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Life's Fare
	In Search of America's Heartbeat by Robert H. Mottram They lived the secret dream of countless American couples; a year on the road-with no timetable-that took them more than 30,000 miles into the far-flung corners of the nation.
	Double Take by Kevin Michael Connolly "[A] charming memoir. Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid-one who happened to be born without legs...[Double Take] makes for an empowering read." (People )
	The Mom & Pop Store by Robert Spector A celebration of the history of small, independent retail and the story of how mom & pop stores across the country still thrive on attentive customer service and renewed community support for local businesses.
	Showing Up for Life By Bill Gates, Sr. A heartfelt, deeply personal book, Showing Up for Life shines a bright light on the values and principles that Bill Gates Sr. has learned over a lifetime of “showing up”
	Standing By: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War by Allison Buckholtz A rare and intimate portrait of one of the tens of thousands of families who now wait patiently for their service member to return home safely, Standing By also provides a window into what matters most for families everywhere.
	Aurora: An American Experience in Quilt, Community, and Craft by Jane Kirkpatrick Master storyteller Jane Kirkpatrick extols the beautiful treasures, unknown to a wider public, rediscovered in the Old Aurora Colony of Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley.
	Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris by Bonnie Henderson Strand offers a thoughtful look at the surprisingly far-ranging journeys of what washes up on our Pacific shores.
	Why I Came West by Rick Bass A poignant look at the thirty-year journey of one of our country's great naturalist writers, Why I Came West explores how Rick Bass fell in love with the mystique of the West.
	The Lyncher in Me: A Search for Redemption in the Face of History by Warren Read A powerful story not only about racial prejudice and mob violence, but how an individual faces all sorts of ugly truths and takes responsibility.
	Dancing with Rose - Finding life in the land of Alzheimer's by Lauren Kessler One journalist’s riveting—and surprisingly hopeful—in-the-trenches look at Alzheimer’s, the disease that claimed her mother’s life.
	The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw by Bruce Barcott In The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, award-winning author Bruce Barcott chronicles Sharon Matola’s inspiring crusade to stop a multinational corporation in its tracks.
	The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead by David Shields Inspired by the immense vitality of his 90-something father, Seattle author David Shields looks at the arc of a human life in order to come to terms with mortality.
	Buggy on the Barn Roof by Thilda Wennes Egertson As she pens her memories of olden times, the author endeavors here to give us a glimpse of America during the first quarter of the 20th Century, neither to praise nor blame as to “WHAT THEY DID AND HOW THEY DID IT.”
	In a Far Country : The True Story of a Mission, a Marriage, a Murder,and the Remarkable Reindeer Rescue of 1898 by John Taliaferro When eight whaling ships became icebound at Point Barrow, the northernmost tip of Alaska, in January 1898, a rescue mission blessed by President McKinley was launched to bring the 275 stranded men reindeer meat to fend off starvation and scurvy.
	Incognito Street : How Travel Made Me a Writer by Barbara Sjoholm Incognito Street is an evocative look at an adventurous, curious young expatriate and the forces that would shape her eventual career as a writer, translator, and publisher.
	Strange Piece of Paradise By Terri Jentz Powerful, eloquent, and paced like the most riveting of thrillers, Strange Piece of Paradise is the electrifying account of Terri's investigation into the mystery of her near murder at an Oregon campground
	Being Caribou: Five Months On Foot With An Arctic Herd by Karsten Heuer What begins as a wildlife research project becomes much more as the author and his wife learn to hear the earth, pay attention to their dreams and slowly change, beyond their expectations, into being caribou.
	Her Mother's Daughter : A Memoir of the Mother I Never Knew and of My Daughter, Courtney Love by Linda Carroll The daughter of esteemed writer Paula Fox and the mother of Courtney Love relates "the curse of the first-born daughter" that has haunted four generations of her family.
	More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl In this sequel to her phenomenally popular Book Lust (2003), Nancy Pearl, former Seattle librarian and a continuing national book-talk host, dips further into her repertoire of have-read books (both fiction and nonfiction) and offers up another batch she is only too happy to talk about.
	Living Among Headstones: Life in a Country Cemetery by Shannon Applegate When Shannon Applegate inherited a five-acre cemetery in western Oregon, she began to record the history and daily life of this overgrown community graveyard. Living among Headstones is more than a memoir — it's an expansive look at how death is treated throughout the centuries and a meditation on how we long for our loved ones to have a continuing place in our world.
	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. She 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.
	Sex And Love Addiction: My Journey From Shame To Grace by Jay Parker This book, by a Seattle-area author, shows the nearly irresistible power of sex and love addiction in graphic and personal detail.
	Around the World in 80 Dates by Jennifer Cox This may well be some of the best airplane reading ever. Part travel guide, part relationship primer, Around the World in 80 Dates mixes wry dating realities with preposterously romantic settings and a slightly more than backpacker budget.
	Bijaboji : North to Alaska by Oar by Betty Lowman Carey, edited by Neil G. Carey Betty Lowman was 22 years old in June 1937 when she climbed into her beloved red dugout canoe, Bijaboji, and set out on a journey from Puget Sound to Alaska. Traversing some of the most treacherous waters on earth, the journey would have been a risky act for an extreme adventurer in any era; for a young woman in the conservative 1930s, it was a venture of almost unimaginable daring.
	The Real Police By David Ziskin Written by Seattle author David Ziskin in a conversational way, this book is a basic education in the realities of policing, and will give readers the context and background to understand why the job should be done differently. The Chief of Police in your town won't like this book, but you will.
	Stranger Than Fiction : True Stories By Chuck Palahniuk This collection from shock novelist Palahniuk is an eye-opening look at the raw material that goes into Palahniuk's fiction, as well as proof that the novelist's art is derived from keen observation and recording of details.
	Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism By Dawn Prince-Hughes, Ph.D. In this affecting, thoughtful memoir, Prince-Hughes explores how working with gorillas helped her escape the feelings of isolation she encountered as a sufferer of Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism characterized by difficulties processing stimuli, sensory sensitivity and social awkwardness.