Areas of Specialization

Art / Music / Culture
Humor
Current Events / Politics 
Multimedia / Internet
Environment / Natural History Poetry / Journals / Literary Essays / Writing
Ethics / Law / Social Sciences
Promotional / Corporate
Fiction
Reference
Food / Entertaining
Teaching / Education / Instructional
General Nonfiction / Memoir / Biography
Travel / Recreation
Health / Spirituality / Well-Being
Women
History

Art / Music / Culture
Archie and Amelie: Love and Madness in the Gilded Age (Crown / Harmony Books, 2006)
The Artist and the Camera: Degas to Picasso (Dallas Museum of Art, 1999)
Because It's Their Culture: The Opportunities and Dangers of a World That Sees Culture Everywhere (University of Washington Press, 2008)
Body and Spirit: Tibetan Medical Paintings (University of Washington Press / American Museum of Natural History, 2008)
Composers in the Movies: Studies in Musical Biography (Yale University Press, 2005)
Degas and America: The Early Collectors (High Museum of Art, 2000)
Degas and New Orleans: A French Impressionist in America (New Orleans Museum of Art / Rizzoli, 1999)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer House (University of Washington Press, 2006)
Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture (Marquand Books, 2008)
Jean Fautrier, 1898-1964 (Marquand Books, 2002)
Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection (Frye Art Museum, brochure, 2007)
The Miller/Hull Partnership: Public Works (Princeton Architectural Press, 2008)
Museums of the Northwest: A Guide to Collections in Washington, Oregon, and Lower British Columbia (Sasquatch, 1999)
1001 Curious Things: Ye Olde Curiosity Shop and Native American Art (University of Washington Press, 2000)
Painters of the American West: The Anschutz Collection (Denver Art Museum, 2000)
The Sage of Sugar Hill: George S. Schuyler and the Harlem Renaissance (Yale University Press, 2005)
Star-Spangled Banner: The Making of an American Icon (National Museum of American History / HarperCollins, 2008)
Tillie the Canine Artist (Sasquatch, 2006)
A Western Legacy: The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (University of Oklahoma Press, 2005)


Current Events / Politics 
Breaking the Sovereign Mold: Jewish Political Thought and the Dilemma of Nationality in a Global Era (Noam Pianko, 2008) 
The Industrial Roots of Korean Democracy: Shipbuilders' Activism under Park Chung Hee (University of Washington Press, 2007) 
In Our Own Best Interests: How Defending Human Rights Benefits All Americans (Beacon, 2000)
Now We Are Citizens: Indigenous Politics in Postmulticultural Bolivia (Stanford University Press, 2006)
The Power of Promises: Perspectives on Indian Treaties from the Pacific Northwest  (University of Washington, 2008)
A Return to Democracy: Revising Jefferson's Dream (Random House / Harmony Books, 2004)
The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America (University of California Press, 2007)
Surplus Life: Biotechnics and the Transformations of Capital (University of Washington, 2008)


Environment / Natural History
Biodiversity and Agricultural Intensification (World Bank, 1996)
Brittle Stars & Mudbugs (Sasquatch, 2001)
Effective Financing of Environmentally Sustainable Development (World Bank, 1996)
Field Guide to Old-Growth Forests (Sasquatch, 1999)
Land Use in the American West: Private Claims and the Common Good (University of Washington Press, 2000)
Meeting the Challenges of Population, Environment, and Resources: The Costs of Inaction (World Bank, 1996)
Passionate Slugs & Hollywood Frogs (Sasquatch, 2001)
River-Walking Songbirds & Singing Coyotes (Sasquatch, 2001)
Seven Summits: The High Peaks of the Pacific Northwest (Sasquatch, 2005)


Ethics / Law / Social Sciences
Civil Survival Series: Criminal Law, Employment Law, Landlord-Tenant Law, Marriage and Family Law, Personal Injury Law (CeciBooks, for Civil Survival LLC, 2007-8)
Ethics and Spiritual Values (World Bank, 1996)
The Fisherman's Frontier: A Social and Environmental History of Southeast Alaska (University of Washington Press, 2007)
The Great Transformation (Beacon, reprint 2000)
The Moral Advantage (Book Matters, for Berrett-Koehler, 2004)
Program on Negotiation case studies (Harvard Law School)
Scientific Models in Philosophy of Science (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009)
The Self and the Other (World Bank, 1996)
Turning Back: The Retreat from Racial Justice in American Thought and Policy (Beacon, reprint 2000)


Fiction (Adult and Juvenile)
Alyzon Whitestarr (Random House, 2008)
Doghouse Roses (Houghton Mifflin, 2000)
Dreamkeeper (Sasquatch, 1999)
The Perfect Distance (Knopf, 2005)
Tender Morsels (Knopf, 2008)
The Tomorrow Code (Random House, 2008)
Unruly Appetites: Erotica (Seal, 2002)
Tea: A Journey from Leaf to Cup (Ten Speed, 2007)


Food / Entertaining 
Backyard Blaze (Sasquatch, 2005)
Chefs on the Farm: Inspiration and Recipes from the Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts (Mountaineers / Skipstone, 2008)
The Dutch Oven Cookbook (Sasquatch, 2006)
Fete Accompli! A Guide to Creative Entertaining (Random House / Crown, 2004)
Leslie Mackie's Macrina Bakery and Cafe Cookbook (Sasquatch, 2006)


General Nonfiction / Memoir / Biography
Bags to Riches: Success Secrets for Women in Business (Ten Speed, 2002)
Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner (Houghton Mifflin, 1995)
Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning, 2nd edition (Sasquatch, 2005)
Breaking Blue (Sasquatch, 2004)
Charles Schwab's New Guide to Financial Independence (Random House / Crown, 2004)
Choosing Naia: A Family's Journey (Beacon, 2002)
Deer Hunting with Jesus (Crown, 2007)
Desert Sojourn: A Woman's Forty Days and Forty Nights Alone (Seal, 2000)
$40 Million Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete (Crown, 2006)
Gift of the Whale (Sasquatch, 1999)
Growing Seasons: Half-Baked Garden Tips, Cheap Advice on Marriage and Questionable Theories on Motherhood (Seal, 2002)
Homecoming: The Story of African-American Farmers (Beacon, 2000)
Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
Out and About with Kids: Portland (Sasquatch, 2006)
Pilgrimage: One Woman's Return to a Changing India (Seal, 2000)
Pope & Talbot (Sasquatch, 2002)
Reunion: A Year in Letters between a Birth Mother and the Daughter She Couldn't Keep (Seal, 1999)
Shadow Cat: Encountering the American Mountain Lion (Sasquatch, 1999)
Summer Snow: Reflections from a Black Daughter of the South (Beacon, 2002)


Health / Spirituality / Well-Being
The Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's Eightfold Path (Random House / Bell Tower, 2002)
Big Moves for Busy Moms (Marci Pliskin and Patti Dunn, 2008)
Coming out of Cancer: Writings from the Lesbian Cancer Epidemic (Seal, 2000)
Dreams Are Letters from the Soul (Random House / Harmony, 1999)
Gardeners Yoga (Sasquatch, 2005)
Heart & Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth (Ten Speed / Celestial Arts, 2004)
Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law (Duke University Press, multiple issues)
Parting Company: Understanding the Loss of a Loved One (Seal, 1999)
Silent Fire: Bringing the Spirituality of Silence to Everyday Life (Random House / Crown, 2001)
Staying Healthy with Nutrition (Ten Speed / Celestial Arts, 2005)


History
Alaska, an American Colony: A New History (University of Washington Press, 2001)
Black Saga: A Chronology of the African American Experience (Houghton Mifflin, 1996)
Brezhnev's Folly (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008)
Cause: American Reconstruction 1863-1877 (Knopf / Random House, 2005)
China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World (University of Washington Press, 2006)
Comes a Whirlwind: The Story of Mary Robinson, Civil Rights and Textile Union Activist (University of Michigan Press, 2007)
Encyclopedia of the Interwar Years (Facts On File, 2000)
Encyclopedia of North American Indians (Houghton Mifflin, 1996)
Ethnohistory (Duke University Press, journal, multiple issues)
Exploring with Lewis and Clark: The 1804 Journal of Charles Floyd (University of Oklahoma Press, 2005)
Finding Buddhists in Global History (AHA, 1998)
French Historical Studies (Duke University Press, journal, 1999)
How Many Machine Guns Does It Take to Cook One Meal (University of Washington, 2007)
Jose Maria de Jesus Carvajal: The Life and Times of a Mexican Revolutionary (Trinity University Press, 2006)
Learning to Forget: Schooling and Family Life in New Haven's Working Class, 1870-1940 (Yale University Press, 2004)
Mexico: The Struggle for Democratic Development (University of California Press, 2001)
Nomads and Sedentary Societies in Medieval Eurasia (AHA, 1998)
Oxford History of Islam (Oxford University Press, 1998)
The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas before Contact (AHA, 1998)
Power and Place in the North American West (University of Washington Press, 1999)
The Price of Freedom (National Museum of American History, 2005)
The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: The Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing (University of Washington Press, 2008)
The Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Interactions in Eurasia (AHA, 1998)
The Young Reader's Companion to American History (Houghton Mifflin, 1994)
The Yuquot Whaler's Shrine (University of Washington Press, 1999)


Humor
Don't Jump: The Northwest Winter Blues Survival Guide (Sasquatch, 2000)
The High Maintenance Bitch Owner's Manual (Sasquatch, 2005)
Kiss-Off Letters to Men (Random House / Three Rivers, 2001)
One Hundred Demons (Sasquatch, 2002)
Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years (Houghton Mifflin, 1994)
The Traveling Curmudgeon (Sasquatch, 2003)


Multimedia / Internet
American Historical Association, Web copy writing and design (AHA, 1997-99)
Digitizing the Past: The Use of Computers and Communication Technologies in History (AHA, 2000)
The National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian Institution, CD ROM, 1995)


Poetry / Journals / Literary Essays / Writing
The Caged Owl: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon, 2001)
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Crown Journeys, 2002)
Irish Writers on Writing (Trinity University Press, 2007)
Polish Writers on Writing (Trinity University Press, 2007)
The Soul of Nowhere (Sasquatch, 2002)
Summerhouse Time (Knopf, 2006)
Ten Poems to Change Your Life (Random House / Harmony, 2001)
This Is How I Speak (Impassio Press, 2002)
A Troubled Guest: Life and Death Stories (Beacon, 2001)
Unraveling at the Name (Copper Canyon, 2002)
Water & Earth (Impassio Press, 2002)
What the Ice Gets: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1916 (Van West, 2000)
World Hotel (Copper Canyon, 2002)


Promotional / Corporate
American Historical Association, online and print publications catalog (AHA, 1998-99)
Northwest Independent Editors Guild, brochure text and design (NIEG, 1999)
Annual Report to Friends (Copper Canyon Press, 2003)


Reference
Time Alamanc 2001 (with Information Please, 2000)
Scarecrow Video Movie Guide (Sasquatch, 2004)


Teaching / Education / Instructional
Color-Line to Borderlands: The Matrix of U.S. American Ethnic Studies (University of Washington Press, 2000)
The Harmonious Child: Every Parent's Guide to Musical Instruments, Teachers, and Lessons (Ten Speed, 2002)
In Praise of Our Teachers: A Muliticultural Tribute to Those Who Inspired Us (Beacon, 2002)
Power Tools for Teaching and Learning at an Urban-Access University (AHA, 1998)
The Right Letter! (Ten Speed, 2004)
Strengthening History Teaching in the Secondary Schools (AHA, 1998)
Talk about Sex: The Battles over Sex Education in the United States (University of California Press, 2001)
Teaching Asian American History (AHA, 1997)
Teaching U.S. Puerto Rican History (AHA, 1999)
The Wright Skills: Write-On Rhyme Charts Teacher Guide (Wright Group, 1999)


Travel / Recreation
Best Places Destinations: Central California Coast (Sasquatch, 2002)
Best Places Northern California (Sasquatch, 2001)
Best Places Northwest, 13th and 14th editions (Sasquatch, 2000, 2002)
Best Places Portland, 6th edition (Sasquatch, 2004)
Best Places Seattle, 9th edition (Sasquatch, 2004)
Best Places to Golf, Northwest (Sasquatch, 2003)
Boatless in Seattle: Getting on the Water in Western Washington without Owning a Boat (Sasquatch, 1999)
Classic Wooden Yachts of the Northwest (Sasquatch, 2000)
Day Hike! Central Cascades (Sasquatch, 2005)
Day Hike! Columbia Gorge (Sasquatch, 2004)
Day Hike! Olympic Peninsula (Sasquatch, 2001)
Denali: The Wild Beauty of Denali National Park (Sasquatch, 1999)
The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la (Crown, 2000)
Native Peoples of the Northwest: A Guide to Land, Art, and Culture (Sasquatch, 2000)
Northern California Cheap Sleeps (Sasquatch, 2000)
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Ten Speed, 2007)
Seattle Survival Guide, 4th edition (Sasquatch, 2005)
Seven Summits: The High Peaks of the Pacific Northwest (Sasquatch, 2005)
The Traveling Curmudgeon (Sasquatch, 2003)


Women
Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism (Seal, 2002)
Information Please Women's Sourcebook (Houghton Mifflin, 1995)
The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History (Houghton Mifflin, 1998)
Teaching Asian American Women's History (AHA, 1997)
Teaching Gender in U.S. History (AHA, 1997)
Women in Ancient Civilizations (AHA, 1998)
Women's Studies Quarterly (multiple issues, Feminist Press, 2000)

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