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In 1942, when she was 15 years old and a freshman at Garfield High School, Suma (Kato) Yagi and her family were forced to leave their home in Seattle. Executive Order 9066 authorized the mass removal of Japanese Americans from prescribed military zones, which included the West Coast. Suma and her family were sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center, then to the Minidoka "Relocation Center" in Idaho. Her family returned to Seattle at the end of WWII and Suma completed her senior year of high school. She married Takeo Yagi, whom she met at Minidoka and they raised four children. Although being sent to a concentration camp had a profound impact on her, Suma shared little of her experience with her children until well after she retired. She took an introductory poetry writing course with Professor Nelson Bentley at the University of Washington and that distance learning course, along with subsequent writing courses at UW and at Richard Hugo House, opened up the world of poetry to her and a way to express what had happened to her during the Second World War. Through poetry, Suma found a hidden voice that allowed her to share her previously suppressed emotions about being uprooted from her home and being put behind barbed wire. She was compelled to share her experiences so that what happened to her does not happen again.

Jim Hawkins, runabout scamp, son of the owners of the Admiral Benbow Inn, befriends a lodger named Billy Bones--a secretive sailor with a tantalizing history--and his life is forever changed.Soon, Jim is thrown into an adventure filled with pirates and magistrates, treasures and betrayals, sea voyages and battles. And through it all there is the specter and influence of a one-legged man, a man known to many as Long John Silver . . .

While nowadays canine fever is all the rage in society and culture, there was a time that dog breeding and dogs shows were an elite and exclusive activity. Vertvolta Press is proud to present this 104 year-old catalog to a new generation of dog-lovers, full of delightfully arcane and obsessive descriptions and articles of what a breed 'should' be. But in our more enlightened era we know two things: 1) mutts are cool too, and 2) they're all good doggos!"A complete work, profusely illustrated, bearing on the world's different varieties of the dog, grouping under their several nationalities, with descriptive matter explaining the characteristics and utility of each."

ORPHANEDat birth and left in the care of a harsh world!PROPELLEDfrom setting to setting, without a place to call home!CRIMINALIZEDthrough an unfortunate misunderstanding!OLIVER TWIST is the journey of a young parish child fighting to survive in the streets of London. Comedy and tragedy simultaneously guide you through these short, tumultuous years of Oliver's life, as Charles Dickens shines a critical light on the many aspects of Victorian society through the seamless satirical tone of his 1838 literary classic.

Seattle's most diverse community has a story to share with the world, a narrative of resistance, resilience, hope, tragedy, triumph, and passion. It's a story that can only be told by an area where Tagalog, and Tigrinya can flow as fluently from corner store door steps as English. Explore in this collection experiences as varied and unique as the people who grace its streets, but coalescing in one wide-ranging story: The People of South Seattle.Featuring work by * Lola E Peters * Ijeoma Oluo * Nakeya Isabell * Georgia S. McDade * Nikkita Oliver * Gyasi Ross * Monica Hoang * Alvin "LA" Horn * Sharon H Chang * Hanna Brooks Olsen * Toshiko Grace Hasegawa * Rell Be Free * Alex Gallo-Brown * K. D. Senior * Mike Leitner * Lee Claiborne * Kayla Blau * Tiffani Jones * Isaac Robinson * Harvey Garvey * Nasra Ali * Namaka Auwae-Dekker * Gabriella Duncan * ChrisTiana ObeySumner * Rae Rose * Robin Boland * Kiana Davis * Sean Smith * Samira Abbas * Rev. Kelly Dahlman-Oeth * Courtney Weaver * Brian Burgen-Aurand * Laura Humpf * Jon Greenberg * Rollie Williams * Dan Ophardt * Marilee Jolin * Marisa Ordonia * Fathi Karshie * Will Sweger * Kelsey Hamlin * Sharayah Lane * Peter Johnson * Danica Bornstein * Miguel Jimenez

It put out its strong hand as it spoke, and clasped him gently by the arm."Rise! and walk with me!"And with this command, Ebenezer Scrooge is transported into the Past, where he will re-live the true nature of his youthful self. Before the night is through, miserly Scrooge will encounter two more Ghosts, of Present and Future, and experience a radical moral transformation. A Christmas Carol is a tale of bitterness and woe, of regret and redemption, and charity towards all mankind. Dicken's classic fable continues to entertain, enlighten, spook, thrill, and inspire generations of fans to this very day.

"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his 'proper place' and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary."Overcoming extreme poverty, racism, and other adversities Carter Godwin Woodson rose through the ranks of U. S. education and academia to discover that the representation of Black History and culture was not taught to students. Furthermore, even within Black academic circles, there was apathy and resistance to setting the historical record straight. With The Mis-Education of the Negro, Woodson strove to challenge the misconceptions and cultural amnesia prevalent in his day. This controversial book was a call-to-arms for society and the educational system: "The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker people." He saw a system that distorted the identity of Black American students; a racist curriculum that internalized the humiliation and failures of their ancestors, rather than praising those ancestor's achievements. Mis-Education acts as a sharp critique and a pathway towards a new pedagogy that informed Black students about their own history and addressed their unique challenges. This is the book that launched a thousand afro-centric curricula across institutions and decades, and whose revolutionary message continues to act as a challenge and a warning to the current U. S. educational system.

SLIDESHOW is Eugene Babb's debut collection of poetry. In these spare, vivid poems, Babb explores the fragments and moments that make up a person's life. Bars, diners, street-corner fleeting encounters - the internal and external worlds interchange fluidly; searching for meaning in a word, a glance, a reflection.Also by Eugene M. Babb: Grit & Roses: stories

MR. BAXTER. : Is molluscry the same as laziness? TOM. : No, not altogether. The lazy flow with the tide. The mollusc uses forces to resist pressure. It's amazing the amount of force a mollusc will use, to do nothing, when it would be so much easier to do something. It's no fool, you know, it's often the most artful creature, it wriggles and squirms, and even fights from the instinct not to advance. There are wonderful things about molluscry, things to make you shout with laughter, but it's sad enough, too-it can ruin a life so, not only the life of the mollusc, but all the lives in the house where it dwells. And with this pronouncement, Tom Kemp diagnoses his sister Dulcie's 'condition.'Having swept back into upper class England from the wilds of Colorado, Tom endeavors to put an end to Dulcie Baxter's tenacious molluscry. But he finds his work cut out for him as he sets in motion an unhinging of her carefully orchestrated domestic machinery. Enlisting the help of Mr. Baxter and the beleaguered governess, Miss Roberts, Tom is determined to turn the tide. What results is a delightful comedy of manners, family, love, and loyalty, and a window on Edwardian class differences and ambitions.Vertvolta Press is proud to present Hubert Henry Davies' hit play to a new generation of theatre lovers.

"Queen of the Martian Catacombs" marks the debut of one of Leigh Brackett's most iconic characters: Eric John Stark: orphan child raised on Mercury, who becomes a mercenary, fighting injustices across the solar system.Eric John Stark is hunted by Earth police in the Martian desert. Simon Ashton is with them and makes a deal with Stark to act as his agent in preventing a holy war.An unscrupulous ruler of a Martian Low-Canal city is partnering with a barbarian chief, Kynon, to plunder half the planet. Specialist mercenaries and criminals are coming from all over the solar system to join up.When Stark reaches the city of Valkis, he witnesses a ritual that reveals deception at the highest levels.The journey to the ancient ruins of Sinharat is beset with treachery and sandstorms, leading to a final confrontation with the secret masters of Mars.This version of 'Queen of the Martian Catacombs,' by Leigh Brackett, was originally published in Planet Stories, 1949, later expanded into 'The Secret of Sinharat'.

"Enchantress of Venus" continues the planetary adventures of mercenary Eric John Stark, one of Leigh Brackett's most iconic creations. Eric John Stark arrives on Venus in search of his friend, Halvi. Approaching the town of Shuruun he is ambushed & falls overboard, and eventually makes his way to the town. But there is something mysterious happening in Shruun, and it seems the Lhari-the elite rulers & slavemasters of the town-are at the center of it. Can Stark find his friend and save the townsfolk, while preventing the rulers from unearthing dangers from Venus' ancient past? It will take all his abilities to incite a successful rebellion when the very townsfolk consider him untrustworthy.

GRIMLY Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city-with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel-ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures-at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!Stark is taking a dying friend, Camar the Thief, back to his native city in the north of the planet. Just before his death Camar entrusts Stark with a talisman he had stolen, wanting him to return it. Soon, Stark is ambushed by bandits and presented to their leader, the warrior Ciaran. Joining up with Ciaran's band, Stark embarks on adventures and battles-through cities under siege and conflicts with strange aliens-that will decide the ultimate fate of the talisman and Camar's homeland.

Randi Jensen has brought us a fascinating and illustrative view of suicide from the inside. After 24 years struggling with her own suicidality she gives us an insightful explanation of how suicidal thought develops over time through endorphin-driven neural pathways. She does this in a way that compels us to turn each page to learn more, to experience more, to garner more hope and understanding. Moreover, Jensen gives the world a new way of helping individuals who battle with suicidality-a way that plucks suicide out of the stigma of emotional instability and places it rightfully in the realm of psychobiology. This book is written in a way that you feel you are sitting with her having a deep and heartfelt conversation.

Born of Earth parents. Raised on Mercury. Mercenary on Mars and Venus. Warrior of the Solar System. "For hours the hard-pressed beast had fled across the Martian desert with its dark rider. Now it was spent. It faltered and broke stride, and when the rider cursed and dug his heels into the scaly sides, the brute only turned its head and hissed at him. It stumbled on a few more paces into the lee of a sandhill, and there it stopped, crouching down in the dust."Eric John Stark is Leigh Brackett’s dark-skinned freedom fighter, a relentless hero who clashed with armies and rulers, sorcerers and ghosts, survived myriad hellish landscapes and deadly-strange beasts, across an exotic and dangerous solar system.The Mercurian collects three of Eric John Stark’s earliest Planetary Adventures: Queen of the Martian Catacombs, Black Amazon of Mars, and Enchantress of Venus.

Shelley's mold-breaking and genre-creating Frankenstein hasn't been out of print since its first publication in 1818, though the story of science and dark melodrama has been reconfigured and reanimated many times over the years-in shadowy cinematic style in the 1930s; comedic, loveable boob-tube style in the 1960s; marvelously illustrated comic form in the 1970s; and even as a sweet treat children's cereal, evoking grunts and laughter, rather than shrieks of terror. This printing returns the tale to its original form, uniting the three anonymously published volumes here in the Booksellers Preferred Edition. This version of the story, before the softening by Shelley in her 1831 revision, tells the tale of god-like aspirations and too-human failings, of the ache of longing to belong and relentless isolation, of family, of the emerging ethics of science and the often cruel realities of nature. It's a story of rage, cowardness, inspiration, creation, and mortality. The kind of story that remains relevant for centuries. With an introduction by bookseller and author Mark Teppo.Featuring illustrations by Seattle-based bookseller-artists that help to flesh out this classic tale of a scientist and his creation in whimsical, spooky, and emotive ways.

Science fiction as a genre of literature was not differentiated in the minds of publishers from fantasy tales until nearly the middle of the Twentieth Century-and that sentence may inflame affectionados of the form but so be it. Is Edward Bellamy's Looking Backwards a political fantasy or science fiction dealing with politics and economics? Good question. The answer is in the mind of the reader.In the mind of the author of Lord of the World brewed a saga dealing with an uncertain future date when the world is split into warring factions of radical socialists, each in control of one or more continents. Benson calls them communists but he does not have the Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist type communists in mind, just utopian socialists who have abolished most aspect of a capitalist society but retained a semblance of representative-if authoritarian-government. Throughout the world there is universal health care but it advocates euthanasia for those who are depressed, ill or injured. People fly from place to place on transports that double as bombers. A charismatic American politician manages to gain control of all of the continental factions, ending their internecine wars, and uniting them in the task of eliminating religion by bombing the principle headquarters of religious institutions. Survivors are pursued relentlessly. It is a well told tale by a contemporary of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Franz Kafka and Jules Verne.Robert Hugh Benson's 1907 novel arrived in the same era as L. Frank Baum's Ozma of Oz, G.K. Chesterton's The Man who was Thursday, Kenneth Graham's Wind in the Willows, H. Rider Haggard's Yellow God; An Idol of Africa, and H.G. Well's War in the Air. It is a science fiction period piece but in November of 2013, Pope Francis said that it depicted, "the spirit of the world which leads to apostasy almost as if it were a prophecy." Who knew the Pope read science fiction?

The geographic names on the Atlantic seaboard were in use for more than a century before the war of the American Revolution was fought.Just as that war was beginning the first Spanish caravels crept northward from New Spain toward the fabled Straits of Anian. After the war was ended the wild coasts along the Pacific were a lure for the explorer and the fur trader. Voyages of this kind increased, breeding disputes over sovereignty, which culminated in Great Britain's geographic and diplomatic expedition of 1792.The commanding officer, Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy, was the friend and acquaintance of many men who had taken part for their country in the disputes and the war with the American colonies. It was perfectly natural that he should compliment those men as he discovered or rediscovered places that needed naming. An explorer of the same nationality, but of an earlier or a later period, would, of course, have given us a different set of names famous in British history.The American who loves the history of his country is usually broad enough to love also the great achievements of his kin beyond the seas. He therefore not only tolerates but actually grows fond of such names as Hood, Howe, Rainier, Puget, and Vancouver, as applied to the geography of the northwest.~ from the Introduction.A Vertvolta Press Rediscovery Facsimile Edition

Read! a firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of Seattle's founding residents! Political rivalries! Native tribe encounters! Devastating fire!Imagine! a Seattle of mud and trees and nary a single coffeehouse!Learn! just what it took to build a metropolis out of raw material and natural elements in an environment where nature reigns with a firm grip!Arthur Denny's chronicle of events in the first days of Seattle and his later success as a businessman and politician, originally published in 1903, has found a place in the Rediscovery Editions library after decades of being unavailable.

"The mustering-places for the regiment were appointed in New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory. The difficulty in organizing was not in selecting, but in rejecting men. Within a day or two after it was announced that we were to raise the regiment, we were literally deluged with applications from every quarter of the Union. Without the slightest trouble, so far as men went, we could have raised a brigade or even a division. The difficulty lay in arming, equipping, mounting, and disciplining the men we selected."As an American war hero and future President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt leads his readers through the dangerous encounters and unbecoming circumstances of the Spanish-American War of 1898 in this 1899 best seller, The Rough Riders.His group of infantry, composed of American cowboys, intellectuals, and outlaws that volunteered to serve under his leadership, experienced extreme hardship throughout the war. In this first-hand account, Roosevelt's book gives voice and context to the battles of Las Guasimas, San Juan Hill, and Santiago, and depicts the dire preparation and equipping of his troops, referred to as 'The Rough Riders' by the United States Army. From the moment he took command of the infantry, all the way to Roosevelt's defeat of the Spanish Army and request to bring his men home, this personal depiction brings the Spanish-American War to life.For war-buffs, historians, and action readers alike, this rough tale will captivate and amaze.A Third Place Press Rediscovery Edition.

I remembered Camilla’s agonized scream and the awful words echoing through the dim streets of Carcosa. They were the last lines in the first act, and I dared not think of what followed—dared not, even in the spring sunshine, there in my own room, surrounded with familiar objects, reassured by the bustle from the street and the voices of the servants in the hallway outside. For those poisoned words had dropped slowly into my heart, as death-sweat drops upon a bed-sheet and is absorbed. The elusive, mysterious play ‘The King in Yellow,’ weaves through several of the stories in this collection, which blends a variety of genres showcasing Chambers’ vast literary talent.Highly acclaimed at the time of publication in 1895, and for many years afterward, The King in Yellow became the touchstone and inspiration of many generations of writers, including H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Karl Edward Wagner, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Robert Heinlein, and many others.It was Chambers’ ability to integrate dread suspense, while alluding to supernatural events, that became influential in defining the tone of  20th century horror and fantasy, and helped define a literary movement often referred to as Weird Fiction.

The stories in Grit and Roses trace the unsteady arc of a life spent pursuing a dream. A musician's career, filled with the hard, grueling work of perfecting a craft, the mishaps and disappointments of touring, and the between-gig times of mundane jobs and restless wandering. They also transcend the basic framework of a journeyman musician and explore more universal issues: desire, aimlessness, regret, hope, determination-the search for meaning in a stranger's smile and a cool drink, a backcountry sunset, or the neon beacon in the distant dark. Eugene Babb's proses have a cadence, a tempo, that suits the telling of a musician's experiences. Grit and Roses marks the debut of promising new voice in contemporary fiction.