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Sep

7

2022

Six Walks by Ben Shattuck

Beautifully written and lovingly shared. Even if we cannot walk in the steps of Thoreau ourselves, with this new inspiration, we can perhaps find our way to a new path and find the nourishment we need for our souls. –Linda Bond, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA Nourish your soul with a new book from your local …

Nov

3

2021

Fuzz by Mary Roach

Mary Roach is at it again. After telling us all about cadavers, all things digestion, the afterlife, all things scientifically sexual, war, AND Mars, she is now turning her attention (and ours) to what happens when a critter breaks the law… you know, breaking and entering, butting heads with your camera, chomping on your toes …

Oct

29

2021

Books to Read by Candlelight

From A Good Book in Sumner, WA:  Before we claw back an hour or so of daylight the weekend after Ghouls & Goblins Night, here are a trio of mood-settings that are best read by candlelight. First up, there’s Witchcraft, the next volume in Taschen’s Library of Estoerica. It’s Taschen. It’s about spooky stuff at …

Sep

17

2021

PNW Booksellers on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” (!!!)

Independent bookstores have been big supporters of Antoni Porowski and his latest cookbook, Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner. The Emmy Award-winning author (the food and wine expert on “Queer Eye”) offers easy, fun, delicious recipes full of healthy ingredients and a few indulgences. His publicity team also sent around some life-sized cutouts of Antoni, so bookstores …

Feb

3

2020

Act NOW for Personalized Copies for Your Valentine from Broadway Books

Want an adorable, unique gift? Broadway Books in Portland has some great ideas. But you need to contact them ASAP, before the morning of  Wednesday February 5, 2020 if you want to jump on their personalized copies of some hot titles. … our friends Brooke Barker and Boaz Frankel are back with a new book, …

Dec

23

2019

Homophones Visualized by Bruce Worden

One of our [recent] favorites is Bruce Worden’s Homophones Visualized. It’s a pretty simple concept— the English language is a hot mess, and why do we have so many words that sound exactly the same?—and Worden makes it all laugh-out-loud funny and educational. Great stocking stuffer. Great bathroom reader. Great conversation starter. All in one. –A …

Dec

12

2019

Movies (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano, illustrated by Arturo Torres

… while we were waiting for the day’s boxes to arrive, we got distracted by Shea Serrano’s Movies (And Other Things). Now, we like to think that we know a little something about movies, but Serrano has taken that level of knowledge and turned it into an series of Q & As that are hilarious, …

Nov

14

2019

A Million Acres

A Million Acres: Montana Writers Reflect on Land and Open Space

A Million Acres: Montana Writers Reflect on Land and Open Space is a celebration of Montanan Writers and the landscapes they love. This is a stunning book featuring twenty powerful pieces of writing about Montana’s land and open spaces by the state’s finest contemporary writers. A Million Acres also features twenty-eight spectacular color landscape photographs. …

Nov

1

2019

Bitchcraft: Year-Round Empowerment

Even though author Kerry Colburn celebrated the launch of Bitchcraft with a very witchy event at Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, the simple spells are certainly not limited to any season. Kerry and her book were recently featured on Seattle Refined in a segment called “Don’t Get Mad, Get Even.” You can watch the …

Oct

24

2019

Fishes of the Salish Sea by Theodore W. Pietsch and James Wilder Orr, illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri

To say this is the perfect gift for the fish fan in your life is both an understatement and an assumption that you have $150 to throw around. Over two decades in preparation, this three-volume wonder from the University of Washington stands where no book has stood before, as an authoritative—and exquisitely beautiful—guide to the …

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