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Penguin Classics in the Used Window
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Books on Books
Love
The Great Gatsby?
Moby Dick?
Middlemarch?
GrubStreet's
Muse and the Marketplace is coming to Boston, April 29th-May
1st. Join fellow writers for a weekend of inspiration and
education.
Learn more about the conference, where 140 authors, literary agents, editors, and publishers will present, at museandthemarketplace.com.
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New on Our Shelves
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Innocents and Others:
A Novel
by Dana Spiotta
$25.00
Scribner, hardcover
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"The brilliant Dana Spiotta had me from page one of Innocents and Others -- a lithely intelligent, moving inquiry into the mysterious compositions of art and friendships." --Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins
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The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder
edited by William Anderson
$26.99
Harper, hardcover
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Available
for the first time and collected in one volume, the letters of one of
America's most beloved authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder -- a treasure trove
that offers new and unexpected understanding of her life and work.
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Scholarly
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The Use of Bodies
by Giorgio Agamben
$25.95
Stanford University Press, paperback
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Giorgio Agamben's
Homo Sacer
was the beginning of a series of
interconnected investigations of the deepest foundations of Western
politics and thought.
The Use of Bodies
represents the ninth and final volume in this twenty-year undertaking.
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Kids & Young Adult
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The Dead Bird
by Margaret Wise Brown
$17.99
HarperCollins, hardcover
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This heartwarming classic picture book by
beloved children's book author Margaret Wise Brown (author of
Goodnight Moon) is beautifully
reillustrated for a contemporary audience by the critically acclaimed,
award-winning illustrator Christian Robinson.
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Printed on Paige
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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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Microchondria III:
More Short Short Stories
collected by Harvard Book Store
$11.00
Print on Demand, paperback
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Microchondria III is a collection
of original short short stories written between February 1 and February
14, 2016, compiled and produced by the staff of Harvard Book Store. The
book features three original cover designs -- cover pictured is
designed by Sarah Pruski.
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Remainders
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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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Jack Kerouac:
Collected Poems
by Jack Kerouac
$17.99, hardcover (originally $40.00)
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Poetry
was at the center of Jack Kerouac's sense of mission as a writer. This
landmark edition brings together for the first time all Kerouac's major
poetic works, along with a rich assortment of his uncollected poems, six
published here for the first time.
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On the Noodle Road:
From Beijing to Rome, with Love and Pasta
by Jen Lin-Liu
$4.99, hardcover (originally $27.95)
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In On the Noodle Road, a food
writer travels the Silk Road, immersing herself in a moveable feast of
foods and cultures and discovering some surprising truths about
commitment, independence, and love.
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Thucydides:
The Reinvention of History
by Donald Kagan
$4.99, hardcover (originally $26.95)
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In Thucydides,
Donald Kagan, one of our foremost classics scholars, illuminates the
great historian and his work both by examining him in the context of his
time and by considering him as a revisionist historian.
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Recent Finds in the Used Department
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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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What Is Landscape?
by John Stilgoe
Originally published by the MIT Press in 2015
$10.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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In What Is Landscape?, John
Stilgoe maps the discovery of landscape by putting words to things,
zeroing in on landscape's essence, but also leading sideways expeditions
through such sources as folklore, picture books, and conversations with
locals.
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The Great Parade:
Broadway's Astonishing, Never-to-Be-Forgotten 1963-1964 Season
by Peter Filichia
Originally published by St. Martin's Press in 2015
$15.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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"Since
it is impossible to jump in a time machine to visit the Great White Way
back in that luminous season, this marvelous book will just have to
serve as the best substitute available for allowing us to enjoy, albeit
vicariously, what must have been millions of magic moments." --The Washington Times
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The Man Who Invented Fiction:
How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World
by William Egginton
Originally published by Bloomsbury USA in 2016
$14.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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The Man Who Invented Fiction
explores Cervantes's life and the world he lived in, showing how his
influences converged in his work, and how that work radically
changed the nature of literature and created a new way of viewing the
world.
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Upcoming Events
Mark your calendars and join us for an exciting lineup of
upcoming events. Our online calendar is updated through April.
Tickets on Sale Now:
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Shirin Ebadi in conversation with Swanee Hunt at First Parish Church (Mar 17)
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Dan Lyons at WorkBar (Apr 6)
Online pre-registration (ticket + book) on sale now
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Thomas Frank at First Parish Church (Apr 8)
Online pre-sales (ticket + book) on sale now
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Elaine Showalter
Mon, Mar 14, 7PM
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Professor Elaine Showalter discusses The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe, her biography of the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and powerful feminist pioneer.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Will Brownell and Denise Drace-Brownell
Tues, Mar 15, 7PM
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Will Brownell and Denise Drace-Brownell discuss their book The First Nazi: Erich Ludendorff, The Man Who Made Hitler Possible.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Greg Jackson
Wed, Mar 16, 7PM
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Greg Jackson reads from his debut story collection Prodigals -- in which his "exquisite insight and mandarin prose style call to mind David Foster Wallace and Ben Lerner" (Publishers Weekly).
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At Harvard Book Store
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Shirin Ebadi
Thu, Mar 17, 7PM
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Dr. Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, presents her heroic and harrowing memoir Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran, in conversation with Ambassador Swanee Hunt.
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At First Parish Church
$5 tickets
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Gary Gerstle
Fri, Mar 18, 3PM
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Historian Gary Gerstle discusses Liberty and Coercion: The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Sari Wilson
Fri, Mar 18, 7PM
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Dancer and debut novelist Sari Wilson discusses her book Girl Through Glass
-- the story of a young girl's coming of age in the cutthroat world of
New York City ballet -- in conversation with local author Joanna Rakoff,
author of My Salinger Year.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Author Signings for Vericon XVI: Harvard's Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention
Sat, Mar 19, 1PM-3:45PM
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Join
us for book signings with Ann Leckie, Seth Dickinson, Fran
Wilde, Greer Gilman, Pamela Dean, Jo Walton, and Wesley Chu.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Harvard Book Store is locally owned and
independently run, and has been since 1932. Thank you for your continued
support.
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The Next Harvard Square Book Circle
Mon, Mar 28, 7PM
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This month our in-store book club will discuss Albert Camus' The Stranger and Kamel Daoud's The Meursault Investigation.
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