“Tom Violet’s life is not following the script. He’s having problems in the boudoir; his dog is suffering from severe anxiety; and his famous father has just arrived for an indefinite stay. Tom has trouble stepping out of the shadow of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Dad. If you’re in the mood for a comic look at …
“Just think about the abuse a feather must endure—sub-zero temperatures and ferocious winds for the penguin in Antarctica, or the way a pelican’s feathers allow it to dive into the frigid waters of the Pacific, then erupt from the waves to rise into the sky. Feathers are pretty remarkable, and Thor Hanson traces them from …
“Vogel pharmaceutical’s star researcher has gone rogue down in the Amazon. She hasn’t checked in with headquarters in two years. Anders is sent to fetch her, but his two-week project stretches into months, and then the horrible letter arrives disclosing his death. Details are brief. The head man at Vogel wants his star researcher brought …
“Thelda, an idealistic teacher, tries to instill a passion for learning in her young boys while keeping them safe until Hitler’s regime blows over. But the winds coming from the Third Reich will burn hot and this is just the beginning. Moving back and forth in time, Hegi paints a vivid, chilling picture of life …
“Bezmozgis captures the emigrant experience perfectly while telling a moving story. In the 1970’s a small crack opened in the Iron Curtin surrounding the Soviet Union. Jewish families headed through the breach into new lives in the West. The Krasnansky family brings three generations to live in a strange new land. Samuil, the patriarch, was …
“Hadley Richardson is a naïve 28-year-old when she meets young Ernest Hemingway in 1920’s Chicago. She is swept off her feet despite the warning voice of a good friend. Don’t you know girl, you never can win? This man is going to marry words. Hadley heads with Hemmingway to Paris where they meet all sorts …
“This may just be the most powerful work by this gifted author. He bears witness to the lives of the hard-working people who worked the cotton mill in Jacksonville, Alabama, and he doesn’t let them down. He conveys their essence with power: “You need not use foul language to damn a man here. Just say …
Deon and Richard Stonehouse and their CEO (Canine Executive Officer), Flashman, opened Sunriver Books & Music in 2005. Deon says opening the store was the result of a lifelong love affair with books, and, yeah, she’s probably one of the most hard-reading booksellers we know. The store hosts five reading groups, and Deon reads and meets …
“If you love reading, this is pure delight! Pat Conroy’s sensuous, passionate prose describing the books that have touched and guided his life is a joy for anyone who finds pleasure in the written word. One of the greatest authors of our time talks about his reading life.”—Deon Stonehouse, Sunriver Books & Music, Sunriver, OR
“Taut, fast paced, and gripping, this is a real page turner. Phil keeps his horse farm afloat by guiding the occasional illicit shipment across the border in the rugged North Cascades. He knows the land like the back of his hand, and with a quick ride over the mountain pass he is solvent again for …
