights
Fri, May 20, 7PM
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| A Literary Celebration in Honor of Amnesty International's First 50 Years
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Emma Donoghue
Mon, May 23, 7PM
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| Bestselling novelist Emma Donoghue reads from Room, which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize and won the Irish Book Award.
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Our $5 tickets are also coupons good for $5 off a purchase at events or at Harvard Book Store. Coupons expire 30 days after the event, and cannot be used for online purchases, event tickets, or gift certificates. Please note that your ticket guarantees you a seat until five minutes before an event begins.
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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
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