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. While big, national preorder campaigns for much-anticipated fall titles served up some fresh titles (like this and this) for the bestseller list, we also noticed that books with local connections …
Wordless book often have the most to say, and Hike in particular exemplifies in particular what I look for in a memorable picture book: nature, diversity, and grit alongside illustrations that you want to step into. This is one of my favorite new spring picture books. –Jesica Sweedler DeHart, Neill Public Library, Pullman, Washington If …
One of the many wonderful things about winning this award is being officially reminded that I now belong to the Pacific Northwest. It has been five years since we moved to Portland, my wife’s hometown, and my extended family spent the first several years worrying that I wouldn’t be happy here. I grew up in …
Montana author Michael Finkel delves into the story of Christopher Knight, a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for three decades, in his new book, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. The interview below is from his publisher, Penguin Random House. You can read the …
In 2008, when I went back to work at Powell’s Books after maternity leave, I took whatever sections needed a keeper. I had been the head of Young Adult and Fairy Tales and other sections in Children’s books for a few years. I considered myself an expert, a harbor of knowledge about out-of-print editions and …
OK, in my opinion, he needs the next PNBA award. I so loved Pete’s latest experience tending salmon eggs in the backcountry. Pete is never better than in his thoughtful accounting of years spent outdoors. With humor and grace– this is a another glimpse into heart that’s as big as his mustache. I’ve always counted …
The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday with free park admission through the rest of the weekend. Here are some books to help. Get out there and enjoy!
This book causes extreme wanderlust, in the best way. With gorgeous photos and ample insider tips, Fifty Places to Camp Before You Die will inspire even the staunchest nature hater to get outdoors and explore camping spots far and wide. –Renee P., Powells.com, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR As your summer plans coalesce, peek into this …
Every April, Philip Connors leaves behind civilization–his wife, bartending job and small-town life in New Mexico–to work as a fire lookout. In Fire Season he captures all of the beauty and enchantment of spending a summer in solitude, in a lookout perched high above the Gila Wilderness, while sparing the reader any sense of monotony …
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 …
