“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 …
“Glenn Rockowitz, a writer and comedian, was 28 years old and mere months away from becoming a father when he was diagnosed with cancer. I have never read a memoir that was as honest and heartbreaking and yet somehow funny at the same time. His story can only be described as amazing.”—Andrew, Eagle Harbor Book …
“As Karen Armstrong points out, the Golden Rule is embraced by all of the world’s major religions, and ultimately transcends them. In this small but profound book she argues that if we all take it to heart, and live as more compassionate beings, the world will surely become a better place. It’s hard to argue …
The way Inklings Bookshop owner Susan Richmond tells it, it sounds like a bookish child’s fantasy. As a four-year-old, she would cruise the aisles of an empty library after hours, sliding out books and carefully leaving a space so she’d know where to re-shelve them. It’s not fiction, though. Richmond’s mother had taken a part-time …
The University of Washington’s march to the 2001 Rose Bowl answered one of sport’s most enduring questions: If winning is everything, what are we left with? Scoreboard, Baby exposes the rot beneath a celebrated season —and the ruins left behind, showing how a community’s blind embrace of a football team compromised judges, prosecutors, police agencies, …
“Let me start by saying that this is more—much more—than a cookbook. Yes, it’s filled with recipes—delicious, creative, and inspired ones to be sure—and this alone would be enough. They’re that good. It’s also a beautiful book that feels good in one’s hands, pleases one’s eyes. Full of pictures, stories, art work, and lore of …
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
