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Our Summer Warehouse Sale
The book buying event of summer is this weekend in Somerville!
We'll have thousands of discounted books to
explore -- fiction, cookbooks, children's books, comics, art, history,
science -- plus rare and unusual used books just waiting to be
discovered. Remainders -- new books at bargain prices and 40-80% off the
original list price -- will be an additional 15% off their marked
prices at the Warehouse Sale. Plus all used books will be an additional
70% off their already marked down prices. And don't forget to check out
our selection of greeting cards, also on sale.
Learn more and get directions to the Summer Warehouse Sale at 14 Park Street, Somerville,
here. Don't miss it.
Our Harry Potter midnight release party is still some time away. Can't wait? Twitter users, tweet at us @HarvardBooks
with #HPatHBS and 140 characters about why you love Harry and Hogwarts
over the next few weeks. You'll be entered to win a free copy of the
special illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Learn more about our release party, pre-order Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and RSVP for the festivities here.
In Case You Missed It
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.
We'll be taking next week off from the
email newsletter, so watch your inboxes July 8th for our next update.
Happy, healthy, safe July 4th to one and all.
Thanks for reading,
Alex W. Meriwether
Harvard Book Store
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New on Our Shelves
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Vinegar Girl
by Anne Tyler
$25.00
Hogarth, hardcover
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With Vinegar Girl, Pulitzer
Prize winner and American master Anne Tyler brings us an inspired,
witty, and irresistible contemporary take on one of Shakespeare's
classic comedies.
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Death by Video Game:
Danger, Pleasure, and Obsession on the Virtual Frontline
by Simon Parkin
$26.95
Melville House, hardcover
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Riveting and wildly entertaining, Death by Video Game investigates
what it is about our virtual playgrounds that often proves compelling,
comforting, and irresistible to the human mind, sometimes to the point
of real danger.
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Scholarly
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Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities
by Richard Follett, Sven Beckert, Peter Coclanis, and Barbara M. Hahn
$19.95
Johns Hopkins University Press, hardcover
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Plantation Kingdom traces the rise
and fall of America's plantation economy. Written by four renowned
historians, it demonstrates how an international capitalist system rose
out of slave labor, indentured servitude, and the mass production of
agricultural commodities for world markets.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Tell Us Something True
by Dana Reinhardt
$17.99
Wendy Lamb Books, hardcover
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For fans of Sarah Dessen, Jennifer Smith,
E.L. Lockhart, and John Green, this delightful, often comic
coming-of-age novel stars the lovable, brokenhearted River, the streets
of LA, and an irresistible cast of characters.
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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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Bittersweet:
A Memoir
by Beth Birnbaum
$12.00
Print on Demand, paperback
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Bittersweet,
a mix of poetry and prose, is a thirty-five year chronicle of one
mother's journey from darkness to light, from loss to fullness, from
bitterness to sublime sweetness unimaginable in the depths of sudden
loss.
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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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Eat and Run:
My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
$5.99, paperback (originally $14.95)
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In Eat and Run,
Scott Jurek opens up about his life and career as a champion athlete
with a plant-based diet. Full of stories of competition as well as
science and practical advice, Eat and Run will motivate readers and expand their food horizons.
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No Regrets, Coyote:
A Novel
$5.99, paperback (originally $14.95)
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"A
very cool ride. If Raymond Chandler was reincarnated as a novelist in
South Florida, he couldn't nail it any better than Dufresne." --Carl
Hiaasen
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American Crucifixion:
The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
by Alex Beam
$9.99, hardcover (originally $26.99)
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Mormonism
is America's largest and most enduring native religion, and the
"martyrdom" of Joseph Smith is one of its transformational events. American Crucifixion is a gripping story of scandal and violence, with deep roots in our national identity.
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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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Staging Blackness and Performing Whiteness in Eighteenth-Century German Drama
by Wendy Sutherland
Originally published by Routledge in 2016
$50.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Focusing
on eighteenth-century cultural productions, Wendy Sutherland examines
how representations of race in philosophy, anthropology, aesthetics,
drama, and court painting influenced the construction of a white
bourgeois German self.
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2G N. 58/59:
Kazuo Shinohara:
Casas Houses
edited by Anna Puyuelo
Originally published by Gustavo Gili in 2011
$75.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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Kazuo
Shinohara (1925-2006) has proved to be one of the most influential
architects of his generation in shaping contemporary Japanese
architecture. This issue of 2G is a celebration of the persistent significance of his designs.
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Bellini and the East
by Caroline Campbell and Alan Chong
Originally published by the National Gallery in 2005
$15.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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This gorgeous volume focuses on the work of
the remarkable Bellini family of painters -- Jacopo and his sons Gentile
and Giovanni -- who transformed Venetian painting in the fifteenth and
early sixteenth centuries.
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Upcoming Events
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Fiction Fridays
Fridays This Summer
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15% off new fiction!
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At Harvard Book Store
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Mark Billingham with Joseph Finder
Fri, Jun 24, 7PM
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Bestselling British thriller writer Mark Billingham presents his latest book, Die of Shame, in conversation with bestselling Bostonian author Joseph Finder.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Summer Warehouse Sale
Sat/Sun, Jun 25-26, 10AM-6PM
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Join us for our beloved Summer Warehouse Sale, featuring a wide variety of deeply discounted books.
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At the Harvard Book Store Warehouse, 14 Park Street, Somerville
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William Finnegan
Sat, Jun 25, 7PM
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William Finnegan, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography, discusses Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life -- now in paperback.
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At Harvard Book Store
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The Harvard Square Book Circle
Mon, Jun 27, 7PM
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This month our in-store book club will discuss Edith Pearlman's story collection Honeydew.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Bronwen Dickey
Tue, Jun 28, 7PM
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Journalist Bronwen Dickey discusses Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon, the story of how a popular breed of dog became the most demonized -- and what role humans have played in the transformation.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Janna Levin
Wed, Jun 29, 7PM
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Theoretical astrophysicist Janna Levin discusses Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space -- the authoritative story of the headline-making discovery of gravitational waves.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Michael J. Graetz and Linda Greenhouse
Thu, Jun 30, 7PM
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Law scholars Michael J. Graetz and Linda Greenhouse discuss The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right
-- a revelatory look that finds that the Warren Burger Supreme Court
was not a "moderate" or transitional court, as often portrayed.
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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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