Now Available from UW Press

Narwhals
By Todd McLeish
Among all the large whales on Earth, the most unusual and least studied is the narwhal. McLeish travels high above the Arctic circle to meet researchers studying the narwhal’s life cycle and the mysteries of its tusk, Inuit storytellers and hunters, along with walruses, polar bears, bowhead and beluga whales, ivory gulls and seals.

Free Boy
By Lorraine McConaghy and Judy Bentley
Free Boy is the story of a 13-year-old slave who escaped from Washington Territory to freedom in Canada on the West’s underground railroad. Written with young adults in mind, the authors explore issues of race, slavery, treason, and secession in Washington Territory. This is a fascinating story for readers of all ages.

Roots and Reflections
By Amy Bhatt and Nalini Iyer
This book, co-published with the South Asian Oral History Project and the UW Libraries, shows how South Asian immigrant experiences were shaped by the Pacific Northwest and how they differed over time and across generations. The authors include stories of immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Selections from UW Authors

Death of a Policeman; Birth of a Baby
Thomas Felder Dorn, ’58

Beyond Secularism and Jihad?
Peter D. Beaulieu, ’67, ’75

Seattle’s Floating Homes
Erin Feeny

Jewelers of Men: The Art of Spiritual Healing
William Preston Green, ’82

Balkan Smoke, Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria
Mary C. Neuberger, ’93, ’97

If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Your Mother
Julia Sweeney, ’82

Transcending Blackness
Ralina L. Joseph

Unleashing Colter’s Hell
Sean Smith, ’89

Book Club with Nancy Pearl

UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE has teamed with Seattle book maven NANCY PEARL for a monthly discussion of novels from her Book Lust Rediscoveries series. Join her at 6:30 p.m. on the second Friday of each month at the U District store. http://bit.ly/Zs1lwh