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 Limited Hours on Monday, and Thank You
Harvard Book Store is deeply honored to host Hillary Rodham Clinton in the bookstore on Monday, June 16, for a sold out book signing. Guidelines will be e-mailed out to ticket holders this weekend.
Please note that we will be closing the bookstore to the public in the early afternoon to prepare for the signing. Watch harvard.com for details. We will return to normal hours on Tuesday.
Thank you so much for your understanding and cooperation amid these unique and exciting events in the store! You may have heard, for example, that David Sedaris was here signing books for hours upon hours on Saturday -- until 2am! (We gave him a 3D-printed squirrel as a well-earned thank you gift.)
Your continued support make these events possible.
Carsick for Dad's Day?
John Waters, author/filmmaker/hitchhiker, will sign his new book Carsick in the bookstore on Saturday at 2pm. Come join the line, open to the public, and maybe get a copy of Carsick for Dad?
 
Our Father's Day display in the store has many more suggestions, and signed books of course make great gifts. Explore some of our Featured Signed Books here.
Fiction Fridays This Summer
Stop in the store on Fridays through August for 15% off new fiction. The discount does not apply to used and remaindered books, but does apply to Mystery, Sci-Fi, Young Adult, New Hardcover Fiction, and more.
Need a suggestion? Wendy B. suggests
We All Sleep in the Same Room
by Paul Rome.
"This is the best book you've never heard of. With expert skill, Rome leads his reader through the physical and emotional turmoil of a middle-aged man confronted with questions of fatherhood, marriage, infidelity and morality. What Rome does best is to make even the quietest scenes resonate with you long after you've read them."
In Case You Missed It
Alex
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The Book of Unknown Americans:
A Novel
by Christina Henriquez
$24.95
Knopf, hardcover
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| | Arturo and Alma Rivera have lived their whole lives in Mexico, but when their fifteen-year-old daughter, Maribel, sustains a terrible injury, they come to America with a single dream: that in this country of great opportunity and resources, Maribel can get better.
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The Map Thief:
The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps
by Michael Blanding
$27.50
Gotham, hardcover
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| | Once considered a respectable antiquarian map dealer, E. Forbes Smiley spent years doubling as a thief. The Map Thief delves into the untold history of this fascinating high-stakes criminal and the inside story of the industry that consumed him.
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Willing Slaves of Capital:
Spinoza & Marx on Desire
by Frederic Lordon
$26.95
Verso, paperback
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Why do people work for other people? This seemingly naïve question is at the heart of Lordon's argument. To complement Marx's answers, Lordon integrates "Spinozist anthropology" that reconceptualizes capitalist exploitation as the capture of desire.
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Printed on Paige
| | Each week we feature a book printed 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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Boston Poetry Slam:
20 Years at the Cantab Lounge
by Adam Stone
$20.00
Print on Demand, paperback
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Remainders are bargain books, 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 Remainders section, visit our Remainders page.
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Woes of the True Policeman:
A Novel
by Roberto Bolano
$4.99, hardcover (originally $25.00)
| Begun in the 1980s and worked on until the author's death in 2003, Woes of the True Policeman is Roberto Bolaño's last novel. Exploring the roots of memory and the limits of art, it marks the culmination of one of the great careers of literature.
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Dada
edited by Rudolf Kuenzli
$19.99, paperback (originally $45.00)
| This volume presents a rich selection of the Dadas' visual and literary works. Covering not only Western Europe and America but also Eastern Europe and Japan, eminent scholar Kuenzli gives a lively, accessible, and comprehensive assessment.
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
$6.99, hardcover
| A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of one of the grandest epics in science fiction.
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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.
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Weatherbeaten:
Winslow Home and Maine
edited by Thomas A. Denenberg
Originally published by Pub in 2000 $20.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition | This beautifully illustrated catalogue celebrates Homer's legacy in Maine, and documents the Portland Museum of Art's six-year conservation project to preserve the Winslow Homer Studio, the former carriage house in which Homer lived and worked.
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Matisse, His Art and His Textiles:
The Fabric of Dreams
edited by Ann Dumas
Originally published by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 2004
$60.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
| | Matisse, His Art and His Textiles, which accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, London, and New York, explores for the first time Matisse's relationship with the textiles that surrounded him from his earliest days. |
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The Circle of Bliss:
Buddhist Meditational Art
by John C. Huntington and Dina Bangdel
Originally published by the Columbus Museum of Art in 2003
$250.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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This exhibition catalogue points the way to an entirely new direction for the study of the visual representations of the Buddhist Tantras by showing that the function of Himalayan Buddhist art is to interpret and give physical form to Buddhist practices.
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Upcoming Events
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Dan Mazur and Alexander Danner
Fri, June 13, 7PM
|  | Dan Mazur and Alexander Danner examine the history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the dawn of the 21st century.
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Sat, June 14, 6PM
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Sat, June 14, 7PM
|  | Science writer Laurel Braitman discusses Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves.
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Mon, June 16, 7PM
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Tues, June 17, 7PM
|  | CIA veteran Jack Devine is joined by bestselling novelist Joseph Finder for a discussion of his memoir Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story.
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Wed, June 18, 7PM
|  | Comics artist Joel Christian Gill presents his unique new graphic anthology, Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History.
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Thurs, June 19, 7PM
|  | Northeastern University's Suzanna Danuta Walters discusses The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality.
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Fri, June 20, 7PM
|  | Tom Rachman, author of The Imperfectionists, reads from The Rise & Fall of Great Powers.
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Author Event Info
Discounts
Featured event books at Harvard Book Store author talks are now 20% off on the day of the event!
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The Harvard Square Book Circle
Mon, June 30, 7PM
|  | The June selection for our monthly in-store book club discussion is Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Registration is not required and no commitment is necessary.
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Recommended
This Month
Browse our most recent Recommended This Month newsletter, with picks from our featured titles, staff recommendations, new paperbacks, and more.
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We appreciate the feedback we get from readers of this e-newsletter. Please send any comments to Alex at newsletter@harvard.com. Thanks for reading, and we hope to see you in the store!
Alex W. Meriwether
Marketing Manager
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