Harvard Book Store Turns 80

In 1640 in Cambridge, Mass., the Bay Psalm Book became the first book to be printed in British North America. Centuries later, and about 100 yards from the original site, the Harvard Book Store christened its newfangled print-on-demand machine by producing the Bay Psalm Book once more.

Today in Photos (11/30/12)

Bookstore Birthday

Harvard Book Store patrons share stories about their experiences with the longterm Harvard Square fixture on Thursday evening at the store’s 80th Birthday Party. Visitors browsed the collections and sipped apple cider.

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Arts Poll 2012

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Historian Ross King discusses his new book, Leonardo and the Last Supper, at the Harvard Bookstore on Monday. In his compelling new book, Ross King explores how, amid war and the political and religious turmoil around him, and beset by his own insecurities and frustrations.

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'Flight Behavior' by Barbara Kingsolver is available in stores now.

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Today in Photos (11/19/12)

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Joyce Chaplin, James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, speaks Thursday night at the Harvard Book Store. Chaplin discussed her newly released book, "Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit."