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 Bona Fide Bookworms
Hey, look what came in the mail the other day!
Thanks once more to Boston magazine for the distinguished award of "Best Bookstore" in the recent 2014 Best of Boston awards issue. And for these kind words:
"At a time when bookstores need to be much more than bookstores to survive and thrive, no other local shop offers so many reasons to turn into a bona fide bookworm. Lucky us."
Boston magazine also cited our fantastic author series in its write-up. Check out who's coming in October!
Expanding Its Borders
Big book news this week: the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014 was unveiled, and this year (for the first time) the prize will be open to any author writing originally in English (and published in the UK). Two Americans, for the first time ever, are on this year's shortlist.
"As the Man Booker Prize expands its borders, these six exceptional books take the reader on journeys around the world, between the UK, New York, Thailand, Italy, Calcutta and times past, present, and future.
"We had a lengthy and intensive debate to whittle the list down to these six. It is a strong, thought-provoking shortlist which we believe demonstrates the wonderful depth and range of contemporary fiction in English."  The shortlist: » To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, Joshua Ferris - On Our Shelves
» The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan - On Our Shelves
» We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler - On Our Shelves
» J, Howard Jacobson - To Be Published in the U.S. on October 14, 2014 (Pre-Order)
» The Lives of Others, Neel Mukherjee - To Be Published in the U.S. on October 1, 2014 (Pre-Order)
» How to Be Both, Ali Smith - To Be Published in the U.S. on December 2, 2014 (Pre-Order)
We fondly remember the results (erroneous, but adorable) when we once tried to get a puppy to predict the winner of the Booker Prize.  | | "Lucy the Wonder-Pup Picks the Booker" |
Perhaps we'll try again this year? Twenty Years of Great Books In the store this week you'll find our display celebrating twenty years Riverhead publishing. Can't wait to stop by in person? Browse the display online at harvard.com. 
Want to win this gorgeous set of Riverhead paperbacks by three-time Man Booker Prize finalist Sarah Waters? We'll be giving away a set to someone in attendance at Thursday's event. Find tickets and details for Sarah Waters' September 18 event here. In Case You Missed It
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George Marshall: Don't Even Think About It --
Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
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Learn more about George Marshall's new book on climate change here. Browse the HBS Channel, our video archive of author events, and consider buying the books from Harvard Book Store. Your purchases support our award-winning author series. Thanks for reading,
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Station Eleven:
A Novel
by Emily St. John Mandel
$24.95
Knopf, hardcover
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Dr. Mutter's Marvels:
A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
$27.50
Gotham, hardcover
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All for Nothing:
Hamlet's Negativity
by Andrew Cutrofello
$22.95
The MIT Press, paperback
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Entering from stage left: the philosopher's Hamlet. The philosopher's Hamlet is a conceptual character, played by philosophers rather than actors. In All for Nothing, Andrew Cutrofello examines the performance history of this unique role.
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I'm My Own Dog
by David Ezra Stein
$15.99
Candlewick, hardcover
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Many dogs have human owners. Not this dog. He fetches his own slippers, curls up at his own feet, and gives himself a good scratch. But there's one spot that he just can't reach. So one day, he lets a human scratch it. And the poor little fella follows him home.
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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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The 25th Amendment:
A Conspiracy to Disable and Remove the President
by James Weaver
$14.95
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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Catherine the Great:
Portrait of a Woman
by Robert K. Massie
$12.99, hardcover (originally $35)
| The Pulitzer Prize-winning Robert K. Massie returns with the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history.
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A Short History of the Jews
by Michael Brenner
$12.99, hardcover (originally $29.95)
| A Short History of the Jews is a sweeping and powerful narrative history of the Jewish people from biblical times to today. Based on the latest scholarship and richly illustrated, it is an authoritative and accessible chronicle of the Jewish experience.
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Phantom
by Jo Nesbø
$6.99, hardcover (originally $25.95)
| Following from Jo Nesbø's international best-sellers The Snowman and The Leopard, Phantom plunges the brilliant, deeply troubled, now former police officer Harry Hole into a full-tilt investigation on which his own tenuous future will come to depend.
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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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The Ragmud Collection
by Aminah Robinson
Originally published by the Toledo Museum of Art in 2010 $15.00 (six paperback booklets in a case) in Very Good condition | Using rich visual language and poetic text, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson tells stories full of humor and universal truths about her family, her community, African American history, and her own life experiences.
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James Rosenquist:
A Retrospective
by Walter Hopps and Sarah Bancroft
Originally published by Guggenheim Museum in 2003
$140.00 (hardcover, inscribed) in Very Good condition
| James Rosenquist combines seemingly disparate but always all-American elements into billboard-sized collages of surreal euphoria. This momentous catalogue gives long-overdue attention to Rosenquist's singular achievement in American art.
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The Talisman & Black House
by Stephen King and Peter Straub
Originally published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher in 2003
$100.00 (hardcover, two volume boxed set) in Very Good condition
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Each of these numbered copies of this limited edition of The Talisman and its sequel Black House is signed by author Peter Straub and illustrator Rick Berry. Both books are illustrated with 11 new full color plates and numerous black and white drawings.
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Upcoming Events
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Fri, Sept 12, 7PM
|  | | Noah Wilson-Rich discusses The Bee: A Natural History, co-sponsored by Follow the Honey. | At Harvard Book Store
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Jason Segel
Fri, Sept 12, 7PM
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Mon, Sept 15, 7PM
|  | Alternative cartoonist Ed Piskor presents his Hip Hop Family Tree, Books 1 and 2, co-sponsored by the Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at Harvard University. These comics trace hip hop history from the 1970s to 1983.
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Wed, Sept 17, 7PM
|  | Astrophysicist Caleb Scharf discusses The Copernicus Complex: Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities.
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|  | Cambridge Forum presents Harvard Law's Laurence Tribe discussing Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution.
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Thurs, Sept 18, 6PM
|  | Historical novelist Sarah Waters, a favorite among the Harvard Book Store staff, discusses her novel The Paying Guests with emily m. danforth. It is 1922, and London is tense.
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Thurs, Sept 18, 7PM
|  | Nick Monfort presents a whole new world of creative computing and computer generated texts, discussing three works: #!, World Clock, and 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10.
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Fri, Sept 19, 6PM
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Fri, Sept 19, 7PM
|  | Rowan Jacobsen, author of A Geography of Oysters, presents Apples of Uncommon Character: Heirlooms, Modern Classics, and Little-Known Wonders. (And, yes, there will be apples to taste!)
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Author Event Info
Discounts
Continuing this fall, featured event books at Harvard Book Store author talks are 20% off on the day of the event. Thank you for supporting this author series with your purchases.
Tickets & Coupons
$5 tickets are also coupons good for $5 off a purchase at Harvard Book Store. Coupons expire 30 days after the event, and some restrictions apply.
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The Harvard Square Book Circle
Mon, Sept 29, 7PM
|  | Our next selection for our monthly in-store book club discussion is David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas. Registration is not required and no commitment is necessary. Join us in September!
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Recommended
This Month
Browse our most recent (August) Recommended This Month newsletter. Stay tuned for September's edition, coming soon!
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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
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