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Hello all—
With Labor Day weekend and summer vacations behind us, we can look forward to the crisp fall days ahead. Fall’s a great time to curl up with a good book, catch up with friends, and begin planning for the holidays.
This month, Graphic Arts welcomes the newest editions to our growing Portrait series collection—and good gift possibilities for those hard-to-buy-for folks. Each book is filled with spectacular scenery from various award-winning photographers celebrating the splendor of our nation. The new arrivals include: Alaska: Portrait of a State, Las Vegas: Portrait of a City, and New England: Portrait of a Place. The complete list of the stunning and affordable Portrait series is located in the sidebar.
Check out our newly redesigned Web site www.gacpc.com a more user-friendly and efficient version for on-line browsers, sellers, and media. The Web site features new functions like best-seller lists, award-winner lists, request for review copies, request an author event, company directory, and more!
Read on about press coverage and author events for September. We’re especially thrilled with the response from coast-to-coast for The Double Musky Inn Cookbook.
Meanwhile, we hope you all had a great summer. Thank you all for your continued support!
Regards,
Mike Jones
Dir. Of Sales and Marketing
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SAID WHAT? – Quotes, happenings and awards from folks in the media
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- Brilliant Waters (Hawks Peak Publishing, HB 0-97768-770-8) – Featured in the August 21 edition of People magazine. It includes shots from the book and an inside story on Robert Redford’s foreword to the book.
- The Double Musky Inn Cookbook: Alaska’s Mountain Cajun Cuisine (Alaska Northwest Books®, HB 0-88240-619-1) – Bob and Deanna Persons’ newly arrived cookbook was reviewed in the August 13 edition of the Anchorage Daily News. “This is a cookbook that’s fun to read and one that will whet your own culinary appetite. It’s beautifully done, brilliantly illustrated . . .” —William J. Tobin.
Reviewed in the August 14 edition of The Mercury. “. . . a cookbook as unique and as surprisingly wonderful as the restaurant that inspired it. This is a cookbook to use, and it’s a cookbook to love using. Recipes are clear, concise, and enticing. A brief thumb through leaves anyone with a culinary inclination with a longing to try them all.” —Pat Sommers.
Reviewed in the August 22 edition of the Flint Journal. “If I were to venture all the way to Girdwood, Alaska, I would be looking for a joint called the Brick, chat with Shelly and Holling and catch up on the doings of Joel, Maggie, Chris, Ed, Maurice, and Ruth-Anne. I’m referring, of course, to the mythical town of Cicely, Alaska, the setting for “Northern Exposure”. I suspect a TV series could be produced about the place [Double Musky Inn], which is real enough but obviously has mythic qualities all its own.” —Ron Krueger.
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Great Lodges of the National Parks (W. W. West, Inc., HB 0-9653924-5-7) – Featured in Pendleton’s early fall catalog.
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Our National Parks (Graphic Arts Books, HB 1-55868-918-4) – Photographer David Muench and essayist Ruth Rudner and their book were featured in Pendleton’s early fall catalog.
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Running with Champions (Alaska Northwest Books®, SB 0-88240-616-7) – Author Lisa Frederic and her book were featured in the September issues of Dakota Outdoors and Free Bird Times.
Highlighted in the August 30 edition of DogChannel.com. “Running with Champions: A Midlife Journey on the Iditarod Trail recounts life’s twists and turns that led this rookie musher to make Iditarod history.”
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Two in a Red Canoe (Graphic Arts Books, SB 1-55868-862-5) – Authors Meg Baldino and Matt Hage’s Yukon adventure was reviewed in the September/October edition of American Markets Newsletter. “The book is about their journey and their challenges. Don’t miss it.”
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Washington The State of Wine (Graphic Arts Books, HB 1-55868-953-2) – Photographer Sara Matthews’s successful launch of her new book August 13-19 was followed by two TV news station features, several radio appearances and a review in the August 23 edition of the Seattle Times. “. . . the real stars of the show are the thoughtful, intimate and revealing photographs, which portray, better than any book to date, a Washington wine industry that is every bit as beautiful and artistic as that large state to the south.” —Paul Gregutt.
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The World-Famous Alaska Highway (Alaska Northwest Books®, SB 0-88240-602-7) – Author Tricia Brown’s book about traveling along the Alaska Highway was reviewed in the May 2006 edition of Camping Caravaning (In French). “. . . answers all the questions for campers who prepare a voyage in the area: where to stop to get gasoline, neighboring attractions, panoramic points of view, best places to see wild animals, etc.” —Sophie Marsolais.
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Charles Gurche (Photographer and contributor to our best-selling calendars) – Featured in the August 2006 issue of Outdoor Photographer.
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Frans Lanting (Feathers) – Photographer was featured in the August 2006 issue of Outdoor Photographer.
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AUTHORS & BOOKS
- Kirsten Dixon – Winterlake Lodge Cookbook – Cookbook author Kirsten Dixon kicks off a writing workshop starting September 10th at Title Wave Books in Anchorage, Alaska. This fall writing workshop series is on all things culinary. Each three-hour workshop may be attended independently or you are welcome to join Kirsten for all five sessions. Minimum three participants, maximum twelve. All workshops are open to the public and free of charge. 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. each Sunday September 10th to October 8th.
- Joan Harris – The Least of These: Wild Baby Bird Rescue Stories – Author and illustrator Joan Harris will sign copies of her books One Wing’s Gift and The Least of These alongside Bird TLC’s live presentation of an eagle on September 21st at 7:30 p.m. at Title Wave Books in Anchorage, Alaska.
- Bob and Deanna Persons – The Double Musky Inn Cookbook – Bob and Deanna Persons, owners of the incredibly popular Girdwood eatery the Double Musky Inn, along with their son, Justin, and his wife, Kinzee will be at Title Wave Books in Anchorage, Alaska on September 9th at 1:00 p.m. to sign copies of their new must-have cookbook. Limited copies of the book will be available during the formal signing only, and on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Big-Enough Anna by Pam Flowers and Ann Dixon, illustrated by Bill Farnsworth is the title representing the state of Alaska at the 2006 National Book Festival. The National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush, will be held on September 30th on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th streets from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain or shine). The festival is free and open to the public. Big Enough Anna will be one of the featured items at the Alaska Center for the Book booth in the Pavilion of the States. Our own Alaska regional manager and Alaska Center for the Book board member will be staffing the booth.
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- No shows or conventions scheduled for the month of September.
| CLASSIC FAVORITES ALREADY FOUND ON A BOOKSHELF NEAR YOU!
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September means back to school and we have award-winning children’s books that every child will love to read! Enjoy!
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Recess at 20 Below
Cindy Lou Aillaud
Alaska Northwest Books®
Hardbound, 0-88240-604-3, $15.95, Softbound, 0-88240-609-4, $8.95
Ever wonder what it would be like to play outside at 20 below? Join these children from the north as they show their perspective of what life is like in the frigid cold. Going sledding, swinging, running around outside with frosted-up eyelashes and face masks are just a part of recess in the north. Includes views of moose on the playground, the subdued light of midwinter in the subarctic, and frosty windowpanes in detail shots.
Winner- Children’s Book Council- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Students K-12 2006- “Selector’s Choice”
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Ten Rowdy Ravens
by Susan Ewing
Illustrations by Evon Zerbetz
Alaska Northwest Books®
Hardbound, 0-88240-606-X, $15.95, Softbound, 0-88240-610-8, $8.95
This fun “countdown from 10” book features the rowdy and mischievous shenanigans of the popular raven. They steal pretty pearls, picnic in a pickup truck, and perform dizzy loop-de-loops. At the end of the story, it features true-life raven stories in bite-sized illustrated briefs.
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Kumak’s Fish
Written and Illustrated by Michael Bania
Alaska Northwest Books®
Hardbound, 0-88240-583-7, $15.95, Softbound, 0-88240-584-5, $8.95
Authentic details throughout the playful art and text, as well as endnotes on Iñupiat fishing, provide young readers with a fascinating window into another culture in this follow-up to Kumak’s House.
Wanda Gäg Honor Book
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Berry Magic
By Teri Sloat and Betty Huffmon
Alaska Northwest Books®
Hardbound, 0-88240-575-6, $15.95, Softbound, 0-88240-576-4, $8.95
From the author and illustrator of The Eye of the Needle and The Hungry Giant of the Tundra comes Berry Magic. Long ago, the only berries on the tundra were hard, tasteless, little crowberries. When Anana sings, she turns four dolls into little girls that run and tumble over the tundra creating patches of fat, juicy berries.
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