If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende

If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name : News from Small-Town Alaska
by Heather Lende

Heather Lende chronicles the various lives and deaths of the people of Haines, Alaska, an almost inaccessible hamlet 90 miles north of Juneau. There's no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace, and funerals are community affairs. Heather Lende posts both the obituaries and the social column for the local newspaper. If anyone knows the goings-on in this close-knit town?from births to weddings to funerals?she does. More Info

The Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander

The Hidden Queen
by Alma Alexander

The life Anghara knows has ended; everyone she loved is dead or doomed. And now she must flee far from her home or die at the hands of her half-brother Sif. A defenseless child is adrift in an unfamiliar world, pursued by the minions of a false king whose brutality knows no bounds. But Anghara has a great destiny that reaches beyond the borders of the troubled realm she must one day rule -- and a miraculous gift to be awakened in secret and fortified in a distant desert land at once beautiful, mysterious, and perilous: an awesome and frightening power called Sight. More Info

Bestsellers - wk ending 5/22/05

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books aren?t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending May 22, 2005

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
2. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Alexander McCall Smith
3. The Closers, Michael Connelly
4. Haunted, Chuck Palahniuk (available on northwest-books.com)
5. Zorro, Isabel Allende
6. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
7. True Believer, Nicholas Sparks
8. Saturday, Ian McEwan
9. Acts of Faith, Philip Caputo
10. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
2. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano
3. You: The Owner's Manual, Michael F. Roizen, et al.
4. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
5. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
6. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
7. Collapse, Jared Diamond
8. Plan B, Anne Lamott
9. Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl
10. Against Depression, Peter D. Kramer

MASS MARKET

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
2. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
3. R Is for Ricochet, Sue Grafton
4. Doctored Evidence, Donna Leon
5. The Enemy, Lee Child
6. Pyro, Earl W. Emerson (available on northwest-books.com)
7. Just One Look, Harlan Coben
8. Liars & Thieves, Stephen Coonts
9. Sleeping Beauty, Phillip Margolin
10. Deception Point, Dan Brown

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Movie Tie-in), Ann Brashares
2. The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, Book 4), Eoin Colfer
3. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (available on northwest-books.com)
4. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
5. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
6. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
7. The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau
8. Runny Babbit, Shel Silverstein
9. Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles, Book One), Suzanne Collins
10. Dragonology Handbook, Ernest Drake

Canine Washington by Cheryl Smith

Canine Washington
by Cheryl Smith

More than 70 percent of dog owners take their four-legged pals on the road. Washington state hosts millions of visitors each year, and for visitors and residents alike Canine Washington may just be the only guidebook they'll need. The detailed information on hikes, lodging, and other activities for every area of the state takes the special interests of both dog and caretaker into account. More Info

A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber

A Good Yarn
by Debbie Macomber

"Northwest author Debbie Macomber revisits the cozy Seattle yarn store of 2004's The Shop on Blossom Street in another heartfelt tale of crafts and camaraderie. The author's trademark warm treatment of the lives of women will satisfy her readers. Despite occasional draughts of treacle and a too-easy denouement, this should be another Macomber bestseller." says Publisher?s Weekly. More Info

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books arenâ??t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending May 15, 2005

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
2. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Alexander McCall Smith
3. Zorro, Isabel Allende
4. Haunted, Chuck Palahniuk (available at northwest-books.com)
5. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
6. Saturday, Ian McEwan
7. True Believer, Nicholas Sparks
8. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
9. The Hot Kid, Elmore Leonard
10. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
2. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
3. You: The Owner's Manual, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet Oz, M.D.
4. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
5. Collapse, Jared Diamond
6. Plan B, Anne Lamott
7. Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl
8. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
9. And One More Thing Before You Go..., Maria Shriver
10. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano

MASS MARKET

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
2. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
3. Broken Dishes, Earlene Fowler
4. R Is for Ricochet, Sue Grafton
5. Doctored Evidence, Donna Leon
6. Pyro, Earl W. Emerson
7. Little Scarlet, Walter Mosley
8. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
9. Just One Look, Harlan Coben
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, Book 4), Eoin Colfer
2. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (available at northwest-books.com)
3. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
4. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
5. Skippyjon Jones in the Dog House, Judith Schachner
6. Dragonology Handbook, Ernest Drake
7. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
9. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
10. Girls in Pants, Ann Brashares

Always find the best in books from the Pacific Northwest at northwest-books.com.

The Alpine Quilt by Mary Daheim

The Alpine Quilt
by Mary Daheim

USA Today bestselling author Mary Daheim knows how to spin a mystery with a tight plot and captivatingly eccentric characters. And her vivid Pacific Northwest settingâ??a character in itselfâ??has garnered her a plethora of devoted fans. Now her resourceful and resolute journalist Emma Lord is back with a new mystery to solveâ??and an even tougher deadline to meet. More Info

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Haunted
by Chuck Palahniuk

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel made up of stories: Twenty-three of them, to be precise. Twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales youâ??ll ever encounter - sometimes all at once. They are told by people who have answered an ad headlined â??Writersâ?? Retreat: Abandon Your Life for Three Months,â?? and who are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of â??real lifeâ?? that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them. More Info

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books arenâ??t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending May 8, 2005

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
2. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Alexander McCall Smith
3. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
4. Zorro, Isabel Allende
5. Haunted, Chuck Palahniuk
6. Ya-Yas in Bloom, Rebecca Wells
7. Saturday, Ian McEwan
8. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
9. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
10. True Believer, Nicholas Sparks

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
2. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
3. Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl
4. Plan B, Anne Lamott
5. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
6. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
7. Collapse, Jared Diamond
8. You: The Owner's Manual, Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet Oz, M.D.
9. My Life So Far, Jane Fonda
10. God's Politics, Jim Wallis

MASS MARKET

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
2. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
3. R Is for Ricochet, Sue Grafton
4. Pyro, Earl W. Emerson (available at northwest-books.com)
5. Doctored Evidence, Donna Leon
6. Broken Dishes, Earlene Fowler
7. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
8. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
9. The Game, Laurie R. King
10. The Enemy, Lee Child

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, Book 4), Eoin Colfer
2. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (available at northwest-books.com)
3. Runny Babbit, Shel Silverstein
4. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
5. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
6. Dragonology Handbook, Ernest Drake
7. Dragonology, Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.)
8. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
9. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
10. Girls in Pants, Ann Brashares

The Inside Ring

The Inside Ring : A Novel
by Michael Lawson

From a bluff overlooking Georgiaâ??s untamed Chattooga River, an assassin fires three shots. The President of the United States is wounded; his best friend and a Secret Service agent are killed. Two days later, a man in Landover, Maryland, commits suicide and in the manâ??s home is overwhelming evidence that he was responsible for the assassination attempt. Brimming with suspense, authenticity, and wit, The Inside Ring marks the debut of a major new talent in Pacific Northwest author Michael Lawson and introduces a cast of intriguing characters with many more cases ahead. More Info

On American Soil

On American Soil : How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II
by Jack Hamann

On a hot August night in 1944, a soldierâ??s body was discovered hanging by a rope from a cable spanning an obstacle course at Seattleâ??s Fort Lawton. The body was identified as Private Guglielmo Olivotto, one of the thousands of Italian prisoners of war captured and brought to America. Through his access to previously classified documents and information gained from extensive interviews, journalist Hamann tells the story behind World War II's largest army court-martial, where three African-American soldiers were charged with the lynching and murder of an Italian prisoner of war.

Northwest Bestsellers - week ending May 1, 2005

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books arenâ??t books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending Sunday, May 1, 2005

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Alexander McCall Smith
2. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
3. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
4. Ya-Yas in Bloom, Rebecca Wells
5. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
6. Saturday, Ian McEwan
7. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
8. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
9. The Innocent, Harlan Coben
10. Citizen Vince, Jess Walter (order from northwest-books.com)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
2. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
3. Collapse, Jared Diamond
4. Plan B, Anne Lamott
5. Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl
6. And One More Thing Before You Go..., Maria Shriver
7. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
8. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
9. Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell
10. God's Politics, Jim Wallis

MASS MARKET

1. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
3. R Is for Ricochet, Sue Grafton
4. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
5. Pyro, Earl W. Emerson (order from northwest-books.com)
6. The Romanov Prophecy, Steve Berry
7. Brimstone, Douglas Preston
8. The Taking, Dean R. Koontz
9. Just One Look, Harlan Coben
10. The Bookman's Promise, John Dunning

CHILDREN'S (FICTION AND ILLUSTRATED)

1. The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, Book 4), Eoin Colfer
2. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (order from northwest-books.com)
3. Dragonology Handbook, Ernest Drake
4. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
5. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
6. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
7. Runny Babbit, Shel Silverstein
8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
9. Girls in Pants, Ann Brashares
10. Skippyjon Jones in the Dog House, Judith Schachner

Always find the latest fiction from Northwest authors at northwest-books.com.

Sex and Love Addiction

Sex And Love Addiction: My Journey From Shame To Grace
by Jay Parker

Every week it seems we hear about another teacher, coach, politician, or religious leader who has been charged with inappropriate sexual activities. It is hard to understand how someone who seems to have so much can throw it all away for sex. This book, by a Seattle-area counselor, shows the nearly irresistible power of sex and love addiction in graphic and personal detail. More Info

Pacific Northwest Garden Survival Guide

Garden Survival Guide: Pacific Northwest
by Debra Prinzing

Learn from garden expert Debra Prinzing how to pick pest-free plants, how to identify the growing zones in your garden, the ABCs of composting, how to outsmart weeds, and other ails that befall gardens in this emerald green part of the country. The Pacific Northwest Garden Survival Guide offers insightful overviews of climate and soil, immediate remedies for garden crises, and special tips from an assortment of garden experts - from county extension agents to an arboretum director. More Info