Congratulations, Canyon Sam!
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| Canyon Sam's Sky Train has been awarded a 2010 PEN Open Book Award -- congratulations, Canyon!
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New books in November
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| Great new Northwest titles, on the horizon!
The People Are Dancing Again, by Charles Wilkinson.
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November events
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Join William Dietrich, author of The Final Forest, at University Book Store on November 8 at 7 p.m. and at Village Books on November 9 at 7 p.m.
Join Patricia Susan Hart, author of A Home for Every Child, in the Petersen Room of Suzzallo Library on November 9 at 3:30 p.m. for a Sick Lecture event with University Book Store.
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Attending PNBA?
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Hello fellow Northwest book lovers! Attending the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association meeting in Portland this October? Be sure to come by our booth and meet Judy Bentley, author of Hiking Washington's History. She'll be in the booth throughout the conference and looking forward to meeting booksellers!
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Washington State Book Awards
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Tony Angell, author of Puget Sound Through an Artist's Eye, and Lynda Mapes, author of Breaking Ground, were named finalists for the Washington State Book Awards. Both will be acknowledged at the ceremony at Seattle Public Library on October 8 at 7:30 p.m.
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Greetings!
Welcome fall, right? For me, fall is always signaled by a full calendar and, as you'll see below, that's truer this fall than maybe ever before. But events aren't all that's afoot! We're also excited to show a new promotional website that will get you into Judy Bentley's Hiking Washington's History if you can't bear to wait another month until her launch. See the site here for sample hikes from each region of our state, plus links to her full event list and video trailer. In addition to the launch of Judy's book on October 21 at 6:30 p.m. at Seattle Public Library, we're also excited to be launching Charlotte Cote's Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors at the Burke on October 28 at 7 p.m. Plus, you'll find UWP staffers at a Costco Road Show at the South Seattle warehouse (Oct. 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.), the Frankfurt Book Fair (Oct. 6-9), the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (Oct. 8), and the Western History Meeting in Lake Tahoe (Oct. 13-16). We'll be busy getting our books out into the world -- and we hope to see you soon! All the best, Rachael remann@u.washington.edu  |
Too many to count!
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| Join the University of Washington Press at a Costco Road Show at the South Seattle warehouse
We've just finished putting together a Road Show at Costco for the
Press that will highlight some of our strongest regional titles. The South Seattle Costco location (4401 4th Avenue South) will be hosting us on October 2, from 9:30 a.m. until
6 p.m.
For those of you who haven't seen a Costco Road Show, it's a
full-day affair, in which the our books will be featured prominently, with author signings throughout the day. (Costco does Road
Shows for all kinds of products, from knives to sweaters,
but it works wonderfully for books!)
Authors taking part include:
Linda
Chalker-Scott 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Joann Byrd 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Ann, Daniel,
& Ben Streissguth 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Jack Hamann 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Judy Bentley 9:30 a.m. to noon
Cliff Mass 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Tony Angell 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Sarah Reichard 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lorraine
McConaghy 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tim McNulty 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Charlotte Cote 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
John Keeble Noon to 4 p.m.
Nicolette Bromberg Noon to 3 p.m.
Alan Stein
& Paula Becker 1:30 to 6 p.m.
William
Dietrich 2 to 6 p.m.
Frances McCue 2 to 4 p.m.
Ruth Kirk &
Richard Dougherty 3 to 6 p.m.
Lynda Mapes 4 to 6 p.m.
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Cliff Mass
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|  The Weather of the Pacific Northwest
The Weather of the Pacific Northwestunravels the intricacies of
Northwest weather, from the mundane to the mystifying. By examining our
legendary floods, snowstorms, and windstorms, and a wide variety of
local weather features, Cliff 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
Saturday, October 2, at 7 p.m. at Whatcom Community College, sponsored by Bellingham Bay Community Boating Center. Tickets available online at Brown Paper Tickets and at the door. General admission $10, students $5. |
Judy Bentley
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|  Hiking Washington's History
Hiking Washington's History reveals the stories embedded in Washington's
landscape. This trail guide narrates forty historic trails, ranging
from short day hikes to three- or four-day backpacking trips over
mountain passes. Every region in the state is included, from the
northwesternmost tip of the continental United States at Cape Flattery
to the remote Blue Mountains in the southeast. Each chapter begins with a
brief overview of the region's history followed by individual trail
narratives and historical highlights. Quotes from diaries, journals,
letters, and reports, as well as contemporary and historic photographs,
describe sites and trails from Washington's past. Each trail description
includes a map and provides directions, so hikers can follow the
historic route. Judy Bentley tells readers how to get there, what to
expect, and what to look for.
Hiking Washington's History is for hikers,
amateur historians, newcomers unfamiliar with the state's history, and
Northwest natives who know only part of that history. Savor the
vicarious experience of a hike from a cozy chair on a rainy winter day,
or put your boots on and hit the trail when the sun shines.
Judy
Bentley, who teaches at South Seattle Community College, is an avid
hiker and the author of fourteen books for young adults.
Join Judy on
Tuesday, October 5, at 7 p.m. at Village Books, BellinghamThursday, October 21, at 6:30 p.m. at Seattle Public Library, with Elliott Bay BooksWednesday, October 27, at 7 p.m. at REI RedmondThursday, October 28, at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, University VillageThursday, November 4, at 7 p.m. at REI Spokane |
John Keeble
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|  Broken Ground: A Novel
Broken Ground employs a construction project in the Oregon desert as the
basis for a story with far-reaching political and moral implications.
Hank Lafleur has been sent to supervise the project, which is a
prison-for-profit financed by a multinational corporation under
government contract, and meant to house felons, illegal immigrants, and,
as Lafleur comes to learn, political prisoners from Latin America.
Broken Ground is remarkable for its prophetic vision of the hollow
securities promised by incarceration and of the effects of
"privatization" as an armature of American imperialism-in both the
domestic and international realms.
See John's website here.
John Keeble is the author of
four novels, including Yellowfish and Broken Ground, a collection of
short stories, Nocturnal America, and a work of nonfiction, Out of the
Channel: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound.
Join John on
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Andrew Fisher
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|  Shadow Tribe: The Making of Columbia River Indian Identity
Shadow Tribe offers the first in-depth history of the Pacific
Northwest's Columbia River Indians -- the defiant River People whose
ancestors refused to settle on the reservations established for them in
central Oregon and Washington. Largely overlooked in traditional
accounts of tribal dispossession and confinement, their story
illuminates the persistence of off-reservation Native communities and
the fluidity of their identities over time. Cast in the imperfect light
of federal policy and dimly perceived by non-Indian eyes, the flickering
presence of the Columbia River Indians has followed the treaty tribes
down the difficult path marked out by the forces of American
colonization.
Andrew Fisher is associate professor of history at the College of William and Mary.
Join Andrew on
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Margaret Willson
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|  Dance Lest We All Fall Down: Breaking Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond
An unexpected detour can change the course of our lives forever, and,
for white American anthropologist Margaret Willson, a stopover in Brazil
led to immersion in a kaleidoscopic world of street urchins,
capoeiristas, drug dealers, and wise teachers. She and African Brazilian
activist Rita Conceicao joined forces to break the cycles of poverty
and violence around them by pledging local residents they would create a
top-quality educational program for girls. From 1991 to the graduation
of Bahia Street's first college-bound graduate in 2005, Willson and
Conceicao's adventure took them to the shantytowns of Brazil's
Northeast, high-society London, and urban Seattle.
In a
narrative brimming with honesty and grace, Dance Lest We All Fall Down unfolds the story of this remarkable alliance, showing how friendship,
when combined with courage, insight, and passion, can transform dreams
of a better world into reality.
Join Margaret on
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Aaron Glass
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|  The Totem Pole: An Intercultural History
The Totem Pole reconstructs the intercultural history of the art form in
its myriad manifestations from the eighteenth century to the present.
Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass analyze the totem pole's continual
transformation since Europeans first arrived on the scene, investigate
its various functions in different contexts, and address the significant
influence of colonialism on the proliferation and distribution of
carved poles. The authors also describe their theories on the
development of the art form: its spread from the Northwest Coast to
world's fairs and global theme parks; its integration with the history
of tourism and its transformation into a signifier of place; the role of
governments, museums, and anthropologists in collecting and restoring
poles; and the part that these carvings have continuously played in
Native struggles for control of their cultures and their lands.
Aaron Glass is an assistant professor at the Bard Graduate Center in New
York City, where he teaches anthropology of art, museums, and material
culture. He has published on visual art, media, and performance among
First Nations on the Northwest Coast and has produced the documentary
film In Search of the Hamat'sa: A Tale of Headhunting.
Join Aaron on
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Hope on the Hill
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|  Hope on the Hill: The First Century of Seattle Children's Hospital
In the spring of 1898, a 5-year-old Seattle boy named Willis Clise
suffered and eventually died of what was called "inflammatory
rheumatism." There was no treatment,and no doctor west of Philadelphia
who specialized in childhood ailments. Willis's mother, Anna Clise,
embarked on a mission to create an association dedicated to providing
surgical and other hospital care to children, regardless of class, race,
or ability to pay.
Today Seattle Children's is a regional medical center, a leader in
pediatric medicine research, and is consistently ranked among the top 10
children's hospitals in the nation. This book recounts the history of a
remarkable institution and its impact on Seattle and on the thousands
of patients it has served.
Seattle historian Walt Crowley was
the author of more than a dozen books and a cofounder of HistoryLink.org. David W. Wilma, former HistoryLink.org deputy director,
is a freelance writer.
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Mary Slusser
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|  The Antiquity of Nepalese Wood Carving: A Reassessment
Mary Slusser's work on the history of the art and culture of Nepal is
marked by a series of discoveries and critical reassessments that have
advanced our comprehension of this extraordinarily rich culture and art
in a revolutionary way. In The Antiquity of Nepalese Wood Carving, Dr.
Slusser drastically revises our perception of the marvelous wooden
sculpture of the Kathmandu Valley.
Mary Shepherd Slusser is the author of an authoritative history of the culture of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Mandala.
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Alvin Ziontz
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|  A Lawyer in Indian Country: A Memoir
In his memoir, Alvin Ziontz reflects on his more than thirty years
representing Indian tribes, from a time when Indian law was little known
through landmark battles that upheld tribal sovereignty. He discusses
the growth and maturation of tribal government and the underlying
tensions between Indian society and the non-Indian world. A Lawyer in
Indian Country presents vignettes of reservation life and recounts some
of the memorable legal cases that illustrate the challenges faced by
individual Indians and tribes.
As the senior attorney arguing
U.S. v. Washington, Ziontz was a party to the historic 1974 Boldt
decision that affirmed the Pacific Northwest tribes' treaty fishing
rights, with ramifications for tribal rights nationwide. His work took
him to reservations in Montana, Wyoming, and Minnesota, as well as
Washington and Alaska, and he describes not only the work of a tribal
attorney but also his personal entry into the life of Indian country. Ziontz
continued to fight for tribal rights into the late 1990s, as the Makah
tribe of Washington sought to resume its traditional whale hunts.
Throughout his book, Ziontz traces his own path through this public
history -- one man's pursuit of a life built around the principles of
integrity and justice.
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Charlotte Cote
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|  Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions
Following the removal of the gray whale from the Endangered Species list
in 1994, the Makah tribe of northwest Washington State announced that
they would revive their whale hunts; their relatives, the Nuu-chah-nulth
Nation of British Columbia, shortly followed suit. Neither tribe had
exercised their right to whale-in the case of the Makah, a right
affirmed in their 1855 treaty with the federal government-since the gray
whale had been hunted nearly to extinction by commercial whalers in the
1920s. The Makah whale hunt of 1999 was an event of international
significance, connected to the worldwide struggle for aboriginal
sovereignty and to the broader discourses of environmental
sustainability, treaty rights, human rights, and animal rights. It was
met with enthusiastic support and vehement opposition.
As a
member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation, Charlotte Coté offers a valuable
perspective on the issues surrounding indigenous whaling, past and
present. Whaling served important social, economic, and ritual functions
that have been at the core of Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth societies
throughout their histories. Even as Native societies faced disease
epidemics and federal policies that undermined their cultures, they
remained connected to their traditions. The revival of whaling has
implications for the physical, mental, and spiritual health of these
Native communities today, Coté asserts. Whaling, she says, "defines who
we are as a people."
Charlotte Cote is associate professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington.
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