Harvard Book Store

Posted: September 3rd, 2007 | Author: saldarji | Filed under: stuff | No Comments »

I was in Harvard Square last night to have dinner with one of Tracey’s clients. We had really nice dinner out. Afterwards, we went for a walk and I re-discovered the Harvard Book Store. That store is open late and has some great values in used and remainder books.

I’ve been reading a lot of books lately because of my commute to Arkansas. I hate working on an airplane because I dread screen crunch. Also, airplane-time is disconnected-time, so it is very hard to actually work on anything besides emails and documentation.

I just finished re-reading Moby Dick. Right now I am in the middle of Conspiracy of Fools, which is about the Enron meltdown. After stopping into the Harvard Book Store, I ended up leaving with three books:

1. The U.S. Income Tax (Used) – $ 8.00
2. Seize the Daylight (Hardcover Remainder) – 4.99
3. The Land That Never Was (Hardcover Remainder) – $5.99

As you can see from that list I am currently reading books that give a history on obscure topics. My brother has suggested that I read Salt: A World History, so I have that on my reading list.

I know, I’m supposed to be reading Blink / The Tipping Point / The Long Tail / Freakonomics / The World Is Flat / (SELECT * from BusinessBookDuJour). I will probably read those books. Maybe in a few years when they have shelves of them for a buck a piece at a used book store.

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