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Authorizing the Shogunate — Selinger
$125.00
By Vyjayanthi SelingerAssociate Professor of Asian Studies The Genpei War of 1180-1185 signaled a crucial shift in Japanese history because it gave birth to the shogunate, or government run by warriors. How was the emergence of this new polity following a contentious civil war explained in literary texts? This book argues that political author...

Bad Girls Go Everywhere — Scanlon
$16.00
By Jennifer Scanlon Professor of Gender and Women's Studies When reviewing the great figures of feminism, few would call to mind the creator of the Cosmo Girl, but as Jennifer Scanlon argues in her fascinating biography Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan and diva of the New York magazine ...
Bah Hahbah — Dyer '56

Bah Hahbah — Dyer '56
$12.99
By LeRoy Dyer, Class of 1956 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. -From the back cover.
Berlin Coquette — Smith

Berlin Coquette — Smith
$27.95
By Jill Suzanne SmithAssociate Professor of German During the late nineteenth century the city of Berlin developed such a reputation for lawlessness and sexual licentiousness that it came to be known as the “Whore of Babylon.” Out of this reputation for debauchery grew an unusually rich discourse around prostitution. In Berlin Coquette, Jill Suz...
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

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 ...

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 ...

Brunswick and Bowdoin College
$24.99
By Elizabeth Huntoon Coursen Bowdoin is the quintessential New England college, and Brunswick is the quintessential New England town. Bowdoin has its stately buildings and trees, while Brunswick is blessed with a charming downtown featuring a pedestrian-friendly Maine Street of dramatic proportions. Chartered in the late 1700s, Bowdoin has been...

Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra — Padma
$65.00
Edited by Sree Padma, Research Associate in Asian Studiesand A.W. Barber Offering perspectives from a distinguished group of international scholars, this book provides a multidisciplinary inquiry into the various forms of Buddhism that thrived during the early centuries of the common era in the Krishna River Valley areas of what is now the moder...

Cartographer of Crumpled Maps — Pérez '04
$14.99
By Jonathan Andrew Pérez, Class of 2004 Review Quotes: Jonathan Andrew Perez's The Cartographer of Crumpled Maps cleverly subverts and displaces the idyllic essence of the pastoral in service of an ethics society has consistently betrayed. The poems in this chapbook, occasionally referential yet always original, find their verve in the asymmetr...
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...

Charles's Tell-Tale Diary of 1899 — Rich
$18.99
By Janet Hall Rich The unforgettable diary of Charles Brown's [Bowdoin Class of 1900] junior year at Bowdoin in 1899, with research and commentary by its discoverer, Janet Hall Rich.

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...

Complete Wok Cookbook — Toy '77
$17.99
By Chris Toy, Bowdoin Class of 1977 Master your wok with this comprehensive collection of Chinese recipes A well-seasoned wok can do it all, whether you want to fry, boil, poach, steam, smoke, roast, or braise a delicious Chinese meal. The Complete Wok Cookbook is filled with 125 flavorful recipes that make the most out of your wok, from authent...

Constructing Revolution: Soviet Propaganda Posters, 1917–1947
$34.95
By Kristina A. Toland The eruption of the First World War, the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917, and the subsequent civil war broke down established political and social structures and brought an end to the Tsarist Empire. Russia was split into antagonistic worlds, and the deft manipulation of public opinion was integral to the violent class...

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 ...

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...

Crónica de un Amor Terrible — Celis
$19.95
By Nadia V. CelisProfessor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Una 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. Durante una visita al Harry Ransom Center, donde r...

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 ...

Dangerous Convictions — Allen '67
$24.95
By Tom Allen '67 The debt ceiling debacle of 2011 was clear evidence of the dangerous polarization of American politics. Heedless of the warnings of economists, a majority of Republicans in the House refused to allow the Treasury to borrow enough money to pay for spending already ordered by Congress. The government avoided a catastrophic defau...
Deerskin — McKinley '75

Deerskin — McKinley '75
$16.00
By Robin McKinley '75, H'86 “A fierce and beautiful story of rage and compassion, betrayal and loyalty, damage and love...A fairy tale for adults, one you'll never forget.”—Alice Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic The only daughter of a beloved king and queen, Princess Lissar has grown up in the shadow of her parent...

Demography in the Age of the Postmodern — Riley
$20.00
By Nancy Riley, A. Myrick Freeman Professor of Social Sciencesand James McCarthy Nancy Riley and James McCarthy examine demography in this study from the new perspective of postmodernism, and survey its development as a field. Demography as a social science has struggled to maintain its political and academic strength. Riley and McCarthy accordi...
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...
Dogging It — Wagner

Dogging It — Wagner
$19.95
By Jonathan Wagner, Bowdoin Alumnus This 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, Dogging It Through Divorce and Beyond is a wonderful explo...