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Watermark Book Company

Dec

24

2018

Being Upright

Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts by Reb Anderson

An insight into more than just the precepts of Bodhisattva, it’s also an inquiry into the life lived by a master. Those experiences and anecdotes that Anderson makes beg the question of what if…He begs you to imagine scenarios where you might initially think you would make one decision, and then turns it on its …

Apr

24

2018

Watermark Books

Happy News from Watermark Book Company

I have big news at Watermark. I have found new owners, Brandy and Ben Bowen. They are locals who feel as strongly as I do that we should have an independent bookstore in town. I am confident that they are the right people to take on the responsibility–and the challenge–of keeping Watermark at the heart …

Nov

22

2017

Kurt Vonnegut Complete Stories

Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories by Kurt Vonnegut with foreword by Dave Eggers 

Here is an indulgent gift (for yourself or those Vonnegut fans you know) that you may not be able to pass up. Organized by subject, a concept unique to most short story collections, Vonnegut’s prodigious writing (this title is 900 pages!) is organized by such topics as War, Women, Science, Romance, Behavior, and more. –Watermark …

Jul

26

2017

Ivory Vikings

Ivory Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown

Focusing on the Lewis Chessmen, Nancy Marie Brown explores a famous female chiseler and the history of her chess pieces. Interestingly, their histories are based on Viking sagas, histories, architectural digs, and forceful involvement of the Roman Catholic Church in Sweden, Norway, and Greenland. The book brings forward the talented 12th century artist who carved …

May

4

2017

Watermark Book Co. of Anacortes for Sale

Have you dreamed of owning a bookstore? Would you love to work with books and become a vital part of the stimulating and supportive community of Anacortes?  Are you the next owner of Watermark Book Company? After 35 years of bookselling, I have decided it’s time to retire and pursue other passions. My husband Norman …

Dec

15

2016

Owl by Bannick

Owl: A Year in the Life of North American Owls by Paul Bannick

Bannick, author of The Owl and the Woodpecker, has hit a home run with his newest book on North American Owls. Author/photographer Bannick fills his book with absolutely stunning photographs of these often elusive birds. In addition to his gorgeous photos, Bannick details the natural history of owls in general, and more specifically, the four species …

Aug

7

2015

Jack Cady

The Cady Collection

I’ve been a Northwesterner for quite a while, more than half my life, but Jack Cady got here long before me. He was born in Ohio in 1932, served in the Coast Guard in Maine, conscientiously objected to the war in Korea, graduated from the University of Louisville in Kentucky, drove trucks and did other …

Feb

10

2014

Life After Life by Atkinson

Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson

English girl Ursula Todd dies numerous times in this novel, beginning with the moment of her birth on a snowy day in 1910. But not to worry. The reader soon learns that each time this happens Ursula is revived in the next chapter, having survived a close brush with mortality. After each of resurrection her …

May

23

2013

The Billionaire and the Mechanic

The Billionaire and the Mechanic
by Julian Guthrie

“Self-made billionaire and sailing enthusiast Larry Ellison is a man who likes to do things on his own terms. When the snooty St Francis Yacht Club in his home city of San Francisco imposed too many rules on his proposed 2003 Americas Cup bid, Ellison accepted an offer from the neighboring blue-collar Golden Gate club …

Apr

9

2013

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce

“This is my favorite book so far this year. Retired, proper Englishman Harold Fry gets a letter from an old acquaintance saying she has cancer.  He struggles to write a reply. Then he struggles to mail his reply, so he just walks across England to hand deliver his letter. While  Harold is walking he has …

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