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Small Business Saturday
With very best wishes to all our customers and subscribers, we hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving!
As gift-giving season and shopping holidays
like "Black Friday" approach, we invite you to celebrate independent
businesses and "shopping small" this weekend. Check out "Small Business
Saturday" promotions by Independent We Stand and American Express that
reward shopping small. Learn more about these promos
here.
While you're picking out books and
supporting this particular indie business this weekend, pick up one of
our very own Harvard Book Store "I Shop Small" stickers at the
registers. And wear it with pride!
Can't make it into the store this weekend, but looking to shop indie? Shop Harvard Book Store online at harvard.com, and on Monday, November 28th we'll offer 20% off to online shoppers. Just use coupon code CYBER2016 at checkout.
Have your books shipped anywhere in the U.S., or if you're local, choose "in-store pickup" at checkout.
Check out promotion details here.
Gifting Season
The Holiday Hundred
is here! Our annual list represents our best gift suggestions of 2016
-- with something for everyone on your shopping list -- with books we're
excited to buy for our friends and family and to recommend for yours.
Selections include fiction and non-fiction, books on history, religion,
politics, cooking, the arts, sports, and humor, as well as books for
children of all ages.
Looking for more ideas?
Signed books make great gifts! As do our fine collection of mugs, totes, and other
gift items.
Can't decide? Perhaps a Harvard Book Store
gift card will fit the bill?
We hope that you'll find the perfect gift with us, and if you need help choosing, just ask!
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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The Spy:
A Novel
by Paulo Coelho
$22.00
Knopf, hardcover
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In
his new novel, Paulo Coelho brings to life one of history's most
enigmatic women: Mata Hari. Told in Mata Hari's voice through her
final letter, The Spy is the story of a woman who dared to defy convention and who paid the ultimate price.
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The Art of Beatrix Potter:
Sketches, Paintings, and Illustrations
by Emily Zach
$40.00
Chronicle Books, hardcover
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Published
to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, this
magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit and numerous other beloved children's books.
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Scholarly
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Cowardice:
A Brief History
by Chris Walsh
$21.95
Princeton University Press, paperback
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Bringing together sources from court-martial cases to literary and film classics,
Cowardice recounts the great harm
that both cowards and the fear of seeming cowardly have done, and traces
the idea of cowardice to its evolutionary roots.
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Kids & Young Adult
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My Night in the Planetarium
by Innosanto Nagara
$17.95
Triangle Square, hardcover
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From the author/illustrator of
A is for Activist comes a
high-adventure true story from his childhood in Indonesia. The thrill of
spending the night in a museum is the capstone to a story about free
speech, political progress, and artistic defiance.
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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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Architect to Architect:
A Guide for Aspiring Architects
by B. D. Nayak
$15.00
Print on Demand, paperback
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This
guide is for aspiring architects who do not have a clear vision of how
to start or run an architectural office. It provides an overview of the
questions and information they should carefully consider before opening a
practice.
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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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Animal:
The Definitive Visual Guide
by DK Publishing
$24.99, hardcover (originally $50.00)
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Fully revised and updated, Animal
brings together the expertise of natural history specialists and
outstanding wildlife photographers to illustrate, describe, and explain
the incredible range of creatures in the animal kingdom.
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We Need New Names:
A Novel
by NoViolet Bulawayo
$5.99, hardcover (originally $25.00)
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Shortlisted
for the Man Booker Prize, NoViolet Bulawayo's remarkable literary debut
tells the unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out
of Zimbabwe to America.
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While the Gods Were Sleeping
by Erwin Mortier
$5.99, hardcover (originally $28.00)
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Told through the recorded memories of its now elderly narrator, the evocative and empathic story of While the Gods Were Sleeping captures the magnitude and impact of the First World War.
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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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Auden and Christianity
by Arthur Kirsch
Originally published by Yale University Press in 2005
$20.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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book is the first to explore how Auden's religious faith helped him to
come to terms with himself as an artist and as a man. Auden and Christianity shows also how his Anglican faith informs, and is often the explicit subject of, his poetry and prose. |
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by Levi Roach
Originally published by Yale University Press in 2000
$20.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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The
Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred "the Unready" (978-1016) has long been
considered inscrutable, irrational, and poorly
advised. Chronologically charting his life, Levi Roach presents a
more accessible character, illuminating his place in England and Europe
at the turn of the first millennium.
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Moby-Dick in Pictures:
One Drawing for Every Page
by Matt Kish
Originally published by Tin House Books in 2011
$125.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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More than 150 years following the publication of
Moby-Dick, Matt Kish illustrated
Herman Melville's classic, creating images based on text from every
page. The result is a visual masterpiece that echoes the layers of
meaning in Melville's narrative.
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Upcoming Events
Tickets on Sale Now:
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Harvard Book Store Gives Back
Sun, Nov 27
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Shop with us on any of the four Sundays after Thanksgiving and a portion of every purchase will go to support 826 Boston and Community Cooks.
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At Harvard Book Store
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James B. Conroy
Mon, Nov 28, 7PM
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Local author and historian James B. Conroy discusses Lincoln's White House: The People's House in Wartime.
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At Harvard Book Store
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The Harvard Square Book Circle
Mon, Nov 28, 7PM
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This month the Harvard Square Book Circle, our in-store book club, will discuss Lucia Berlin's short story collection, A Manual for Cleaning Women.
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Downstairs in the Used Book Department
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An Evening with the Harvard Lampoon
Tue, Nov 29, 7PM
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Harvard Lampoon alumni Glenn McDonald and Stuart Pizer -- joined by current Lampoon president Mark Steinbach and Rachel Stromberg, head of the literature board -- present The Best of the Harvard Lampoon: 140 Years of American Humor.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Caitlin Moran
Wed, Nov 30, 6PM
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London Times columnist Caitlin Moran presents her new essay collection Moranifesto, in conversation with the Boston Globe's Meredith Goldstein.
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$5 tickets
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Elaine Scarry
Wed, Nov 30, 7PM
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Harvard's Elaine Scarry discusses her latest book, Naming Thy Name: Cross Talk in Shakespeare's Sonnets.
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Sabina Murray
Thu, Dec 1, 7PM
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UMass Amherst professor and historical novelist Sabina Murray reads from Valiant Gentlemen.
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Susan Rubin Suleiman
Fri, Dec 2, 3PM
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Harvard's Susan Rubin Suleiman discusses The Némirovsky Question: The Life, Death, and Legacy of a Jewish Writer in Twentieth-Century France.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Dorie Greenspan
Fri, Dec 2, 7PM
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Award-winning cookbook author Dorie Greenspan returns with her latest, Dorie's Cookies.
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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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