Northwest Books

Hidden Treasure is a true story of adventure & suspense that would interest most young people, parents of young people and especially scouts. It is well-written, short & easy reading that keeps your interest.

This is an excellent book on Wet-Site Archaeology, a good reference/text book, but with all the illustrations provides entertaining reading as well.

This book will inform longtime residents and newcomers alike. From the early indian tribes to modern Holland as we know it today, this book is very well written and ILLUSRATED w/ vintage photos.

Although Dr. Susan Swetnnam is an award winning professor, public servant, researcher, humanitarian, athlete, baker and knitter, along with being a well published author, it is clear, after reading Home Mountains, she is most importantly a real woman. The collection of charming personal essays, recounts life experiences which can be read for simple entertainment, as a good read, or can be interpreted for a deeper, more individual meaning. It's easy to visulalize the characters in Swetnam's stories, fron the "heavy-set, tightly-permanented woman" taking entries at the County Fair, to the Beauty horse with "her short cocoa legs and stocky golden brown body extended in an exaggerated waking cat pull, black mane tossed out of her eyes." Her appreciation of her home mountains, located in the Caribou National Forest, will entice the reader to look again at their own home "mountains" and find deeper awareness of their physical surroundings. The lessons learned from Swetnam's life parallel meanings readers can identify with. Such as facing the fears that came from her childhood, including the fear of fire, and worse, the fear of living the mundane life of her parents. Along with using the fear of losing the love of her life, in order to keep her eyes open and alert to the life she has with him. In addition, the reader will rejoice with Swetnam as she transforms her humble, vulnerable, and often humorous experiences into insightful examples, learning, among other things, the importance of ordinary time and casual relationships, and letting go, and the pleasures of being alone and how it feels to be loved. The essays can be read individually in small doses to be thought about, or straight through with out being overwhelming. The articles stand alone, but blend together nicely. Take an afternoon and get lost in Swetnam's life, laugh at her characters, envision her mountains, and try not to fall in love with her husband.

This is a must read book for understanding the equipment and the horse power that was needed to farm the large wheatland farms of the Northwest. Thomas Keith lived and worked on these farms as a young man and his knowlege has been preserved between the cover of this remarkable book.

Through Anna's book you will come to know many vibrant characters whose lives intersect across time, culture, and continents. You'll meet Ruthie, Maria, Sly, Faramez, Zsuzsa, Consuelo, and of course Annie. Ms. Balint brings the lives of Gypsies, Mexican-Americans, African-American Jews, Native Americans, and British together through stories that are inspiring, thought-provoking, funny, and full of pathos.

One story that stands out for me is Wonderbread and Spam. That title alone intrigued me. Ms. Balint is full of the kind of wit that sticks its tongue out at you and says, "See, I made you laugh, didn't I?". At the same time she takes you along as people deal with the struggles of their lives: a dying son, domestic abuse, old age, buying a car.

You will enjoy the read.

The must have companion to Margorie Gersh-Young's Hot Springs and Hot Pools of the Southwest. With both you have the most comprehensive listing and directions to hot springs in the U.S. and Canada. Information is provided on whether pools are clothing optional or not. Highly recommended by DrLeisure.com, the number one provider of information on nude recreation on the internet.

Charming story, good character depth and a little bit of suspense thrown in for good luck. Told from the perspective of a young girl this book shows a slice of history and gives the reader a feeling for the difficulties and hilarious happenings of running a rural hotel at the turn of the century.

The harsh land of the Yukon, where the entire region is frozen solid most of the year - that's where one Keith Billington went to ply his trade as a medical professional. "House Calls By Dogsled: Six years in an Arctic Medical Outpost" is his tale of his ordeal in the frosty snowfields of the Yukon. They often had to do the title procedure, all to save the lives of the region where travel is not something so easily done. An inspiring memoir and interesting look at both arctic living and the courage of a man, "House Calls By Dogsled: Six Years In an Arctic Medical Outpost" is highly recommended for community library memoir collections.

The "language of the Earth", from chief Seattle's point of view, in my opinion everyone should read this and start thinking...