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Genuine Skagit Cooking: Over 45 Recipes from the Heart of Skagit Valley by Blake Van Roekel and Stefanie LeJeunesseForage. Gather. Feast. 100+ Recipes from West Coast Forests, Shores & Urban ...

We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel by Josh TuiningaGrowing up in Seattle, Josh Tuininga tagged along with his grandfather to Pike Place Market, where they shopped at a Japanese ...

All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey by Teresa WongWhen she was a kid, Teresa Wong quit Chinese lessons to watch Saturday morningcartoons. She had no idea how her ...

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa “The Cat Who Saved Books,” a translated work by author Sosuke Natsukawa, uses magical realism to reflect on the role of literature ...

Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham  Mention the word “spy” and most people picture an action hero, not ...

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon  In the face of struggle ...

The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison Abe and Ruth Winter, the couple at the center of Bainbridge Island author Jonathan Evison's new novel, "The Heart of Winter," are a ...

Horse by Geraldine Brooks For an Australian who lives in Massachusetts, author Geraldine Brooks has a remarkable ability to chronicle the American South, as she did with her Pulitzer Prize ...

James by Percival Everett (reviewed by Mary Kinser, collection development librarian)A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes by Anthony Bale (reviewed by Emma Radosevich, collection ...

Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin For fans of her earlier novel, "The Music of Bees," Spokane native Eileen Garvin's latest book, "Crow Talk," is another uplifting story featuring wounded characters ...

Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim Juhea Kim’s debut novel, “Beasts of a Little Land,” is a historic epic about the Korean peninsula during the first half of ...

The Sweet Blue Distance by Sara Donati Bellingham author Rosina Lippi’s latest novel, published under her pen name Sara Donati, is her first since 2019. Faithful fans of her internationally ...