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Broadway Books’ Inauguration Day Book Giveaway

From Broadway Books in Portland, OR:  On Inauguration Day 2017, Broadway Books gave away copies of We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This gesture was so well received, we decided to select a book to give away on this year’s Inauguration Day. After much deliberation, the book we selected is Wendell Berry’s Think Little. This slim collection of two essays (first published fifty years ago and reprinted in 2019 by Counterpoint) is a timeless call-to-action, connecting the personal to the public, …

Jan 19, 2021

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Champ and Major: First Dogs written by Joy McCullough, illustrated by Sheyda Abvabi Best

Seattle author Joy McCullough‘s picture book about the Bidens’ dogs, Champ and Major: First Dogs is out in time to celebrate the Inauguration! You can also watch the Indoguration, which was broadcast Sunday and raised over $200,000 for the Delaware Humane Association, the shelter from which Major was adopted by the Bidens.

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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

What books would you recommend to contemplate and celebrate the life and works of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

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E. J. Koh

Award Winners

Things You Don’t Know … All of It Lies Inside of Books: An Essay by 2021 PNBA Award Winner E. J. Koh

When I was fifteen, my parents returned to South Korea and left me behind with my brother in America. My mother started writing me letters in Korean, a language I could not fully understand at the time. Over a decade after she wrote me, I translated her letters into English. In one letter, she writes: …

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Unsettled Ground by Cassandra Tate

The violent events that took place near what is now Walla Walla on November 29, 1847 served for at least a century as a creation myth for the state of Washington, a legend of heroic sacrifice to noble ideals. But the traditional story of the Whitman Mission and the attack on its occupants is just …

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On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

Historian Timothy Snyder has succinctly yet vigorously broken down in twenty short lessons the detailed steps we must take to resist the abuse of power by those claiming to be the majority voice. This is not merely in regard to the current political tone, but historically includes the misuse of authority to keep and marginalize …

Jan

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Award Winners

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards

The winners for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards have been announced. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Since 1965, the annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, …

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Two Many Birds by Cindy Derby

Whereever you are, stop right there and find a copy of Two Many Birds. I feel like this book has the answers we are looking for after this soul crushing week. What happens when those in charge go too far and how can the power of community provide not only healing, connection but new direction? …

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One Nightstand

The Cascade Killer:  A Luke McCain Novel by Rob Phillips

I met Rob Phillips a few weeks ago. He had on a mask. So, I might not be able to recognize him on the street after COVID-19. I have, however, read his Yakima Herald Republic column for years. I love the comfortable way he writes, never exuding the expert outdoorsman vibe that keeps others from …

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The Storefront

Rediscovered Books Weighs In with Heavy Book Sale

From Rediscovered Books in Boise and Caldwell, ID: Heavy Book Sale! Is your New Year’s Resolution to Exercise More? Get your exercise by buying heavy books! Here’s the deal – we will weigh every book you buy (individually) and the more it weighs, the bigger your discount! If your book weighs: Less than 1 pound …

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