Focusing on the Lewis Chessmen, Nancy Marie Brown explores a famous female chiseler and the history of her chess pieces. Interestingly, their histories are based on Viking sagas, histories, architectural digs, and forceful involvement of the Roman Catholic Church in Sweden, Norway, and Greenland. The book brings forward the talented 12th century artist who carved …
Have you dreamed of owning a bookstore? Would you love to work with books and become a vital part of the stimulating and supportive community of Anacortes? Are you the next owner of Watermark Book Company? After 35 years of bookselling, I have decided it’s time to retire and pursue other passions. My husband Norman …
“Now is the winter of Shakespearean opacity Made summer by this glorious publication Of a well-loved galatical saga, Render’d wholly in iambic pentameter. Verily, I say unto thee: It offers New Hope to the Bardically perplexed. Readest thou, and enjoy!” —Arlene, Watermark Book Company, Anacortes, WA. Vanquish thy Bardic perplexities with a copy of William …
“Self-made billionaire and sailing enthusiast Larry Ellison is a man who likes to do things on his own terms. When the snooty St Francis Yacht Club in his home city of San Francisco imposed too many rules on his proposed 2003 Americas Cup bid, Ellison accepted an offer from the neighboring blue-collar Golden Gate club …
“This is my favorite book so far this year. Retired, proper Englishman Harold Fry gets a letter from an old acquaintance saying she has cancer. He struggles to write a reply. Then he struggles to mail his reply, so he just walks across England to hand deliver his letter. While Harold is walking he has …
“Alain de Botton writes charming, philosophically-oriented books about a variety of subjects that impact our lives, to varying degrees (work, travel, architecture, religion, philosophy, Marcel Proust…). In this cheekily titled little volume, he’s actually encouraging us to think more deeply (penetratingly?) about sex, rather than more often. With gentle humor, he reassures us that sex …
“This is the most accessible of the novels I’ve read by Toni Morrison, but it’s no less powerful for being readable. The story is about a Korean war veteran, Frank Money, who joined the army to escape from the home town in Georgia that he hated, and is now state-side again, suffering from what would …
“This is Carl Hiassen’s fourth book for younger readers. It’s the story of Wahoo Cray, an Everglades kid whose father, Mickey, is a professional animal wrangler. Mickey has been out of work after getting a concussion from a frozen iguana, but finally accepts a job offer from Derek Badger, a reality-TV star. Everything seems to …
“This is an astounding book with surprises around each corner. Against all odds two extraordinary characters, River, a Kentucky coal miner’s son, and Meena, an Indian immigrant girl living in New York, become pen pals. They share their moving stories, feelings, thoughts, and even try to send each other telepathic messages.”—Giulia, Watermark Book Company, Anacortes, …
Anacortes bookseller Patti Pattee informs us that her town has murals of its “famous” residents all over the place, but that local artist Christine Olsen has, “added a whole new element.” Pattee should know. One of these elements lives on the side of her bookstore, Watermark Book Co. The Bookworm Sasquatch went up in August, featuring—this …
