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Harry Who?
Wow. We're blown away by the excitement -- and
the number of RSVPs and pre-orders we've received -- for the eighth
Harry Potter story, being released in book form at 12:01am on July 31st.
(The London play is getting stunning reviews already.) If you're
planning on attending our midnight release, please review our
update for attendees. And
pre-order your copy NOW, while supplies last.
For book lovers and listeners of public radio, it's time again for a fine tradition here in Boston. Tune in to WBUR's Radio Boston
today (Friday, July 29th, at 3 pm or 10 pm on 90.9-FM or via WBUR.org's
livestream) as Harvard Book Store's own Rachel Cass joins local author
Margot Livesey to discuss their favorite summer reads. If you miss it
live, check out the archives at wbur.org/radioboston.
In Case You Missed It
In June we hosted Janna Levin for her book
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space -- the authoritative story of the headline-making discovery of gravitational waves. Check out the
video, courtesy of the
Forum Network.
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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Dark Matter:
A Novel
by Blake Crouch
$26.99
Crown, hardcover
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Dark Matter
is a tightly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate,
mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human -- a relentlessly surprising
science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far
we'll go to claim the lives we dream of.
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Idiot Brain:
What Your Head Is Really Up To
by Dean Burnett
$26.95
W. W. Norton & Company, hardcover
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In Idiot Brain,
neuroscientist Dean Burnett celebrates blind spots, blackouts,
insomnia, and all the other downright laughable things our minds do to
us, while also exposing the many mistakes we've made in our quest to
understand how our brains actually work.
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Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?
by David Hulme
$12.95
Polity, paperback
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Should rich nations help the poor? In this
compact book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why
helping the world's neediest communities is both the right thing to do
and the wise thing to do -- if rich nations want to take care of their
own citizens' future welfare.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion
by Alex T. Smith
$17.99
Scholastic Press, hardcover
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Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion
is a fractured fairy tale version of Little Red Riding Hood. It's a
classic fairy tale with a safari twist! Alex T. Smith's fun, bold art
brings Little Red Riding Hood to life in a refreshing new way that will
delight young readers.
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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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Two More Speeches
by President Barack Obama
$5.00
Print on Demand, paperback
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Harvard
Book Store presents two more of President Barack Obama's most
influential speeches. His "Speech on Race" and "Eulogy for the Honorable
Reverand Clementa Pinckney" are published here in a single volume on
our Espresso Book Machine.
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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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George Marshall:
A Biography
by Debi Unger and Irwin Unger
$9.99, hardcover (originally $35.00)
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George Marshall is
a major historical biography of an important figure -- the general who
ran the U.S. campaign during the Second World War and the Secretary of
State who oversaw the successful rebuilding of post-war Europe -- and
the first to offer a complete picture of his life.
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Timelines of Science
by DK
$19.99, hardcover (originally $40.00)
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Highlighting the theories, breakthroughs, and thinkers that shaped the history of science, Timelines of Science is an informative guide to scientific discovery that explores everything from ancient Greek geometry to quantum physics.
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History of the World in 1,000 Objects
by DK
$24.99, hardcover (originally $50.00)
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From
the watch Napoleon used to synchronize with his generals at Waterloo to
the Mayan Dresden codex, the oldest book written in the Americas, History of the World in 1,000 Objects provides a completely fresh perspective on world history.
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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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Book Destruction from the Medieval to the Contemporary
edited by Gill Partington and Adam Smyth
Originally published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014
$30.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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This
rich and varied collection of essays and interviews examines the
fraught topic of book destruction from a new angle, setting out an
alternative history of the burning, pulping, defacing, and tearing of
books from the medieval period to our own age.
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Christian Materiality:
An Essay on Religion in Late Medieval Europe
by Caroline Walker Bynum
Originally published by Zone Books in 2011
$18.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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In Christian Materiality,
Caroline Walker Bynum describes Christianity's physical miracles,
discusses the problems they presented for church authorities and the
ordinary faithful, and probes the scientific and religious assumptions
about matter that lay behind them.
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Alias Omnibus
by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos
Originally published by Marvel in 2006
$100.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Meet Jessica Jones. Once, she was a rising
star in the world of super-hero adventures. Now, she is the
chain-smoking, hard-drinking owner of Alias Investigations. This
gorgeous volume collects the complete 28-issue series by Brian Michael
Bendis and Michael Gaydos, enhanced by a bounty of all-new,
behind-the-scenes bonus material.
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Upcoming Events
Our
upcoming events schedule is updated into September. Stay tuned for our complete calendar of September events soon.
Tickets on Sale Now:
Tickets on Sale Soon:
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Fiction Fridays
Fridays This Summer
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15% off new fiction!
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Robert P. Watson
Fri, Jul 29, 7PM
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Robert P. Watson discusses his latest book, The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Midnight Release Party: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Sat, Jul 30, 10PM
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It's here. The eighth Harry Potter story. Be sure to pre-order your copy now.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Elaine C. Kamarck
Mon, Aug 1, 7PM
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Elaine C. Kamarck, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, discusses Why Presidents Fail And How They Can Succeed Again.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Cindy Peyser Safronoff
Tue, Aug 2, 7PM
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Historian
Cindy Peyser Safronoff looks to 1872: a woman is running for president
and marriage is being redefined. She'll discuss Crossing Swords: Mary Baker Eddy vs. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and the Battle for the Soul of Marriage.
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Jeffrey Toobin
Wed, Aug 3, 6PM
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New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Toobin discusses American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, in conversation with WBUR's David Boeri.
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At the Brattle Theatre
$5 tickets
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Anna Solomon
Wed, Aug 3, 7:30PM
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Novelist Anna Solomon discusses Leaving Lucy Pear, a story about the entangled lives of two women in 1920s New England, in conversation with WBUR's Jessica Alpert.
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Anu Partanen
Thu, Aug 4, 7PM
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Journalist Anu Partanen compares and contrasts life in the United States with life in the Nordic region in The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life.
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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, Aug 22, 7PM
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This month our in-store book club will discuss Annie Baker's play The Flick, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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