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May

7

2019

Emily and Wayne outside Island Books

We Are the [Seattle Independent Bookstore] Champions!

originally posted April 29, 2019 by Emily Adams for her blog at svcascadia.com: The last Saturday in April is Independent Bookstore Day across the United States. In Seattle, it is also Seattle Bookstore Day, home to the Seattle Bookstore Challenge. Each of the past four years I have taken the challenge and visited each of the participating stores, …

Apr

18

2018

Eagle Harbor Book Co. Wishes Fair Winds to Team Sail Like a Girl

Join Eagle Harbor Book Company Wednesday April 18 to help launch this crew! Help Eagle Harbor Book Company support a team of Northwest women taking part in the annual Race to Alaska (R2K), a grueling 750 mile race from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska. The race rules allow no motor and no support at any time, …

Nov

1

2016

1

remark

Billy Sparrow

What’s One-Seventh of a Lifetime?

I like to know a thing or two about the world around me, so I read widely and watch a lot of film. However, when I write, I write for myself and I don’t do fiction. That’s not because I don’t like it, but because I can’t manage it. I’ve made a sad attempt or …

May

23

2013

The Billionaire and the Mechanic

The Billionaire and the Mechanic
by Julian Guthrie

“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 …

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