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Jonathan Raban’s powerful novel is set in Seattle in 1999, at the height of its infatuation with the virtual. It’s a place that attracts immigrants. One of these is Tom Janeway, a bookish Hungarian-born Englishman who makes his living commenting on American mores on NPR. Another, who calls himself Chick, is a frenetically industrious illegal alien from China who makes his living any way he can. Through a series... (more)

Blossom Street: Book 1

The Shop On Blossom Street

by Debbie Macomber

There's a little yarn shop on Blossom Street in Seattle. It's owned by Lydia Hoffman, and it represents her dream of a new life free from cancer. A life that offers a chance at love . . . Lydia teaches knitting to beginners, and the first class is "How to Make a Baby Blanket." Three women join. Jacqueline Donovan wants to knit something for her grandchild as a gesture of reconciliation with her... (more)

A Fit of Tempera (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries (Paperback))

Bed-And-Breakfast: Book 6

A Fit of Tempera (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries (Paperback))

by Mary Daheim

Van Gogh-ing...going...gone! Poor Judith McMonigle Flynn! All she wants is a much-needed break from the rigors of running Hillside Manor. But she and cousin Renie have barely set foot in their family's backwoods vacation cottage...and already they're having a brush with the local law. It appears someone has painted their neighbor, world-renowned artist Riley Tobias, permanently out of the picture. And the artful... (more)

Emma Lord: Book 1

Alpine Advocate (Emma Lord Mysteries)

by Mary Daheim

The debut of the Emma Lord murder mystery series. After a year as publisher-editor of the Alpine Advocate, Emma Lord feels fine about her move to this small town in the foothills of Washington's Cascade Mountains. What she really needs for her paper, though, is a big story. And she gets it--when handsome Mark Doukas, grandson of rich, old Neeny Doukas is murdered. Emma discovers that trying to get straight answers... (more)

Race, Culture and Education: The selected works of James A. Banks (World Library of Educationalists)

Race, Culture and Education: The selected works of James A. Banks (World Library of Educationalists)

by James A. Banks

In the World Library of Educationalists, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to... (more)

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Waxwings : A novel

by Jonathan Raban

The Shop On Blossom Street

by Debbie Macomber

A Fit of Tempera (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries (Paperback))

by Mary Daheim

Alpine Advocate (Emma Lord Mysteries)

by Mary Daheim

Race, Culture and Education: The selected works of James A. Banks (World Library of Educationalists)

by James A. Banks

Seattle Now & Then

by Paul Dorpat