Services

The Dauntless Bookstore Offers:
~ A wide variety of New and Used Books
~ Internet Access
~ A small, rotating Gallery of Northwest Artists displaying a vast array of styles...Photography, Glass Art, Paintings, Floral Art, Fabric Art, Prints, and Pottery to name a few.
~ Special and Seasonal Gifts such as Stationary, Greeting Cards, Games, Calendars, Journals, and a wide assortment of "Book Stuff".
~ DVD/Video Rental...no late fees!
~ Special and Individual Book Searching and Ordering (call 360-297-4043)
~ Special Events...Children's Activities, Author Book Signings, Book Group

DVD/Video Rental
DVD's are available to rent at The Dauntless Bookstore. Each DVD may be rented for $2.00 for two days.

No late fees are charged and there are no sign-up fees or applications to sign! Just enjoy the HUGE assortment of DVD's.

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Book Notes

2008 Book Sense Book of the Year Winners:

Fiction: A Thousand and Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Nonfiction: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver

Children's Literature: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Children's Illustrated: Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of istaken Identity by Mo Willems

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The Notable Books Council of the Reference and Use Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has compiled its year 2008 list of outstanding books for the general reader.  These titles have been selected for their significant contribution to the expansion of knowledge and for the pleasure they can provide to adult readers.  The following is "The List for America's Readers:"

Fiction:
Bloom, Amy - Away:A Novel
Carlson, Ron - Five Skies
Chabon, Michael - The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
Clarke, Brock - An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes In New England
Clinch, Jon - Finn: A Novel
Crace, Jim - The Pesthouse
Englander, Nathan - The Ministry of Special Cases
Holthe, Tess Uriza - The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes
Jones, Lloyd - Mister Pip
McEwan, Ian - On Chesil Beach: A Novel
Malouf, David - The Complete Stories
Petterson, Per - Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
Trevor, William - Cheating at Canasta: Stories

Nonfiction:
Ackerman, Diane -  The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Angier, Natalie - The Cannon: A whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
Ayres, Ian - Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
Godwin, Peter - When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
Groopman, Jerome - How Doctors Think
Howell, Georgina - Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
Isaacson, Walter - Einstein: His Life and Universe
Kingsolver, Brabara, Kingsolver, Camile, Hopp, Steven L. - Animal, Vegetable, MIracle: A Year of Food LIfe
Margonelli, LIsa - Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline
Weisman, Alan - The World Without Us