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Late November rolls around and with it comes some of our favorite annual traditions here at Harvard Book Store.
The Holiday Hundred is here! Our annual collection of 100 gift suggestions—the Holiday Hundred, 20% off with your Frequent Buyer Card—is on display in the store through the end December (and available to browse here on harvard.com).
 This coming Saturday is Small Business Saturday, a day to "Shop Small" with locally owned businesses. By shopping "small" we keep our communities thriving by supporting the economies of neighborhood businesses. Members of our Frequent Buyer program who make a purchase in the store on Saturday, November 30, will get a free "Shop Cambridge" linen tote bag (while supplies last!). Learn about more local events and activities here. Share your favorite local spots for shopping and dining on social media with #ShopCambMA, and thank you for supporting your local economy!
Our Winter Warehouse Sale kicks off on December 6th! The booksellers on our warehouse staff are putting the final touches on setup for our wildly popular annual Winter Warehouse Sale as Cambervillian (that's Cantabridgian + Somervillian) book lovers make space on their bookshelves with care, and book shoppers of Greater Boston make their Somerville-bound travel plans. We'll have selections of deeply discounted fiction, comics, mystery, sci-fi, history, political science, kids books, and more. Our warehouse is located at 14 Park St. in Somerville, and you can learn more here. Get these dates and hours in your calendars!
#HBSWarehouseSale
TWO WEEKENDS!
FIRST WEEKEND (Dec 6th–8th)
» Friday, December 6 (5pm–10pm)
» Saturday, December 7 (10am–8pm)
» Sunday, December 8 (10am–8pm)
SECOND WEEKEND (Dec 13th–15th)
» Friday, December 13 (5pm–10pm)
» Saturday, December 14 (10am–8pm)
» Sunday, December 15 (10am–8pm)
You can take advantage of "cyber Monday" deals while still supporting and shopping a local, independent bookstore (that's us!)
On Monday, December 2:
- spend $50+ on harvard.com
- use the promo code CYBER2019 when checking out online
- we'll discount your eligible items!
- 20% off!!
The sale includes new books, remainder books, tote bags, clothing, and mugs listed on harvard.com. Check out all the promotion details here.
Thank you for choosing to shop with your indie bookstore once again this year for "Cyber Monday!" (And we hope to see you in the store soon, too.)
Community Event: Arrowsmith Press
Our friends at Arrowsmith Press will be celebrating the launch of four new books of poetry at the Friends Meeting House in Cambridge on Saturday, December 7, with poets Judith Baumel, George Kovach, Oksana Lutsyshyna, and Ben Mazer (reading Delmore Schwartz).
Arrowsmith Press was founded by Askold Melnyczuk in 2006, and was named after the late William Arrowsmith, a renowned classics scholar, literary and film critic. The press is home to many fine works of translation, original poetry, and prose, as well as a series of online columns exploring literature and our world.
Learn more at arrowsmithpress.com/events.
Thanks for Choosing Harvard Book Store
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Thanks for reading,
Alex W. Meriwether
Harvard Book Store
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New on Our Shelves
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Mary Toft; Or, the Rabbit Queen:
A Novel
by Dexter Palmer
$27.95
Pantheon, hardcover
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Surgeon’s apprentice Zachary Walsh knows that his master, John Howard, prides himself on his rationality. But John cannot explain how or why Mary Toft, the wife of a local journeyman, has managed to give birth to a dead rabbit.
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Medieval Bodies:
Life and Death in the Middle Ages
by Jack Hartnell
$29.95
W.W. Norton, hardcover
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Jack Hartnell uncovers the ways in which people thought about, explored, and experienced their physical selves in the Middle Ages—a time of miraculous and richly metaphorical bodily experiences.
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Scholarly
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What's the Use?:
On the Uses of Use
by Sara Ahmed
$26.95
Duke University Press,
paperback
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Continuing her project of taking up a single word and following its historical, intellectual, and political significance, Sara Ahmed investigates how 'use' operates as an organizing concept, technology of control, and tool for diversity work.
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New in Paperback
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Seduction:
Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
by Karina Longworth
$17.99
Custom House, paperback
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The creator of You Must Remember This examines the deep roots of Hollywood's gendered power imbalance, detailing how Howard Hughes used his wealth and influence to trap, abuse, or benefit women who dreamt of screen stardom.
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Kids & Young Adult
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Little Legends:
Exceptional Men in Black History
by Vashti Harrison
$17.99
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Vashti Harrison shines a bold and joyous light on black trailblazers throughout history, from Alvin Ailey to Prince, James Baldwin to Gordon Parks.
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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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Roughly A Cup:
Home Cooking with Six Generations of a WV Family
by Aunt Chelle
$30.00
Print on Demand, paperback |
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Roughly a Cup is a multigenerational family cookbook with recipes, stories, and photos. You’ll find over two hundred recipes for eating, cleaning, and the occasional science project.
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| Remainders |
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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To the Bright Edge of the World:
A Novel
by Eowyn Ivey
$5.99, hardcover (originally $26.00)
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In the winter of 1885, Colonel Allen Forrester records his experiences on a trek towards Alaska, in hopes that his journal will reach his pregnant wife if he doesn't return—once he passes beyond the known world, there's no telling what awaits him.
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My Absolute Darling:
A Novel
by Gabriel Tallent
$6.99, paperback (originally $16.00)
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Turtle, an isolated and abused teen girl, must escape from her untenable life with her survivalist father using the skills he's devoted himself to teaching her.
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The Human Age:
The World Shaped by Us
by Diane Ackerman
$5.99, paperback (originally $15.95)
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Researching fields as varied as evolutionary robotics, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, and biomimicry, Diane Ackerman explores our human capacity for both destruction and invention as we shape the future of the planet Earth.
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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 here.
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The Velvet Underground Handbook
by M.C. Kostek
Originally published by Black Spring Press in 1992
$20.00 (paperback) in Good condition
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| Mike Kostek, President of the Velvet Underground Appreciation Society, provides a wealth of information about the band's output and influence, from records to solo albums to Nico's appearance in La Dolce Vita. |
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Horse Nations:
The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492
by Peter Mitchell
Originally published by Oxford University Press in 2015
$30.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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| Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, and history, Horse Nations outlines the transformations that the acquisition of the horse wrought on a diverse range of Indigenous groups within North and South America, southern Africa, and Australia. |
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Mondrian:
Flowers
by David Shapiro
Originally published by Harry N. Abrams in 1991
$30.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition
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Piet Mondrian, best known for his severe, geometric compositions, was also a prolific and skilled—albeit secretive—painter of flowers. This monograph collects his flower paintings for the first time, inviting a broader view of his life and work.
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Upcoming Events
Mark your calendars for our upcoming events. Our calendar is updated through January 2020, with tickets on sale now (or soon!) for some stellar newly announced events.
Tickets on Sale Now:
» Ezra Klein (Jan 31)
Pre-sales (ticket + book)
on sale nowTickets on Sale Soon:
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Please Note Our
Holiday Hours:
We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day,
Thursday, Nov 28.
Regular hours resume Friday!
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Harvard Book Store Gives Back
Sun, Dec 1, 10AM
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| This holiday season—in store and on harvard.com—a portion of every purchase you make on Sundays (12/1–12/22) will go to support important local organizations. This year your purchases will help support 826 Boston, Community Cooks, and On The Rise. |
At Harvard Book Store
and on harvard.com!
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NEWLY ANNOUNCED:
Amy C. Offner
Mon, Dec 2, 7PM
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| Amy C. Offner—Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania—discusses her book, Sorting Out the Mixed Economy: The Rise and Fall of Welfare and Developmental States in the Americas. |
At Harvard Book Store
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Michael Lerner
Tue, Dec 3, 7PM
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| Rabbi Michael Lerner—bestselling author of Jewish Renewal and The Left Hand of God—will discuss his latest book, Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World. |
At Harvard Book Store
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Suzanne Staubach
Tue, Dec 4, 7PM
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| Suzanne Staubach—author of Clay and Guy Wolff, Master Potter in the Garden—discusses her latest book, A Garden Miscellany: An Illustrated Guide to the Elements of the Garden, illustrated by Julia Yellow. |
At Harvard Book Store
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Our Winter Warehouse Sale 2019: Weekend One
Fri, Dec 6, 5PM-10PM
Sat, Dec 7, 10AM-8PM
Sun, Dec 8, 10AM-8PM
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| Come explore thousands of remainders—fiction, cookbooks, children's books, comics, art, history—plus used books (priced as low as $1 to $3!) in a range of subjects. |
At Harvard Book Store Warehouse
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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, Jan 6, 7PM
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| At the next meeting of our in-store book club, we will discuss Mikhail Bulgakov's classic The Master and Margarita—a darkly bejeweled, wildly entertaining, and long suppressed parable of life under the craven absurdities of tyranny. |
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This Week's Audiobook Pick from Libro.fm
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| Sign up here to purchase audiobooks through Libro.fm, which supports Harvard Book Store! This week's pick is Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters by Rebecca Solnit, a new collection of essays about who, ultimately, gets to shape the narrative of our times. |
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Signed First Edition Club: December Selection
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| The World That We Knew: A Novel by Alice Hoffman is the December selection for our Signed First Edition Club. Each month, club members receive a signed first printing of a newly published book, selected for both its literary merit and potential collectibility. |
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Signed New Voices in Fiction Club:
Winter Selection
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| Topics of Conversation: A Novel by Miranda Popkey is the winter selection for our Signed New Voices in Fiction Club. Every season, club members will receive a signed first printing of a noteworthy debut novel. |
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