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ADULT FICTION |
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Jackalope Dreams The belated-coming-of-age tale of Montana-born-and-bred Corey Henry, a spinsterish teacher who finds her world turned upside-down in the wake of professional scandal and personal loss. Blew teaches creative writing at the University of Idaho and twice has received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, once in fiction and once in nonfiction. University of Nebraska Press, 978-0-8032-1588-7, $24.95, March 2008 Contact Rob Buchanan: rbuchanan1@unl.edu |
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Army of the Republic In near-future America, groups vie against a corrupt government. Executive James Sands builds an empire by privatizing water supplies in the northwest. When one of his backers, John Polling, is assassinated, Sands hires a security company that promises dire results. Sands' estranged son Lando is the leader of The Army of the Republic (AOR)--the group responsible for Polling's murder. Lando's lover is an organizer in Seattle's Democracy Northwest Network. Powerful and disturbing, The Army of the Republic brilliantly portrays a future America--one that could believably exist right now. St. Martin's Press, 978-0-312-38377-0, $24.95, September 2008 Contact Monica Katz: monica.katz@stmartins.com |
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Cezanne's Quarry A woman is found murdered in Aix, France, and the only clues point to her spurned lover, Paul Cezanne. University of Oregon award-winning professor and Eugene native Barbara Pope has crafted a haunting novel that captures the culture wars of the late 1800's, which threaten to derail the murder investigation. Pegasus Books, 978-1-933648-83-5, $25.00, June 2008 Contact Jessica Case: jessica@pegasusbooks.us |
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The Dart League King Russell Harmon is the self-proclaimed king of his small-town Idaho dart league, but in the midst of the league championship, the intertwining stories of those gathered reveal Russell's debt to a local drug dealer, a teammate's involvement in the disappearance of a college student, and a love triangle. Tin House Books, 978-0-9794198-8-1, $14.95, October 2008 Contact Deborah Jayne: Deborah@tinhouse.com |
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The Islands of Divine Music The Islands of Divine Music follows five generations of an immigrant Italian family as they journey through the "new world" from Southern Italy to San Francisco. As each character brushes up against some aspect of the divine, they find themselves in that place where nothing and everything is possible. Unbridled Books, 978-1-932961-54-6, $24.95, October 2008 Contact Libby Jordan: libby@unbridledbooks.com |
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Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy A dynamic atmospheric story of passion and intrigue involving new documents with information regarding the lineage of Mary Magdalene and Jesus. A superb roller coaster ride incorporating suspense, mystery, adventure, adversaries and love as four people strive to translate these new documents by Pacific Northwest author Bettye Johnson, winner of an Independent Publisher Book Award 2006 for Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls. Living Free Press, 978-0-9650454-3-8, $21.95, January 2008 Contact Bettye Johnson: lfpress@fairpoint.net |
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November 22, 1963 November 22, 1963 chronicles the day of President Kennedy's assassination. Jackie's story is interwoven with the stories of others intimately connected with that day: a man who shares cigarettes with Jackie outside the trauma room; a motorcycle policeman flanking the motorcade; Abe Zapruder, who caught the assassination on film. Tin House Books, 978-0-9802436-2-8, $14.95, November 2008 Contact Deborah Jayne: Deborah@tinhouse.com |
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Sherlock Holmes: The Montana Chronicles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle probably didn't know it, but his famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his affable sidekick Dr. Watson solved several cases in Montana in the late 1800's. The book is "written" by Dr. Watson and "edited" by Fitzpatrick. First-time Montana author, John Fitzpatrick claims he found the manuscript in a dusty old safe in Anaconda's Hearst Free Library where it had languished for years. Holmes uses his legendary powers of observation and deductive reasoning to solve four puzzling cases. Copper kings Marcus Daly and F. Augustus Heinze figure prominently in two of the tales. Riverbend Publishing, 978-1-931832-96-0, $12.95, June 2008 Contact Janet Spencer: janet@RiverbendPublishing.com |
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Freeman Walker The larger-than-life, picaresque tale of a man looking to reinvent himself as he comes face to face with good and evil while exploring the landscape of America and the meaning of freedom in the mid to late 1800's. Unbridled Books, 978-1-932961-55-3, $25.95, October 2008 Contact Libby Jordan: libby@unbridledbooks.com |
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ADULT NON-FICTION |
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Birds of the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies A beginner's pocket-sized photographic guide to the 200 birds of the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies with stunning full-page color photographs. Covers Idaho, Eastern Washington and Oregon, and Western Montana. Includes the basics of bird watching, attracting birds to your yard, where to go birding - perfect for beginning and intermediate birders. R.W. Morse Company, 9780964081062, $18.95, August 2008 Contact Bob Morse: rwmorse@comcast.net |
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Fortune & Freedom: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Success In Fortune and Freedom: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Success, Seattle author Jim Hirshfield lays out the keys to success as an entrepreneur. Who better to write this guide than someone who has been in the trenches as an entrepreneur in the Pacific Northwest for more than thirty years? Millennium Ventures Press, 978-0-9798127-0-5, $18.95, April 2008 Contact: Jim Hirshfield, j.hirshfield@comcast.net |
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The She Project: How she inspired a community "The women gathered pens and paper, paint, old magazines, and found objects. And,...they responded," said Lauren Ohlgren, creator of "The She Project" and author of The She Project: How she inspired a community - a gallery of personal stories and creations from the inaugural year of "The She Project". Growing Art Press, 1-934367-49-4, $49.00, Available Contact Asher Simmons: president@growingartpress.com |
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No More Meltdowns: Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out-of-control Behavior Author of the award-winning Social Skills Picture Book series, Dr. Jed Baker offers parents and teachers strategies for preventing and managing meltdowns. His 20+ years of experience working with children on the autism spectrum, combined with his personal experiences raising his own children, have yielded time-tested strategies, and results! Future Horizons, 978-1-932565-62-1, $14.95 (pb), April 2008 Contact Shelley Hines: Shelley@FHautism.com |
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Put Your Life On A Diet: Lessons Learned from Living in 140 Square Feet Put Your Life on a Diet is the ultimate resource for living a simpler life, leaving behind a smaller environmental footprint and living a healthier life for you and the planet. The author has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, American Profile, TIME, and The New York Times. Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 978-1-4236-0317-7, $12.95 (pb), June 2008 Contact Chris Ferreira: cferreira@gibbs-smith.com |
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The Wink of the Zenith: The Shaping of a Writer's Life Sifting through memories and observations to discover how circumstance and nature conspired to make him the writer he is, Skloot enacts in this book the very process he describes, the shaping of a writer's life. The author is a resident of Portland, Oregon. University of Nebraska Press, 978-0-8032-1119-3, $24.95, September 2008 Contact Rob Buchanan: rbuchanan1@unl.edu |
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Hollywood Babylon - It's Back HOLLYWOOD BABYLON-IT'S BACK: An overview of exhibitionism, sexuality, and sin as filtered through 85 years of Hollywood indiscretion. As they were unfolding, these stories were known only within Hollywood's most decadent cliques. All of that changed with the release of this book! Hot, Unauthorized, Unapologetic, and NOW Hardcover. 408 pages with about a thousand photos. Blood Moon Productions, 978-0-9748118-8-8, $24.95, May 2008 Contact Danforth Prince: danforthprince@hotmail.com |
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Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History: An Illustrated Anthology of Illuminating Glimpses into Oregon's Past-From Pre-History to the Present From the sublime to the ridiculous, the momentous to the minute, Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History's offbeat, eclectic approach will inform and entertain. Tin House Books, 978-0-9802436-0-4, $29.95, November 2008 Contact Deborah Jayne: Deborah@tinhouse.com |
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You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values Shocking, illuminating, profoundly disturbing...You Don't Know Me details over one hundred cases of sexual misconduct by Republican officials, office holders, and ideological supporters. In addition to augmenting the public's knowledge of recent infamous scandals, the book unearths a multitude of other instances of Republican sexual waywardness. Tin House Books, 978-0-9794198-6-7, $16.95, July 2008 Contact Deborah Jayne: Deborah@tinhouse.com |
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The Marco Polo Odyssey: In the Footsteps of a Merchant Who Changed the World The Marco Polo Odyssey follows the fantastic, ten-year journey undertaken by Harry Rutstein to trace the 13,000 mile overland route--Venice to Beijing--taken by Marco Polo in the 13th century. Using every means available from tractors to camels to goatskin rafts, Rutstein became the only person known to have authenticated and retraced Marco Polo's entire journey. In this book he recounts the experience, as history wrapped in adventure. Bennett & Hastings Publishing, 978-0-9802076-0-6, $27.95, September 2008 Contact Harry Rutstein: HRutstein2@aol.com |
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The Journal of Jules Renard The Journal of Jules Renard is a unique autobiographical masterpiece, cited as a principle influence by writers as varying as Jean-Paul Sartre, Somerset Maugham, and Donald Barthelme. Throughout the journal, Renard develops his artistic convictions and his humanity, as he reflects on the nineteenth-century French literary and art scene. Tin House Books, 978-0-9794198-7-4, $16.95, September 2008 Contact Deborah Jayne: Deborah@tinhouse.com |
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The Legend of Colton H. Bryant From the bestselling author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight and Scribbling the Cat, the unforgettable true story of a boy who comes of age in the oil-fields and open plains of Wyoming; a heartrending story of the human spirit that lays bare where it is that wisdom truly resides. The Penguin Press, 978-1-59420-183-7, $23.95, May 2008 Contact Abigail Cleaves: abigail.cleaves@us.penguingroup.com |
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The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda The Impenetrable Forest is an unforgettable glimpse into the world of mountain gorillas and the African cultures that surround them. Dr. Thor Hanson is an award-winning poet and naturalist. He was born in Bellingham, WA and now resides in the San Juan Islands. "Like a warm cup of sweet Mexican atole on a cold morning, the book fills your belly and makes you smile." --Lawrence F. Lihosit, Across the Yucatan 1500 Books, 978-1-933698-19-9, $24.95, July 2008 Contact Gavin Caruthers: GavinCaruthers@1500Books.com |
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Steel Beach: My Life as a Naval Aircrewman 1972-1976 After receiving a draft lottery of number 1, Manthos soon learns the driving force behind the Vietnam era: If you're not confused, you don't understand the situation. Oregon Book Awards judge Lee Gutkind says Steel Beach makes a connection with the reader ". . . in a way that remains memorable and establishes trust." Steel Beach is a 2007 OBA creative nonfiction finalist. Inkwater Press, 978-1-59299-261-4, $17.95, April 2007 Contact Jeff Lee Manthos: jeffmanthos@sprintmail.com |
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The Thirty-Ninth Victim With amazing candor, Seattle writer Arleen Williams recounts her experiences before and after the Green River killer murdered her youngest sister and left her body in the wilderness off Highway 18. As insightful as it is heart-wrenching, The Thirty-Ninth Victim gives readers a window into the family dynamics that contributed to this life-altering tragedy. The author set out to tell her sister's story, but in doing so, she tells bits and pieces of every family's story. Blue Feather Books, Ltd., 978-0-9794120-4-2, $14.99, April 2008 Contact Arleen Williams: arleen@quidnunc.net |
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION |
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Minn and Jake's Almost Terrible Summer In this companion book to Minn & Jake, poet and former Washington resident Janet Wong explores the ups and downs of friendship between complete opposites in bouncing free-verse. Illustrated in playful black-and-white drawings, the book is perfect for boys and girls ages 7 - 10. Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux, 978-0-374-34977-6, $15.00, August 2008 Contact Elizabeth Kerins: Childrens.publicity@fsgbooks.com |
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS |
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Extreme Readers: Predator Attack! This series features topics that grab children's attention from the first page. Dramatic photographs, graphic illustrations, and the amazing facts will keep them turning the pages. The series offers three levels of reading for grades PreK-2. Each title is leveled according to the respected Fountas and Pinnell guided reading system.
Contact Chuck Loeser: cloeser@schoolspecialty.com |
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Sammy Squirrel & Rodney Raccoon: A Stanley Park Tale Best friends Sammy Squirrel and Rodney Raccoon decide to explore the world beyond Vancouver's Stanley Park. They journey across the Pacific Ocean, all the way to Japan, and return safely with the help of many animal friends. An illustrated chapter book, it promotes awareness and sensitivity to the needs of others. For Ages 7-11.
Contact Jo Blackmore: job@granvilleislandpublishing.com |
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