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Greetings!
Last month we announced our Fall/Winter 2009 catalog with an exciting new component: a digital, interactive catalog available on our website. This new interactive catalog replicates the experience of a traditional print catalog by allowing users to paste in notes and send pages to friends, but it also lets you click through to our website, instantly e-mail staff and sales reps, and get updated information quickly and easily. If you have any questions about our new digital catalog or any of our books, please feel free to get in touch!
All the best,
Rachael
remann@u.washington.edu
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Tim McNulty
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 Olympic National Park:
A Natural History,
Revised Edition
In this thoroughly revised edition, Tim McNulty returns his gaze to the
Olympic National Park: 1,400 square miles of rugged mountains and
wilderness in the heart of the Olympic Peninsula. By examining the
effects of global warming and its rapid changes throughout the region,
alongside current archaeological discoveries that shed new light on the
early people of the peninsula, McNulty brings together our past and
future.
McNulty also tells the stories of the Olympic National
Park's animal populations, from marmots and black bears to the prospect
of reintroducing wolves. He then looks at the resurgence of bald
eagles, peregrine falcons, and the burgeoning sea otter populations
rejuvenating the coastal ecosystems. Finally, he turns to the restoration of the
Elwha River, the removal of salmon-blocking dams, and the salmon recovery
efforts across the peninsula that are bringing wildlife back to the
wilderness.
Tim McNulty is a poet and nature writer living in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains.
Join Tim on
Wednesday, July 8, at 6:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, Silverdale
Wednesday, August 26, at 7 p.m. at Village Books, Bellingham
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Cliff Mass
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 The Weather of the Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest experiences the most varied and fascinating
weather in the United States, including world-record winter snows, the
strongest non-tropical storms in the nation, and shifts from desert to
rain forest in a matter of miles. Local weather features dominate the
meteorological landscape, from the Puget Sound convergence zone and
wind surges along the Washington Coast, to gap winds through the
Columbia Gorge and the "Banana Belt" of southern Oregon. This book is
the first comprehensive and authoritative guide to Northwest weather
that is directed to the general reader; helpful to boaters, hikers, and
skiers; and valuable to expert meteorologists.
In The Weather of
the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington atmospheric scientist
and popular radio commentator Cliff Mass unravels the intricacies of
Northwest weather, from the mundane to the mystifying. Mass
brings together eyewitness accounts, historical records, and
meteorological science to explain Pacific Northwest weather. He also
considers possible local effects of global warming. The final chapters
guide readers in interpreting the Northwest sky and in securing weather
information on their own.
Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric
sciences at the University of Washington and weekly guest on KUOW
radio, is the preeminent authority on Northwest weather.
Join Cliff on
Friday, July 10 at 7 p.m. at Port Angeles Library, withPort Book and News
Friday, July 31, at 7 p.m. at Barn Beach Reserve, Leavenworth
Saturday, August 1, at 1 p.m. at A Book for All Seasons, Leavenworth
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| Harvey Schwartz |
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 Solidarity Stories: An
Oral History of the ILWU
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, born out of the 1934
West Coast maritime and San Francisco general strikes under the
charismatic leadership of Harry Bridges, has been known from the start
for its strong commitment to democracy, solidarity, and social justice.
In this collection of firsthand narratives, union leaders and
rank-and-file workers -- from the docks of Pacific Coast ports to the
fields of Hawaii to bookstores in Portland, Oregon -- talk about their
lives at work, on the picket line, and in the union.
Solidarity Stories is a unique contribution to the
literature on unions. The book will appeal to
students and scholars of labor history, social and economic history,
and social change, as well as trade unionists and anyone interested in
labor politics and history.
Harvey Schwartz is an oral historian
at the Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State
University, and curator of the Oral History Collection, ILWU Library.
Join Harvey on
Tuesday, July 21, at 7 p.m. at Modern Times, San Francisco |
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| Reinhard Stettler |
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 Cottonwood and
the River of Time
Cottonwood and the River of Time looks at some of the approaches
scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world. With
a lifetime of work in forestry and genetics to guide him, Reinhard
Stettler celebrates both what has been learned and what still remains a
mystery as he examines not only cottonwoods but also trees more
generally, their evolution, and their relationship to society.
Cottonwoods
flourish near streams and rivers. Their life cycle is
closely attuned to the river's natural dynamics. An ever-changing
floodplain keeps generating new opportunities for these pioneers to
settle and prepare the ground for new species. Perpetual change is the
story of cottonwoods but in a broader sense, the story of all trees
and all kinds of life. Through the long parade of generations, as rivers meander and glaciers advance and retreat, trees
have adapted and persisted, some for thousands of years. How do they do
this? And, more urgently, what lessons can we learn from the study of
trees to preserve and manage our forests for an uncertain future?
In
his search for answers, Stettler moves from the floodplain of a West
Cascade river, where seedlings compete for a foothold, to mountain
slopes, where aspens reveal their genetic differences in colorful
displays; from the workshops of Renaissance artists who painted their
masterpieces on poplar to labs where geneticists have recently
succeeded in sequencing a cottonwood's genome; from the intensively
cultivated tree plantations along the Columbia to old-growth forests
challenged by global warming.
Reinhard F. Stettler is professor emeritus of forestry at the University of Washington.
Join Reinhard on
Sunday, August 2, at 11 a.m. for a walking tour of the Washington Park Arboretum
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 Phillip Levine
Phillip Levine celebrates noted Seattle sculptor Phillip Levine's fifty-year
anniversary as the creator of works inspired by the worlds of dance,
song, sport, and social commentary. It includes a valuable
autobiographical essay by the sculptor. Contributions by fellow
sculptor Tom Jay and Norman Lundin, painter and professor of art at the
University of Washington, offer an intimate perspective on the artist's
enduring creative endeavor and accomplishment.
Levine has lived,
taught, and maintained a studio in Seattle since he arrived in the city
in 1959. His sculpture Dancer With Flat Hat has greeted generations of
students at the University of Washington. All those who have found
beauty and delight in Levine's vision will enjoy the comprehensive
portfolio of illustrations at the heart of the book, which covers the
full span of his career. This fresh look into the artist's life work
reveals his deep interest in the figure in movement, and the unexpected
way the use of bronze, with its density and strength, opened the door
to an artistic world of timeless lightness and grace.
Join Phillip on
Thursday, August 20 at a time TBA at Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island
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