50% Off Sale June 14 & 15, 2019
Our Annual 50% Off Sidewalk Sale
Friday, June 14 from 9 am to 6 pm
Saturday, June 15 from 9 am to 10 pm
Author Event: June 15, 2019 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on June 15, 2019 from 11am to 2pm for Bury Me with My Fly Rod by Dennis Dauble.
Travel a “spoke of the wheel” tour of northeastern Oregon trout streams where Dauble battles the “Mike Tyson” of Couse Creek, hikes into Spirit Mountain, and soaks flies near his cabin in the Umatilla River canyon. Regale in tales about grasshoppers on a string, beaver scat, dogs that herd trout, and how not to teach your honey to cast. Swing a fly for steelhead on the Deschutes and Columbia rivers and chase “Brownies” on the Isle of Skye. Learn what makes a perfect rod and the secret of huckleberry cream pie. Contains award-winning photos and 25 original illustrations by Ronald Reed.
Author Event: Friday, May 10 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Friday, May 10 from 11am to 3pm for a book signing with Stuart Scott, author of GRITTY, GRISLY AND GREEDY and PRISONERS OF WAR.
Two dual plot lines converge with unexpected and devastating result. The story of the infamous Mark 14 naval torpedo, who’s failures to perform hampered our submarines between 1942 and 1944, is told through the eyes of a key production worker. The public’s fear and now forgotten actual attacks on our West Coast, are recounted as they affect the love between master machinist Pat and his Japanese-American sweetheart. When her family is interned and her father killed, as a suspected spy, Pat must decide where his loyalties lie: with his love or with his country.
Prisoners of War is a 64,000-word standalone novel about love, loss and redemption in wartime America. Spanning a 50-year period, the action plays out on the West coast, in a torpedo factory and our only ‘Segregation’ camp for American citizens.
Stories inspired by true crooks and crimes from my 28 years as a fed.
This is a short story collection of quirky stories with black humor and original hooks. It is not about me, but about the crooks and crimes.
Featured among the stories is the fictionalized answer to the greatest mystery in Whitman County. “Who shot George McIntyre, the Pullman sniper?” On Easter Sunday, 1949, George McIntyre, a Walla Walla native, shot 40% of all the law enforcement in Whitman County before being killed.”
In my twenty-year career in law enforcement, I worked with cops and criminals, and encountered con artists, crooked lawyers and innocent citizens caught up in dodgy dealings. These real characters and their adventures, together with my own imagination, have inspired stories about the bank robber who flashes her female assets to dazzle cashiers, the getaway driver who forgets what he's supposed to do, the almost-genuine Native American radio evangelist who knows how to persuade, and the dealer in gold teeth who extracts merchandise from living people.
Each story concludes with an “Author’s Notes” paragraph that tells something about the actual cases or crooks referenced.
Author Event: March 28, 2019 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on March 28, 2019 from 11am to 2pm for a book signing with John McCoy author of Concrete Mama.
Journalists John McCoy and Ethan Hoffman spent four months inside the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla in 1978-'79, just as Washington, once a leader in prison reform, abandoned its focus on reform and rehabilitation and returned to cell time and punishment. It was a brutal transition.
McCoy and Hoffman roamed the maximum-security compound almost at will, observing and befriending prisoners and guards. The result is a striking depiction of a community in which there was little to do, much to fear, and a culture that both mimicked and scorned the outside world. McCoy’s unadorned prose and Hoffman’s stunning black-and-white photographs offer as authentic a portrayal of life in the Big House as “outsiders” are ever likely to experience.
Originally published in 1981, the 128 photos in Concrete Mama revealed a previously unseen stark and complex world of life on the inside, for which it won the Washington State Book Award. Long unavailable yet still relevant, it is revitalized in a second edition with an introduction by scholar Dan Berger that provides historical context for the book’s ongoing resonance, along with several previously unpublished photographs.
JOHN A. MCCOY is the author of A Still and Quiet Conscience, a biography of Seattle Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen. He was a reporter and editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Walla Walla Union-Bulletin and has taught writing courses at the University of Washington Tacoma and Seattle University.
ETHAN HOFFMAN (1949–1990) was a photographer for the London Sunday Times and Paris Match, and his photo essays appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Fortune, Esquire, and Life. His photography has been exhibited in several museums, including the Smithsonian.
DAN BERGER is associate professor at the University of Washington Bothell, and an interdisciplinary historian focusing on critical prison studies. He is the author of several books, including Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era, and coauthor most recently of Rethinking the American Prison Movement.
Author Event: March 1, 2019 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on March 1, 2019 from 11am to 3pm for Vietnam Combat Medic by Ron Donahey.
The 1940s and 50s birthed many new things – including Ron Donahey, a boy raised in a family not quite poor and not quite middle-class. He and his sister were loved and protected by their parents and their tight-knit extended family, and grew to love God with the help of their mother and the church they attended every week.
So when the time came to register for the draft, 20-year-old Ron was already determined to never take a life. Yet, being a soldier was something he looked forward to. The was only one choice he could make: become a combat medic and ship out to Vietnam.
Vietnam Combat Medic is the true story of one conscientious objector’s journey through the central highlands, everything that brought him to that point, and how it changed his life forever.
Author Event: Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Alden & Wanda Thompson.
In Reflections on Scripture, Dandelions, and Sparrows, Wanda Thompson brings the power of photography, art, and poetry to our experience of Scripture, and through it, the God of Scripture.
In Inspiration Combining history, Scripture, and an understanding of human nature, Dr. Thompson takes on the difficult questions regarding the Bible and inspiration. He goes beyond the question of whether you can trust the Bible to ask whether you can trust yourself as you study.
Author Event: Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 from 11am to 3pm for Loved So Much It Hurts by Rebecca Olmstead.
When Rebecca Olmstead began to ask God for more of Him, the last place she expected to find herself was Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. But answers to prayer rarely look like we expect them to.
Bedridden and helpless, Rebecca had no choice but to give God her undivided attention. Through surgeries, miracles, excruciating pain, and terrifying withdrawals, God began to reveal Himself to Rebecca, teaching her about His sovereignty, love, and grace. He would teach her how to truly trust Him and hear His voice, through dreams and the Holy Spirit. Most importantly, He would show Rebecca that He had a plan for her life, far beyond what she ever could have imagined – if she would only trust and obey.
If you’ve ever doubted God’s love, or wondered if there could possibly be a purpose for your suffering, this book is for you. This is a testimony of God’s transforming love. What He did for Rebecca, He will do for you!
Author Event: Dec. 8, 2018 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Dec. 8, 2018 from 11am to 3pm for author Joe Just featuring The Immigrante & Passover A.D 33.
Joe Just, a hobby fisherman, writer and native of the New York Finger Lakes region who resides in Washington State with his wife, Virginia, has completed his book “The Immigrante”: an engagingly fictionalized biographical novel that draws a vivid portrait of proud new Americans and the eagerness with which they volunteered to serve their country.
Author Event: Nov. 24, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Join us on November 24, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Searing Inspiration by Susan Volland.
Sear, deglaze, enhance, and serve: flavorful dinners can be that simple. In her unique, approachable style, Susan Volland first explains how to skillfully wield a hot skillet to sear entrées, then shows how a sauce can be made quickly in that same hot pan.
In more than 60 enticing recipes for seafood, poultry, meats, vegetables, tofu, and eggs, Volland invites home cooks to adapt her recipes for taste, diet, and ingredient availability. Searing Inspiration gives cooks the confidence to invent their own dishes, reintroducing a classic technique to modern tastes and kitchens.
Author Event: Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Join us on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for author Kate Frey signing her books Ground Rules: 100 Easy Lessons for Growing a More Glorious Garden and The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an Abundant, Flower-Filled Yard That Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversit.
Gardening doesn’t have to be difficult, and Kate Frey—expert gardener and designer—makes it easier than ever with her new book, Ground Rules. Frey distills the vital lessons gardening into 100 simple rules that will yield a gorgeous, healthy, and thriving home garden. Discover tips on garden design, care and maintenance, healthy soil, and the best ways to water. You’ll also learn how to create a garden that encourages birds and butterflies, how to choose healthy plants at the garden center, how and when to re-pot a container, and much more. With bite-size chunks of expert information and inspiring photographs, Ground Rules is your new go-to resource.
Author Event: Saturday, Nov. 3 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Beneath Pearl Harbor with Naomi Blinick.
Experience USS Arizona as never before in this collection of images and essays that bring the fallen World War II battleship to life. Explore the submerged ship, its artifacts and history underwater with individuals who have a tangible and passionate connection to the ship—National Park Service divers.
Naomi Blinick is an underwater photographer, marine biologist, NPS diver, and former
member of the dive team at the USS Arizona Memorial. She produced the original version of
Beneath Pearl Harbor: USS Arizona with underwater photographer Brett Seymour of the NPS
Submerged Resources Center. After seeing the book's popularity with younger audiences, she
was motivated to make a version for them. She hopes readers enjoy discovering what lies
beneath Pearl Harbor and become enthusiasts and stewards for all national park sites in the
United States.
Author Event: Women Writing the West
Author Event: Women Writing the West
Location: Marcus Whitman Hotel
Friday & Saturday, October 26 & 27, 2018
Author Event: Wed. Oct. 24, 2018 at 7pm
Please join us at the Walla Walla Public Library on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 7pm for Everything She Didn’t Say by Jane Kirkpatrick.
Ten years after writing a memoir about her life travelling throughout the American West with her railroad promoter and writer husband, Carrie Strahorn reflects on the truths of her pioneering life that she didn't tell.
Author Event: Sat. Oct 20, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday Oct. 20, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Grizzly Boy by Barbara Davis - Pyles.
A delightful and engaging picture book, Grizzly Boy, will have little grizzlies everywhere asking for repeat readings . One day Theo wakes up and decides he’s a grizzly bear. He leaps out of bed, practices his growl and his roar, and scratches his bottom on the bedpost. But being a grizzly boy isn’t easy if you still have to go to school. After a challenging day at school, Theo learns you can follow the rules and still enjoy being wild and free!
Author Event: Saturday, Oct. 13 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 11am to 3pm for author signing of The Stranger.
Come hear about the story the shook Spokane, WA. The serial killer that appeared on America’s Most Wanted, featured as America’s Deadliest Serial Killer 1996-1998. The story has now been published by Laurie Lewis Whitney.
Also, Dogs & Roses by Rosalyn Kahn
Dogs and Roses is an inspirational book to savor when you need to escape the rush of the outside world. Dogs and roses offer sanctuary from hurried days filled with stress and agitation. To look at a dog puts a smile on your face. Roses are beautiful, never cause harm, and make us truly happy. Dogs and roses reflect the beauty of life for Rosalyn. She shares this beauty through her book Dogs and Roses: How to Reduce Stress in Today’s Troubled Times.
Author Event: Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 for 11am to 1pm
Please join us on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 for 11am to 1pm for Lost Restaurants of Walla Walla by Catie McIntyre.
Cocktails to Carhops
Dining in Walla Walla blossomed from an influx of
mining transplants in the late 1800s. Within decades, a
roadhouse called the Oasis boasted a seventy-two-ounce
slab of beef, and the old Pastime Café opened at 5:30 a.m.
with white toast and whiskey for breakfast.
In the early 1950s, Ysidro Berrones opened one of the
valley’s first Mexican restaurants, the El Sombrero
Tortilla Factory and Café. Owner of Denney’s Hi-Spot for
two decades, Joe Denney also satisfied locals with his
morning crooning to piano on KTEL.
Native and local wine writer Catie McIntyre Walker
celebrates this rich heritage with decades of departed,
beloved establishments and the people behind them.
Author Event: Saturday, August 11th, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Author Event:
Jackson E. Graham—Sword and Scion 02
Saturday, August 11th, 2018
11:00 am—2:00 pm
WHAT PRICE WOULD YOU PAY TO KNOW YOUR ENEMIES?
"A storm is coming, and it will not be long before it claims you also."
Four years have passed since the fall of Skreon, the Murderer. Now with Gwyndel nearing the end of her Stewardship and the rebuilding of Castle Asdale, Eyoes comes closer to establishing the peace and prosperity of the home he loves. When an urgent letter beckons them to Rehillon, however, Eyoes and Gwyndel find themselves pulled into a treacherous fight with no clear sides. The identity of their enemy repeatedly eludes them, and lethal blows continue to wreak disaster. Allying with friends old and new, they embark on a new type of quest –where the enemy may be in their very midst.
Can discernment prevail? Or will deception be their downfall?
Author Event: Saturday, July 28, from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, July 28, from 11am to 3pm for author T.J. Tranchell.
T.J. Tranchell is the author of the novel Cry Down Dark and the collection Asleep in the Nightmare Room, both from Blysster Press. He holds a Master of Arts in Literature from Central Washington University and attended the Borderlands Press Writers Bootcamp in 2017. Tranchell is a member of the Horror Writers Association, a panelist and interviewer at Crypticon Seattle, and currently an editorial intern with Blood Bound Books. He lives in Walla Walla with his wife and son.
In Cry Down Dark, Tranchell follows Peter Toombs, a TV writer who buys the childhood home of his high school sweetheart after she dies. Peter believes that if he lives there, she will haunt him. In Asleep in the Nightmare Room, Tranchell takes readers through a number of short stories, poems, and one strange trip through Las Vegas, each meant to keep you up at night and afraid of impending nightmares. Join him, if you dare.
Author Event: Saturday, June 30th from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday, June 30th from 11am to 2pm for City Limits by Nathan Everett.
Gee Evars stumbles into Rosebud Falls, exhausted and dehydrated, but snaps into action to save a drowning toddler. Injured, Gee is taken to the hospital, where he discovers he has lost his memory and his wallet. His identity uncertain, Gee sets about making Rosebud Falls his home.
He becomes a local hero, falling for investigative reporter Karen Weisman, who continues to search for his identity as he seems always to be where he is needed just now. While walking through the mystical forest—the town’s centerpiece and primary economic resource—he eats one of the poisonous nuts and falls into a hallucinatory trance. When he awakens, he discovers what it means to be both the City’s Champion and Defender of the Forest.