Alumnae Authors

{"id":6826868408409,"title":"An Unexpected Guest — Korkeakivi '82","handle":"an-unexpected-guest-korkeakivi-82","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Anne Korkeakivi, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClare Moorhouse, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat in Paris, is arranging an official dinner crucial to her husband’s career. As she shops for fresh stalks of asparagus and works out the menu and seating arrangements, her day is complicated by the unexpected arrival of her son and a random encounter with a Turkish man, whom she discovers is a suspected terrorist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Like Virginia Woolf did in \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Korkeakivi brilliantly weaves the complexities of an age into an act as deceptively simple as hosting a dinner party.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-23T11:12:41-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-23T11:12:39-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Books","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1500,"price_min":1500,"price_max":1500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1500,"compare_at_price_min":1500,"compare_at_price_max":1500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39474916163673,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA403-Korkeakivi","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"An Unexpected Guest — Korkeakivi '82","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1500,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780316196734","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba403-korkeakivi-unex.jpg?v=1632409961"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba403-korkeakivi-unex.jpg?v=1632409961","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"An Unexpected Guest by Anne Korkeakivi '82","id":20725976989785,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba403-korkeakivi-unex.jpg?v=1632409961"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba403-korkeakivi-unex.jpg?v=1632409961","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Anne Korkeakivi, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClare Moorhouse, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat in Paris, is arranging an official dinner crucial to her husband’s career. As she shops for fresh stalks of asparagus and works out the menu and seating arrangements, her day is complicated by the unexpected arrival of her son and a random encounter with a Turkish man, whom she discovers is a suspected terrorist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Like Virginia Woolf did in \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Korkeakivi brilliantly weaves the complexities of an age into an act as deceptively simple as hosting a dinner party.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6826818142297,"title":"It's Me — Hickey '07","handle":"its-me-hickey-07","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Kate Hickey, Class of 2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s the fall of 2003 and Perry Walsh is entering her freshman year of college. She quickly meets the handsome Ben Brown, a chance encounter that will forever alter the course of her life. As if navigating her connection with another human being isn't hard enough, throw in the realities of campus living: a roommate with a promise ring, regrettable one-night stands, amateur drug deals, and the age-old question of whether or not to sixty-nine with a complete stranger. From an outsider's perspective, Perry is a party girl who is somewhat detached from reality and unconcerned with the consequences of her actions. But deep down Perry is slowly unraveling, battling a nagging feeling of emptiness even a picture perfect relationship cannot seem to fix. Confronted with mounting insecurities during her post-collegiate life in Manhattan, Perry realizes that her emotions may be manifesting into something more than she can handle. Unsure of where to turn, her inner struggle ultimately leads to a crossroads where she must choose to salvage her relationship or save herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-23T10:50:28-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-23T10:49:10-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Books","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1599,"price_min":1599,"price_max":1599,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1595,"compare_at_price_min":1595,"compare_at_price_max":1595,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39474892243033,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA401-Hickey","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"It's Me — Hickey '07","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1599,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781521800744","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba401-hickey-its.jpg?v=1632408551"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba401-hickey-its.jpg?v=1632408551","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"It's Me by Kate Hickey","id":20725936062553,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba401-hickey-its.jpg?v=1632408551"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba401-hickey-its.jpg?v=1632408551","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Kate Hickey, Class of 2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s the fall of 2003 and Perry Walsh is entering her freshman year of college. She quickly meets the handsome Ben Brown, a chance encounter that will forever alter the course of her life. As if navigating her connection with another human being isn't hard enough, throw in the realities of campus living: a roommate with a promise ring, regrettable one-night stands, amateur drug deals, and the age-old question of whether or not to sixty-nine with a complete stranger. From an outsider's perspective, Perry is a party girl who is somewhat detached from reality and unconcerned with the consequences of her actions. But deep down Perry is slowly unraveling, battling a nagging feeling of emptiness even a picture perfect relationship cannot seem to fix. Confronted with mounting insecurities during her post-collegiate life in Manhattan, Perry realizes that her emotions may be manifesting into something more than she can handle. Unsure of where to turn, her inner struggle ultimately leads to a crossroads where she must choose to salvage her relationship or save herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6824336621657,"title":"Without a Map: A Memoir — Hall '93","handle":"without-a-map-a-memoir-hall-93","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eBy Meredith Hall, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"8496068\" id=\"titleId\"\u003eMeredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her before they finally banish her altogether. After giving her baby up for adoption, Hall wanders recklessly through the Middle East, where she survives by selling her possessions and finally her blood. She returns to New England and stitches together a life that encircles her silenced and invisible grief. When he is twenty-one, her lost son finds her. Hall learns that he grew up in gritty poverty with an abusive father--in her own father's hometown. Their reunion is tender, turbulent, and ultimately redemptive. Hall's parents never ask for her forgiveness, yet as they age, she offers them her love. What sets \u003ci\u003eWithout a Map\u003c\/i\u003e apart is the way in which loss and betrayal evolve into compassion, and compassion into wisdom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"8496068\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-22T13:55:59-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-22T13:46:02-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Books","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":1400,"price_min":1400,"price_max":1400,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1400,"compare_at_price_min":1400,"compare_at_price_max":1400,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39473967726681,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA399-Hall","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Without a Map: A Memoir — Hall '93","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1400,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1400,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780807072745","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba399-hall-without.jpg?v=1632332765"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba399-hall-without.jpg?v=1632332765","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Without a Map by Meredith Hall","id":20722260410457,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba399-hall-without.jpg?v=1632332765"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba399-hall-without.jpg?v=1632332765","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eBy Meredith Hall, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"8496068\" id=\"titleId\"\u003eMeredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her before they finally banish her altogether. After giving her baby up for adoption, Hall wanders recklessly through the Middle East, where she survives by selling her possessions and finally her blood. She returns to New England and stitches together a life that encircles her silenced and invisible grief. When he is twenty-one, her lost son finds her. Hall learns that he grew up in gritty poverty with an abusive father--in her own father's hometown. Their reunion is tender, turbulent, and ultimately redemptive. Hall's parents never ask for her forgiveness, yet as they age, she offers them her love. What sets \u003ci\u003eWithout a Map\u003c\/i\u003e apart is the way in which loss and betrayal evolve into compassion, and compassion into wisdom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"8496068\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6824163410009,"title":"Dying to Be Beautiful — Kay '91","handle":"dying-to-be-beautiful-kay-91","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Gwen Kay, Class of 1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDying to Be Beautiful: The Fight for Safe Cosmetics\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of how cosmetics came to be regulated in early-20th-century America. In 1906, the Food and Drug Administration was given the power to control food and drugs. Not until 1938 were other products that went into or onto the body, including cosmetics, similarly regulated. The intervening years saw death by depilatory and blindness by mascara and a rise in consumer and grassroots political activism. This book examines who fought for regulation of these inherently feminine products and why it took so long for their goals to be achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGwen Kay argues that many activists, often at the grassroots level, set the stage for changes in legislation. The activists’ continued outrage, letters, negative press, books, and just plain attention to these matters allowed for the plodding Congressional committee hearings to transform into swift action in the face of a national crisis provoked by a lack of regulatory oversight. Ordinary citizens, doctors as individuals rather than as an association, government officials acting in a personal rather than an official capacity, and even manufacturers concerned about less-reputable industrial cousins tainting the cosmetic industry’s good name all supported the effort to regulate cosmetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book that substantively examines the cosmetics industry in light of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. \u003cem\u003eDying to Be Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e pays particular attention to the problems caused by cosmetics and to the possible solutions offered, both before and after implementation of the 1938 law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-22T12:18:05-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-22T12:18:04-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Books","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":2295,"price_min":2295,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2295,"compare_at_price_min":2295,"compare_at_price_max":2295,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39473892819033,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA397-Kay","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Dying to Be Beautiful — Kay '91","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2295,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0814251382","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba397-kay-dying.jpg?v=1632327486"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba397-kay-dying.jpg?v=1632327486","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Dying to Be Beautiful, by Gwen Kay","id":20721972576345,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba397-kay-dying.jpg?v=1632327486"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba397-kay-dying.jpg?v=1632327486","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Gwen Kay, Class of 1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDying to Be Beautiful: The Fight for Safe Cosmetics\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of how cosmetics came to be regulated in early-20th-century America. In 1906, the Food and Drug Administration was given the power to control food and drugs. Not until 1938 were other products that went into or onto the body, including cosmetics, similarly regulated. The intervening years saw death by depilatory and blindness by mascara and a rise in consumer and grassroots political activism. This book examines who fought for regulation of these inherently feminine products and why it took so long for their goals to be achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGwen Kay argues that many activists, often at the grassroots level, set the stage for changes in legislation. The activists’ continued outrage, letters, negative press, books, and just plain attention to these matters allowed for the plodding Congressional committee hearings to transform into swift action in the face of a national crisis provoked by a lack of regulatory oversight. Ordinary citizens, doctors as individuals rather than as an association, government officials acting in a personal rather than an official capacity, and even manufacturers concerned about less-reputable industrial cousins tainting the cosmetic industry’s good name all supported the effort to regulate cosmetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book that substantively examines the cosmetics industry in light of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. \u003cem\u003eDying to Be Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e pays particular attention to the problems caused by cosmetics and to the possible solutions offered, both before and after implementation of the 1938 law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6824118255705,"title":"The Big Disconnect — Steiner-Adair '76","handle":"the-big-disconnect-steiner-adair-76","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Catherine Steiner-Adair, Class of 1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHave iPads replaced conversation at the dinner table? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat do infants observe when their parents are on their smartphones? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShould you be your child's Facebook friend?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the focus of family has turned to the glow of the screen—children constantly texting their friends, parents working online around the clock—everyday life is undergoing a massive transformation. Easy availability to the Internet and social media has erased the boundaries that protect children from the unsavory aspects of adult life. Parents often feel they are losing a meaningful connection with their children. Children are feeling lonely and alienated. The digital world is here to stay, but what are families losing with technology's gain?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs renowned clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair explains, families are in crisis around this issue, and even more so than they realize. Not only do chronic tech distractions have deep and lasting effects, but children desperately need parents to provide what tech cannot: close, significant interactions with the adults in their lives. 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Easy availability to the Internet and social media has erased the boundaries that protect children from the unsavory aspects of adult life. Parents often feel they are losing a meaningful connection with their children. Children are feeling lonely and alienated. The digital world is here to stay, but what are families losing with technology's gain?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs renowned clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair explains, families are in crisis around this issue, and even more so than they realize. Not only do chronic tech distractions have deep and lasting effects, but children desperately need parents to provide what tech cannot: close, significant interactions with the adults in their lives. Drawing on real-life stories from her clinical work with children and parents, and her consulting work with educators and experts across the country, Steiner-Adair offers insights and advice that can help parents achieve greater under-standing, authority, and confidence as they come up against the tech revolution unfolding in their living rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe all know that deep connection with the people we love means everything to us. It's time to look with fresh eyes and an open mind at the disconnection we are experiencing from our extreme device dependence. It's never too late to put down the iPad and come to the dinner table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6824097906777,"title":"Alice Bliss — Harrington '76","handle":"alice-bliss-harrington-76","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Laura Harrington, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Alice Bliss learns that her father, Matt, is being deployed to Iraq, she's heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, loves working beside him in their garden, accompanying him on the occasional roofing job, playing baseball. When he ships out, Alice is faced with finding a way to fill the emptiness he has left behind. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Matt will miss seeing his daughter blossom from a tomboy into a full-blown teenager. Alice will learn to drive, join the track team, go to her first dance, and fall in love, all while trying to be strong for her mother, Angie, and take care of her precocious little sister, Ellie. But the smell of Matt is starting to fade from his blue shirt that Alice wears everyday, and the phone calls are never long enough. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlice Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e is a profoundly moving coming-of-age novel about love and its many variations--the support of a small town looking after its own; love between an absent father and his daughter; the complicated love between an adolescent girl and her mother; and an exploration of new love with the boy-next-door. These characters' struggles amidst uncertain times echo our own, lending the novel an immediacy and poignancy that is both relevant and real. 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{"id":6577920409689,"title":"Coronavirus Heroes — Dookie '21, et al.","handle":"coronavirus-heroes-dookie-21-et-al","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Basmattie Dookie, Class of 2021; Hikmah Okoya, Class of 2021; Emma Hahesy, Class of 2022; and Joanna Lin, Class of 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin Charlie on an adventure to uncover her superpower during a pandemic. From online learning to being stuck at home, Charlie navigates the ups and downs of the coronavirus pandemic with her mother. Her story mimics many others and offers the chance to learn about a secret power each of us can use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral Bowdoin College students intentionally wrote and illustrated Coronavirus Heroes to address the frustrations of children living through the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading this book can help teachers, parents, and grandparents encourage conversation with kids and help them cope with the emotional and mental toll of social isolation and COVID-19 guidelines. During difficult times, \u003cem\u003eCoronavirus Heroes \u003c\/em\u003eserves as a reminder that we should look out for others, as well as ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2021-12-17T17:00:08-05:00","created_at":"2021-05-21T15:40:23-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's"],"price":1499,"price_min":1499,"price_max":1499,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1499,"compare_at_price_min":1499,"compare_at_price_max":1499,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39334290096217,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA388","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Coronavirus Heroes — Dookie '21, et al.","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1499,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1499,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780578886886","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba388-dookie-coro.jpg?v=1621626049"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba388-dookie-coro.jpg?v=1621626049","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Coronavirus Heroes, by Basmattie Dookie, et al.","id":20434255904857,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba388-dookie-coro.jpg?v=1621626049"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba388-dookie-coro.jpg?v=1621626049","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Basmattie Dookie, Class of 2021; Hikmah Okoya, Class of 2021; Emma Hahesy, Class of 2022; and Joanna Lin, Class of 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin Charlie on an adventure to uncover her superpower during a pandemic. From online learning to being stuck at home, Charlie navigates the ups and downs of the coronavirus pandemic with her mother. Her story mimics many others and offers the chance to learn about a secret power each of us can use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral Bowdoin College students intentionally wrote and illustrated Coronavirus Heroes to address the frustrations of children living through the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading this book can help teachers, parents, and grandparents encourage conversation with kids and help them cope with the emotional and mental toll of social isolation and COVID-19 guidelines. During difficult times, \u003cem\u003eCoronavirus Heroes \u003c\/em\u003eserves as a reminder that we should look out for others, as well as ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}

{"id":6576483008601,"title":"Meet Me in Paradise — Hubscher '01","handle":"meet-me-in-paradise-hubscher-01","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Libby MacKenzie Hubscher, Class of 2001\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarin Cole has never: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Seen the ocean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Climbed a mountain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Taken a risk on love \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e ....But if her sister's plan works, she just might do all three.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ever since her journalist mother died on assignment, Marin has played it safe, refusing to set foot outside the state of Tennessee. Her wild-child younger sister, Sadie, has trotted the globe as a photographer, living off of art and adrenaline.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\"\u003eWhen Sadie returns from a tough assignment abroad and looks a little worse for wear, Marin reluctantly agrees to a sisters' spa weekend on the tropical island of Saba. But her lifelong fear of travel is affirmed when Sadie misses the flight, Marin's luggage gets mixed up with another passenger's, and an episode of turbulence sends her hurtling into the lap of Lucas Tsai, the handsome stranger who stole her sister's seat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\" id=\"titleId\"\u003eFor the first time in a long time, Marin has to step outside of her comfort zone as she explores the island with Lucas and learns what she's been missing out on. 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{"id":6568699101273,"title":"Select — Weisenberg '95","handle":"select-weisenberg-95","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Marit Weisenberg, Class of 1995\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulia Jaynes has the perfect life. The perfect family. The perfect destiny. The daughter of a billionaire investor in Austin, Texas, it looks like Julia has it all. But there’s something rotten beneath the surface‒dangerous secrets her father is keeping; abilities she was never meant to have; and an elite society of highly evolved people who care nothing for the rest of humanity. So when Julia accidentally jeopardizes the delicate anonymity of her people, she’s banished to the one place meant to make her feel inferior: public high school.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Julia’s goal is to lay low and blend in. Then she meets \u003cem\u003ehim\u003c\/em\u003e‒John Ford. He’s popular, quiet, intense, and strangely compelling. Then Julia discovers she can read his mind and her world expands. Their forbidden love is powerful enough to break the conditioning that has kept Julia in the cold grip of her manipulative father.  For the first time, Julia develops a sense of self and questions her restrictive upbringing and her family prejudices. She must decide how she will define herself—and whom she will betray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-29T12:27:53-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-29T12:26:17-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's"],"price":1799,"price_min":1799,"price_max":1799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1799,"compare_at_price_min":1799,"compare_at_price_max":1799,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39317680488537,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA382-Weisenberg","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Select — Weisenberg '95","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1799,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1799,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781580898065","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba382-weisen-select.jpg?v=1619713666"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba382-weisen-select.jpg?v=1619713666","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Select by Marit Weisenberg","id":20382891507801,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba382-weisen-select.jpg?v=1619713666"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba382-weisen-select.jpg?v=1619713666","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Marit Weisenberg, Class of 1995\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulia Jaynes has the perfect life. The perfect family. The perfect destiny. The daughter of a billionaire investor in Austin, Texas, it looks like Julia has it all. But there’s something rotten beneath the surface‒dangerous secrets her father is keeping; abilities she was never meant to have; and an elite society of highly evolved people who care nothing for the rest of humanity. So when Julia accidentally jeopardizes the delicate anonymity of her people, she’s banished to the one place meant to make her feel inferior: public high school.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Julia’s goal is to lay low and blend in. Then she meets \u003cem\u003ehim\u003c\/em\u003e‒John Ford. He’s popular, quiet, intense, and strangely compelling. Then Julia discovers she can read his mind and her world expands. Their forbidden love is powerful enough to break the conditioning that has kept Julia in the cold grip of her manipulative father.  For the first time, Julia develops a sense of self and questions her restrictive upbringing and her family prejudices. She must decide how she will define herself—and whom she will betray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6568204927065,"title":"Farm-to-Table Desserts — Shishak '97","handle":"farm-to-table-desserts-shishak-97","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lei Shishak, Class of 1997\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we shop at farmers’ markets, we support our local economy and consume food that’s healthier, tastier, and packed with essential nutrients specific to our local environment. In \u003ci\u003eFarm-to-Table Desserts\u003c\/i\u003e, chef Lei demonstrates how baking with locally sourced, organic ingredients is so satisfying that it will quickly become an easy and delicious habit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith more than eighty sweet recipes divided by season, \u003ci\u003eFarm-to-Table Desserts\u003c\/i\u003e shows readers how to create simple desserts using fresh and local ingredients at their prime. With Lei’s instruction, home cooks will see how easy it is to bake fresh year-round. Recipes include some of Lei’s favorites: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Stone peach cobbler\u003cbr\u003e• Fig jam\u003cbr\u003e• Sweet corn panna cotta\u003cbr\u003e• Strawberry hand pie\u003cbr\u003e• Sweet potato cake\u003cbr\u003e• Blood orange pot de crème\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-12-22T16:32:04-05:00","created_at":"2021-04-28T16:17:59-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Cookbooks"],"price":2299,"price_min":2299,"price_max":2299,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2299,"compare_at_price_min":2299,"compare_at_price_max":2299,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39316795916377,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA378-Shishak","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Farm-to-Table Desserts — Shishak '97","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2299,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2299,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781510716926","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba378-shishak-farm.jpg?v=1619641081"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba378-shishak-farm.jpg?v=1619641081","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Farm-to-Table Desserts by Lei Shishak '97","id":20380960096345,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba378-shishak-farm.jpg?v=1619641081"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba378-shishak-farm.jpg?v=1619641081","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lei Shishak, Class of 1997\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we shop at farmers’ markets, we support our local economy and consume food that’s healthier, tastier, and packed with essential nutrients specific to our local environment. In \u003ci\u003eFarm-to-Table Desserts\u003c\/i\u003e, chef Lei demonstrates how baking with locally sourced, organic ingredients is so satisfying that it will quickly become an easy and delicious habit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith more than eighty sweet recipes divided by season, \u003ci\u003eFarm-to-Table Desserts\u003c\/i\u003e shows readers how to create simple desserts using fresh and local ingredients at their prime. With Lei’s instruction, home cooks will see how easy it is to bake fresh year-round. Recipes include some of Lei’s favorites: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Stone peach cobbler\u003cbr\u003e• Fig jam\u003cbr\u003e• Sweet corn panna cotta\u003cbr\u003e• Strawberry hand pie\u003cbr\u003e• Sweet potato cake\u003cbr\u003e• Blood orange pot de crème\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":6567669596249,"title":"500 Words or Less — Del Rosario '04","handle":"500-words-or-less-del-rosario-04","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Juleah Del Rosario Swanson, Class of 2004\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA high school senior attempts to salvage her reputation among her Ivy League–obsessed classmates by writing their college admissions essays and in the process learns big truths about herself in this mesmerizing debut novel-in-verse, perfect for fans of Gayle Forman and Elizabeth Acevedo.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNic Chen refuses to spend her senior year branded as the girl who cheated on her charismatic and lovable boyfriend. To redefine her reputation among her Ivy League–obsessed classmates, Nic begins writing their college admissions essays.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut the more essays Nic writes for other people, the less sure she becomes of herself, the kind of person she is, and whether her moral compass even points north anymore.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eProvocative, brilliant, and achingly honest, \u003ci\u003e500 Words or Less\u003c\/i\u003e explores the heartbreak and hope that marks the search for your truest self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-27T16:59:23-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-27T16:58:49-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":1899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1899,"compare_at_price_min":1899,"compare_at_price_max":1899,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39315802783833,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA371-Del Rosario","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"500 Words or Less — Del Rosario '04","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1899,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781534410442","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba371-delrosario-500.jpg?v=1619557149"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba371-delrosario-500.jpg?v=1619557149","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"500 Words or Less by Juleah Del Rosario","id":20378355597401,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba371-delrosario-500.jpg?v=1619557149"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba371-delrosario-500.jpg?v=1619557149","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Juleah Del Rosario Swanson, Class of 2004\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA high school senior attempts to salvage her reputation among her Ivy League–obsessed classmates by writing their college admissions essays and in the process learns big truths about herself in this mesmerizing debut novel-in-verse, perfect for fans of Gayle Forman and Elizabeth Acevedo.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNic Chen refuses to spend her senior year branded as the girl who cheated on her charismatic and lovable boyfriend. To redefine her reputation among her Ivy League–obsessed classmates, Nic begins writing their college admissions essays.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut the more essays Nic writes for other people, the less sure she becomes of herself, the kind of person she is, and whether her moral compass even points north anymore.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eProvocative, brilliant, and achingly honest, \u003ci\u003e500 Words or Less\u003c\/i\u003e explores the heartbreak and hope that marks the search for your truest self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":6557962993753,"title":"Glorious One-Pot Meals — Yarnell '91","handle":"glorious-one-pot-meals-yarnell-91","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Yarnell, Class of 1991\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Yarnell developed her revolutionary infusion-cooking method to avoid often mushy slow-cooker results and to make cooking and cleaning up after dinner a breeze. Now anyone with too many tasks and not enough time can use her technique to get dinner on the table in an hour or less, with no more than twenty minutes of hands-on prep work—and just one pot to clean. All it takes is a Dutch oven and a few basic fresh or even frozen ingredients layered–never stirred. \u003cem\u003eGlorious One-Pot Meals\u003c\/em\u003e provides the most convenient method yet of serving highly nutritious, satisfying suppers every night of the week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-09T15:06:47-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-09T15:06:46-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Cookbooks"],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1795,"compare_at_price_min":1795,"compare_at_price_max":1795,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39300391731289,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA359-Yarnell","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Glorious One-Pot Meals — Yarnell '91","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1795,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780767930109","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba359-yarnell-glorious.jpg?v=1617995208"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba359-yarnell-glorious.jpg?v=1617995208","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Glorious One-Pot Meals by Elizabeth Yarnell","id":20333391315033,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba359-yarnell-glorious.jpg?v=1617995208"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba359-yarnell-glorious.jpg?v=1617995208","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Yarnell, Class of 1991\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Yarnell developed her revolutionary infusion-cooking method to avoid often mushy slow-cooker results and to make cooking and cleaning up after dinner a breeze. Now anyone with too many tasks and not enough time can use her technique to get dinner on the table in an hour or less, with no more than twenty minutes of hands-on prep work—and just one pot to clean. All it takes is a Dutch oven and a few basic fresh or even frozen ingredients layered–never stirred. \u003cem\u003eGlorious One-Pot Meals\u003c\/em\u003e provides the most convenient method yet of serving highly nutritious, satisfying suppers every night of the week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554739212377,"title":"What You Know in Your Hands — Poliner '82","handle":"what-you-know-in-your-hands-poliner-82","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Poliner, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Poliner's poems are of painting, literature, and music, of family, memory, and loss. Whether set in Washington, D.C., the small Connecticut town of her childhood, or the coast of Maine, these poems speak with uncommon clarity and musicality as they explore the complexity of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T12:12:27-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T12:12:26-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1999,"price_min":1999,"price_max":1999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1999,"compare_at_price_min":1999,"compare_at_price_max":1999,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293527392345,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA343-Poliner","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"What You Know in Your Hands — Poliner '82","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1999,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781625491497","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"What You Know in Your Hands, Poems by Elizabeth Poliner","id":20320281854041,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Poliner, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Poliner's poems are of painting, literature, and music, of family, memory, and loss. Whether set in Washington, D.C., the small Connecticut town of her childhood, or the coast of Maine, these poems speak with uncommon clarity and musicality as they explore the complexity of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554700939353,"title":"Alchemy of Awakening — Hobin '82","handle":"alchemy-of-awakening-hobin-82","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lynn Hobin, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlchemy of Awakening\u003c\/em\u003e is a window into the author's life during the time it was transformed from a carefully planned life into one more in alignment with her authentic self, and consistent with that which she came into being to do. A life-altering event was placed in her path enabling her to become conscious of universal truths rather than limited to the pre-defined individual truths she had always lived by. These poems and conversations came to her as the world she thought she knew was being shattered to reveal a new reality. In these poems, the author shares an intimate and moving account associated with the process of shedding layers of beliefs that no longer served her evolution or true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T10:52:45-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T10:52:23-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1595,"price_min":1595,"price_max":1595,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1595,"compare_at_price_min":1595,"compare_at_price_max":1595,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293463789657,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA341-Hobin","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Alchemy of Awakening — Hobin '82","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781387212415","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba341-hobin-alchemy.jpg?v=1617375160"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba341-hobin-alchemy.jpg?v=1617375160","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Alchemy of Awakening by Lynn Hobin","id":20320073515097,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba341-hobin-alchemy.jpg?v=1617375160"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba341-hobin-alchemy.jpg?v=1617375160","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lynn Hobin, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlchemy of Awakening\u003c\/em\u003e is a window into the author's life during the time it was transformed from a carefully planned life into one more in alignment with her authentic self, and consistent with that which she came into being to do. A life-altering event was placed in her path enabling her to become conscious of universal truths rather than limited to the pre-defined individual truths she had always lived by. These poems and conversations came to her as the world she thought she knew was being shattered to reveal a new reality. In these poems, the author shares an intimate and moving account associated with the process of shedding layers of beliefs that no longer served her evolution or true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554100334681,"title":"The Girl of the Early Race — Boe '76","handle":"the-girl-of-the-early-race-boe-76","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Deborah Boe, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovers of poetry who remember Deborah Boe's critically acclaimed debut book, Mojave, will wonder why she published no subsequent book -- until now.Thomas Simmons of the University of Iowa wrote in his September 6, 1999, review of Mojave on Amazon.com: \"Deborah Boe is one of the most under-rated poets in America. I have never understood why [her] first volume, the 1987 Mojave, was not quickly followed by an equally stellar second book. Certainly the three poems of Boe's in the March 1986 issue of Poetry, which are not included in Mojave, themselves merit the release of a second volume. Boe's style has the terseness and out-of-left-field vividness of Louise Glück's best work, but she has a sharper grip on the immediate situation: her poems of love and abuse against the setting of the desert are as shockingly humane as any I have read. While she has a different kind of lyricism from Marie Howe, the underlying intensity of language is similar: Boe and Howe, at their best, match each other in the extreme aridity of their perceptions, which somehow ironically restore the heart. Hanging Loose Press deserves great credit for bringing out Boe's first book, but the situation reminds one of the inherent injustices of the world of poetry: some deserving poets, like Howe, are prize winners with two books, while other, equally deserving poets (like Boe) go almost unrecognized. But if you find a copy of Mojave, you will find poems you have been looking for for years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-07-22T11:37:36-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-01T14:54:47-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1195,"price_min":1195,"price_max":1195,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1195,"compare_at_price_min":1195,"compare_at_price_max":1195,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39291735212121,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA336-Boe","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Girl of the Early Race — Boe '76","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1195,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1195,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781933237237","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba336-boe-girl.jpg?v=1617303319"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba336-boe-girl.jpg?v=1617303319","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Girl of the Early Race, Poems by Deborah Boe","id":20318875517017,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba336-boe-girl.jpg?v=1617303319"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba336-boe-girl.jpg?v=1617303319","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Deborah Boe, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovers of poetry who remember Deborah Boe's critically acclaimed debut book, Mojave, will wonder why she published no subsequent book -- until now.Thomas Simmons of the University of Iowa wrote in his September 6, 1999, review of Mojave on Amazon.com: \"Deborah Boe is one of the most under-rated poets in America. I have never understood why [her] first volume, the 1987 Mojave, was not quickly followed by an equally stellar second book. Certainly the three poems of Boe's in the March 1986 issue of Poetry, which are not included in Mojave, themselves merit the release of a second volume. Boe's style has the terseness and out-of-left-field vividness of Louise Glück's best work, but she has a sharper grip on the immediate situation: her poems of love and abuse against the setting of the desert are as shockingly humane as any I have read. While she has a different kind of lyricism from Marie Howe, the underlying intensity of language is similar: Boe and Howe, at their best, match each other in the extreme aridity of their perceptions, which somehow ironically restore the heart. Hanging Loose Press deserves great credit for bringing out Boe's first book, but the situation reminds one of the inherent injustices of the world of poetry: some deserving poets, like Howe, are prize winners with two books, while other, equally deserving poets (like Boe) go almost unrecognized. But if you find a copy of Mojave, you will find poems you have been looking for for years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6543906668633,"title":"The Kinfolk — Morgan '89","handle":"kinfolk-morgan-89","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Genevieve Morgan, Class of 1989\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the conclusion of The Five Stones Trilogy, Chase, Evelyn, and Knox fight to save not just the island of Ayda but their own world. They are scattered throughout the war-torn island as Dankar, the power-hungry ruler of Exor, mounts his greatest attack. His forces begin a final, fatal siege on the weakening realms of Melor and Metria. His goal: to extend his power beyond Ayda, beyond the fog, to the rest of the world. Will Chase be able to convince Ratha, the proud ruler of the realm of Varuna, to come to their aid? Can Evelyn harness her daylights and control the stone of Metria? Will Dankar murder his own cousin in his bid for power?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-11T16:18:23-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-11T16:15:38-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's","Fiction"],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1895,"compare_at_price_min":1895,"compare_at_price_max":1895,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39268245733465,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA333-Morgan","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Kinfolk — Morgan '89","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1895,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781934031827","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba333-morgan-kinfolk.jpg?v=1615497461"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba333-morgan-kinfolk.jpg?v=1615497461","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Kinfolk by Genevieve Morgan '89","id":20266582769753,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba333-morgan-kinfolk.jpg?v=1615497461"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba333-morgan-kinfolk.jpg?v=1615497461","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Genevieve Morgan, Class of 1989\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the conclusion of The Five Stones Trilogy, Chase, Evelyn, and Knox fight to save not just the island of Ayda but their own world. They are scattered throughout the war-torn island as Dankar, the power-hungry ruler of Exor, mounts his greatest attack. His forces begin a final, fatal siege on the weakening realms of Melor and Metria. His goal: to extend his power beyond Ayda, beyond the fog, to the rest of the world. Will Chase be able to convince Ratha, the proud ruler of the realm of Varuna, to come to their aid? Can Evelyn harness her daylights and control the stone of Metria? Will Dankar murder his own cousin in his bid for power?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6543904571481,"title":"Chantarelle — Morgan '89","handle":"chantarelle-morgan-89","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Genevieve Morgan, Class of 1989\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Book Two of The Five Stones Trilogy, Chase, determined to fulfill his promise to find the unifying Fifth Stone, finds the elusive Captain Nate and brings him back to the island of Ayda, where one realm is burning and two others are under siege from Dankar’s dark forces of Exor. Meanwhile, Knox and Evelyn must trust a mysterious guide to help them find a way back to Ayda, though each has their own personal struggle to overcome. All three children must decide if they can put their own needs—and fears—aside to save their friends and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-11T16:12:51-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-11T16:09:19-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's","Fiction"],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1895,"compare_at_price_min":1895,"compare_at_price_max":1895,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39268240621657,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA332-Morgan","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Chantarelle — Morgan '89","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1895,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781939017635","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba332-morgan-chantarelle.jpg?v=1615497098"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba332-morgan-chantarelle.jpg?v=1615497098","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Chantarelle by Genevieve Morgan '89","id":20266579198041,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba332-morgan-chantarelle.jpg?v=1615497098"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba332-morgan-chantarelle.jpg?v=1615497098","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Genevieve Morgan, Class of 1989\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Book Two of The Five Stones Trilogy, Chase, determined to fulfill his promise to find the unifying Fifth Stone, finds the elusive Captain Nate and brings him back to the island of Ayda, where one realm is burning and two others are under siege from Dankar’s dark forces of Exor. Meanwhile, Knox and Evelyn must trust a mysterious guide to help them find a way back to Ayda, though each has their own personal struggle to overcome. All three children must decide if they can put their own needs—and fears—aside to save their friends and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6543430778969,"title":"The Bear Who Couldn't Sleep — Nastro '92","handle":"the-bear-who-couldnt-sleep-nastro-92","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Caroline Nastro, Class of 1992\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s no place like home when it’s time for bed. When Bear can’t sleep, he goes on an adventure and discovers the wonders of New York City—a parade, Central Park, hot dogs, and more! But when he finally gets tired and looks for a place to rest . . . he learns why it’s called the city that never sleeps. What’s a bear to do? Caroline Nastro’s gentle adventure and Vanya Nastanlieva’s engaging illustrations are sure to comfort and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-08T16:37:30-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-10T16:52:45-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's"],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1795,"compare_at_price_min":1795,"compare_at_price_max":1795,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39267095838809,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA318-Nastro","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Bear Who Couldn't Sleep — Nastro '92","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1795,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780735842687","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba318-nastro-bear.jpg?v=1615413167"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba318-nastro-bear.jpg?v=1615413167","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Bear Who Couldn't Sleep by Caroline Nastro","id":20263852114009,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba318-nastro-bear.jpg?v=1615413167"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba318-nastro-bear.jpg?v=1615413167","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Caroline Nastro, Class of 1992\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s no place like home when it’s time for bed. When Bear can’t sleep, he goes on an adventure and discovers the wonders of New York City—a parade, Central Park, hot dogs, and more! But when he finally gets tired and looks for a place to rest . . . he learns why it’s called the city that never sleeps. What’s a bear to do? Caroline Nastro’s gentle adventure and Vanya Nastanlieva’s engaging illustrations are sure to comfort and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6543420555353,"title":"Living Sustainably — Sanford '83","handle":"living-sustainably-sanford-83","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy A. Whitney Sanford, Class of 1983\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across the United States are seeking the freedom to craft their own societies and live based on the values of nonviolence, self-sufficiency, equality, and voluntary simplicity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLiving Sustainably\u003c\/i\u003e, A. Whitney Sanford reveals the solutions that such communities have devised for sustainable living while highlighting the specific choices and adaptations that they have made to accommodate local context and geography. She examines their methods of reviving and adapting traditional agrarian skills, testing alternate building materials for their homes, and developing local governments that balance group needs and individual autonomy. \u003ci\u003eLiving Sustainably\u003c\/i\u003e is a teachable testament to the idea that new cultures based on justice and sustainability are attainable in many ways. Sanford's engaging work demonstrates that citizens can make a conscious effort to subsist in a more balanced, harmonious world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-10T16:31:24-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-10T16:30:59-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":3695,"price_min":3695,"price_max":3695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3695,"compare_at_price_min":3695,"compare_at_price_max":3695,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39267077587033,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA315-Sanford","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Living Sustainably — Sanford '83","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3695,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780813177526","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba315-sanford-living.jpg?v=1615411878"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba315-sanford-living.jpg?v=1615411878","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Living Sustainably by A. Whitney Sanford","id":20263824326745,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba315-sanford-living.jpg?v=1615411878"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba315-sanford-living.jpg?v=1615411878","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy A. Whitney Sanford, Class of 1983\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across the United States are seeking the freedom to craft their own societies and live based on the values of nonviolence, self-sufficiency, equality, and voluntary simplicity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLiving Sustainably\u003c\/i\u003e, A. Whitney Sanford reveals the solutions that such communities have devised for sustainable living while highlighting the specific choices and adaptations that they have made to accommodate local context and geography. She examines their methods of reviving and adapting traditional agrarian skills, testing alternate building materials for their homes, and developing local governments that balance group needs and individual autonomy. \u003ci\u003eLiving Sustainably\u003c\/i\u003e is a teachable testament to the idea that new cultures based on justice and sustainability are attainable in many ways. Sanford's engaging work demonstrates that citizens can make a conscious effort to subsist in a more balanced, harmonious world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6540441452633,"title":"Mud, Sand, and Snow — Agell '81","handle":"mud-sand-and-snow-agell-81","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Charlotte Agell, Class of 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Mud makes me dance in the spring \/ I fly up to the sky on my swing.” So begins a celebration of the four seasons, as a young girl explores, with family and friends, the mud of spring, sand and wind in the summer, leaves and pumpkins in the fall, and the joys of snow in winter. Toddlers will enjoy listening to, and repeating, the easy rhyming text that invites them to use all their senses to experience the world changing around them. We feel grass tickling our toes, hear bees buzzing, and see our breath steam in the cold of winter. Author\/illustrator Charlotte Agell brings her trademark light and airy watercolors to this joyful board book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-08-14T16:31:04-04:00","created_at":"2021-03-05T11:52:08-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's"],"price":1095,"price_min":1095,"price_max":1095,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1095,"compare_at_price_min":1095,"compare_at_price_max":1095,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39260492791897,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA301-Agell","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mud, Sand, and Snow — Agell '81","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1095,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1095,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781944762636","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba301-agell-mudsand.jpg?v=1614963129"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba301-agell-mudsand.jpg?v=1614963129","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":20249125945433,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba301-agell-mudsand.jpg?v=1614963129"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba301-agell-mudsand.jpg?v=1614963129","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Charlotte Agell, Class of 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Mud makes me dance in the spring \/ I fly up to the sky on my swing.” So begins a celebration of the four seasons, as a young girl explores, with family and friends, the mud of spring, sand and wind in the summer, leaves and pumpkins in the fall, and the joys of snow in winter. Toddlers will enjoy listening to, and repeating, the easy rhyming text that invites them to use all their senses to experience the world changing around them. We feel grass tickling our toes, hear bees buzzing, and see our breath steam in the cold of winter. Author\/illustrator Charlotte Agell brings her trademark light and airy watercolors to this joyful board book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}