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Devil in the White City
By Erik Larson (Paperback - February 2004)
Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death
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Communicating With Orcas: The Whales' Perspective
By Mary J. Getten (Paperback - September 2002)
Communicating with Orcas - The Whales' Perspective is the true story of an amazing journey into the unknown world of Orcas by two curious and dedicated women.
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Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest
By Linda Carlson (Paperback - November 2003)
This lively and well-researched book will be welcomed by those interested in Northwest history, as well as students of labor and business history. An ample selection of illustrations, most never previously published, broadens its appeal.
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Spit in the Ocean: All About Kesey
by Ed McClanahan (Editor), Gus Van Sant (Contributor)
(Paperback - October 2003) Dedicated to the memory of the acclaimed author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, this last volume of a literary magazine begun by Ken Kesey in 1973 "aspires to...constitute, in sum, an intimate, affectionate portrait of its founder, one which both honors him and bids him a fond farewell."  - Publishers Weekly
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Bad Boy Ballmer: The Man Who Rules Microsoft
By Fredrick Alan Maxwell
The unauthorized biography of an immigrant's son who became a multibillionaire working for Bill Gates, and probably the highest-paid employee in American history.
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Opal: A Life of Enchantment, Mystery, and Madness
By Kathrine Beck (Hardcover - October, 2003)
Seattle writer Kathrine Beck tackles a real-life mystery in Opal," her biography of the controversial news-media darling Opal Whiteley.
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Lewis and Clark : Across the Divide
By Carolyn Gilman, Foreword by James P. Ronda
The official companion to the Congressionally mandated Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition.
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Visible Bones: Journeys Across Time in the Columbia River Country
By Jack Nesbitt
Whether wading through the waters of the Columbia River or walking through the woods, biologist and history teacher Nisbet finds the remains of the Pacific Northwest's past and goes to great lengths to explain how these remnants got there.
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Seattle and the Demons of Ambition: A Love Story
by Fred Moody (Hardcover - September 2003)
With a mixture of distaste and envy, Moody, a Seattle native and a former editor of the Seattle Weekly, chronicles the dizzying transformation of the Northwest's signature city from a sleepy backwater, known mostly for its spectacular scenery and laid-back lifestyle, to an epicenter of the high-tech revolution.
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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
by Gay Salisbury, Laney Salisbury (June 2003)
Alaska, 1925: the diptheria serum is 674 miles away. Without it, the people of Nome will not survive. This is the true story.
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