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Tickets on Sale Now
Tickets are on sale now for a slew of June/July events! A few highlights:
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel (June 19)
"Those familiar with Stephenson will recognize
his humor and ideas, while Galland brings a fresh and irresistible voice
to this ambitious novel." --
The Washington Post
"A fascinating experiment in
speculation and metafiction that never loses sight of the human foibles
and affections of its cast." --
Publisher's Weekly
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A Novel (June 20)
"A gem -- a great tempest of a novel: a
remarkable creation, a story both intimate and international, swelling
with comedy and outrage, a tale that cradles the world's most fragile
people even while it assaults brutal villains." --Ron Charles,
The Washington Post
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir (June 23)
"Written in his familiar breezy,
conversational, and aphoristic style, the book makes even the darkest
personal experiences uplifting and bearable with the author's wit,
sarcasm, and humor. . . A powerful, brutally honest memoir about a
mother and the son who loved her." --Kirkus Reviews
June is Pride Month
Don't Miss Our Summer Warehouse Sale
Don't miss it -- our weekend-long sale with
thousands of books at deep discounts -- June 24th and June 25th at our
warehouse in Somerville.
Check out all the Warehouse Sale details here and make room on those bookshelves now.
Thanks for Choosing Harvard Book Store
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Thanks for reading,
Alex W. Meriwether
Harvard Book Store
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The Essex Serpent:
A Novel
by Sarah Perry
$26.99
Custom House, hardcover
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British author Sarah Perry makes her American debut with this acclaimed historical
novel, set in late nineteenth-century England, about a young widow, a
pious vicar, and a rumored mythical serpent living in the marshes of
Essex.
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Beyond Trans:
Does Gender Matter?
by Heath Fogg Davis
$25.00
NYU Press, hardcover
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Heath Fogg Davis pushes the conversation on gender identity to its limits, questioning the need for gender categories in the first place. Davis explores gender-enforcing policies and customs in America and offers an impassioned call to rethink the ways individuals are classified.
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Scholarly
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General Intellects:
Twenty-Five Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century
by McKenzie Wark
$26.95
Verso, paperback
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What happened to the public intellectuals that used to challenge and inform us? Who is the Sartre or De Beauvoir of the internet age?
General Intellects
argues that we no longer have
such singular figures, but we do have general intellects whose writing
could, if read together, explain our times.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
$35.00
Timbuktu Labs, hardcover
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Illustrated by sixty female artists from every corner of the globe, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
introduces us to one hundred remarkable women and their extraordinary
lives, from Ada Lovelace to Malala, Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama.
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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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How to Eat Jackfruit
by Nathaniel Tran
$12.00
Print on Demand, paperback
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How to Eat Jackfruit is a collection of essays and poetry presented in three parts. "[Tran] writes
about his particular coming of age and experiences as the son of
Vietnamese refugees, as a queer man of color, as a traveler of the
world." --Grace Talusan, Lecturer of English, Tufts University
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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 Architect's Apprentice:
A Novel
by Elif Shafak
$6.99, hardcover (originally $27.95)
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From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, The Architect's Apprentice is a colorful, magical tale of of artistic freedom, creativity, and the clash between science and fundamentalism during the height of the Ottoman Empire.
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The Blighted Eye
by Glenn Bray
$29.99, hardcover (originally $100.00)
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The Blighted Eye
showcases art enthusiast Glenn Bray's extensive collection of original
comic art by cartoonists such as R. Crumb, Matt Groening, Charles
Addams, Charles Schulz, Dan Clowes, Chris Ware, and many more.
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Go Set A Watchman
by Harper Lee
$7.99, hardcover (originally $27.99)
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Set two decades after the events of To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman is the story of twenty-six-year-old Scout Finch's bittersweet homecoming as she uncovers disturbing truths about her close-knit family, her town, and the people dearest to her.
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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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Dust & Grooves:
Adventures in Record Collecting
by Eilon Paz
Originally published by Ten Speed Press in 2014
$25.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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the soul of the vinyl community, taking readers on a photographic
journey into the world of vinyl record collectors -- including Questlove
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Stanley Myers:
A Modernist Architect: 1923-2010
by Frederic A. Sharf
Originally published by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2014
$20.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Myers was an influential Modernist architect practicing in Boston from
1950-2006. He designed numerous residential homes, as well as commercial
and industrial buildings. This book focuses on his early career, from the 1950s-1960s. |
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Tas / Stone:
An Exhibition Catalogue of Anish Kapoor
edited by Clare Chapman
Originally published by Sakip Sabanci Müzesi in 2013
$50.00 (paperback with slipcover) in Very Good condition
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This catalogue collects the first
major exhibition of works by Anish Kapoor, presented at the Sakip
Sabanci Museum in Istanbul. The exhibition was the first to focus on the
artist's sculptures in marble and alabaster, many of which had not been
seen in public before.
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Upcoming Events
Tickets on Sale Now:
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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 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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Joseph Kanon
Mon, Jun 12, 7PM
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Joseph Kanon, author of Leaving Berlin and The Good German, presents Defectors, a fast-paced new novel about an American spy who gave up his country for Moscow.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Andrew Evans and Alden Jones
Tue, Jun 13, 7PM
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It's an evening of travel memoirs. Andrew Evans presents Black Penguin,
on growing up gay in rural Ohio and traveling towards his ultimate
goal, Antarctica. Alden Jones presents the paperback release of The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia.
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Cambridge Forum: Rwandan Women Rising
Tue, Jun 13, 7PM
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Swanee Hunt presents her latest book, Rwandan Women Rising, which follows the story of the women who worked for peace after the genocide in 1994.
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At First Parish Church
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Roxane Gay
Wed, Jun 14, 7PM
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The bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Difficult Women reads from her highly anticipated new book, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body.
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At First Parish Church
Ticketed (book included)
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Jonathan Safran Foer
Thu, Jun 15, 6PM
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The author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close presents his first novel in eleven years, Here I Am, new to paperback.
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At the Brattle Theatre
$5 Tickets
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Finn Murphy
Thu, Jun 15, 7PM
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Finn Murphy reads from his poignant, character-filled memoir, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road -- in conversation with The Atlantic columnist James Parker.
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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, Jun 26, 7PM
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In June the Harvard Square Book Circle, our in-store book club, will discuss Dorothy L. Sayers's detective novel Gaudy Night.
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