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World Central Kitchen Cookbook — Chapple-Sokol '07
$35.00
By José Andrés with Sam Chapple-Sokol '07 A 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. In their first co...
Terrible Beauty — Schendler '92
$32.00
By Auden Schendler, Class of 1992 Terrible Beauty is a trench-view story of the failure of the modern environmental movement—and an inspiring prescription for change. Walden (1854) defined American environmentalism. A Sand County Almanac (1949) reinvented the field of conservation. Silent Spring (1962) alerted the world to persistent environment...
Among the Bowdoin Pines Art Print
$85.00
A signed limited edition art print of Among the Bowdoin Pines, by Angela K. Nasveschuk, Class of 2004. Each piece is matted to 11" x 14" and comes in a presentation gift box.
It Rhymes with Truth — Miller '96
$17.99
By Rich Miller, Class of 1996 Sometimes the truth sets us free. Other times it’s a life sentence for a crime we never committed. Which 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 abo...
Value Added Risk Management — Belmont '88
$59.99
By David P. Belmont, Class of 1988 A new perspective on risk management. Risk 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 return...
Outpost — Hill '74
Outpost — Hill '74
$17.00
By Christopher Hill, Class of 1974 A “candid, behind-the-scenes” (The Dallas Morning News) 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.Christopher Hill was on the front lines in the Balkans at the breakup of Yugoslavia. He ...
Devolution — Clenott '73
Devolution — Clenott '73
$15.99
By Peter Clenott, Class of 1973 "What does it truly mean to be 'Human'?" Chiku 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.'Just after her eleventh birthday, Chiku witnesses the horrifying death of her mother, and h...
Book of the Mandolin Player — Oleson '87
$15.95
By Anne Britting Oleson, Class of 1987 Meg 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 ...
Amelie and Ali — Cammille '07
$12.99
By Emily Cammille, Class of 2007 On 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 ma...
Cooking in Real Life — Heuck '13
$35.00
By Lidey Heuck, Class of 2013 From 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.Lidey Heuck landed the most plum after-college job—working for Ina Garten in her East Hampton kitchen. There, she learned how to ...
Crush Your Test Anxiety — Bernstein '69
$18.99
By Ben Bernstein, Class of 1969 Tests cause a lot of stress and anxiety, but no more! Performance 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 ...
Neighborhood Heroes — Rielly '18
$15.95
By Morgan Rielly, Class of 2018 Inspired 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 wa...
On Target — Bechtell '78
On Target — Bechtell '78
$29.95
By Michele Bechtell, Class of 1978 In 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 expe...
So Conceived and So Dedicated — Wongsrichanalai '03
$40.00
Edited by Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Class of 2003,and Lorien Foote Highlighting recent and new directions in contemporary research in the field, So Conceived and So Dedicated offers a complete and updated picture of intellectual life in the Civil War-era Union. Compiling essays from both established and young historians, this volume addresses th...
Retsbol Rises: An Abenaki Lobster Tale — Jones '86
$23.95
By Jayne Rowe Jones, Class of 1986 An 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 harbo...
Seed of Sarah — Isaacson G'67
$20.95
By Judith Magyar Isaacson, Graduate Degree 1967 This 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. -From the publisher.
Justice Justice — Maxfield '41
$17.95
By Henry S. Maxfield, Class of 1941 Newly 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, Whitr...
A Ready-Made Life: Early Masters of Modern Korean Fiction — Fulton '70
$15.95
Translated by Bruce Fulton, Class of 1970 A Ready Made Life is the first volume of early modern Korean fiction to appear in English in the U.S. Written between 1921 and 1943, the sixteen stories are an excellent introduction to the riches of modern Korean fiction. They reveal a variety of settings, voices, styles, and thematic concerns, and the ...
I Promised You Daisies — Benjamin '66
$15.00
By Robert A. Benjamin, Class of 1966 For 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, intellectu...
Find Your Perfect Job — Smith '89
$12.95
By Scott Smith, Class of 1989 LEARN THE INSIDER SECRETS TO FIND YOUR PERFECT JOB -- GET THE ONLY REAL-WORLD CAREER GUIDE FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS Young 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 g...
Birds of Bowdoin — Dow '24
Birds of Bowdoin — Dow '24
$14.00
By Cora Dow, Class of 2024 A beautifully illustrated guide to the birds that can be seen on the Bowdoin College campus. Article: Student Artist Creates Illustrated Book of Birds
Elements of Mind — Hunt '81
$7.95
By Walter Hunt, Class of 1981 In 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 mesme...
Spreading Ashes — Cooney '91
Spreading Ashes — Cooney '91
$14.95
By Shaun Cooney, Class of 1991 Sometimes, the journey you least want to take becomes the most wondrous of all. Bound by his older brother's dying request, an apathetic and parochial 32-year-old man grudgingly endeavors to backpack across Europe, spreading his brother's ashes and discovering it is never too late to participate in life. -From the ...
The Life of Franklin Pierce — Hawthorne 1825
$12.99
By Nathaniel Hawthorne, Class of 1825 Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 - October 8, 1869 [Bowdoin Class of 1824]) was the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857, an American politician and lawyer. To date, he is the only President from New Hampshire. -From the back cover.