Book Crush: For Kids and Teens

Book Crush: For Kids and Teens - Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Interest (LUST)
by Nancy Pearl

America's favorite librarian is back with her highly anticipated collection of the absolute best books for kids and young readers (over 200,000 copies sold in the Book Lust series). Parents, teachers, and librarians are often puzzled by the seemingly endless choices for reading material for young people.

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Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey (A Novel)

Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
by Chuck Palahniuk

Rant is the mind-bending new novel from Chuck Palahniuk, the literary provocateur responsible for such books as the generation-defining classic Fight Club and the pedal-to-the-metal horrorfest Haunted. It takes the form of an oral history of one Buster ?Rant? Casey, who may or may not be the most efficient serial killer of our time.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending April 22, 2007

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 April 22, 2007.

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith
2. The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Boomsday, Christopher Buckley
4. Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult
5. The Woods, Harlan Coben
6. What Is the What, Dave Eggers
7. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
8. The Book of Air and Shadows, Michael Gruber
9. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin
10. The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
2. Einstein, Walter Isaacson
3. Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott
4. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
5. The Wild Trees, Richard Preston
6. Deep Economy, Bill McKibben
7. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
8. Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
9. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
10. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins

MASS MARKET

1. The Hard Way, Lee Child
2. The Bookwoman's Last Fling, John Dunning
3. Through a Glass, Darkly, Donna Leon
4. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
5. At Risk, Patricia D. Cornwell
6. 1984, George Orwell
7. Gone, Jonathan Kellerman
8. Promise Me, Harlan Coben
9. The Alpine Recluse, Mary Daheim
10. The Old Wine Shades, Martha Grimes

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
2. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
3. The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall
4. Physik, Angie Sage, Mark Zug (Illus.)
5. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
6. Princess Academy, Shannon Hale
7. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
9. Starlight, Erin W. Hunter
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle

Native Seattle

Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place
by Coll Thrush

Native Seattle is about the experiences of Native people in Seattle between the city's founding and the present day, as well as about the importance of Indian symbols in the city's self-image. It focuses on three kinds of Native American history: the experiences of local indigenous communities on whose land Seattle grew, accounts of Native migrants to the city and the development of a multitribal urban Indian community, and the role Indians have played in civic narratives.

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City of Readers

City of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Portland
by Gabriel H. Boehmer (Author)

Portland has a love affair with books. Each day thousands of residents and visitors seek out the city's literary offerings to spend their leisure in the company of books and other readers. City of Readers brings together all the elements--bookstores, libraries, landmarks, authors, events, and titles--that create the ideal climate to experience the written word in Portland, Oregon.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Apr 15, 2007

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List, as brought to you by Book Sense and PNBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 15, 2007. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Week ending April 15, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. What Is the What, Dave Eggers
2. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin
3. Boomsday, Christopher Buckley
4. The God of Animals, Aryn Kyle
5. Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult
6. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
7. The Whistling Season, Ivan Doig
8. The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall
9. Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill
10. The Sun Over Breda, Arturo Perez-Reverte

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
2. Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott
3. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
4. Einstein, Walter Isaacson
5. Deep Economy, Bill McKibben
6. I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron,
7. Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
8. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
9. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
10. Second Chance, Zbigniew Brzezinski

MASS MARKET

1. The Bookwoman's Last Fling, John Dunning
2. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
3. The Hard Way, Lee Child
4. At Risk, Patricia D. Cornwell
5. Sour Puss, Rita Mae Brown
6. Tomb of the Golden Bird, Elizabeth Peters
7. Through a Glass, Darkly, Donna Leon
8. Dark Assassin, Anne Perry
9. Sea Change, Robert B. Parker
10. The Alpine Recluse, Mary Daheim

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
4. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
5. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
6. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
7. Physik, Angie Sage, Mark Zug (Illus.)
8. Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
9. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
10. Forever in Blue (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, #4), Ann Brashares

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Apr. 8, 2007

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 April 8, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. White Night, Jim Butcher
2. Boomsday, Christopher Buckley
3. What Is the What, Dave Eggers
4. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
5. Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult
6. Whitethorn Woods, Maeve Binchy
7. The God of Animals, Aryn Kyle
8. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin
9. The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall
10. The Book of Air and Shadows, Michael Gruber

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)7
2. A Long Way Gonem, Ishmael Beah
3. Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott
4. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
5. Deep Economy, Bill McKibben
6. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
7. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
8. How Doctors Think, Jerome Groopman, M.D.
9. Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
10. I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas R. Hofstadter

MASS MARKET

1. The Bookwoman's Last Fling, John Dunning
2. Through a Glass, Darkly, Donna Leon
3. The Hard Way, Lee Child
4. The Old Wine Shades, Martha Grimes
5. The Tooth of Time, Sue Henry
6. Gone, Jonathan Kellerman
7. The Last Templar, Raymond Khoury
8. The Templar Legacy, Steve Berry
9. Promise Me, Harlan Coben
10. Flight of the Nighthawks, Raymond E. Feist

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
2. Septimus Heap, Book Three: Physik, Angie Sage, Mark Zug (Illus.)
3. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
4. Dragon of the Red Dawn (Magic Tree House #37), Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.)
5. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
6. Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
7. The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall
8. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
9. Forever in Blue (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, #4), Ann Brashares
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Apr. 1, 2007

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 April 1, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult
2. Whitethorn Woods, Maeve Binchy
3. What Is the What, Dave Eggers
4. Christine Falls, Benjamin Black
5. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
6. For a Few Demons More, Kim Harrison
7. Obsession, Jonathan Kellerman
8. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
9. The God of Animals, Aryn Kyle
10. Into a Dark Realm, Raymond E. Feist

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
2. Grace (Eventually), Anne Lamott
3. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
4. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
5. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
6. Deep Economy, Bill McKibben
7. The White Cascade, Gary Krist
8. Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
9. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
10. American Fascists, Chris Hedges

MASS MARKET

1. The Hard Way, Lee Child
2. Through a Glass, Darkly, Donna Leon
3. The Bookwoman's Last Fling, John Dunning
4. The Old Wine Shades, Martha Grimes
5. Promise Me, Harlan Coben
6. Catalogue of Death, Jo Dereske
7. The Alpine Recluse, Mary Daheim
8. Judas Unchained, Peter F. Hamilton
9. Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
10. Tomb of the Golden Bird, Elizabeth Peters

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
2. Septimus Heap, Book Three: Physik, Angie Sage, Mark Zug (Illus.)
3. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
4. Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
5. Dragon of the Red Dawn (Magic Tree House #37), Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.)
6. Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny, Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.)
7. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
8. Forever in Blue (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, #4), Ann Brashares
9. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
10. The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall