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Fiction Fridays at Harvard Book Store
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Summertime?
It hasn't felt much like spring/summer these
last few weeks, but one of our favorite summer traditions kicked off
last week:
Fiction Fridays! Starting to put together a summer reading list?
Here's a great place to start. And as we look forward to summertime, check out our newly posted July events schedule at
harvard.com/events.
Meet David McCullough
Father's Day is coming up on June 18th, and we're heading to Newbury
Street in Boston this Saturday to provide book sales for an
open-to-the-public book signing event with
1776 and
John Adams author David McCullough (author of many a Father's Day gift book) signing copies of his latest,
The American Spirit. We'll be on-site at Brooks Brothers (46 Newbury Street from 2pm-4pm on June 3rd) for this
book signing event, providing copies of
The American Spirit to the signing line. Bring your dad, or come pick him up a signed copy.
Wizarding World, Lend Me Your Ears
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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Rich People Problems:
A Novel
by Kevin Kwan
$27.95
Doubleday, hardcover
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Bestselling author Kevin Kwan is back with the final installment of his Crazy Rich trilogy. Rich People Problems is a novel of a family riven by fortune, revealing the long-buried secrets of some of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.
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Meet Me in the Bathroom:
Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
by Lizzy Goodman
$26.99
Dey Street Books, hardcover
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Meet Me in the Bathroom charts
the transformation of the New York music scene in the first decade of
the 2000s, the bands behind it (including The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah
Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, and Vampire Weekend), and the cultural
forces that shaped it.
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Scholarly
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Struggle on Their Minds:
The Political Thought of African American Resistance
by Alex Zamalin
$35.00
Columbia University Press, hardcover
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In this book, Alex Zamalin considers
key moments of African American resistance to demonstrate its current
and future necessity, focusing on five activists across two centuries
who fought to foreground slavery and racial injustice in American
political discourse.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Dragon's Green
by Scarlett Thomas
$17.99
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, hardcover
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A mysterious incident leaves Effie in charge
of her grandfather's library of rare and powerful books. When a shady
scholar gets his hands on the books, Effie must discover her magic and
win them back.
This is the first adventure in a new series by acclaimed novelist Scarlett Thomas.
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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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Defining Diversity
by The Students of Lowell High School's Seminar on American Diversity
$10.00
Print on Demand, paperback
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Twenty-four students from Lowell High School in Massachusetts -- the first integrated high school in the United States -- explore
and explain the concepts, federal laws, and Supreme Court decisions
that have shaped the meaning of diversity and equity in America.
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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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A Sting in the Tale:
My Adventures with Bumblebees
by Dave Goulson
$6.99, hardcover (originally $25.00)
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Dave
Goulson, one of the United Kingdom's most respected conservationists
and the founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, combines
lighthearted tales of his childhood passion for nature with a deep
insight into the crucial importance of the bumblebee.
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A Buzz in the Meadow:
The Natural History of a French Farm
by Dave Goulson
$5.99, hardcover (originally $25.00)
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In A Buzz in the Meadow,
Dave Goulson returns to tell the tale of the derelict farm he restored
in the heart of rural France, creating a home for his beloved bumblebees
and insects of every kind.
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When Lions Roar:
The Churchills and the Kennedys
by Thomas Maier
$5.99, hardcover (originally $30.00)
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Acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier tells the
saga of the entwined personal and public lives of the Churchill and
Kennedy families, providing insight into the forces of duty, loyalty,
and ambition that shaped them.
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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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Disaster Drawn:
Visual Witness, Comics, and Documentary Form
by Hillary L. Chute
Originally published by Belknap Press in 2016
$18.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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the ways graphic narratives by artists such as Jacques Callot,
Francisco Goya, Keiji Nakazawa, Art Spiegelman, and Joe Sacco document
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by Tim Crane
Originally published by Harvard University Press in 2014
$25.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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a look into fundamental philosophical questions of consciousness,
perception, and the experience of our mental lives. This investigation
of mental phenomena from a broader viewpoint opens up philosophy to a
more realistic and plausible account of the mind's nature. |
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Donald Judd
by David Raskin
Originally published by Yale University Press in 2010
$100.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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rawing on documents found in nearly
twenty archives, David Raskin unpacks artist Donald Judd's perplexing
body of work, tracing his beginnings as an art critic through to his installations and designs.
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Upcoming Events
Tickets on Sale Now:
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The Harvard Square Book Circle
Tue, May 30, 7PM
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Our in-store book club will discuss the Folger Shakespeare Library edition of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy Julius Caesar.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Jill Lepore
Wed, May 31, 6PM
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Jill Lepore -- Professor of American History at Harvard and a staff writer at The New Yorker -- discusses Joe Gould's Teeth, the tale of her search for a long-lost, century-old manuscript written by a madman.
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At the Brattle Theatre
$5 Tickets
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Fiction Fridays
Fridays This Summer
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15% off new fiction!
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At Harvard Book Store
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David Sedaris
Sun, Jun 4, 6:30PM
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| THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. The signing line will open to the public once all ticket holders have gotten their books signed. |
At Harvard Book Store
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Weike Wang
Mon, Jun 5, 7PM
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Weike Wang presents her first novel, Chemistry -- a coming-of-age story about a young female scientist -- in conversation with acclaimed author Ha Jin.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Margot Singer
Tue, Jun 6, 7PM
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Margot Singer presents her debut novel, Underground Fugue -- the story of a strained friendship amid a terrorist attack on London's tube and bus lines -- in conversation with AGNI's William Pierce.
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Don Lee
Wed, Jun 7, 7PM
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Prize-winning writer Don Lee reads from his latest novel, Lonesome Lies Before Us, the story of an alt-country musician whose career has floundered. Lee is joined in conversation by Snow Hunters author Paul Yoon.
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Kelly J. Ford
Thu, Jun 8, 7PM
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Local author and GrubStreet instructor Kelly J. Ford reads from her debut novel, Cottonmouths -- a tale of crime and desire amid small-town America's meth epidemic.
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David Baron
Fri, Jun 9, 7PM
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Science journalist David Baron discusses American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World.
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At Harvard Book Store
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