Colby Books & Music
Life in Maine
Have you ever enjoyed a delicious Maine lobster? In How to Catch a Lobster in Down East Maine, Christina Oragano delightfully conveys the dangerous, yet rewarding, lives of fishermen in Down East Maine.
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New from Linda Greenlaw
A remarkably candid and tenderly funny memoir, Lifesaving Lessons follows the unexpected mother-daughter pair of Linda Greenlaw '83
and her newly adopted teenage daughter as they navigate their new life together, learning to trust themselves and each other and forge the loving family that neither of them knew they needed.
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Starry, Starry Night
Co-authored by Colby alum Gregory White Smith '73, this ambitious examination of Van Gogh's life brings a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius.
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Prize Winner!
John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History Elizabeth Leonard won the 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
for her newest book, Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky.
In this book, Leonard explores the life of Joseph Holt, a pivitol player in pre-Civil War America who has been mistakenly overlooked
by historians and biographers.
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New from Ira Sadoff
Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Professor of Literature Ira Sadoff displays his expertise in his eighth collection of poetry,
True Faith. Full of passion and raw emotion, these poems enthrall.
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Where Sensuality and Entrepreneurship Meet
In The Secret of Chanel No. 5 Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English Tilar J. Mazzeo (author of The Widow Clicquot) offers a fascinating account of Chanel No. 5's creation, its rise to iconic status, and the legacy of its extraordinary success.
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Mayflower HillRead Mayflower Hill, Colby's new history as written by College Historian and former Dean of the College Earl H. Smith.
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New from Lisa Arellano
Associate Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Lisa Arellano uses narrative accounts of mob violence to explore
vigilante lynchings that took place on the 19th century American frontier in
Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs: Narratives of Community and Nation.
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New from Colby Alumni
Colby Alumni Rosecrans Baldwin's newest release,
Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down, comically explores an American's adventures in the City of Lights.
Be sure to check out Baldwin's other novel,
You Lost Me There.
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Emissions Trading
Tietenberg, Tom-Economics Dept.
Emissions Trading is a 1985 book-length review of the emissions trading program and the ways in which it has evolved. It skillfully weaves together a vast amount of theoretical and empirical information with a detailed analysis of the implementing regulations and transactions under the program. The program has endured and promises to remain an integral part of U.S. air pollution control policy.
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Now just $1.98
(regular price $22.50)
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Mayflower Hill: A History of Colby College
Smith, Earl H.
Written by College Historian and former Dean of the College Earl H. Smith, Mayflower Hill is a lively history of Colby College from its founding in 1813 to the present day. The book relates the history of the College within the greater contexts of both Waterville and of the social movements that have affected higher education in the past 200 years.
$10.00
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