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This Week's Northwest Books
Updated May 14, 2008
Bestsellers - Just two Northwest writers are on this week's Northwest Bestseller list: The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss; and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin dropped below the top ten and William Dietrich's The Rosetta Key is below the top ten, too.
New this week - Portland author Ursula K. Le Guin's new book, Lavinia, has received some good advance reviews and now the book is available. The Library Journal calls it 'brilliant' and Kirkus calls it 'arguably her best novel." And, it's priced under $20 here. Northwest Washington author William Dietrich's The Rosetta Key has just been released. Another in a fast-paced series from this Anacortes, Wash. author. |
 Lavinia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
In The Aeneid, Vergil’s hero fights to claim the king’s daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word in the poem. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes us to the half-wild world of ancient Italy, when Rome was a muddy village near seven hills. Lavinia is a book of love and war, generous and austerely beautiful, from a writer working at the height of her powers.
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Surviving murderous thieves, a nerve-racking sea voyage, and the deadly sands of Egypt with Napoleon's army, American adventurer Ethan Gage solved a five-thousand-year-old riddle with the help of a mysterious medallion. But the danger is only beginning. . . . Entertaining and vividly evocative, The Rosetta Key is William Dietrich at his fast-paced, cliff-hanger best. For lovers of stirring historical adventure laden with intriguing mystery and puzzles galore, The Rosetta Key is a terrific thrill ride not to be missed.
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Travel writer and ecologist Don Pitcher knows the best way to experience the San Juan Islands, from sea kayaking off Orcas Island to whale-watching near Victoria. Don offers unique trip strategies for a wide-range of travelers, including Romantic San Juans and On the Water, a section devoted to kayaking and boating enthusiasts. Read More |
Bainbridge Island fourth-grade teacher Warren Read plugged his mother's maiden name into a search engine one day and found a newspaper article about a mob, in 1920, that dragged three men from their jail cells, beat them and hanged them. Among those responsible for the deaths: Read's great-grandfather, local businessman Louis Dondino. This is a powerful story not only about racial prejudice and mob violence, but how an individual faces all sorts of ugly truths and takes responsibility. Read More |
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Award-winning Seattle author Bruce Barcott chronicles Sharon Matola’s inspiring crusade to stop a multinational corporation in its tracks. Ferocious in her passion, she and her confederates–a ragtag army of courageous locals and eccentric expatriates–endure slander and reprisals and take the fight to the courtroom and the boardroom, from local village streets to protests around the world.
"Barcott’s compelling narrative is suspenseful right up to the last moment." –Publisher's Weekly
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