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Featured books for September
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Fiction Fridays and Fall Releases
 Our annual summer tradition of
Fiction Fridays
comes to a close today, but there's one more day of 15% off fiction
titles from our entire floor of new books. Pick up some weekend and fall
reading!
Fall is traditionally one of the busiest
times in publishing, with a whole host of highly anticipated new
releases. Let the wise booksellers of independent bookstores across the
country guide you through what's coming out soon; many of our staff
contributed to Literary Hub's recent "
The Great Booksellers Fall 2016 Preview."
A few more surprises may be unveiled soon, but check out our events calendar for October, now posted to harvard.com.
Tickets are available now for a number of our September/October author events here in Harvard Square.
Thanks for Choosing Harvard Book Store
We appreciate the feedback we get from readers of this newsletter. Please send any comments to Alex at
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Thanks for reading,
Alex W. Meriwether
Harvard Book Store
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New on Our Shelves
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Every Kind of Wanting:
A Novel
by Gina Frangello
$26.00
Counterpoint, hardcover
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By turns funny, dark, and sexy, Every Kind of Wanting
strips bare the layers of the American family today, exploring the
complex intersection of three unique families and their efforts to have a
"Community Baby."
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The Long, Long Life of Trees
by Fiona Stafford
$30.00
Yale University Press, hardcover
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In
this beautifully illustrated volume, Fiona Stafford offers intimate,
detailed explorations of seventeen common trees. Brimming with
unusual topics and intriguing facts, this book celebrates trees and
their long lives as our inspiring and beloved natural companions.
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Scholarly
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What is Populism?
by Jan-Werner Müller
$19.95
University of Pennsylvania Press, hardcover
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Analytical and accessible,
What Is Populism? is grounded in
history and draws on examples from Latin America, Europe, and the United
States to define the characteristics of populism and the deeper causes
of its electoral successes in our time.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Cleonardo:
The Little Inventor
by Mary GrandPre
$18.99
Arthur A. Levine Books, hardcover
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Cleonardo's father is an inventor. Cleo
wants to be an inventor too. She tries to help her father in his
workshop, but he never uses her great ideas. Can Cleo invent something
big and important and perfect all by herself?
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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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Bobo by Bobo
by Diana Fillmore
$24.95
Print on Demand, paperback
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Before
email, cellphones, and digital cameras, Diana Fillmore (AKA "Bobo")
picked up a Bic to communicate her thoughts, feelings, and commentary on
the world. This book contains selections from her letters, notebooks,
and paper napkins.
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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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Mapping It Out:
An Alternative Atlas of Contemporary Cartographies
by Hans Ulrich Obrist
$22.99, hardcover (originally $50.00)
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Mapping It Out
invites artists, architects, writers, designers, geographers,
mathematicians, computer pioneers, scientists, and others from a host of
fields to create a personal map of their own, in whatever form and
showing whatever terrain they choose.
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A Place of Greater Safety:
A Novel
by Hilary Mantel
$6.99, paperback (originally $20.00)
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"I
have never read a better and more gripping fictional treatment of the
French Revolution, or one so closely based on fact. The story
practically tells itself, in all its lurid grandeur, and boasts a cast
of larger-than-life characters a novelist could hardly invent." --Alan
H., Harvard Book Store
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Blessed and Beautiful:
Picturing the Saints
by Robert Kiely
$12.99, hardcover (originally $45.00)
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Blessed and Beautiful treats
saints seriously as human religious figures (not icons of perfection).
This beautifully written book offers a searching meditation on their
lives and the images of them painted by Renaissance artists in Italy.
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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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The Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll, Volume 5:
Games, Puzzles, and Related Pieces
edited by Christopher Morgan
Originally published by Lewis Carroll Society of North America in 2015
$40.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Charles
Lutwidge Dodgson, "Lewis Carroll," was not only the author of the
beloved Alice tales but a talented creator of puzzles and games. This
fully annotated volume collects together for the first time his charming
and humorous creations.
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen:
The Absolute Edition
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
Originally published by America's Best Comics in 2003
$115.00 (hardcover, 2 volume slipcase) in Very Good condition
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In
1898 London, a remarkable legion of literary figures come together
to face threats to Britain. This gorgeous boxed set includes a
hardcover bound edition of Volume 1 and a hardcover bound edition of
Alan Moore's complete Volume 1 scripts.
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Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies!:
Coloring Book
by Lynda Barry
Originally published by the Real Comet Press in 1984
$45.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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Lynda Barry is an acclaimed painter,
cartoonist, writer, illustrator, editor, commentator, and teacher.
Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! is a large coloring book featuring 52 of her black and white line drawings, one for each card in the deck.
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Upcoming Events
Our events calendar is now updated through
October with newly announced author talks. Browse our
upcoming events lineup.
Tickets on Sale Now:
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Ann Patchett (Sep 29)
Online pre-sales (ticket + book) on sale now
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Nicholson Baker
Tue, Sep 6, 7PM
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Novelist Nicholson Baker -- The Anthologist, The Mezzanine, and Human Smoke -- discusses his latest nonfiction book, Substitute: Going to School with a Thousand Kids, in conversation with Radio Open Source's Christopher Lydon.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Nathan Hill
Wed, Sep 7, 7PM
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Nathan Hill reads from his highly anticipated debut novel, The Nix -- "a mother-son psychodrama with ghosts and politics."
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At Harvard Book Store
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Carl Hiaasen
Thu, Sep 8, 6PM
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"Florida's master farceur" Carl Hiaasen reads from his latest comic novel, Razor Girl.
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At the Brattle Theatre
$5 Tickets
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Karen Finley
Thu, Sep 8, 7PM
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Performance artist, author, and NYU professor Karen Finley discusses the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of her classic book Shock Treatment.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Dara Kay Cohen
Fri, Sep 9, 3PM
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Dara Kay Cohen, political science professor at the Kennedy School of Government, discusses her book Rape during Civil War.
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At Harvard Book Store
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GrubStreet Launch Lab: Meaning and Mindfulness without Religion
Fri, Sep 9, 7PM
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Katherine Ozment discusses Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age, and Rick Heller presents Secular
Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and
Joy -- A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard.
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William Giraldi
Sat, Sep 10, 7PM
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AGNI fiction editor William Giraldi, author of the novels Busy Monsters and Hold the Dark, presents a memoir of bodybuilding, a son's mourning, and the powers of literature -- The Hero's Body.
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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, Sep 26, 7PM
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This month our in-store book club will discuss Toni Morrison's Beloved.
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