New Northwest Books

Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris by Bonnie Henderson

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:31:00 +0000

In Strand, travel writer and amateur naturalist Bonnie Henderson traces the stories of wrack washed up on the mile-long stretch of Oregon beach she has walked regularly for more than a decade. Henderson?s writing conveys both a keen attention to the specifics of place and an expansive field of vision. The burned hull of a long-abandoned fishing boat, a glass fishing float, the egg case of a skate, a beached minke whale, an unusual number of dead murres, and an athletic shoe are the starting points for essays that reach across the globe. Henderson takes readers from Coos Bay, Oregon, to Vancouver, B.C.; from the currents circulating through the North Pacific to the ?Eastern Garbage Patch? between Hawaii and California; from China?s Shenzhen Special Economic Zone to fishing villages on the coast of Hokkaido, Japan.As Henderson uncovers these odysseys, she meditates on current issues, events, and phenomena?oil spills, the proliferation of ocean debris, international trade, the evolution of sharks, and the survival prospects of whales. The characters that emerge range from the world?s leading minke whale researchers to the crew of a Coast Guard airbase to a small-town salvager of wrecked fishing boats, glued to the radio and praying for disaster. Strand offers a thoughtful look at the surprisingly far-ranging journeys of what washes up on our Pacific shores.

About the Author

A journalist and an avid outdoorswoman, Bonnie Henderson lives in Eugene. She is the author of Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon and Day Hiking: Oregon Coast and has published articles in Backpacker, Women?s Sports and Fitness, Coastal Living, and Sunset, among others. In 1995, she began volunteering for CoastWatch, a program of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition that monitors changes, natural and unnatural, on every inch of Oregon?s shoreline. Strand arose from the experience of routinely walking Mile 157 on the central Oregon coast, puzzling over what she found.

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A Community of Collectors: 75 Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:28:00 +0000

This volume celebrates an unprecedented series of gifts to the Seattle Art Museum on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. The gifts - nearly 1,000 works from more than forty collections - have significantly enhanced the museum's holdings and reinforced the museum's dedication to artistic excellence. A Community of Collectors includes essays by nine curators who have selected some of the most significant works of art given, pledged, and promised to the museum to be featured. The book offers a sense of the collection's depth and future direction and highlights this gem shinning in the Emerald City.

From seventeenth-century Dutch still lifes to Roy Lichtenstein's Still Life with Silver Pitcher; paintings by Marsden Hartley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper and a sculpture of Gwendolyn Knight by Augusta Savage to Asmat war shields from New Guinea; the works considered here touch on the extraordinary richness and variety of the Seattle Art Museum's collections.

The book includes essays by Barbara Brotherton, Michael Darling, Julie Emerson, Chiyo Ishikawa, Patricia Junker, Pam McClusky, Marisa Sanchez, Yukuko Shirahara, and Josh Yiu.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Nov. 9, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:17:00 +0000

This week our Northwest Bestsellers list includes only two northwest authors. Ivan Doig's The Eleventh Man and Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain are the only northwest-related books on the list this week. Week ending Nov. 9, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
2. The Eleventh Man, Ivan Doig
3. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
4. Swallowing Darkness, Laurell K. Hamilton
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
6. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
7. A Lion Among Men, Gregory Maguire
8. The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly
9. The Gate House, Nelson DeMille
10. The English Major, Jim Harrison

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Dewey, Vicki Myron
2. Letter to My Daughter, Maya Angelou
3. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
4. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
5. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
6. The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell
7. The Snowball, Alice Schroeder
8. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
9. Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, Ina Garten
10. The Limits of Power, Andrew J. Bacevich

MASS MARKET

1. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
2. Now and Then, Robert B. Parker
3. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
4. Cauldron, Jack McDevitt
5. Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris
6. Friends in High Places, Donna Leon
7. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
8. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
9. Making Money, Terry Pratchett
10. Sweet Revenge, Diane Mott Davidson

CHILDREN?S TITLES

1. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3), Christopher Paolini
5. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
6. Swing!, Rufus Butler Seder
7. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
8. The Sorcerer of the North (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 5), John Flanagan
9. Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, Jeff Kinney

The Pacific Northwest Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by northwest-books.com, IndieBound and PNBA, is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and IndieBound. Most of these books aren't books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest.

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Nov. 2, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:46:00 +0000

Five Northwest authors are on this week's Northwest Bestsellers List. The mass market paperback reprint of Chelsea Cain's Heartsick popped up on the list this week. Her sequel is Sweetheart. Ivan Doig's The Eleventh Man and Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain are in the top four. Two young adult books are also on the list: Brisingr, by Christopher Paolini, and Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Week ending November 2, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
2. The Eleventh Man, Ivan Doig
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
4. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
5. The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly
6. The English Major, Jim Harrison
7. The Gate House, Nelson DeMille
8. A Most Wanted Man, John le Carre
9. Anathem, Neal Stephenson
10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Dewey, Vicki Myron
2. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
3. The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell
4. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
5. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
6. The Limits of Power, Andrew J. Bacevich
7. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
9. Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, Ina Garten
10. Letter to My Daughter, Maya Angelou

MASS MARKET

1. Now and Then, Robert B. Parker
2. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
3. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
4. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
5. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
6. Foul Play, Janet Evanovich
7. Heartsick, Chelsea Cain
8. Dark of the Moon, John Sandford
9. Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris
10. Duma Key, Stephen King

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3), Christopher Paolini
5. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
6. Swing!, Rufus Butler Seder
7. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
8. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
9. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
10. The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.)

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Oct. 26, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:58:00 +0000

Bestsellers - The Eleventh Man is on the Pacific Northwest Bestsellers list this week, as well as Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain. Christopher Paolini's Brisingr is on the Children's Books list. Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is back on the list this week after dropping off last week. Week ending October 26, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
2. The Eleventh Man, Ivan Doig
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
4. A Most Wanted Man, John le Carre
5. The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly
6. A Lion Among Men, Gregory Maguire
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
8. Rough Weather, Robert B. Parker
9. The English Major, Jim Harrison
10. Home, Marilynne Robinson

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Dewey, Vicki Myron
2. The Limits of Power, Andrew J. Bacevich
3. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
4. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
5. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
6. The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell
7. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
8. The Snowball, Alice Schroeder
9. Bad Money, Kevin Phillips
10. More Information Than You Require, John Hodgman

MASS MARKET

1. Now and Then, Robert B. Parker
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
3. Friends in High Places, Donna Leon
4. Making Money, Terry Pratchett
5. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
6. Duma Key, Stephen King
7. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
8. The Eight, Katherine Neville
9. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin
10. 1984, George Orwell

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3), Christopher Paolini
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
5. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
6. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
7. Swing!, Rufus Butler Seder
8. Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke
9. The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.)
10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Oct. 19, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:49:00 +0000

The Eleventh Man is on the Pacific Northwest Bestsellers list this week, as well as Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain. Christopher Paolini's Brisingr is on the Children's Books list. Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian has dropped off the top ten Children's Books list. Week ending October 19, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
2. The Eleventh Man, Ivan Doig
3. The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly
4. A Most Wanted Man, John le Carre
5. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
7. Anathem, Neal Stephenson
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
9. The Given Day, Dennis Lehane
10. A Lion Among Men, Gregory Maguire

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell
2. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
3. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
4. Dewey, Vicki Myron
5. The Limits of Power, Andrew J. Bacevich
6. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
7. Bad Money, Kevin Phillips
8. Letter to My Daughter, Maya Angelou
9. The Snowball, Alice Schroeder
10. Finding Beauty in a Broken World, Terry Tempest Williams

MASS MARKET

1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
2. Now and Then, Robert B. Parker
3. Making Money, Terry Pratchett
4. Friends in High Places, Donna Leon
5. Terminatrix: The Sarah Palin Chronicles, Wasilla Iron Dog Gazette (Ed.)
6. Wicked, Gregory Maguire
7. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
8. Dark of the Moon, John Sandford
9. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
10. Confessor, Terry Goodkind

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3), Christopher Paolini
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
5. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
6. Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke
7. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, Jeff Kinney
9. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
10. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Oct. 5, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:19:00 +0000

The Eleventh Man is on the Pacific Northwest Bestsellers list first week out. Also on the list are: Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain, Christopher Paolini's Brisingr, and Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Week ending Oct. 5, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
3. The Eleventh Man, Ivan Doig
4. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
5. The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday, Alexander McCall Smith
6. The Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks
7. Ballistics, Billy Collins
8. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
10. Anathem, Neal Stephenson

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
2. Dewey, Vicki Myron
3. The Limits of Power, Andrew J. Bacevich
4. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
5. The Snowball, Alice Schroeder
6. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
7. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
8. The Forever War, Dexter Filkins
9. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, Bill O'Reilly
10. Acedia & Me, Kathleen Norris

MASS MARKET

1. Confessor, Terry Goodkind
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
3. Nights in Rodanthe, Nicholas Sparks
4. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
5. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
6. Making Money, Terry Pratchett
7. Dead Heat, Dick Francis, Felix Francis
8. Sweet Revenge, Diane Mott Davidson
9. Dark of the Moon, John Sandford
10. Stone Cold, David Baldacci

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3), Christopher Paolini
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
5. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
6. Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke
7. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
8. Maze of Bones (39 Clues, #1), Rick Riordan
9. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
10. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

The Pacific Northwest Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and PNBA, is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and IndieBound. Most of these books aren't books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest.

The Eleventh Man by Ivan Doig

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:15:00 +0000

Driven by the memory of a fallen teammate, TSU's 1941 starting lineup went down as legend in Montana football history, charging 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 lonely and dangerous theaters. The eleventh man, Ben Reinking, has been plucked from pilot training by a military propaganda machine hungry for heroes. He is to chronicle the adventures of his teammates, man by man, for publication in small-town newspapers across the country like the one his father edits. Ready for action, he 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.

A deeply American story, The Eleventh Man is Ivan Doig?s most powerful novel to date.

About the Author

Ivan Doig was born in Montana in 1939 and grew up along the Rocky Mountain Front, the dramatic landscape that has inspired much of his writing. A recipient of a lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association, he is the author of eight previous novels, most recently The Whistling Season, and three works of nonfiction, including This House of Sky. He lives in Seattle.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Sept. 28, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:41:00 +0000

Three books by Northwest authors are on this week's Northwest Bestsellers list. Brisinger, the third volume by Christopher Paolini tops the Children's list. Eragon, Paolini's first book, is also on the Children's list. And, The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, is on the Hardcover Fiction list again. This heartwarming book has been on the list for most of the summer. Week ending September 28, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
4. Anathem, Neal Stephenson
5. Home, Marilynne Robinson
6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
7. The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday, Alexander McCall Smith
8. Fine Just the Way It Is, Annie Proulx
9. The Given Day, Dennis Lehane
10. The Host, Stephenie Meyer

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Limits of Power, Andrew J. Bacevich
2. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
3. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
4. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
5. Dewey, Vicki Myron
6. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
7. Bad Money, Kevin Phillips
8. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami
9. The War Within, Bob Woodward
10. Angler, Barton Gellman

MASS MARKET

1. Friends in High Places, Donna Leon
2. Book of the Dead, Patricia Cornwell
3. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
4. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
5. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
6. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
7. Sweet Revenge, Diane Mott Davidson
8. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin
9. Dead Heat, Dick Francis, Felix Francis
10. Nights in Rodanthe, Nicholas Sparks

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3), Christopher Paolini
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
5. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
6. Eve of the Emperor Penguin (Magic Tree House, #40), Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illus.)
7. Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke
8. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
9. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
10. Eclipse (Warriors: Power of Three, #4), Erin Hunter

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Sept. 21, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:37:00 +0000

Christopher Paolini's Brisingr became a big hit the moment it came out last Saturday. A half-million copies sold in one day. Brisingr, if you didn't know, is the third volume in a series which started with Eragon. Brisingr is now at the top of the Northwest Chiildren's list. Other books on the Northwest Bestsellers list this week: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. The narrator is a dog. You gotta read it! Hardcover and priced under $17. And, Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is also on the list.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer
3. Anathem, Neal Stephenson
4. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
5. Indignation, Philip Roth
6. Fine Just the Way It Is, Annie Proulx
7. Home, Marilynne Robinson
8. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
9. American Wife, Curtis Sittenfeld
10. Ballistics, Billy Collins

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
2. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
3. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
4. The War Within, Bob Woodward
5. Bad Money, Kevin Phillips
6. Dewey, Vicki Myron
7. The Limits of Power, Andrew J. Bacevich
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
9. Acedia & Me, Kathleen Norris
10. Angler, Barton Gellman

MASS MARKET

1. Friends in High Places, Donna Leon
2. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham,
3. Book of the Dead, Patricia Cornwell
4. Stone Cold, David Baldacci
5. Dead Heat, Dick Francis, Felix Francis
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
8. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
9. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
10. Heartsick, Chelsea Cain

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3), Christopher Paolini
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
5. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
6. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
7. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
8. Eclipse (Warriors: Power of Three, #4), Erin Hunter
9. Maze of Bones (39 Clues, #1), Rick Riordan
10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie

Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:43:00 +0000

With Heartsick, Chelsea Cain took the crime world by storm, introducing two of the most compelling characters in decades: serial killer Gretchen Lowell and her obsessed pursuer Portland Detective Archie Sheridan. The book spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and garnered rave reviews around the world. But the riveting story of Archie and Gretchen was left unfinished, and now Chelsea Cain picks up the tale again.

When the body of a young woman is discovered in Portland?s Forest Park, Archie is reminded of the last time they found a body there, more than a decade ago: it turned out to be the Beauty Killer?s first victim, and Archie?s first case. This body can't be one of Gretchen's?she?s in prison?but after help from reporter Susan Ward uncovers the dead woman's identity, it turns into another big case. Trouble is, Archie can't focus on the new investigation because the Beauty Killer case has exploded: Gretchen Lowell has escaped from prison.

Archie hadn't seen her in two months; he'd moved back in with his family and sworn off visiting her. Though it should feel like progress, he actually feels worse. The news of her escape spreads like wildfire, but secretly, he's relieved. He knows he's the only one who can catch her, and in fact, he has a plan to get out from under her thumb once and for all.

Chelsea Cain has topped her own bestselling debut thriller with this unputdownable, unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat read.

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Brisinger by Christopher Paolini

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:21:00 +0000

OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide.

Following the colossal battle against the Empire?s warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.

First is Eragon?s oath to his cousin Roran: to help rescue Roran?s beloved, Katrina, from King Galbatorix?s clutches. But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strength?as are the elves and dwarves. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices? choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.

Eragon is the greatest hope to rid the land of tyranny. Can this once-simple farm boy unite the rebel forces and defeat the king?

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Sept. 14, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:25:00 +0000

Only one book on the Northwest Bestsellers list this week: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. The narrator is a dog, but it isn't a dog story. You gotta read it! Hardcover and priced under $17.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
2. Anathem, Neal Stephenson
3. Fine Just the Way It Is, Annie Proulx
4. Home, Marilynne Robinson
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
6. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
7. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
8. The Gypsy Morph, Terry Brooks
9. Ballistics, Billy Collins
10. American Wife, Curtis Sittenfeld

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
2. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
3. The War Within, Bob Woodward
4. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
5. The Limits of Power, Andrew J. Bacevich
6. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
7. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
8. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
9. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
10. The Way of the World, Ron Suskind

MASS MARKET

1. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin
2. Stone Cold, David Baldacci
3. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
4. Friends in High Places, Donna Leon
5. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
6. Book of the Dead, Patricia Cornwell
7. Protect and Defend, Vince Flynn
8. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
9. The Sunrise Lands, S.M. Stirling
10. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
5. Eclipse (Warriors: Power of Three, #4), Erin Hunter
6. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
7. Maze of Bones (39 Clues, #1), Rick Riordan
8. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
9. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
10. The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart

The Pacific Northwest Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by northwest-books.com, IndieBound and PNBA, is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and IndieBound. Most of these books aren't books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest.

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Sept. 7, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:41:00 +0000

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie continues to amaze me. It's been on the Northwest Bestseller list for weeks now. Also on this week's list are Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain and The Other by David Guterson. Week ending September 7, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
2. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
3. Home, Marilynne Robinson
4. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
5. The Other, David Guterson
6. American Wife, Curtis Sittenfeld
7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
8. Devil Bones, Kathy Reichs
9. Silks, Dick Francis, Felix Francis
10. The Lace Reader, Brunonia Barry

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
2. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
3. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
4. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami
5. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
6. The Obama Nation, Jerome R. Corsi
7. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
8. Bigfoot: I Not Dead, Graham Roumieu
9. Waiter Rant, The Waiter
10. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux

MASS MARKET

1. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
2. Book of the Dead, Patricia Cornwell
3. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
4. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
5. Compulsion, Jonathan Kellerman
6. Friends in High Places, Donna Leon
7. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin
8. Stone Cold, David Baldacci
9. The Sunrise Lands, S.M. Stirling
10. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
5. Eclipse (Warriors: Power of Three, #4), Erin Hunter
6. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
7. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
8. The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6), Eoin Colfer
9. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)

Precious Cargo by Clyde Ford

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:15:00 +0000

Charlie Noble, former-Coast-Guard-officer-turned-marine-PI, is back. This time, he is hot on the trail of a human trafficking scheme that begins in Mexico?and ends in murder.

Still reeling from the untimely death of his wife, Charlie begins to warm to the idea of a second chance at true love with new girlfriend Kate Sullivan. These plans are quickly docked when boating friends Marvin and Angela Baynes come to him with a horrifying discovery?the body of an unidentified young woman impaled on the flukes of their boat anchor. The Bayneses themselves lost a child years ago. No stranger to loss, Charlie finds it impossible not to help them?even though it could mean putting his new romance in jeopardy.

Charlie enlists a friend, Raven, a Native-American salvage diver. Together, the pair plunge beneath the waters of Puget Sound to seek out any clues about the identity of the dead woman and how she wound up there. But they find more bodies instead?all young, all female, all Hispanic. Soon Charlie finds himself navigating a course that leads him through the choppy waters of transporting human cargo, and right into the seedy underworld of the Northwest?s sex trade.

With its fresh, nautical flavor, riveting mystery, and incredible depth of humanity, Precious Cargo is a winner from Clyde Ford that is truly unique?and compulsively readable.

Ford is a Bellingham, Wash., resident who writes suspense thrillers set in the Pacific Northwest.

Hardcover. Priced under $17.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Aug. 31, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:55:00 +0000

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
2. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
4. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
5. The Gypsy Morph, Terry Brooks
6. The Other, David Guterson
7. Silks, Dick Francis, Felix Francis
8. The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff
9. The Laughter of Dead Kings, Elizabeth Peters
10. Devil Bones, Kathy Reichs

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
2. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
3. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
4. The Way of the World, Ron Suskind
5. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami
6. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
7. The Obama Nation, Jerome R. Corsi
8. The Dark Side, Jane Mayer
9. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux
10. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor

MASS MARKET

1. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
3. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin
4. Friends in High Places, Donna Leon
5. 8 Sandpiper Way, Debbie Macomber
6. Sweet Revenge, Diane Mott Davidson
7. Stone Cold, David Baldacci
8. Compulsion, Jonathan Kellerman
9. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
10. The Woods, Harlan Coben

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
5. The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6), Eoin Colfer
6. The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
7. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
8. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
9. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Aug. 24, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:26:00 +0000

Four major books by three great authors are on this week's Northwest Bestsellers list. Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain is now second on the list. Also on the list: The Other by David Guterson, Snuff by chuck Palahiak and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Week ending August 24, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
2. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
3. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
4. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
5. The Other, David Guterson
6. The Lace Reader, Brunonia Barry
7. The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie
8. The Little Book, Selden Edwards
9. Snuff, Chuck Palahniuk
10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
3. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
4. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux
5. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
6. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
7. Traffic, Tom Vanderbilt
8. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami
9. The Wrecking Crew, Thomas Frank
10. Waiter Rant, Waiter, Ecco

MASS MARKET

1. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
2. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
3. You've Been Warned, James Patterson
4. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
5. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
6. Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
7. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
8. Killer Weekend, Ridley Pearson
9. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
10. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
5. The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6), Eoin Colfer
6. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
7. The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
8. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney
10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie

C�zanne's Quarry by Barbara Pope

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:11:00 +0000

In this richly atmospheric novel, a mysterious young woman named Solange Vernet arrives in Aix-en-Provence with her lover, a Darwinian scholar named Charles Westbury, and a year later is found strangled in a quarry outside the city. The young and inexperienced magistrate, Bernard Martin, finds his investigation caught in the crossfires of a raging cultural debate. Many of the more conservative residents of Aix, including Martin's own police investigator, believe that Solange reaped what she sowed for entertaining such radical scientific theories

Initially assuming that Solange's murder was a simple crime de passion by either a spurned C�zanne or a betrayed Westbury, Bernard soon finds himself on a mission to unravel the secrets of Solange and Cezanne's hidden past -- the key to which may be a series of his paintings which depict the strangulation and violation of a woman with golden-red hair.

Exploring questions of science and religion -- and the role of women in these realms -- that persist even today, C�zanne's Quarry is an impressive debut mystery about life, death, love, and art.

About the Author

Barbara Pope is a historian, an award-winning teacher, and the founding director of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Oregon. Barbara has lived and worked in Provence, where C�zanne's Quarry is set, and currently resides in Eugene, Oregon. This is her first novel.

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Aug. 17, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:50:00 +0000

Four major books by three great authors are on on this week's Northwest Bestsellers list. Again, Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain leads off the list. Also in the top ten: Damage Control and Justice Denied by J.A. Jance, and The Other by David Guterson. Week ending August 17, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
3. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
4. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
5. The Other, David Guterson
6. The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff
7. Damage Control, J.A. Jance
8. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
9. The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie
10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
3. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
4. The Way of the World, Ron Suskind
5. The Wrecking Crew, Thomas Frank
6. The Dark Side, Jane Mayer
7. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami
8. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
9. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
10. Traffic, Tom Vanderbilt

MASS MARKET

1. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
2. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
3. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
4. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
5. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
6. A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin
7. Cry Wolf, Patricia Briggs
8. 1984, George Orwell
9. Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
10. Justice Denied, J.A. Jance

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4), Stephenie Meyer
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
5. The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6), Eoin Colfer
6. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
7. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
8. The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Aug. 3, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:07:00 +0000

Again there are five Northwest books are on this week's Northwest Bestseller's list. Two novels by J.A. Jance, a part-time Seattle resident, are on the list. Damage Control, her latest book set in Arizona and Justice Denied, her latest J.P. Beaumont book are on the list. Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain tops the list. David Guterson's The Other and Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian are on the list. Week ending August 3, 2008.

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
2. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
3. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
5. Moscow Rules, Daniel Silva
6. Damage Control, J.A. Jance
7. The Other, David Guterson
8. The Lace Reader, Brunonia Barry
9. The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie
10. Swan Peak, James Lee Burke

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
3. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
4. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
5. The Dark Side, Jane Mayer
6. The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Vincent Bugliosi
7. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
8. Just Who Will You Be?, Maria Shriver
9. The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria
10. What Happened, Scott McClellan

Mass Market

1. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
3. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
4. Suffer the Little Children, Donna Leon
5. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
6. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
7. The Navigator, Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos
8. Justice Denied, J.A. Jance
9. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
10. Little Tiny Teeth, Aaron Elkin

Children's Titles

1. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
4. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
5. The Time Paradox , Artemis Fowl, Book 6, Eoin Colfer
6. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
7. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
9. The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 27, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:15:00 +0000

Five books by four authors are on this week's Northwest Bestseller's list. Two novels by J.A. Jance, a part-time Seattle resident, are on the list. Damage Control, her latest books set in Arizona and Justice Denied, her latest J.P. Beaumont book are on the list. Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain tops the list. David Guterson's The Other and Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian are on the list. Week ending July 27, 2008.

Remember: All these books are available through northwest-books.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
3. Damage Control, J.A. Jance
4. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
5. The Other, David Guterson
6. Moscow Rules, Daniel Silva
7. Swan Peak, James Lee Burke
8. America America, Ethan Canin
9. The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie
10. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
3. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
4. The Dark Side, Jane Mayer
5. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
6. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
7. The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria
8. The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Vincent Bugliosi
9. Bigfoot: I Not Dead, Graham Roumieu
10. What Happened, Scott McClellan

MASS MARKET

1. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
2. Justice Denied, J.A. Jance
3. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
4. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
5. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
6. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
7. Suffer the Little Children, Donna Leon
8. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
9. The Secret Servant, Daniel Silva
10. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6), Eoin Colfer
5. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
7. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4), Rick Riordan
8. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
9. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
10. The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 20, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:47:00 +0000

This week's Northwest Bestsellers list includes four Northwest authors. Back this week are: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein; The Other by David Guterson; and Mary Dahiem's Scots on the Rocks. The paperback reprint of J.A. Jance's Justice Denied is also on the list. Week ending July 20, 2008. All books are available through northwest-books.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
3. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
4. The Other, David Guterson
5. The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie
6. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
7. So Brave, Young, and Handsome, Leif Enger
8. Swan Peak, James Lee Burke
9. Fearless Fourteen, Janet Evanovich
10. Rules of Deception, Christopher Reich

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
2. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
3. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
4. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
5. The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Vincent Bugliosi
6. The Dark Side, Jane Mayer
7. The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria
8. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
9. What Happened, Scott McClellan
10. Deceptively Delicious, Jessica Seinfeld

MASS MARKET

1. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
3. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
4. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
5. Little Tiny Teeth, Aaron Elkins
6. Justice Denied, J.A. Jance
7. 1984, George Orwell
8. Scots on the Rocks, Mary Daheim
9. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
10. Suffer the Little Children, Donna Leon

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6), Eoin Colfer
4. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
5. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
6. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
7. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4), Rick Riordan
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney
9. Cats of the Clans, Erin Hunter, Wayne McLoughlin (Illus.)
10. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2), Rick Riordan

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 13, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0000

This week's Northwest Bestsellers list includes four Northwest authors. Back this week are: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein; The Other by David Guterson; and, Snuff, by Chuck Palahniuk. And Mary Dahiem's Scots on the Rocks is on the list, too. Week ending July 13, 2008. All are available through northwest-books.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
3. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
4. Fearless Fourteen, Janet Evanovich
5. Swan Peak, James Lee Burke
6. The Other, David Guterson
7. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri
8. The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie
9. Snuff, Chuck Palahniuk
10. So Brave, Young, and Handsome, Leif Enger

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
2. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
3. Deceptively Delicious, Jessica Seinfeld
4. The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Vincent Bugliosi
5. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
6. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
7. Goodnight Bush, Erich Origen, Gan Golan
8. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
9. What Happened, Scott McClellan
10. Bigfoot: I Not Dead, Graham Roumieu

MASS MARKET

1. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
2. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
3. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
4. Little Tiny Teeth, Aaron Elkins
5. Suffer the Little Children, Donna Leon
6. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
7. Sandworms of Dune, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
8. Scots on the Rocks, Mary Daheim
9. The Secret Servant, Daniel Silva
10. Outlander, Diana Gabaldon

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
5. The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
6. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney
9. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4), Rick Riordan
10. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1), Rick Riordan

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 6, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Art Shotwell) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:56:00 +0000

Four northwest authors remain on this week's Northwest Bestsellers list. J.A. Jance's Justice Denied is on the list as a mass market paperback. Also, back this week are: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein; The Other by David Guterson; and, Snuff, by Chuck Palahniuk. Week ending July 6, 2008.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Fearless Fourteen, Janet Evanovich
2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
4. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
5. The Other, David Guterson
6. The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie
7. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri
8. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
9. Nothing to Lose, Lee Child
10. Snuff, Chuck Palahniuk

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
2. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
3. My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
4. What Happened, Scott McClellan
5. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
6. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
7. Bigfoot: I Not Dead, Graham Roumieu
8. The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Vincent Bugliosi
9. Don'ts for Wives, Blanche Ebbutt
10. This Land Is Their Land, Barbara Ehrenreich

MASS MARKET

1. Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
2. Justice Denied, J.A. Jance
3. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
4. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
5. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
6. Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
7. Suffer the Little Children, Donna Leon
8. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
9. Wicked, Gregory Maguire
10. Dune, Frank Herbert

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (Twilight, Book 2), Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3), Stephenie Meyer
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney
5. Warriors: Cats of the Clans, Erin Hunter, Wayne McLoughlin (Illus.)
6. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
7. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder
8. The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
9. The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1), Michael Scott
10. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4), Rick Riordan

The Pacific Northwest Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and PNBA,is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and IndieBound. Most of these books aren't books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest.