On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller List is published. Every week, we love to see what books have been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. W is for winter and witches and women and water and walls and …
How do most folk end up in the jobs they’ve got? A bit like religion, parents have a lot to do with it: there’s an identity there, a self-making in the day to day ofwork. Familiarity, too, seems to matter: the idea of a life and what it could look like. It’s not just about …
I moved to Washington State more than 25 years ago. And over the years, I’ve enjoyed getting to know this place through hiking, camping, and road tripping in almost every region of the state. Of all the places I’ve visited, Olympic National Park is my favorite. Its tidepool populated coastline, its moody, mossy trails, and …
This book blew my mind! Her ingenious team was involved with both phenomenal filmings of the elusive GIANT SQUID!! I recommend this outstanding memoir to anyone even remotely interested in the deep sea. Edith Widder has passionately dedicated her life to exploring the oceans, illuminating bioluminesence specifically. She tirelessly emphasizes the tremendous importance of understanding …
Perhaps I shouldn’t admit this. But every time I write a book, it’s only at the very end that I find out what it was actually about. Somehow, I’m surprised every single time this happens. I write middle-grade narrative nonfiction, which may seem like it’s straightforward. My books all stem from questions I have or …
This book does exactly what it says in the subtitle. It talks about the female body from the first proto-mammalian appearance of nursing all the way up to (relatively) modern history. How are women’s bodies different from men and what does that mean? What are the advantages of menstruation (humans are only one of a …
It’s 1910 – do you know where the comet is and what it is going to do? Richard Goodrich presents a fascinating look at a time and event that eerily foreshadows today’s rampant mix of uncontrolled social media and “fake news”. In the absence of solid science, the media created an absolute frenzy over the …
At once a love letter to these strange places and a call to action to preserve them. Annie Proulx shows us how these delicate ecosystems play an integral role in preventing– and maybe even reversing– climate change. –Melissa, Trail’s End Bookstore, Winthrop, WA Appreciate something new from Trail’s End Books and other independent bookstores.
In June, Watermark Book Company of Anacortes, WA partnered with Skagit Land Trust on a forest walk event with Jane Billinghurst, longtime translator for, editor of, and now co-author with Peter Wohlleben. From Watermark’s newsletter: What a cool author event! We had so much fun selling books at Jane Billinghurst’s forest walk. We have SIGNED …
Trees are fascinating subjects. I am obsessed with tree books and try to read all that I can find. But most of these focus on a tree’s root systems or how they influence the forest floor to support life. Not many of these books delve into the canopy of these trees, until now. This is …
