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April at Harvard Book Store
We have a ton of exciting author visits coming up the next few weeks, including
one surprise event that sold out in a flash
this week (stay tuned for info on watching a live stream video of
Bernie Sanders next week, if you didn't get tickets). And check out our
complete April calendar, which has had a few additions since you might have last looked. Join us!
Featured Books in March
Each month the Select Seventy display in our store features new arrivals, staff recommendations,
and best sellers (all 20% off) plus a "spotlight" on a selection of
books that speak to each other and to the times. The March spotlight is on refugees.
Also this is Women's History Month. Don't miss our display in the store and here online that celebrates women who persisted in the face of long odds and strong opposition.
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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Sorry to Disrupt the Peace:
A Novel
by Patty Yumi Cottrell
$24.00
McSweeney's, hardcover
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Helen
is thirty-two years old, single, childless, college-educated, and
partially employed as a guardian of troubled young people in New York.
When her adoptive brother is found dead, Helen returns to her childhood home in Milwaukee to uncover why someone would choose to die.
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The Creative Spark:
How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional
by Agustín Fuentes
$28.00
Dutton, hardcover
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This
synthesis of paleontology, archaeology, genetics, and anthropology
overturns misconceptions about race, war, and human nature itself,
answering an age-old question: What made humans so exceptional among all
the species on Earth?
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Scholarly
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Extraordinary Bodies:
Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature
by Rosemarie Garland Thomson
$30.00
Columbia University Press, paperback
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Originally published in 1997, this
cornerstone text of disability studies frames disability as a minority
discourse rather than a medical one, laying the groundwork
for an appreciation of disability culture and an inclusive new approach
to the study of social marginalization.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Amina's Voice
by Hena Khan
$16.99
Salaam Reads, hardcover
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A Pakistani-American Muslim girl
struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while
simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her
community.
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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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Jeanne Chevalier, Fille du Roi:
Her Story
by Lynne C. Levesque
$15.00
Print on Demand, paperback
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In June 1671 Jeanne Marguerite Chevalier left France to find a new life in Quebec as a King's Daughter, sent by Louis XIV to help settle the new colony. Despite a number of challenges, Jeanne created a life for herself and her family. Written by her eighth great grand-daughter 300 years after her death, this book tells her story.
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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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Funny Girl:
A Novel
by Nick Hornby
$6.99, hardcover (originally $27.95)
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Intrepid young Sophie Straw navigates her transformation from provincial ingénue to television starlet amid a constellation of characters in 1960's London.
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M Train
by Patti Smith
$7.99, hardcover (originally $25.00)
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From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids:
an odyssey of legendary artist Patti Smith, told through the prism of
the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. Illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee.
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Honeydew:
Stories
by Edith Pearlman
$6.99, hardcover (originally $25.00)
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Edith Pearlman's national best seller Honeydew explores
the predicaments of being human. In each of the twenty stories in this
collection, Pearlman shines a light on small, precise moments to reflect
the beauty and grace found in everyday life.
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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 Amateur and the Professional:
Antiquarians, Historians and Archaeologists in Victorian England 1838-1886
by Philippa Levine
Originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1986
$20.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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social history of ideas highlights the growing divide in
nineteenth-century intellectual circles between amateur and professional
interest, exploring the relationship between scholarship and social
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Detail in Contemporary Timber Architecture
by Virginia McLeod
Originally published by Laurence King Publishing in 2015
$15.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book
presents fifty influential timber designs for both residential and
commercial architecture, analyzing the technical and aesthetic importance of details in modern timber architecture. |
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René Lalique at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
by Maria Fernanda Passos Leite
Originally published by Skira in 2008
$65.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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Between 1899 and 1927, collector Calouste Gulbenkian acquired eighty works of art from René Lalique. Today, this collection of jewelry, art objects, artistic glass, and drawings are conserved in an exclusive space inside the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon.
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Upcoming Events
Tickets on Sale Now:
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Noam Chomsky (Apr 24)
Online pre-sales (ticket + book) on sale now
Tickets on Sale Soon:
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Carol S. Steiker
Fri, Mar 24, 3PM
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Harvard Law School's Carol S. Steiker discusses Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment.
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David R. Foster
Fri, Mar 24, 7PM
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Harvard Forest director David R. Foster discusses A Meeting of Land and Sea: Nature and the Future of Martha's Vineyard.
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Robbert Dijkgraaf
Mon, Mar 27, 7PM
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Mathematical physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf discusses The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
-- a classic work by Abraham Flexner, founding director of the
Institute for Advanced Study, now published to include a new essay by
Dijkgraaf.
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Michael DeForge
Tue, Mar 28, 7PM
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Graphic novelist Michael DeForge presents his latest work, Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, with a musical introduction by Sadie Dupuis of the band Speedy Ortiz.
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Elif Batuman
Wed, Mar 29, 7PM
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New Yorker staff writer and author of The Possessed Elif Batuman reads from her debut novel, The Idiot -- featuring a first-year Harvard student on the cusp of adulthood.
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Susan Perabo
Thu, Mar 30, 7PM
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Susan Perabo reads from her latest novel, The Fall of Lisa Bellow.
When a middle school girl is abducted in broad daylight, a fellow
student and witness to the crime copes with the tragedy in an
unforgettable way.
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Bernie Sanders
Fri, Mar 31, 5PM
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THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
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At Kresge Auditorium, MIT
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Jonathan White
Fri, Mar 31, 7PM
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Marine conservationist Jonathan White discusses his latest book, Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean.
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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, Apr 24, 7PM
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In April the Harvard Square Book Circle, our in-store book club, will discuss Matthew Desmond's Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.
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