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Meet the Authors of the Year's Most Important Books
Thank you to
Boston magazine for recently naming our author
events series Boston's
Best Literary Series
for 2017 -- "a virtual reading list for anyone invested in staying on
top of the year's biggest and most important book releases."
We've had an extraordinary spring and summer
events season so far, and we're just beginning to roll out an
incredible September lineup.
Stay tuned . . .
Thoreau and His Legacy
Henry
David Thoreau was born 200 years ago this week. We're exploring his
legacy this month with some of our staff's favorite books on nature
writing.
Come visit the store to check out the display, or browse here on harvard.com.
In Case You Missed It + Signed First Editions
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.
And thanks again to everyone who visited this
summer's Warehouse Sale at the end of June. You explored thousands of
books, racked up deals galore, and we loved
seeing what you shared on social media
throughout sale weekend -- particularly all those pics of your pets
(and plants and Pokémon) alongside #HBSWarehouseSale selections.
Nice work!
Thanks for reading,
Alex W. Meriwether
Harvard Book Store
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Made for Love:
A Novel
by Alissa Nutting
$26.99
Ecco, hardcover
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When
Hazel runs out on her controlling, tech-obsessed CEO husband, she finds
herself living in a trailer park for senior citizens with her oddball
father. As Hazel tries to carve out a new life for herself in
this uncharted territory, she struggles to free herself from her
husband's virtual clutches once and for all.
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Queen of Bebop:
The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan
by Elaine M. Hayes
$27.99
Ecco, hardcover
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Queen of Bebop
chronicles the life of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, one of the most
influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century and a
pioneer of women's and civil rights. Equal parts biography, criticism, and American success story, Queen of Bebop is the definitive biography of this hugely influential artist.
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Scholarly
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One Another's Equals:
The Basis of Human Equality
by Jeremy Waldron
$29.95
Belknap Press, hardcover
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An enduring theme of Western
philosophy is that we are all one another's equals. Yet the principle of
basic equality is woefully under-explored in modern moral and political
philosophy. Jeremy Waldron attempts to remedy that shortfall with an
account of the basis for the West's commitment to human equality.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls
by Beth McMullen
$16.99
Aladdin, hardcover
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After a botched escape plan from her
boarding school, Abigail is stunned to discover the school is actually a
cover for an elite spy-training program. She must learn the
skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this action-packed
middle grade debut.
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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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Sonny's Story:
How an Adventurous Dog Found a Home
by Miriam Chernoff, Sharon Holiner, and Jane Ives
$12.95
Print on Demand, paperback
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Sonny
is a self-reliant dog wandering alone in the streets of Savannah,
Georgia. When he's found and adopted by a vacationing family from
Boston, Massachusetts, Sonny learns the true meaning of "home." This
children's book is based on a true 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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The Book of Strange New Things:
A Novel
by Michel Faber
$6.99, paperback (originally $17.00)
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Peter,
a devoted man of faith, is called to the mission, one that takes him
galaxies away from his wife, Bea. As Peter immerses himself in the
mysteries of his strange new environment, Bea's faith is tested by
disaster back home.
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We Need New Names:
A Novel
by NoViolet Bulawayo
$5.99, hardcover (originally $25.00)
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When ten-year-old Darling leaves her home in Zimbabwe for America, she finds that her options as an immigrant are perilously few. She struggles to adapt while her new home fails to live up to her hopes.
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Let Me Be Frank With You:
A Frank Bascombe Book
by Richard Ford
$5.99, hardcover (originally $27.99)
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Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford
reinvents his beloved character Frank Bascombe in the aftermath of
Hurricane Sandy. In four narratives, Bascombe (and Ford) attempts to
reconcile, interpret and console a world undone by calamity.
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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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he History of Missed Opportunities:
British Romanticism and the Emergence of the Everyday
by William H. Galperin
Originally published by Stanford University Press in 2017
$28.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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David Hockney:
Recent Paintings
by Lawrence Weschler
Originally published by PaceWildenstein in 2009
$30.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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Weschler celebrates the return of figurative painter David Hockney
after a thirty year hiatus. This catalog collects Hockney's vibrant
landscape works from 2006-2009. |
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Spinoza on Monism
edited by Philip Goff
Originally published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011
$55.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Monism is the idea that the cosmos is the
source of all being. Historically, this view had its most influential
exponent in Spinoza. The first half of this volume explores the
contemporary flowering of monism and the debates it inspires. The second
half explores the roots of monism in Spinoza, reassessing his belief in
the idea.
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Upcoming Events
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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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Alexandra Fuller
Mon, Jul 10, 7PM
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The bestselling author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight reads from her first novel, Quiet Until the Thaw -- the story of two cousins grappling with their Native American heritage.
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Adrienne Raphel and Daniel Poppick
Tue, Jul 11, 7PM
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Poets Adrienne Raphel and Daniel Poppick read from their debut collections, What Was It For and The Police.
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Jonny Sun
Wed, Jul 12, 6PM
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MIT student and beloved Twitter personality Jonny Sun presents his hilarious and heartbreaking first book, Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, via his alter ego Jomny Sun (the aliebn) -- in conversation with Alexander Tang.
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At the Brattle Theatre
$5 tickets
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Daryl Gregory
Thu, Jul 13, 7PM
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Novelist Daryl Gregory reads from his laugh-out-loud latest book, Spoonbenders -- featuring an eccentric family of psychics.
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Patrick Dacey
Fri, Jul 14, 7PM
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The author of story collection We've Already Gone This Far reads from his first novel, The Outer Cape -- a dark, multi-generational family tale set on Cape Cod.
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Bianca Bosker
Tue, Jul 18, 7PM
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Journalist Bianca Bosker discusses Cork
Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big
Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste.
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Gabe Hudson
Wed, Jul 19, 7PM
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Gabe Hudson presents his comic novel Gork, the Teenage Dragon -- the "unholy child of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Harry Potter, and Sixteen Candles" . . . with dragons.
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James McGrath Morris
Thu, Jul 20, 7PM
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Biographer James McGrath Morris discusses The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War.
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Andrew Sean Greer
Fri, Jul 21, 7PM
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The author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli discusses his latest novel, Less -- a love story, the story of a failed novelist, and a scintillating satire of the American abroad.
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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, Jul 31, 7PM
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In July the Harvard Square Book Circle, our in-store book club, will discuss James Baldwin's classic, The Fire Next Time.
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