Tim is the co-owner and manager of Eagle Harbor Books. Tim is originally from Omaha, Nebraska and despite frequent wanderings
across the western half of the United States, repeatedly finds himself
back in the Puget Sound area. Once an aspiring astrophysicist, he
instead turned to history, gender theory and writing. He has worked with
books for years, first at Borders and now at Eagle Harbor Books. In his spare
time, he writes, walks around the land, cooks, spends too much time
with his music, and tries to teach himself new languages and
instruments. He would be happy to converse with you about matters
historical, meteorological, technological, astronomical, philosophical
and theological.
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780195325416
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Published: Oxford University Press, 6/2007
A lovely rendering of the latter centuries of the Roman
Empire in the West, this book does a good job of debunking
Gibbon’s thesis of a society rotting from within and the coup de grâce of
barbarian hordes. Heather gives us a more nuanced picture of societies morphing
and the withering of the Roman bureaucratic apparatus. Heather can wander at
times, but he paints the picture well, avoiding the melodramatic moralizing of
Gibbon’s epic tome. An accessible, highly readable survey of modern views on Rome’s
“fall.” ~ Tim
$18.00
ISBN-13: 9780345350497
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Published: Ballantine Books, 5/1987
One of my favorite fantasy novels, Bradley’s reimagining of
the classic King Arthur tale is easily the most absorbing and believable I’ve
read. Mists is a complex book that
deals with numerous themes and presents many twists and turns along the way.
The story is long, but the detail is so fine and the characters so well drawn
that it kept me turning the pages. More than being just a good story, it
provides ample meat for contemplation on issues from religion to gender to war.
~ Tim
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316036375
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Published: Orbit, 7/2009
Although Iain Banks is best known for his Culture series, this stand-alone is almost more engrossing. Banks’ trademark style is here in full force, dropping you into an unfamiliar world where finding your bearings is half the fun. A (mostly) hard sci-fi space opera of the highest caliber. ~ Tim
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780312890049
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Published: Orb Books, 2/1994
After starting with de Lint’s most recent stuff, I finally went back to the one that made a name for him in the fantasy genre. It may take a little while to really get going, but the momentum is relentless—by the end, I was flying through the pages. A great starting point for anyone interested in contemporary fantasy and its literary potential. ~ Tim
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780316091015
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Published: Little, Brown and Company, 6/2011
Astronomy has always been a passion of mine, but I don’t think I’ve come across a book that does a better job of conveying the wonder it inspires. The subject may seem almost mundane to some, but Berman deftly demonstrates the sun’s (literal and figurative) centrality to our existence and the mystery and awe that often surround it. A fascinating, accessible book. ~ Tim
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781592404940
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Published: Gotham Books, 10/2009
There is so much information packed into this little book. Although it draws on linguistics, much of its content is historical—it’s a history of English as much as a technical discussion of its structure. If you have the slightest interest in why English is the way it is, read this. It’s short, accessible, and engaging. ~ Tim
$30.00
ISBN-13: 9780670022960
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Published: Viking Adult, 9/2011
A fascinating book that sheds light on the many divisions, political and cultural, that exist in the U.S., this is the most convincing analysis of American regionalism I’ve read. Rather than the recent tendency to ascribe regional differences to economic factors, Woodard investigates cultural histories, providing thorough, nuanced explanations. His biases are obvious, but that doesn’t detract from the soundness of his look at American cultural trends. ~ Tim
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780452297876
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Published: Plume, 5/2012
Why do we find certain things arousing? This book may be very NSFW, but it examines a basic and increasingly prominent force in society. In contrast to previous surveys on the topic, the authors trawled the internet, drawing upon a billion searches to capture a unique glimpse of what people look for when they want to be aroused. On the surface the answers may seem to reinforce stereotypes—men are visual, women emotional—but there’s much more to it. If you are at all interested in human sexuality, this is hard to put down. ~ Tim
