This Week's New Arrivals
Updates from Harvard Book Store
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November 22, 2022
This week's new arrivals include a collection of vignettes from acclaimed Japanese anime director Makoto Shinkai, an entertaining guide to short novels from writer and historian Kenneth C. Davis, and a series of deeply personal interviews with the late Stephen Sondheim from New Yorker writer D. T. Max. 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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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
She and Her Cat:
Stories
by Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
For fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs and Murata Sayaka’s Earthlings, this Japanese bestseller from renowned anime director Makoto Shinkai features four inspirational and heartwarming vignettes following women and their cats in their quests for love and connection.
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nonfiction
Great Short Books:
A Year of Reading—Briefly
by Kenneth C. Davis
An entertaining guide to some of the best short novels of all time
“An exciting guide to all that the world of fiction has to offer in 58 short novels—from The Great Gatsby and Lord of the Flies to the contemporary fiction of Colson Whitehead and Leïla Slimani—that, ‘like a first date,’ offer pleasure and excitement without commitment.” —The New York Times Book Review
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nonfiction
Finale:
Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim
by D.T. Max
In 2017, New Yorker staff writer D.T. Max began working on a major profile of Stephen Sondheim that would be timed to the eventual premiere of a new musical Sondheim was writing. Sadly, that process was cut short by Sondheim’s own hesitations, then the global pandemic, and finally by the great artist’s death in November 2021.
Now, Max has taken the raw version of these conversations and knit them together into an unforgettable work of literature and celebration.
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nonfiction
The Creative Lives of Animals
by Carol Gigliotti
The surprising, fascinating, and remarkable ways that animals use creativity to thrive in their habitats
"Gigliotti builds the case that animals of all types―from elephants to ants―are intelligent, albeit in ways that may manifest differently than humans, and they can communicate nuance, allowing individual behavioral innovation to spread through a community. Ultimately, her agenda is to seek greater empathy, value, and protection for animals by including them into a global creative force." ―Library Journal
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nonfiction
Traveling the Old Ski Tracks of New England
by E. John B. Allen
Traveling the Old Ski Tracks of New England offers a fascinating history of downhill, cross-country, and backcountry skiing across the region and its leading personalities. Moving from popular destinations like Stowe, Cannon, Bromley, and Mount Washington to the less intimidating hills surrounding Boston, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, E. John B. Allen also recovers the forgotten stories of ski areas that have been abandoned in the face of changing tastes and a warming climate.
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scholarly
Imitation Democracy:
The Development of Russia’s Post-Soviet Political System
by Dmitrii Furman
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of “imitation democracy,” marked by “a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule.” How did this system take shape, and what are the prospects for re-envisioning it more democratically in the future? These questions animate Dmitrii Furman’s Imitation Democracy.
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