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A study of both the interior and exterior designs of homes in the northwest. Includes over 250 color photographs.

"When a boy tries to save his parents' marriage, he uncovers a legacy of family secrets in a coming-of-age ghost story by the author of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, The Art of Racing in the Rain. In the summer of 1990, fourteen-year-old Trevor Riddell gets his first glimpse of Riddell House. Built from the spoils of a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is constructed of giant, whole trees, and is set on a huge estate...

"Beginning with a historical overview, Classic Houses of Seattle invites curious homeowners, neighbors, visitors, and anyone interested in preserving Seattle's architectural treasures, into dozens of homes from all over the city that exemplify the area's major architectural styles, including Victorian, Classical and Tudor Revivals, Craftsman, Four-Square, Mission, and International Style. It is a behind-the-scenes tour that also introduces the first...

A family moves violently through their lives, fierce with each other yet deeply loyal.

"We Live in Water, the first collection of short fiction from New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter, is a suite of diverse, often comic stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made him one of our most talked-about writers. In "Thief," a blue-collar worker turns unlikely detective to find out which of his kids is stealing from the family vacation fund. In "We...

At the edge of exhaustion, lichenologist Zinnie Fazail struggles to maintain a professional life as her mother's mental acuity decays. Ursula Fazail insists on wandering the neighborhood, looking for a vaguely remembered blue mushroom while lapsing into the language of her childhood. Zinnie is desperate for a health aide who can keep up with her mother';s excursions. When May Belle Pope moves in with promises to take care of things, Zinnie learns...