We're continuing to tweak and update our lovely new website--and remember that we're currently offering FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ONLINE ORDERS. Please send your thoughts/ suggestions about the site and your ordering experiences to [email protected]. We'd love to hear your feedback as you explore the site--including the HBS Channel where you'll find author events, staff recommendations, book trailers, and some pretty hilarious little videos like this one:
Local writers! Have you submitted yet? There are only a few more days to enter our Bad Poetry Contest, inspired by Steve Almond's new book, aptly titled Bad Poetry. Steve will select the best of the worst for reading at his event on February 11th, and winning entries will also be collected in a book to be printed on Paige, our in-store book-making robot. Learn more about Steve's event and the contest here.
My time last week in DC was phenomenal, highlighted by a late-night meal near Politics & Prose (love that bookstore) where none other than PBS heartthrob Jim Lehrer was sitting just a table away. There was also plenty of time to carouse with fellow booksellers and pick up a few early reader editions of books that I'm quite excited about, including Francisco Goldman's Say Her Name, Dean Bakopoulos's My American Unhappiness, and an oddly literary supernatural book called The Last Werewolf. Enough good books to (almost) make me wish for another snowstorm!
Happy reading,
Heather
| | New on Our Shelves: The Latest in Fiction, Nonfiction, Scholarly Books, & In Store Book Printing
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13, rue Th�r�se: A Novel by Elena Mauli Shapiro
$23.95 Reagan Arthur Books, hardcover
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"Shapiro's debut, an imaginative, sensual rendering of a Parisian woman's life, is told through the voice of Trevor Stratton, a young American scholar and translator working at a university in Paris. Stratton finds a box filled with objects dating back to WWI that once belonged to Louise Brunet, and his fascination with the box's contents--postcards, handkerchiefs, love letters, and other vintage keepsakes--leads him to imagine what Brunet's life in Paris might have been.... The book is illustrated with photos of the actual objects owned by Shapiro, cleverly used as the novel's framing device." --Publishers Weekly
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Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire
by Jennifer Wright Knust
$25.99 HarperOne, hardcover
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Bible scholar and Boston University professor Jennifer Wright Knust addresses the big questions that dominate today's discussions and debates when it comes to sex and the Bible: Is premarital sex a sin? When, and in what contexts, is sexual desire appropriate? With whom can I legitimately have sex? Are same-sex relations permissible? In an era where the phrases, "the Bible says," and "God says," are so often exploited, it is time to consider what the Bible actually does--or does not--say about monogamy, polygamy, homosexuality, gender roles, and sex.
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Rawls: An Introduction
by Sebastiano Maffettone
$24.95
Polity, paperback
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Rawls: An Introduction is a comprehensive introduction to the work of the American philosopher John Rawls (1921-2002), who transformed contemporary political philosophy. In the 1950s and 1960s, political philosophy seemed to have reached a dead end characterized by a loose predominance of utilitarian theses. Rawls's conception of liberalism placed civil liberties and social justice at its core, and his extraordinary influence has only been confirmed by the extent of the criticism he has provoked.
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| | Printed on Paige Each week, we'll feature a book printed in Harvard Book Store 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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I'll Dream You Alive by Lawrence Millman
$12.95 Print on Demand, paperback
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| | This remarkable collection brings together all the songs, chants, charms, and curses Lawrence Millman collected in East Greenland from the local Inuit in 1984-1985. Translated by Dr. Millman, they reflect a strange, often grotesque mythology that evolved through long centuries of famine and isolation. They also reflect a culture where a woman can prefer an eagle to a man, the debris of shooting stars is considered toxic, and butterflies are used as health aides.
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| | Bargain Books | Bargain Books are new books at used book prices. Limited copies are available of these titles, so if you see something that you're interested in, come in and check it out soon.
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Spartacus War by Barry Strauss
$5.99, paperback (originally $15.00)
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"With his extensive knowledge, insight, and great storytelling ability, Barry Strauss brings us as close as we can get to the enigmatic Spartacus, the slave who defied the Roman Republic." --Adrian Goldsworthy
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Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions
by Susan Barry
$5.99, hardcover (originally $26)
| A professor of neurobiology at Mount Holyoke College tells the remarkable story of how she rewired her own brain--and came to see the world anew.
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Popeye, Volume One: I Yam What I Yam
by E.C. Segar
$7.99, hardcover (originally $29.95)
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"The perfect comic strip." --Charles M. Schulz.
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Popeye, Volume Three: Let's You and Him Fight
by E.C. Segar $7.99, hardcover (originally $29.99)
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E.C. Segar blended complex narratives, slapstick traditions, brilliant characterization, and an inimitable cartooning style to create the most exciting and profound humor of his era. An American treasure.
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| | Finds Downstairs in the Used Book Department |
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.
| | Bertolt Brecht: Poems 1913-1956 by Bertolt Brecht
Originally published by Methuen in 1979 $20.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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Over fifty years since his death, the importance and scale of Brecht's poetry has only now begun to be recognized. This work showcases a selection from the whole range of his works, conveying his masterful command of different forms and styles.
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| | Flowers by Irving Penn Originally published by Harmony Books in 1980 $80.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition |
Noted for his successful commercial work and particularly for his contributions to fashion magazines such as Vogue, Penn has been lauded for his "imagery of extreme elegance."
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Chagall: Monumental Works
edited by G. di San Lazzaro Originally published by Tudor Publishing Company in 1973 $125.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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This special edition of XXe Si�cle Review celebrates "this artist whose brush has come close to changing...the face of the world." With an original lithograph by Chagall, thirty-three color plates and a hundred reproductions in black and white.
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Author Events
Tickets for our event with V.S. Ramachandran (2/2) are on sale now! Tickets may be purchased at Harvard Book Store, online at harvard.com, or over the phone with a credit card at 617.661.1515.
Tickets for our event with Andre Dubus III (3/1) go on sale Tuesday, February 1st.
Subscribe to the Harvard Book Store Google Event Calendar here.
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Harvard Square Book Circle Mon, Jan 31, 7PM
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| Our in-store book club will discuss Shakespeare's tragic history Coriolanus. | At Harvard Book Store |
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Jane McGonigal Tues, Feb 1, 7PM
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| The renowned game designer discusses the applications that game-play can have on the everyday world and her new book Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World.
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V.S. Ramachandran Wed, Feb 2, 6PM
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| The esteemed professor of psychology and neuroscience discusses The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human. | At Brattle Theatre |
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Rana Dasgupta Thurs, Feb 3, 7PM
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| British-Indian novelist Rana Dasgupta reads from his newest exploration of globalization, the novel Solo.
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Sherry Turkle Fri, Feb 4, 3PM
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| MIT professor of technology and society Sherry Turkle discusses the effect our technology has on our social relationships and her new book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other.
| A Friday Forum event at Harvard Book Store |
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Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya Mon, Feb 7, 7PM
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| Novelist Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya joins us for an interactive reading from his U.S.-debut novel, The Storyteller of Marrakesh. |
At Harvard Book Store
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We appreciate the feedback we get from readers of this newsletter. Please send your comments and suggestions to Heather at [email protected]. Thanks for reading, and we hope to see you in the store!
Heather Gain Marketing Manager [email protected]
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