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The Owl and the Woodpecker by Paul Bannick
The Owl and The Woodpecker: Encounters with North America's Most Iconic Birds, is based on thousands of hours photographing these fascinating and wily birds in the wild. An in-depth and comprehensive look at two of our most iconic—and important—bird families. Great for photography lovers, conservationists, and backyard enthusiasts alike.
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Renee, the concierge of an elegant Parisian hotel, is short, ugly, plump, cantankerous, addicted to television soaps, and fond of no one but her cat. In short, she is everything society expects—but Renee has a secret. Meanwhile twelve-year-old Paloma living upstairs is also a living disguise: hiding her intelligence behind a mask of mediocrity, and acting the part of a normal pre-teen and obedient daughter. Believing that life is futile, Paloma has decided to end her life on the day of her thirteenth birthday. But then Ozu arrives at the hotel, and everything changes...
This is a moving, witty, and redemptive novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us.
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The Pale Surface of Things
by Janey Bennett
Recipient of seven awards in 2008, Janey Bennett's action-packed The Pale Surface of Things resonates with vitality and authenticity. In a remote village on the island of Crete, priests ride mopeds, goat rustlers wear ski masks, a groom abandons his bride at the altar, and a rootless young American runs face-first into history.
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Shake it, Morena! And other folk tales from Puerto Rico
by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by Lulu Delacre
A lively author-illustrator team treats young readers to the songs, riddles, stories, and games of their own Puerto Rican childhood. Playful, colorful illustrations reflect the diversity of the Puerto Rican people and the charm of their many traditions. An excellent choice for classroom or home!
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Tickle Monster by Josie Bissett
A loveable monster with big puffy mitts has just flown in from Planet Tickle. His mission is to bring joy and laughter to planet Earth. Get ready to read aloud and tickle along with this wonderful little rascal, while your children squirm and giggle with delight.
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The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling—a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths... all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.
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Upper Skykomish Valley by Warren Carlson
Take a lush, timbered, 1890 river valley visited seasonally by the native Skykomish for hunting and berries - add the Great Northern Railway plus rumors of a rich mine strike - and what do you get? Carlson brings the story to life in Upper Skykomish Valley. You'll treasure it for the photographs alone, chosen from among thousands cataloged by Skykomish Historical Society volunteers.
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Oxygen by Carol Cassella
Intimate family relationships collide with high stakes medical drama. A nightmarish operating room disaster along with the quieter crisis of her aging father's slide into dependence force a doctor to confront the choices she has made along life's path, including whom to love, whom to trust, and what ultimately matters. Voted one of the year's best novels by Library Journal.
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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
When Clary heads out to the Pandemonium Club in NYC, she hardly expects to witness a murder. Within twenty-four hours, Clary is pulled into a new world -- her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in an ordinary mundane like Clary? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know ...
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 The Northwest Nature Guide: Where to Go and What to See Month by Month in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia
by James Luther Davis
Whatever the season and no matter the weather, from winter whale watching to autumn seabirding, The Northwest Nature Guide: Where to Go and What to See Month by Month in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia offers more than 150 best bets for wildlife adventures throughout the Northwest - including in your own backyard! With contagious enthusiasm and irrepressible humor, James Luther Davis shares insider tips and helpful maps to guarantee readers know where to see nature at its peak every month of the year.
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Over in the Hollow by Rebecca Dickinson
Over in the hollow, where the cobwebs are spun,
Live a giant mother spider and her little spidey one.
Over in the Hollow is playful - not scary! The rich, colorful illustrations are full of funny details to discover. A wonderful read-aloud book. Turn the pages and warm to some of the most enjoyable monsters anywhere, infused with personality and fun.
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The Eleventh Man by Ivan Doig
A legend in Montana football history, TSU's 1941 starting lineup charged through the season undefeated. Two years later, the "Supreme Team" is caught up in World War II. Ten of them are scattered around the globe in the war's various theaters. The eleventh man, Ben Reinking, has been plucked from pilot training to chronicle the adventures of his teammates. Ready for action, Ben chafes at the assignment, not knowing that it will bring him love from an unexpected quarter and test the law of averages, which holds that all but one of his teammates should come through the conflict unscathed.
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and The Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan
A battering ram of wind howled through the drought-stricken forests, whipping hundreds of small blazes into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged, destroying towns and timber in an eyeblink. No living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Equally dramatic, is the larger story Egan tells of President Teddy Roosevelt's struggle against the robber barons. The Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America, was the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land.
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The Gathering by Anne Enright
The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him—something that happened in their grandmother's house in the winter of 1968.
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When Autumn Leaves by Amy S. Foster
In Amy's debut novel, When Autumn Leaves, the gentle and wise witch Autumn must leave her magical hamlet, and must select a successor from among thirteen women. It's no easy task, for they each hold a special power, which may or may not benefit the town. "A fantastic debut full of the things I love best in a good fantasy," writes Charles de Lint.
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The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming
An alternate-history steam-punk romance, in which men and women ahead of their time wrestle with the fabric of the universe. Set against the mazelike streets of New York at the dawn of the mechanical age, a frontier adventurer and a beautiful mathematician find themselves wrestling with the nature of history, technology, and the unfolding of time itself.
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In the Woods by Tana French
Winner of the 2007 Edgar Award for Best First Novel - As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twenty years later, the found boy is a detective who returns to those same woods with a new murder to solve, a case chillingly similar to the one in his past.
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The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
Winter and war cast a shadow in 1917 even into the remote ranch country of Eastern Oregon. 19-year-old Martha Lessen arrives asking for work breaking horses, and with so many young ranch hands gone to war, George Bliss takes a chance on her. Martha's unusual, quiet way of breaking horses soon wins her some admiration ... and some enemies. As she stands up with others against the anti-German sentiment that begins to fracture the community, Martha gradually comes to feel enveloped by a sense of community and family she's never had before. And despite her best intentions to lead a solitary cowboy life, she eventually must ask herself whether she can maintain her hard-won self respect and independence - and also experience love.
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Jump-Off Creek by Molly Gloss
Jump-Off Creek, Molly Gloss' powerful novel of struggle, loss, and redemption, describes what it took to survive and triumph, homesteading in the backcountry of Oregon in 1895.
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A Reliable Wife
by Robert Goolrick
He placed an advertisement for "a reliable wife." She responded, saying she was "a simple, honest woman." She was, of course, anything but honest, and the only simple thing about her was her determination to marry this man and then kill him, leaving her a wealthy widow. But what she did not realize was that the enigmatic and lonely Ralph Truitt had a plan of his own. A Reliable Wife is an enthralling tale of love and madness, of longing and murder.
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
This parody novel by Seth Grahame-Smith is a mashup story combining Jane Austen's classic 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice with elements of modern zombie fiction. Pride and Prejudice "was just ripe for gore and senseless violence. From my perspective anyway," says Seth Grahame-Smith, who calls Austen his co-author and left much of her original text intact. Will Darcy and Elizabeth still fall in love after household servants are eaten and bodies unearthed? Don't be the last one in the graveyard to find out.
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Hannah's Dream by Diane Hammond
An Indie Next Notable Pick, Hannah's Dream is a beautifully told tale rich in heart, humor and intelligence. After forty-one years together, Sam knows Hannah the elephant as well as he knows anyone. Caretakers Sam and Neva know that Hannah is isolated, lonely, and her feet are nearly ruined from standing on hard concrete all day. They hatch a plan to send Hannah to an elephant sanctuary - just as the zoo's implacable director launches an aggressive marketing campaign spotlighting Hannah as the zoo's star attraction.
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Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Oozing originality and charm, Dead Until Dark is the first in a series of irresistible vampire murder mysteries. Sookie, a small-town waitress, doesn't get out much, because her hidden talent — mindreading — sends men running. Then a man whose mind she can't read appears on the scene. Tall, dark and handsome, he seems to be the man of her dreams ... except that he's a vampire and keeps seriously bad company. Tensions mount when a co-worker is murdered and Sookie starts wondering whether she will be next.
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Nightlight: A Parody by Harvard Lampoon
A humorous spoof of the widely-read Twilight series, complete with romance, danger, insufficient parental guardianship, creepy stalkerlike behaviour, and a vampire prom, Nightlight is the uproarious tale of a vampire-obsessed girl, looking for love in all the wrong places.
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The Year of Living Biblically: one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible by A.J. Jacobs
New York Times best-selling The Year of Living Biblically answers the question: What if a modern-day American followed every single rule in the Bible as literally as possible. Not just the famous rules - the Ten Commandments and Love Thy Neighbor (though certainly those). But the hundreds of oft-ignored ones: don't wear clothes of mixed fibers. Grow your beard. Stone adulterers. Both irreverent and reverent, A.J. Jacobs' experiment is surprising, informative, timely and funny. It will make you see the Good Book with new eyes. Thou shalt not be able to put it down.
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Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos
Sing Them Home is a moving portrait of three siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother's disappearance when they were children. With breathtaking lyricism, wisdom, and humor, Kallos explores the consequences of protecting those we love.
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Exile From Latvia by Harry Kapeikis
Who would you become if at nine years old, you and your family took flight before an advancing army, and you found yourself in a world of hunger, homelessness, air-raids, Displaced Persons' Camp, and presumed guilty, were forced to prove your innocence? Harry Kapeikis' memoir, Exile From Latvia, sweeps readers into the life of a child looking for answers in a senseless world. At the end of the day, what triumphs for Harry, and what shines through his delightful memoir, is rejoicing and a hopeful spirit.
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Prince of Storms: Book Four of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
The four-book series The Entire and The Rose chronicles the world-shattering discovery of the Entire, a tunnel universe penetrating our own, lit by a fiery river of sky. In the rousing final volume, Prince of Storms, Titus must face his inevitable destiny, forced at last to make the unthinkable choice for or against the dictates of his heart, and for or against his beloved land.
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Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
Bright of the Sky chronicles the world-shattering discovery of the Entire, a tunnel universe penetrating our own, lit by a fiery river of sky. Titus Quinn enters the Radiant Kingdom in search of his lost wife and daughter. He may not find what he seeks, but he'll be offered a view of the multiverse, the power of princes, an unthinkable revenge-and unexpectedly, love.
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland
Published after the author's death, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo quickly became an international best-seller. A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue, it crackles with the energy between crusading investigator Blomkvist and his sidekick Lisbeth, a twenty-four-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker. As the reporter and the girl with the dragon tattoo race across Europe and Australia to trap their prey before another woman is tortured and killed, the reader breathlessly awaits the novel's unforeseen conclusion.
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The End of Overeating: taking control of the insatiable American appetite. by David A. Kessler, M.D.
For the millions of people struggling with weight as well as for those of us who simply don't understand why we can't seem to stop eating our favorite foods, Dr. Kessler's cutting-edge investigation offers new insights and useful tools to help us find a solution. There has never been a more thorough, compelling, or in-depth analysis of why we eat the way we do.
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The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Balancing a strong sense of social justice with a warm narrative voice, The Lacuna is a poignant story of a man pulled between two nations. It takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. With deeply compelling characters, a vivid sense of place, and a clear grasp of how history and public opinion can shape a life, Barbara Kingsolver has created an unforgettable portrait of the artist—and of art itself. The Lacuna is a rich and daring work of literature, establishing its author as one of the most provocative and important of her time.
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Dog Days: Book 4 in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney
Middle-schooler Greg, a self-confessed "indoor person," is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg's mom has a different vision for an ideal summer...one packed with outdoor activities and "family togetherness." This could be trouble!
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The Last Straw: Book 3 in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is back, and as hilarious as ever. In this third book in the series, the Wimpy Kid's Dad decides to take charge.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney
With big, friendly font, fast action, middle-school humor, and a cartoon on every page, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid illustrated-novel series has become a best-selling phenomenon.
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Aurora: An American Experience in Quilt, Community, and Craft by Jane Kirkpatrick
Like a master quilter, Jane Kirkpatrick has stitched together the story of a community from fragments left behind: letters, photographs, quilts, and other re-discovered treasures. Aurora tells the story of Old Aurora Colony, a utopian community founded in the mid 1800s in Oregon's lush Willamette Valley. Jane shows how the ordinary people of this community expressed their cherished beliefs and imagination through the work of their hands. For those who have ever wondered what lasts when they are gone, Aurora is an affirmation of the difference every ordinary life can make.
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The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist
In February 1910, a monstrous, record-breaking blizzard hit the Northwest. Nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, perched high in the Cascade Mountains, where a desperate situation evolved: two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found themselves marooned.
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Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
This award-winning, Newberry honor story, based on the author's great-grandmother, tells the story of orphaned sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks. Tired of being shuttled from one distant relative to another, Hattie summons the courage to move all by herself to Vida, Montana, to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim. Under the big sky, Hattie braves hard weather, hard times, a cantankerous cow, and her own hopeless hand at the cookstove on her quest to discover the true meaning of home.
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German Home Cooking by Duane R. Lund
Treat your friends and family to more than 100 authentic family recipes, many of which have been passed down from generation to generation. Enjoy soups, stews, breads, salads, meats, desserts, home brew, dumplings, potato pancakes, and more.
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Border Songs by Jim Lynch
Lynch's latest novel, Border Songs, tells of transformation of land and people along Washington state's northern border. Border patrol agent Brandon, uncomfortable in his uniformed role, indulges his passion for bird-watching and finds not only an astonishing variety of species but also a great many drug smugglers, as well as potentially more dangerous illegals. Meanwhile his father is battling disease in his herd, his mother is battling something far more frightening, and a rich tapestry of other lives is unfolding just across the invisible, but all-important, border line.
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Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
Take your fiction to the next level! Write a breakout novel - one that rises out of obscurity and hits the best-seller lists. Literary agent Maass reveals writing techniques that can make your books stand out and succeed in a crowded marketplace.
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?
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Weather of the Pacific Northwest by Cliff Mass
The Pacific Northwest experiences the most varied and fascinating weather in the United States, including world-record winter snows, the strongest non-tropical storms in the nation, and shifts from desert to rain forest in a matter of miles. The Weather of the Pacific Northwest is the first comprehensive and authoritative guide to Northwest weather that is directed to the general reader; helpful to boaters, hikers, and skiers; and valuable to expert meteorologists. University of Washington atmospheric scientist and popular radio commentator Cliff Mass unravels the intricacies of Northwest weather, from the mundane to the mystifying.
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On the Divinity of Second Chances by Kaya McLaren
A surprising and captivating story of a broken family finding its way back together. While some family members have lost their connection to meaning, painting still-lives of raisins or alphabetizing hardware, other family members are hiding out with terrible burdens of guilt and loss. Now, with help from tap-dancing old ladies, a sensual tango teacher, bagpipes, and a lot of luck, Jade's family is about to get a second chance. And sometimes, second chances are even better than the first.
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The Double-Jack Murders by Patrick McManus
The Double-Jack Murders, the eagerly awaited third novel in Patrick F. McManus's bestselling mystery series finds Sheriff Bo Tully with his hands full of elusive killers, eccentric backwoods characters, and irresistible women in this latest romp through the wilds of Blight County, Idaho. The Double-Jack Murders is Patrick F. McManus's darkest, most entertaining mystery yet.
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The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans have become hosts for these invaders, our minds taken over while our bodies remain intact. But when Melanie, one of the last "wild" humans is captured, she refuses to relinquish possession of her mind to invading alien Wanderer. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.
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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight tempted the imagination.
New Moon made readers thirsty for more.
Eclipse turned the saga into a worldwide phenomenon.
Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final book in the #1 bestselling Twilight Saga, will take your breath away...
New York Times-bestselling author Stephenie Meyer brings The Twilight Saga to its conclusion. In this highly-anticipated fourth book in the series, all questions are answered and the fate of Bella and Edward is revealed.
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Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer
Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour the third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
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New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) by Stephenie Meyer
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may just be beginning.
Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight are hungry for more, and they won't be disappointed by this, the second book in the Twilight Saga. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. Passionate, riveting, and deeply moving, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knife - between desire and danger.
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Stones into Schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson and Mike Bryan
Released December 2009, this dramatic first-person narrative picks up where New York Times best-selling Three Cups of Tea left off. Greg describes dodging shootouts between feuding Afghan warlords, surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban, and the chaos in the wake of the massive 2005 earthquake. In the face of all adversity, Greg has continued his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan, building relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders as he goes.
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time - Greg Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. The powerful and profoundly moving story of how one man really is changing the world - one school at a time.
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Birds of the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies by Harry Nehls, Mike Denny, and Dave Trochlell
Birds of the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies is an identification guide for over 260 local birds with information on calls, feeding, behavior, ID tricks, and more. Beginner as well as veteran birders will love this compact book, easy to drop into a backpack.
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My Hippo Has the Hiccups and Other Poems I Totally Made Up by Kenn Nesbitt, Illustrated by Ethan Long
Kenn Nesbitt is one of the funniest children's poets writing today. Kids just can't get enough of the great beats, wonderful imagery, and good old belly laughs in Kenn's poems. My Hippo has the Hiccups includes over a hundred poems, and an audio CD of Kenn reading poems and cracking jokes with the zany humor that makes Kenn one of the most widely sought school speakers in the country.
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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
This bestselling and innovative debut novel asks: What if two people who loved each other deeply faced a life in which one person remained constant while the other slipped fluidly in and out of time? Often lighthearted, thoroughly original, and profoundly moving, The Time Traveler's Wife provokes readers to ask ourselves if we've made the most of the moments of our lives — moments so fleeting, we could be time travelers ourselves.
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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest by Jack Nisbet
The Collector tracks the fascinating history of David Douglas, the premier botanical explorer in the Pacific Northwest. Douglas's discoveries include hundreds of plants, including our Douglas Fir. The Collector takes readers along on Douglas's journeys evoking a lost world of early exploration, pristine nature, ambition, and conflict with surprisingly modern resonances.
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Final Breath by Kevin O'Brien
Just days after they thwarted a shooting incident at their Seattle high school, two girls are murdered—their mutilated bodies discovered a mile apart from each other.
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Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill by Riki Ott
In the early 1970s, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens promised Cordova fishermen "not one drop" of oil would be spilled in Prince William Sound from proposed tanker traffic and the trans-Alaska pipeline project. Fishermen knew better.
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Book Lust by Nancy Pearl
Do you have book lust, like Nancy Pearl? This former librarian and bookseller is so pleased to answer the question, "What should I read next?" that she has written three books and a book journal on the subject. Pearl is a winner of the Women's National Book Association Award, and developed the program "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book." She continues to celebrate the written word by speaking at bookstores and libraries, as a regular commentator about books on NPR's Morning Edition, and on her monthly television program, Book Lust with Nancy Pearl.
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Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence - and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene M. Pepperberg
Alex & Me is the remarkable true account of an amazing, irascible parrot and his best friend who stayed together through thick and thin for thirty years. This astonishing story of a landmark scientific breakthrough is also a moving account of a beautiful relationship.
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My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
By age thirteen, Anna has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister can fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. And so she considers a decision that for most would be unthinkable... a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.
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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan
From the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food comes this collection of simple, sensible, and easy to use rules—the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food he or she eats. Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat buffet, this is the perfect guide for anyone who ever wondered, "What should I eat?"
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The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
The Last Olympian is the momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, where the ancient Gods of Greece are alive and well. Join the adventures of Percy Jackson and his modern demigod friends as they fight mythological monsters and the forces of the titan lord Kronos.
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Bikini Season by Sheila Roberts
Meet the Bikinis, a group of friends whose cooking club has turned into a diet support group. Each woman's diet journey may be different, but one thing they all know: whether you are facing scary numbers on the scale or problems in your life, you need your girlfriends.
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Love in Bloom by Sheila Roberts
Hope Walker survived early breast cancer at just thirty years old, but a mastectomy left her with a lot of scarring - and some serious fears about dating. When it comes to love and relationships, she's able to work magic through her expert flower arranging ... for everyone but herself. When a handsome contractor starts coming into her shop, Hope is sure he'd rather have a whole woman than someone like her. But through Hope's blossoming friendships with new garden neighbors, she realizes that in order to live life to the fullest, you sometimes have to take a chance on love.
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Day Hiking Central Cascades by Craig Romano and Alan Bauer
A must for the new-comer, and full of delights for the old-timer, Day Hiking Central Cascades is an excellent introduction to Leavenworth-area trails. Part of the Mountaineers 1% for trails program, this guide is compact and informative, with a map and photograph of every hike and quick-reference icons.
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Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
Dreamers of the Day is both a romance and a disturbingly relevant political novel about the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference, when Winston Churchill, T.E. Lawrence and Lady Gertrude Bell invented the modern Middle East. The Washington Post Book World called it marvelous and rewarding, "a stirring story of personal awakening set against the background of a crucial moment in modern history."
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Memoirs of a Mystic by Charlene Ryan
Memoirs of a Mystic is a story of risk and courage. Charlene Ryan traveled to Australia with only $150 in her pocket and her return ticket. Using her talents and wits she was able to travel throughout Australia for a year. Charlene Ryan is a professional psychic, counselor, and teacher of metaphysical topics.
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The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
German law professor, judge and detective novelist Bernhard Schlink has taken on the topic of the Holocaust, through the story of a man struggling to come to terms with the revealed crimes of a woman he loved passionately, then lost. What does it mean to love someone who has committed horrible atrocities, and continues to hide dark secrets? What does a new generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? The first German novel to top the New York Times bestseller list, an Oprah book club selection, and winner of the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, The Reader has been translated into 37 languages.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
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The Actress
by Elizabeth Sims
Desperate to keep her cherished son Petey, aspiring actress Rita Farmer must land a paying job soon, or risk losing custody. A defense attorney approaches her with an unusual job offer: coaching Eileen, charged with murdering her own child, to help her appear more sympathetic to the jury. Rita knows she can do it, but what she doesn't know is how determined she'll become to find out what really happened to Eileen's child that night. Her life, and Petey's, will depend on it.
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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver.
A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope, The Art of Racing in the Rain is a beautifully crafted and captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life...as only a dog could tell it.
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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
In this second of the three-book Mysterious Benedict series, the society is back with a new mission: a mind-bending international scavenger hunt designed to test their individual talents. As they search for all the clues and riddles Mr. Benedict has hidden for them, Reynie, Sticky, Kate and Constance face an unexpected challenge that will reinforce the reasons they were brought together in the first place and require them to fight for the very namesake that united them.
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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition — its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.
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Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
Citizen Vince, winner of the 2005 Edgar Award for best Novel, is a genre-defying, darkly comic and utterly engrossing crime novel. During one unforgettable week, Vince negotiates a coast-to-coast maze of obsessive cops, eager politicians, and assorted mobsters - only to find that redemption might exist in, of all places, the voting booth.
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The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter
Jess Walter's newly-released The Financial Lives of the Poets follows its middle-aged, overly-leveraged hero in a weeklong quest to save his marriage, his mortgage, his sanity, and his dreams. This laugh-out-loud yet heartfelt novel is about how any of us might reach the edge of ruin-and how we might begin to make our way back.
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Lakeshore Christmas by Susan Wiggs
Prim librarian Maureen finally gets her chance to direct Avalon's annual holiday pageant, and she's determined to make it truly spectacular. But how can she possibly work with the court-order-assigned co-director: long-haired former child star Eddie, who can't stand Christmas. Maureen and Eddie spar over every detail of the pageant, from casting troubled kids to Eddie's music. So how is it possible that they're falling in love?
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A Photographic History of the Great Northern Railway and the Towns of Highway Two by Buddie Williams
Imagine for a moment that the only way over Stevens Pass is by railroad: through tunnels, treacherous switchbacks, and dangerous snowstorms. That history, along with one hundred years of change, is recaptured through the beautiful photographs that fill this book. The book features the towns - some now modern and thriving, some crumbling relics - that came into being because of the Great Northern Railroad: the highway of steel.
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The Shack by William P. Young
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his "Great Sadness," Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!
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Bobby's Diner by Susan Wingate
Bobby's Diner, the latest release from prize-winning novelist Susan Wingate, has been described by reviewers as "heart-warming...funny," and "one of those rare books you won't want to put down." In Bobby's Diner, an ex-wife and the woman who stole her husband must work together on a daily basis or lose the diner-and both are too stubborn to give up.
"A breathtaking story that will fill you with joy and laughter, Bobby's Diner is a great read for any book lover." — Coffee Times Romances
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The Politics of Hope by Donna Zajonc
In the The Politics of Hope, Donna Zajonc inspires us to rejoin the political scene, actively participating in the evolution of the rapidly-changing phenomenon we call democracy. Donna has served in the state House of Representatives and managed numerous political campaigns. Her book has been called "a way to transform our dreams into reality and shows how each of us can make a greater difference in our government." (Lynne Twist).
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