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Here in this week's newsletter you'll find just a
sampling of the many gift ideas just waiting to be discovered this week
at Harvard Book Store. Find selections from the Harvard Book Store "
Holiday Hundred," books signed by the author, special used books, and bargain remainders.
Shop with us Sunday, in-store or on
harvard.com, and a portion of your purchases will be donated to local organizations
826 Boston -- youth writing and publishing nonprofit -- and
Community Cooks, helping to get food to those in need. Thank you for helping Harvard Book Store
Give Back!
We're open 9am-11pm Monday through Saturday, and
10am-10pm on Sunday. We'll be open 9am-7pm on December 24th, and closed
on Christmas Day.
Stay tuned for more great gift ideas in coming days, and we'll see you soon at Harvard Book Store!
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 Gift Ideas from the Holiday Hundred
The Harvard Book Store
Holiday Hundred
is our staff's handpicked selection of notable (and giftable!) books
published this year in a variety of categories. It's the perfect
starting point for any holiday shopper, and all Holiday Hundred titles
are 20% off through the end of the month.
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The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
$26.95 / $21.56
Doubleday, hardcover
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"The Underground Railroad
reanimates the slave narrative, disrupts our settled sense of the past
and stretches the ligaments of history right into our own era. . . . The
canon of essential novels about America's peculiar institution just
grew by one." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post
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More Gift Ideas in Fiction
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There's much more to discover on our shelves of featured Holiday Hundred Fiction and Poetry picks.
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The Hidden Life of Trees:
What They Feel, How They Communicate --
Discoveries from a Secret World
by Peter Wohlleben
$24.95 /
$19.96
Greystone Books, hardcover
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"This
book changed how I think about trees. (And if you're not the kind of
person who already thinks about trees, this book will change that too.)"
--Spencer H., Harvard Book Store
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Hillbilly Elegy:
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance
$27.99 /
$22.39
Harper, hardcover
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"J.D. Vance's memoir, Hillbilly Elegy,
offers a starkly honest look at what that shattering of faith feels
like for a family who lived through it. You will not read a more
important book about America this year." --The Economist
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Soframiz:
Vibrant Middle Eastern Recipes from Sofra Bakery and Cafe
by Ana Sortun and Maura Kilpatrick
$35.00 /
$28.00
Ten Speed Press, hardcover
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A
charming collection of 100 recipes from Cambridge's Sofra Bakery and
Cafe, showcasing modern Middle Eastern spices and flavors with exotic
yet accessible sweet and savory dishes geared toward everyday cooking
and entertaining.
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More Gift Ideas in Food & Cooking
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Looking for more cookbooks and food writing? Find more here.
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Art & Architecture
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Building Old Cambridge:
Architecture and Development
by Susan E. Maycock and Charles M. Sullivan
$49.95 /
$39.96
The MIT Press, hardcover
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This abundantly illustrated volume from the
Cambridge Historical Commission traces the development of the
neighborhood of Old Cambridge as it became a suburban community and
bustling intersection of town and gown.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Labyrinth Lost
by Zoraida Cordova
$17.99 /
$14.39
Sourcebooks Fire, hardcover
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"A brilliant brown-girl-in-Brooklyn update on
Alice in Wonderland and Dante's
Inferno. Very creepy, very magical, very necessary." - Daniel José Older, author of
Shadowshaper
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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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Palestine
by Joe Sacco
$9.99, paperback (originally $24.99)
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Based on months of research and an extended visit to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestine
was the first major comics work of political nonfiction by Joe Sacco,
whose name has since become synonymous with this graphic form of New
Journalism.
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10:04:
A Novel
by Ben Lerner
$6.99, paperback (originally $16.00)
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In a New York of increasingly frequent superstorms and social unrest, the narrator of Ben Lerner's critically acclaimed 10:04 must reckon with his own mortality and the prospect of fatherhood in a city that might soon be underwater.
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The Houses We Live In:
An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Domestic Architecture
edited by Jeffrey Howe
$14.99, hardcover (originally $24.98)
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This
volume is a guide to the architectural styles of American houses.
Lavishly illustrated with photographs and overlays to identify key
recognition features, it covers a variety of architectural styles from
colonial to modern America.
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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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Duanaire Na Sracaire: Songbook of the Pillagers: Anthology of Medieval Gaelic Poetry
edited by Wilson McLeod and Meg Bateman
Originally published by Birlinn Ltd in 2007
$60.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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anthology spans almost a thousand years of Gaelic verse, bringing
together for the first time the poetry from the millennium c.600-1600
AD, when Scotland shared its rich culture with Ireland. All poems appear
with facing-page translations which capture the spirit and beauty of
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by Sarah Thompson, Joan Wright, and
Philip Meredith
Originally published by MFA Publications in 2015
$15.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Katsushika
Hokusai remains one of Japan's most popular and influential artists.
This handy volume presents the wide range of Hokusai's artistic
production in terms of one of his most remarkable characteristics: his
intellectual ingenuity.
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The Red Book
by C. G. Jung
Originally published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2009
$125.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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The heart of Carl Jung's extended journey of self-examination was
The Red Book, a large, illuminated
volume he created between 1914 and 1930. Here he developed his principle
theories that transformed psychotherapy.
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A Signed Book = Perfect Gift
The following signed editions are in stock now but quantities are limited! Come shop the store or
purchase on harvard.com.
We can ship books throughout the United States or hold your books for
in-store pickup. And come find many more signed books in the store.
Join our Signed First Edition Club now (or give a gift membership!) to receive Zadie Smith's
Swing Time as your first selection.
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Faithful: A Novel [SIGNED]
by Alice Hoffman
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"Faithful is a poignant novel about grief, guilt, and recovery. Alice Hoffman is a wonderful storyteller." --Tom Perrotta
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Cook's Science: How to Unlock Flavor in 50 of Our Favorite Ingredients [SIGNED]
by the Editors at Cook's Illustrated
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Signed by America's Test Kitchen's
Jack Bishop, Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster, Lisa McManus, and
Adam Ried, this volume deep dives into the surprising science behind
fifty of their favorite ingredients.
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The Hour of Land [SIGNED]
by Terry Tempest Williams
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"The Hour of Land
is one of the best nature books I've read in years, filled with
seductive prose . . . My only advice is to read the book. And then read
it again, with pen in hand. And then visit a national park, because as
Williams reminds us, they are 'portals and thresholds of wonder,' the
'breathing spaces for a society that increasingly holds its breath.'"
--Andrea Wulf, The New York Times Book Review
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The Art of Rivalry [SIGNED]
by Sebastian Smee
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"This
is a magnificent book on the relationships at the roots of artistic
genius. Smee offers a gripping tale of the fine line between friendship
and competition, tracing how the ties that torment us most are often the
ones that inspire us most." -- Adam Grant, bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take
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A Revolution in Color [SIGNED]
by Jane Kamensky
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"Vivid,
intimate, and richly detailed, Jane Kamensky's biography of John
Singleton Copley illuminates the deeply intertwined worlds of America
and England at the moment of their violent divorce. The career of the
great painter from Boston provides a wonderfully fresh and surprising
perspective on the American Revolution, on the scope of artistic
ambition, and on the high costs of divided loyalty." --Stephen
Greenblatt, author of The Swerve
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Low Dishonest Decades [SIGNED]
by George Scialabba
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George
Scialabba has been described as "a keeper of the conscience of American
radicalism," and in this urgent volume ("a matchless political
education") he charts the thirty-five years in which income inequality
has established itself in America as a fundamental problem.
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Moranifesto [SIGNED]
by Caitlin Moran
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"When she writes on politics Moran is predictably brilliant . . . Reading Moranifesto I thought how much I'd like to live in the world Moran is arguing for -- a kinder, fairer, more equal place." --Evening Standard (London)
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon [SIGNED]
by Larry Tye
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"We
are in Larry Tye's debt for bringing back to life the young
presidential candidate who . . . for a brief moment, almost half a
century ago, instilled hope for the future in angry, fearful Americans."
--David Nasaw, The New York Times Book Review
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Wonderland [SIGNED]
by Steven Johnson
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"Wonderland
brims with . . . tidbits, memorable moments, and bits of information
that light up the mind . . . . [Johnson] surprises and delights as he
traces the path of how various objects of fun and fancy -- mechanized
dolls, follies, and music boxes -- drove advances." --The Boston Globe
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You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams [SIGNED]
by Alan Cumming
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"The
pictures -- and stories -- are intimate, mischievous, funny, and
poignant. It's a rare self-portrait by an actor in an era when most are
wary of revealing too much." --Town & Country Magazine
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