With apologies, folks--I had a typo in last week's newsletter. Our "Naked Cabaret" event with Christopher McDougall is TOMORROW, 2pm, at the Boston Public Library. The Barefoot Runner himself has also organized a naked run before the talk that probably isn't exactly what you think it is...
And TONIGHT at 7pm Governor Deval Patrick will discuss A Reason to Believe: Lessons From an Improbable Life. You can call us at 617-661-1515 to snag tickets now or you can purchase them at the door. Arrive early for good seats. The book, praised by the likes of Doris Kearns Goodwin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Tracy Kidder, is one not to miss.
Island Press may sound like a publisher of travel books, but since 1984, they has been a trusted source of environmental information and solutions. Check out our Publisher Focus window to see a field of Island Press books, including Water Matters, Seven Rules of Sustainable Cities, and Unquenchable.
An early warning that our Used Books Department will be counting all those piles o' paperbacks on April 26th and 27th--and so will not be available to buy back books on those days. Regular buy-back hours resume on the 28th.
Happy reading, Heather | | New on Our Shelves: The Latest in Fiction, Nonfiction, Scholarly Books, & In Store Book Printing
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Leeches
by David Albahari
$24 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, hardcover
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The Horse That Leaps Through Clouds:
A Tale of Espionage, the Silk Road, and the Rise of Modern China
by Eric Enno Tamm
$30 Counterpoint, hardcover |
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"A wonderfully fat new work of travel and history by Eric Enno Tamm, of Ottawa.... A sophisticated journalist indeed, Mr. Tamm gathers observations like gemstones as he crosses 'a gauntlet of political and geographical extremes, including some of the world's hottest deserts, highest mountains, and cruellest dictatorships' stretching 17,000 kilometres. He is too clever to pretend he can intuit the future, but he clearly sees the present reflected in the past." --The Diplomat (Canada)
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| | The Theory That Would Not Die
by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne $27.50 Yale University Press, hardcover |
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Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. McGrayne traces its discovery by an amateur mathematician in the 1740s through its development into roughly its modern form by French scientist Pierre Simon Laplace. Today, Bayes' rule is used everywhere from DNA decoding to Homeland Security.
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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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The Road by Jack London
$20 Print on Demand, paperback
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| | Jack London hit the road long before Jack Kerouac, hopping a train in 1894 at age eighteen and traveling ten thousand miles as a hobo. He related his experiences in nine illustrated essays published in Cosmopolitan (not the one you're thinking of) between 1907 and 1908.
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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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This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
$8.99, hardcover (originally $27.95)
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The president of Harvard University presents this innovative study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and consequences of death in the face of the unprecedented violence of the Civil War.
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More Information Than You Require
by John Hodgman
$4.99, paperback (originally $15.00)
| "John Hodgman is funny in this way where sometimes I just stare at the paragraphs trying to figure out how he's doing it. Like there's some hidden trick in his brave, deadpan sentences that makes them funnier than they have a right to be." --Ira Glass
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Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829-1877
by Walter A. McDougall
$8.99, hardcover (originally $34.95)
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Walter A. McDougall's zesty, irreverent narrative says something new, shrewd, ironic, or funny about almost everything as it reveals our national penchant for pretense--a predilection that explains both the periodic throes of democracy and the perennial resilience of the United States.
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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.
| | Desserts by Pierre Herm� by Dorie Greenspan
Originally published by Little, Brown and Company in 1998
$23.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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"Pierre Herm� and Dorie Greenspan have done their homework, offering cooks and would-be pastry experts an exciting approach to dessert." --Patricia Wells
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| | Intentions and Intentionality edited by Bertram Malle, Louis Moses, and Dare Baldwin
Originally published by MIT Press in 2001 $18.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition
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"Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Intentions and Intentionality highlights the roles these concepts play in social cognition. Contemporary Psychology proclaims, "a revolution is underway; [this] excellent volume...is the manifesto."
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| | Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine by Robert Matheu and Brian J. Bowe
Originally published by Harper Collins in 2007 $17.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Featuring a raucous new form of journalism, Creem cultivated an incredibly gifted staff of writers, editors, photographers, and graphic artists whose work continues to resonate. This retrospective draws from the magazine's vast archives to provide the authentic rock 'n' roll experience.
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Author Events
Tickets for our events with Governor Deval Patrick (4/15), Judge Nancy Gertner (4/26), and Francis Fukuyama (4/27) 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.
Subscribe to the Harvard Book Store Google Event Calendar here.
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Deval Patrick
Fri, April 15, 7PM
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Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick discusses his memoir, A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life.
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Christopher McDougall Sat, April 16, 2PM
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| Journalist and runner Christopher McDougall is here just in time for the 115th Boston Marathon and will discuss his bestseller Born to Run.
| At Boston Public Library
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Max H. Bazerman Mon, April 18, 7PM
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| Harvard Business School professor and business ethicist Max H. Bazerman discusses Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do About It.
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Simon Schama Wed, April 20, 7pm
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| Historian and art historian Simon Schama discusses his newest collection of essays, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother.
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At Harvard Book Store
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Philosophy Caf� Wed, April 20, 7:30PM
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| "Is Personal Growth a Universal Human Goal?"
| At Harvard Book Store, lower level
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Arthur Phillips Thurs, April 21, 7PM
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| Award-winning novelist Arthur Phillips will read from his newest novel, The Tragedy of Arthur.
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David R. Slavitt Fri, April 22, 3PM
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| Poet and translator David R. Slavitt discusses his new translation of Love Poems, Letters, and Remedies of Ovid.
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Harvard Square Book Circle Mon, April 25, 7PM
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| Our in-store book club will discuss Nicholson Baker's novel The Anthologist, in honor of National Poetry Month.
| 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 hgain@harvard.com. Thanks for reading, and we hope to see you in the store!
Heather Gain Marketing Manager hgain@harvard.com
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