Esteemed American philosopher (and HBS owner Jeff's former professor!) Hilary Putnam turns 85 this summer, and in celebration, Harvard and Brandeis Universities are hosting "Philosophy in an Age of Science: A Conference in Honor of Hilary Putnam's 85th Birthday." Click here to see the amazing lineup of speakers and learn how to register.
Mark L., our valiant store manager/history buff, is back in front of the camera. Click below to watch Mark wax rhapsodic about two impressive books, Eric Foner's The Fiery Trial and Modris Eksteins's The Rites of Spring.
Happy reading, Heather
| | New on Our Shelves: The Latest in Fiction, Nonfiction, Scholarly Books, & In Store Book Printing
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| | Solace
by Belinda McKeon
$24 Scribner, hardcover
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| | "McKeon's debut, a study of a modern Ireland at odds with its past, tracks the tragic trajectory of Mark Casey, a doctoral student in Dublin, and his father, Tom, a farmer, both men forged from the same stubborn Irish midland stock and unable to see eye to eye.... McKeon's characters transcend archetype and sidestep melodrama as the author delivers a moving story that reflects her Irish nationality and etches the confounding struggle of a country in transition, where the past mythologizes as the present seduces." --Publishers Weekly
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| | The Farmer's Kitchen: The Ultimate Guide to Enjoying Your CSA and Farmers' Market Foods
by Julia Shanks and Brett Grohsgal
$18 paperback
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| | Particularly with the summer months approaching, farmers' markets have become the new best place to find cutting edge foods. For everyone from professional chefs to home cooks to food writers, farmers' markets are now the destination to find the most high-quality, diverse, and exciting vegetables, fruits, meats, and cheeses. In contrast, supermarkets, even the high end ones, can never offer truly ripe and superbly flavorful produce. This cookbook is designed to help shoppers navigate through newly discovered foods, with a larder of great recipes to help best appreciate what the farmers have grown for us.
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| | The Lost Michelangelos
by Antonio Forcellino
$22.99 Polity Press, hardcover
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| | Like many stories of artistic loss, this one begins in a library in Italy, where Antonio Forcellino--a Michelangelo scholar and restorer--stumbled across some unpublished letters among the papers of Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga, son of Isabella d'Este and an extremely important figure in the Italian Renaissance. These letters comment on the paintings of Michelangelo in a way that is completely at odds with what was to become the dominant critical tradition of Michelangelo scholarship, an inconsistency that set Forcellino off on a journey that took him to Dubrovnik, Oxford, New York, and Niagara Falls and culminated in the discovery of two magnificent paintings.
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| | Printed on Paige 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. | |
| | The Burnt City: A Novel of Iran on the Eve of Revolution by Robert Bangor
$19.95 Print on Demand, paperback
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| | Tehran, 1978. As Iran slides into revolution, the escalating chaos provides ample opportunity for adventurers: A secret fund that is to be transported to southeastern Iran has excited the larcenous instincts of several disparate parties: the Islamic Warriors of Truth, the amoral son of a missionary, a desperate husband, a group of exiled Kurds, and a determined US agent. Robert Bangor, a veteran of more than seventeen years in Iran and an eyewitness to the revolution in Iran in the late 1970s, brings his readers to the streets of Tehran and Kerman, the ruins of Bam, the Kavir-e Lut, and the Burnt City itself.
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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.
| | The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón $7.99, hardcover (originally $26.95) | Stephen King hails Carlos Ruiz Zafón's previous novel, The Shadow of the Wind: "If you thought the true gothic novel died with the nineteenth century, this will change your mind...one gorgeous read." Carlos Ruiz Zafón returns with The Angel's Game, a dazzling page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love.
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| | The Calculus Wars: Newton, Leibniz, and the Greatest Mathematical Clash of All Time by Jason Socrates Bardi $8.99, hardcover (originally $25.00) | Considered the twin independent inventors of calculus, both Newton and Leibniz are credited with giving mathematics its greatest push forward since the Greeks. But in their own lifetimes, the joint glory was not enough for either--and each declared war.
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| The Soul of Medicine: Tales from the Bedside by Sherwin Nuland $4.99, hardcover (originally $26.95) | "National Book Award-winner Sherwin Nuland turns over his latest collection to the stories of more than a dozen specialists describing their most memorable patients. What is extraordinary about Nuland's compilation is not the medical heroics but the instances of fallibility and vulnerability." --Publishers Weekly
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| | Finds Downstairs in the Used Book Department |
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.
| | The City of Brooklyn, 1865-1898: A Political History by Harold Coffin Syrett Originally published by Columbia University Press in 1944 $125.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition | This smoothly written account of self-government in Brooklyn during a critical period of American municipal democracy will interest history, urban studies, and political science students alike.
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| | Pens and Needles: Women's Textualities in Early Modern England by Susan Frye Originally published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2010 $35.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition | "This is an ambitious and imaginatively interdisciplinary topic, combining deep expertise in women's needlework with a good sense of political and social history...with new readings of Shakespeare and (Lady Mary) Wroth." --Ann Rosalind Jones, Smith College
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| | The Orient in Western Art by Gérard-Georges Lemaire Originally published by Könemann in 2005 $80.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition | From the Venetian portrayal of the Renaissance and the first examples of the Turkish Fashion to the vibrancy of the 19th century and the Tunis paintings by August Macke and Paul Klee, this volume includes over 300 full-color illustrations and traces the development of the oriental motif in painting.
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Author Events
Tickets for our events with 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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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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China Miéville Tues, May 24, 6PM
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| Award-winning fantasy fiction writer China Miéville reads from his most recent novel, Embassytown.
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Roméo Dallaire with Grace Akallo Wed, May 25, 6PM
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| Distinguished Canadian humanitarian and retired general Roméo Dallaire discusses his book, They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers. Mr. Dallaire will be joined by former child soldier and current activist Grace Akallo.
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Jennifer Burton and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Fri, May 27, 3PM
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| Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Jennifer Burton discuss their new edited volume, Call and Response: Key Debates in African American Studies.
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Harvard Square Book Circle Tues, May 31, 7PM
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| Our in-store book club will discuss Lorrie Moore's first novel, Anagrams.
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Eli Pariser Wed, June 1, 7PM
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| Former executive director and current board president of MoveOn.org Eli Pariser discusses his new book, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from Us.
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David Eagleman Fri, June 3, 7PM
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| Renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman presents his newest exploration of brain science, Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain.
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Michael R. Canfield and Piotr Naskrecki Tues, June 7, 7PM
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| Biologist and editor of Field Notes on Science and Nature Michael Canfield and conservationist and contributor Piotr Naskrecki discuss this new volume of essays on the history, method, and recording of scientific fieldwork.
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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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Heather Gain Marketing Manager hgain@harvard.com
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