Fiction

Banana Heart Summer by Merlinda Bobis. Winner of the Philippine Golden Book Award, this debut novel is a tale of food, family, and longing.

Club of Angels by Luis Fernando Verissimo. Ten well-to-do Brazilian men meet every month to dine and celebrate their friendship but when one of them dies and is replaced by mysterious Lucidio, bewilderment and death follow.

Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming. A masterful continuation of the James Bond legacy, celebrating the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth in 2008.

My Sister My Love by Joyce Carol Oates. A dark, wry, satirical tale inspired by an unsolved true-crime mystery.

Oxygen by Carol Cassella. Seattle anesthesiologist Cassella spins a tale of relationships and family that collides with a high-stakes medical drama.

Siren of the Waters by Michael Genelin. The commander of the Slovak police force in Bratislava tracks a master criminal across Europe.

Nonfiction

Bead Romantique by Lisa Kan. Elegant beadweaving designs inspired by the Gothic, Renaissance, Victorian, Art Deco, and Art Nouveau eras.

Children’s Literature by Seth Lerer. A reader’s history from Aesop to Harry Potter.

Conquistador by Buddy Levy. WSU professor Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures.

Daring to Look by Anne Whiston Spirn. Dorothea Lange’s photographs of the despair and greed unleashed by the Great Depression have become defining images of that time.

Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn. The race to reinvent energy and stop global warming.

Green Guide by the editors of Green Guide magazine, The complete reference for consuming wisely.

Feeding Your Demons by Tsultrim Allione. Ancient wisdom for resolving inner conflict.

Panic in Level 4 by Richard Preston. Cannibals, killer viruses, and other journeys to the edge of science.

Standing in the Light by Sharman Apt Russell. An invitation to skeptics, scientists, and seekers everywhere to explore the soul of pantheism.

This Land is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation by Barbara Ehrenreich. American in the 2000s-- skewered, dissected, and diagnosed by a best-selling social critic.

Washington Heritage Tours by Jens Lund. Take a self-guided driving tour through historic regions of Washington State with these six tour books, accompanied by CDs of traditional music and narratives by local residents.

Nature and Outdoors

Dead Lucky by Lincoln Hall. The morning after collapsing from altitude sickness on Everest and being pronounced dead, Hall was discovered alive and well on the summit ridge.

Gardening in Idaho by John Cretti. What to do each month to have a beautiful garden all year.

High and Dry by Robert Nold. Gardening with cold-hardy dryland plants.

Shopping for Porcupine by Seth Kantner. A life in Arctic Alaska.

Small Wonders: Nature Education for Young Children by Linda Garrett and Hannah Thomas. The Vermont Institute of Natural Science offers age-appropriate exercises, experiments, and explorations to use children’s natural curiosity.

Food and Cooking

660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer. The vivid, saucy, sensational gateway to Indian cooking.

The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook by Jackie Newgent. The whole food approach to great taste and healthy eating.

Arthur Schwartz’s Jewish Home Cooking. Authentic, updated versions of the dishes that connect so many American Jews to their pasts.

Keeping the Harvest by Nancy Chihoffi & Gretchen Mead. Discover the homegrown goodness of putting up your own produce.

Outstanding in the Field by Jim Denevan. A farm to table cookbook.

You Won’t Believe It’s Vegan! by Lacey Sher and Gail Doherty. 200 recipes for simple and delicious animal-free cuisine.

CD

Maudite Moisson! by Le Vent du Nord. “La musique folk canadienne à son meilleur“ from Québec.

DVD

Arranged (U.S., 2007) Two young women—one an orthodox Jew, the other a Muslim of Syrian origin--teach at a Brooklyn school and both are participants in arranged marriages.

The Book Binding Guy Video Workshop (U.S., 2007) Learn to bind elegant books with simple household tools and affordable materials.

Flight of the Conchords (U.S., 2007) “New Zealand’s 4^th Most Popular Folk Parody Duo” attempts to break onto the New York City scene in these 12 HBO episodes.

Her Name is Sabine (France, 2007) A sensitive portrait, spanning a 25-year period, of the autistic sister of French actress Sandrine Bonnaire.

Persepolis (France, U.S., 2007) A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl comes of age during the Islamic Revolution (animated).

Saint Clara (Israel, 1996) A Russian immigrant teenager with clairvoyant powers disrupts the whole town in this off-beat Israeli comedy.

T’ai Chi for Health (U.S., 2004) A complete, easy-to-use guide to this timeless tradition.

Two-Lane Blacktop (U.S., 1971) Singer-songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson star in this classic road movie.

War Dance (U.S., 2007) Three children living in a displacement camp in Uganda compete in a prestigious music festival.