This series is complex and clever– alternate universes, fairy tale creatures, literary pirates, and the powerfully mysterious Library. The characters are charming, witty, and extremely likable. Irene and Kai team up to find valuable, one-of-a-kind books, while dealing with chaos, magic, and more. This series of adventure can’t be missed! —Dani, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur …
What begins as a post-graduate research job in academia becomes anything but ordinary when Madeleine “Max” Maxwell discovers that the historians at St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research at England’s Thirsk University can travel through time. A history-lover’s dream becomes reality as Max and her colleagues jaunt through the ages, observing and recording historical events. …
Regional author Bob Welch returns to both Paulina Springs stores in Oregon this week with new stories. On Bob’s last visit to Paulina Springs, he told about his locally-famous book, Cascade Summer. Now he’s returning to talk about his latest ventures, including his 452 mile trek across the Pacific Crest Trail that has inspired him to …
I picked this up when I last visited Inklings Bookshop in Yakima (along with an armful of other wonderful books), but I finally got around to reading it on my recent trip to Brazil. What a perfect read for the trip! Ed and his friend Luke, experienced expeditioners, decided to travel the entire Amazon River— …
While some of us boast about an arduous 7-mile hike along a well-traveled trail, Erin McKittrick and her husband, Hig, have trekked more than 7,000 miles of Alaska’s wilderness. By foot and by packraft, they travel around Alaska, both for their love of adventuring, but also on behalf of their nonprofit, Ground Truth Trekking. The …
I write in the dark. I write with a pencil on a stack of Rite-In-The-Rain paper, awkwardly bound by wire. I write in an ugly printed scrawl. Huddled in my sleeping bag, I write to the accompaniment of my husband’s snores, and my childrens’ gentle sleeping breaths. I write to the hiss of blowing snow …
What the Ice Gets: Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition 1914-1916 by Melinda Mueller “This is one of the finest collections of poems I have read in a long time. Mueller’s glimpse into the lives of Shackleton and his crew reveal a story of hope and patience – one I wasn’t very familiar with, having never read Alfred Lansing’s praised …
