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On September 1, 1894, two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, trapping more than two thousand people. The fire created its own weather, including hurricane-strength winds, bubbles of plasma-like glowing gas, and 200-foot-tall flames. As temperatures reached 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit, the firestorm knocked down buildings and carried flaming debris high into the sky. Two trains-one with every single car on fire-became the only...

From the hush of an old-growth forest to the hiss of wheat fields whipped by the wind, WASHINGTON: PORTRAIT OF A STATE stimulates the senses with radiant images from photographer JOHN MARSHALL. From the florescent green and pink of a rhododendron lighting up the shadowy woodlands of Olympic National Park to the bustling fun and commerce of Seattle's famous Pike Place Market, from the soaring peaks of Mounts Baker and Rainier to the crisp apple orchards...

PETER DONAHUE'S DEBUT NOVEL MADISON HOUSE, which won the Langum Prize for Historical Fiction 2005, chronicles turn-of-the-century Seattle's explosive transformation from frontier outpost to major metropolis. Maddie Ingram, owner of Madison House, and her quirky and endearing boarders find their lives inextricably linked when the city decides to re-grade Denny Hill and the fate of Madison House hangs in the balance—Maddie's albino handyman

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Bacchus's dazzling vocabulary, wordplay and symbolism provide a treat that will have the reader returning to the work over and over again. CF Roberts The Meat Factory Constance Bacchus and her descriptions of flowers unfold vicarious visions for the reader. “Trillium secretly open what you need to hear in the woods” She writes with whimsy and simmering wrath all balled together. “ The Crocus class is a portrait in blue in a parking lot”...

Although she is not the biggest or strongest or fastest zebra, Zely practices very hard, with the help of Speedy Cheetah, and wins a spot on the Zebra All Star Racing Team.

Winning Hearts...Winning Wings is the story of the first nonstop transpacific flight by Clyde Pangborn. Clyde Edward Pangborn, also known as "Upside-Down Pangborn," was an American aviator and barnstormer who performed aerial stunts in the 1920s. In 1931 Pangborn and co-pilot Hugh Herndon Jr. flew their plane, Miss Veedol, on the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean. "When the history of aciation is written, if there is any place in it for...

Diana Hottell moved to the Methow Valley in 1972, thereby taking on the most engrossing endeavor of her life. Being totally unprepared for the Methow was perhaps an advantage. When she began writing feature stories for the Methow Valley News, she wrote with an augmented appreciation for the lives of those she interviewed. She observed, "This book is a quiet read for times when we need to remember that the human race still possesses at least a few...