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Tales of Bowdoin — Mills '72

Tales of Bowdoin — Mills '72
$19.95
Some Gathered Fragments and Fancies of Undergraduate Life in the Past and Present Collected by John Clair Minot, class of 1896, and Donald Francis Snow, class of 1901 New Preface by Barry Mills '72, 14th President of Bowdoin College This classic volume contains stories of student life in the late 19th Century at one of America's oldest colleg...

Blessed Boyhood — Chamberlain 1852
$15.95
By Joshua L. Chamberlain, Class of 1852 Annotations by Thomas A. Desjardin and David K. Thomson '08; foreword by U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr. H‘07; edited by Richard Lindemann Published in Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's early memoir is published in its entirety here for the first ...

Maine, A Love Story — Butterfield '92
$36.00
By Blue Butterfield, Class of 1992 “Can you live in a moment?” This love letter to Maine from artist Blue Butterfield is a book of intimate essays illustrated with her evocative woodblock prints. Life isn’t easy on a farm outside Bar Harbor with her single mom, but they both find solace and joy in the beauty of Acadia National Park and in makin...

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.
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

Easy Chinese Cookbook — Toy '77
$16.99
By Chris Toy '77 When you think of the irresistible tastes and smells of popular takeout meals, very few are more satisfying than Chinese food. Easy Chinese Cookbook offers you more than 85 recipes to help you re-create restaurant favorites in the comfort of your own kitchen. Learn how to make staples like General Tso's Chicken, Crab Rangoon, an...

Birds of Maine Cards by Blue Butterfield
$28.00
Greeting cards depicting (some) birds of Maine with envelopes by woodcut artist Blue Butterfield, Bowdoin College Class of 1992. Blank inside. Each card measures 5" x 7" Set of 12, 2 of each style.

All the Light We Cannot See — Doerr '95
$18.99
By Anthony Doerr, Class of 1995 Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War...

On the Other Side of Freedom — McKesson '07
$17.00
By Deray McKesson, Class of 2007 In August 2014, twenty-nine-year-old activist DeRay Mckesson stood with hundreds of others on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, to push a message of justice and accountability. These protests, and others like them in cities across the country, resulted in the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, in hi...

Driving the Green Book — Hall '74
$18.99
By Alvin Hall, Class of 1974 Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America’s haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers encountered locked doors, hostile police, and potentiall...

Cloud Cuckoo Land — Doerr '95
$20.00
By Anthony Doerr, Class of 1995 From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time, comes the highly anticipated Cloud Cuckoo Land. Set in Constantinople in the fifteenth century, in a small town in present-day Idaho, and on an interstellar ship decades f...
No Rules Rule — Hastings '83

No Rules Rule — Hastings '83
$28.00
By Reed Hastings '83with Erin Meyer Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world’s most innovative, imaginative, and successful companiesThere has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating billions of...
The Quotable Longfellow

The Quotable Longfellow
$12.95
Introduction by Wesley McNair Arguably America’s most recognized poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [Bowdoin College Class of 1825] was the equivalent of a movie star in his day (1807–1882), and his epic poems, such as “Paul Revere’s Ride,” “Evangeline,” and “Song of Hiawatha” helped create the mythic vision of America that still exists today. Man...
Odd Botany — Moeckel '93

Odd Botany — Moeckel '93
$14.88
By Thorpe Moeckel '93 "Thorpe Moeckel is litanist, pilgrim, sensualist, beseecher, explorer, and connoisseur of the heart's underbrush and waterways. Odd Botany gives us a language of plenitude and paradox that is 'rambunctious on the tongue' -- pop-culturally savvy, intensely lyric, and capable of an incomparably delicate tensility." - Lisa R...

Fist Stick Knife Gun — Canada '74
$16.00
By Geoffrey Canada '74 This brutally honest account of a childhood in the Bronx is a personal history of violence in America and a hopeful plea for the salvation of our children caught in today's crossfire. Canada's childhood experiences influenced his sensitive understanding of violent attitudes born out of fear and self-preservation. What is p...

A Year in Maine Cards by Blue Butterfield
$28.00
Greeting cards depicting (some) birds of Maine with envelopes by woodcut artist Blue Butterfield, Bowdoin College Class of 1992. Blank inside. Each card measures 5" x 7" Set of 12, 1 of each style.

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.

Longfellow: Poems & Other Writings — Longfellow 1825
$40.00
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Class of 1825 No American writer of the nineteenth century was more universally enjoyed and admired than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His works were extraordinary bestsellers for their era, achieving fame both here and abroad. Now, for the first time in over twenty-five years, The Library of America offers a full-sc...
It's Me — Hickey '07

It's Me — Hickey '07
$15.99
By Kate Hickey, Class of 2007 It’s the fall of 2003 and Perry Walsh is entering her freshman year of college. She quickly meets the handsome Ben Brown, a chance encounter that will forever alter the course of her life. As if navigating her connection with another human being isn't hard enough, throw in the realities of campus living: a roommate ...

Coronavirus Heroes — Dookie '21, et al.
$14.99
By Basmattie Dookie, Class of 2021; Hikmah Okoya, Class of 2021; Emma Hahesy, Class of 2022; and Joanna Lin, Class of 2022 Join Charlie on an adventure to uncover her superpower during a pandemic. From online learning to being stuck at home, Charlie navigates the ups and downs of the coronavirus pandemic with her mother. Her story mimics many o...

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys — Hawthorne 1825
$17.00
By Nathaniel Hawthorne, Class of 1825 Six legends of Greek mythology, retold for children by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Included are The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimaera. In 1838, Hawthorne suggested to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [fellow Bowdoin Class of 1825] ...

Mud, Sand, and Snow — Agell '81
$10.95
By Charlotte Agell, Class of 1981 “Mud makes me dance in the spring / I fly up to the sky on my swing.” So begins a celebration of the four seasons, as a young girl explores, with family and friends, the mud of spring, sand and wind in the summer, leaves and pumpkins in the fall, and the joys of snow in winter. Toddlers will enjoy listening to, ...

Cake Keeper Cakes — Chattman '85
$17.95
By Lauren Chattman, Class of 1985 Few things are as satisfying as a sweet snack that's mouthwateringly moist. So skip the cookie jar and head for the cake keeper. In Cake Keeper Cakes, Lauren Chattman, the author of "Dessert Express," presents simple and delicious recipes that stand up to everyday eating. Made from only the most wholesome ingred...
If We Had Known - Juska '95

If We Had Known - Juska '95
$26.00
By Elise Juska, Class of '95 One August afternoon, as single mother Maggie Daley prepares to send her only child off to college, their world is shattered by news of a mass shooting at the local mall in rural Maine. As reports and updates about the tragedy begin to roll in, Maggie, an English professor, is further stunned to learn that the gunma...