Sam Goto gives us the scoop of one of downtown Seattle’s best known buildings, the Medical-Dental Building on Olive Way at Fifth Avenue. With a humorous touch and a behind-the-scenes view, Goto’s Fifty Years in Seattle’s Medical-Dental Building lets us in on what really happened~from conception to early days to more recent years~both within and outside.

“Don’t give up! Why? Because there is no physical reason to do something as useless as that! I still believe in, and am looking forward to, the big, unexposed future out there staring me in the face.” Stephen Buckley

Ila Hall chronicles her life with wit, wisdom, poignancy, and joy. “I don’t want no cripple for a daughter.” Her father’s words, harshly spoken to seven-year-old Ila after an accident in her own backyard, haunted her for years, yet his inability to accept her weakness turned out to be a blessing in disguise. In an effort to prove her worthiness, young Ila learned to walk and even, secretly, to run again. Those first defiant steps produced a lifelong inner strength she needed all too often–as an athlete, a wife and mother, and a unique person who knew she deserved to pursue her dreams. In this tender, unflinching memoir, Ila Hall eventually shakes free from her submissive, abused childhood to become a confident adult who knows her metaphorical zebra stripes–which often run contrary to the norm–are beautiful, unique, and worthy of unconditional love.

What woman hasn’t wished she could erase painful life events, challenging circumstances, and haunting memories? What if instead of wishing, the past could be erased, every woman looked for the redemption on that path? Patricia Bonelli s Owning Patricia is a true life story of a grown woman retracing her youthful missteps into darkness. Bonelli’s purpose of revisiting her story is to own her history in order to command her life in the present. Her narrative provides inspiration for anyone who dares to illuminate a less than pristine past. Bonelli writes, “By the age of 12, I found myself left to my own devices. With no sense of who I was or how I would provide for myself, I chose a series of degrading and desperate corridors to walk through. Life as an out-of-control runaway living on the streets paved the way to prostitution and entrapment. I had a seventh-grade education, and the only way I knew how to make money was on my back.” Bonelli believed she’d been rescued when she became the domestic partner of a drug runner. But by age 23, Bonelli was a single mother of three, requiring refuge in the Witness Protection Program. As Bonelli tells her tale of transcending her early circumstances to leading a rewarding life and successful career in law enforcement, becoming the mother to her children that was never modeled for her, readers witness the unstoppable determination of a woman proving her worth and prioritizing her work on behalf of others, while learning to love herself first.

A Fish Out of Water; From Seattle Socialite to Commercial Fisherwoman, Hazel Stone’s Fishing Diaries from 1940s Alaska. She had never fished a day in her life, but newly married Hazel Stone and her equally inexperienced husband, Carl, headed off on the adventure of a lifetime–to earn a living fishing in Alaska. Accustomed to the easy life of a socialite in Seattle, Hazel adapted with amazing resilience to the harsh conditions, mentioning only in passing such extremes of her situation as cooking with icicles hanging in the galley, gutting and cleaning hundreds of fish, and endless rain. Oh, and her husband seems to drink quite a bit, too. Hazel’s niece, author Arlene Lochridge, interweaves fascinating insights and adds historical perspective, including the effects of World War II.

In this charming and refreshingly frank memoir, the creator of Seattle’s Pink Toe Truck shares heartwarming and rollicking tales that illustrate his passion for family, hard work and hilarity. Ed Lincoln invites you to jump in the passenger’s seat and take a peek though the rear view mirror as he reveals surprising life lessons that have spanned the decades. This true story once again proves that fact is often more compelling than fiction. You will burst out laughing, hold back tears and maybe even dust off a few nuggets of wisdom to put in your own back pocket.

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With animation in his words and a wave of his magic wand, Tony Vivolo brings alive the world of his boyhood. Cured meats and ripened cheeses in the shops assault your senses and let you know exactly where you’ve landed. Boisterous nonstop chatter of family and friends fills the cramped apartment and reminds you where you’ll always find welcome. And embracing arms, soft words, and yes, even scolding remarks wrap you in the blanket of ever-present love.
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What’s this lawyer thinking? Why would an established attorney, who already had a flourishing law practice, even consider talking to a group of strangers who had found his name on the Internet and had no means of paying him? And why would he even bother with a case he initially felt he had not a snowball’s chance in hell of winning? Who will end up with Art Hadley’s fortune? This true story shows the legacy of the original expansion bracelet, now worn by many as an expansion watchband, invented by Suzanne’s Great Uncle Art Hadley.
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Workplace Rebel tells about my many extreme jobs: dock lumper, meat-cutter, furniture mover, and maximum security prison guard, to name a few,  and how I gave both barrels everyday, despite stupid bosses and unfair employment practices. Unfortunately, I often stood in my own way of success because I was a combative, prideful drunk with a hair-trigger temper, behaviors I’d developed to douse the pain of an abusive childhood. But I never gave up hope. With the help of God, my dear family, and many friends, I conquered my problems and remained a workplace rebel. This book is dedicated to all you men and women who maintain the spirit of the rebel and do what ya gotta do and are proud of it. All the way!

Boys want men in their lives as models of what to become, as guides along sometimes shaky paths, and as companions just for sharing. Boys need men in their lives to grow into capable, confident, nurturing men for a strong and secure society. Without realizing it, fifteen-year-old Paul Hansen found what he wanted and needed to climb from youth to manhood. In Turnaround Summer, he gives us an inside peek with humor, sensitivity, and wisdom of the magical results from men mentoring boys. Turnaround Summer calls all men to ensure a bright future for our world by becoming that guide to manhood our boys need.

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