This Week's New Arrivals
Updates from Harvard Book Store
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November 29, 2022
This week's new arrivals include a new translation of the only novel by renowned poet Rainer Maria Rilke, a sweeping history of architecture by acclaimed architect Witold Rybczynski, and a cultural study of the human butt from Radiolab contributing editor Heather Radke. We offer pickup and mailout services for your online and phone orders, and you can view our current hours of operation here on harvard.com.
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Looking for a very special gift for a favorite nerd in your life? We are taking requests for signed, personalized copies of Randall Munroe's What If? 2 for a limited time. Order before December 5th! And come browse this week's new arrivals in the following categories. » New Fiction & Poetry
» New Nonfiction
» New Scholarly
» New Paperback
» New Kids & Young Adult
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fiction
Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge:
A Novel
by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Edward Snow
A stunning, revelatory new translation of the only novel by one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, from one of “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (The Washington Post). In The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, Rilke unspools the vivid reflections of the titular young Danish nobleman and poet living in Paris.
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nonfiction
Isabella Stewart Gardner:
A Life
by Nathaniel Silver & Diana Seave Greenwald
Isabella Stewart Gardner assembled an extraordinary collection of art―and built a Venetian-style palazzo in Boston to share these exquisite treasures with the world. Separating fiction and fact, this beautiful volume paints an unforgettable portrait of Gardner, drawing on her substantial personal archive and including previously unpublished findings to offer new perspectives on her life and her construction of identity.
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nonfiction
The Story of Architecture
by Witold Rybczynski
In this sweeping history, from the Stone Age to the present day, Witold Rybczynski shows how architectural ideals have been affected by technological, economic, and social changes. This is the story of architecture’s physical manifestation of the universal aspiration to celebrate, honor, and commemorate, and an exploration of the ways that each building is a unique product of patrons, architects, and builders. It will delight anyone interested in understanding the buildings they pass by each day.
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nonfiction
Butts:
A Backstory
by Heather Radke
“An ambitious mash-up of pop culture, science, and history, this breakout debut from Radiolab reporter Radke tracks the evolution of attitudes toward women’s butts from the 'Hottentot Venus' to Miley Cyrus. Along the way, Radke delves into eugenics, hip-hop aesthetics, the physiology of posteriors, and more. It adds up to one of the year’s most ingenious and eye-opening cultural studies.” ―Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2022
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nonfiction
Adam Smith’s America:
How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism
by Glory M. Liu
“Adam Smith was a moral philosopher well aware of the quirks of human psychology. So how is it that in America he wound up as the poster child for a free-market order that rests on false assumptions about human hyperrationality? This fascinating story is very important, very instructive, and has never been told. Glory Liu tells it with great verve and great charm.”
―J. Bradford DeLong
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nonfiction
Dare to Know:
Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
by Edouard Kopp, Elizabeth Rudy & Kristel Smentek
Are volcanoes punishment from God? What do a fly and a mulberry have in common? What utopias await in unexplored corners of the earth? During the Enlightenment, questions like these were brought to life through an astonishing array of prints and drawings, helping shape public opinion and stir political change. Dare to Know overturns common assumptions, using the era’s proliferation of works on paper to tell a more nuanced story.
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