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 …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
“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 …
“Alain de Botton writes charming, philosophically-oriented books about a variety of subjects that impact our lives, to varying degrees (work, travel, architecture, religion, philosophy, Marcel Proust…). In this cheekily titled little volume, he’s actually encouraging us to think more deeply (penetratingly?) about sex, rather than more often. With gentle humor, he reassures us that sex …
“This is the most accessible of the novels I’ve read by Toni Morrison, but it’s no less powerful for being readable. The story is about a Korean war veteran, Frank Money, who joined the army to escape from the home town in Georgia that he hated, and is now state-side again, suffering from what would …
This Wednesday at 6:30 pm, Anacortes indie Watermark Book Company hosts Random House Reps Night, featuring Seattle-based book reps Katie Mehan and David Glenn. The pair will present favorites from the new season as well as some old stand-bys that are worth another look. “Having an opportunity to share books with Pacific NW book lovers is …
“This is an astounding book with surprises around each corner. Against all odds two extraordinary characters, River, a Kentucky coal miner’s son, and Meena, an Indian immigrant girl living in New York, become pen pals. They share their moving stories, feelings, thoughts, and even try to send each other telepathic messages.”—Giulia, Watermark Book Company, Anacortes, …
Anacortes bookseller Patti Pattee informs us that her town has murals of its “famous” residents all over the place, but that local artist Christine Olsen has, “added a whole new element.” Pattee should know. One of these elements lives on the side of her bookstore, Watermark Book Co. The Bookworm Sasquatch went up in August, featuring—this …
