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Dec

31

2024

Small Things Like These (green and cream)

Small Things [Books] Like These

After we saw this video from Rediscovered Books, we realized that some of you might be trying to reach a particular number of books read for the year.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Rediscovered Books (@rdbooks)   Here are some bestselling shorter books (under 250 pages) that will help …

Dec

19

2024

Bestseller Spotlight: Going, Going, Gone… and Coming Back Soon!

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. This year will be particularly tricky at small stores because Christmas falling on …

Nov

11

2024

What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird by Sy Montgomery

Out Nov. 5 is Sy Montgomery’s next exploration of the natural world: What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird. Sy has had a flock of chickens for more than two decades, and during that time, she’s come to know them all: their weird walks, their distinctive calls, their awareness of …

Apr

18

2024

Bestseller Spotlight: Nature for Earth Day

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. As we prepare for Earth Day on April 22, we see a lot of titles about the …

Jul

15

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: Where the Wild (and Tamed) Things Are

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. Many of this week’s list’s titles have wonderful wild and tamed animals. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy Hardcover Nonfiction #3 Broken Horses by …

Oct

7

2019

Best American Short Stories 2019

The Best American Series® of Anthologies

October is always an especially exciting month in the bookseller world, not only because of all the new books being published but also because it’s the month when the books in the Best American Series® arrive in our store! This year’s guest editors are authors particularly well-known to and well-loved by Broadway Books denizens: for …

Oct

11

2016

1

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bookpeople soul of an octopus

Big Week for BookPeople of Moscow

We love books and independent bookstores, and we particularly love when they send us updates about how they’re connecting with their communities. Here’s an email we got from Carol Spurling, owner of BookPeople of Moscow: Hello, all, last night we were honored to receive from the Mayor of Moscow one of six 2016 Orchid Awards from …

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