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Event books on display in the store
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Around Cambridge
A glance at our
event calendar
will confirm that fall is indeed a busy, exciting time for new releases
and author visits. Nearly every night of the week we'll host an author
in the store, and hope to see many of you soon! This month in
particular, we'll also be hosting and co-hosting many more free events
at other locations around Cambridge.
At the Cambridge Public Library
For fantasy enthusiasts:
Garth Nix (Oct 5th at 6:30) -- author of the award-winning fantasy novels
Sabriel,
Lirael, and
Abhorsen -- will present
Goldenhand, the long-awaited fifth installment in the
New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series.
For fiction readers and gamblers:
Jonathan Lethem (Oct 20 at 6:30) -- bestselling author of
Dissident Gardens and
Motherless Brooklyn -- reads from
A Gambler's Anatomy.
"Lethem takes real pleasure in the language and writes with a sense of
the absurd that illuminates his situations and his characters . . . In
this tragicomic novel, nothing is ever exactly as it seems." -
-Kirkus, starred review
For educators and parents:
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
(Oct 24 at 6:30) -- MacArthur Prize-winning sociologist, recipient of
thirty-one honorary degrees, and the first African American woman in
Harvard's history to have an endowed professorship named in her honor --
discusses
Growing Each Other Up: When Our Children Become Our Teachers.
At WorkBar Cambridge
For drinkers and scientists: Local author
Brian D. Hoefling (Oct 18 at 6:30) presents
Distilled Knowledge: The Science Behind Drinking's Greatest Myths, Legends, and Unanswered Questions.
For technologists and speech advocates:
Tim Wu (Oct 25 at 6:30), known for coining the term "net neutrality," discusses
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads.
Cambridge Forum at First Parish Church
For the past fifty years, Cambridge Forum has
provided free public forums for the discussion of the issues and ideas
that are shaping our world. From culture to technology, the environment
to public policy, Cambridge Forum offers citizens vital information
about the challenges facing contemporary society.
The
Boston Book Festival
is just two weeks away! We'll be joining Boston's independent
bookstores throughout Copley Square on Saturday, October 15th. Head on
over to Boston for a day's worth of panels and discussions for all ages
and all interests, and come on by the Boston Public Library to say hi to
the Harvard Book Store staff.
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
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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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Fiction |
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Cruel Beautiful World
by Caroline Leavitt
$26.95
Algonquin Books, hardcover
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Caroline Leavitt is at her best in this haunting, nuanced portrait of love, sisters, and the impossible legacy of family. It's
1969, and sixteen-year-old Lucy is about to run away, a rash act that
will have vicious repercussions for both her and her older sister,
Charlotte.
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Nonfiction |
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Driverless:
Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead
by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman
$29.95
MIT Press, hardcover
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Driverless
is a comprehensive exploration of self-driving cars. The authors
shed light on the opportunities and risks posed by self-driving
vehicles, and make a compelling case for why their development should be
our society's next "Apollo moment."
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Scholarly
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The First Crusade:
The Call from the East
by Peter Frankopan
$19.95
Belknap Press, paperback
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What if the First Crusade's real catalyst
lay far to the east of Rome?Countering nearly a millennium of
scholarship, Peter Frankopan narrates a bold new perspective on the
history of the First Crusade.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Crooked Kingdom:
A Sequel to Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo
$18.99
Henry Holt and Co., hardcover
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In the highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling
Six of Crows, Kaz Brekker and
his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think
they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right
back to fighting for their lives.
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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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Pride and Perseverance:
A Story of Love and Courage, My Recipe for Success
by Donna Franca Franzaroli
$20.00
Print on Demand, paperback
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Franca
Franzaroli was born and raised in Rome, Italy. She received her
teaching degree from the Magistero University in Rome and taught third
grade in an all-girls school before marrying and moving to Boston in
1955. Pride and Perseverance is the story of her life.
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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 Devil Is Here in These Hills:
West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
by James Green
$7.99, paperback (originally $20.00)
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The
fight for unionization and civil rights in the coal mines of West
Virginia sparked a political crisis verging on civil war. In The Devil is Here in These Hills, celebrated labor historian James Green tells the story of West Virginia and coal like never before.
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When Books Went to War:
The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
by Molly Guptill Manning
$7.99, paperback (originally $15.95)
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"When Books Went to War
is a thoroughly engaging, enlightening, and often uplifting account of
America's counterattack against Nazi Germany's wholesale burning of
books. . . . I was enthralled and moved." --Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried
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Frederick Law Olmsted:
Essential Texts
edited by Robert Twombly
$7.99, paperback (originally $24.95)
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An anthology of writings of the best-known landscape architect in U.S. history, Frederick Law Olmsted: Essential Texts reveals
his thinking on cities, small residential sites, the history and theory
of urban parks, and landscape architecture in general.
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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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Formless:
A User's Guide
by Yve-Alain Bois and Rosalind E. Krauss
Originally published by Zone Books in 1997
$75.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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In Formless: A User's Guide,
Bois and Krauss present a rich and compelling panorama of the formless.
They chart its persistence within a history of modernism that has
always repressed, and they assess its destiny within current artistic
production.
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Florence and Baghdad:
Renaissance Art and Arab Science
by Hans Belting
Originally published by Belknap Press in 2011
$20.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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In
this lavishly illustrated study, Hans Belting addresses a provocative
question that reaches beyond the realm of aesthetics and mathematics:
What happens when Muslims and Christians look upon each other and find
their way of viewing the world transformed as a result?
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J.M.W. Turner:
The 'Ideas of Folkstone' Sketchbook 1845
edited by David Blayney Brown
Originally published by the Tate Gallery in 1987
$20.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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In their breadth of handling, very liquid
washes, and economy of vision, the twenty-four works reproduced in this
volume are typical of the coastal drawings Turner focused on in the last
phase of his working life.
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Upcoming Events
Tickets on Sale Now:
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and John Stauffer
Fri, Sep 30, 3PM
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Professors Gates and Stauffer discuss the new Penguin Classics edition of The Portable Frederick Douglass.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Margot Livesey
Fri, Sep 30, 7PM
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Local novelist Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, presents her latest acclaimed work, Mercury.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Cathy O'Neil
Mon, Oct 3, 7PM
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Data scientist Cathy O'Neil discusses Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Lev Grossman
Tue, Oct 4, 7PM
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The author of the bestselling Magicians trilogy presents his newly reissued first novel, Warp.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Garth Nix
Wed, Oct 5, 6:30PM
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Fantasy novelist Garth Nix presents Goldenhand, the long-awaited fifth installment in his Old Kingdom series.
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At the Cambridge Public Library
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Bill Ayers
Wed, Oct 5, 7PM
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Social justice activist Bill Ayers discusses Demand the Impossible!: A Radical Manifesto.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Grace Bonney
Thu, Oct 6, 6PM
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THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. There will not be a standby line for this event.
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At the Brattle Theatre
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Nancy Weiss Malkiel
Thu, Oct 6, 7PM
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Princeton University emeritus professor Nancy Weiss Malkiel discusses "Keep the Damned Women Out": The Struggle for Coeducation.
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At Harvard Book Store
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James T. Kloppenberg
Fri, Oct 7, 3PM
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James T. Kloppenberg, Professor of American History at Harvard, discusses Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Nell Zink
Fri, Oct 7, 7PM
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The "wonderfully talented" author of Mislaid returns with a fierce and audaciously funny novel of families, Nicotine. |
At Harvard Book Store
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