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 The Author Event of Our Dreams
Listen closely. We'll be making a big formal announcement in a couple days, but psst, take a look what we have coming up on October 29.
We wanted you, our loyal newsletter readers, to hear about it first!
Stay tuned.
Our Frequent Buyer Sale
We've begun rolling out our November events schedule at harvard.com/events, including Karen Armstrong discussing Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence, Matt Bai presenting the newly released All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid, and Anne Rice signing copies of her long-awaited addition to the Vampire Chronicles series.
November will kick off on the 2nd with Our Annual Frequent Buyer Sale, one of our most popular traditions. Make sure you are signed up for our membership, and prep your shopping list now.
Can't make it that Sunday? Use coupon code FREQUENT2014 that day on harvard.com to take advantage of the sale online. Check out sale details, and a few rules, here.
 Spotlight: Short Stories
This month we're shining our monthly spotlight on short story collections.
Browse these and more 20% featured titles here on harvard.com, or the next time you're in the store.
In Case You Missed It
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Jeffrey Schnapp and Matthew Battles: The Library Beyond the Book
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Last month Jeffrey Schnapp and Matthew Battles discussed the future of libraries and The Library Beyond the Book here at Harvard Book Store.
Browse the HBS Channel, our video archive of author events, for more archived talks, and consider buying the books here at Harvard Book Store. Your purchases support our award-winning author series.
Thanks for reading,
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The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
edited by Leslie S. Klinger
$39.95
Liveright, hardcover
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| | In this volume, Leslie S. Klinger reanimates Lovecraft with clarity and historical insight, appending Lovecraft's uncanny oeuvre and Kafkaesque life story in a way that provides context and unlocks many of the secrets of his often cryptic body of work.
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The Meaning of Human Existence
by Edward O. Wilson
$23.95
Liveright, hardcover
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| | In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson grapples with the most difficult of existential questions, examining what makes human beings supremely different from all other species.
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Islandology:
Geography, Rhetoric, Politics
by Marc Shell
$35.00
Stanford University Press, hardcover
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Islandology is a fast-paced, fact-filled comparative essay in critical topography and cultural geography that cuts across different cultures. Shell reveals not only ways that we think about islands but also why and how how we think by means of them.
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Roller Derby Rivals
by Sue Macy
$16.95
Holiday House, hardcover
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A legendary high-speed, hard-hitting rivalry on the Roller Derby track is about to be witnessed by a packed arena and for the first time, thousands of television viewers. This is the story of two remarkable athletes at the dawn of televised sports.
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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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The White Princess
by Philippa Gregory
$5.99, hardcover (originally $27.99)
| From "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes this instant New York Times best seller that tells the story of the remarkable Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen, and mother to the House of Tudor.
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The Last Train to Zona Verde:
My Ultimate African Safari
by Paul Theroux
$5.99, hardcover (originally $27.00)
| Following the success of the acclaimed Ghost Train to the Eastern Star and The Great Railway Bazaar, The Last Train to Zona Verde is an ode to the last African journey of the world's most celebrated travel writer.
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Tudors:
Volume II
by Peter Ackroyd
$7.99, paperback (originally $17.99)
| Peter Ackroyd brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I.
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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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Hellenistic and Roman Sparta:
A Tale of Two Cities
by Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth
Originally published by Routledge in 1989 $30.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition | A comprehensive account of ancient Sparta over the eight centuries or so following its loss of "great power" status in 371 BC. Hellenistic and Roman Sparta provides an analysis of social, political, and economic changes in the Spartan community.
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Aeschylus' Oresteia:
A Literary Commentary
by D.J. Conacher
Originally published by University of Toronto Press in 1987
$45.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
| | This work is a detailed running commentary on, and dramatic analysis of, the three plays. It is also supplemented in notes and appendices by discussions of the philological problems relevant to the interpretation. |
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Many Are Called
by Walker Evans
Originally published by Yale University Press in 2004
$90.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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While at work on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Walker Evans and James Agee conceived another less well-known but equally important book entitled Many Are Called, a photographic study of subway passengers made with a hidden camera.
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Upcoming Events
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Nick Bunker
Mon, Oct 6, 7PM
|  | Nick Bunker, author of Making Haste from Babylon, presents An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America.
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Richard Blanco
Tues, Oct 7, 7PM
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| Richard Blanco -- the youngest, first Latino, first immigrant, and first gay inaugural poet of the United States -- discusses his memoir, The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood.
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Maureen Corrigan
Wed, Oct 8, 7PM
|  | Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, discusses So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures.
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Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts
Wed, Oct 8, 7PM
|  | Cambridge Forum presents a panel discussion on Diane Portnoy's book Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts.
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Cambridge Forum
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Laila Lalami
Thurs, Oct 9, 7PM
|  | Laila Lalami, author of the short story collection Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits reads from her latest novel, The Moor's Account.
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Atul Gawande
Thurs, Oct 9, 7PM
|  | Atul Gawande -- the best-selling author of Complications, Better, and The Checklist Manifesto -- discusses Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
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Kecia Ali
Fri, Oct 10, 3PM
|  | Boston University's Kecia Ali delves into the many ways the Prophet's life story has been told from the earliest days of Islam to the present in her new book, The Lives of Muhammad.
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Dan Jurafsky
Fri, Oct 10, 7PM
|  | Why do we eat toast for breakfast, and then toast to good health at dinner? Stanford University linguist Dan Jurafsky presents The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu.
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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.
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The Harvard Square Book Circle
Mon, Oct 27, 7PM
|  | The next selection for our monthly in-store book club discussion is Robert Graves' 1929 autobiography, Good-bye to All That. Registration is not required and no commitment is necessary.
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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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