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2012 PNBA Book Awards

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Lidia Yuknavitch by Andrew Kovalev

Inspiration from Lidia Yuknavitch, Booklover and Author

From Broadway Books’ store newsletter: Fall has truly arrived, and it is as lovely as ever. We  traveled to Tacoma last weekend to attend the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association meeting, and along the way we marveled at the changing colors of the leaves– so gorgeous! The highlight of this meeting each year is meeting so …

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Putting Makeup on Dead People by Jen Violi

“A young adult novel for any bookshelf. The prose is crisp, refreshing and effortless, the characters fully realized and vivid, the dialogue believable and well chosen. Th generic viagra ere is a clean loveliness to this book, a light in it, despite its dark topic.”—PNBA Awards Committee. Putting Makeup on Dead People is on the shortlist for …

Nov

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Habibi by Craig Thompson

“The intricate artwork in this book weaves the beauty of Arabic calligraphy and traditional patterns into a story that feels simultaneously ancient and modern, starkly realistic and mythological. And the discovery doesn't end with the last sentence of the story. credit score The footnotes add another stunning dimension. The appeal of this book will reach …

Nov

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Reamde by Neal Stephenson

“Honoring his cyberpunk roots while adopting the best devices of the contemporary thriller—Russian mafia, international entrepreneurs, hackers and hustlers, kidapping, shoot-outs and explosions

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Shards by Ismet Prcic

“Families visiting the country on the weekend, browsing the shops, going to dinner. Bosnian families whose lives are just like ours—then one day, they are n cialis daily use ot. Powerful, gorgeous writing—complicated without a hint of intellectual grandstanding. This novel is a difficult treasure.” —PNBA Awards Committee. Shards is on the shortlist for the 2012 …

Nov

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2011

The Bled: Poems by Frances McCue

“An elegant, sharp book that has been written out of grief but not overpowered by it. Think of this book alongside Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking or Joyce Carol Oates' A Widow's Story. The fact that buy generic viagra this is poetry not prose means that the narrative arrives in a more imagistic …

Nov

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Ed King by David Guterson

“A rollicking modern-day version of the Oedipus Rex tragedy, this wickedly funny story possesses the cynicism of Tom Wolfe mixed with the absurdity of Carl Hiassen. Beginning with a slow and dangerous seduction, the novel picks up speed generic cialis no prescription as each new character is introduced, fearlessly taking on contemporary societal themes as …

Nov

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West of Here by Jonathan Evison

“Evison gleefully chews up the Northwest landscape from 1890—when dreamers, drifters, entrepreneurs, scoundrels and hardworking settlers dove in with unrestrained ambition cialis online without prescription to harness the wilderness for profit and posterity—to 2006 when their descendants face the consequences of that wild enthusiasm. The Olympic Peninsula is some of the most beautiful country in …

Nov

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The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

“With off-kilter wit and the kind of charm that would leave the Cohen Brothers tickled, deWitt has crafted a Western novel for people who think they don't like Westerns. Soft-hea cheap generic viagra rted brother Eli's narration in the trail dust of no-conscience brother Charlie is philosophical and funny—very funny—amidst a stark and violent backdrop. …

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Congratulations, PNBA Shortlisters!

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 …

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