Back in Stock in August

Washington: The State of Wine
Photography by Sara Matthews
Graphic Arts Books
HB, 978-1-55868-953-4, $18.95

This elegant book is a photographic celebration of the Washington region—its vineyards, wineries, winemakers, and wine communities. Sara Matthews is one of the country’s most well-respected wine photographers. She has traveled extensively throughout Washington’s major wine regions, capturing one-of-a-kind images for this beautiful, timeless book.

Portland Confidential
Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City
by Phil Stanford
WestWinds Press®
SB, 978-1-55868-793-6, $15.95

It may come as a shock to anyone who regards Portland as a haven for enlightened progressive thought, with light rail and lattes. But not too long ago—in fact, as recently as the 1950s—Portland was known throughout the country as a mecca of vice and sin.

Running with Champions
A Midlife Journey on the Iditarod Trail
Alaska Northwest Books®
SB, 978-0-88240-616-9, $14.95

"This is an inspiring story of a middle-aged woman who sets out to live her dream—pushing herself beyond her own physical and emotional limits—to achieve something she never thought possible. A great journey to follow."

—Gary Paulsen

Alaska's History
The People, Land, and Events of the North Country
Alaska Northwest Books®
SB, 978-0-88240-432-5, $12.95

. . . a succinct, lively, and thorough account of the state’s rich history.

—Conde Nast Traveler

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Hello All,

It’s August, a month where many bookstore customers are looking for a good book to take to the beach. Whether they’re getting away or just wishing they were somewhere else, we’ve got some new titles that can’t go wrong.

Plateau Light, in softcover for the first time, is sure to take readers into the red sands, chocolate crags, and eternally translucent skies of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. It’s priced to sell and we know it will do well. Also fresh off the presses is a book that will transport readers to some of the world’s most spectacular beaches, into citrus groves, and past the multimillion-dollar cottages of Corona Del Mar. Orange County: Portrait of a Place is the newest book in our Portrait series, and looks to be a very popular summer title.

Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company will have a booth at the Seattle Gift Show, August 18 to 21, in the Washington State Convention Center (7th Ave. & Pike St. in downtown Seattle). Our booth number is 4101. We are offering an extra 2% discount to retailers for orders placed at the show or received by our rep, Jim Harris (jimh@gacpc.com) no later than August 24th at noon.

We’re also pleased to report that nine titles from GACPC and its distributed publishers will be on the back cover of the 2007 PNBA Holiday Catalog. See below for more information.

Keep reading to find out more great things happening this month.

Regards,

Mike Jones
Dir. of Sales and Marketing

• Brilliant Waters (Hawks Peak Publishing, HB, 978-0-97768-770-1) was featured in the cover story of the July/August issue of Calumet Focus. “Elizabeth Carmel makes an effort to record beauty that is rare and fleeting, beauty that most people do not have the opportunity to witness.”
  
  
• Desolation Sound: A History (Harbour Publishing, SB 978-1-55017-407-6) was reviewed in several publications in June, including:
  The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, June 30, 2007
  Wavelength Magazine, Summer 2007
  BC Bookworld, Summer 2007
  Comox Valley Record, June 15, 2007
  Parksville Daily News, June 15, 2007
  Harbour City Star, June 13, 2007
  Nanaimo Bulletin, June 7, 2007
  Comox Valley Record, June 5, 2007
  
  
• Fred Hirschmann, photographer of Alaska (Graphic Arts Books, HB, 978-1-55868-160-6) and Alaska: Portrait of a State (Graphic Arts Books, SB, 978-1-55868-952-7) has been honored by having his photography immortalized in a 2007 84-cent stamp. "Fred Hirschmann's stunning shot of the northern lights over the Talkeetna Mountains near Cantwell was unveiled in a Postal Service ceremony in February as part of a souvenir stamp sheet commemorating the International Polar Year."–Alaska Magazine, August 2007
  
  
• Ricochet River (Ooligan Press, SB, 978-1-932010-04-6) was listed as the seventh-greatest Oregon book ever by the October 2006 edition of Portland Monthly. “It may qualify as the best coming-of-age-in-Oregon book there is.” –Brain Doyle, Portland Monthly
  
  
• The following titles will appear in the GACPC ad on the back cover of the PNBA Holiday Catalog:
  Whales and Dolphins of the North American Pacific (Harbour Publishing, SB, 978-1-55017-409-0)
  Chainsaws: A History (Harbour Publishing, HB, 978-1-55017-380-2)
  Deer Drink the Moon (Ooligan Press, SB, 978-1-932010-16-9)
  Idaho: Portrait of a State (Graphic Arts Books, HB, 978-0-88240-694-7)
  Alaska: Portrait of a State (Graphic Arts Books, HB, 978-1-55868-952-7)
  Oregon: Portrait of a State (Graphic Arts Books, HB, 978-1-55868-909-1)
  Washington: Portrait of a State (Graphic Arts Books , HB, 978-1-55868-921-3)
  One World: A View of 50 Countries (Mahvl Publishing, HB, 978-0-9790072-0-0)
  International Harvester, McCormick, Navistar (Graphic Arts Books, HB, 978-0-88240-662-6)
  
  
• Graphic Arts Center Publishing will be placing One World: A View of 50 Countries (Mahvl Publishing, HB, 978-0-9790072-0-0) and International Harvester, McCormick, Navistar (Graphic Arts Books, HB, 978-0-88240-662-6) in the 2007 Great Lakes Booksellers Association Holiday Catalog ad.

   

AUTHORS & BOOKS

• David Halpern, author of Pilgrim Eye (Gneissline Publishing, HB, 978-0-9788165-0-6) will be signing his book at the Rocky Mountain Nature Association August 4 from11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Trail Ridge Road.
  
  

SHOWS & CONVENTIONS

• Graphic Arts Center Publishing will have a booth at the Seattle Gift Show in Seattle, WA, August 18 to 21 in the Washington State Convention Center (7th Ave. & Pike St. in downtown Seattle). Our booth number is 4101. As mentioned above, we are offering an extra 2% discount to retailers for orders placed at the show or received by our rep, Jim Harris (jimh@gacpc.com), no later than August 24th at noon.
  
  
Also, for the first 10 orders placed at the show, the buyers will receive a large, heavy-duty tote bag suitable for all kinds of stuff.

Click here for more information.

Also Back in Stock
	Our National Parks Graphic Arts Books HB, $50, 978-1-55868-918-3, 9 3/4" x 13 1/4"
	Shamans and Kushtakas North Coast Tales of the Supernatural Alaska Northwest Books® SB, $12.95, 978-0-88240-406-6, 6" x 9"
	Ten Rowdy Ravens Alaska Northwest Books® HB, $15.95, 978-0-88240-606-0, 8 3/8" x 10" SB, $8.95, 978-0-88240-610-7, 8 3/8" x 10"
	The Hungry Giant of the Tundra Alaska Northwest Books® SB, $8.95, 978-0-88240-536-0, 8 1/2" x 10 1/2"
	Life's a Fish and Then You Fry An Alaska Seafood Cookbook Alaska Northwest Books® SB, $16.95, 978-0-88240-553-7, 5 1/2" x 9"