Non-Fiction – From Our Corner

Another facet of the Green River Killer story unfolds as a graphic novel

October 30, 2016 Secretary of State's Office

From the desk of Sean Lanksbury. PNW & Special Collections Librarian Green River Killer: A True Detective Story. By Jeff Jensen; Illustrated by Jonathan Case; Lettering by Nake Piekos. (Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2011. 233 pp. Illustrations, map.) Recommendation by PNW & Special Collections This graphic novel provides an often neglected perspective to the Green River Killer investigation by recounting the ordeal that his father, King County Detective Tom Jensen, endured since 1984, when he was assigned to the investigation, through to the 188…

New Additions in Pacific Northwest Non-Fiction

April 13, 2016 Secretary of State's Office

From the desk of Sean Lanksbury, PNW & Special Collections Librarian It’s a pretty long list, so we’ve placed these quick links that will jump you to the different subject matter areas: 200s: Religion 300s: Social Sciences 500s: Natural Sciences, Math 600s: Applied Sciences, Technology 700s: Arts 900s: Geography, History Multimedia A Still and Quiet Conscience: The Archbishop Who Challenged a Pope, a President, and a Church. By John A. McCoy. (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2015. 344 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical…

New Arrivals in the NW Collections

November 11, 2014 Secretary of State's Office

From the desk of Sean Lanksbury, PNW & Special Collections Librarian A listing of some recent additions to the Pacific Northwest Circulating Collection at Washington State Library’s Central Library. Last Chapter and Worse: A Far Side Collection. By Gary Larson. (London: Warner Books, 1996. 107 pp. Illustrations.) NW 741.5973 LARSON 1996 http://stlow.iii.com/search~S2?/o43221795 Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire: A Story Of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival. By Peter Stark. (New York: Ecco, 2014. 366 pp. Illustrations, map, bibliographical…

Tips and recipes for the Pacific Northwest fish fanatic

November 7, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

For those who love to eat fish and seafood; for those who love to cook; and for those who are interested in sustainable harvesting and farming of fish and seafood, Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes is a must read.

Celebrate one of baseball’s greats as summer comes to a close.

September 14, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

Mike Shannon and Illustrator Scott Hannig’s graphic novel biography of professional baseball player and manager Fred Hutchinson is a detailed graphic novel that covers his life, accomplishments, and the illness that created his most lasting legacy: the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center of Seattle.

New Billy Frank Jr. Biography from the Washington State Legacy Project

June 27, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

Drawing from oral history interviews with Billy and those best acquainted with him, Legacy Project Director Trova Heffernan traces Billy’s development from angry young man on the banks of the Nisqually to passionate elder statesman and chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. The book is filled with photographs and contains an extensive family tree.

Discover Olympia, Washington and its history through postcards.

June 7, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

This unassuming book of black and white photos with minimal text packs an amazing amount of history in its 127 pages.

View a vibrant world under the water’s surface in David Hall’s images

April 4, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

This recently released book of photography is an absorbing and rewarding read and Hall’s thoughtfully composed and beautifully executed photographs. The images reveal a world filled with color lying just beyond the sandy shores of the oft-muted Pacific Northwest that is above sea level.

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