2012 Pacific Northwest Book Award winner Thor Hanson has been awarded a 2013 John Burroughs Medal for Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle. One of the jurors described Feathers as, “great natural history with intense focus and telescopic detail. It soars through an engaging blend of history, archaeology, animal behavior, art, physics, and conservation. …
Politicians assemble in a congress, athletes join teams, coin collectors meet in clubs, gangsters form syndicates, longshoremen have a union, witches gather in covens, and lawyers unite in partnership. When booksellers get together, they form an “association.” From the Pacific Northwest to New England to the overarching national group, the sellers of books consistently forego …
Our group, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, announced the winners of the 2012 Pacific Northwest Book Awards today. Congratulations to Patrick deWitt (The Sisters Brothers), Jonathan Evison (West of Here), Thor Hanson (Feathers), Ismet Prcic (Shards), Craig Thompson (Habibi) and Lidia Yuknavitch (The Chronology of Water)! An awards committee of nine indie booksellers selected these …
“Feathers are pretty remarkable. And reading about them in Thor Hanson’s well-researc buy generic cialis hed book is like sitting down for a lively chat with a particularly bright friend. Such enthusiasm, thorough research and rich language! Like the best teachers from our school days—fun.” Feathers is on the shortlist for the 2012 PNBA Book Awards. zp8497586rq
The Awards Committee for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has announced its shortlist for the best 2011 books by Northwest authors. Out of 290 titles nominated this year, the nine booksellers chose these 12 books. PNBA encourages its member stores and booksellers to give some extra attention to these titles and to email comments in …
Out of more than 100 authors proposed to appear at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association's fall trade conference, booksellers voted San Juan Island biologist Thor Hanson a top-five choice. His Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle is an indie bookseller favorite that's catching on with customers (it recently climbed onto our regional bestseller list). …
“Just think about the abuse a feather must endure—sub-zero temperatures and ferocious winds for the penguin in Antarctica, or the way a pelican’s feathers allow it to dive into the frigid waters of the Pacific, then erupt from the waves to rise into the sky. Feathers are pretty remarkable, and Thor Hanson traces them from …
