“Readers of all ages will love this collection of poems celebrating the many faces of the natural world through the course of a year. Divided into sections marking the seasons, Outside Your Window captures the sights and sounds of the out-of-doors, from the dripping of icicles in the beginnings of spring to the joys of …
“Emily Maxwell, widowed and nearing 80, is reasonably well-off and still in good health, yet her world has shrunk to a radius of less than 100 miles. She spends her time cleaning before the cleaning woman arrives, attending ever-more-frequent funerals, and working the crossword every morning with her tea and melba toast, except for Tuesdays, …
“From one of our all-time favorite novelists comes a wonderful memoir/travelog championing the independent bookstores of America. How could we NOT love this book! Just before turning 65, Mosher was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and after surviving the treatment, he faced his own mortality in the best possible way—with a road-trip. In his 20-year-old Chevy …
“We're so pleased to see one of our favorite novels back in print after a number of years, available now in an eye-catching paperback edition. When human bones are uncovered on the grounds of the old Starlite Drive-In, Callie Anne Benton instinctively knows the victim's identity. Remembering back 36 years to the summer of 1956, …
“For lovers of Scandinavian noir mysteries, The Keeper of Lost Causes will introduce you to a great new character, and to the darker side of modern Denmark. Copenhagen homicide detective Carl Morck was one of the best until a bullet almost ended his life. Morck recovers from his wound, but not from the guilt of …
“Riding instructor Harry DeLeyer was looking for some inexpensive mounts for his students when he spotted the broken-down plow horse already loaded onto the knacker’struck. Despite the horse’s scars and blemishes, Harry liked the calm confidencethat the horse exhibited, and, against his better judgement, paid out $80 to takethe big white horse home. Snowman, as the …
Speaking of Northwest islands and places we want to be, The Snow Goose Bookstore in Stanwood, WA is co-hosting a neat event this weekend. As part of its Food for Thought series, the store will offer a free screening of the indie film Deconstructing Supper this Saturday (July 9) at 7 pm. The film follows five-star chef …
After 40 years in the retail book business I thought I had learned everything I needed to know about running an independent bookstore. I was wrong. This afternoon I learned an new skill set – Sandbagging! We came to help out at the Snow Goose Bookstore here in Stanwood a week ago because my brother-in-law …
The Goose is a great old-fashioned small-town shop where the employees read most of the books and know most of their customers by name. There’s no web site or blog, no e-book display, nothing snazzy about it. This is where you go to buy a book made out of paper and maybe to wonder how …
“Robert Michael Pyle is our favorite Northwest naturalist. His new book, Mariposa Road:The First Butterfly Big Year (Houghton Mifflin, Sept., 2010) describes his year-long adventure seeking to spot as many American butterflies as possible. He’ll talk and read at The Snow Goose Thursday, October 21 at 7 pm.”—Kristine Kaufman, Snow Goose Bookstore, Stanwood, WA
