YOUR LIFE IS A MOVIE contains some of the most provocative thinking about media, film and culture you're likely to encounter anytime soon. Drawn from scholars, political pundits, filmmakers and film critics-ranging from the famous to the relatively obscure-this anthology of interviews and essays covers a wide range of topics and issues, and is a must-read for anyone concerned about the direction of film and media in modern culture. Thought-provoking and often controversial, this is the kind of book that can change your view of the world. YOUR LIFE IS A MOVIE is a compilation of essays and...

In this sequel to "Steller Woods," Tom and Katie are really into Northwest life. Their family has inherited a 58-foot trawler and they are ready for amazing salt-water adventures.

What if coins could talk? In The Adventures of Lucky and Nicky they can And much more On one hand, Lucky (The Penny) and Nicky (The Nickel) are like your typical 12 year old boys that like to run and play. But on the other hand, the predicaments they encounter are very different. This book Lucky Gets Trapped in a Penny Loafer finds our coins in an unusual situation. As Lucky and Nicky are racing down the sidewalk, Lucky sees a boy running towards them. Let 's get out of here shouts Lucky. Timmy chases the coins until they slow down and fall over with exhaustion. He scoops them up and runs...

If there was an official poet laureate of the West, Don Thompson would be my choice. For four decades he has reminded us what it means to be alive out here, coping with a world we do not fully understand. In Local Color, he employs an original format to present, as usual, wonderful word-pictures. Also as usual, "place" is a character in his work, but not just any place: the south San Joaquin with all its peculiarities and wonders. No writer has seen more there or told more telling tales as a result. This is narrative poetry that really narrates
-Gerald Haslam, author of Straight White...

Winner of the Best Book of 2009, Jazz Division, sponsored by AllAboutJazz-New York, 2009.
Selected for "The Best of the Best" from University Presses, ALA Conference, 2010.
Winner of the 2010 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Jazz, 2010.
"Jade Visions" is the first biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential jazz musicians, bassist Scott LaFaro. Best known for his landmark recordings with Bill Evans, LaFaro played bass a mere seven years before his life and career were tragically cut short by...