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{"id":7942294503513,"title":"Wayne's War — Burton '66","handle":"waynes-war-burton-66","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Wayne Myles Burton, Class of 1966\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWayne’s War\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the author’s experience as a staff officer and company commander in the 9th Infantry Division during Operation Speedy Express in 1968–69 in the Mekong Delta. Grounded in the 240 letters he wrote to his wife during this time, as well as experiences before and since, he describes the conflict between duty and conscience he encountered at a personal level that the country experienced nationally, both during the Vietnam War and the decades that follow. His unit’s mission of winning the hearts and minds of the people through mechanisms bordering on genocide begets his disillusionment, causing him to rethink most of what he’d been taught to believe. His later life builds on his new beliefs, sending him on pathways he never anticipated before participating in the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-04-11T09:16:58-04:00","created_at":"2025-04-11T09:16:58-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1695,"compare_at_price_min":1695,"compare_at_price_max":1695,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42290145296473,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA460-Burton","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Wayne's War — Burton '66","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1695,"weight":227,"compare_at_price":1695,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781633811614","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba460-burton-wayne.jpg?v=1744377380"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba460-burton-wayne.jpg?v=1744377380","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":26171405500505,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba460-burton-wayne.jpg?v=1744377380"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba460-burton-wayne.jpg?v=1744377380","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Wayne Myles Burton, Class of 1966\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWayne’s War\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the author’s experience as a staff officer and company commander in the 9th Infantry Division during Operation Speedy Express in 1968–69 in the Mekong Delta. Grounded in the 240 letters he wrote to his wife during this time, as well as experiences before and since, he describes the conflict between duty and conscience he encountered at a personal level that the country experienced nationally, both during the Vietnam War and the decades that follow. His unit’s mission of winning the hearts and minds of the people through mechanisms bordering on genocide begets his disillusionment, causing him to rethink most of what he’d been taught to believe. His later life builds on his new beliefs, sending him on pathways he never anticipated before participating in the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7937707540569,"title":"An Elegant Woman — McPhee '87","handle":"an-elegant-woman-mcphee-87","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Martha McPhee, Class of 1987\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A portrait of self-creation in the vein of F. Scott Fitzgerald”,” (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Elegant Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis “a rich exploration of legacy and memory” (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) that follows four generations of women against the sweep of 20th century American history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawn from the author’s own family history, this powerful, moving multigenerational saga from National Book Award finalist Martha McPhee masterfully explores the stories we tell ourselves, and what we leave out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Isadora, a novelist, and two of her sisters sift through the artifacts of their forebears’ lives, trying to decide what to salvage and what to toss, the story shifts to a winter day in 1910 at a train station in Ohio. Two girls wait in the winter cold with their mother—the mercurial Glenna Stewart—to depart for a new life in the West. As Glenna campaigns in Montana for women’s suffrage and teaches in one-room schoolhouses, Tommy takes care of her little sister, Katherine: trapping animals, begging, keeping house, cooking, while Katherine goes to school. When Katherine graduates, Tommy makes a decision that will change the course of both of their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold “with an easy grace many historical novels lack” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Elegant Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows one woman over the course of the 20th century, taking us from a drought-stricken Montana farm to a yellow Victorian in Maine; from the halls of a psychiatric hospital in London to a wedding gown fitting at Bergdorf Goodman; from a house in small town Ohio to a family reunion at a sweltering New Jersey pig roast. Framed by Isadora’s efforts to retell her grandmother’s journey—and understand her own—the novel is “sharp, precise, and, yes, elegant” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) in its gorgeous depiction of one hundred years in a family’s history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-04-01T11:52:21-04:00","created_at":"2025-04-01T11:52:21-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1700,"price_min":1700,"price_max":1700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1700,"compare_at_price_min":1700,"compare_at_price_max":1700,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42271378636889,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA459-McPhee","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"An Elegant Woman — McPhee '87","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1700,"weight":454,"compare_at_price":1700,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781501179587","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba459-mcphee-elegant.jpg?v=1743522634"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba459-mcphee-elegant.jpg?v=1743522634","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":26149704040537,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba459-mcphee-elegant.jpg?v=1743522634"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba459-mcphee-elegant.jpg?v=1743522634","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Martha McPhee, Class of 1987\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A portrait of self-creation in the vein of F. Scott Fitzgerald”,” (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Elegant Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis “a rich exploration of legacy and memory” (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) that follows four generations of women against the sweep of 20th century American history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawn from the author’s own family history, this powerful, moving multigenerational saga from National Book Award finalist Martha McPhee masterfully explores the stories we tell ourselves, and what we leave out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Isadora, a novelist, and two of her sisters sift through the artifacts of their forebears’ lives, trying to decide what to salvage and what to toss, the story shifts to a winter day in 1910 at a train station in Ohio. Two girls wait in the winter cold with their mother—the mercurial Glenna Stewart—to depart for a new life in the West. As Glenna campaigns in Montana for women’s suffrage and teaches in one-room schoolhouses, Tommy takes care of her little sister, Katherine: trapping animals, begging, keeping house, cooking, while Katherine goes to school. When Katherine graduates, Tommy makes a decision that will change the course of both of their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold “with an easy grace many historical novels lack” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Elegant Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows one woman over the course of the 20th century, taking us from a drought-stricken Montana farm to a yellow Victorian in Maine; from the halls of a psychiatric hospital in London to a wedding gown fitting at Bergdorf Goodman; from a house in small town Ohio to a family reunion at a sweltering New Jersey pig roast. Framed by Isadora’s efforts to retell her grandmother’s journey—and understand her own—the novel is “sharp, precise, and, yes, elegant” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) in its gorgeous depiction of one hundred years in a family’s history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7821557825625,"title":"World Central Kitchen Cookbook — Chapple-Sokol '07","handle":"world-central-kitchen-cookbook-chapple-sokol-07","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy José Andrés with Sam Chapple-Sokol '07\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA captivating collection of stories and recipes from renowned chefs, local cooks, and celebrity friends of José Andrés’s beloved nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK), which feeds communities impacted by natural disasters and humanitarian crises; with a foreword from Stephen Colbert.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn their first cookbook, WCK shares recipes inspired by the many places they’ve cooked following disasters as well as inspiring narratives from the chefs and volunteers on the front lines. Photographs captured throughout the world highlight community and hope while stunning food photography showcases the mouthwatering recipes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter reflects a value of the organization. “Urgency” focuses on food that can be eaten on the go, including the Lahmajoun Flatbread served after a devastating explosion rocked Beirut in 2020. In “Hope,” readers will find soups, stews, and comforting meals such as Ukrainian Borsch served to families living through an unthinkable invasion and Chicken Chili Verde prepared for California firefighters. Famous WCK supporters have shared recipes too, like Breakfast Tacos from Michelle Obama and a Lemon Olive Oil Cake from Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. Other contributors include Marcus Samuelsson, Ayesha Curry, Reem Assil, Brooke Williamson, Emeril Lagasse, Tyler Florence, Guy Fieri, Sanjeev Kapoor, and Eric Adjepong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a celebration of dignity and perseverance—and about building longer tables, not higher walls.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2024-11-01T16:17:13-04:00","created_at":"2024-11-01T16:17:13-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Cookbooks"],"price":3500,"price_min":3500,"price_max":3500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3500,"compare_at_price_min":3500,"compare_at_price_max":3500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41959962214489,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA458-Chapple","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"World Central Kitchen Cookbook — Chapple-Sokol '07","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3500,"weight":680,"compare_at_price":3500,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780593579077","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba458-chapple-wck.jpg?v=1730492166"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba458-chapple-wck.jpg?v=1730492166","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"World Centra Kitchen cookbook by Jose Andres with Sam Chapple-Sokol","id":25756916023385,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba458-chapple-wck.jpg?v=1730492166"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba458-chapple-wck.jpg?v=1730492166","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy José Andrés with Sam Chapple-Sokol '07\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA captivating collection of stories and recipes from renowned chefs, local cooks, and celebrity friends of José Andrés’s beloved nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK), which feeds communities impacted by natural disasters and humanitarian crises; with a foreword from Stephen Colbert.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn their first cookbook, WCK shares recipes inspired by the many places they’ve cooked following disasters as well as inspiring narratives from the chefs and volunteers on the front lines. Photographs captured throughout the world highlight community and hope while stunning food photography showcases the mouthwatering recipes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter reflects a value of the organization. “Urgency” focuses on food that can be eaten on the go, including the Lahmajoun Flatbread served after a devastating explosion rocked Beirut in 2020. In “Hope,” readers will find soups, stews, and comforting meals such as Ukrainian Borsch served to families living through an unthinkable invasion and Chicken Chili Verde prepared for California firefighters. Famous WCK supporters have shared recipes too, like Breakfast Tacos from Michelle Obama and a Lemon Olive Oil Cake from Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. Other contributors include Marcus Samuelsson, Ayesha Curry, Reem Assil, Brooke Williamson, Emeril Lagasse, Tyler Florence, Guy Fieri, Sanjeev Kapoor, and Eric Adjepong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a celebration of dignity and perseverance—and about building longer tables, not higher walls.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/div\u003e"}

{"id":7821546651737,"title":"Sabor Judío — Boyle","handle":"sabor-judio-boyle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Margaret Boyle, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/mboyle2\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Margaret Boyle faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAssociate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Director of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program\u003c\/a\u003e, and Ilan Stavans\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabor Judío\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e celebrates the delicious fusion of two culinary traditions, Jewish and Mexican. Written with joy and verve, Ilan Stavans and Margaret Boyle’s lavishly illustrated cookbook demonstrates how cooking and eating connect Jewish Mexicans across places and generations. Featuring 100 deeply personal recipes enjoyed by Jewish Mexicans around the world, the book is organized by meal—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003edesayuno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (breakfast), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ecomida\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (lunch), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ecena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (dinner)—and also includes dishes made for Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, Hanukkah, Shavuot, and other holidays. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabor Judío\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eisn’t only a cookbook; it is also a vibrant history of Jewish immigration to Mexico from 1492 to the present. It explains how flavors and dishes evolved in Mexican and Jewish kitchens and how they fused into a distinct cuisine, mainly by the labor of Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and converso women. This cookbook is the product of two award-winning, internationally known Jewish Mexican writers and foodies who spent a decade gathering recipes and personal narratives from Jewish Mexican households. The result is a dynamic and delicious array of recipes and experiences, infusing important cultural heritage into this essential culinary record.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-07T16:55:44-05:00","created_at":"2024-11-01T15:41:49-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Cookbooks"],"price":4000,"price_min":4000,"price_max":4000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41959897170009,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF414-Boyle","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sabor Judío — Boyle","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":4000,"weight":907,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781469682921","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wbf414-boyle-sabor.jpg?v=1730490021"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wbf414-boyle-sabor.jpg?v=1730490021","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Sabor Judio by Ilan Stavans and Margaret Boyle","id":25756807331929,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wbf414-boyle-sabor.jpg?v=1730490021"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wbf414-boyle-sabor.jpg?v=1730490021","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Margaret Boyle, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/mboyle2\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Margaret Boyle faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAssociate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Director of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program\u003c\/a\u003e, and Ilan Stavans\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabor Judío\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e celebrates the delicious fusion of two culinary traditions, Jewish and Mexican. Written with joy and verve, Ilan Stavans and Margaret Boyle’s lavishly illustrated cookbook demonstrates how cooking and eating connect Jewish Mexicans across places and generations. Featuring 100 deeply personal recipes enjoyed by Jewish Mexicans around the world, the book is organized by meal—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003edesayuno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (breakfast), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ecomida\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (lunch), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ecena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (dinner)—and also includes dishes made for Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, Hanukkah, Shavuot, and other holidays. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabor Judío\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eisn’t only a cookbook; it is also a vibrant history of Jewish immigration to Mexico from 1492 to the present. It explains how flavors and dishes evolved in Mexican and Jewish kitchens and how they fused into a distinct cuisine, mainly by the labor of Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and converso women. This cookbook is the product of two award-winning, internationally known Jewish Mexican writers and foodies who spent a decade gathering recipes and personal narratives from Jewish Mexican households. The result is a dynamic and delicious array of recipes and experiences, infusing important cultural heritage into this essential culinary record.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7799345807449,"title":"It Rhymes with Truth — Miller '96","handle":"it-rhymes-with-truth-miller-96","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Rich Miller, Class of 1996\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_36 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eSometimes the truth sets us free. Other times it’s a life sentence for a crime we never committed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_36 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eWhich is why, when an eight-year-old homeless boy and an eccentric elderly woman trapped in a retirement community forge a fragile bond and become each other’s unwitting family, they only have one rule: never speak about Before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_36 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eBut the truth has a way of catching up to us, spoken or unspoken. And when the pair’s bond is tested, the only way to rise above the forces that threaten to destroy the good thing between them is to confront each other’s pasts head on. Whether they want to or not.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_36 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRhymes with Truth\u003c\/em\u003e is a mostly true account of an epic battle of wills between people on opposite ends of life that includes escape plans, conflicting appraisals of the facial hair of 1980s baseball players, birds that\u003cbr class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eweren’t there, birds that were there, strategies for children to buy expensive scotch, and a rising body count that is (mostly) not their fault.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_36 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eIt is an examination of the colossal challenges of being a parent, the even more colossal challenges of trying to grow up to be a good person, and the even colossal-er lengths that people will go to for the people they love in a world that just might be crazy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-09-25T16:50:46-04:00","created_at":"2024-09-12T17:00:43-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1799,"price_min":1799,"price_max":1799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41887819759705,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA456-Miller","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"It Rhymes with Truth — Miller '96","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1799,"weight":454,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9798990770904","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba456-miller-rhymes.jpg?v=1726174749"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba456-miller-rhymes.jpg?v=1726174749","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"It Rhymes with Truth by Rich Miller","id":25648824647769,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba456-miller-rhymes.jpg?v=1726174749"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba456-miller-rhymes.jpg?v=1726174749","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Rich Miller, Class of 1996\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_36 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eSometimes the truth sets us free. 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Whether they want to or not.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_36 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRhymes with Truth\u003c\/em\u003e is a mostly true account of an epic battle of wills between people on opposite ends of life that includes escape plans, conflicting appraisals of the facial hair of 1980s baseball players, birds that\u003cbr class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eweren’t there, birds that were there, strategies for children to buy expensive scotch, and a rising body count that is (mostly) not their fault.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_36 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eIt is an examination of the colossal challenges of being a parent, the even more colossal challenges of trying to grow up to be a good person, and the even colossal-er lengths that people will go to for the people they love in a world that just might be crazy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7777603387481,"title":"Crónica de un Amor Terrible — Celis","handle":"cronica-de-un-amor-terrible-celis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Nadia V. 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El descubrimiento detonó en la escritora el impulso por desentrañar los efectos que la célebre novela del Premio Nobel tuvo y sigue teniendo no solo en los personajes reales que inspiraron aquella historia, sino también en sus miles de lectoras y lectores. Este libro, su extraordinario relato de la investigación, es una travesía apasionante que rebasa los límites de la ficción y de la realidad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMesmerizing research through the places, characters, and real events that inspired one of the best-known novels by Gabriel García Márquez:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of a Death Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring a visit to the Harry Ransom Center, where Gabriel García Márquez’ personal archive is kept, Nadia Cleis came across an important find: an unpublished manuscript of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of a Death Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e containing a rare epilogue. The find detonated in the writer the impulse to unravel the effects the famous novel by the Nobel Prize winner had and still has, not only in the real-life people who inspired the story, but in thousands of readers. This book, an extraordinary account of her research, is a passionate journey that goes beyond the limits of reality and fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is written in Spanish.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","published_at":"2024-08-07T17:02:16-04:00","created_at":"2024-08-07T17:02:16-04:00","vendor":"Penguin Random House","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Spanish Language"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1995,"compare_at_price_min":1995,"compare_at_price_max":1995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41831147733081,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF413-Celis","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Crónica de un Amor Terrible — Celis","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1995,"weight":255,"compare_at_price":1995,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9789585404885","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wbf413-celis-cronica.jpg?v=1723064437"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wbf413-celis-cronica.jpg?v=1723064437","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cronica de un amor terrible by Nadia Celis","id":25561893601369,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wbf413-celis-cronica.jpg?v=1723064437"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wbf413-celis-cronica.jpg?v=1723064437","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Nadia V. Celis\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Nadia Celis faculty profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/ncelis\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eProfessor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUna fascinante investigación por los lugares, personajes y hechos reales que inspiraron una de las novelas más reconocidas de Gabriel García Márquez: Crónica de una muerte anunciada.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDurante una visita al Harry Ransom Center, donde reposan los archivos personales de Gabriel García Márquez, Nadia Celis dio con un importante hallazgo: un manuscrito inédito de Crónica de una muerte anunciada que contiene un insólito epílogo. El descubrimiento detonó en la escritora el impulso por desentrañar los efectos que la célebre novela del Premio Nobel tuvo y sigue teniendo no solo en los personajes reales que inspiraron aquella historia, sino también en sus miles de lectoras y lectores. Este libro, su extraordinario relato de la investigación, es una travesía apasionante que rebasa los límites de la ficción y de la realidad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMesmerizing research through the places, characters, and real events that inspired one of the best-known novels by Gabriel García Márquez:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of a Death Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring a visit to the Harry Ransom Center, where Gabriel García Márquez’ personal archive is kept, Nadia Cleis came across an important find: an unpublished manuscript of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of a Death Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e containing a rare epilogue. The find detonated in the writer the impulse to unravel the effects the famous novel by the Nobel Prize winner had and still has, not only in the real-life people who inspired the story, but in thousands of readers. This book, an extraordinary account of her research, is a passionate journey that goes beyond the limits of reality and fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is written in Spanish.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e"}

{"id":7612111978585,"title":"Value Added Risk Management — Belmont '88","handle":"value-added-risk-management-belmont-88","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy David P. Belmont, Class of 1988\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA new perspective on risk management.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRisk management has evolved to address the more strategic issue of optimization of return on risk. This has been accompanied by statistical, mathematical, and financial techniques which-when actively applied-can aid an institution in producing disproportionately high returns on risk. \u003cem\u003eValue Added Risk Management\u003c\/em\u003e aims to describe these techniques, illustrate their application, and discuss their strategic value for financial institutions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-04-19T15:24:16-04:00","created_at":"2024-04-19T15:24:16-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":5999,"price_min":5999,"price_max":5999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41228025725017,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA455-Belmont","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Value Added Risk Management — Belmont '88","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5999,"weight":635,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0470821159","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba455-belmont-value.jpg?v=1713554527"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba455-belmont-value.jpg?v=1713554527","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":25064078901337,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba455-belmont-value.jpg?v=1713554527"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba455-belmont-value.jpg?v=1713554527","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy David P. Belmont, Class of 1988\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA new perspective on risk management.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRisk management has evolved to address the more strategic issue of optimization of return on risk. This has been accompanied by statistical, mathematical, and financial techniques which-when actively applied-can aid an institution in producing disproportionately high returns on risk. \u003cem\u003eValue Added Risk Management\u003c\/em\u003e aims to describe these techniques, illustrate their application, and discuss their strategic value for financial institutions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7569934155865,"title":"Outpost — Hill '74","handle":"outpost-hill-74","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Christopher Hill, Class of 1974\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA “candid, behind-the-scenes” (\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e) memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who—in his career of service to the country—was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristopher Hill was on the front lines in the Balkans at the breakup of Yugoslavia. He participated in one-on-one meetings with the dictator Milosevic and traveled to Bosnia and Kosovo, and to the Dayton conference, where a truce was arrived at. He was the first American Ambassador to Macedonia; Ambassador to Poland, in the cold war; chief disarmament negotiator in North Korea; and Hillary Clinton’s hand-picked Ambassador to Iraq.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutpost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Hill’s “lively, entertaining…introduction to the difficult game of diplomacy” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)—an adventure story of danger, loss of comrades, high stakes negotiations, and imperfect options. There are fascinating portraits of war criminals (Mladic, Karadzic), of presidents (Bush, Clinton, and Obama), of vice presidents including Dick Cheney, of Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and of Ambassadors Richard Holbrooke and Lawrence Eagleburger, among others. 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There are fascinating portraits of war criminals (Mladic, Karadzic), of presidents (Bush, Clinton, and Obama), of vice presidents including Dick Cheney, of Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and of Ambassadors Richard Holbrooke and Lawrence Eagleburger, among others. Hill writes bluntly about the bureaucratic warfare in DC and expresses strong criticism of America’s aggressive interventions and wars of choice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the wars in the Balkans to the brutality of North Korea to the endless war in Iraq, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutpost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “is a personal story, filled with the intricacies of living abroad, coping with the bureaucracy of the huge US foreign-policy establishment, and trying to persuade some very difficult people that America really does want to help them” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7569878909017,"title":"Devolution — Clenott '73","handle":"devolution-clenott-73","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Peter Clenott, Class of 1973\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"What does it truly mean to be 'Human'?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChiku Flynn wasn't raised to be human. Born in the Congolese rainforest, she spends her first eleven years as part of an experiment. For her, the aboriginal-the primitive-is 'normal.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJust after her eleventh birthday, Chiku witnesses the horrifying death of her mother, and her father sends her 'home' to the United States, to a normal teenager's life. But she can't adapt. She is the proverbial wild child—obstinate and defiant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen her father disappears, sixteen-year-old Chiku heads back to the primordial jungle, where she uncovers her own dark past and puts to use her greatest skill: she can communicate via sign language with the wild chimpanzees of Chimp Island.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut there is turmoil in the rainforest-civil war, environmental upheaval...and murder. The lives of the chimps and the safety of the people she loves depend upon one teenaged girl who refuses to be messed with—Chiku Flynn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-04-09T15:56:08-04:00","created_at":"2024-04-09T15:56:08-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1599,"price_min":1599,"price_max":1599,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1599,"compare_at_price_min":1599,"compare_at_price_max":1599,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41132035670105,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA453-Clenott","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Devolution — Clenott '73","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1599,"weight":454,"compare_at_price":1599,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781927792148","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba453-clenott-devol.jpg?v=1712692446"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba453-clenott-devol.jpg?v=1712692446","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Devolution by Peter Clenott","id":24971709644889,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba453-clenott-devol.jpg?v=1712692446"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba453-clenott-devol.jpg?v=1712692446","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eBy Peter Clenott, Class of 1973\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"What does it truly mean to be 'Human'?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChiku Flynn wasn't raised to be human. Born in the Congolese rainforest, she spends her first eleven years as part of an experiment. For her, the aboriginal-the primitive-is 'normal.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJust after her eleventh birthday, Chiku witnesses the horrifying death of her mother, and her father sends her 'home' to the United States, to a normal teenager's life. But she can't adapt. She is the proverbial wild child—obstinate and defiant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen her father disappears, sixteen-year-old Chiku heads back to the primordial jungle, where she uncovers her own dark past and puts to use her greatest skill: she can communicate via sign language with the wild chimpanzees of Chimp Island.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut there is turmoil in the rainforest-civil war, environmental upheaval...and murder. The lives of the chimps and the safety of the people she loves depend upon one teenaged girl who refuses to be messed with—Chiku Flynn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7569863999577,"title":"Book of the Mandolin Player — Oleson '87","handle":"book-of-the-mandolin-player-oleson-87","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Anne Britting Oleson, Class of 1987\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeg Cross lives in a small Maine town with a family that is too big, too loud, too everything. Life in a small Maine town: where everyone is related by blood or marriage, where everyone knows everything there is to know about everyone else, and where there is no anonymity. So it seems for Meg Cross, living in an old farmhouse on the side of a mountain with her young niece, Maeve. It's easy to fall in line with her family's expectations, but easy, too, to resent them, when she's certain there's something more out there for her. Then tragedy strikes to the core of who and what she believes she is. How does a person remake a life from all the broken pieces? Meg finds herself forced to re-examine all she formerly found important, and in the process, comes to realize that though it might chafe, there is strength to be drawn from the place she comes from, and the people to whom she is truly known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-04-09T15:49:32-04:00","created_at":"2024-04-09T15:49:32-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"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":41131997069401,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA452","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Book of the Mandolin Player — Oleson '87","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":454,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781943837045","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba452-oleson-book.jpg?v=1712692050"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba452-oleson-book.jpg?v=1712692050","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Book of the Mandolin Player by Anne Britting Oleson","id":24971681562713,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba452-oleson-book.jpg?v=1712692050"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba452-oleson-book.jpg?v=1712692050","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Anne Britting Oleson, Class of 1987\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeg Cross lives in a small Maine town with a family that is too big, too loud, too everything. Life in a small Maine town: where everyone is related by blood or marriage, where everyone knows everything there is to know about everyone else, and where there is no anonymity. So it seems for Meg Cross, living in an old farmhouse on the side of a mountain with her young niece, Maeve. It's easy to fall in line with her family's expectations, but easy, too, to resent them, when she's certain there's something more out there for her. Then tragedy strikes to the core of who and what she believes she is. How does a person remake a life from all the broken pieces? Meg finds herself forced to re-examine all she formerly found important, and in the process, comes to realize that though it might chafe, there is strength to be drawn from the place she comes from, and the people to whom she is truly known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7569824710745,"title":"Amelie and Ali — Cammille '07","handle":"amelie-and-ali-cammille-07","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Emily Cammille, Class of 2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the surface, Amelie and Ali couldn't be more different. He was born in Paris and she grew up in the southern United States. But after a chance meeting on a flight to Paris, the two quickly discover that they are looking for the same thing--love. From the moment she meets him, Amelie views Ali as the type of man she's waited a lifetime for. In the city of light, Amelie and Ali develop an ethereal rapport where they navigate Paris as closely as they do one another. As unexpected neighbors in the 8th arrondisement, they uncover cafes, jazz bars, book stores, and markets together, where their love of Paris cultivates their love for one another. Paris's climate of cultural tension even invigorates their relationship, uncovering their similar identifies. But Amelie struggles to fully trust Ali as she has questions about an old friend of Ali's. Ali's perfectly put together demeanor is further complicated by a demanding mother and a troubled brother. When the two return to New York, Ali's past brings their tension to a head. Amelie and Ali are left to decide if love is enough to move them forward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-04-09T15:31:10-04:00","created_at":"2024-04-09T15:31:10-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1299,"price_min":1299,"price_max":1299,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1299,"compare_at_price_min":1299,"compare_at_price_max":1299,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41131857018969,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA451-Cammille","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Amelie and Ali — Cammille '07","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1299,"weight":454,"compare_at_price":1299,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781512300321","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba451-cammille-amelie.jpg?v=1712690903"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba451-cammille-amelie.jpg?v=1712690903","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24971575492697,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba451-cammille-amelie.jpg?v=1712690903"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba451-cammille-amelie.jpg?v=1712690903","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Emily Cammille, Class of 2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the surface, Amelie and Ali couldn't be more different. He was born in Paris and she grew up in the southern United States. But after a chance meeting on a flight to Paris, the two quickly discover that they are looking for the same thing--love. From the moment she meets him, Amelie views Ali as the type of man she's waited a lifetime for. In the city of light, Amelie and Ali develop an ethereal rapport where they navigate Paris as closely as they do one another. As unexpected neighbors in the 8th arrondisement, they uncover cafes, jazz bars, book stores, and markets together, where their love of Paris cultivates their love for one another. Paris's climate of cultural tension even invigorates their relationship, uncovering their similar identifies. But Amelie struggles to fully trust Ali as she has questions about an old friend of Ali's. Ali's perfectly put together demeanor is further complicated by a demanding mother and a troubled brother. When the two return to New York, Ali's past brings their tension to a head. Amelie and Ali are left to decide if love is enough to move them forward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7556979327065,"title":"Cooking in Real Life — Heuck '13","handle":"cooking-in-real-life-heuck-13","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lidey Heuck, Class of 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the rising star who learned to cook when she worked for Ina Garten, 100 recipes that are cook-pleasing and crowd-pleasing and written with the shopper, chopper, and dish-doer in mind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLidey Heuck landed the most plum after-college job—working for Ina Garten in her East Hampton kitchen. There, she learned how to develop recipes that work every time and how to put together dishes that are at once special and unfussy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCooking in Real Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e represents the golden middle ground that new and experienced home cooks crave: recipes that are inventive but not overly complicated, that use familiar ingredients but encourage us to do things a little bit differently. They are designed to be low-effort, practical, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e high-reward. Lidey combines straight-forward delicious cooking with innovative, vegetable-forward recipes, inspired by bold flavors from near and far. Chapters and recipes include the following:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusy, fuss-free weeknights:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Salmon with Honey and Chili Crunch, Cider-Glazed Sausages with Apples and Fennel, Saucy Shrimp alla Vodka. 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{"id":7556977197145,"title":"Crush Your Test Anxiety — Bernstein '69","handle":"crush-your-test-anxiety-bernstein-69","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Ben Bernstein, Class of 1969\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTests cause a lot of stress and anxiety, but no more!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerformance coach Ben Bernstein delivers a comprehensive training guide on how to improve test scores. These lessons avoid memorization and answering strategies and instead address the test-taker individually to determine what they need to perform well at test time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on 50 years of teaching experience and 35 years of practice as a clinical psychologist, this book distills the best practices used by elite athletes, performing artists, and top business executives to create a system that can be applied to any test, including the SAT, ACT, LSAT, MCAT, GRE, GMAT, licensing exams, finals, and even driving tests. The system trains test takers to be calm, confident, and focused: the dependable \"three-legged stool\" for successful performance. Also included are special chapters for parents and teachers, as well as online access to additional test-prep material for individual use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-04-03T16:43:25-04:00","created_at":"2024-04-03T16:43:25-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"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":41099232772185,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA449-Bernstein","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Crush Your Test Anxiety — Bernstein '69","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1899,"weight":454,"compare_at_price":1899,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781641700252","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba449-bernstein-crush.jpg?v=1712176883"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba449-bernstein-crush.jpg?v=1712176883","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24939003904089,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba449-bernstein-crush.jpg?v=1712176883"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba449-bernstein-crush.jpg?v=1712176883","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Ben Bernstein, Class of 1969\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTests cause a lot of stress and anxiety, but no more!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerformance coach Ben Bernstein delivers a comprehensive training guide on how to improve test scores. These lessons avoid memorization and answering strategies and instead address the test-taker individually to determine what they need to perform well at test time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on 50 years of teaching experience and 35 years of practice as a clinical psychologist, this book distills the best practices used by elite athletes, performing artists, and top business executives to create a system that can be applied to any test, including the SAT, ACT, LSAT, MCAT, GRE, GMAT, licensing exams, finals, and even driving tests. The system trains test takers to be calm, confident, and focused: the dependable \"three-legged stool\" for successful performance. Also included are special chapters for parents and teachers, as well as online access to additional test-prep material for individual use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7556976640089,"title":"Neighborhood Heroes — Rielly '18","handle":"neighborhood-heroes-rielly-18","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Morgan Rielly, Class of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by the old African proverb: \"When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground,\" high-school student Morgan Reilly sought to preserve as many Maine libraries as he could by interviewing men and women who served in World War II. All of these veterans taught him something, not just about how to fight a war, but how to live a life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-04-03T16:37:59-04:00","created_at":"2024-04-03T16:37:59-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"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":41099230380121,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA448-Rielly","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Neighborhood Heroes — Rielly '18","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":363,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781608932634","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba448-rielly-neighborhood.jpg?v=1712176531"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba448-rielly-neighborhood.jpg?v=1712176531","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Neighborhood Heroes: Life Lessons from Maine's Greatest Generation, by Morgan Rielly","id":24938996826201,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba448-rielly-neighborhood.jpg?v=1712176531"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba448-rielly-neighborhood.jpg?v=1712176531","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Morgan Rielly, Class of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by the old African proverb: \"When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground,\" high-school student Morgan Reilly sought to preserve as many Maine libraries as he could by interviewing men and women who served in World War II. All of these veterans taught him something, not just about how to fight a war, but how to live a life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7556973559897,"title":"On Target — Bechtell '78","handle":"on-target-bechtell-78","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Michele Bechtell, Class of 1978\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn all too many companies, once a business plan is created there is no systematic follow-up. The plan is filed and forgotten until it's time for the annual review-and the result is repeated failure to achieve goals and objectives. Seasoned organizational consultant Michele Bechtell draws on twenty years of experience to describe a straightforward, easy-to-implement, yet powerful set of business review techniques that will transform a traditional static paper plan into a reliable targeting process to produce quantum leaps in performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBechtell shows how to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify the priority measures requiring continual review,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetect and respond to early warning signs,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccelerate the change process to drive current objectives,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLink lessons from one cycle to the next for dramatic results, and much more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes sample forms, tools, and graphics easily customized for your organization. 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The plan is filed and forgotten until it's time for the annual review-and the result is repeated failure to achieve goals and objectives. Seasoned organizational consultant Michele Bechtell draws on twenty years of experience to describe a straightforward, easy-to-implement, yet powerful set of business review techniques that will transform a traditional static paper plan into a reliable targeting process to produce quantum leaps in performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBechtell shows how to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify the priority measures requiring continual review,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetect and respond to early warning signs,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccelerate the change process to drive current objectives,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLink lessons from one cycle to the next for dramatic results, and much more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes sample forms, tools, and graphics easily customized for your organization. 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How did the Civil War affect northerners' conception of nationalism and their understanding of their relationship to the state?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssays explore myriad topics, including: how antebellum ideas about the environment and the body influenced conceptions of democratic health; how leaders of the Irish American community reconciled their support of the United States and the Republican Party with their allegiances to Ireland and their fellow Irish immigrants; how intellectual leaders of the northern African American community explained secession, civil war, and emancipation; the influence of southern ideals on northern intellectuals; wartime and postwar views from college and university campuses; the ideological acrobatics that professors at midwestern universities had to perform in order to keep their students from leaving the classroom; and how northern sketch artists helped influence the changing perceptions of African American soldiers over the course of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollectively, \u003cem\u003eSo Conceived and So Dedicated\u003c\/em\u003e offers relevant and fruitful answers to the nation's intellectual history and suggests that antebellum modes of thinking remained vital and tenacious well after the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7556970610777,"title":"Retsbol Rises: An Abenaki Lobster Tale — Jones '86","handle":"retsbol-rises-an-abenaki-lobster-tale-jones-86","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Jayne Rowe Jones, Class of 1986\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn action adventure book in which a tribal covenant in Maine is stolen, disrupting the harmony of Mount Desert Island and calling the lobsters back to take over the land. Three children go on an exciting, and at times harrowing, journey to find Abenaki amulets to restore the peace and save the surrounding harbors from catastrophe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-04-03T16:14:34-04:00","created_at":"2024-04-03T16:14:34-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":2395,"price_min":2395,"price_max":2395,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2395,"compare_at_price_min":2395,"compare_at_price_max":2395,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41099198824537,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA245-Jones","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Retsbol Rises: An Abenaki Lobster Tale — Jones '86","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2395,"weight":726,"compare_at_price":2395,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781938883651","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba445-jones-retsbol.jpg?v=1712175158"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba445-jones-retsbol.jpg?v=1712175158","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24938975002713,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba445-jones-retsbol.jpg?v=1712175158"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba445-jones-retsbol.jpg?v=1712175158","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Jayne Rowe Jones, Class of 1986\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn action adventure book in which a tribal covenant in Maine is stolen, disrupting the harmony of Mount Desert Island and calling the lobsters back to take over the land. Three children go on an exciting, and at times harrowing, journey to find Abenaki amulets to restore the peace and save the surrounding harbors from catastrophe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7543051976793,"title":"Seed of Sarah — Isaacson G'67","handle":"seed-of-sarah-isaacson-g67","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/obituaries.bowdoin.edu\/judith-magyar-isaacson-g67\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bowdoin Obituary of Judith Magyar Isaacson\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eJudith Magyar Isaacson\u003c\/a\u003e, Graduate Degree 1967\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"info-tabContent\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby=\"tab-0\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"pane-0\" class=\"card tab-pane fade show active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-controls=\"collapse-0\" id=\"collapse-0\" class=\"collapse show active\"\u003eThis gripping and highly acclaimed account of a young woman's experience in concentration camps now includes a final chapter, \"A Time to Forgive?\" detailing the author's trips back to her former forced labor camp in Germany.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-controls=\"collapse-0\" class=\"collapse show active\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-controls=\"collapse-0\" class=\"collapse show active\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2024-03-27T17:06:55-04:00","created_at":"2024-03-27T17:06:55-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Books","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":2095,"price_min":2095,"price_max":2095,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2095,"compare_at_price_min":2095,"compare_at_price_max":2095,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41041935466585,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA444-Isaacson","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Seed of Sarah — Isaacson G'67","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2095,"weight":363,"compare_at_price":2095,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780252062193","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba444-isaacson-seed.jpg?v=1711573393"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba444-isaacson-seed.jpg?v=1711573393","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Seed of Sarah: Memoirs of a Survivor by Judith Magyar Isaacson","id":24898098331737,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba444-isaacson-seed.jpg?v=1711573393"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba444-isaacson-seed.jpg?v=1711573393","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/obituaries.bowdoin.edu\/judith-magyar-isaacson-g67\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bowdoin Obituary of Judith Magyar Isaacson\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eJudith Magyar Isaacson\u003c\/a\u003e, Graduate Degree 1967\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"info-tabContent\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby=\"tab-0\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"pane-0\" class=\"card tab-pane fade show active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-controls=\"collapse-0\" id=\"collapse-0\" class=\"collapse show active\"\u003eThis gripping and highly acclaimed account of a young woman's experience in concentration camps now includes a final chapter, \"A Time to Forgive?\" detailing the author's trips back to her former forced labor camp in Germany.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-controls=\"collapse-0\" class=\"collapse show active\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-controls=\"collapse-0\" class=\"collapse show active\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}

{"id":7543048470617,"title":"Justice Justice — Maxfield '41","handle":"justice-justice-maxfield-41","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Henry S. Maxfield, Class of 1941\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewly elected President, Walter Whitredge, due to the assassination of Supreme Court Associate Justice Eliot Shapiro, by persons unknown, has the opportunity to appoint his successor. In the firm belief that Law alone is not and cannot be a substitute for Justice and legal ethics are woefully inadequate, Whitredge appoints non-lawyer Bradford Justice, a one term Senator determined to make real ethics a major role in the search for justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-03-27T16:57:22-04:00","created_at":"2024-03-27T16:57:22-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"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":41041922981977,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA443-Maxfield","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Justice Justice — Maxfield '41","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":454,"compare_at_price":1795,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0966628918","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba443-maxfield-justice.jpg?v=1711572942"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba443-maxfield-justice.jpg?v=1711572942","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Justice Justice: Satire on Our Justice System, a Fantasy, by Henry S. Maxfield","id":24898087682137,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba443-maxfield-justice.jpg?v=1711572942"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba443-maxfield-justice.jpg?v=1711572942","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Henry S. Maxfield, Class of 1941\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewly elected President, Walter Whitredge, due to the assassination of Supreme Court Associate Justice Eliot Shapiro, by persons unknown, has the opportunity to appoint his successor. In the firm belief that Law alone is not and cannot be a substitute for Justice and legal ethics are woefully inadequate, Whitredge appoints non-lawyer Bradford Justice, a one term Senator determined to make real ethics a major role in the search for justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-From the back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7528103411801,"title":"I Promised You Daisies — Benjamin '66","handle":"i-promised-you-daisies-benjamin-66","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Robert A. Benjamin, Class of 1966\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor all of us who came of age during the time of Woodstock, hippies and Vietnam, our paths into adult life were more perilous than they might have been a few innocent years earlier. In 1966, although I had never heard a gun fired in anger, I was among the walking wounded of those days of political, intellectual and moral conflict. I was a fresh-faced, eager high school graduate about to embark on my journey of college, choosing a profession, and marrying my steady girl. No matter their sincerity, all of those dreams were broken and shattered. I faced difficult choices. I bore guilt I'd never imagined. I realized I had never learned how to give up. \u003cem\u003eI Promised You Daisie\u003c\/em\u003es is the second volume of my trilogy \u003cem\u003eImperfectly Ordinary\u003c\/em\u003e. As a sequel to \u003cem\u003eA Gift of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, this is the story of my attempt to make sense of life during the disrupted decade that followed my boyhood in a contented traditional New England village. I recount meeting studious, serious-minded Karen Sandstrom, our discovery that we shared just about every opinion in life that mattered, and our student marriage. We were convinced our mutual support would enable us to accomplish more good things in the world than we might have managed on our own. We did not understand that questions we had not yet learned to ask and the emotional baggage we believed we'd each discarded were going to make our life together rougher, steeper and more perilous than the lives we'd traveled alone. When we met, Karen was studying to become a Registered Nurse; I was about to return to college to qualify as a public school teacher. In the end we achieved our goals, but our life together was frighteningly different from the one we'd dreamed of sharing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-03-13T16:22:58-04:00","created_at":"2024-03-13T16:22:58-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"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":40996696457305,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA441-Benjamin","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"I Promised You Daisies — Benjamin '66","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1500,"weight":454,"compare_at_price":1500,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780982060537","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba441-benjamin-daisies.jpg?v=1710361380"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba441-benjamin-daisies.jpg?v=1710361380","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"I Promised You Daisies by Robert A. 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I was a fresh-faced, eager high school graduate about to embark on my journey of college, choosing a profession, and marrying my steady girl. No matter their sincerity, all of those dreams were broken and shattered. I faced difficult choices. I bore guilt I'd never imagined. I realized I had never learned how to give up. \u003cem\u003eI Promised You Daisie\u003c\/em\u003es is the second volume of my trilogy \u003cem\u003eImperfectly Ordinary\u003c\/em\u003e. As a sequel to \u003cem\u003eA Gift of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, this is the story of my attempt to make sense of life during the disrupted decade that followed my boyhood in a contented traditional New England village. I recount meeting studious, serious-minded Karen Sandstrom, our discovery that we shared just about every opinion in life that mattered, and our student marriage. We were convinced our mutual support would enable us to accomplish more good things in the world than we might have managed on our own. We did not understand that questions we had not yet learned to ask and the emotional baggage we believed we'd each discarded were going to make our life together rougher, steeper and more perilous than the lives we'd traveled alone. When we met, Karen was studying to become a Registered Nurse; I was about to return to college to qualify as a public school teacher. In the end we achieved our goals, but our life together was frighteningly different from the one we'd dreamed of sharing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7528055668825,"title":"Find Your Perfect Job — Smith '89","handle":"find-your-perfect-job-smith-89","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Scott Smith, Class of 1989\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLEARN THE INSIDER SECRETS TO FIND YOUR PERFECT JOB -- GET THE ONLY REAL-WORLD CAREER GUIDE FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoung professional who cracked Wall Street, Washington, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley, while earning an MBA and law degree along the way, shares everything he learned about job searching, careers, and graduate schools in this complete guide for young professionals. Written in a concise, highly readable style, the author pulls no punches, giving you the inside scoop and telling you what the other career books are afraid to!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUse this book's revolutionary system to identify and land your dream job. Make the best choices for you at each juncture of your career, from college into your 30s. Find out:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* How to create a comprehensive profile of the best job for you\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* How to get around HR gatekeepers and reach the actual hiring manager\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* Invaluable resume, interview, and networking tips\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* The differences between business school and law school\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* What law school and being a lawyer are really like\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* The NUMBER ONE question to ask yourself to identify your Perfect Job\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is different than the other job-search books:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost job-search books are written by career counselors with little or no outside professional experience. 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Written in a concise, highly readable style, the author pulls no punches, giving you the inside scoop and telling you what the other career books are afraid to!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUse this book's revolutionary system to identify and land your dream job. Make the best choices for you at each juncture of your career, from college into your 30s. 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{"id":7528014938201,"title":"Birds of Bowdoin — Dow '24","handle":"birds-of-bowdoin-dow-24","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Cora Dow, Class of 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated guide to the birds that can be seen on the Bowdoin College campus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArticle: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/local-guide-visual-arts-major-creates-illustrated-book-of-birds.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bowdoin Local Guide: Student Artist Creates Illustrated Book of Birds\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStudent Artist Creates Illustrated Book of Birds\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-05-09T17:04:40-04:00","created_at":"2024-03-13T11:49:50-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Bowdoin Books","Non-Fiction"],"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":40996442210393,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA439-Dow","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Birds of Bowdoin — Dow '24","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1400,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":1400,"inventory_quantity":13,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"BOWBIRDS","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba439-dow-birds.jpg?v=1710349396"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba439-dow-birds.jpg?v=1710349396","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Birds of Bowdoin by Cora Dow '24","id":24847117451353,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba439-dow-birds.jpg?v=1710349396"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba439-dow-birds.jpg?v=1710349396","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eBy Cora Dow, Class of 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated guide to the birds that can be seen on the Bowdoin College campus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArticle: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/local-guide-visual-arts-major-creates-illustrated-book-of-birds.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bowdoin Local Guide: Student Artist Creates Illustrated Book of Birds\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStudent Artist Creates Illustrated Book of Birds\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7526516490329,"title":"Elements of Mind — Hunt '81","handle":"elements-of-mind-hunt-81","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Walter Hunt, Class of 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Victorian India, a Scottish doctor, Dr. James Esdaile, finds a way to use the power of mesmerism to aid him in performing surgeries, using a remarkable artifact that enhances his abilities. The revocation of the promise to bring the artifact to Rev. William Davey, the head of the secret Committee of English mesmerists leads him to commit suicide in the center of the Crystal Palace...but that is only the beginning of the story.Davey's pursuit of the object leads him across two continents, unfolding the story that has its origins two decades before - and reveals the secret world of the \u003cem\u003echthonoi\u003c\/em\u003e, the elemental spirits that were banished from human lands in antiquity, and now want to find a way to open the Glass Door and reassert themselves in the world of men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-03-12T15:47:51-04:00","created_at":"2024-03-12T15:47:51-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":795,"price_min":795,"price_max":795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":795,"compare_at_price_min":795,"compare_at_price_max":795,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40993609646169,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA438-Hunt","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Elements of Mind — Hunt '81","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":795,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":795,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781939392084","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba438-hunt-elements.jpg?v=1710272873"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba438-hunt-elements.jpg?v=1710272873","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Elements of Mind by Walter Hunt","id":24843636670553,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba438-hunt-elements.jpg?v=1710272873"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba438-hunt-elements.jpg?v=1710272873","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Walter Hunt, Class of 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Victorian India, a Scottish doctor, Dr. James Esdaile, finds a way to use the power of mesmerism to aid him in performing surgeries, using a remarkable artifact that enhances his abilities. The revocation of the promise to bring the artifact to Rev. William Davey, the head of the secret Committee of English mesmerists leads him to commit suicide in the center of the Crystal Palace...but that is only the beginning of the story.Davey's pursuit of the object leads him across two continents, unfolding the story that has its origins two decades before - and reveals the secret world of the \u003cem\u003echthonoi\u003c\/em\u003e, the elemental spirits that were banished from human lands in antiquity, and now want to find a way to open the Glass Door and reassert themselves in the world of men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":7526515376217,"title":"The Book of Lost Fathers — Wilson '57","handle":"the-book-of-lost-fathers-wilson-57","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e By Robley Wilson, Class of 1957\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Why is it the worst things happen when you're most relaxed and your head's empty of everything serious?\" These words, from the narrator of the story \"Grief,\" are at the heart of \"The Book of Lost Fathers, \" the new collection of short fiction by Robley Wilson. These stories depict ordinary, recognizable people dealing with loneliness, loss, and mortality. A woman and her father experience an earthquake, and the incident reinforces the frailty of the dying man. A man must confront his fiancA(c)e's past when he realizes the identity of the \"stranger\" they meet on vacation. A best man arrives late for his friend's wedding, only to learn that the groom has died hours before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining an evocative and compassionate style with familiar characters and enduring messages, Wilson treats fundamental questions of love, suffering, and humanity. His \"lost fathers\" provide a common thread that weaves together stories about fathers, husbands, and lovers, past and present -- and the women whose lives they change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-03-12T15:42:04-04:00","created_at":"2024-03-12T15:42:04-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Fiction"],"price":2250,"price_min":2250,"price_max":2250,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2250,"compare_at_price_min":2250,"compare_at_price_max":2250,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40993604042841,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA437-Wilson","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Book of Lost Fathers — Wilson '57","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2250,"weight":499,"compare_at_price":2250,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0801867177","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba437-wilson-lost.jpg?v=1710272526"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba437-wilson-lost.jpg?v=1710272526","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Book of Lost Fathers by Robley Wilson","id":24843630051417,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba437-wilson-lost.jpg?v=1710272526"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba437-wilson-lost.jpg?v=1710272526","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e By Robley Wilson, Class of 1957\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Why is it the worst things happen when you're most relaxed and your head's empty of everything serious?\" These words, from the narrator of the story \"Grief,\" are at the heart of \"The Book of Lost Fathers, \" the new collection of short fiction by Robley Wilson. These stories depict ordinary, recognizable people dealing with loneliness, loss, and mortality. A woman and her father experience an earthquake, and the incident reinforces the frailty of the dying man. A man must confront his fiancA(c)e's past when he realizes the identity of the \"stranger\" they meet on vacation. A best man arrives late for his friend's wedding, only to learn that the groom has died hours before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining an evocative and compassionate style with familiar characters and enduring messages, Wilson treats fundamental questions of love, suffering, and humanity. His \"lost fathers\" provide a common thread that weaves together stories about fathers, husbands, and lovers, past and present -- and the women whose lives they change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}