There's only one week left until voting ends in this year's Boston A-List Awards, and we're in a neck-and-neck race for Best Bookstore. Find the full line-up of nominees here, including categories for Best Indie Cinema, Best Art Gallery, Best Craft Cocktail, and Best Place to People Watch. Make sure to cast your ballots before the July 26 deadline!
Remember that summer reading display I mentioned last week?  We've added even more titles to it, including selections from Cambridge Rindge and Latin's summer reading list. And if you, like me, can't convince yourself to leave the comfort of your air-conditioned bedroom, you can still browse and buy online. Use coupon code SUMMER2013 now through July 26th to receive 20% off any of the items in our Summer Reading Suggestions. You can even choose free in-store pick-up, if you decide to escape that bedroom after all.
Beginning this weekend, we're excited to offer a sale on selected Harvard gear in the store. Find the display of discounted items (40% off their original prices!) in front of the information desk. If Aunt Sally's been bugging you to buy her some Harvard swag, now's the time!
'Til Next Week,
Rachel 
|  | New on Our Shelves: The Latest in Fiction, Nonfiction, Scholarly Books & In Store Book Printing
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Violence: Thinking Without Banisters
by Richard J. Bernstein
$24.95
Polity, paperback
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In this new book Bernstein examines the work of five figures who have thought deeply about violence--Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Frantz Fanon, and Jan Assmann. He shows that we have much to learn from their work about the meaning of violence in our times. Through the critical examination of their writings he also brings out the limits of violence. There are compelling reasons to commit ourselves to non-violence, and yet at the same time we have to acknowledge that there are exceptional circumstances in which violence can be justified.
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| Bargain Books are new books at used-book prices. We have a limited number of copies 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.
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In the Valley of the Shadow:
On the Foundations of Religious Belief
by James L. Kugel
$6.99, hardcover (originally $26)
| In this wide-ranging exploration of different aspects of religion--interspersed with his personal reflections on the course of his own battle with cancer--James Kugel seeks to uncover what he calls "the starting point of religious consciousness," an ancient "sense of self" and a way of fitting into the world that is quite at odds with the usual one.
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The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
edited by Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan
$22.99, paperback (originally $49.95)
The New Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms edited by T.V.F. Brogan $14.99, paperback (originally $39.95)
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The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics is a comprehensive reference work dealing with all aspects of its subject: history, types, movements, prosody, and critical terminology. The New Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms looks in-depth at nearly two hundred entries selected from the Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, with emphasis on terms that are most common in literary study.
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by David Rakoff$5.99, hardcover (originally $24.95)
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David Rakoff examines the realities of our everyone-can-be-a-star contemporary culture and finds that, pretty much as a universal rule, the best is not yet to come, adversity will triumph, justice will not be served, and dreams won't come true. His sharp observations and humorist's flair for the absurd will have you reveling in the power of negativity.
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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.
| | From the Heart of Chenrezig
translated and edited by Glenn H. Mullin
Originally published by Snow Lion in 2013
$12 (paperback) in Very Good Condition | The lineage of the reincarnated line of Dalai Lamas has held primary spiritual authority in Tibet since the beginning of the fifteenth century. The translations in this book represent a curated set of their writings specifically on tantra, the advanced path of Tibetan Buddhism in which practitioners use a variety of methods and techniques to overcome delusion and conflicting emotions.
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| | How Surfaces Intersect in Space:
An Introduction to Topology
by J. Scott Carter
Originally published by World Scientific in 1993
$20 (paperback) in Very Good Condition | This book illustrates standard examples in low dimensional topology. The text starts at the most basic level (the intersection of coordinate planes) and gives hands-on constructions of the most beautiful examples in topology. The text carefully explains the importance of the examples and the techniques in clear, understandable language.
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| | Cane Curiosa:
From Gun to Gadget
by Catherine Dike Originally published by Catherine Dike in 1983
$175 (hardcover) in Very Good Condition | This fully illustrated book on gadget canes is a must not only for cane and antique collectors, but also for anyone interested in the unknown and unusual. The book includes over 1,600 canes with every conceivable object hidden inside: weapons, musical instruments, watches, telescopes, eyeglasses, smoking kits, games, and much more.
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Author Events
We have no author event tickets on sale at this time, but stay tuned for upcoming announcements about our packed fall schedule! And see below for lots of great FREE upcoming events!
Subscribe to the Harvard Book Store Google Event Calendar here.
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Joan Wickersham and
Elizabeth Graver
Tues, July 23, 7PM
|  | Award-winning authors Joan Wickersham and Elizabeth Graver read from and discuss their most recent works of fiction, News from Spain: Seven Variations on a Love Story and The End of the Point.
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Katherine Hill
Wed, July 24, 7PM
|  | Debut novelist and assistant editor for Barrelhouse Katherine Hill reads from The Violet Hour.
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Suzanne Staubach
with Guy Wolff
Thurs, July 25, 7PM
|  | Suzanne Staubach, author, potter, and indie bookseller, discusses her newest book, Guy Wolff: Master Potter in the Garden.
We will also be joined by potter Guy Wolff himself!
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The Harvard Square Book Circle
Mon, July 29, 7PM
|  | The Harvard Square Book Circle, our in-store book club, discusses Julian Barnes's Booker Prize-winning novel The Sense of an Ending.
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Ursula DeYoung
Tues, July 30, 7PM
|  | Biographer (of 19th-century physicist John Tyndall) and Harvard alum Ursula DeYoung discusses her debut novel Shorecliff.
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Dick Lehr
Wed, July 31, 7PM
|  | Boston University journalism professor and former Boston Globe reporter Dick Lehr discusses Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss.
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Simon Critchley and
Jamieson Webster
Thurs, August 1, 7PM
|  | Philosophy professor Simon Critchley and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster discuss Stay, Illusion! The Hamlet Doctrine.
Rescheduled from Wednesday, June 26.
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Things to know about our $5 tickets...
$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 only guarantees you a seat until 5 minutes before an event begins.
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We appreciate the feedback we get from readers of this e-newsletter.
Please send your comments and suggestions to Rachel at rcass@harvard.com. Thanks for reading, and we hope to see you in the store!
Rachel Cass
Marketing Manager
rcass@harvard.com
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