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A Ready-Made Life — trans. by Fulton '70
$15.95
Selected and translated by Bruce Fulton, Bowdoin Class of 1970and Kim Chong-un 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, st...
Love's Not Over 'Til It's Over — Byrne '72
$19.00
By Edward T. Byrne, Class of 1972 Reminiscent of Bonfire of the Vanities in breadth and cast of characters, Byrne has written a family drama about the complex bond between a son and his father, a WWII combat survivor. Following WWII, Dave Devlin became an advertising executive haunted daily by what he'd seen during battle, and carrying guilt fo...
The Kinfolk — Morgan '89
The Kinfolk — Morgan '89
$18.95
By Genevieve Morgan, Class of 1989 In the conclusion of The Five Stones Trilogy, Chase, Evelyn, and Knox fight to save not just the island of Ayda but their own world. They are scattered throughout the war-torn island as Dankar, the power-hungry ruler of Exor, mounts his greatest attack. His forces begin a final, fatal siege on the weakening rea...
Chantarelle — Morgan '89
Chantarelle — Morgan '89
$18.95
By Genevieve Morgan, Class of 1989 In Book Two of The Five Stones Trilogy, Chase, determined to fulfill his promise to find the unifying Fifth Stone, finds the elusive Captain Nate and brings him back to the island of Ayda, where one realm is burning and two others are under siege from Dankar’s dark forces of Exor. Meanwhile, Knox and Evelyn mus...
Lake City — Kohnstamm '98
Lake City — Kohnstamm '98
$16.95
By Thomas Kohnstamm, Class of 1998 Hunkered down in his childhood bedroom in Seattle’s worn–out Lake City neighborhood, idealistic but self–serving striver Lane Bueche licks his wounds and hatches a plot to win back his estranged Manhattanite wife.He discovers a precarious path forward when he is contracted by a wealthy adoptive couple to seduce...
The Blue Hour — Kennedy '76
The Blue Hour — Kennedy '76
$26.99
By Douglas Kennedy, Class of 1976 From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Moment and Five Days comes a “completely absorbing and atmospheric” (Philip Kerr) novel about a woman whose husband disappears without a trace amidst the stunning, labyrinthine world of Morocco.Robin knew Paul wasn’t perfect. But he said they were so lucky to...
A Dog-Friendly Town — Cameron '98
$16.99
By Josephine Cameron '98 Josephine Cameron's A Dog-Friendly Town is a delightful middle-grade cozy caper sure to excite dog-lovers and gentle mystery readers alike!Twelve-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 schoo...
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...
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...
Sunshine — McKinley '75
Sunshine — McKinley '75
$16.00
By Robin McKinley '75, H'86 There 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. Until they found her... - From the back cover. Paperback. NPR: Top 1...
Shift — Agell '81
Shift — Agell '81
$16.95
By Charlotte Agell '81 In fifteen-year-old Adrian Havoc's world, Homestate rules every aspect of society: identity cards need to be carried at all times, evolution is a forbidden topic of discussion, and religious education is enforced in daily 'rapture' doses. If life weren't hard enough, now come the threats that the end of the world -- SHIFT...
The Madonna of Las Vegas — Smith '75
$13.00
By Gregory Blake Smith '75 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...