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Spring Skies in Harvard Square
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Spring, Summer, Surfing, and Sales
In the store this week you'll find a display honoring and remembering the life of Daniel Aaron.
Professor Aaron held Harvard's first PhD in American Civilization. He
might not have "invented" American Studies as a discipline, but his work
demonstrated how illuminating the approach could be. The breadth of his
interests is expressed in the Library of America, which he co-founded.
That series now numbers nearly 300 volumes, including writers from
Harriet Beecher Stowe to John Muir to James Baldwin to H.P. Lovecraft.
In Case You Missed It
In April we hosted legendary broadcaster Diane Rehm for her book
On My Own. Check out the
video below, courtesy of the
Forum Network.
WBUR's Robin Young joined Diane on-stage in conversation, and broadcast segments of the interview in two parts on
Here and Now. Listen to those segments
here and
here.
Thanks for Choosing Harvard Book Store
We appreciate the feedback we get from readers of this newsletter. Please send any comments to Alex at
newsletter@harvard.com.
Thanks for reading,
Alex W. Meriwether
Harvard Book Store
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New on Our Shelves
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Anatomy of a Soldier:
A Novel
by Harry Parker
$25.95
Knopf, hardcover
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"A
gripping wartime story boldly and creatively told . . . Parker is
invested in expressing the particulars of war with surprising intimacy,
and the unique structure with multiple viewpoints ultimately reveals
harsh truths about the countless cogs in the machine of war." --Publishers Weekly
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Joe Gould's Teeth
by Jill Lepore
$24.95
Knopf, hardcover
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From New Yorker
staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore comes the dark,
spellbinding tale of her restless search for the long-lost longest book
ever written, a century-old manuscript called "The Oral History of Our
Time."
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Scholarly
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Shakespeare's First Folio:
Four Centuries of an Iconic Book
by Emma Smith
$29.95
Oxford University Press, hardcover
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This is a history of the book that
consolidated Shakespeare's posthumous reputation: a study of
interactions between owners, readers, forgers, collectors, actors,
scholars, booksellers, and the book through which we understand
Shakespeare.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk
$16.99
Dutton Books for Young Readers, hardcover
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Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet,
steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student
Betty Glengarry walks into her class.
Wolf Hollow is a haunting tale of
America at a crossroads and a time when one girl's resilience and
strength help to illuminate the darkest corners of our history.
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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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The Farmers and Emigrants Complete Guide
by Josiah T. Marshall
$15.35
Print on Demand, paperback
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First
printed in 1857, this practical guide to rural life includes articles
on cheesemaking, home remedies, fruit tree growing and pruning, curing
meats, preventing animal diseases, and a guide to becoming a naturalized
citizen of the United States.
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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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The Botany of Desire:
A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by Michael Pollan
$5.99, paperback (originally $17.00)
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Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship.
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The Patrick Melrose Novels:
Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk
by Edward St. Aubyn
$9.99, paperback (originally $22.00)
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This single volume collects the first four of the acclaimed Patrick Melrose novels -- Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk -- to coincide with the publication of At Last, the final installment of this unique novel cycle.
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The Death of Caesar:
The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination
by Barry Strauss
$7.99, hardcover (originally $27.00)
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Thanks
to William Shakespeare, the death of Julius Caesar is the most famous
assassination in history. But what actually happened on March 15, 44 BC
is even more gripping than Shakespeare's play. In this thrilling book,
Barry Strauss tells the real story.
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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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Theo-Poetics:
Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Risk of Art and Being
by Anne M. Carpenter
Originally published by the University of Notre Dame Press in 2015
$16.50 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar originated much of theology's renewed interest in aesthetics. In Theo-Poetics,
Anne Carpenter explores von Balthasar's use of poetic language, and
offers a detailed analysis of his philosophical presuppositions.
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Japan's Folk Architecture:
Traditional Thatched Farmhouses
by Chuji Kawashima
Originally published by Kodansha International in 2000
$100.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Kawashima spent half a century scouring
Japan, studying, drawing, and photographing. This book, the first
comprehensive account in English of the architecture of
minka, is a distillation of his vast knowledge and deep love for these traditional dwellings.
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Upcoming Events
Tickets on Sale Now:
» Cass R. Sunstein (May 23)
» Eric Ripert with Kelly Horan (May 31)
» Mary Roach with Deborah Blum (Jun 8)
» Chuck Klosterman (Jun 9)
» Annie Proulx (Jun 16)
Online pre-sales (ticket + book) on sale now
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Malcolm K. Sparrow
Fri, May 20, 3PM
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Harvard's Malcolm K. Sparrow discusses Handcuffed: What Holds Policing Back, and the Keys to Reform.
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Joshua Rubenstein
Fri, May 20, 7PM
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Joshua Rubenstein, author of Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life discusses The Last Days of Stalin.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Cass R. Sunstein
Mon, May 23, 6PM
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Harvard Law School's Cass R. Sunstein presents The World According to Star Wars, a celebration of Star Wars as it relates to history, presidential politics, law, economics, fatherhood, and culture.
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At the Brattle Theatre
$5 Tickets
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Moira Weigel
Mon, May 23, 7PM
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Moira Weigel discusses her book Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating in conversation with Boston Globe's "Love Letters" columnist Meredith Goldstein.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Jeffrey Rosen
Tue, May 24, 7PM
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Jeffrey Rosen discusses his book Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet, an argument that Brandeis was the most farseeing constitutional philosopher of the twentieth century.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Eric Ripert
Tue, May 31, 6PM
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Chef Eric Ripert discusses his memoir 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line in conversation with Cognoscenti's Kelly Horan.
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At the Brattle Theatre
$5 Tickets
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The Harvard Square Book Circle
Tue, May 31, 7PM
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This month our in-store book club will discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
The Sympathizer.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Sean Wilentz
Wed, Jun 1, 7PM
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Princeton's Sean Wilentz discusses The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Lydia Millet
Thu, Jun 2, 7PM
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Lydia Millet reads from her latest novel, Sweet Lamb of Heaven -- a chilling first-person account of a young mother in hiding.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Negin Farsad
Fri, Jun 3, 7PM
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Negin Farsad discusses How to Make White People Laugh -- a memoir in essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy to combat racism.
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At Harvard Book Store
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independently run, and has been since 1932. Thank you for your continued
support.
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