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There are as many different ways to go to a bookstore as there are to read a book. Some people like to browse, others to skim. Some go shopping with one book to buy, others leave any store with at least four books they hadn't known they wanted to read. With more than 25 bookstores in 10 blocks, Harvard Square has a bookstore for every type of shopper...
...store will either repel you or draw you in. Some people won't buy books there, others spend hours looking at the books and talking to the employees. It's true, they make no pretense of their politics and if you don't see them in the store, you might see them in the Square selling the bi-weekly Workers' Vanguard...
Anyway, if it doesn't have the book you are looking for, Revolution will probably have six or seven related ones that you somehow end up buying. The stock is large, but unreliable. While Revolution has a wide variety of books, if you see something you want there on Monday, buy it--it may well not be in stock by Wednesday...
Penguin Books (1100 Mass. Ave.) is a little far away, but you can't spend a summer in Cambridge without going to Central Square, and this is on the way. It is an amazing sight, even if you don't buy a thing...
...stop at McIntyre and Moore on the way. There are two McIntyre and Moore shops, and they are quite different. The old small one (30 Plympton St.) carries rare, out-of-print books. It is old and dusty, and full of atmosphere, but doesn't always have much to buy. It is definitely worth a visit, though...