Burning Forest: The Art of Maria Frank Abrams is a crucial addition to the literature of modernism in America and its expression among European exiles such as Maria Frank Abrams (b. 1924) in Seattle during the mid-twentieth century. With a preface by Peter Selz and foreword by Holocaust expert Deborah E. Lipstadt, Matthew Kangas's new monograph deepens our vision of how Pacific Northwest art developed and flourished. In this lavishly illustrated study, art critic Matthew Kangas chronicles Abrams's evolution from adored child artist to Holocaust survivor to second-generation Northwest School artist and late-blooming geometric abstract painter. Drawing intensively upon the artist's interviews and oral histories, as well as family archives and photographs, Kangas makes the case for Abrams as an overlooked transitional figure in Pacific Northwest art: from "mystic" adherent to sophisticated, European-inspired modernist.

Burning Forest: The Art of Maria Frank Abrams

Arts & Photography

Matthew Kangas

Individual Artists

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This book offers the practical applications of humor in everyday life: heath and healing, education and learning, increased productivity.

Using the Power of Humor

Wheeler, Forrest

Kathy Keating's inspiration comes from what she sees and what she hears. She is guided by sunshine and shadows, moonlight and nightsky...but mostly she is guided by the people she knows and "the strength of the unbreakable circle of kitchen string that connects all of us...hand to hand...truth to truth...heart to heart."

Sleeping Naked Under the Moon

Keating, Kathy

A New Song is a frank and revealing look at the highs and lows, the ups and downs of one woman's struggle with manic depression. It is a compelling account of how this treacherous illness kept changing Patty's personality and challenged her to take control of her life.

A New Song: Confessions of a Joyful Manic Depressive

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Dean, Patty

Mental Health

Mo Niemi opened her heart and the doors of her restaurants to all who came to Newport, Oregon to see the sights and to drop in a Mo's for a cup of her famous clam chowder and a generous helping of her irresistible hospitality. Mo's raspy voice and warm welcome brought locals, fishermen, tourists and celebrities alike to her table. With the same enthusiasm with which she grew her business, she tirelessly supported the growth of the once sleepy fishing village on the Oregon Coast. Mo Niemi became the heartbeat of Newport - a legend in her time.

Mo's on the Waterfront

McEntee, Cindy

Author Anne Snowden Crosman, inspired by her own parents' graceful aging, interviewed hundreds of elderly people, each of whom continued to lead vibrant lives. She spoke with the famous and non-famous, those born in this country and those who had immigrated, some who had endured a difficult life, others who had known a life of privilege. To each she posed the same question: What was their secret of living long and well?

Young at Heart: Aging Gracefully With Attitude

Anne Snowden Crosman

Parenting & Relationships

An insiders view by a practicing family physician, Sacred Trust reveals the art and practice of medicine and opens a window into its soul. With wry humor, no-holds-barred candid writing style, Dr. Hollenbeck pops the balloon of sanctity that insulates those at the top of the medicine field, exposing the ills behind her profession and recommends the overhaul needed to make the medicine machine hum. Funny, poignant, enlightening and empowering, The Sacred Trust is often unsettling but is sure to inspire a new generation to choose the high road to healing.

Sacred Trust: The Ten Rules of Life, Death, and Medicine

Phyllis Hollenbeck M.D.

Polly Usher's story is one that began in 1937 as a licensed instructor operating an airport followed by serving our nation in the 1940’s by training some of our World War II flight cadets. Following the war, Polly continued her passion for flight by flying film crews to view set locations throughout the west. An early Aviatrix, who quietly, unrecognized achieved much at a time when women did not. Polly’s memoirs are filled with her personal remembrances of the early days of flight and her love for aviation.

Flying Joyfully: The Polly Usher Story

Polly Usher

As much as this is Edgar Allen's experience as a World War II bomber pilot, it is every veteran's story. Ed takes us behind the scenes for a close-up view of Army Air Force training when the war effort was at its peak. He gives us a feeling for the conditions in Britain when resources were scarce. And he makes us feel the fear from attack in flying bombing missions over enemy territory. Ed tells it all. With true modesty he describes what it took to survive: courage, a cool head, and a copious amount of good luck.

Pilot From the Prairie

Edgar J. Allen

Every parent would happily give up ever scolding, punishing or threatening if she only knew how to ensure that her toddler/child/teen would thrive and act responsibly without such painful measures. Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves is the answer to this universal wish. It is not about gentle ways to control a child, but about a way of being and of understanding a child so she/he can be the best of herself, not because she fears you or seeks your approval but because she wants to, of her own free will. Aldort's guidance takes the struggle out of parenting. The book is full of real life stories, often leaving the reader moved to tears or laughter and relieved to discover that there is a kinder way. The SALVE communication formula has been praised for providing a hybrid of The Work of Byron Katie and Nonviolent Communication. It gives parents the tools to move beyond their initial unproductive reaction, to a response that is connecting and empowering to the child and to themselves.

Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves: Transforming parent-child relationships from reaction and struggle to freedom, power and joy

Aldort, Naomi

Family Relationships

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