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{"id":6540436832345,"title":"Maybe Tomorrow? — Agell '81","handle":"maybe-tomorrow-agell-81","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Charlotte Agell, Class of 1981\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by Ana Ramírez González\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElba has a black block. She's been dragging it around for a long time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorris dances everywhere he goes, even uphill. He is always surrounded by a happy cloud of butterflies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Norris and his butterflies help ease Elba's sadness and convince her to join them on a trip to the ocean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis tender exploration of loss illuminates how kindness, empathy, and friendship can lift our spirits and see us through many tomorrows. It will resonate with anyone who has experienced hardship or grief, from the death of a loved one or a pet, to a friend moving away, or the transition to a new home or family situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-05T11:46:25-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-05T11:46:16-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's"],"price":1799,"price_min":1799,"price_max":1799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1799,"compare_at_price_min":1799,"compare_at_price_max":1799,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39260476964953,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA300-Agell","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Maybe Tomorrow? — Agell '81","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1799,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1799,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781338214888","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba300-agell-maybe.jpg?v=1614962777"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba300-agell-maybe.jpg?v=1614962777","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell '81","id":20249088032857,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba300-agell-maybe.jpg?v=1614962777"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba300-agell-maybe.jpg?v=1614962777","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Charlotte Agell, Class of 1981\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by Ana Ramírez González\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElba has a black block. She's been dragging it around for a long time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorris dances everywhere he goes, even uphill. He is always surrounded by a happy cloud of butterflies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Norris and his butterflies help ease Elba's sadness and convince her to join them on a trip to the ocean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis tender exploration of loss illuminates how kindness, empathy, and friendship can lift our spirits and see us through many tomorrows. It will resonate with anyone who has experienced hardship or grief, from the death of a loved one or a pet, to a friend moving away, or the transition to a new home or family situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6540409667673,"title":"Icebox Desserts — Chattman '85","handle":"icebox-desserts-chattman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lauren Chattman '85\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChill out with dozens of scrumptious no-bake desserts for every occasion, right from your icebox!\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-05T11:24:52-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-05T11:16:33-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Cookbooks"],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1795,"compare_at_price_min":1795,"compare_at_price_max":1795,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39260376432729,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA297-Chattman","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Icebox Desserts — Chattman '85","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1795,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"155832271X","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba297-chattman-icedess.jpg?v=1614961322"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba297-chattman-icedess.jpg?v=1614961322","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Icebox Desserts by Lauren Chattman","id":20248895357017,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba297-chattman-icedess.jpg?v=1614961322"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba297-chattman-icedess.jpg?v=1614961322","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lauren Chattman '85\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChill out with dozens of scrumptious no-bake desserts for every occasion, right from your icebox!\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6539465588825,"title":"Song for an Unsung Hero — Lund '57","handle":"song-for-an-unsung-hero-lund-57","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Erik Lund, Class of 1957\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiane Theis Lund belonged to that generation of women who came of age in the 1950s and '60s, just on the threshold of the highly vocal, sometimes radical, feminist movement. As a young woman, Diane learned that the barriers to women were high—but this represented a challenge, and against all odds of the time, she excelled at Stanford, then at Harvard Law School, and then, for a time, in private law practice. Turning to public-interest law, she became an advocate and lobbyist for the interests of women, poor people, and minorities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a quiet and determined way, Diane Lund was instrumental in improving the lives of women in Massachusetts—young and old, privileged and poor—and her work had a ripple effect across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-04T12:25:12-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-04T12:25:03-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":2500,"price_min":2500,"price_max":2500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2500,"compare_at_price_min":2500,"compare_at_price_max":2500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39258125860953,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA282-Lund","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Song for an Unsung Hero — Lund '57","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2500,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780615274478","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba282-lund-song.jpg?v=1614878736"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba282-lund-song.jpg?v=1614878736","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Song for an Unsung Hero by Erik Lund '57","id":20243144966233,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba282-lund-song.jpg?v=1614878736"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba282-lund-song.jpg?v=1614878736","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Erik Lund, Class of 1957\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiane Theis Lund belonged to that generation of women who came of age in the 1950s and '60s, just on the threshold of the highly vocal, sometimes radical, feminist movement. As a young woman, Diane learned that the barriers to women were high—but this represented a challenge, and against all odds of the time, she excelled at Stanford, then at Harvard Law School, and then, for a time, in private law practice. Turning to public-interest law, she became an advocate and lobbyist for the interests of women, poor people, and minorities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a quiet and determined way, Diane Lund was instrumental in improving the lives of women in Massachusetts—young and old, privileged and poor—and her work had a ripple effect across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6538925899865,"title":"Dogging It — Wagner","handle":"dogging-it-wagner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jonathan Wagner, Bowdoin Alumnus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book of self-discovery is about much more than a failed marriage. Author Jonathan Wagner shares his journey of moving on and discovering the divine presence in the world with the help of his dogs. A testament that dogs are truly man’s best friend, \u003cem\u003eDogging It Through Divorce and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderful exploration of why dogs mean so much to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-08-11T15:12:26-04:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T16:18:19-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"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":39256834539609,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA23-Wagner","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Dogging It — Wagner","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1995,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781684014620","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba293-wagner-dogging.jpg?v=1614806351"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba293-wagner-dogging.jpg?v=1614806351","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Dogging It by Jonathan Wagner","id":20240078176345,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba293-wagner-dogging.jpg?v=1614806351"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba293-wagner-dogging.jpg?v=1614806351","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jonathan Wagner, Bowdoin Alumnus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book of self-discovery is about much more than a failed marriage. Author Jonathan Wagner shares his journey of moving on and discovering the divine presence in the world with the help of his dogs. A testament that dogs are truly man’s best friend, \u003cem\u003eDogging It Through Divorce and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderful exploration of why dogs mean so much to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6538917904473,"title":"Sculpture — Hooke '64","handle":"sculpture-hooke-64","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Robert L. Hooke, Class of 1964\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandsome art volume of sculpture by Robert L. Hooke, Bowdoin Class of 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T16:01:18-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T16:01:02-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Art","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":3995,"price_min":3995,"price_max":3995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3995,"compare_at_price_min":3995,"compare_at_price_max":3995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39256821235801,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA291-Hooke","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sculpture — Hooke '64","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3995,"inventory_quantity":10,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780983541905","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba291-hooke-sculpture.jpg?v=1614805263"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba291-hooke-sculpture.jpg?v=1614805263","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Robert L. Hooke Sculpture by Robert L. Hooke '64","id":20240042295385,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba291-hooke-sculpture.jpg?v=1614805263"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba291-hooke-sculpture.jpg?v=1614805263","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Robert L. Hooke, Class of 1964\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandsome art volume of sculpture by Robert L. Hooke, Bowdoin Class of 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6538914529369,"title":"The Forgotten Longfellow: The Saga of Alexander Longfellow, Sr.","handle":"the-forgotten-longfellow-the-saga-of-alexander-longfellow-sr","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Richard Shain Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA provocative biography of one of the country's first explorer-topographers, [Bowdoin College alumnus] Alexander Longfellow, Sr., the neglected brother of famous poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [Bowdoin Class of 1825]. With humor, self-effacement, grace and touching affection, this man wrote letters to his family, drew maps and drawings, and lived the rough life as he explored and charted the far reaches of the American landscape, shook hands with presidents, sailed around the Horn, and toured the South through the ruins of the Civil War, leaving us a rich legacy of documents to give us a rare picture of America in the 1880's.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T15:50:51-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T15:50:44-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":2599,"price_min":2599,"price_max":2599,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2599,"compare_at_price_min":2599,"compare_at_price_max":2599,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39256813535321,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA290-Longfellow","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Forgotten Longfellow: The Saga of Alexander Longfellow, Sr.","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2599,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2599,"inventory_quantity":8,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780976597575","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba290-longfellow-forgotten.jpg?v=1614804670"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba290-longfellow-forgotten.jpg?v=1614804670","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Forgotten Longfellow by Richard Shain Cohen","id":20240021979225,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba290-longfellow-forgotten.jpg?v=1614804670"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba290-longfellow-forgotten.jpg?v=1614804670","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Richard Shain Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA provocative biography of one of the country's first explorer-topographers, [Bowdoin College alumnus] Alexander Longfellow, Sr., the neglected brother of famous poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [Bowdoin Class of 1825]. With humor, self-effacement, grace and touching affection, this man wrote letters to his family, drew maps and drawings, and lived the rough life as he explored and charted the far reaches of the American landscape, shook hands with presidents, sailed around the Horn, and toured the South through the ruins of the Civil War, leaving us a rich legacy of documents to give us a rare picture of America in the 1880's.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6538906075225,"title":"Sarah Jane Foster — Reilly '67","handle":"sarah-jane-foster-reilly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Wayne Reilly, Class of 1967\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah Jane Foster of Gray, Maine, was one of the hundreds of northerners who headed South to teach former slaves after the Civil War. In addition to seven months of her 1866 diary, this volume includes 23 letters she wrote while in West Virginia and South Carolina to a Portland, Maine, newspaper between 1865 and 1868, as well as some samples of her published fiction and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T15:30:15-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T15:29:35-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni","Civil War"],"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":39256774377561,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA287","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sarah Jane Foster — Reilly '67","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1995,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0897254457","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba287-reilly-sarah.jpg?v=1614803376"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba287-reilly-sarah.jpg?v=1614803376","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Sarah Jane Foster: Teacher of the Freedmen by Wayne Reilly '67","id":20239975710809,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba287-reilly-sarah.jpg?v=1614803376"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba287-reilly-sarah.jpg?v=1614803376","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Wayne Reilly, Class of 1967\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah Jane Foster of Gray, Maine, was one of the hundreds of northerners who headed South to teach former slaves after the Civil War. In addition to seven months of her 1866 diary, this volume includes 23 letters she wrote while in West Virginia and South Carolina to a Portland, Maine, newspaper between 1865 and 1868, as well as some samples of her published fiction and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6538903289945,"title":"Thinking Woman - Dragseth '93","handle":"thinking-woman-dragseth-93","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a woman? Do women have a unique nature and a unique vocation? Should feminists work to help women specifically or to support all people? \u003cem\u003eThinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e examines the lives and ideas of women in the history of philosophy who wished to understand and advocate for themselves as women. Some, like Hildegard of Bingen and Edith Stein, found women to be a unique creature designed by God, necessary for good stewardship of creation. Others, such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sojourner Truth, found women to be identical to men in all but biology and thus identical before the law. Still others, from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler, found the very question troubling as they tried to sort out cultural ideas from biological rules. These women and their views form a canon on the question of women, a canon that can help guide the conversation for thinkers and activists today who want both to understand women and to advocate for justice for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T15:22:41-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T15:22:29-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":2995,"price_min":2995,"price_max":2995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2995,"compare_at_price_min":2995,"compare_at_price_max":2995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39256751046745,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA286-Dragseth","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thinking Woman - Dragseth '93","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2995,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781625646347","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Thinking Woman by Jennifer Dragseth '93","id":20239954640985,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a woman? Do women have a unique nature and a unique vocation? Should feminists work to help women specifically or to support all people? \u003cem\u003eThinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e examines the lives and ideas of women in the history of philosophy who wished to understand and advocate for themselves as women. Some, like Hildegard of Bingen and Edith Stein, found women to be a unique creature designed by God, necessary for good stewardship of creation. Others, such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sojourner Truth, found women to be identical to men in all but biology and thus identical before the law. Still others, from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler, found the very question troubling as they tried to sort out cultural ideas from biological rules. These women and their views form a canon on the question of women, a canon that can help guide the conversation for thinkers and activists today who want both to understand women and to advocate for justice for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":4786547425369,"title":"Bah Hahbah — Dyer '56","handle":"bah-hahbah-growing-up-in-bar-harbor-in-the-1940s-and-1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy LeRoy Dyer, Class of 1956\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn UiGGAb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hgKElc\"\u003e With a snippet of history here and there to offer a perspective as to the growth of the town itself, my wish is that this book, in some small way, has contributed to the lore and history of our small island community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn UiGGAb\"\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-02-06T16:57:46-05:00","created_at":"2021-02-06T16:56:41-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"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":32375610474585,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA274-Dyer","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bah Hahbah — Dyer '56","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1299,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1299,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781631110054","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba274-dyer-bahhahbah_5607e692-28d5-428c-89fd-08b74b7316eb.jpg?v=1614022596"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba274-dyer-bahhahbah_5607e692-28d5-428c-89fd-08b74b7316eb.jpg?v=1614022596","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Bah Hahbah by LeRoy Dyer '56","id":7515875278937,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba274-dyer-bahhahbah_5607e692-28d5-428c-89fd-08b74b7316eb.jpg?v=1614022596"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba274-dyer-bahhahbah_5607e692-28d5-428c-89fd-08b74b7316eb.jpg?v=1614022596","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy LeRoy Dyer, Class of 1956\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn UiGGAb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hgKElc\"\u003e With a snippet of history here and there to offer a perspective as to the growth of the town itself, my wish is that this book, in some small way, has contributed to the lore and history of our small island community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn UiGGAb\"\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4786545557593,"title":"Iron Jaw: A Skipper Tells His Story — Bamforth '51","handle":"iron-jaw-a-skipper-tells-his-story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Richard Bamforth '51 and Charles Bamforth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary life of Captain Charles N. Bamforth spanned most of the twentieth century, beginning with his childhood at the turn of the century and continuing through his retirement and death during the Cold War era. During his sixty years at sea, Captain Bamforth experienced the Depression, two World Wars, and a number of troublesome labor disputes. Through it all, he also had to navigate loneliness, confusion, and marriage to both his family and the sea. His story is told in meticulous detail and with refreshing honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaptain Bamforth’'s handwritten diaries, logs, and personal letters all have been carefully compiled by his sons, Charles and Richard, and reveal as much about the hard-working, unassuming courage of the captain as they do about the turbulent times during which he lived.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-02-06T16:55:18-05:00","created_at":"2021-02-06T16:51:50-05:00","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":32375608115289,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA273","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Iron Jaw: A Skipper Tells His Story — Bamforth '51","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1500,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0805954171","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba273-bamforth-iron.jpg?v=1614022721"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba273-bamforth-iron.jpg?v=1614022721","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Iron Jaw, eds. Richard Bamforth '51 and Charles Bamforth","id":7515877965913,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba273-bamforth-iron.jpg?v=1614022721"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba273-bamforth-iron.jpg?v=1614022721","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Richard Bamforth '51 and Charles Bamforth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary life of Captain Charles N. Bamforth spanned most of the twentieth century, beginning with his childhood at the turn of the century and continuing through his retirement and death during the Cold War era. During his sixty years at sea, Captain Bamforth experienced the Depression, two World Wars, and a number of troublesome labor disputes. Through it all, he also had to navigate loneliness, confusion, and marriage to both his family and the sea. His story is told in meticulous detail and with refreshing honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaptain Bamforth’'s handwritten diaries, logs, and personal letters all have been carefully compiled by his sons, Charles and Richard, and reveal as much about the hard-working, unassuming courage of the captain as they do about the turbulent times during which he lived.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":4766787338329,"title":"A Dog-Friendly Town — Cameron '98","handle":"a-dog-friendly-town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Josephine Cameron '98\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJosephine Cameron's\u003c\/em\u003e A Dog-Friendly Town\u003cem\u003e is a delightful middle-grade cozy caper sure to excite dog-lovers and gentle mystery readers alike!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve-year-old Epic McDade isn't ready for middle school. He'd rather help out at his family's dog-friendly bed n' breakfast all summer, or return to his alternative elementary school in the fall, where learning feels safe. But change comes in all shapes and fur colors. When Carmelito, California is named America's #1 Dog-Friendly Town, all the top dogs and their owners pour into Epic's sleepy seaside neighborhood for a week of celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe McDades are in dog heaven with all the new business until a famous dog's jewel-encrusted collar goes missing. Every guest is a suspect, and Epic will have to embrace new friends and new ideas to sniff out the culprit before the week is through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-12-22T15:13:09-05:00","created_at":"2020-12-22T15:12:17-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's","Fiction"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1699,"compare_at_price_min":1699,"compare_at_price_max":1699,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32324656267353,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA260-Cameron","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Dog-Friendly Town — Cameron '98","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1699,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780374306441","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of A Dog-Friendly Town by Josephine Cameron '98.","id":7515902181465,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Josephine Cameron '98\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJosephine Cameron's\u003c\/em\u003e A Dog-Friendly Town\u003cem\u003e is a delightful middle-grade cozy caper sure to excite dog-lovers and gentle mystery readers alike!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve-year-old Epic McDade isn't ready for middle school. He'd rather help out at his family's dog-friendly bed n' breakfast all summer, or return to his alternative elementary school in the fall, where learning feels safe. But change comes in all shapes and fur colors. When Carmelito, California is named America's #1 Dog-Friendly Town, all the top dogs and their owners pour into Epic's sleepy seaside neighborhood for a week of celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe McDades are in dog heaven with all the new business until a famous dog's jewel-encrusted collar goes missing. Every guest is a suspect, and Epic will have to embrace new friends and new ideas to sniff out the culprit before the week is through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":4761651413081,"title":"Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America","handle":"whatever-it-takes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Paul Tough\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"about-content active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat would it take?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat was the question that Geoffrey Canada [Bowdoin College Class of 1974] found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children—not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? The question led him to create the Harlem Children’s Zone, a ninety-seven-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America. His conclusion: if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle-class peers, you need to change everything in their lives—their schools, their neighborhoods, even the child-rearing practices of their parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhatever It Takes\u003c\/em\u003e is a tour de force of reporting, an inspired portrait not only of Geoffrey Canada but of the parents and children in Harlem who are struggling to better their lives, often against great odds. Carefully researched and deeply affecting, this is a dispatch from inside the most daring and potentially transformative social experiment of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2020-12-10T10:02:08-05:00","created_at":"2020-12-10T10:02:00-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"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":32311513088089,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA258-Canada","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1599,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1599,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780547247960T","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba258-tough-whatever.jpg?v=1614024430"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba258-tough-whatever.jpg?v=1614024430","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Whatever It Takes by Paul Tough, biography of Geoffrey Canada 1974","id":7515914797145,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba258-tough-whatever.jpg?v=1614024430"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba258-tough-whatever.jpg?v=1614024430","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Paul Tough\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"about-content active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat would it take?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat was the question that Geoffrey Canada [Bowdoin College Class of 1974] found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children—not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? The question led him to create the Harlem Children’s Zone, a ninety-seven-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America. His conclusion: if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle-class peers, you need to change everything in their lives—their schools, their neighborhoods, even the child-rearing practices of their parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhatever It Takes\u003c\/em\u003e is a tour de force of reporting, an inspired portrait not only of Geoffrey Canada but of the parents and children in Harlem who are struggling to better their lives, often against great odds. Carefully researched and deeply affecting, this is a dispatch from inside the most daring and potentially transformative social experiment of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}

{"id":161299739,"title":"We Are in His Hands Whether We Live or Die — Howard 1859","handle":"we-are-in-his-hands-whether-we-live-or-die-the-letters-of-brevet-brigadier-general-charles-henry-howard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by David K. Thomson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany soldiers who served in the American Civil War found solace in their faith during the most trying times of the war.  But few soldiers took such a providential view of life and the Civil War as Charles Henry Howard \u003cstrong\u003e[Bowdoin Class of 1859]\u003c\/strong\u003e.  Born in a small town in Maine, Howard came from a family with a distinguished history of soldiering: his grandfather was a Revolutionary War veteran and his brother, the older and more well-known Oliver Otis Howard, attended West Point and rose to command an army in the Civil War.  Following in his brother's footsteps, Charles Henry Howard graduated from Bowdoin College in 1859.  After graduation, Charles visited his older brother at West Point during the tumultuous election of 1860.  While at West Point, Howard saw the tensions between Northern and Southern cadets escalate as he weighed his options for a military or theological career.  The choice was made for him on April 12, 1861, with the firing on Fort Sumter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResponding to his brother's plea for the sons of Maine to join the Union cause, Charles found himself a noncommissioned officer fighting in the disastrous Battle of First Bull Run.  All told, Howard fought in several major battles of the Eastern Theater, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, and went on to participate in various military actions in the Western Theater, including Sherman's bloody Atlanta Campaign.  He was wounded twice, first at the Battle of Fair Oaks and again at Fredericksburg.  Yet, despite facing the worst horrors of war, Howard rarely wavered in his faith and rose steadily in rank throughout the conflict.  By war's end, he was a brevet brigadier general in command of the 128th U.S. Colored Troop Regiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoward's letters cover a wide-ranging period, from 1852 to 1908.  His concern for his family is typical of a Civil War soldier, but his exceptionally firm reliance on divine providence is what makes these letters an extraordinary window into the mind of a Civil War officer.  Howard's grounded faith was often tested by the viciousness of war, and as a result his letters are rife with stirring confessions and his emotional grappling with the harsh realities he faced.  Howard's letters expose the greater thoelogical and metaphysical dilemas of the war faced by so many on both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2013-09-30T15:47:26-04:00","created_at":"2013-09-30T16:18:40-04:00","vendor":"Algonquin Books","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni","Civil War","History"],"price":5200,"price_min":5200,"price_max":5200,"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":369700961,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBC225-Howard","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"We Are in His Hands Whether We Live or Die — Howard 1859","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5200,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":8,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781572339439","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc225-thompson-weare.jpg?v=1614025188"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc225-thompson-weare.jpg?v=1614025188","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"We Are in His Hands Whether We Live or Die: The Letters of Brevet Brigadier General Charles Henry Howard","id":7515939143769,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc225-thompson-weare.jpg?v=1614025188"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc225-thompson-weare.jpg?v=1614025188","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by David K. 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{"id":58147912,"title":"Sunshine — McKinley '75","handle":"sunshine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Robin McKinley '75, H'86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk.  But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts.  Vampires never entered her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil they found her...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNPR: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/08\/11\/139085843\/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop 100 Science-Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-10-18T10:52:00-04:00","created_at":"2011-10-07T12:28:49-04:00","vendor":"Penguin","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1600,"price_min":1600,"price_max":1600,"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":139912982,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA198","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sunshine — McKinley '75","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780425224014","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Sunshine by Robin McKinley","id":7515959197785,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Robin McKinley '75, H'86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk.  But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts.  Vampires never entered her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil they found her...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNPR: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/08\/11\/139085843\/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop 100 Science-Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":57143332,"title":"The Book of Ice — Miller '92","handle":"the-book-of-ice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Paul D. Miller '92\u003cbr\u003e a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe unforgiving and nationless continent of Antarctica serves as the perfect point of entry for considering our relationship with the natural world.  Inspired by his visits to this frozen landscape, Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky , created \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Ice \u003c\/i\u003eto offer his visual and textual meditations on Antarctica as a place and metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2011-09-30T10:27:00-04:00","created_at":"2011-09-30T10:27:19-04:00","vendor":"Mark Batty Publisher","type":"Book","tags":["Art","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":2995,"price_min":2995,"price_max":2995,"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":134465272,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA193","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Book of Ice — Miller '92","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781935613145","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba193-miller-book.jpg?v=1614025835"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba193-miller-book.jpg?v=1614025835","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Book of Ice by Paul Miller '92, aka DJ Spooky","id":7515964014681,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba193-miller-book.jpg?v=1614025835"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba193-miller-book.jpg?v=1614025835","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Paul D. Miller '92\u003cbr\u003e a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe unforgiving and nationless continent of Antarctica serves as the perfect point of entry for considering our relationship with the natural world.  Inspired by his visits to this frozen landscape, Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky , created \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Ice \u003c\/i\u003eto offer his visual and textual meditations on Antarctica as a place and metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":32899462,"title":"Infinite Persistence Life Book — Weinberger '87","handle":"infinite-persistence-life-book","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Gordon Weinberger '87\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At age 28, Gordon Weinberger started his company, Gordon's Pies, in the sleepy little New Hampshire town of Londonderry.  With his great-grandma's pie recipe and two blue ribbons from the county fair pie contest, Weinberger pursued his dream of successfully branding the Great American Dessert.  By the time he was 33, he was a self-made millionaire -- and he had transformed his pie business from a roadside operation to a national, multi-million dollar corporation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In his first book, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSimple as Pie\u003c\/span\u003e, Weinberger details his journey from popular success to the edge of bankruptcy to a multimillion-dollar, national brand carried by more than 1000 Wal-Mart SuperCenters across America.  Now Weinberger begins a new journey.  His \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\"Never give up, no matter what\" \u003c\/span\u003ephilosophy, born of his experiences in the pie business, crystallized during his three-year sabbatical following the sale of his company to Mrs. Smiths bakeries, now emerges in what he calls the Infinite Persistence Life Brand.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e By exploring the power of a few simple ideas he discovered on his roller-coaster ride to success, Weinberger relates these concepts back to his own lessons and shows by his own example how Infinite Persistence can work to change lives.  In the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eInfinite Persistence Life Book\u003c\/span\u003e, Weinberger seeks to lead others in discovering -- and reaching -- their own infinite potential.  Inspired by the mathematical equation of pi, the infinity of the circle and the timeless order of the universe that connects us all, the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eInfinite Persistence Life Book\u003c\/span\u003e is more than just an idea -- it's a universally ordered system of thinking that has the power to change lives.\u003cbr\u003e - 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{"id":32897582,"title":"Field Work — Moeckel '93","handle":"field-work","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEdited by Erik Reece\u003cbr\u003e Including Poems by Thorpe Moeckel '93\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis collection of wilderness poems inspired by eastern forests includes poetry by Thorpe Moeckel, class of 1993.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2011-02-22T10:27:00-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:27:22-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1994,"compare_at_price_min":1994,"compare_at_price_max":1994,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77638692,"title":"Default","option1":"Default","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA128","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Field Work — Moeckel '93","public_title":null,"options":["Default"],"price":1995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1994,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780813124971","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba128-reece-fieldwork_c123db81-7fb8-4dcf-a110-a91ca8d6ffec.jpg?v=1614026134"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba128-reece-fieldwork_c123db81-7fb8-4dcf-a110-a91ca8d6ffec.jpg?v=1614026134","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Field Work: Modern Poems from Eastern Forests, Edited by Erik Reece Including Poems by Thorpe Moeckel '93","id":7515971059801,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.685,"height":400,"width":274,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba128-reece-fieldwork_c123db81-7fb8-4dcf-a110-a91ca8d6ffec.jpg?v=1614026134"},"aspect_ratio":0.685,"height":400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba128-reece-fieldwork_c123db81-7fb8-4dcf-a110-a91ca8d6ffec.jpg?v=1614026134","width":274}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEdited by Erik Reece\u003cbr\u003e Including Poems by Thorpe Moeckel '93\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis collection of wilderness poems inspired by eastern forests includes poetry by Thorpe Moeckel, class of 1993.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e"}

{"id":32897012,"title":"The Madonna of Las Vegas — Smith '75","handle":"the-madonna-of-las-vegas","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Gregory Blake Smith '75\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's the hair-raising countdown to a new millennium, and Cosmo Dust watches in dismay as the wreckage of his life comes into garish focus in the glow of post-Sinatra Las Vegas. Surrounded by the simulacra of Western civilization, Cosmo finds himself strong-armed by the Golden Calf Casino into recreating the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: a task that makes a mockery of both Michelangelo's genius and Cosmo's skill.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Just when Cosmo has decided to quit this job to search for something real, Reality trumps him by making him the chief suspect in the murder of a cocktail waitress. Joining forces with the daughter of the Pope of Las Vegas, the local mob boss, he tries to piece together who's killing whom and why. Navigating a world that subverts rational motivation, Cosmo and the Pope's daughter encounter film-noir homicide detectives, Gnostic monks, a Vatican Inquisitor, and a baby who may or may not be the messiah.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A masterfully written novel that is part romantic comedy, part dysfunctional detective story, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Madonna of Las Vegas \u003c\/span\u003eexuberantly explores the quest for a genuine life in a world built on false appearances.\u003cbr\u003e - From the back cover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback.","published_at":"2011-02-22T10:23:00-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:23:03-05:00","vendor":"vendor-unknown","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1300,"price_min":1300,"price_max":1300,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1300,"compare_at_price_min":1300,"compare_at_price_max":1300,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77637272,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA095-Smith","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Madonna of Las Vegas — Smith '75","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1300,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1300,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"1400081866","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba095-smith-madonna_d3247ce4-ea20-4b86-9970-2784b65a1b39.jpg?v=1614026274"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba095-smith-madonna_d3247ce4-ea20-4b86-9970-2784b65a1b39.jpg?v=1614026274","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Madonna of Las Vegas By Gregory Blake Smith '75","id":7515977482329,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.643,"height":400,"width":257,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba095-smith-madonna_d3247ce4-ea20-4b86-9970-2784b65a1b39.jpg?v=1614026274"},"aspect_ratio":0.643,"height":400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba095-smith-madonna_d3247ce4-ea20-4b86-9970-2784b65a1b39.jpg?v=1614026274","width":257}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Gregory Blake Smith '75\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's the hair-raising countdown to a new millennium, and Cosmo Dust watches in dismay as the wreckage of his life comes into garish focus in the glow of post-Sinatra Las Vegas. Surrounded by the simulacra of Western civilization, Cosmo finds himself strong-armed by the Golden Calf Casino into recreating the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: a task that makes a mockery of both Michelangelo's genius and Cosmo's skill.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Just when Cosmo has decided to quit this job to search for something real, Reality trumps him by making him the chief suspect in the murder of a cocktail waitress. Joining forces with the daughter of the Pope of Las Vegas, the local mob boss, he tries to piece together who's killing whom and why. Navigating a world that subverts rational motivation, Cosmo and the Pope's daughter encounter film-noir homicide detectives, Gnostic monks, a Vatican Inquisitor, and a baby who may or may not be the messiah.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A masterfully written novel that is part romantic comedy, part dysfunctional detective story, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Madonna of Las Vegas \u003c\/span\u003eexuberantly explores the quest for a genuine life in a world built on false appearances.\u003cbr\u003e - From the back cover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback."}