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Jun

5

2023

The Time Traveler’s Guide to Regency Britain by Ian Mortimer

And for all of you Regency fans out there, here is the latest in Ian Mortimer’s guides to time traveling through history. The Time Traveler’s Guide to Regency Britain is a handbook for folks who find themselves swept up in a temporal rift and deposited somewhere between 1789 and 1830. We’ll note here that if you end …

Feb

20

2023

Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, Dawud Anyabwile

A world record holder and gold medalist at the 1963 Olympics, Smith and a teammate took to the awards podium and made history with their protest. Her is a long-overdue look at this moment. –Holly, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA Take long-overdue looks with books from Elliott Bay Book Company and other independent bookstores. …

Feb

13

2023

How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith

Stunning! Each essay includes the history of an American monument and its meaning today. Monuments include Monticello Plantation and the Angola Prison. A strong readable style supports these heavily researched essays. Excellent! –Trina, Brick & Mortar Books, Redmond, WA Whether they’re for book group or your individual reading, books from independent bookstores are important ways …

Jan

10

2023

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz by Lucy Adlington

No matter how you look at it, The Holocaust was, and remains, a stain on human existence. Many authors have tried, via fiction and nonfiction, to portray what Jews, and others considered as “non-human” by the Nazis, went through while that evil was in control of Germany. None more eloquently than Lucy Adlington in her …

Aug

31

2022

Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck

Those of you who enjoyed Rinker’s last book, The Oregon Trail, will be pleased to hear about his new book, Life on the Mississippi. In this one, he’s exploring the little-known history of early American exploration by boat, and the lives of the boatmen who led the westward expansion. Once again, Rinker is following history’s path– …

Jul

20

2022

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard

This is one of those rare history books that puts your heart in your throat. Candice Millard’s portrayal of Teddy’s doomed expedition is both informative and gripping. I was truly frightened for the characters’ safety! –Jackson, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, ID Look for the author’s thrilling new book, River of the Gods, at The …

Jun

30

2022

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

Bestseller Spotlight: It’s About Time
[Take Two]

It’s Thursday Theme day, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. We did a spotlight on books that had some sort of “when” in the title a little over a year ago. I must admit: I am astounded that I have …

Mar

3

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: Kicking off Women’s History Month with Women in Titles

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. March is Women’s History Month, so we thought we’d start the month by pointing out books with women or girls in their titles. Violeta by Isabel Allende (Hardcover Fiction #4) …

Feb

22

2022

The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James and Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh

Rare is the book of history that remains in print over eighty years later, but James’s ground-breaking account of the Haitian Revolution—written in 1938, revised in 1962, and meant to inspire and celebrate the revolutions of the oppressed in both moments—has become a part of history itself. And the book itself remains a marvelously readable …

Feb

7

2022

Remembering Ashley Bryan, Award-winning Author and Illustrator

On February 4, 2022, beloved children’s picture book creator, artist, poet, and literary legend Ashley Bryan died. He was 98 years old. Since the late 1980s, he lived in the other corner of the country, on Little Cranberry Island in Maine. He wrote and illustrated over 50 books, many of them award and honor recipients, …

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